Bøker av Marlie May

Twenty-first century Greek goddess Pandia is shaking in her Jimmy Choos. A few weeks ago, she traveled back in time to attend a party, where she accidentally suggested Julius Caesar abandon politics for gardening. Her father, Zeus, summons her to modern Olympus after he discovers her meddling eliminated the month of July. To teach her the importance of fate, he strips Pandia's goddess powers and sentences her to a stint of mortality in ancient Pompeii.Pandia refuses to let her punishment get her down. She'll do her time, leave destinies untouched, and be home in time for her next shift at the local animal shelter. Instead, she's mistaken for a prostitute and arrested for inciting a riot. Sentenced to serve as a massage therapist in Pompeii's gladiator school, she's assigned to Caladus, a gladiator whose washboard abs test her vow to remain uninvolved.To escape Pompeii, Pandia must prove she respects mortals' fates. But she's falling for Caladus, and her time's running out: Mt. Vesuvius is rumbling.

After Lark Harpswell's boyfriend leaves her with an empty fridge and a maxed-out credit card, she's done with men. If she needs romance, she'll live vicariously through her favorite historical Highlander novels. So when gorgeous Dag Ross asks her out, she turns him down.During the day, Dag lounges in bed or works as a part-time handyman for a friend. At night, under a secret pen name, he writes wildly popular romance novels featuring a brawny sword-wielding Scotsman. Though he's convinced true love doesn't exist outside fiction, Lark blindsides him. When he sees her with one of his novels and she hints she'd date a hero like his Duncan MacLeod, he can't resist the challenge.Dag dressed in a kilt and spouting Scottish phrases is hotter than Lark imagined, and keeping him at arm's distance isn't easy. She's determined not to get screwed over again, though, especially by a man who's erected walls around his heart.

Back in college, my best friend broke my heart. Now he wants a second chance.Cara: Six years ago, I made my biggest mistake. I fell madly, deeply, one hot night together in love with my best friend, Roan. Only to be told in the morning it was over. Devastated, I ran. Now I'm back in town, a widow with a four-year-old daughter. I'm respectable. Responsible. Able to behave around Roan. Which means no kissing. No touching. No giving in to his knee-melting charm.Roan: Six years ago, I would've killed to be with my best friend, Cara, but our one night together crashed and burned in the morning. This time, I won't make a play for her heart. I won't tease her. And I definitely won't tumble into bed with her all over again. Scratch that. I play to win, and I want her.When her in-laws sue for custody of her daughter, I offer her a marriage of convenience to help her win the case. Which means a tropical paradise honeymoon in Costa Rica. A king-sized bed. Me and her and... endless temptation. This is my final chance to make this right.

Their second chance at love turns lethal when a man from her past is determined to see her dead.Navy Chief Cooper Talon is on leave to clean out his dad's house and shut the door on the abuse he suffered there. He takes a break to go camping with a buddy, never expecting to run into his friend's younger sister, Ginny--the girl he secretly adored twelve years ago. With an upcoming deployment, he can't make a play for her heart. But when someone stalks her, his protective instincts kick in.After an abduction overseas, travel photographer Ginny Bradley returns home to Maine. A camping trip with her brother will put her nightmares to rest, and meeting up with Cooper makes the weekend complete. Thousands of miles will soon separate them, but something powerful draws them together. Then someone threatens her life.With time ticking down to Cooper's deployment, they must discover who wants to hurt Ginny. Long-distance romances rarely survive, but they end permanently when threats turn lethal.

Trapped together on an uninhabited Caribbean island and hunted by a killer, can Haylee & Jax survive long enough to find their happily ever after?While on assignment for Viper Force, Haylee, a former Navy Seabee gunner's mate, barely lived through an "accident" in Mexico. When someone tries to finish her off while she's recovering in rehab, she begs her secret crush and fellow Seabee Chief, Jax, to hide her before the next attempt is permanent.Jax fell for Haylee months ago and while he knows she can't stand him, he'll do whatever it takes to keep her safe. A cat and mouse chase sends them to a cruise ship, then fleeing in a helo over the ocean. Sabotaged, they crash-land and swim to an uninhabited island. The Maestro follows, determined to exterminate both of them forever.It'll take their combined military experience and some tricks from Viper Force to survive, all while fighting an attraction for each other they're helpless to resist. The Maestro plans to eliminate Haylee and Jax, and only the victors will escape the island.

Only Eli, a wounded ex-Navy man, is ruthless enough to protect Mia from someone lurking in her past who has plans to destroy her.Doctor Mia Crawford moved to Crescent Cove, Maine to escape an abusive-and now jailed-ex-boyfriend and forget what happened one night on a dark beach in Mexico. She settles into the peaceful coastal community, psyched to be close to her brother, Flint, who runs Viper Force. An added incentive is Flint's new employee, Eli Bradley, a man who asked her out eight months ago when she could never imagine dating again. When someone stalks her, she turns to Eli.Eli never forgot Flint's younger sister, Mia. Sure, she shot him down, but they now live in the same town and she says she's open to more. Things soon heat up between them, and she offers a future he never thought he'd have. When someone breaks into her house while she's sleeping and writes #1 on her bedroom mirror, he'll stop at nothing to eliminate this threat. A kidnapping attempt is followed by #2 painted on her front door, and he fears it's only a matter of time until Strike 3.No way in hell will he let anything happen to Mia. But her past overshadows the present-and a shocking revelation puts her in the sights of a murderer. It'll take Eli's considerable military skills and the MacGyver tricks he's picked up at Viper Force to keep the woman he's falling for safe.

They stole Asher from me, and I'm going to make them pay.EverlyThe Drudge Pack took Asher from my arms, and my sister's murder is wrapped up in their secrets. Long ago, witches forced a spell on me, hiding my past and my future, and it's time to break the bindings and unleash my true potential. Ash is mine, and I'm taking him back. If the Drudge Pack gets in my way, they'll learn what happens when they cross a wolf with vengeance blazing in her heart.AsherClaiming Everly as my own was the best thing I've done in my life. And the worst, because now I've exposed her. The vicious Drudge Pack wants her, and I'm their bait. Once captured, they'll kill her to keep her from destroying them. I vowed to protect her from all threats, and if that means my life is forfeit to the Drudge, it's a price I'm willing to pay.