Books published by Lauren Smith

Helen Banks wird sterben. Als ihr Zwillingsbruder ihr ganzes Vermögen verspielt, muss sie sein Leben retten, indem sie seinen Platz in einem Duell einnimmt, um einen Mann zu beschwichtigen, bei dem ihr Bruder seine Schulden nicht bezahlen konnte. Als ihr Bruder verkleidet, steht Helen nun dem einen Mann gegenüber, den sie stets von weitem bewundert hat - einem Witwer mit einer dunklen Vergangenheit und Augen, die sich in ihre Seele brennen.Seit Gareth Fairfax seine Frau verloren hat, wächst die Dunkelheit in seinem Herzen immer weiter. Gareth bekämpft rücksichtslos jeden, der sich ihm widersetzt, und ist fassungslos, als er einer hübschen jungen Frau bei einem Pistolenduell gegenübersteht. Nachdem er Helens Täuschung entdeckt hat, lässt er ihr die Wahl: Entweder sie wird seine Geliebte oder ihr Bruder stirbt.Ihr Teufelspakt verwandelt sich in eine langsame, süße, berauschende Verführung. Mit jeder Stunde, die sie bei ihm verbringt, entdeckt Helen mehr von Gareths geheimem Herzschmerz. Sie kann sie nicht anders, als sich in den Mann zu verlieben, der sie ruiniert hat. Mit Helen in seinen Armen fragt sich Gareth, ob er doch noch Erlösung finden könnte. Alles was es braucht ist eine leidenschaftliche Umarmung, ein Kuss aus den Tiefen seiner Seele und eine Nacht voller wildem Verlangen.

She's an heiress who needs a husband fast...he's the brooding, handsome footmen who comes to her rescue...Lady Venetia Dunham has plenty of money and freedom, until her father dies, leaving her and her feisty grandmother at the hands of her less than noble cousin when he becomes the new earl. Her cousin makes his wishes clear. She will marry a man of his choosing, a man who will split her fortune with her cousin.Determined to avoid that fate, Venetia and her grandmother flee to a country house party hosted by the Duke and Duchess of Devon where Venetia stumbles into the arms of Adrian Montague, a handsome footman with a tragic past.When Venetia sprains her ankle, she and Adrian are closeted together for a week. The attraction between them is undeniable and forbidden. Their passion could wreck Adrian's life if they were discovered together. When love blooms between them, it comes at a great cost, and Venetia must choose to follow society's laws or her own heart.

LO CHIAMANO "e;IL DEMONIO DI LONDRA"e; ...Lord Vaughn, visconte Darlington, famigerato per i piaceri peccaminosi che si concede, la qual cosa basta a scoraggiare anche le madri pi desiderose di conquistare un titolo per le loro figlie nubili. Dicono che sia pericoloso al punto da poter rovinare una donna con una singola occhiata Ma non riesce a resistere alle preghiere di una fanciulla che ha bisogno di aiuto. Pu esserci speranza di redenzione per questa canaglia.LA BENIAMINA DEL TONL'intera Londra adora Perdita Darby. La giovane donna invitata a tutte le feste e ci sono gentiluomini appetibili disposti ad aspettarla, ma lei non ha alcun desiderio di sposarsi. Quando Perdita scopre che un uomo crudele ha intenzione di intrappolarla in un matrimonio che potrebbe esserle fatale, non sa a chi rivolgersi. Fa un patto con il demonio di Londra, nella speranza di salvarsi. Ma il prezzo del loro falso fidanzamento potrebbe metterli entrambi in pericolo

E la stagione... della vendetta.Undici anni fa, a Natale, la famiglia di Martin Banks venne gettata in mezzo alla strada dal ricco padrone di casa Edwin Hartwell. Ora, nel periodo festivo, il Fato ha in serbo per Martin un dono inaspettato. La vendetta. Sconfiggere Hartwell a carte d a Martin la possibilit di rovinare finanziariamente l'uomo ma, dannazione, Hartwell offre la figlia come pagamento al posto del denaro. E, doppia dannazione, Martin accetta stupidamente. Come ha fatto il castigo a tramutarsi in seduzione? Martin rifiuta di innamorarsi, per cui stabilisce delle regole per il gioco.E magari per un po' di romanticismo.Ansiosa di salvare il padre dalla rovina, Livvy Hartwell accetta di accompagnarsi a Martin come suo amorazzo. Ha da tempo accettato l'idea che un'intellettuale spiantata come lei non ha alcuna possibilit di contrarre un buon matrimonio. Se qualche mese di passione con un uomo come Martin quanto di pi vicino all'amore lei possa avere, Livvy intende cogliere l'occasione. Ma deve proteggere il suo cuore. Martin potr anche essere bello come il diavolo e tentatore come il peccato, ma lei non in grado di essere un'amante come tante e non vuole che Martin la chiami cos Anzi, ha un elenco di regole.Le regole di Livvy:~ Avventure all'aperto, come l'equitazione, sarebbero apprezzate.~ I pasti serali andrebbero consumati insieme, per conversare degli eventi della giornata.~ Una quantit prestabilita di tempo da sola per leggere romanzi gotici.~ I baci dovrebbero essere ridotti al minimo.Le regole di Martin:~ Le avventure - soprattutto al coperto - sono necessarie e molto apprezzate.~ I pasti serali verranno occasionalmente consumati in camera da letto, nudi.~ Una quantit prestabilita di tempo insieme per mettere in atto i contenuti di sensuali romanzi gotici.~ I baci - in gran quantit e in punti molto piacevoli - sono obbligatori.

Sadie Harris doesn't like immortals. After vampires leave her an orphan, she's raised by her grandmother at the edge of a werewolf pack's territory. As a fox shifter, she knows the rules about werewolves: Stay clear of the boundaries, never go out after dark during the full moon and take a vacation far, far away when she goes into her shifter mating heat or else she'll attract literal "e;big bad wolves."e; But when her flight gets cancelled and her mating heat is coming - so are the wolves. The last thing she expects is to get rescued by a tall, dark and gorgeous man...er...vampire. What's a vixen to do?Seamus Gallagher might be immortal but his life is full of mortal problems: he's been framed for the murder of the woman his two best friends loved; he's on a mission to find and kill his sire; and, he has no idea what to do with the feisty red-headed vixen he just rescued from a vicious werewolf pack. He doesn't have time to babysit a skittish shifter who hates vampires, but when he looks at her, Seamus sees trouble. Sexy, sweet, and irresistible trouble. The last thing this vamp needs is to fall in love.

Seducing an heiress has never been easier...Roguish Oliver, Viscount Conway, desperately needs money to save his family's estate from debt collectors, and he knows just what to do - marry an heiress. When he sets foot on a train leaving London, he bumps into Rayne, the most bewitching woman he's ever met, and as luck would have it, she's an American heiress. The woman swears she won't marry, especially a fortune hunter. Oliver must win her for his bride at any cost, even if it means compromising the lady on a train and stealing her heart.Avoiding fortune hunters has never been harderRayne Egerton is happy to escape the New York ballrooms to travel with her father through England while he tends to business. What should have been an enjoyable Christmas vacation turns upside down with a moment of unexpected passion when a stranger in the cabin next to her steals a scorching kiss. The mysterious Lord Conway is everything that Rayne desires and fears in a man with his sinfully good looks, wicked smile and devastating kiss. As heiress to her father's fortune, she isn't going to give up her freedom for any man unless he can love her without her money. As the train rolls through snowy English countryside, she starts to wonder if Oliver may be the Christmas gift she'd been secretly hoping for.

She isn't supposed to fall in love with him… He's one of the aliens who invaded Earth. Harper King is like most humans-she works hard at her job and does her best not to think too much about the Krinar. The mysterious aliens took over her planet five years ago, and since then, rumors have surrounded them… whispers of super strength and speed, incredible beauty, and advanced technology. Harper should hate them, since her parents died the day they invaded, but something about the infamous Krinar fascinates her. Little does she know that the sinfully gorgeous drifter who rescues her from a bar fight will give her the close encounter she's always dreamed of.Sef is supposed to be infiltrating a human resistance group, not seducing sweet little human females. But from the moment he sets eyes on Harper, he knows he must have her and will do anything to possess her. Using his human disguise, he lures Harper into his arms and his bed. When it's far too late for her to escape him, he reveals that he's a Krinar, one of the powerful and terrifying aliens she's always wanted to meet. He gives her a choice: to save her brothers, she must give herself to him-heart, body, and soul.Will she choose her dark, seductive alien lover to save her family? Or will she resist the secret desires of her own heart in order to be free?

Bianca Wells, the President's daughter, experiences a close encounter with the aliens who invaded Earth five years ago. The Krinar are powerful, attractive, but also mysterious. There is one in particular she can't get out of her head-the seductive Krinar Ambassador named Soren. With his hauntingly beautiful eyes and god-like body, he invades her dreams, spinning sensual encounters that leave her aching and breathless. But he, like the others of his kind, is dangerous. With impossible speed and strength, wielding incredible intelligence and advanced technology, the Krinar control this planet and every human on it. Bianca should want nothing to do with Soren. A single touch from him might cause an interstellar war. But after one scorching, forbidden kiss, she'll risk everything to be with him.Soren came to Earth to ensure the survival of his people, but now he has one desire: to possess the brave and irresistible Bianca. Knowing he could destroy peaceful relations with the humans if anyone sees him with her, he takes matters into his own hands, rescuing her from an assassin. After one "big-bang" of a kiss, he knows he can't let her go home. She belongs to him, and he will break every rule in his carefully controlled world to keep her.After their forbidden night of passion, Bianca enters Soren's dark, seductive world. But her new life as Soren's woman puts a target on her back, and her status as First Daughter only makes things worse. As enemies surface all around them, Bianca realizes she will have to trust Soren with her heart, even if it means giving up her freedom.

He's the last Rogue standing, and the wickedest …Charles Humphrey, the Earl of Lonsdale is infamous for his seductions. With laughing gray eyes and a halo of blond hair, he's every woman's wicked dream. Beneath that devil-may-care grin he has a painful past that has made him sure love was not for him, even as the rest of his friends, the members of the League of Rogues, settle down in wedded bliss. When he accidentally rescues a mysterious beauty with eyes as haunted as his own and shares one life-changing kiss with her, she vanishes in the night. Charles vows to find this angel who might yet save his soul but he knows anyone he cares about is in grave danger when an old enemy resurfaces a final time for revenge…She's the only woman who can save him…Lily has secrets, too many secrets. When she's abducted and taken into the London underworld by a gang of nefarious brutes, she's rescued by Charles, the one man who can never know her past. She can't let him discover her feelings or her secrets, but she can't resist sharing one kiss with him before escaping his passionate embrace. That taste of the last bachelor of the League of Rogues leaves her desiring a future she cannot have - especially when her master demands she prove her loyalty in a most deadly way...Warning: This book contains a scandalous rogue with a heart of gold, a lady who risks it all to save him, and a league of rogues who value friendship and love above all else.

She's a lady desperate for a future, one that doesn't involve her dark past. On a cold night she receives aid from a mysterious stranger, one who tells her she can change her destiny, as long as she agrees to marry the man who wins her. The brooding Scottish lord that offers her his name and home is handsome but there's something sorrowful in his eyes that feels all too personal to her…He never wanted to be an earl, but fate has been less than kind to him. At the insistence of a friend, he seeks out a bride and comes face to face with a woman who bewitches him instantly. But they each hold secrets that will haunt them both. With a love blooming delicately between them, will their new found happiness together wilt and fade beneath the frost of the past?

A dragon's prisoner...or his deepest desire?The fiercest of a royal line of Russian dragon shifters, Rurik Barinov spends most days defending his family's homeland from rival clans. By night, sins of the flesh-drinking, dancing, and sex-keep his volatile warrior dragon in check. Barely.With his choice of mortal women to bed, he has no interest in changing his bad-boy ways-until a creature of molten sex poured into a tiny red satin dress steps into his nightclub. A jagged edge of raw desire nicks the impenetrable armor around his heart.Charlotte MacQueen has been told since childhood to stay in school, live a normal life. Leave the family business-hunting down dragons-to her brothers. But tonight, she's shed her chemist's lab coat and infiltrated enemy lines to bag a dragon of her own.She never expected sexy, all-too-wicked Rurik Barinov to capture her, body and soul-the perfect weapon to use against her brothers. Or that she'd fall for the brave, battle-scarred dragon shifter who covets her heart like the most precious of jewels.Twilight meets Games of Thrones in this hot new dragonshifter romance by USA Today Bestselling author Lauren Smith!

Fans of Julia Quinn's Bridgerton Series and Johanna Lindsey's Malory series will delight in this swoonworthy adventurous romance series with roguish heroes and feisty, intelligent heroines!Her Wicked Longing contains two new short teaser stories starring Audrey Sheridan and her maid Gillian Beaumont!What trouble can a young lady with a talent for mischief and her maid get into in just one day?His Wicked Maid-Always prim and proper, lady's maid Gillian Beaumont has never acted with wild abandon the way her young headstrong mistress does. But deep down she dreams of a life filled with love and a husband who will give her his whole heart even though she knows it's impossible. With a list of chores from her mistress, Gillian is given the chance to live the life of a gentle lady, and she clings to it, knowing that soon it will be over. While wearing a dress meant for her lady, she catches the eye of a handsome earl and is swept away from her duties by his rakish good looks and charm. Heated looks in public and passionate kisses in a dark corner of a bookshop create a perfect day for Gillian to cling to when she returns to her real life...Her Wicked Lessons- Determined to learn the art of the spy trade, Miss Audrey Sheridan, finds a way to escape a dull afternoon tea by running off to the residence of an infamous French Courtesan. Hoping to improve her French for a future mission to the continent, she never expects to be caught by the one man who haunts her dreams: Jonathan St. Laurent, the former servant-turned-brother of a duke. With one penetrating look from those bewitching green eyes of his, Audrey knows she's in trouble. Unable and unwilling to confess her real reason for visiting a French courtesan, Audrey decides to convinces Jonathan she's there to learn the art of seduction. But she never expects the devilish rogue to take her lessons seriously...*Note: These are short stories of under 10,000 words that will prepare readers for Gillian's happily ever after in The Earl of Pembroke and Audrey's happily ever after in His Wicked Secret.

Haunted, schmaunted. Bastian, infamous playboy and the current Earl of Weymouth doesn't believe his English castle is haunted. So what if a few windows and lightbulbs shatter? That happens. OK, bleeding portraits are hard to explain… But he is not going to be deterred. Not even by Jane, a seductive-as-sin grad student who has assigned herself the task of ghost hunting at Stormclyffe Hall. All Bastian wants is to restore his ancestral home, not be distracted by her curvy hips, bedroom eyes and gorgeous smile- Fine, maybe he does want to get naked with Ms. GhostBuster, but that's only because she practically follows him around, nosing into his daily life. And yes, because she looks so damnably sexy, however, he refuses to give into lust. No matter how much she tempts him. But when the ghosts up the ante and try to kill them, Bastian realizes he will have to keep Jane close. Very, very close. Purely to protect her, of course. At least that's what he tells himself. All bets-and some clothes-are off, as he shows her what a real earl is made of. *This book was previously published in 2014 by Entangled Publishing and has been re-released.