Author: cerisedeland
Tycoon. Robber baron. Builder of ships, empires¿and a fortune. Few women can resist him. One tries.But who wins when their choices are revenge-or love?Killian Hanniford has everything he wants. Charming children, a growing empire and wealth beyond his hard-scrabble childhood dreams. He doesn’t need a wife. Doesn’t look for love from women who only want to dip their hands into his wallet.But one … one woman cuts him cold-and he wonders why she has the nerve.Olivia Bereston knows the notorious American millionaire well. He’s ruthless, unprincipled. And she’s delighted to cut him down to size. But afterward, he finds her…
Lady Kitty Varney runs a discreet business to support herself and pay off her late husband’s gambling debts. When Viscount Justin Belmont appears in her parlor, Kitty’s latest client is the very man she was forbidden to marry years ago. Kitty questions if she can find Justin a woman worthy of him…and if she can bear to help him wed any other woman. Then Justin lists his criteria for a wife and … and Kitty is shocked to learn she is among the few candidates suitable. He demands each candidate spend one night with him. Can Kitty deny herself the…
Marianne Roland is a widow who has left behind her past including memories of an intemperate husband and the hardships of the American civil war. Now she enjoys the comforts her wealthy Uncle Killian bestows on all his family. As she watches others fall in love, she decides to find an amusing lover for herself but only for one enchanting night.Andre Claude Marceau, Duc de Remy and Prince … d¿Aumale, finds Marianne¿s joie de vivre enchanting¿and her plan for a temporary affair with him impossible. He offers her one night in his arms, and to his delight, she craves another.…
FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ROMANCE FICTION, CERISE DELAND Book one in the Those Notorious Americans seriesMoney can buy anything, can’t it? Those brash Americans–their dollars and charms work wonders. Until they learn that money can buy anything…but love.Lily Hanniford has all the qualities an impoverished nobleman could want in a wife. She’s beautiful, educated and funny. Too bad, she has a … educated and funny. Too bad, she has a penchant for riding astride like a man. Too bad, she’s an American with a shrewd, wily father. But she’s unwilling to be sold to the highest-ranking nobleman. She wants a…
The lovely widow at Number Ten Dudley Crescent hopes to lead a merry life without any husband to replace the elderly one she recently buried. Yet Lady Ranford finds herself in a pickle. Her new butler, Finnley, is not only the most obstinate man she’s ever met, but also an enigma. She’s never been lured to naughtiness with a man. Heaven knows, she certainly shouldn’t fantasize about the tall, … tall, dark, scowling creature who runs her household like his finely tuned pocket watch. But she can’t help herself. She needs to taste him–or dismiss him.Finnley, poor fellow, has a…