I suddenly felt the need to explain. "I did not say that I hated you! I said that I didn't like you! It's totally different! Besides I didn't even mean it, I had been embarrassed. It was so obvious that I was in love with you, even a stranger would have realized it!" He stared at me and I stared back. "You were in love with me?" I blushed. I just ratted myself out. I looked down at my hands and started to bit my bottom lip. This was getting out of hand. -------------------------------------------- Danielle Williams once had a crush on mr. Smooth a.k.a Damion Thompson when she was in high school but due to unfriendly circumstances she decided to give up on her feelings. But now she's twenty two and an aspiring business woman whose never had the touch of a man, that is, until he suddenly pops up into her life again. Now she has to read between the lines and navigate through old feelings. Highest Ranking in Chic lit #310

"Malika, I'll help you. But you understand that I need something in return don't you?" Malika nodded. "But, I already told you, I don't have anything-," he cut her off, "I want you, Malika. I want what you denied me four years ago. I'll pay off your father's debt but only if you marry me." ----------- She had been hurt...Malika McCaine loved Elijah with all her heart but thanks to a terrible turn of events she calls off their courtship; cutting all traces of their electrifying romance. But now thanks to a massive debt her father has accumulated she has no choice but to contact the man that she abandoned. Elijah Jones grew up in a drug and gang infested neighborhood. After watching his family struggle he vowed to never face the same hardships again. He's now a wealthy business owner. When the woman he once loved suddenly calls on him for help: will he decide to take his revenge? Or will his heart win the war? This is book one in the Wounded Hearts series. Book two coming soon!

Venus was a common house slave, she did as she was told, listened to no one except her master and knew the consequences of disobedience. But when her master tries to take her virtue she, for the first time in her life, tells him no and runs only to land into the arms of the masters son, James. James is a much kinder man than his father, after having studied abroad for many years he knows more of the world than his father. But When Venus literally falls into his arms, why does he feel an unfamiliar electricity course his veins? Will they be together? Or will fate and unfair circumstance ruin their chance at forever? Highest Ranking #109

Andrew Hugh aspired to be a rogue. He chased women with lustful eyes and poetic words. Making it his life's mission to never truly settle down with just one woman. At least that's what he had told himself before he met her. Hany James was a working class girl. She was a cook and prided herself at being an excellent one at that. In fact she was known for being the one of the best cook's in England. Fireworks go off when they first encounter each other. Though she isn't what he usually goes for: he preferred his woman tall, lanky and...skinny, he couldn't help the building want he had for her. Will the two overcome their budding obstacles or will their love completely elude them? Highest Ranking #48

Author Note: If you have already read my story 'The Northman's Bride', this is the same story with no changes or edits. I have written a full length novel, book 3 in my Sons of the North series and have decided to use the title 'The Northman's Bride' for it. I apologize for any confusion. What would you do with only a few days left to live? Would you do throw your pride aside and dare to love? Aleksi has lived his life by the motto that woman were to be worshiped, not understood, much like religion. Now, one of the last two survivors on a plague ship, he has begun to wonder if he hasn't missed out on enjoying the comfort that a charming young wife might have brought him. Wounded in a recent battle, Commander Aleksi Ekstrom awakens on the Norrland ship to discover the priest's ward, a young French woman, locked below deck in a cabin of dead nuns, all other passengers and crew lay dead or dying of what looks like plague. Feeling fevered, yet unwilling to surrender her life just yet, Mimi has the forty-day ship quarantine to live her final days to the full. Her sole wish is to not die a virgin. Promised to the church since birth, she always knew she'd be a terrible nun, and so apparently had the evil priest that was selling her to a warlord in Estonia, where the ship had been heading before contracting the deadly plague. Anchored off the coast of Sweden, the quarantined plague ship is well supplied by Aleksi's grieving father and Jarl Magnus, who generously provides his loyal commander with anything requested, grateful to Aleksi for years of brave, loyal service to Tronscar. Aleksi and Mimi toss social restraints aside and speak openly and honestly, holding nothing back, both desiring to live out their final days with no regrets. But, if they survive the quarantine what then, will Aleksi return to his old life and will Mimi be returned to the warlord she was promised? **Adult content.**

"I'm assuming you're a pirate, am I correct?" She asked. His smirk turned into a full blown smile, he merely nodded his agreement. "Ah, I see. You're probably going to rape me senselessly and maybe keep me as your torrid sex slave? And then once you grow tired me, let me guess, you'll throw me overboard?" She said defiantly, though her heart was hammering in her chest. He burst out in laughter, his deep voice melodious to her virgin ears. "I do not intend to throw you overboard. Nor do I intend to rape you. I will have you willingly." She huffed, "Willingly?" He smiled, his eyes gleaming, seductive, "Willingly." -------------------------- Jewel Hugh was rebellious. She wanted to enjoy the things that her brothers' were allowed. Rules were things that blocked off the path to adventure in her mind. And what was life without a little rule breaking? Emile Baudin wanted revenge. His small village slaughtered years ago by a band of thieves. He now sailed the seas in search of his enemy. Jewel finds herself captured and trapped in Emile's arms. And despite the wrongness of it all she can't ignore the fire he's ignited in her heart and neither can he. Highest ranking #2 (10/17/15)