L A Gallagher

CHRISTMAS WITH THE BECKETTS. It’s not silent—and it’s far from holy. James and Scarlett’s dirty weekend in Edinburgh is hot enough to scorch the snow. Caelon and Ivy are caught canoodling under the Christmas tree. Sean and Layla are shopping for very adult Christmas toys. Rebekka and...

I never asked for his name. And I certainly didn’t tell him mine. It was supposed to be simple. No strings attached. Except I came home with a plus one… in my stomach.

LAYLA: My life is a prison of protocols and paparazzi—an occupational hazard of being a princess of England. When I publicly refuse the “perfectly suitable”–and painfully boring match my parents are pushing on me, I’m banished to our family’s remote Irish estate until I come to my...

I'm the queen of handling tiny tyrants—I've been nannying since the era of bedtime bribery. But there’s no guidebook for living with Dublin’s most notorious grump and widower—my brother’s brooding best friend.

AVERY: I’m a psych graduate turned glamour model, but it’s not as glamorous as it sounds when I’ve got a stalker leaving black calla lilies in my bedroom with little love notes that say, “I’m coming for you.” Cue my worst nightmare: needing a bodyguard. But not just any...

One deep, stolen conversation at their engagement party, and my heart was ripped from my chest. Years of craving. Aching. Burning. I've lost myself in hundreds of women trying to forget her, but every time I close my eyes, it's her face that haunts my darkest fantasies.

VICTORIA As a student doctor, I deal with bullet wounds on a regular basis, but one teeny nightclub shooting is all it takes for my sister and her rock star husband to send me a new bodyguard/ babysitter. The last person I expect to turn up is Archie “can’t-bear-to-look-you-in-the-eye”...

I’ve spent five years hiding in plain sight, burying my head in my books, courtesy of a scholarship at Dublin's most prestigious college. But now, for the first time in my life, I feel seen. Wanted. Desired. And I've awakened a need I never knew I had.

I built my empire on blood, loyalty, and silence. I have no weaknesses–until her. I don’t make promises I can’t keep. Which is why, when I vow to love, honour, and protect my new wife, not even the devil himself will stop me.