Bøger af Cynthia Dane

ALYSSA A call on a Friday evening. My handsome boss, Julian Marcus, wants me in the office. Something like this has never happened before. I should see it for what it is. Mr. Marcus wants to seduce me. Me. Alyssa. A twenty-one-year-old woman who has never been touched before. But he doesn't know that. Nor do I know how to handle a standoffish man like him - in the office, or in the bedroom. JULIAN Alyssa was supposed to be a nameless girl in a city full of nobodies. But I'm the boss. What I want, I get. And if I want her to be my girlfriend, the sweet, untouched woman I mold into my perfect lover? I get that. If I order her to give me every part of her, she will. I dare her to disobey. I don't think she will.

They're two of the city's most toxic, unlovable people. Clearly, it was meant to be.DREW BENTONCall me what you want. A rake. A cad. A professional heartbreaker. I'm all those things and more. A man who's hired to ruin the women who have broken your lives and taken you for everything you're worth. If you're a man of means and have a vendetta against your vindictive ex? I'll become her worst, most charming, and devilishly sexy nightmare.So when I get a call to hop down to Portland and check out Stumptown's own resident succubus, I don't think twice. I did not expect to meet my match.Cher Lieberman isn't just a gorgeous girl with chameleon-like charm and fangs full of venom. She's responsible for half the broken hearts in Portland, and she thinks I'm her next target. Little does she know, I'm both playing her - and falling in love with her.CHER LIEBERMANI know what they call me. A lone wolf. A wily minx. A piranha prowling the rivers of Portland and getting off on making men cry. Half this town has been my lover, and I have no shame when I say I don't miss a single one of them.I don't need love. It doesn't need me. All I need is enough money to live my life in independent bliss. Not my fault God gave me the body and brains to destroy half the rich fools in this city. But there's something different about Drew, isn't there? I know he's the heir of a vast and old fortune. I also know he's never had a girlfriend for more than a few weeks. He thinks I'm a puzzle to be solved? A personality disorder to be diagnosed? He should take a look in the mirror and figure out his own problems, like why he treats women like they were born to please him.He's different because he does something to me. Something no other man has. As I play his games and up the ante around every turn, I realize that the pounding in my heart isn't just meeting the beat of my loins. It's love, ain't it? And there's no greater fright than that when you were not born to love. INTOXICATED is a standalone romance with a happy ending - and a lot of sass, steam, and unbelievable behavior in between! This isn't your mother's romance novel, although she'll probably want to borrow it.

A wayward billionaire looking for love. An activist who also happens to write the most scorching dark romance novels to ever hit the bookshelves. Every time they think they're clicking, they're reminded of the differences that shackle them to the same old lives.That's what happens when Phoebe Dahl walks into the office of Preston Bradley, the man who owns her publisher. What's a mere formality for her turns into the best day of Preston's life.Because he's found the one.Phoebe's distrust of capitalism and drive to help those less fortunate than her puts her at instant odds with the man who lives by himself in a huge mansion in Portland's affluent hills. Yet he wants her. He's pretty sure she wants him too. Otherwise, how is she ending up in his bed?But there's one thing Preston doesn't know about Phoebe. He's not her first ride at the billionaire boyfriend rodeo... and the last rich boyfriend nearly destroyed her ability to love.While Phoebe plugs away at her next bestseller, Preston comes up with a plan to prove to her - and the world - that they are destined to be together.Even if there are a billion reasons telling them to give it up.

I haven't slept in a week. Because of my neighbor, you see. He's up all night with his girlfriend having more sex than an adult film star, except they're nowhere near as good at it. And with these thin walls, it's safe to say I'm never going to sleep again. So what does a lonely girl in Japan do when she's bombarded with a lack of sleep and love on the brain? She makes some questionable online dating decisions, of course! Follow me, Cyndi, as I descend into some of the craziest days of my life. Dealing with creepy swipe-righters, fighting pharmacies for rubber prophylactics, getting lost in sleepy Japanese neighborhoods, staring at a bedazzled karaoke machine... Oh, and meeting the one-night stand who would become the love of my life. And the perfect revenge against my ridiculous neighbor. Grab a coffee and buckle up. This is gonna be a long car ride, and you're my captive audience. I promise to make it good!

What do you do when everything - and yet nothing - changes?Seven years ago, bartender Gwen met a customer who would change her life forever. The charming and handsome James Merange, the only child of a local business dynasty, won her heart and convinced her to become his one and only. Too bad his family - and one other - had different ideas.Over seven years, Gwen had learned that she has no power in her partner's family. If they want the perfect, genetically engineered grandson of their dreams, they get it - even if it means going behind James and Gwen's back to inseminate an old childhood friend. If they want to humiliate the woman who Never Belonged, they find a way. And if they want Gwen gone?No amount is too little to get rid of Gwen Mitchell.While James balances surprise fatherhood with the love of his life, Gwen debates whether it's best to stay with the man she loves and trusts unlike any other... or to leave, effectively closing that chapter of her life.But James isn't about to let her go. Now, and forever.NOW & FOREVER details the aftermath of the Christmas story CHRISTMAS WITH CASSANDRA. However, it is not necessary to read that book to enjoy Gwen and James's first story. Includes bonus flashbacks to the start of their relationship!

She'll do anything for a story...Lucy's dream of becoming a hotshot freelance writer is about to come true. The New York native has scored the opportunity of a lifetime, with the opportunity to auction herself off to the highest bidder in one of the city's most upscale, exclusive clubs for the wealthy.In exchange, she gets fair monetary compensation... and a story to launch her career.His secrets are too closely guarded to tell...Noah Gabriel would rather be anywhere than at this event on his thirtieth birthday. Yet when the reclusive, brooding billionaire sees Lucy for the first time, he knows he must have her. At any price.Yet his brash actions put him into a precarious predicament. He must find a way to move Lucy into his home without alerting her to one person nobody - and that means nobody outside of Gabriel Manor - knows exists. Passion, desire, and love come to a cataclysmic head...The moment Lucy moves into Gabriel Manor, all she sees are reflections of her favorite Victorian novel. Yet this is no Thornfield Hall, and she is no virtuous Jane. Nor is her hero hiding a woman in the attic of his home...Right?As everything builds between them and the world collapses beyond the manor's doors, Lucy and Noah fight for an affection they never anticipated. Only to have it all come crashing down because someone can't get her story straight.Lucy is about to learn the true power of money. Namely, how it ruins everyone it touches.

When Lana Losers arrives at the biggest real estate conference of the year to receive a coveted award, she has no idea she's about to meet her soul mate. Ken Andrews doesn't believe in fate, yet that's exactly what it feels like when he first shakes the hand of his future wife. Two drinks later, they're making love for the first time. And every night after that. Lana came to the conference to find a new real estate group to work for. One that will take her incredible talents and make a multimillionaire out of her in New York City. Yet the more she gets to know Ken, the more she realizes two things: that she isn't the type to work for others... and that she's in love. Professionalism dictates that their love is ill-fated. Ken is the manager of the most successful firm in New York, and Lana is destined to work for them. But will they defy the odds and pursue their passions anyway? If fate has anything to say about it, then they'll become the King and Queen of New England real estate. But first, they have to experience one night together. Just one fated night.

IAN MATHERSI am the man who has everything. Money. Power. Men - and women -would give anything to be me, and to have my girlfriend. Kathryn is more than a regal beauty, though. She's my partner. My better half. The woman I would die for should the cosmos declare a sacrifice be made. Soon, she'll be my wife.We've been down this road before. Kathryn doesn't like marriage. I don't care. She may already be mine, but I must know that I am hers as well.Even when our world is self-destructing around us, as it soon does.KATHRYN ALISONCall me what you will. Tell me I don't appreciate my boyfriend. Condemn me for being a bad girlfriend, because it's been four years and I still won't marry him. Why should I have to prove to the world what he already knows in his heart?The world is finding out too much about me as it is. The greatest secrets of my past have been exposed, and it will take a miracle for me to survive the humiliation.I can't look Ian in the eyes anymore. Not even when he tips my chin up and says he'll do whatever I need for him to make this right.Because what you - and he - don't understand is that our rivalry isn't over. We may be in love, but our petty feud remains. I need things from him that he has never given me...Just like he needs one thing from me that I've said I'll never give.Marriage.We'll see who gives first. Dom Vs. Domme 2 Is the sequel to the hit billionaire romance Dom Vs. Domme starring Cynthia's power couple Kathryn and Ian. It can still be read as a standalone story.

A standalone menage romance with an HEA! THE WOMAN Judith King has seen it all in her 10+ years working in the carnal industries. Now, employed in one of the cushiest jobs at the exclusive Le Chateau, Judith faces her worst nightmare: her patron, the man responsible for over half her income, is packing up and leaving the country! THE MEN Doctor-turned-artist Seth Christens is suffering a serious funk. His canvases remain blank and his life devoid of the spark that makes it worth living. That changes when he meets Judith, the woman who instantly steals his heart - and his pocketbook! Seth doesn't just want Judith to be his muse and model. He wants to become her patron, the one man in her life who gets to be more than her lover. His main competition is none other than Miguel Bolivar, the Monegasque billionaire who has just moved to America and is looking for a new... companion. Miguel's broken heart is used to a life of escorts and other paid girlfriends who know that this is nothing more than business. Until he meets Judith. Which man will Judith choose? Or does she even have to choose? All's fair in the war for Judith's heart, even a ménage relationship with two men who haven't met until now!

Neither of them wants romance. Too bad that's what they desperately need. Rachel Taylor's freelance business barely pays her own bills, let alone her mother's. Her social life is confined to one friend working at the neighborhood coffee shop. And her love life? Duds and heartbreakers. Then hot, young, and artistically talented Zachary Feldman walks into her life. Too bad she's just made a vow of celibacy. Sometimes what an old, broken heart needs is a second chance at love. Playboy Zack, third son of the affluent Feldman Steel empire, doesn't have a lot expected of him. Which is why he spends his whole day on his yacht when he's not pursuing his next artistic endeavor. Women are amusements. And no one amuses him more than Rachel, the beguiling woman he meets in a quiet coffee shop. "I'm not ashamed to say I'm halfway to loving you." A game of hard to get culminates with Rachel agreeing to one thing: being "just friends" with a man who has made his intentions clear. Set on the serene waters, in the creative studio, and beneath the hot lights of a bangin' Indian wedding, JUST FRIENDS is the perfect way to end your summer romance reading.

NOW IN ONE NOVEL! "His instant lust was palpable. His instant love was unbelievable. The instant legacy we created? That was fate." Alice doesn't know she will succumb to the gravity that is Damon Monroe, the only heir to his family's mighty legacy. But he does. From the moment they meet at his exclusive nightclub, Monroe insists that Alice is his fated match, foretold almost fifteen years ago when he didn't believe in love. His need for her costs her more than one job. His drive to continue his family's legacy has her making more than one mistake. And his instant lust that transforms into instant love for a woman named Alice Culver? That makes her the only one who can destroy him. Alice doesn't know she will completely change one of the most powerful families in America. She doesn't know she will become one of the most hated yet revered women in the corporate world. Everything she doesn't know, Monroe will teach her. He will stain her, train her, and then help her reign over his empire. All she has to do is show up to work one night. Fate will take over from there

All I wanted was a love life... Sarah Clayborn's encounter with Lucas Blackbourne was supposed to be a one-time affair. A tenuous balm on her frigid heart that refuses to heal. But when she returns to work Monday morning and discovers that Lucas is helping her boss for the foreseeable future? Two halves start to become whole again. And it's not pretty. Why the hell does he want me so much! So begins the courtship that was never meant to be. Whether reading between the lines or between the sheets, Lucas has no idea who Sarah really is or what she's been through. Nor does she know to what extent he's willing to fight for the people he loves. "What do you want, Angel?" he always asks me. What does Sarah want? Choice. A future. A sense of belonging in a world often too cruel to bear. To be empowered. But she can't reclaim her life on her own.

East coast girl Sylvia has been trapped in Portland, Oregon for a year, trying to make ends meet with her tenuously legal professions. When she's arrested yet again for solicitation, she's reunited with Agent Joseph Montoya, a man she has a history with. A hot, chemically-charged history full of desire, heat, and irrevocable mistakes. Joseph has an unusual proposition: if Sylvia goes undercover as the newly hired girlfriend of billionaire Alexander Sheen, a man under investigation for running a human trafficking operation, she'll have her record cleared. For a woman who has had nothing but bad luck over the past year, the offer is tempting. But Sylvia isn't one to jump into danger - although she is one to jump into love. Which is something else Joseph offers her, even though they both constantly deny it. Both Sylvia and Joseph have more than a criminal mastermind to overcome if they want to open their hearts again. They have to set aside their heartbroken pasts and realize that they're no longer a pair of damaged goods with no hope for real love. It's going to take a lot of convincing. For the both of them.

Daphne DeMarco, heiress to a hefty sum of department stores, does not take kindly to jerks. Enter Logan Dean. Yes, that Logan Dean, whose mother has won more Oscars than anyone else. It'sgiven him a bit of a... jerk streak. And he's set his eyes on Daphne. One double-date is all it takes to set the stage for this unlikely couple. When Logan throws down the gauntlet challenging Ms. Prim & Proper to a battle of wits, Daphne has no choice but to retaliate. Her reputation is on the line! And her heart. Because the more Logan toys with her, the more she realizes he is exactly what she's been looking for to shake up her perfectly planned life.

Nala's sister is dead. The man who had her killed hides within a sinful, hedonistic refuge that she can't penetrate on her own. Up and coming billionaire Vincent Lane offers her an in: become his sub and join pharmaceutical giant Xavier Crow's dangerous world of sin, scheming, and a secret circle known only as "The Aviary." Nala must don the codename Nightingale. Small. Sweet. Beyond determined. Her sister's memory demands nothing less. But she can't get distracted by Vincent's powerful façade. Not until she discovers what dark and terrible secret he's hiding as well. Set in the hidden underbelly of the Pacific Northwest, THE NIGHTINGALE TRILOGY is Cynthia Dane's most intense work yet!

This is a STANDALONE NOVEL with a HEA! The most unconventional marriage around is about to get more complicated... Swinging isn't easy in a world that holds monogamy up as the standard, but for Lana and Ken Andrews, no other kind of marriage could keep them together... or with anyone. But after a decade of shared mistresses, key parties, and non-stop seduction, Lana Andrews is starting to suspect that something sinister lurks between her husband Ken and their new, younger maid. Flirt. Swinger. Harpy. Lana has been called a lot of things in her social circles, but like most words, they don't get to her. She knows what she is and how to get what she wants - like the truth lying beneath the web of deceit and lies she's convinced are growing around her. Yet does the darkness she swears she sees really exist outside of her? Or does it lurk completely within, feeding her delusions and flaming her insecurities? Just how fragile is Lana? Will the truth shatter her? Either way, she's determined to find out. This novel features an established married couple who like to spread the love and fantasies around. Some scenes include additional parties.