Bøger af Ranae Rose

Unbelievable... After months of admiring Arianna during their tattoo sessions, James is half in love and completely in lust. When he finally asks her out, things move at lightning speed, until he gets her home... Where someone has abandoned a baby on his doorstep. Arianna should be running in the opposite direction, so why is she the one who comes to his rescue when he has nowhere else to turn? Unlovable... Arianna's past holds a secret sure to crush James' attraction to her, which is too bad because he's exactly the kind of guy she'd choose for herself, if things had been different. She knows she should abandon their failed attempt at a fling, but she can't turn her back on him and his newborn niece - they need all the help they can get. Being a part of his life while fighting her feelings for him is hard, and resisting his feelings for her is even harder. Book 6 in the Inked in the Steel City Series.

Everyone has their cross to bear. Ben Blair knows that better than most people can even begin to imagine. He also knows he wants tattoo artist Hannah Nakamura. Beautiful, irresistible Hannah who'd probably do the smart thing and keep her distance if she had any idea what kind of demons he has to live with. So he'll just have to keep them tightly leashed. He can't change his past, but he can't see his future without her in it. Lust, passion, love... Can anything so damn good survive the darkness he's endured? Book 8 in the Inked in the Steel City Series

The only thing better than a man in uniform is a man out of uniform. Sasha has never been more certain of anything in her life, and she's never wanted anyone more than she wants Officer Henry Dryden. Tall, tough and battle-scarred, he's the first man to capture not just her eye, but her heart. With curves and the confidence to use them, it's not hard to attract his attention, or get him to break out those cuffs and keys. But for the first time, getting exactly what she wants feels dangerously like risking it all. There's no question about the one thing Henry wants most when it comes to Sasha: to protect her. After their coastal North Carolina community is sent a message via the brutal murder of the prison warden, no one is safe. Henry can't afford to be distracted by things like the all-consuming desire Sasha inspires. There'll be time for that later ... if he can keep her from getting caught in the crossfire of a killer's revenge scheme. Haunted by the ghosts of his past, he'll do anything to avoid being the only one to walk out of a war zone alive again. The way forward is clear: stop the convict who's hunting officers in Riley County, and keep Sasha safe ... or die trying. Book 2 in the Lock and Key Series

Photographing exceptional tattoos for the Hot Ink Tattoo Studio turns into much more than just a job when Karen meets Jed, the sexy-as-sin owner. With attraction sizzling between them, each photo shoot is a labor of love ... and a chance to get closer to the man of her increasingly naughty dreams. Curvy, vivacious Karen is everything Jed would want in a woman, if he wanted one at all. But a relationship seems like too dangerous a gamble for someone who's loved before and suffered the ultimate loss. So why can't he resist when he discovers the attraction is mutual? Even if he were willing to risk everything again, Karen's too young, too full of life to be burdened with someone whose heart bears scars as permanent as the ink in his skin. When the two finally face what lies between them, the passion is undeniably real, but will the unexpected extinguish the spark of their love, or fan the flames? Inked in the Steel City Book 2.

A one night stand has never gone so wrong ... or so right. Two months after one scorchingly hot July night, tattoo artist Abby is pregnant and the man who showed her everything she'd been missing is nowhere in sight. When he walks into the Hot Ink Tattoo Studio looking for much more than some new ink, she risks their rekindled connection by confessing that she's pregnant ... with his twins. Sworn to serve and protect, Pittsburgh police officer Sam isn't one to back down from responsibility, and he's definitely not going to let the woman who's been haunting his dreams all summer get away again. But two babies on the way means a reunion that's anything but what he imagined. Can unforgettable chemistry evolve into real love before her due date arrives? Book 3 in the Inked in the Steel City Series.

Tyler DeHaven may look like a bad boy, but there's got to be more to the tattoo artist who volunteers at the hospital during the holiday season. Inviting him to a work Christmas party seems innocent enough ... at first. Problem is, he's just as irresistible as he looks and falling fast is more than Mallory bargained for. After all, she's reminded every day what a gamble love can be, and there's no question that with him, the stakes are high. It may be cold outside but Mallory Stephens is the hottest nurse Tyler has ever laid eyes on. To top it off, she also likes ink and wants him to be her holiday party date. He's not going to say no, and when things get rocky, he's not going to let their passion frost over, either. Can a brand-new romance survive the chill as snow falls in the Steel City? Book 4 in the Inked in the Steel City Series.

Love is risk. Love is heartbreak. Love is an addiction a single mom like Crystal can't afford. And accomplished tattoo artist Dylan is a temptation she can't resist. He's only in town for a few weeks as a guest artist, but the attraction is instant. With her past shadowing everything she does, it feels good to have someone who doesn't judge ... and doesn't know. Love is just the spark before the crash and burn, especially when your demons are something more than standard-issue. Dylan craves Crystal with everything he has, but their days together are supposed to be numbered. Book 7 in the Inked in the Steel City Series

Sometimes love is enough. Other times, you have to fight for it. For Ryan Moore, the choice to fight is like the choice to breathe - necessary. After being wounded in war and discharged from the United States Marine Corps, competitive MMA fighting is the only thing he's still able to excel at. Every round is a risk he can't afford to take, but time spent outside of the cage is purgatory, until he meets female fighter Ally Rivera. For the first time since an IED blast destroyed life as he knew it, he wants something - someone. And she wants him, but the lingering effects of war might just tear them apart, if the gang violence that plagues her family doesn't kill them first. Rough Around the Edges is Ryan's side of the love story told in Battered Not Broken. It's not a sequel, but a separate novel written for those who want to experience the story through Ryan's eyes. Read Battered Not Broken first or simply dive right in and enjoy an erotic romance novel told completely from a male point of view.

Time changes everything, except what's meant to be. Seven years is a long time - long enough to transform Clementine from a small-town teenager with a broken heart into a woman ready to take on the world, but not long enough to make her forget about the man she was never supposed to see again. A temporary return to tiny Willow Heights thrusts her back into Donovan's life and home, unearthing heartbreak and obsession that have stood the test of time. He left seven years ago too, for war and other things Clementine can only imagine. Coming back to the town where he grew up in the shadow of poverty and drug addiction makes no sense, and neither do Clementine's feelings for him. He could never forgive her for leaving, could he? Even if she had no choice. Now, she has the freedom to choose ... and so does he. Every day in Willow Heights makes it clearer: all he ever really wanted was her, and nothing will change that. Not even a taste of the hell that drove them apart in the first place.

Life is tough but Sergeant Jeremy Connor is tougher. Riley County, North Carolina is recovering from a year of hell when devastation strikes again, and the Sheriff's Department is working the frontlines. On top of keeping the community safe, there's Jeremy's greatest responsibility: raising his daughter. Alone. Seeing local women turn up dead is enough to shake any father, even a veteran sheriff's deputy. After years of loneliness, the timing couldn't be worse to let another woman into his life. But he'd have better luck resisting gravity than resisting Lucia Ramirez, the first to prove there's still a heart beneath his bullet proof vest. For the first time in over a decade, serving and protecting isn't enough to satisfy him anymore. But someone to love means someone to lose... Book 4 in the Lock and Key Series

Hard times mean hard choices, but falling for Noah Wilder is easy. Beneath his suit and tie, he's seriously inked and seriously irresistible. When he walks into the Hot Ink Tattoo Studio, the attraction between him and studio receptionist Zoe is mutual - and fierce. And after the opportunity to ditch her demeaning second job to work for him instead arises, suddenly he's her boss ... and much more. With lines blurred in every way imaginable, can she balance passion and professionalism with doing what's best for her struggling family? Attraction is a powerful thing. So is former fighter Noah's drive to make his growing mixed martial arts promotion company succeed, and if business happens to coincide with pleasure, so much the better. Tattooed beauty Zoe Ramsey is all his when she's not working at Hot Ink - for twenty hours a week, anyway. When circumstances bring them close faster than they ever imagined, can he make her see that he's just as serious about her as he is about the business he's poured his heart and soul into? Inked in the Steel City Book 5

Ryan Moore forged his own path when he defied his wealthy family's expectations by joining the United States Marine Corps as an enlisted man. After a period of service that's cut short by an IED explosion, the lingering physical and mental effects of war result in an isolated struggle to exist in the civilian world. He throws himself into competitive MMA fighting - the one thing he's still able to excel at, even if every match is a risk he can't afford to take. His first encounter with amateur female fighter Ally Rivera ignites a spark of desire he hasn't felt since before a bomb left its marks on his life and his body, but his flirtation with her turns out to be anything but harmless. She's struggling to hold together a family ravaged by violence - a feat that isn't easy when her father has been imprisoned, leaving her vulnerable to relatives who run a local gang. Can two unrelenting fighters overcome challenges they couldn't defeat alone, or do the wounds of war and crime run too deep for even love to heal?

Peyton knows better than to get involved with a cop. When Officer Elijah Bennett responds to the burglary of her island boutique, she couldn't care less what he looks like in uniform, let alone out of it. In fact, she can't wait for him to leave and doesn't bother to hide it. So why does he come back to help her when no one else will? Protecting and serving paradise isn't easy... When helping an independent woman caught in a tough situation sparks a smoldering attraction, Elijah can't get her out of his head. He can't get her to trust him, either - at least not at first. And when her walls finally come down, the truth they reveal is staggering. She has every reason to hate him. He has every reason to walk away. It's still not enough to keep them apart, but when the unexpected strikes it threatens everything he's ever wanted, including his connection with her. Book 2 in the South Island PD Series

Includes the first two books in the Half Moon Shifters Series, Lonely Alpha and True Alpha. Lonely Alpha When Mandy leaves the city behind and embarks on a retreat to the Great Smoky Mountains, she expects to spend the week alone with nature and a stack of novels. Instead, she ends up trapped on a remote mountain by a big game hunter who's hell-bent on bagging a werewolf. Lonely alpha wolf-shifter Jack, the last of the once-strong Half Moon Pack, is his target. Jack is determined to keep Mandy safe while hunting his hunter, but being around Jack brings out a wild side Mandy never knew she had. As silver bullets fly, so do sparks. If they can manage to defeat their attacker, Mandy will still have one problem to contend with: Jack is convinced that she's his mate. True Alpha With a baby on the way, Mandy and Jack are prepared for their pack of two to expand - or so they think, until Jack's only remaining relatives return unexpectedly from Alaska, bringing others with them. Suddenly, the alpha couple has a lot more to worry about than what color to paint the nursery. But inter-pack dramas, baby shower plans and even a wedding can't compare to the mayhem that ensues when a stranger from Mandy's past shows up at the cabin's doorstep, hiding a secret that could destroy the Half Moon Pack forever.

A dangerous romance unfolds between two men and the woman who's captured both of their hearts, but their love is haunted by the ghosts of the Revolutionary War in 1784 Sleepy Hollow, New York. This print edition includes the novel Haunted Passions, as well as the novella-length prequel, Whiskey Dreams, both part of the Sleepy Hollow Series. Whiskey Dreams: The war that won the country its independence also lost many of the men who fought to achieve it, including Brom's lover. Years later, he still feels as if he left half of himself on the battlefield. When a new schoolmaster comes to Sleepy Hollow, a spark and a whiskey-flavored kiss ignite feelings he thought were long dead. But in order to be with John, he'll have to let the past be the past, or risk letting it destroy his opportunity to start over. And even then, loving another man is a dangerous endeavor. Haunted Passions: Losing one's heart to another man is dangerous enough without the added threat of a supernatural terror. But that hasn't stopped John Crane and Brom Bones from falling hard in love - with each other, and with the alluring Katrina Van Tassel. When Brom becomes engaged to Katrina, John is sure the wedding will tear him and Brom apart, and their love sparks a struggle between passion and loyalty. But Brom is determined to keep both of his lovers, and Katrina has some secret desires of her own - desires that haunt only the wildest of John's dreams and blur the lines they've all been fighting not to cross. Is it possible for three people to be in love? Their passion won't be enough to keep them together if something isn't done about the evil that's haunting Sleepy Hollow: a headless horseman who rides to kill.

If Belle is going to get a speeding ticket, it might as well be written by the hottest cop South Island has ever seen. But Officer Jackson Calder isn't just a daydream in blue, he's the first man she ever slept with, and the only one she doesn't regret. One routine traffic stop, and Jackson's past is back to haunt him in the most bittersweet way imaginable. Too good for him and too good to forget, Belle became a fantasy after she left the island. Now that she's home for good in the Lowcountry, she's a living, breathing temptation he can't resist. He was her first, but that was just the beginning. It's being the last that counts. Book 1 in the South Island PD Series.

Mina never meant to fall for her sexy tattoo artist, Eric, or to become a model. But when she's asked to pose in a photo shoot for the Hot Ink tattoo studio, she can't say no. She finally gets a look at Eric's tattoos when they're cajoled into posing together, and in a few breathtaking moments, an on-camera kiss turns the passion they're asked to fake into something very real, leaving them both wanting more. The only problem is that Mina's not the glamour girl she looks like on the Hot Ink posters, or even in a tattoo magazine. She's only twenty-four, but being the sole guardian of her disabled younger sister has left her feeling much older. Will Eric still be interested when he gets to know the girl behind the ink and the make-up and finds out that she and her little sister are a package deal? Book 1 in the Inked in the Steel City Series. Hot Ink is a contemporary erotic romance.

How can anyone resist temptation when it's right next door? Riley County North Carolina has a lot to offer: coastal views as far as the eye can see, and men in uniform who are even more gorgeous. Home to the most notorious prison in the state, Alicia's new hometown is crawling with men who carry their own handcuffs and know how to use them - like Officer Liam Alexander, her one and only neighbor. After catching him out of uniform, she can't resist pausing to enjoy the show. When Liam's Southern charm drives him across the property line, life gets hotter than the Carolina summer could possibly account for. Unfortunately, there's a dark side to life in the coastal haven, even with an officer next door. Coordinating special events at a historic - and supposedly haunted - plantation is enough to have Alicia questioning her senses and her sanity, but the spirits of the past take a backseat to a pair of escaped convicts who blaze a trail of mayhem across Riley County. Not even the most intense chemistry can survive the perils that make a sunny seaside town a dangerous place to be after dark ... can it? Book 1 in the Lock and Key Series

Secrets are what Kerry has lived and breathed for the past three years, and those secrets may kill her, if she's not careful. Her new life in a coastal North Carolina paradise is haunted by her past and ruled by her number one goal: to not be noticed. Even if that means denying her attraction to Officer Grey Morgan, who's set his sights on her beyond any doubts and despite all odds. Grey has spent his summer in pursuit of Kerry, but what he doesn't know is that nothing with her is as it seems and loving her comes with a price. What she doesn't know is that there's no risk he won't take, and no way he'll let her fight her demons alone. Book 3 in the Lock and Key Series.

When an MMA champion is faced with the sudden return of his former training partner, he must reconcile his unconquerable attraction to the man who abandoned him with their mutual desire for Lila, a woman who - like the rest of the MMA world - has no idea about their past. A real fighter knows his strengths, his weaknesses. He fights and lives with them in mind, no holds barred. And Grant isn't just a fighter; he's a champion. His weakness is Daniel, an up-and-coming welterweight who once lived, breathed and trained with him before skipping town for the West Coast. Daniel's weakness is Grant, a light heavyweight champion who disrupted his life with an addictive intensity he's never found in anyone else and left him reeling. Lila is a woman who grew up cageside, a rose among thorns. She's the only one they've ever wanted as badly as they want each other, and they can't fight the attraction. Can she? Can't Fight It is a smoking hot standalone M/M/F ménage romance. Not part of a series.

The Classics Exposed...The romantic story of the destruction caused by the frustrated love of Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, set against the moors of England, creates a rare blend of violence, beauty and erotic love.Heathcliff, an orphan, is raised by Mr Earnshaw as one of his own children. Hindley despises him but wild Cathy becomes his constant companion, and he falls deeply in love with her, discovering that he can tame her unruly nature. Their tumultuous but passionate romance is threatened by the Lintons, who are determined to civilise Cathy. She endeavours to be a lady when they are present, but is as wild as ever when they are not-and remains forever untameable by anyone other than her lover, Heathcliff.When she will not marry him, Heathcliff''s terrible vengeance ruins them all-but still his and Cathy''s love will not die...A story of doomed love and revenge with a brilliant new introduction of passion fulfilled.