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1 y separately published work icon Knights and Dragons MC Chantal Fernando , 2022 Toronto : Carina Press , 2022- 24517300 2022 series - author novel
1 y separately published work icon Decker's Dilemma Chantal Fernando , Toronto : Carina Press , 2022 24517325 2022 single work novel thriller

'The Knights of Fury and the Wind Dragons MCs come together in New York Times bestselling author Chantal Fernando's gritty new series.

'Wind Dragon princess Cara and ex-cop Decker will have to cross every line to be together-including the law. 

'At a Turning Point

'It was a typical PI gig: track down the client's newly discovered half sister. For ex-cop Seth Decker, finding Cara Ward was the easy part. Walking away from the sexy schoolteacher is going to be a whole different story.

'At a Crossroads

'Cara thought she had the road ahead all mapped out-she'd be a biker's old lady, straddling a Harley behind the man she fell for in her teens. But she's all grown up. And while the Wind Dragons will always be family, Cara wants something more, something for herself. Decker may not be a biker, but that means his woman will always come first.

'Caught in the Cross Fire

'Once an MC princess, always an MC princess, though. When Cara's connection to the Wind Dragons puts her in the line of fire from a gang out for revenge, Decker realizes the safest place for her is by his side. After all, there's nothing he won't do to protect the woman he loves. Even if it means crossing the line of the law he once swore to uphold.'  (Publication summary)
 

1 y separately published work icon Her Lady's Honor Renée Dahlia , Don Mills : Carina Press , 2020 23380771 2020 single work novel romance historical fiction

'The war might be over, but the battle for love has just begun.

'When Lady Eleanor “Nell” St. George arrives in Wales after serving as a veterinarian in the Great War, she doesn’t come alone. With her is her former captain’s beloved warhorse, which she promised to return to him—and a series of recurring nightmares that torment both her heart and her soul. She wants only to complete her task, then find refuge with her family, but when Nell meets the captain’s eldest daughter, all that changes.

'Beatrice Hughes is resigned to life as the dutiful daughter. Her mother grieves for the sons she lost to war; the care of the household and remaining siblings falls to Beatrice, and she manages it with a practical efficiency. But when a beautiful stranger shows up with her father’s horse, practicality is the last thing on her mind.

'Despite the differences in their social standing, Beatrice and Nell give in to their unlikely attraction, finding love where they least expect it. But not everything in the captain’s house is as it seems. When Beatrice’s mother disappears under mysterious circumstances, Nell must overcome her preconceptions to help Beatrice, however she’s able. Together they must find out what really happened that stormy night in the village, before everything Beatrice loves is lost—including Nell.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 y separately published work icon Great War Renée Dahlia , Don Mills : Carina Press , 2020 23380730 2020 series - author novel
1 y separately published work icon Custom Built Chantal Fernando , Don Mills : Carina Press , 2020 20214501 2020 single work novel romance thriller

'New York Times bestselling author Chantal Fernando brings you Fast & Fury: A sexy new series fully loaded with intense emotions and edge-of-your-seat suspense.

'After losing her job, saying goodbye to a lifelong dream and having an all-around cruddy year, Bronte Pierce needs a break. A job at Fast & Fury might be just the thing to reset her life, even though she knows nothing about custom motorcycles. But taking a job isn’t the same as keeping it, and her fresh start quickly turns into a fresh nightmare.

'Starting with her boss. Crow is hardheaded, stubborn and brutally honest. He may be easy on the eyes, but he runs with an MC and he’s anything but friendly to Bronte. She suspects he has a softer side—just not for her.

'Her whole life, Bronte has known that the only person she can truly count on to save the day is herself. But when a single murder turns into a conspiracy and the threat to her life is more than she can handle alone, it’s Crow who comes through—and her newfound family might just become her greatest strength.'

Source : publisher's blurb

1 y separately published work icon Temper Chantal Fernando , Don Mills : Carina Press , 2020 19001857 2020 single work novel romance

'Every year, the hot, tatted biker comes into Abbie’s bar, orders whiskey, and asks her out. Every year, Abbie turns him down. After all, dating a man that goes by Temperseems like a really bad idea, no matter how attracted she is to him.

'But this year is different. Abbie’s different. Older, wiser, and tired of being stuck behind the bar in a sleepy town. This year, she’s ready for whatever adventure the sexy but sweet biker has in store for her.

'Or so she thinks…until an elegant candlelit dinner ends with a dead body.

'Now, Abbie finds herself on the ride of her life, whisked away to the big city in Temper’s protective custody. She should be scared but—despite his nickname—it’s clear the last thing Temper would ever do is hurt a hair on her head. And when danger catches up with them, Abbie soon realizes that holding tight to her man while straddling a Harley may be the safest place of all.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 y separately published work icon Her Lady's Honour Renée Dahlia , Don Mills : Carina Press , 2020 18995075 2020 single work novel romance historical fiction

'The war might be over, but the battle for love has just begun.

'When Lady Eleanor “Nell” St. George arrives in Wales after serving as a veterinarian in the Great War, she doesn’t come alone. With her is her former captain’s beloved warhorse, which she promised to return to him—and a series of recurring nightmares that torment both her heart and her soul. She wants only to complete her task, then find refuge with her family, but when Nell meets the captain’s eldest daughter, all that changes.

'Beatrice Hughes is resigned to life as the dutiful daughter. Her mother grieves for the sons she lost to war; the care of the household and remaining siblings falls to Beatrice, and she manages it with a practical efficiency. But when a beautiful stranger shows up with her father’s horse, practicality is the last thing on her mind.

'Despite the differences in their social standing, Beatrice and Nell give in to their unlikely attraction, finding love where they least expect it. But not everything in the captain’s house is as it seems. When Beatrice’s mother disappears under mysterious circumstances, Nell must overcome her preconceptions to help Beatrice, however she’s able. Together they must find out what really happened that stormy night in the village, before everything Beatrice loves is lost—including Nell.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 y separately published work icon Knights of Fury Chantal Fernando , Don Mills : Carina Press , 2019- 19001692 2019 series - author novel
1 y separately published work icon Renegade Chantal Fernando , Don Mills : Carina Press , 2019 19001792 2019 single work novel romance

'Good girl Isabella wouldn’t miss the birth of her sister’s baby for the world. So when her car breaks down and one of the bikers next door offers her a ride to Vegas, it’s too tempting to pass up.

'Besides, she can think of worse travel conditions than wrapping her arms around Renny, otherwise known as Renegade.

'Tall, dark and handsome, the man is pure sex on a Harley.

'Between wild parties and rumbling motorcycles, living next to the Knights of Fury MC has always left Isabella curious, but after a night in Vegas, she gets a firsthand taste. Drinks in the club surrounded by burly bikers soon turns into a series of daring decisions, which don’t seem so bad until she wakes up the next morning. Married. To Renny.

'Could she be more of a cliché?

'Nothing complicates an annulment like lingering temptation, especially when Isabella and Renny give in to their need, putting their marriage where their mouths are. But as Isabella learns what outlaw life is really like, she’ll have to decide if she’s in love with a biker—or in over her head.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 y separately published work icon Saint Chantal Fernando , Don Mills : Carina Press , 2019 19001718 2019 single work novel romance

'*Dear Skylar,

'Five years. That’s a long time to go without talking to somebody, especially someone who was such a huge part of your life…*

'A letter from my first kiss and my childhood everything…from prison.

'He may be nicknamed Saint, but this sweet, sexy biker most definitely has a wild streak. Hearing from him draws me right back into the Knights of Fury motorcycle club—the people I’ll always think of as family.

'He’s still the only man I’ve ever wanted.

'Each good, old-fashioned letter from my “prison pen pal” has my heart racing. Which is nothing compared to how I feel when Saint surprises me in person, as a free man.

'I was just a kid the last time we saw each other, but the connection between us now is anything but innocent.

'He’s the type of man who would do anything to protect his woman. And with my world crashing down around me, that’s exactly what I’m going to need.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 y separately published work icon The Love Coupon Ainslie Paton , Don Mills : Carina Press , 2018 18876264 2018 single work novel romance

'How many coupons does it take to fall in love?

'Flick Dalgetty knows what she wants and how to get it, which is why she’s about to start her dream job in Washington. Until then, she needs somewhere to crash, and Tom O’Connell’s place is her sole option. He’s a repressed, antisocial ogre…but man can he kiss.

'For Tom, being around Flick is like being too close to the sun. Her untamed energy is overwhelming, and he’d spontaneously combust if he had to live with her long-term. Housemates with benefits—and an expiration date—suits him just fine.

'Then Flick gives Tom thirty coupons, each entitling him to one obligation-free activity, from bowling and bubble-bathing to morning delight, removing all the guesswork from being incompatible partners and shifting their fling into high gear.

'Now the problem is their arrangement is drawing to a close, and they might be falling in love—and there wasn’t a coupon for that.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 y separately published work icon Stubborn Hearts Ainslie Paton , Don Mills : Carina Press , 2017-2018 18876185 2017 series - author novel
1 y separately published work icon Caught in the Act : A Jewel Heist Romance Anthology Ainslie Paton , Australia : Carina Press , 2017 25802443 2017 selected work novella 'Three heist-romance novellas that will steal your heart and make your pulse race…'
 
1 y separately published work icon Third Wave Zaide Bishop , Don Mills : Carina Press , 2017 18982889 2017 single work novel romance science fiction

'A new battle has begun, and the struggle to survive is not only for Eden but for the fate of all life on Earth

'Once divided, the Elikai and Varekai tribes have unified. Now called Kai, they’ve come to look beyond rebuilding their world to secure a life for the new Children of Eden. For the tribe leaders, there is another way to protect the future: revisit the past.

'In unearthing their origins as a people, in learning the truth behind the cataclysm that wiped out most of the world’s population, the few survivors will discover the very reason for their existence.

'They’ve never been more united—or more vulnerable to a new enemy. Their once-peaceful archipelago is now under threat from an army of outsiders with their own unfathomable purpose.

'The desperate families of Kai must make it back to the mainland. Before their dream of Eden mutates into a nightmare.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 y separately published work icon Second Heart Zaide Bishop , Don Mills : Carina Press , 2017 18982837 2017 single work novel science fiction romance

'Peace has come to the Elikai and the Varekai, to man and woman, and to the tribe leaders.

'United as one. For now.

'Gone is the hope of a world beyond Eden, but gone too is the threat of war that once divided them. The new world brings the promise of family, and happiness they’ve only dreamed of. But when the force of nature bears down and the safety of the tribes is at risk, alliances shift yet again.

'With food running short in the face of a coming monsoon, the Varekai leader must make a decision. One that could shatter their newfound harmony.

'For those who do survive, desperation could inflame the embers of an old war.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 y separately published work icon First Fall Zaide Bishop , Don Mills : Carina Press , 2017 18982773 2017 single work novel romance science fiction

'In a world that’s part paradise and part hell, two opposing tribes are divided by the most dangerous impulse of all: desire

'For years, the Varekai and Elikai tribes have each struggled in their own ways to survive against the elements, hunger and the deadly creatures of Eden.

'For just as many years, they have adhered to one rule: never make contact.

'The resourceful Varekai are called female.

'And the Elikai? A mysterious, animal breed called male.

'When an adventurous Elikai brother is caught stealing from the enemy, a beautiful, inquisitive Varekai healer, the rules keeping the two tribes apart begin to matter less and less. Stranded together in a perilous land, a curious instinct draws Varekai and Elikai closer together than their world has ever dared.

'And nothing will ever be the same.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 y separately published work icon Bones of Eden Zaide Bishop , Don Mills : Carina Press , 2017 18982737 2017 series - author novel
1 y separately published work icon Hoodwinked Hearts Ainslie Paton , Don Mills : Carina Press , 2017 18876326 2017 single work novel romance

'Confidence man, master thief and professional crook Cleve Jones knows a thing or two about risk.

'Ten years ago, he risked his freedom to fall in love with a dangerously sexy, foulmouthed, punk-ass professor's daughter and she disappeared, stealing his future happiness. 

'Vegas hustler Aria Harp is back, she's in disguise, and she's snatched the famous diamond Cleve's been casing in a bold heist. She would've gotten away clean if her old nemesis hadn't figured out her sleight of hand and come after her. 

'This time around, Aria's too smart to let Cleve break her heart, but he'll do anything to keep her safe. Even if it means a dirty double cross and losing the only woman he's ever loved-all over again.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 y separately published work icon The Love Experiment Ainslie Paton , Don Mills : Carina Press , 2017 18876214 2017 single work novel romance

'Can you fall in love in thirty-six questions?

'The closest rookie lifestyle writer Derelie Honeywell gets to megastar reporter Jackson Haley is an accidental shoulder brush in The Courier’s elevator. That is, until the love experiment: a study designed to accelerate intimacy using thirty-six questions and four minutes of sustained eye contact.

'As far as Derelie is concerned, Jack Haley has always been a man best imagined in his underwear. He’s too intimidating otherwise. But participating in the love experiment is her make-or-break chance. With another round of layoffs looming, Derelie knows holding on to her job means getting the story no matter what. Even when the what is kissing Jack like a maniac.

'Jack Haley has zero interest in participating in a clickbait story. He didn’t plan on finding Derelie smart and feisty and being mesmerized by her eyes. He certainly had no intention at all of actually falling in love with her.

'The conclusion to this experiment? Thirty-six questions might lead to love, but finding the answer to happily-ever-after is a lot more complicated.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 y separately published work icon Didn't I Warn You Amber Bardan , Don Mills : Carina Press , 2016 9398870 2016 single work novel romance

'Not everything dangerous is bad.

'From the moment Angelina laid eyes on him, she fell into a fantasy. Mysterious, foreign, gorgeous, Haithem offered her what she needed most—a chance to feel again.

'But Haithem is much more than he appears to be. He lives in a world of danger where everything comes at a price.

'For Angelina, that price is her future.

'He's ensured the life she's left behind is in tatters. Made her family believe she's dead. He talks about protecting her, about keeping her safe, but she can't distinguish his truth from his lies. She can't separate her pleasure from his betrayal.

'Haithem warned her. He told her he'd make her heart race, her body come alive, and her most primal needs rush to the surface. His for the taking.

'He didn't say she'd come to love the devil who's destroying her, even as he keeps her prisoner.' (Publication summary)

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