Bøger af Lilly Gayle

Writing about the outlaw, Jake the Snake, could be the opportunity of a lifetime-if it doesn't get her killed. When Ellie Wilder takes her sister from their grandfather's home, she's determined to put her family back together and write of their adventures. Then she runs into Jacob Harper, a man who resembles Jake the Snake, a notorious outlaw who once rode with Billy the Kid. Is it possible the outlaw who escaped justice has mended his ways? Or is the handsome Mr. Harper now murdering servant girls in Austin? Finding out the truth could be the journalistic opportunity of a lifetime. Former Texas Ranger Jake Harper has returned to Texas to help solve the Servant Girl Annihilator murders. But when a similar murder occurs in Harmony, Texas, Jake goes undercover as Jake the Snake to find a connection between the series of brutal murders. Then Ellie Wilder shows up. Her snooping could blow his cover and get her killed, but Ellie soon becomes a bigger threat to his heart than his investigation.

Can a former gunslinger find redemption through love? Former gunslinger Noah Sinclair returned home so he could regain his respectability. Instead of redemption, he finds temptation in Juliana Jeffries-a woman engaged to the man who offered him a job and a second chance. Despite Noah's loyalty to his boss, Noah's Helpless Heart still yearns for Juliana-a woman with dreams and ambitions that don't include a former gunslinger. Noah stole Juliana's heart years ago, but then he left town to avenge his father's death. Now, she dreams of becoming a doctor and she's obliged to marry Avery, a man with a secret she's sworn to protect. Noah's return could test her loyalty, her ambition, and her heart. Excerpt: "When will I see you again?" Her voice shook. His heart twisted. Until this moment, he hadn't realized how much he wanted to settle down. But not with just any woman. He wanted to settle down with Juliana--and she belonged to Avery. Fate had kicked him in the ass again. He clenched his fists, feeling his heart split in half. "You won't." Her head snapped up, her hungry gaze locking onto his. "Why not?" "Because you're engaged to a good man, and if I spend another minute alone with you, I might just forget that." "What?" Her voice squeaked. "Don't tell me you don't feel it." He grabbed her upper arms and pulled her close, feeling her soft breasts against the hard planes of his chest. He swelled near to bursting. "I know you feel it." "Noah, I..." Her lower lip trembled. She pulled it between her teeth until it stopped. It was all he could do not to lower his head and draw that lush lip into his mouth. He squeezed her arms and shook his head to clear the image from his mind. "Light a lamp, lock the door, and stay in this room until Avery comes to get you in the morning." "But where are you going?" He shook her. A loose tendril of hair fell across her face. Heat curled low in his belly. His fingers itched to brush the stray lock from her cheek. He ground his teeth. If he touched her, he?d never be able to resist her. ?"I'm going back to Redemption with Sheriff Parks to make sure Avery has everything under control." "How long will I have to stay locked in this room?" "Avery will come for you tomorrow." She was still staring at him with wide-eyed innocence, unaware of the torture she caused him. "I'll see you back in Redemption. Won't I?" "Weren't you listening?" He squeezed her arms once more and then released her. She slumped against the door jam. Her shoulders sagged. "But I thought..." He raked her with hot, hungry eyes--wanting her, and knowing he could never have her. "You thought what?" His voice was harsh, but he had to make her understand. "That I could stay in Redemption and be your friend?" "Yes." Her voice was little more than a whisper. With a groan of frustration, he bent forward and took her face in his hands--his lips just a whisper away. "Think again." Then he lowered his head and molded his mouth to hers.

An experimental vaccine gives vampire Gerard Delaroche hope for the first time in two centuries--until two people are brutally murdered, and he suspects a conspiracy between vampires and mortals. To solve the crime, he must put his trust in a beautiful detective. But is former soldier and MP turned detective, Amber Buckley, a threat to his existence? Or the answer to his prayers? Amber Buckley and her partner are assigned to do follow up interviews in the Lifeblood of America slayings. Amber believes she and Reid are just new eyes on a cold case. That is, until she meets Gerard Delaroche. Something about him teases long-buried memories Amber would rather not chase. However, the two join together, falling into more than resolution of a murder case. It seems Amber has some dark secrets of her own. To find their way into the light, Amber and Gerard must first EMBRACE THE DARKNESS.

She needs his name. He needs her money. But can a rich New York socialite and a poor Irish immigrant find true love in the gilded age' Betrayed by her fianc? and heart sick over her father's death, Clarissa Burdick is further devastated when she learns she can't inherit her father's company'the company she loves'until she's twenty-five or married. And Clarissa is neither. So she sets out to find a husband strong enough to protect her from her uncle's thugs, too uneducated to run the company himself, and poor enough to marry a woman in name only. But Irish immigrant Devin Flannery is smarter than he seems and more educated than Clarissa expects. Her Wholesale Husband soon proves a greater risk to her heart than her company.

Victorian romance laced with danger. When a brooding English earl with a Slightly Tarnished reputation marries his dead wife's American cousin to save her from an uncle's vengeful schemes, the sea captain's daughter with a taste for adventure sparks desires he thought long dead. Nicole Keller has always been headstrong and independent, but after a failed business venture and a sinking ship take her father, her home, and her childhood sweetheart, Nikki must support herself and her mother. But moving to England and marrying Chadwick Masters, Earl of Gilchrest isn't what she has in mind. And falling in love with the mysterious earl could endanger both their lives.

American privateer, Captain Jack isn't really an American, but heir to a viscountcy. When his father dies, he leaves everything not entailed with the estate to his worthless cousin. Jack's only hope of inheriting his mother's ancestral home and honoring her dying wish is to marry and produce an heir before his thirty-fifth birthday-in five months. And he doesn't have a single prospect. Pregnant and unwed, Abigail Halsey is sent by her father to an Anglican convent until he can find a family to adopt his grandchild or a husband for his daughter. Abby has other plans, but they go awry when she goes into labor early and her rescuer, a pirate captain turned lord, insists on marrying her. Is Jack too much like his jealous, unforgiving father? Can Abby overcome her fear of men and have a real marriage? Or will she never be anything more than the unwanted wife of a Slightly Noble Viscount?