Showing results for "Conflict" in Romance

Workaholic Detective Aiden Carlisle isn't looking for love - and certainly not at the law-enforcement seminar she reluctantly agreed to attend. But the first lecturer is not at all what she expected. Psychologist Dawn Kinsley has just found her place in life. After a failed relationship with a police officer, she has sworn never to get involved with another cop again, but she feels a connection to Aiden from the very first moment. Can Aiden keep herself from crossing the line when a brutal crime threatens to keep them apart before they've even gotten together?  

Brought to you by Penguin. FROM THE MASTERMIND BEHIND THE DANGEROUS DAMSELS SERIES COMES ANOTHER UTTERLY ADDICTIVE COSY ROMANTIC FANTASY SERVED BEST WITH A CUP OF TEA . When two history professors and best friends are forced to fake hate to protect their reputations, chaos ensues, in the next...

With an introduction by Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall. Originally published in 1956, The Long View is Elizabeth Jane Howard's uncannily authentic portrait of one marriage and one woman. Written with exhilarating wit, it is a gut-wrenching account of the birth and death of a relationship. In...

Brought to you by Penguin. Over a hot summer in New York a painter falls for a priest, in this captivating modern love story from the Booker-Prize shortlisted Brandon Taylor Wyeth is a newcomer to New York, a young Black painter who is trying to find his place in the contemporary Manhattan art...

Samad Baker has always been comfortable existing in the shadows. Allowing others access places Samad and the ones he loves in jeopardy. Nilou finds conflict with her heart and the life she chooses while Samad has conflict with his troubled past. If two conflicted hearts collide, there is bound to be an emotional explosion and when the smoke clears, there’s no guarantee that either will still be whole.

'Had me hooked from the very first pages' Sarah J. Maas, praise for Lindsay Cummings 'Plot twists galore … perfect for fans of Sarah J Maas, George R. R. Martin and Raven Kennedy' READER REVIEW ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🖤🖤🖤 A kingdom at war. A girl with a gift. A destiny to be revealed. Your...

Greyson hides many things from the Unseelie Court when they invade his estate each autumn for the Wild Hunt. During his required appearance as host, he is surprised to find a human among the glittering fae. She can see him even when he is using his stealth magic, which means only one thing—they are soul mates. Can he protect her amidst the swirl of fae politics and a plot against her life?

Troubled hip–hop country star Freedom Cade once broke her heart when they were teenagers. He abandoned her on the night of their prom because of choices that landed him on the wrong side of the law. Disappointed because she believed he’d changed his hustling means of survival, she vowed...

He's the most aggravating man I've ever met, and now I have to see him all the time? I'm not sure we'll survive it. I worked hard to prove him wrong, then even harder to forget him, but fate had other plans. Sniper, the Devil's Soldiers MC's Vice-President, is just as I remember—bossy, irritating, and far too sexy for my peace of mind. So why can't I stay away? Why do I let him push my buttons and make me want him even more than before? And with the dangers brewing in the club, why am I not running the other way?

There are secrets you share, and secrets you hide… A heartbreaking, funny, and deeply evocative novel about love, marriage, family, wine, and the treacherous terrain in which they meet. For everyone who loved Brothers and Sisters. My mother said it simply: ‘Be careful what you give up’...

Brought to you by Penguin. Their marriage is one of convenience. Inconveniently, they’ve fallen in love . . . Professor Elodie Tarrant is an expert in magical disasters. Nothing fazes her—except her own personal disaster, that is: Professor Gabriel Tarrant, the grumpy, unfriendly man she...

Welcome to Honeymoon Harbor, where unforgettable characters come face-to-face with the kind of love that grabs your heart and never lets go. There’s no place to fall in love like the place you left your heart Working as a Las Vegas concierge, Brianna Mannion is an expert at making other...

If you love Jill Shalvis and Susan Mallery, then you won’t want to miss this newest novel by New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Ryan. There’s nothing more complicated than the relationship among family… Especially when the Silva Sisters are keeping secrets. For Sierra it means...

South Africa, 1899 - the smouldering hostility between the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State and the British colonies of the Cape and Natal is about to burst into flame. War is coming and no one can prevent it. Colonel Penrod Ballantyne, hero of Abu Klea and Omdurman, is sent to Mafeking to recruit and train men for the fighting ahead. Amber, his wife, the successful novelist, accompanies him - eager to see more of the country her husband is about to risk his life for.

In seventeenth-century Scotland, religious struggles run rampant. Here, Young David Sempill, a moderate Presbyterian minister, pleas with his sect to have compassion for the remnants of King Montrose’s defeated army, who are being harried and slaughtered by religious extremists. But as pre-Christian nature worship and its accompanying black magicks seep forth from Melanudrigill Wood, Sempill himself disappears.

Jaxon Bentley is a hardnosed criminal lawyer whose entire life revolves around his work. He's been asked to represent Scarlett Reyes, a woman accused of murdering her police officer husband in cold blood. All the evidence points to Scarlett being guilty and Jaxon is sure it's an open and shut case. But when he meets his client, he can't help but feel that she's innocent and that there's more to the story than meets the eye.

Everything Dominic Price has worked hard to uphold is about to come crashing down on everything he holds dear. So much for the quiet life. Just as assistant US attorney and brewery owner Dominic Price is settling into a comfy new chapter with his partner, FBI agent Cameron Byrne, the sudden...

Brought to you by Penguin. Villa Diodati, Lake Geneva, 1816. The dark summer that birthed a monster . . . Eighteen-year-old Mary Shelley has fled London with her lover, Percy Shelley, and her sister, Claire. Tormented by Shelley’s betrayals, haunted by the loss of their baby and suspicious of...

From the bestselling author of The Bookshop of Yesterdays comes a charming novel about a woman with a special gift—her stories help people fall in love. When Alice’s best friend, Gabby, is reeling from a breakup, Alice writes her a heartfelt story to cheer her up. While reading it in a café...

Brought to you by Penguin. Rebecca Navarro, best-selling authoress of Regency romances, suffers a paralysing stroke. Assisted by her nurse, Rebecca plans her revenge on her unfaithful husband. But will Freddy Royle, hospital trustee, celebrity and necrophiliac, thwart those plans? Dave Thornton...