My Uptown Girl by C. Morgan

We come from different sides of the tracks.

But we have one thing in common—we both work hard for what we want.

Even though I try my damnedest to keep my heart closed up, there’s something about her that commands me to snatch her up and steal her breath.

To let her fully into my life, no matter how different our backgrounds are.

Her rich father is helping her open a restaurant and she’s hoping to serve some of the lobster I’ve caught to her new customers. I’m all for it.

The electricity between us has me taking one step back and three forward.

This is the woman I want beside and beneath me for the rest of my life.

But her father thinks I’m riffraff. And he just might be right.

Maybe if I just keep things professional, which is almost impossible.

Heat blazes in and out of the kitchen as we try to work together, and I’ve got one thing on my mind.

Owning every part of her.

No matter what her family or anyone else thinks about it.

This woman is my uptown girl.

The King's General by Daphne du Maurier

Honor Harris is only eighteen when she first meets Richard Grenvile, proud, reckless — and utterly captivating. But following a riding accident, Honor must reconcile herself to a life alone. As the English Civil war is waged across the country, Richard rises through the ranks of the army, marries and makes enemies, and Honor remains true to him.

Decades later, an undaunted Sir Richard, now a general serving King Charles I, finds her. Finally they can share their passion in the ruins of her family’s great estate on the storm-tossed Cornish coast — one last time before being torn apart, never to embrace again.

With a Little Help from my Lordby Cheryl Bolen

He must guard her—but can he guard his heart?

An innocent trip to the book store propels Lady Harriett Beresford into danger when a stranger—grabbing her book and warning of peril from the Fat Man—collapses on her doorstep. Dead. She rushes to find aid, and when she returns, the dead man is gone, and no one believes her account of the fallen book thief.

Alex Muir, Baron Rockingham, has been charged by Devere, his closest friend, to watch out for his sister while he’s away on his wedding trip. When Alex stops by to check on Harriett and she explains her predicament, he’s skeptical. His friend’s exuberant little sister has always had a flair for the dramatic. But when she later turns to him following a harrowing attempt on her life, his doubts are put to rest. She has been telling the truth all along, and he now knows her life is in peril. His protective instincts kick in. He cannot allow her to return to her home. She must stay with him so he can guard over her at all times.

Together, they seek the identity of the Fat Man, and in doing so, they learn of a plot against the regent. As important as it is to Alex to protect the regent, it’s even more important that he keep Harriett safe. Spending so many hours a day with her—and so close to his bedchamber—Alex comes to realize Devere’s youngest sister is no longer a girl. She’s a young woman, a desirable young woman.

But he cannot give in to his searing desire. All that matters is protecting the life of this woman who has come to mean so much to him.

Holiday Hideoutby Logan Chance

Every woman in the world hates me.

No seriously, it’s true.

When I decided to break up with my girlfriend, she went on to write a chart-topping album about how I broke her heart.

And everyone’s on her side.

I get hate mail.

Death threats.

Now, I’m hiding out until the filming of my next SharkQuake movie is underway.

I head to Alaska, to keep my head down until the buzz of Trinity’s new album dies down.

No interaction except for a housekeeper, Rachel, that shows up twice a week to clean.

When she shows up, I quickly learn she’s Team Trinity and probably wants me dead, too.

But there’s something about her I can’t quite ignore.

To top it off, she’s a major shark movie junkie– apparently it’s a thing.

Spending time with her makes me forget about the world.

And for someone like me that can be a dangerous thing.

This is only temporary, soon I’ll be heading back to Hollywood and leaving this holiday hideout behind.