Not every eleven year old can defend his mother with a sword! The Rapier Robbers attack on Chteau St. Croix brings acclaim to Jordan and Julien. Their parents experience a startling surprise. Their sons have been practicing with their rapiers! The robbery also helps the boys realize how careful they must be to protect the secret that only they knowthe swords can take them through time. Jordan and Julien St. Croix return for their second adventure in The Reluctant Prince. The boys are eleven year old cousins born on the same day. They accidentally discovered the swords secret during their first adventure, The Enchanted Rapiers. Now, the swords beckon them into the past once more. Jordan trips across a cryptic clue while searching for something to read. That leads them to a hidden room filled to the brim with unknown objects. They explore the treasure trove. The cousins discover something startling. They are described in a diary from 450 years in the past! The discovery throws them headlong into their second trip through time. Far in the past, they meet some unusual people. First, they find a small boy who needs love and encouragement to grow into the person he must become. The cousins also must mold Tyson, the Barons son. He cannot become the next Baron St. Croix until he learns humility. Finally, they encounter a very lonely ten year old prince. This young man must learn independence and strength of will as he faces the possibility of becoming the next King of France. Swordfights and chivalry abound as the cousins charge from one exciting scrape into another. Permettez l'aventure de continuer!

TITAN Natalia is out for revenge against Harrison O'Connor. Rich, devastatingly handsome, and a member of one of Manhattan's oldest crime families, he's also responsible for her friend's death at his exclusive luxury retreat. She wants revenge and has to find a way into his life and his bed. When their lives become inextricably linked, she gets her chance. But has she got it all wrong? WARRIOR While Harrison and Natalia grow closer, she discovers the truth about Sherri's death and Harrison's role in it. Despite his reluctance to be drawn deeper into the organized crime world of his family, Harrison can't escape his fate and becomes a warrior for the O'Connor family. Thrown together by chance and circumstance, facing danger and betrayal, neither can deny their mutual attraction. PRINCE Natalia and Harrison deal with the truth about their meeting, the prospects for their intense relationship, Harrison's involvement in Sherri's death, and his future in his family's underworld business dealings. If you enjoy a romance featuring a hero with a heart of gold who is tested to his limits and faces difficult decisions about family, loyalty and justice, you'll enjoy this very tangled enemies to lovers romantic suspense.

Cassius never expected his life to change. He was happy to live the life of a playboy prince. With his lovers Beth and Fenno at his side, he moved between his country Laeroth and Beth's homeworld, Earth. The enticing world is far from what he's used to in Laeroth. His partying lifestyle comes to an abrupt halt when his mother's favored guard appears, giving him a grim message. He must return home at once. Ressanae has worked as Queen Aurielle's guard since she first entered the royal army. She has been a loyal and trustworthy protector of the leader's wife, hiding many secrets from those who looked at Aurielle. Her life has been one of service, wary of those around her and always keeping a sharp eye on her surroundings. Ressanae would die to protect her queen and she would do anything to ensure that she remains safe. Even if it means that she has to kill someone. Trusted with bringing the young prince back to Laeroth, Ressanae travels to the obscure dimension that she'd only heard whispers of previously. Finding Cassius is the easy part, convincing him to return without saying too much will prove to be Ressanae's greatest challenge. Cassius knows what his future holds and he's not prepared to let go of the past and those who dwell in it. Accepting a future bound by rules and limitations, Cassius believes that his life will become dull and depressing. Forced to marry and produce an heir, he thinks that no wife will accept the lovers that have been his entire world. He's seen how his father's many concubines have destroyed his mother's happiness. Cassius knows what damage it can do but he cannot let go of Fenno who has been by his side for longer than he can remember and Beth, the temptress from another world. Finding a path to a happy future will entwine their paths in ways that Cassius or Ressanae never imagined, creating a life they never expected.

This prince must decide. Duty or his heart? *A Barrum, Ks Novel* Hadrian Drake needs a vacation. As a celebrity chef on Pasta Prince, he’s television royalty. Or so everyone said. Only a few, like his overbearing assistant, knows the truth, that he really is royalty—a prince from the island of Koros. And sometimes, even a prince has to get away to Vegas for the weekend. Have some fun. He’s looking for a poker table, not a girl with blue hair. But holy hell, she’s mesmerizing. Sydney Martinson has to get the hell out of Barrum—especially when her ex will not leave her alone. A trip to Vegas, for a trade show that her work paid for is perfect. Though even in Vegas, she feels eyes on her. Then she bumps into the most gorgeous guy she’s ever seen. He awakens parts of her that she thought had died after the divorce. Suddenly the trade show isn’t that important, but Hadrian is. Even if he’s a tv celebrity, she feels so good around him. In all the ways. Then Hadrian’s assistant tracks him down with dreadful news. One cousin is dead, another is missing. Hadrian is the Crown Prince of Koros—the last job in the world he wanted. Worse, he and Sydney are next in line on a killer’s list.

At the age of six, Zachary Bolitho discovers that his very kind, small town, neighbors are actually the Monarch's grandson and family. By the age of seven, Zachary has lost his father, met the Queen, and become an assistant caregiver to his little brother, Austin, and Austin's same-age best friend, David, who just happens to be a royal prince. When a national tragedy strikes seven years later, Zachary finds himself in a role he is hardly prepared for, placating senior government officials while trying to protect young David. Going purely on guesswork and instinct, Zachary tries hard to do what he thinks is right while at the same time working to assist a much younger David to do the same. Dealing with cranky, older advisors, a lack of clear direction, plus a traitorous and Machiavellian uncle, Zachary struggles to make sense of what has happened while trying to prepare his young friend for the most important role of his life.

Author Linda Cajio ratchets up the intrigue in a thrilling story of two people who are inexorably drawn together—and desperate to stay alive. All Emily Cooper wants is some time to heal the wounds from her broken engagement, and Peraco, a city on the Aegean sea, seems like the perfect getaway—until a sudden military coup closes the borders and traps her in a roiling chaos of riots and armed patrols. So much for her relaxing European beach vacation. As she retreats to the American Embassy, a mysterious man insists she will be safer with him. Now Emily must trust an actual prince with her life—and resist the temptation to surrender to his intoxicating charms. Despite his royal family, Alex Kiros works hard to have a normal, everyday life in the States. He came back to Peraco to open a branch of his computer business, unaware that his uncle was about to go off the deep end and plunge the country into chaos. Now Alex is desperate to keep his presence in the city a secret while keeping this American tourist safe at the same time. The odds of them both getting out alive are slim, but there’s something about Emily Cooper that makes Alex want to protect her—at any cost. Includes a special message from the editor, as well as excerpts from these Loveswept titles: The Escape Diaries, The Devil’s Thief, and The Magic.

Crown her if you can Betrayal made her flee her fairy–tale life inside the castle. Now Kim Guilder is struggling to raise her illegitimate baby alone in exile. Jake Marallis has been tasked with bringing the runaway princess home. The last thing he needs is to fall for Kim. With treachery everywhere and his feelings for Kim and the baby growing by the day Jake's only choice is to speed them to safety! For, alone they are defenceless, but as a family they just might save the kingdom and themselves!

Black parachutes fall from the sky: young soldiers - and a dog - on a rescue mission in a remote part of Afghanistan. But the mission ends in chaos, and Mark and Prince embark on a perilous journey through enemy territory. They depend on each other to survive. A dramatic and powerful story of war and the bond between a young soldier and a dog, from the acclaimed author of Into That Forest.

Before he became Australia’s 29th Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull was a leading figure in the Australian republic movement. The Reluctant Republic, originally released in 1993 and with a foreword by Bob Hughes, was Turnbull's manifesto. It remains a hugely relevant outline for Australian republicanism. The book traces the constitutional relationship with Great Britain in order to reveal Australia’s identity as a nation, and explores the political and historical options and imperatives for an Australian republic. Turnbull presents his plan for Australia’s future as a republic and includes recommendations from the report by the Republic Advisory Committee to Prime Minister Paul Keating, of which Turnbull was chair.