Romantic Games

"Part One: TakenJessie Coford had a plan: work hard, save money, open her own restaurant. She sacrificed her relationship with the man of her dreams to get it. Then, in the blink of an eye, she lost her job and her apartment and her life crashed around her. Until a letter taking her to Fort Mavis, Texas, and an unexpected windfall.Part Two: TamedShea Prescott was astonished when million Cruz Castillo chose her to design his new home on his ranch. They hardly traveled in the same circles. But Cruz had been hot for Shea since he first saw her and at their first meeting the chemistry between them ignited. Cruz coaxed her deeper and deeper into a whirlpool of erotic sex, awakening latent sexual desires and bringing her orgasms beyond her wildest imaginings. Her body screamed yes at his every touch, but will she say yes to the most important question?USA Today best-selling and award-winning author Desiree Holt writes everything from romantic suspense and paranormal to erotic. and has been referred to by USA Today as the Nora Roberts of erotic romance, and is a winner of the EPIC E-Book Award, the Holt Medallion and a Romantic Times Reviewers Choice nominee. She has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning and in The Village Voice, The Daily Beast, USA Today, The (London) Daily Mail, The New Delhi Times and numerous other national and international publications.Taken by Surprise is created by Desiree Holt, an EGlobal Creative Publishing signed author."

In their four years of marriage, Ethan Sterling had always refused to visit any romantic couple destinations with his wife, Pearl Whitmore. He said she was shallow and just chasing trends. However, when his first love came back from overseas, he could not wait to take her up the legendary mountain where it was said couples who climbed it successfully would grow old together. Pearl divorced him and moved abroad. However, Ethan followed her to the new country, sobbing as he searched for her in the ruins...

A major romantic disappointment leads Lizandra to leave her hometown and accept a job offer in Rio de Janeiro, but her impulsive act leads her into a scam. Lizandra finds herself trapped in a big city where she knows absolutely no one. However, an accident introduces her to wonderful people, and perhaps she has found a true family. Now, she just needs to convince the handsome and arrogant Heitor Alves de Bragança that she's not a con artist willing to take advantage of people who have only helped her.

Olivia Summers, a hopeless romantic trying to win the heart of her 'one true love'. She's on her journey to find her soulmate. Until a casanova came along trying to break her heart and prove 'true love' does not exist. He's on his journey to shatter her hopes on love. Will she win her true love or will he succeed in breaking her heart first? Two completely different views and opinions on love but deep down they have a same goal: To chase and win in the game of love. But sometimes love is where they least expect it.

Basilio DiLustro. Charming. Deadly. A monster dressed in a three-piece-suit. Wynter Star. Realist with the most romantic of hearts, hiding it all under her ice princess fame. The two were never meant to cross paths. When they do, worlds collide and volcanoes erupt. Basilio makes her feel everything when she’s with him. Protected. Loved. Desired. Every monster has a weakness. She’s his. His obsession. His addiction. His only salvation. Theirs is a love twisted with secrets and tainted by lies. And when history comes knocking, it could shatter everything.

One night is all it takes to burn her world to ash. Dragged from the ruins of her family’s estate, Serenya Vale is thrust into the heart of a palace that thrives on whispers, beauty, and blood. At its center sits Prince Kael Dravaryn — dangerous, breathtaking, and the very man everyone swears is her captor… and her only protector. Surrounded by wolves in silk, Serenya is given a choice: obey the Prince and survive the court’s games, or defy him and be devoured by those with sharper teeth. But survival becomes far more complicated when a mysterious knight begins crossing her path — his gaze lingering too long, his presence unsettling the careful balance Kael keeps around her. In a court where a smile can be a blade and a kiss can start a war, every step Serenya takes binds her tighter to two men… and to a fate she never asked for.

"You can run, but you can't hide from your mate, Astrid." __ He was darkness itself and she was the light that invaded his space. When Astrid Vance's eighteenth birthday was near that she would become the Alpha of the moon claw pack, a war invaded her pack, stripping her of her power, her pride and everything she ever owned. Thrown into prison for many years. Now, Astrid is out, demoted to nothing but an Omega, serving her enemy's son, fate takes a change when her mate turns out to be her enemy's son, Alpha Zeke. She will take back her pack, even if it means blending to his games and rules, after all, she's the true Alpha. When visions, secrets and dark pasts start to unravel. Can the light truly overcome the darkness?

Amara Ysabelle Santiago is a 21-year-old architecture student who has lived most of her life trying to survive, not to dream. Raised in a small province and thrust into Manila by a scholarship, she never expected to catch the eye of the country's most powerful and cold-hearted billionaire, Killian Alaric Dela Vega. When their paths collide due to an unexpected business arrangement involving her estranged father, Amara finds herself locked into a marriage contract she can’t escape. He’s rich, ruthless, and emotionally frozen. She’s warm, stubborn, and hiding a past darker than he could ever imagine. Will Amara melt the ice surrounding Killian’s heart, or will she shatter in his world of power games and betrayal? This is the story of a girl forced into a cold billionaire’s world, where love was never part of the deal—but destiny had other plans

“I can’t believe you are coming back after all this years Aria, you still haven’t learnt your lessons after all this years.” Jessica said harshly. Aria look at her deceptive sister dead in the eyes, “ The only lesson I learnt is never to underestimate a mother trying to take the rightful heir for her children.” Eight years ago, Aria’s world shattered when she caught her billionaire husband Michael cheating with her own sister Jessica. Divorcing with a little money in her account, She left the city. Now, Aria is back, much stronger than ever before with her twin sons Alex and Austin. As betrayal unravels, Micheal realizes his greatest mistake was losing Aria. Can Aria conquer this high-stakes games of secret and lies within the elite billionaire world with her sons on her sides ?

She was supposed to be just a pawn in the games of throne that I played. A nanny for my Damian and perhaps also a little entertainment in my bedchamber as well. Why then did I have to risk it all for her sake? Why then was I willing to take a second chance? She was just a human. I had not felt this way even for my queen, a mighty dragon. *** Draco was a ruthless Dragon King who only cared about power and position. He and Liana were no match. The only thing connecting them was Damian. Damian was Draco's son from his deceased wife, Kiara. And he happened to slip down to the mortal human world. There he was being raised by Liana who saw him as her own son. Things turn difficult when Lucian, Draco's brother start developing feelings towards Liana just like he had for Kiara, in his heart.