1814 : Le capitaine Sam Alderton revient du continent en Angleterre avec une vie en lambeaux. Mutilé et sans repères, la dernière chose qu'il souhaite faire est de passer Noël avec sa famille et leurs amis proches, les Huxley - en particulier Jasper Huxley, qu'il a presque embrassé cinq ans auparavant.

Sam prévoit d'éviter les festivités, mais lorsque les premières neiges de l'hiver arrivent et que Jasper et lui se retrouvent seuls à Alderton Hall, ils se retrouvent à revisiter ensemble de vieilles traditions et des souvenirs douloureux - et découvrent que les choses ne se sont peut-être pas déroulées comme ils le pensaient cinq ans plus tôt.

Les premières neiges de l'hiver

Merry & BrightThree seasonal love stories from Joanna ChambersHumbugQuin Flint is unimpressed when his gorgeous colleague, Rob Paget, asks for extra time off at Christmas. As far as Quin is concerned, Christmas is a giant waste of time. Quin's on the fast track to partnership, and the season of goodwill is just getting in the way of his next big project. But when Quin's boss, Marley, confiscates his phone and makes him take an unscheduled day off, Quin finds himself being forced to confront his regrets, past and present, and think about the sort of future he really wants.and who he wants it with. Mr Perfect's ChristmasSam Warren's new job hasn't been going so well so the last thing he's in the mood for is the obligatory office Christmas party, particularly since Nick Foster's going to be there. Nick-the guy whose shoes Sam has been trying to fill-seems to take very opportunity to point out where Sam's going wrong. But when Sam receives an unexpected Secret Santa gift at the party, he's forced to question his assumptions about his rival. Could it be that he's been misinterpreting Nick's actions all along? And is it possible that his reluctant attraction to Nick is reciprocated?Rest and Be Thankful Things haven't been going well for Cam McMorrow since he moved to Inverbechie. His business is failing, his cottage is falling apart and following his very public argument with café owner Rob Armstrong, he's become a social outcast. Cam needs to get away from his troubles and when his sister buys him a ticket to the biggest Hogmanay party in Glasgow, he can't leave Inverbechie quick enough. But when events conspire to strand him in the middle of nowhere in a snowstorm, not only is he liable to miss the party, he'll also have to ask his nemesis, Rob, for help.

Merry and Bright

Nathan I'm a fixer by nature. The man everyone turns to in a crisis. I even gave up a lucrative career in the city to save the family business from ruin and now I'm back living in my little home town by the sea. But when my half-sister Rosie falls ill and needs a transplant, I have to the face the fact that I can't fix everything. I'm not a match and neither is anyone else in the family. We're getting desperate when, one night, out of the blue, my stepbrother Mack turns up to offer help. Mack and my stepdad haven't spoken in years. Rosie and my mum have never met him. But I have. I met Mack last night, at a club. We had a one night stand. The hottest one night stand of my life. NOTE: This book is a 2024 self-published edition of a book originally released in 2018 with Riptide Publishing. Some names have been changed and other light revisions made but the book is substantially the same as the original edition.

Tribute Act

Une lutte acharnée pour l'amour. Murdo et David pourront-t-ils surmonter les obstacles vers leur happy ending ? 

Depuis cinq mois, David Lauriston reprend des forces sur le domaine de Lord Murdo Balfour. À Laverock, il a récupéré santé et confiance, et a connu - avec Murdo - plus de bonheur et de satisfaction qu'il n'en a jamais eu.
David est bien trop conscient qu'un jour prochain, il devra quitter Laverock - et Murdo - pour retrouver son travail d'avocat à Édimbourg, tout comme Murdo devra reprendre sa vie à Londres. Mais quand le mentor de David, Patrick Chalmers, lui demande de revenir le voir à Édimbourg sur son lit de mort, il apparaît que ce jour arrive plus tôt que Murdo et lui ne l'auraient souhaité.
Chalmers supplie David d'accepter une dernière affaire pour lui : assurer l'avenir de sa fille Elizabeth. Mais pour exaucer le voeu de son vieux mentor, David doit se rendre à Londres, avec Murdo.
À peine arrivés dans la capitale, les deux hommes rencontrent l'impitoyable père manipulateur de Murdo, qui dévoile un secret révoltant qui ébranle profondément David. De plus, lorsque David découvre qu'Elizabeth court un danger bien plus grand que même son père ne l'avait craint, il est déterminé à l'aider, peu importe le prix de sa propre sécurité.
Alors que les enjeux augmentent, c'est à Murdo de choisir ce qu'il est prêt à sacrifier pour garder David à ses côtés, et de se demander s'il est possible, pour deux hommes comme eux, de vivre un bonheur durable.

  #Historique #Romance #Passion


  Illumination est la conclusion de l'histoire de Murdo et David.

Illumination

An elegant werewolf in Edinburgh... 1788. When Lindsay Somerville, the most elegant werewolf in Paris, learns that the man who held him in abject captivity for decades is on his way to France, intent on recapturing him, he knows he must leave the Continent for his own safety. Lindsay cannot take the risk of being recaptured-he may have been free for a century but he can still feel the ghost of his old chains under his fine clothes.. on a mission... While he's in Edinburgh, Lindsay has been tasked with acquiring the "Naismith Papers", the writings of a long-dead witchfinder. It should be a straightforward mission-all Lindsay has to do is charm an elderly book collector, Hector Cruikshank. But Cruikshank may not be all he seems, and there are others who want the papers.. meets his matchAs if that were not enough, while tracking down the Naismith Papers, Lindsay meets stubborn architect Drew Nicol. Although the attraction between them is intense, Nicol seems frustratingly determined to resist Lindsay's advances. Somehow though, Lindsay can't seem to accept Nicol's rejection. Is he just moonstruck, or is Nicol bonded to him in ways he doesn't yet understand?Note: this is the first book of a duology - the story continues and will complete in the second book, Master Wolf.

Gentleman Wolf - Capital Wolves duet, #1

Lights, camera.attraction! When Tag O'Rourke, struggling actor-slash-barista, meets Jay Warren, son of acting royalty, it's loathing at first sight. Loathing.and lust. Tag's dream is to act, but it's a dream that's crumbling beneath the weight of student debt and his family's financial problems. If his career doesn't take off soon, he's going to have to get a real job. After all, feeding his family is more important than feeding his soul. Luckily, Tag's about to get his big break. Jay never had to dream about acting; he was always destined to follow in his famous mother's footsteps. But fame has its price and a traumatic experience early inJay's career has left him with paralysing stage fright, which is why he sticks to the safety of TV work-and avoids relationships with co-stars at all costs. Unfortunately, Jay's safe world is about to be rocked. After an ill-judged yet mind-blowing night together, Jay and Tag part acrimoniously. So it's a nasty shock when they discover that they've been cast in a two-man play that could launch Tag's career and finally get Jay back onto the stage where he belongs. Sure, it's not ideal, but how bad can working with your arch-nemesis be? All they have to do is survive six weeks rehearsing together and navigate a cast of smarmy festival directors, terrible landladies, and vengeful journalists. Oh, and try not to fall in love before the curtain rises. Break a leg!

Best Supporting Actor - Creative Types, #3

Découvrez Silence, ça joue !, le deuxième tome de la série de Joanna Chambers et Sally Malcolm : Sous les projecteurs

Sous les projecteurs 2

Lysander Winterbourne has been living happily at Edgeley Park for the last eighteen months. By day he is Adam Freeman's estate manager, by night, his lover...but Adam never speaks of his feelings and Lysander has no idea whether their relationship is any more than a convenient arrangement for Adam. When the two men are invited to Winterbourne Abbey for a family Christmas, matters quickly come to a head. Snowed in at the Abbey with a house full of guests, Lysander has to face up to shocking revelations, long-held secrets and a choice he never expected to have to make...

Mr Winterbourne's Christmas - Winterbourne, #2

Tormented by his forbidden desires for other men and the painful memories of the childhood friend he once loved, lawyer David Lauriston tries to maintain a celibate existence while he forges his reputation in Edinburgh's privileged legal world. But then, into his repressed and orderly life, bursts Lord Murdo Balfour. Cynical, hedonistic and utterly unapologetic, Murdo could not be less like David. And as appalled as David is by Murdo's unrepentant self-interest, he cannot resist the man's sway. Murdo tempts and provokes David in equal measure, forcing him to acknowledge his physical desires. But Murdo is not the only man distracting David from his work. Euan MacLennan, the brother of a convicted radical David once represented, approaches David to beg him for help. Euan is searching for the government agent who sent his brother to Australia on a convict ship, and other radicals to the gallows. Despite knowing it may damage his career, David cannot turn Euan away. As their search progresses, it begins to look as though the trail may lead to none other than Lord Murdo Balfour, and David has to wonder whether it's possible Murdo could be more than he seems. Is he really just a bored aristocrat, amusing himself at David's expense, or could he be the agent provocateur responsible for the fate of Peter MacLennan and the other radicalsThis is a second edition of a book previously published by Samhain Publishing

Provoked - Enlightenment, #1

Ce sont des hommes dangereux. Des ennemis absolus. Et totalement attirés l' un par l' autre. 
Will n'a jamais rencontré quelqu'un comme Kit. Il est arrogant. Magnifique. Mortel. Le garde du corps le plus cher que l'argent peut acheter.
Et Will ne semble pas pouvoir lui résister.
Un simple ordre de Kit avec son accent à couper au couteau fait vouloir à Will des choses qu'il n'a jamais désirées, lui faire des choses qu'il n'a jamais faites.Leur alchimie est hors-norme.
Il y a juste un problème : Will a juré de tuer le milliardaire que Kit est déterminé à protéger.
Et Kit possède des secrets lui aussi - ses propres raisons de sacrifier son âme, morceau par douloureux morceau, afin de garder en vie l'un des pires hommes au monde.

Livres