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Widowed queen Aliyah has resigned herself to a life of loneliness until a rough-mannered stranger intrudes on her solitude. A professional warrior and protector, Gibran has kept his distance from the palace he once called home--until his royal half brothers invite him into their midst. By profession and inclination, he keeps his emotions on lockdown, but finds himself falling under Aliyah's quiet spell. Will these two lonely people dare to seize the love they crave?

A true cowboy never gives up on what he really wants... Professional rodeo cowboy Jesse West has made a career out of going with his gut and holding on tight. When he learns that the woman of his dreams is suddenly single, he's determined to win her back. Tara Kent has already lost everything she ever dreamed of. With her career in tatters and her longtime fiancée in another woman's bed, she wishes she could crawl under the covers and hide. She definitely isn't ready for a free-spirited cowboy to ride roughshod over her heart. Jesse's used to working with difficult horses-he knows how to take his time and gain their trust-but reaching Tara's wounded heart is proving to be far more of a challenge. Can he convince the feisty beauty that she doesn't have to be perfect to be loved?

It started with a kiss under the stars... Twenty-seven-year-old Lucy Neel is sure she's the world's oldest virgin. Ready to take a risk she pursues a vacation fling with a sexy bull rider... and winds up pregnant. Notorious playboy and daredevil bull rider Bowie West didn't plan to seduce Lucy, but the passion that ignited between them was too strong to resist. Bowie's well on his way to becoming world champion until a late night shooting leaves him accused of murder. The only way he can prove his innocence is to put the innocent woman he seduced on the stands. Can their budding relationship survive the heat of public accusation? And can Bowie convince Lucy that the ultimate bad boy is ready to settle down? EXCERPT: Bowie lifted a brow, humor and intrigue sparkling in his eyes. "What is it?" "There's no easy way to put this. I'm...well...when we...at Singing Pines-" Lucy couldn't seem to bring herself to say the words. Bowie's frowned, his carefree expression fading, replaced by a growing look of concern. How would he react when she told him? Would he be angry? Would he deny it? Would he blame her for dragging him to bed? Would he take her in his arms and say he was ecstatic-that this was what he'd always dreamed of? Only the last was impossible. "I'm pregnant." Explore the Hearts of the West series: A Cowboy's Heart: The One that Got Away His Fearless Heart: The Bull Rider's Baby Surprise His Untamed Heart: The Cowboy's Christmas Reunion Join the new release newsletter at www.jenlewis.com.

Sandy Riley dreams of an escape from her humdrum nights making sales calls in a cubicle farm. When a coworker hands her the winning raffle ticket to a night out with a billionaire bachelor, she seizes the chance for an evening of romance. But her handsome date is her company's charismatic CEO. Since she can't risk losing her job, all must end before her nightshift begins, and he can never learn her true identity-or the secrets of her past. Marco Danieli is intrigued by the beautiful woman who stirs his blood...then disappears into the night. When he tracks her down, he thinks his problems are solved-but they're only just beginning....

DESERT KINGS SERIES Three brothers return to claim their thrones in remote and beautiful Ubar after their estranged father dies and divides his kingdom between them. STRANDED WITH THE SHEIKH Shy architect Veronica Baxter finds herself on a jet with dangerously charming Zadir Al Kilanjar, heir to the throne of Ubar. When their plane crashes in the deserted Empty Quarter, they search for a way to escape-and discover each other.

Royal heir Zadir Al Kilanjar is determined to woo renowned architect Veronica Baxter to his homeland of Ubar to design his palace-and become his wife. Ronnie first met Zadir when their plane crashed in the Empty Quarter (Desert Kings - Veronica - Stranded with the Sheikh) and she hasn't been able to get the seductive sheikh out of her mind. With her career in high gear and her heart surrounded by more stone walls than her projects, she's resolved to resist Zadir's advances-but he's just as determined to win her.

A fortune teller predicted Joe Figueroa would meet the love of his life that very night, so he took fate by the horns and chose his wife. Now his marriage and his naval career are in ruins and he's got a bone to pick with that psychic. When he tracks her down the haunting gypsy beauty doesn't look a day older, just more entrancing than ever. Did Joe choose the wrong woman to marry that night? Susana Cigan barely recognizes the man whose fate she'd once seen linked with hers. Yet Joe awakens something inside her that stirs her body and threatens her psychic gift. She's tired of her gypsy heritage confining her in a narrow world of tradition and superstition and knows she could lead this wounded and hostile stranger on a journey to redemption. Will she dare to follow her heart and venture into unfamiliar-and sensual-territory with this man who threatens to break all her rules? *** She craved this man. Craved everything about him. His big hard body, his handsome scarred face, his pain-filled eyes. She kept her gaze fixed on the blue ink scrawled over his torso, avoiding the obvious sign of his fierce arousal beneath it. "You should stay a virgin." Even as he said it she knew he didn't mean it. His hand skimmed along her arm, traced the curve of her armpit and slid down to glide along the underside of her bare breast. The sensation of fingertips on the sensitive skin made her suck in a breath. "You've saved yourself until now. You should wait until the right man comes along." But what if you are the right man? She didn't say the question aloud, but he heard it anyway. "I can't offer you anything beyond a night of pleasure. I know I can offer you that." His eyes narrowed. "Sexual pleasure is one area of life where I know I won't disappoint. Where I won't be disappointed. I guess that's why it beckons me now, when there's nothing else I can count on." She dropped her eyes to the hand caressing her breast, then back up to meet his steady gaze. "If you think I should wait, why are you still touching me? You're breaking the rules." Her voice emerged as a whisper, breathless with want. And with fear. Fear of her own aching need. "It's the beast inside me. The crazy, dangerous part that keeps me awake at nights when everyone else is sleeping. The beast wants you." "And the honorable man?" "He wants you, too."

A Bad Boy is Good to FindWhen New York heiress Lizzie Hathaway finds out the man of her dreams is only after her money-which her father just lost in a publicized scandal-she knocks him unconscious with a champagne bottle, and runs off. Conroy Beale may be a little wayward, but he's not heartless. When his quiet, studious Lizzie goes on a dangerous partying binge, he tracks her down, kidnaps her, and forces her to dry out. Lizzie wants revenge on everyone, including Con, and he reluctantly agrees to go along with her scheme to exploit her unwelcome notoriety for money. Her plan explodes in her face when she drags Con and a camera crew back to the Louisiana swamp he's been running from all his life. Now Con must confront the pain he tried to escape, Lizzie fights feelings that don't follow any script, and there's that troublesome attraction that threatens to boil the bayou...

Her high school classmate has turned into a rugged and commanding cowboy... Bull Rider Jesse West is on top of the world and fighting for the title of a lifetime at the bull riding finals in Las Vegas-until he crashes into Tara Kent in the stands at the rodeo arena. He seizes the opportunity to confront the girl who broke his heart by disappearing out of his life. In Vegas to decorate a billionaire's mansion, Tara is invited to the rodeo by her client. The top-ranked rider is the boy she left without a word of goodbye when her life crashed down around her. She's alarmed to discover that the chemistry between them is stronger than ever. Jesse wants Tara in his bed-he's waited ten years-and he'll stop at nothing to claim his prize. EXCERPT: Her eyes widened as he slid his arm around her waist. She sucked in a breath and tried to stay calm. Just dance with him, be nice, then wish him good night. She could do this. She tried to remind herself that this was her old friend Jesse, the sweet boy an inch shorter than her who she used to reminisce about blistering Austin summer days with when they were both freezing their butts off in a New England winter. It didn't work. This Jesse was a whole different animal. His once skinny body was now ripped with muscle, no doubt gained from jumping on and off horses and bulls and heaving big saddles around. Formerly shy, he now oozed quiet confidence that disarmed her. His other arm circled her and he held her close and swayed gently in time to the music. His subtle masculine scent crept over her senses and she blinked, trying to halt the effect it had on her. She could feel her pulse rate accelerate and her breathing grow shallow. Her skin grew hotter by the second and she could barely stay upright on her feet because her knees were getting weak... "Are you okay?" He pulled her a little closer. Her breasts weren't quite touching his chest yet-they weren't that big-but any minute now her nipples were going to brush up against the crisp fabric of his shirt and-"I am feeling a little light headed." "Don't worry. I'll catch you if you pass out." His slow smile crept across his mouth-a wide, sensual mouth with perfectly shaped lips that she didn't remember at all-and further unraveled her. Explore the Hearts of the West series: A Cowboy's Heart: The One that Got Away His Fearless Heart: The Bull Rider's Baby Surprise His Untamed Heart: The Cowboy's Christmas Reunion Join the new release newsletter at www.jenlewis.com.

In love with her royal boss... Amahd Al Kilanjar is all work and no play. Yes, he needs to choose a sensible wife and produce an heir, but he'll fit that into his schedule when the time is right...or so he thinks. Mackenzie "Mac" Malone travels to Ubar for a job in the oilfields, and is startled when an innocent flirtation with a handsome stranger leads to an explosive kiss. A Texas country girl and a prince from an ancient dynasty? Impossible, surely...or is it?