Showing results for "Marriages" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

When I made a pact with my best friend to marry each other if we were both still single at thirty, I had no idea it would be magically bound . . . by me. Time and circumstance have separated us, and we're no longer the naïve teenagers we once were. I'm thriving with my coven and Silas is the newly appointed Alpha of the local shifter pack. Which is why this marriage will never work.

Jack Langdon has always suppressed his talent for sorcery. But his marriage to Abigail, a skilled wizard, ignites his passion and opens doorways he never imagined.

IS THIS MARRIAGE A BLESSING? OR A CURSE? Born talentless to a noble family famous for their supernatural abilities, Miyo Saimori is forced into an existence of servitude by her abusive stepmother. When Miyo finally comes of marriageable age, though, her hopes of being whisked away to a better...

In the New Republic, every woman must marry five men. It’s the law. Welcome to the apocalypse. Includes Theirs to Protect, Theirs to Pleasure, and Theirs to Wed.

Life would have been easier had it been possible for us to plan falling in love; More importantly, avoid falling in love... ‘Love is not for you,’ she told herself. Inside, just like any girl, she desired to be loved. She had accepted her life the way it was, till one day love showed up...

LOVE AT A CROSSROADS…Though Miyo managed to escape Usui after Kiyoka came to her aid, the Gifted Communion continues to gain power and influence across Japan. Foreseeing that Usui and his organization will make another attempt to capture Miyo, Crown Prince Takaihito proposes that she and...

CAUGHT BETWEEN FRIEND AND FOE…On their trip home from the Kudou family villa, Miyo and Kiyoka narrowly escape an ambush from the leader of the Gifted Communion, Naoshi Usui, who claims to be Miyo’s father. Fearing that Miyo will be targeted again, Kiyoka insists that she accompany him to his...

In the beginning, there was The Average American Male. Maxim called it "pure filth." Even Penthouse called it "appalling." The New York Times called it "the literary love child of Neil LaBute, Judy Blume, and Eminem." Now, Chad Kultgen's unforgettable antihero is back—this time as a married...

After months of staying by Kiyoka’s side, Miyo is finally invited to the Kudou family villa to meet her future in-laws. Far from receiving a warm welcome, however, she quickly discovers that her fiancé’s mother, Fuyu, has no intention of accepting her as his bride. But Miyo will do anything...

RELATIONSHIP GROWING PAINS...When Miyo Saimori, the unwanted daughter of a declining noble family, is married off to coldhearted military commander Kiyoka Kudou, no one expects their betrothal to last. Against all odds, however, the unlikely couple find themselves drawn to each other’s...

Verheiratete Menschen sind glücklicher, gesünder und produktiver. Um den Bürgern des Vereinten Königreiches den Hafen der Ehe schmackhaft zu machen, erlässt die Regierung ein Gesetz, das Verheirateten Privilegien verschafft: bessere Schulen für die Kinder, bessere Kredite, bessere Gehälter, Häuser in besseren Wohngegenden. Alles, was man für das schöne Leben tun muss, ist einen Smart-Marriage-Vertrag zu unterschreiben. Doch was bedeutet es, wenn man seine Beziehung einem Algorithmus anvertraut? Ein Witwer versucht verzweifelt, den Tod seiner Frau zu vertuschen, weil er nicht zwangsverheiratet werden will.

From a New York Times bestselling author, the much-anticipated third novel in the Greycourt series. Cold and brooding, Julian Greycourt, the heir to the Windemere dukedom, has always known that his uncle the duke was responsible for his mother’s death. Now he’s determined to exact revenge...

I entered into a bargain—choosing my mate over my freedom. But I underestimated the crowned prince who took me. His touch like venom. His vengeance lethal. He craves a power I no longer hold, and he’ll sacrifice every part of me until he gets it. But I don’t belong to him. I belong to his brother. His brother who will come for me, consequences be damned. My fate is entangled between two princes—one who craves my power, the other who covets me—and I have more to lose than I ever imagined.

Я, Эйвери Латимер, невеста с сомнительной репутацией, но с большими средствами. Мой избранник—сиятельный лорд, генерал-вдовец в отставке с огромными долгами, старым рассыпающимся замком, древним родом и малолетним наследником в довесок.

“Eloisa James is extraordinary.” —Lisa Kleypas “Nothing gets me to the bookstore faster than a new novel by Eloisa James.” —Julia Quinn New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James gives the classic Hans Christian Andersen story of “The Ugly Duckling” a wonderful, witty, and...

Нет ничего хуже, чем выйти замуж за незнакомца? О, стоит разок загреметь в тюрьму, как приоритеты меняются! Свадьба была моим единственным шансом избежать каторги, и я выскочила замуж, даже не узнав имени своего жениха. Зря, конечно…

In a land scarred by an old war where fae hunt witches and collect them for bounty, Rose must hide in the woods with her grandmother to avoid being turned over to the fae king for torture. Rose does what she can to survive, stalking and killing any fae that wander too close to home and using her magic sparingly to avoid detection. One day, Rose is captured by a wolf-shifting bounty hunter named Emrys, and she immediately knows two things. First, she must find a way to escape no matter the cost. And second . . . she's never hated anything more than she hates the fae. Especially her captor.

'Love, passion, drama, violence, menace and peril, and characters you fall in love with!’ – Santa Montefiore, author of Shadows in the Moonlight The mystery of St Kilda's residents are all revealed in the epic conclusion to Karen Swan's historical series set in Scotland. Jayne Ferguson has...

Captain Xavran Rax from the planet Aldrai doesn't need a lover, a friend, or even a companion. He's been keeping a secret about his wife's death for over a decade, and the only reason he decides to bring a woman into his household is because he believes it would benefit his four children. Mara Takolsky doesn't find Aldraians even remotely attractive. Neither does she care about children of any species. She accepts the proposal of Captain Rax only because her dead fiance owed a lot of money to the criminals who now wish to collect it from her, either in money or blood.

Понятия не имею, как меня занесло в другой мир! Но вот я стою в ряду дебютанток и ожидаю представления в качестве невесты. Ах да! Я же должна быть полиглотом, держать осанку и призывно улыбаться всем, кто сочтет меня достойной для роли будущей супруги. Только о любви здесь не слышали, а самое ужасное — дядюшка давно подобрал мне выгодную партию. Состоятельный вдовец, нелюдимый и бородатый, почему-то согласился оплатить долги дяди и даже не спрашивает о приданом. С тем, что я буду не первой, можно было бы смириться, но седьмой?!