The Courtship Calculation

Download or read book The Courtship Calculation written by Laura Trentham and published by Laura Huskins. This book was released on with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Damien Northcutt is a gambler, a rake, a bastard, and… bored. Madeline Barnes is a botanist, a lady, an innocent, and… curious. When Damien accidentally plays knight-errant and rescues Madeline from the clutches of her scheming relatives, he discovers she might be the key to getting what he’s always wanted—revenge. Even though Damien has warned her repeatedly he is no gentleman, Madeline is sure deep down underneath his rakish demeanor he is a hero. Why else would he secret her out of a ball to safety? Damien’s plan includes seduction but not marriage. What he doesn’t expect is being seduced himself by Madeline’s smiles and laughter and passion. But she is meant for Damien’s half brother, and enacting his revenge means ruining the match… and breaking her heart.

Download or read book A Scandalous Secret written by Laura Trentham and published by Laura Huskins. This book was released on 2021-01-17 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One snowy night. One very sexy man. One bed. What’s a young lady to do? Miss Victoria Hawkins is no stranger to secrets. After all, she is the daughter of England’s spymaster. Her most precious secret is the tender feelings she holds for Thomas Garrick, her father’s personal guard, but pressure is mounting for her to choose a suitable husband at an upcoming Christmas house party. Thomas Garrick has loved Victoria from afar as long as he can remember. His station would never allow marriage, so Thomas makes do with dreams. When danger lands on their doorstep, Thomas will do whatever it takes to keep Victoria safe… even from him. But, when the snow traps them in a cottage with a single bed and a bottle of brandy, the scandal of the season may be inevitable.

Download or read book Leave the Night On written by Laura Trentham and published by Laura Huskins. This book was released on 2022-10-04 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love, betrayal, and sweet revenge--life in Cottonbloom is about to get a whole lot hotter . . . Sutton Mize is known for lavishing attention on the customers who flock to her boutique on the wealthy side of her Mississippi town. So when she finds a lace thong in her fiance's classic cherry-red Camaro, she knows just who she sold it to: her own best friend. In an instant, Sutton's whole world goes up in flames. . . Wyatt Abbott has harbored a crush on Sutton since he was a young kid from the other side of the tracks. He witnessed Sutton's shocking discovery in the Camaro at his family-owned garage--and it made him angry. What kind of man could take lovely, gorgeous Sutton for granted? But then Sutton comes up with an idea: Why not give her betrothed a taste of his own medicine and pretend that she's got a lover of her own? Wyatt is more than happy to play the hot-and-heavy boyfriend. But what begins as a fictional affair soon develops into something more real, and more passionate, than either Sutton or Wyatt could have imagined. Could it be that true love has been waiting under the hood all along?

Download or read book Cottonbloom Novella Collection written by Laura Trentham and published by Laura Huskins. This book was released on 2023-08-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A river divides Cottonbloom in two: the upscale enclave on the Mississippi side and the rundown, rough and tumble side in Louisiana. They’re worlds apart—but nothing can build a bridge like love…  "The residents of Cottonbloom will steal your heart! You'll never want to leave!" Red's Romance Reviews Don’t miss this collection of the Cottonbloom novellas… Christmas in the Cop Car A bad boy looking for a fresh start and a girl who has seen her fair share of trouble fall in love in the unlikeliest of places—the backseat of a cop car. Light Up the Night When a police chief who craves stability meets a free-thinking, colorful college professor, neither anticipate the fireworks that light up the night. Nobody’s Hero Can a tattooed ex-con trying to stay out of trouble convince a virginal romance writer ready to research the real thing that he’s no hero?

Download or read book A Wicked Wedding written by Laura Trentham and published by Laura Huskins. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What’s the best Christmas present? A wicked wedding… Cole, Lord Linley, never thought to ascend to the title. After all, he was not the heir or the spare, but a lowly third son. Miss Diana Grambling is painfully aware her blood isn’t blue enough for an earl to consider her as a match. When the childhood friends stumble across a smuggling ring operating along their coast, they are in need a Christmastide miracle. If they can survive, will they be strong enough to follow their hearts? Warning: Contains a hero battling his gentlemanly impulses, a heroine who falls for her brothers’ best friend, and a wicked night in front of a fire that changes everything.

Download or read book Laws of Attraction Collection written by Laura Trentham and published by Laura Huskins. This book was released on 2024-04-19 with total page 795 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Law of Attraction #1: Beware of darkened gardens and handsome gamblers The Courtship Calculation Damien Northcutt is a gambler, a rake, a bastard, and… bored. Madeline Barnes is a botanist, a lady, an innocent, and… curious. When Damien accidentally plays knight-errant and rescues Madeline from the clutches of her scheming relatives, he discovers she might be the key to getting what he’s always wanted—revenge. Law of Attraction #2: Don’t fall for your brother’s girl The Marriage Experiment As an amateur lepidopterist, Adriana Coffey would like nothing more than to live a quiet life in the country and await Cyrus Shaw’s return from his grand tour. After all, an understanding has existed between them since childhood. Unfortunately, with Cyrus out of the country, a marriage is arranged with her detestable stepbrother. Dawson Shaw, the new Earl of Westhorpe, would like nothing more than to grab his younger brother up by the nape and shake some sense into him. Adriana is intelligent, beautiful, and unappreciated by society and his scapegrace brother. But is he willing to betray Cyrus in order to fulfill his own longings? Law of Attraction #3: Don’t trust an assassin with your heart The Passion Project Stargazer, astrologist, tea-leaf reader… Lady Geneva Dorn has heard the disdainful descriptions bandied about for years. In truth, she is a scientist, an astronomer to be exact. And she is on the cusp of an incredible discovery—a new comet. Assassin, hero, soldier for hire… All true to some extent, but Selwyn McKelvey prefers the term opportunist. He just has one last criminal to eliminate before he can retire to a cottage by the sea. Only the brash, beautiful, extremely intelligent Lady Dorn hardly matches the description of a hardened murderess he was given. Something very inconvenient occurs around her. He develops a conscience… and a weak spot for her sharp mind and gorgeous body.

Download or read book The Theory of Dukes written by Laura Trentham and published by Laura Huskins. This book was released on with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Law of Attraction #4: Don’t dally with dukes Caught wandering London unchaperoned on the search for new perfume scents, Miss Prudence Courtright is forced into a lie. Now James “Duke” Barnes believes her a worldly widow and not an innocent—albeit curious—debutante. The risk of ruination will be worth it if she can earn enough on her ventures to avoid being sold off to a staid, stuffy Englishman. Duke Barnes has grown bored of London. Society seems both enamored of his money and repulsed at his American lineage. He is ready to abandon England for the excitement of the Continent, but bumping into the interesting, attractive widow changes his attitude. Perhaps he will delay his travel plans for a different sort of (mutually satisfying) excitement. Their light-hearted flirtation is cut short by a masked man and a dead body. Is it a random act of violence or is a plot afoot? Prudence and Duke band together to discover the truth even as her lies fester.