First published anonymously in 1872, "Under the Greenwood Tree" is Thomas Hardy's story of the romantic entanglement between church musician, Dick Dewey, and the attractive new school mistress, Fancy Day. A pleasant romantic tale set in the Victorian era, "Under the Greenwood Tree" is the first of Hardy's "Wessex" novels and is one of his most gentle and pastoral stories. Dick falls in love with the beautiful and talented Fancy the moment he meets...

Elfride Swancourt is the daughter of the Rector of Endelstow, a remote sea-swept parish in Corwall based on St Juliot, where Hardy began A Pair of Blue Eyes during the beginning of his courtship of his first wife, Emma. Blue-eyed and high-spirited, Elfride has little experience of the world beyond, and becomes entangled with two men: the boyish architect, Stephen Smith, and the older literary man, Henry Knight. The former friends become rivals, and...

To Thaw a Maiden's Heart When Scottish chieftain and sole shipwreck survivor George Grant awoke on the ice-crusted shore of a strange land, he knew his mission: return home in time to wed the dainty bride his king had chosen. But that was before he met his captor, a giant, blue-eyed Viking hellion whose price for freedom was a temporary marriage-to her! Rika was as cold and hard as the hammered metal covering her wrists. Yet the blush of her cheeks...

With her family fallen on hard times, Valda's forced to join the crew on Halfdan Ulfsson's merchant ship as he sets sail on the treacherous silk route. But this handsome jarl's son is the man she'd planned to wed, until his bitter betrayal. Knowing she can never trust him, she must focus on saving her sisters...and not the intense connection that still burns between them!

The sea-king's warrior bride Legendary shield maiden Sayrid Avildottar will marry no man unless he first defeats her in combat. And in powerful sea-king Hrolf Eymundsson she has finally met her match. Hrolf may have won her lands and her body but can Sayrid welcome a stranger to her bed? The world of fighting is all she knows! With a husband intent on seducing his new bride, perhaps, just this once, Sayrid will discover that surrender can bring the...

Strangers on the run Now they must wed! Sandulf, youngest of the famed Sigurdsson brothers, is on the trail of the assassin who murdered his family. On his way, he meets Scottish runaway Lady Ceanna, a prickly, wary woman trying to escape a forced marriage. Her beauty and courage make Sandulf realize there may be more at stake than his revenge… As the threat of her family follows them, there’s only one way to keep her safe—marriage!

The young King Edward is determined to create a united Saxon England, with a strong desire for Viking leaders' heads on spikes outside the Jorvik city gates. Meanwhile, the Vikings plan to protect their ruling Ragnarsson dynasty - at any cost. After a peaceful period with Ivar as King of Jorvik and his brother Halfdan as King of Lincoln, the death of King Alfred of Wessex brings imminent war. King Edward and his sister Aethelflaed march North to...

This book is about a young lady who finds the love of her life but doesn't realize that someone else wants to hurt her. She goes into protective custody and falls for the young cop protecting her. Her boyfriend tells her that he loves someone else, and it breaks her heart. In the end, she finally finds the man of her dreams.

When life gives you lemons, making lemonade isn't your only option! So what happens when you're back at square one at age fifty? Suddenly back in a game, although never having experienced it, with less than adequate surviving skills at best. Meet Julia, a proud Cuban American born and raised in an old school traditional Cuban family. Divorced at fifty but ready to live, or better yet survive.Tossed into a lion pit of self-discovery, dating, online...

Katrina had practically given up on love. She had one bad relationship after another. Then she met him, and what she thought she did not want happened: a second chance at love. Jonathan was successful. He knew what he wanted in life, but she was unexpected. But now that he had found her, he was determined to win her over and show her just how wonderful life could be with him. He wanted to give her a second chance at love.