Bøker av Jennifer Ashley

A fugitive Highlander.A proper English lady.A dangerous liaison.Alec Mackenzie knows Lady Celia is key to finding his missing brother. The trouble is, Alec is supposed to be dead, and he needs the world to keep believing that.Alec will do anything to find his brother, Will, including pretend to be a penniless drawing master to London aristocrats. The one man who might know where his brother is being held is a powerful duke, and that duke has daughter who needs art lessons …Lady Celia is intrigued by the Scotsman, so obviously a warrior, who pretends he is not. She’s also intrigued by his instruction on painting the human form, something no young lady should take an interest in. But Celia, ruined by The Disaster and already beyond hope, dares to let the Highlander teach her all he knows … 

Shane's bad day gets worse when his sanctuary on the mountains is invaded by an un-Collared wolf, who thinks attacking him is a great idea. Shane has no intention of getting involved in this lady Lupine's complicated life, but there's something about her that raises his protective instincts to the highest they've ever been.Freya McHugh is in search of her brother, who disappeared from the city where the two of them had been living as human. The trail leads to a mercenary organization, with whom Freya has managed to land a meeting. That is, until a grizzly bear Shifter derails her plans.Shane not only screws up Freya's meeting with the woman mercenary leader but he spirits her to Shiftertown and a house full of bears. To make matters worse, he's stirring Freya's long-dormant mating frenzy. She has things to do and a brother to find, but now Shane is filling the gaping hole in her life she hadn't realized was there.The hunt for Freya's brother takes a sinister turn, which poses grave danger to all Shifters. Shane and Freya must decide where their loyalties lie and face a peril that might destroy them.

"To save an innocent man's life, amateur sleuth and cook Kat Holloway must expose a financial scam that could ruin the most powerful aristocrats in Victorian-era London, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Secret of Bow Lane. Kat Holloway is distressed to learn that Samuel Millburn, husband of the woman who looks after her daughter, has been accused of embezzling funds from the bank where he works as a clerk. The accusation is absurd, and Samuel's wife fears that her husband will not only lose his post but be imprisoned. Kat vows to uncover the truth. When she discovers the bank is involved in shockingly murky business dealings, Kat realizes she's treading in dangerous waters. She turns to her confidante and handsome suitor, Daniel McAdam, for help. To exonerate Samuel, Kat and Daniel may have to expose the unseemly financial dealings of prominent aristocrats and government officials, and even those working to bring down the royal family. Kat will risk everything to protect the man who has sacrificed so much for her daughter, even if it means endangering herself and the friends she has come to love"--

Pride Not Prejudice is a charity collection of never-before-published, brand-new stories featuring and benefiting love and Happily Ever Afters across the gender and sexual identity spectrums. Proceeds from both ebook and paperback will be donated to four nationally renowned organizations in support of LGBTQIA+ and other marginalized and oppressed communities in the United States, including PLANNED PARENTHOOD, HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN, NATIONAL CENTER FOR TRANSGENDER EQUALITY and HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ADVANCING LGBTQ+ MEDICAL TREATMENT AND EQUALITY.This volume includes stories by Jennifer Ashley, Camille Duplessis, Kristan Higgins, Amalie Howard, Kathy Lyons, Sara Ney, Hildie McQueen, and Erica Ridley.

In Victorian-era London, amateur sleuth and cook Kat Holloway must solve a murder to claim an inheritance she didn't know she had in a riveting new historical mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of Death at the Crystal PalaceA stranger who appears on Kat's doorstep turns out to be one Charlotte Bristow, legal wife of Joe Bristow, the man Kat once believed herself married to-who she thought died at sea twelve years ago. Kat is jolted by Charlotte's claims that not only was Joe murdered, but he had amassed a small fortune before he died. Charlotte makes the cook an offer she cannot refuse-if Kat can discover the identity of Joe's murderer, Charlotte will give her a share of the fortune Joe left behind. With the help of Daniel McAdam, her attractive and charismatic confidante, Kat plunges into her own past to investigate. When it becomes apparent that the case of Joe's death goes far deeper than simple, opportunistic theft, Kat and Daniel's relationship is put to the test, and Kat herself comes under scrutiny as her connection to Joe is uncovered. She must race to catch the real killer before she loses her job and possibly her life.

Rome: AD 63Leonidas's former trainer, Aemil, asks him to look into the disappearances of gladiators from his ludus. Leonidas and Cassia investigate, and soon uncover gruesome murders involving some of the wealthiest citizens of Rome.Leonidas pits his skills against an unknown killer who hunts gladiators from the back lanes of the Subura to prestigious villas atop Rome's hills. He and Cassia must succeed in uncovering the murderer's identity before Nero grows impatient and makes Leonidas pay for the chaos the killer has rained down upon his city.

Angus Murray, T├╝rsteher einer Shifter-Bar in New Orleans, ist wenig begeistert, als die Shifterbeh├╢rde ihn zwingt, eine halsbandlose Shifterin einzufangen, doch ihm bleibt keine andere Wahl. Allerdings erweist sich die clevere Tamsin als ganz anders als erwartet, und Angus ist schnell klar, dass er sie nicht einfach einem ungewissen Schicksal ausliefern kann. Tamsin Calloway ist schon ihr halbes Leben auf der Flucht und wei├ƒ, wie man sich jeglichem Zugriff entzieht. Bei Angus f├ñllt ihr das ├╝berraschend schwer, nicht zuletzt weil der schwarze Wolf der erste Mann seit langer Zeit ist, zu dem sie sich hingezogen f├╝hlt. Trotzdem ahnt sie, dass es f├╝r sie beide kein einfaches Happy End geben kann, denn sie h├╝tet ein Geheimnis, hinter dem nicht nur die Shifterbeh├╢rde her ist ... 

Intrepid cook Kat Holloway puts aside her apron to delve into Victorian London’s high society and catch a killer in this thrilling new mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of Murder in the East End.While attending an exhibition at the Crystal Palace, young cook Kat Holloway is approached by a woman in distress. Lady Covington is a wealthy widow convinced that her entire family is trying to kill her. Kat feels compelled to help. So, she escorts the lady home to discover whether she is delusional or in true danger.   When it quickly becomes apparent that the threat is all too real, Kat promises aid. Her charming confidant Daniel McAdam is busy infiltrating a plot against the Crown, and she worries he will not have time to lend his sleuthing expertise. This might be for the best, as Kat fears her growing emotional entanglement with Daniel can only lead to disaster. But soon, Kat faces a more serious threat when her involvement in both investigations plunges her into peril.

Rhianne, daughter of the powerful Lady Aisling, is in a jam. She''s been imprisoned by an ambitious Fae lord, who is abetted by Rhianne''s ruthless and cruel father.Her prison door is shattered by an incredibly powerful creature, who in a flash settles into the guise of a handsome man with a warm smile. He tells her his name is Ben and that he''s been sent to be her guide and a protector.Ben, the last of a warrior race destroyed by the Fae, has lived a thousand years in exile and now has found a place among the Shifters. He''s the caretaker of a sentient house outside New Orleans, and the Shifters turn to him when they''re in dire trouble. Even so, Ben is aware of his aloneness, his people gone forever.Ben escorts Rhianne to his world to keep her safe. Rhianne is reluctant to trust her fate to him, but she soon finds the human world, the Shifters, and most of all Ben, have captured her fascination, and her heart.When her own strange powers awaken within her, Ben is the only one she can turn to for help.But will assisting her put Ben in the most danger he''s ever faced?

James Denis gives Captain Lacey a task, to deliver a mysterious package to a man with an office near the Custom House on the bank of the Thames. Lacey, who has been drawn into danger delivering items for Denis before, opens the package to find a single chess piece, a white queen.The piece tells Lacey nothing, but he soon realizes it plays deeply into Denis''s ongoing battle for control of London''s underworld.Meanwhile Lacey encounters an old army friend just returned from Antigua, who is being accused of smuggling and possibly murder. Lacey decides to help the man, whom he considers honorable, to clear his name.But Lacey is drawn farther into the dark games of James Denis and his rival, until only his wits and memories from his past can save himself and his family from gravest danger.

I''m asking Calandra to marry me. I''ve known her forever-it was Calandra-and-Ryan all through school and into our adulthood. No one is surprised when she flashes the engagement ring, but after that, our lives descend into chaos.Whoever thought having a wedding would be this complicated? I never see Calandra, and who knows what the hell I''ll be dressed in when I reach the altar. Her crazy friends have some crazy ideas, and Calandra is starting to think that this wedding is a bad idea.So I makes plans to steal her away. I''m king of the grand gesture, and I plan to make this night the best of her life.And it works, but not in the way either of us anticipated...

Ben McLaughlin is the IT guy for the McLaughlin brothers, the one assigned to train me, Erin, the new receptionist, on the company''s software. It''s tough to pay attention to screens and templates when Ben is next to me, awakening all kinds of fires.I invite him to my ballet company''s performance, to pay him back for ramming into him while practicing in the break room. Where I rammed him was kind of private ... and I imagine painful. I''m sure I''ll be fired on the spot, but Ben never says a word.He''s in the audience now, watching, while I try to dance like I don''t have a care in the world. I want to get to know him, to talk to him beyond computer questions, to find out what he''s like behind his quiet exterior.My job is temporary, and I can only dream of Ben gazing at me with his gorgeous eyes and asking me to stay ... forever.Book 2 of the McLaughlin Brothers

See that gorgeous guy over there? Standing behind his brother at the altar, best man while I''m maid of honor. Zach McLaughlin. He was my first love. Hot, enticing, out of reach.Now he''s back in my life, the two of us reconnecting when my best friend marries his brother. I haven''t seen Zach for years, now he''s next to me, irresistible in his tux. He looks at me with his sweet blue eyes, and his mouth quirks just a little. Enough to show me he''s noticing me, and wondering how we''ll get through this.I''ll try to keep it casual, but I know inside that seeing Zach after all these years ... is going to change everything ...

A new upstairs, downstairs Victorian murder mystery in the Kat Holloway series from the New York Times bestselling author of Death in Kew Gardens. When young cook Kat Holloway learns that the children of London's Foundling Hospital are mysteriously disappearing and one of their nurses has been murdered, she can't turn away. She enlists the help of her charming and enigmatic confidant Daniel McAdam, who has ties to Scotland Yard, and Errol Fielding, a disreputable man from Daniel's troubled past, to bring the killer to justice. Their investigation takes them from the grandeur of Mayfair to the slums of the East End, during which Kat learns more about Daniel and his circumstances than she ever could have imagined.

Stuart Reid is an Iron Master—a Dark Fae with a rare ability to make iron do his bidding. Exiled by the High Fae who fear him, he now lives in a simple house in Shiftertown outside Las Vegas, watching over Peigi, a bear Shifter woman, and the cubs she cares for.Peigi, rescued from an evil Shifter and welcomed into the Vegas Shiftertown, knows Reid and the cubs have helped her survive and heal. She also knows Reid is alone and lonely, a strong man coping with his exile. The bond she feels pulling her to him scares the crud out of her—she’s been down this road before.When Reid’s people send him a desperate call for help, Peigi senses danger to him—too much of it. She finds she’ll do anything, even sacrifice herself and her happiness, to keep him safe.

David Fleming, Hart Mackenzie's right-hand man, seeks refuge with his vicar friend in Shropshire, only to find that the vicar's beautiful niece, Sophie, is seeking refuge as well. Tongues are wagging all over London about Sophie, and she finds that the only gentleman sympathetic to her plight is the reprobate David.David and Sophie match wits as they help her uncle dig up the countryside searching for a villa from Roman Britain, and David decides to use his conniving ways to fix all Sophie's problems. It's the least he can do for the woman who has woken him out of the stupor in which he's been living.

Grant Campbell, famous trick rider from Riverbend, Texas, thought it was over with Christina, the love of his life. But a chance encounter one dark spring night gives Grant hope that he can have a second chance. Things are changing in Riverbend, though, that threaten to take Christina away from him forever.Christina Farrell has tried to move on after her breakup with Grant, the hot Texas cowboy who stole her peace of mind the day he walked into her bar and gave her his sinful smile. But every reminder of him tells her it's not over in her heart. Christina realizes she'll never forget him until she makes some changes in her life, but before she can, a reconnection with Grant alters everything for her in an unexpected way.

Tiger wakes in the night, knowing something is wrong. Carly, mate of his heart, is next to him, and he hears his son's breathing. They are safe.But someone, someone cries out with a despair Tiger can't ignore ...Carly won't let him go alone, and neither will Connor, the cub who will become one of the greatest Shifters of all-Tiger knows this. He sees.But for now, he can't ignore the call. Tiger and Carly take Dylan's truck and head into the night, on what proves to be the most important mission of Tiger's life …

Stunt rider Adam Campbell returns home to Riverbend, Texas, after being seriously injured in a movie stunt gone wrong. He settles in to heal at his family's ranch, where his four brothers, famous trick riders, train horses.Adam is stunned to find Bailey Farrell working there-she was the shy girl who'd helped Adam graduate high school so he could run off to Hollywood. Except the budding Bailey, with whom Adam had a brief but intense affair, has blossomed into a beautiful woman. Now the sparks that had once ignited between them threaten to explode.Adam is beaten-up, broken-down, and has lost his nerve-the stunt that injured him also killed his best friend. The only one he can turn to is Bailey, but will Bailey, who has come back to Riverbend to lick her wounds, be willing to help him again?

Kyle Malory, champion bull rider, falls on his butt in the ring, to be pulled to his feet by a rodeo clown with a beautiful face.He recognizes Anna Lawler, the local vet, who has moved back to Riverbend to take over the large-animal practice. Kyle has witnessed huge bulls and mean cowboys back down from the petite young woman.Kyle's fall injures him enough to take him out of the running for the season. The only fun he has convalescing is calling Anna to come an look after the animals-any animal-on the Malory ranch. He and Anna clash over everything, but Kyle can't seem to resist her.Anna worries about her growing attraction to Kyle, who has plenty of beautiful women throwing themselves at his feet.But when Kyle sends her a challenging bet, the forfeit being a night out with him, with the works, Anna isn't sure whether she hopes to win or lose …

Drew Paresky runs smack into a large cowboy at the hardware store where she's buying supplies in her desperate attempt to restore the most derelict B&B in the world. To her surprise, the cowboy, Ray Malory, apologizes to her and helps her haul the stuff home.Drew isn't from Riverbend-at least, she's never been there, even if her grandfather owned the B&B he left her in his will. If she doesn't fix up the place and turn it around within the year, she'll lose not only the land but the money her grandfather left her.Ray's help is a godsend, but Drew's not sure whether her growing attraction to him is wise. She'll fix up the B&B, inherit her money, and return to Chicago, where her life is. Drew can't afford to set down in roots in Riverbend, Texas, and she certainly can't afford to lose her heart. Can she?

Maya and I are just trying to have a girls' weekend in Vegas. Kick back, take in some shows … Then Gabrielle decides to tag along.Now there's a dragon slayer after Mick, gladiatorial games from hell, and a Vegas hotel full of trapped demons. When Gabrielle and I charge in to assist, we don't realize we're awakening an ancient and terrible evil …This evil is now after Gabrielle and her all-powerful magic, and it's going to take me, Mick, Colby, and the rest of the dragons to keep my little sister safe.