Sinclair Simmons is your average twenty three year old with a dream. As an aspiring fashion designer, she must be willing to sacrifice everything to meet her goals. But a will Vane Hanson have a deal that will flip her entire world upside down? Vane Hanson is looking for a woman to have his baby, so that he will have an heir to his fortune, just in case something should happen to him. But he is looking for a certain type of woman, and he thinks he found what he needs in Sinclair. Together, they will either flourish and shine... Or end up ultimately destroying each other.

This story is about finding love where you lease expect it. Payton Taylor was the prefect little princess with the perfect life and in one night her whole world came crashing down. Life was no longer so perfect anymore and innocence and ignorance about herself and the world could never be replace. Coldness has surrounded her heart for the past five years and all feelings and emotion were gone...at least until she sets eyes on Dylan Thorn. Her past comes screaming back and with it all the pain and feeling of a life which she had believed had long died. Can Dylan break through the coldness and bring Payton back to the land of the living or will she forever remain in a cold, dark existence and out of his reach..

Rose is sick, has always been sick, and oddly accepting of an inevitable death. After being admitted into hospital near to the due date, she asks her older brother James, a world renowned author, for a final bedtime story. The subject? Pirates. She may be accommodating to the idea of eternal slumber but her brother is in no way of a similar mentality. After a close call in the hospital, he steps out and wishes upon the first star he sees, as a desperate joke. However... It seems the world is full of magic. What happens when that wish comes true? Join Rose and James on an adventure of a lifetime, a chance at saving Rose...and meet a devilish rogue straight out of a fantasy world.

Sally Sanborn, who insists she can do almost anything a man can do, stamps down her pride and advertises for full-time help on her chicken farm. Up shows Wilson..."Just Wilson, ma'am." He's a denim-wearing, sexiest butt to wear a pair of jeans, perfect man for the job. But he also comes with a past -- a complicated past. Yet, he works hard, and Sally likes him. As easy as it would be for her to fall in love with him, three things stand in her way: 1) He's younger than her. 2) She's been branded by heartache before and refuses to go through that again. 3) He's out of prison on parole.

"Cay, will you look at me?" I turned around and lifted my eyes to look into his. His arms were braced on the counter and he was looking at me sideways. The glow of the light coming from the living room and into the kitchen gave his face an otherworldly impression. I waited for him to continue. He closed his eyes and sighed, "Cay... Just so you know... I wanted to do it. Right there, a while ago. But you know why I couldn't, and why we shouldn't." There was a pain in my chest at his words. But I just gazed at him, unsure of what to say. He was right. It would be a mistake. And no matter how many times my weak heart and frail mind wanted him to kiss me, it would be selfish, not to mention immoral. In the end we would both regret it, and that would hurt the most. © rainthereader 2012 All Rights Reserved

Hope Montoya knows someone is poisoning her, but who? She suspects her mother was also poisoned and knows her father was murdered. Who wants her family eliminated? She vows to fight! She realizes she won’t last the eight months until she turns twenty-five and her uncle no longer controls her or her estate. Never will she be dominated by a man as she was by her father, as she has seen her mother and grandmothers dominated. If she marries, she gains control now, but only if she weds a man she can trust. Only one man meets her requirements. Can she trust him to protect her and capture the killer...but then to leave? Micah Stone has been in love with Hope since the first time he saw her. But he was accused of her father’s murder and surely would have hung if not for his two brothers’ aid. Most in the community still believe him guilty. But the drought has him too worried about water for his dying cattle to care about his neighbors’ opinions. When Hope proposes a paper marriage in exchange for land on the Brazos River and much needed cash, her offer rubs his pride raw. His name may be Stone, but he’s not made of it. He can’t refuse her for long, and so their adventure begins. He and Hope have to stay alive and discover the killer before they become victims in the deadly assaults.

“Has that ‘curl up with hot chocolate and read’ feel to it.” ~*~*~ Monica doesn't believe in life after death. Obligations, certainly. But, after her husband's death, there hasn’t been much ‘life’ to speak of. Just her kids, her farm, and the man who rents it to run his business, Marshal. She decides to change that. It won’t be like it was the first time. Nothing could be like it was with Jason. But she didn’t quite anticipate how different the dating world had become. The more she learns, the more panicked she becomes until she literally runs from her first date . . . and directly to Marshal. She was just looking for someone to ease the loneliness. What she found was a friend she’d already learned to lean on. But can Monica let go of her picture-perfect memories and embrace a new dream? With a new man?

Fiora's father was just killed in battle, a battle caused by the selfish king Rafael. Having no way of providing for herself or her mother whose health is waining, she is forced to accept a marriage proposal from the tyrant king.

"Hello!" Quickly, I nodded my head in response. "I'm Shane. What's your name?" He asked, looking at me expectantly. I turned to walk away but he grabbed my arm and pulled me back. "Aren't you going to tell me?" For as long as anyone could remember, Taylor Lewis, has not uttered a word to anyone. Being homeschooled most of her life didn't help either. Fed up, her parents enrolled her at Lakeside High. Starting her senior year at a public school was horrifying to say the least. Frightened, Taylor tries to lay low and out of sight. All was well until the day she crashes in to Shane Grayson. Shane was your typical jock, captain of the soccer team and popular. Intrigued by Taylor's silence, he stops at nothing to figure out why she can't talk. Will Taylor be able to resist him? Or will she finally be able to speak?

What will you get if you pair a reckless, impulsive, dramatic young lady and London's corinthian and master conspirator in an obscure engagement? Simple: the bride to be will try to flee and the groom to be will do what he does best, to seduce and conspire!