Böcker av Lilian Monroe

I'm not even supposed to be here. The Christmas Ball at Farcliff Castle is meant for proper royals... not families who are hanging on to their titles by a thread.Families whose daughters need to marry well, else they'll lose their standing in society.Families like mine. You know who else shouldn't be here?The Duke of Blythe. Brooding, mysterious, with a gaze that makes my whole body ignite.When the Duke steals me away from the ball, he shows me what it means to be a woman.Makes me think that my future could involve something more than a loveless marriage to an old, well-titled man.Treats my body with reverence, and shows me E-X-A-C-T-L-Y what I've been missing in my prim and proper life. But the Duke has secrets he's not ready to share, and my time is running out......and that's before I find out I'm pregnant.

From the author of Four Steps to the Perfect Revenge comes a deliciously witty and lighthearted romance brimming with misadventures, misdeeds, misunderstandings...and one perfectly mismatched couple.A notorious rule follower, the old Daphne Davis could do no wrong. But lately she can't get anything right.Jilted by her ex, ousted from her home, and laid off from her job, Daphne retreats to her little hometown, Fernley Island. But even there, she feels out of sync. So, bailing on her own sister's engagement party, she suddenly embraces a brand-new philosophy: no more goody-two-shoes.Unfortunately, Daphne's new mantra lands her squarely in the headlights--literally--of her high school nemesis, Calvin Flint. No longer a scrawny jerk, he's Fernley's acting sheriff, filling out his uniform waaay better than he ought to.He's also Daphne's new boss.As Daphne balances the books after a department scandal, a series of mishaps throws her and Calvin together. The sparks that fly take them both by surprise. But will a fake dating scheme and quest for a stolen heirloom ruin their chance at something real?

An ex-con, a baker, and a competition with stakes higher than either of them could have anticipated. Dirty Little Midlife Debacle is a hot, hilarious, wild ride. Kissing your coworker is a bad idea.Neurotic baker and business owner Jen knows this from experience. An even worse idea?Signing up for a televised baking competition and partnering up with said coworker. The treats they bake might be sweet, but the only thing they're planning on sharing is the trophy. Oh...and a bed. There's only one bed. All Jen has to do is make it to the end of the competition without letting her desires get in the way...until she discovers there might be more danger afoot than sharing a bed with a hot, hunky ex-con with a heart of gold. This competition is about to get very, very interesting...

Laugh-out-loud funny, with cover-to-cover banter and red-hot heat. Dirty Little Midlife Mess is not your typical fake relationship romance. It's better.Simone owes handsome, broody Wesley Byron a favor, and he's calling it in.He needs a maid.Yes, like the type that cleans a house. Black and white uniform not included (she asked).Except on Simone's first day, she finds herself wrapped up in Wes's muscular arms as he introduces her to his family using the word "girlfriend" instead of "maid".Then he ducks his head and whispers two words against her ear: Play along.For a woman who dealt with a difficult man for eleven years (and divorced him), those words are like throwing a lit match into a box of fireworks.She'll play along. She might even have fun with it.And when the explosions start, everyone will enjoy the show...

Hilarious, hot, and seriously refreshing. Dirty Little Midlife Crisis is the book you didn't know you needed.Forty-five, recently divorced, and a certified hot mess.The last thing Fiona needs to start her vacation is a flooded hotel room and a broken-down car...Alas, that's what she gets.She's ready to pack it all in and go home-wherever that is-when her knight in a wet T-shirt strides in to save the day. Jaw-dropping, panty-melting Grant Greene takes the "mess" out of "certified hot mess" when he walks up to Fiona and offers her a room to stay. No strings attached.Great, right?It would be, apart from the sparks that immediately start to fly. Sparks are bad. Sparks are dangerous. Sparks can cause a fire. And for a divorcee trying to start over, a fire is Really Bad News.But bad decisions can be fun...right? Just as long as you don't get burned...Intrepid heroine gets more than she bargained for. Hot hunk bares it all (literally). Skinny dipping. Shirtlessness. Meddling townsfolk. Vicious feuds. Hilarious banter. Twists, turns, and shocking developments. And heat, so much heat. More steam than a sauna. Well-earned HEA guaranteed.

Sizzling-hot and seriously funny. Who said your forties couldn't be both?There are three rules for a post-divorce rebound: Choose someone you won't ever see again.Don't let your nosey mother invite him over for a family dinner.Do not, under any circumstances, fall in love. Single mother of two, Katrina Viceroy, should really, really follow the rules, but when leather-clad motorcycle hunk, Mac Blair, walks into her life (and her bed), she knows she's in trouble. For once in her forty-two years, Trina's breaking all the rules......until she finds out Mac is her daughter's new second grade teacher. Two words: Off. Limits. And Mac's one unbreakable rule? Don't mix work with pleasure.Unlike Trina, Mac does, indeed, follow his own rules. Mostly.

A hot, hilarious fresh start! Nora's forties begin with a bang...or rather, a crash.What's worse than bumping into a parked motorcycle and tipping it over?Easy. It's bumping into a motorcycle, tipping it over, and sending it crashing into an entire row of bikes like horrible, slow-motion dominos.What's even worse than that?Doing it in front of the first bike's owner.Lee Blair looks like he wants to pop Nora's head off her shoulders like a champagne cork.Saying "oopsie daisy" doesn't calm him down. Go figure.When she gets the bill for her mistake, she nearly breaks down.In order to pay it off, she'll have to move back in with her mother and beg for her old job back.It's every forty-one-year-old woman's dream...not.Until Lee offers her a solution.He'll take on the debt and let her pay it off over time...if she agrees to work for him.What could possibly go wrong?

Holy heat! Dirty Little Midlife Mistake is packed full of the best kind of bad decisions.Candice Viceroy-widow, mother, business owner-isn't supposed to kiss anyone.Especially not Hollywood heartthrob and hunky silver fox, Blake Harding.Not in front of half a dozen cameras and a whole movie set's worth of lights.And not when, for the first time in nearly a decade, she gets certain special tingles in a certain special place.So, Candice does what any normal, rational person would do:She runs away. Literally.One thing she doesn't expect?For Blake Harding-actor, Adonis, ladykiller-to lay chase.That's when Candice finds out she has a very, very big problem on her hands......because when Blake catches her, he isn't planning on letting her go.

Secrets don't stay hidden for long in Heart's Cove... Lily has a secret, and it's about to come out. The forty-year-old free spirit will tell her family, deal with the fallout, and move on with her life.Within a year, she'll be back to normal, with the addition of a little bundle of joy. Then she meets Rudy. Handsome, charming, roguish Rudy.The man who drifts through life with a smile on his lips and sin in his gaze.The man who makes her body heat and her mind spiral into all the places that should be locked away. Because when the truth comes out, their romance is doomed.No man will stick around when he finds out she's pregnant...and definitely not when he finds out what she's really hiding.

Small town sizzle meets fake dating fun. What could go wrong?Single mom Mia has a problem. Her new landlord Des just raised her rent, and even in her dreams, Mia wouldn't be able to afford it.Not that she'd want to dream of Des. Ever.To make matters worse, Des is big, grumpy, and apparently his heart is made of granite. He's not willing to meet Mia in any sort of middle.Suffice it to say, Mia's forties aren't off to a good start.Until.A blind date turns to disaster, because that funny, charming guy she's been talking to?Yeah. That's Des. And he has a proposition for her...One little fake date-a little weekend away to go to his family reunion-and Mia's rent troubles will disappear.But as she gets to know Des, feelings start to grow. Could something fake turn real-or is true love just a fantasy?

Second chances and sizzling heat. Dirty Little Midlife Drama is small town romance at its best. Recent divorcée Georgia doesn't want to be anywhere near her high school sweetheart. Especially not in her new town, where she's supposed to be enjoying her fresh start. But there he is: Tall, broad-shouldered, wearing faded jeans and a Texas tan.When Sebastian kisses her, she has a very natural reaction: pure, blind panic. The past should stay where it belongs. Dead and buried. She should just avoid the growly, possessive, oh-so-protective hunk, but as it turns out, he'll be sticking around town for a while. Sebastian just found a job-as the only available contractor in her new town. And Sebastian has no plans to let her slip through his fingers a second time.