Ride a cable car through the lively 1880s San Francisco, but beware the dangers of its infamous Barbary Coast in An Irresistible Temptation.  Knocked down in dusty Spring City by a handsome cowboy! Boston-born Sophie Malloy is running from heartbreak — and now she’s covered in dirt and sprawled at the feet of a man with a devastatingly sexy smile. Can’t a classical pianist catch a break? She hopes so, once she gets to bustling San Francisco on the sparkling bay.  This is the woman of his dreams! Riley Dalcourt is stunned. At first sight, he knows Sophie is the woman for him, right down to her purple unmentionables. Unfortunately, he’s already engaged. His future and his career are crystal clear. So why can’t he stay away from the sweet-tempered beauty who enters his life so unexpectedly, nor forget her when she leaves just as quickly?  Sparks fly in the Golden City . . . While chasing their dreams, Sophie and Riley meet again amid cable cars and concert halls. But their destinies are impossibly divided, and success for each means they’ll be pulled apart forever. Will one of them give up their cherished dream in order to be together? Is this true love worth fighting for or merely An Irresistible Temptation?  An Irresistible Temptation is stand-alone Book 2 in the Victorian-American Defiant Hearts series. Engaging characters, attention to period detail, and sensual romance—all in this series by highly acclaimed writer Sydney Jane Baily.  What readers are saying: “You are pulled in from the first paragraph to the last...you even find yourself at the end wanting more.” “A beautifully written love story that takes place in the 1880s.” “One of those books that I couldn't put down and had to finish in one sitting.”

An Irresistible Temptation (Defiant Hearts)

Romance

Baily, Sydney Jane

Historical

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Take one sinfully handsome riverboat gambler, add a smart and stunning madam, and stir them up with murderous foul play and sizzling romance in An Impassioned Redemption. Self-made woman, Josephine Holland answers to no one. Owning a successful saloon and bordello, Jo keeps wayward women off the streets. Unlike her girls, she neither needs nor wants any man. That is, until she meets the wickedly attractive and intriguing Jameson Carter. Jameson Carter plays to win. From atop his lively riverboat, Jameson rules what he sees, and he has his sights set on one delectable lady. His odds of winning Jo's affections are suddenly stacked against him, when a sequence of threatening events puts more than his heart in jeopardy. An unknown foe with a grudge and a trigger-happy finger . . . With their lives in danger, Jameson hopes to beat the odds and come out on top. Can Jo play the part of Lady Luck and save them both or has fate rolled the dice against them? Find out in An Impassioned Redemption. An Impassioned Redemption is a Western-themed novella in the Victorian-American series Defiant Hearts. Engaging characters, attention to period detail, and sensual romance, you'll find it all in this series by highly acclaimed writer Sydney Jane Baily. What readers are saying: "Had me reading and holding my breath waiting to see what was going to happen." "Loved spirited Josephine, a heroine who could take care of herself!" "Enjoyable, sexy romance with enough adventure to keep me turning the pages."

An Impassioned Redemption (Defiant Hearts)

Step into Rare Confectionery on New Bond Street where three talented sisters create treats as delectable to the tongue as they are appealing to the eye. One taste is all it takes to be captivated The Duke of Pelham desires a brand-new confection to win the Season's loveliest lady. Naturally, he turns to London's premiere chocolatier for assistance.Amity Rare-Foure has never had a customer quite like the duke. In status, he's far above ordinary men, yet he is one of the friendliest, funniest, and most engaging males she has ever met.As the duke enters the scrumptious world of confectionery, he discovers the chocolatier is as delightful -- and tempting -- as her creations. While Amity designs the perfect proposal chocolate, her heart begins to wish the duke could be her very own mouthwatering reward.Join Amity and her duke on a chocolate-filled romance in the heart of Mayfair where nobility often acts in a less-than noble fashion. Will the highest echelon of London society sour their happiness and keep them from the sweetest of endings?Engaging characters, attention to period detail, and heartfelt romance -- you'll find it all in the stories by USA Today bestselling author of historical romance, Sydney Jane Baily.

The Duchess of Chocolate (Rare Confectionery)

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

James-York Press

Step into Rare Confectionery on New Bond Street, where three talented sisters create treats as delectable to the tongue as they are appealing to the eye. One taste is all it takes to be captivated! Greer Carson needs a wife, and not merely any wife, either. She must be a titled British lady so he can claim his inheritance-a country estate all but abandoned for a generation.Beatrice can make treacle toffee without a doubt, the best in London! Yet when a handsome American comes into Rare Confectionery seeking assistance, she grabs hold of the opportunity for adventure with both hands.Join them, along with a fluffy feline, as they infiltrate the highest ranks of the nobility, each searching for a spouse. Despite missteps and misfortune, as they get closer to their goals, will the impossible choice be the only one they desire?

The Toffee Heiress (Rare Confectionery)

Step into Rare Confectionery on New Bond Street, where three talented sisters create treats as delectable to the tongue as they are appealing to the eye. One taste is all it takes to be captivated?Charlotte hasn't had anything go wrong in her blissful existence as a confectioner. Always smiling, she loves working with her sisters, and she adores her customers. Moreover, she holds a secret in her heart.The Viscount Jeffcoat watches the joy disappear from the eyes of the most appealing woman he knows, as sweet as her marzipan creations. Desperately trying to right whatever wrong she is facing, he hopes to woo and win her, only to discover the unthinkable.When it seems all she has ever cherished will be lost-and by her own carelessness-Charlotte turns to the one man who has promised her nothing while giving her everything. Can she and Lord Jeffcoat overcome betrayal and ruin to build a life of love and laughter?

My Lady Marzipan (Rare Confectionery)

Lord Anguish (Beastly Lords)

Lord Despair (Beastly Lords)

A vile lord unleashed...Lord Michael Alder has always behaved himself, enjoyed the London social Season, and even became engaged in his quiet, unassuming way. Then treachery shatters his gentlemanly character. So be it... if the bon ton thinks him a rogue, he may as well shed the burdensome, boring veneer of decency and decorum. A vile lord unleashed. Two very different reputations at stake...Worshiping him from afar, Ada Kathryn is thrilled to encounter the dash-fire viscount in the darkened garden. Minutes later, her innocence in tatters, she waits for the noble Lord Alder to do the honorable thing. Instead, she watches as the most vile lord in London saunters away.Drinking and carousing with the lowliest wenches to the highest aristocrats, Alder greets each day with a throbbing head, a sour stomach, and an even sourer disposition. Until a desirable new lady arrives in London, a polished stranger, not a hint of vengeance. If Lord Vile thought he understood betrayal and heartache, he hasn't seen anything yet.

Lord Vile (Beastly Lords)

Lord Darkness (Beastly Lords)

Death runs rampant in Victorian London -- with carriage accidents and cholera, childbirth and infantile diseases, and even from a nasty cut or influenza. Yet, for all that, when Lord Turner kissed his wife on an ordinary railway car, he never expected it would be a kiss goodbye. Nor could he ever imagine a cheerful woman with a sunny smile attempting to piece back together his shattered heart. A devastated viscount ? Jameson Carlyle Turner's life has been topsy-turvy, from illegitimacy to titled nobility, from a solitary gambler to a happily married husband. When bent steel and a horrific wreckage upend his world, he buries his beloved along with his heart and his happiness. A lady who won't take no for an answer ... Maisie Darrow understands grief all too well. She also knows the only way to move on with one's life is to jump back in with both feet. Longing to help the distraught viscount, she falls irrevocably in love with him, only to have her hopes dashed by a mysterious letter from home. When she sets out on a seemingly reckless and treacherous path, Jameson vows neither time, nor Maisie's warm attention will wear down his grief-hardened walls, for he knows he cannot survive another blow. Can she convince him to risk his heart again despite the swirling winds of uncertainty?

Lord Misery (Beastly Lords)

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