Catharina Maura

From the author of The Wrong Bride and Forever After All comes an angsty and steamy marriage of convenience romance featuring a billionaire boss and his secretary. When Luca Windsor’s secretary quits her job shortly after he’s forced into an unwanted engagement arranged by his family, he sets out to solve both problems. … by secretly marrying his secretary instead. The rules are simple: 1. Don’t fall in love 2. Keep their marriage a secret at work 3. Share a bed every night It was meant to be a straightforward and mutually beneficial deal, but with each day that passes, it becomes clearer to Luca that the only thing Valentina wants is the one thing he can never do. Letting her go.

She’s his fiancée’s younger sister. He’s the man she’s always loved. When her sister doesn’t show up on her wedding day, Raven has no choice but to take her place — but marriage to Ares Windsor is nothing short of torture. The elusive billionaire media mogul is the man she’s always loved… yet he’s only ever had eyes for her sister. Married to him at last, Raven is determined to win him over. After all, everything is fair in love and war. And this? This is war.

When her boyfriend breaks her heart, Alanna goes after his older brother in a quest for revenge. It would have been simple — if he wasn’t also her new boss. As they work together it soon becomes clear Silas knows more about her than he should. He knows about the past she's forgotten and the memories that evade her... but some secrets are better left buried.

Desperate and out of options, Elena Rousseau walks into a gentlemen’s club, ready to sell her body in a last attempt to save her mother’s life. She didn’t expect Alexander Kennedy to be there, and she certainly didn’t expect him to propose a marriage of convenience instead. Marrying Alexander means knowingly becoming a tool in his revenge plan. But what choice does she have? Better the devil you know than the one you don’t. Author's Note: This book contains a billionaire possessive alpha-hole and steamy scenes.

She was his first love, his first heartbreak, and his only regret. Zane Windsor always loved the way Celeste Harrison’s eyes light up when he infuriates her. It just took him years to realize that what he felt for his childhood rival wasn’t hatred. When they begin working for their family businesses, competing on a larger scale than ever before, he decides he wants it all with her — and what Zane Windsor wants, he gets. Zane and Celeste discover just how thin the line between love and hate truly is, falling harder than either of them thought possible... …until an unexpected tragedy leaves them wondering if any of it was ever real at all. Led by a desire for revenge, Zane brings Celeste’s company to the brink of bankruptcy, leaving both of their grandparents no choice but to intervene. The Windsors and Harrisons agree to a merger — on one condition: Zane and Celeste must marry each other.

From the author of The Wrong Bride and The Temporary Wife comes an angsty and steamy billionaire arranged marriage romance ​ Faye is the last woman Dion Windsor wants to be near, let alone marry… yet there’s no escaping the alluring pianist he’s been engaged to since they were children. For years, he made his unwillingness known, but his attempts to keep Faye at a distance fade to dust at the sight of her with another man — mere months before their wedding. One look at her, and he realises he’s done running. Time is up, and whether she likes it or not, she’s his. Or she could be, if the secrets he keeps didn’t hold the power to destroy her. Publisher's Note: Each book in the Windsors series features a different Windsor sibling, and as such, each book can be read as a standalone. The Unwanted Marriage contains a guaranteed happily-ever-after and no cheating.

From the author of The Wrong Brides comes a steamy and angsty enemies-to-lovers arranged marriage romance. He's the business rival she can't stand. She's the woman he's secretly loved for years. Xavier Kingston’s life is turned upside down when his nemesis and business rival, Sierra Windsor, suddenly begins to show interest in a man that isn’t him. Certain he’s at risk of losing his chance with her forever, Xavier offers the Windsors a deal they cannot refuse: a merger between his company and Windsor Real Estate. On one condition: Sierra must marry him.

After an amazing night, Leia finds out the man of her dreams gave her the wrong phone number. The last thing she expected was for him to show up two years later as her professor and PhD supervisor. As if that’s not bad enough… the new VIP client who just hired her as his nanny turns out to be none other than the very same elusive billionaire masquerading as a professor at the college his family owns. No matter how they resist, life keeps pushing Leia and Adrian together in a cruel twist of fate. After all, they can never be together. She’s his student. His nanny. His cousin’s best friend. She’s off-limits. Author’s note: contains steamy scenes, a possessive hero, and a good dose of angst. This can be read as a standalone.

Dr. Noah Grant’s dream job came with three rules: 1. Don’t sleep with the students 2. Don’t sleep with a patient 3. Stay away from Harold Astor’s granddaughter Seems easy, right? It was. Right until Amara Astor walks into his office with one of her own inventions - an adult toy - stuck inside her. She’s a patient, a PhD student, and she’s Harold Astor’s granddaughter. She’s entirely off-limits. Getting involved with her puts his promising future at risk, yet he can’t turn her away. Not when doing so means she’ll find someone else to test her crazy inventions with. Author’s Note: This is a standalone romance with a guaranteed HEA.

Left without a job and evicted from the house she so carefully turned into a home, Aria is offered two choices: move back in with her brother… or take the job her brother’s best friend offers her. Their lives weren’t meant to collide — but everything changes when Grayson realizes that Aria is the mysterious woman behind a wildly popular vigilante platform. She’s the woman he’s been falling for online, the one whose coding skills outdo his, the one he’s been trying to track down. It’s her. And she’s off-limits.

Lei è la sorella della promessa sposa. Lui è l'uomo che ha sempre desiderato. Tra feste esclusive ed eventi di beneficenza, due famiglie pianificano la fusione delle loro aziende. Perché l’accordo non vada a monte, viene stabilita una condizione: che si celebri un matrimonio tra gli eredi. Quando Hannah Du Pont non si presenta all’altare, Raven non ha altra scelta che percorrere la navata al posto della sorella, anche se questo vuol dire sposare Ares Windsor. Il giovane e carismatico magnate dei media è l’uomo di cui Raven è innamorata da anni ma... Lui ha sempre avuto occhi solo per Hannah. L’opzione di annullare le nozze però non è contemplata, se non vogliono infrangere l’accordo. La cerimonia deve comunque avere luogo, indipendentemente da chi sia la sposa. La nuova coppia Windsor è sempre sotto i riflettori, non può far scoppiare scandali, deve custodire il segreto di quello che in teoria è solo un matrimonio di convenienza. Eppure il dubbio di un’attrazione reciproca c’è. Raven è più determinata che mai a conquistare suo marito. In fin dei conti, dicono che in guerra e in amore tutto sia lecito. E questa è una guerra.

You've read Alyssa's side of the story in The Tie That Binds. Now it's Daniel's turn. I thought I could stay away from her. I thought wrong. What was I supposed to do when I found out that Charles Moriani's last wish was for me to marry his only daughter? I owed the man everything - he taught me all I know and took on the role my late father was unable to fulfil, never asking for anything in return. Until now. The choice was easy to make. Too easy, perhaps. I tried to make myself believe I married her for honourable reasons, but nothing could be further from the truth. Alyssa was never meant to find out how I feel about her. She was never meant to end up in my bed. And she was definitely never meant to love me back. Author's note: Serendipity is based on my debut novel, The Tie That Binds, and largely follows the same events, but it's written from Daniel's point of view. While it is technically a standalone, I highly recommend reading The Tie That Binds first. It'll be a more enjoyable read that way, as Serendipity was mostly written for my beloved readers that requested Daniel's side of the story.

From the author of The Wrong Bride and The Temporary Wife comes another steamy and angsty billionaire arranged marriage romance. When Lex finds Raya Lewis’s name hidden behind countless security measures on his own family’s servers, he knows it can only mean one thing. Determined to take control of the situation, he sets out to find her — only for Raya to spill her drink all over him within seconds of meeting. Much to her surprise, the notoriously unattainable tech billionaire asks for only one thing as compensation: six rounds of Truth or Dare. An evening filled with laughter leads to Raya sneaking out of his bed in the morning, not expecting to ever see him again… …until he shows up as her professor, offering her class the opportunity of a lifetime: an internship at Windsor Motors. What Raya doesn’t realize is that their meeting wasn’t coincidental — and she’s the sole reason he took up a teaching position at all. After all, Lex knows something she doesn’t: the two of them are arranged to be married.

What if the one person you can't have is the one person you can't resist? It was hate at first sight for Emilia and Carter. Neither can remember how their feud started, but that doesn’t stop them from pulling some crazy pranks on each other. Until one night. One kiss is all it takes. The lines between love and hate blur, and things are forever changed. They know they can never cross that line, though... Carter is Emilia's best friend's brother, after all. Author's Note: This Trilogy follows Emilia and Carter's epic love story. Book I is set in high school, Book II is set in college, and book III, the final book in the series, follows them through adulthood. This Trilogy was previously titled Mayhem. The title has changed, but the story has not.

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A single kiss changes everything for two lifelong rivals in this best friend’s brother romance. It was hate at first sight for Emilia and Carter. Neither remembers how their feud started — yet every day, their war intensifies. Until one night. One unexpected kiss blurs the lines between love and hate, and their lives are forever changed. The stakes have never been higher. Carter is Emilia’s best friend’s brother, after all. Author's Note: The Stolen Moments Trilogy follows Emilia and Carter's epic love story through high school, college, and adulthood. This trilogy was previously named Mayhem, and the contents remain unchanged.

From USA Today Bestselling Author Catharina Maura comes a Beauty and the Beast retelling featuring a cursed emperor, a princess who possesses forbidden magic, and a marriage that could save them all. Princess Arabella of Althea is left no choice when Felix Osiris, the Shadow Emperor, threatens to overthrow her country unless she agrees to marry him. When she learns his empire is cursed and she’s destined to set them free, they come to an agreement: help him minimize the curse’s effect on his people, and he’ll let her go. As Felix teaches Arabella how to control her forbidden and volatile magic, her feelings for him turn from hatred to passion… and she realizes that she must break the curse, or she’ll lose him forever. Publisher's note: this novel was previously included in the Once Upon a Broken Crown anthology under the title Broken Beauty. It has since been rewritten and retitled.

From USA Today Bestselling Author Catharina Maura comes a Beauty and the Beast retelling featuring a cursed emperor, a princess who possesses forbidden magic, and a marriage that could save them all. Princess Arabella of Althea is left no choice when Felix Osiris, the Shadow Emperor, threatens to overthrow her country unless she agrees to marry him. When she learns his empire is cursed and she’s destined to set them free, they come to an agreement: help him minimize the curse’s effect on his people, and he’ll let her go. As Felix teaches Arabella how to control her forbidden and volatile magic, her feelings for him turn from hatred to passion… and she realizes that she must break the curse, or she’ll lose him forever. Publisher's note: this novel was previously included in the Once Upon a Broken Crown: A Fairytale Retelling Anthology under the title Broken Beauty. It has since been rewritten and retitled.

A brand new spicy, high-angst romance from Catharina Maura—the highly anticipated, standalone spin-off of the Windsors series. When the man she's always been in love with starts dating one of her friends, artist Serenity Adesina creates a to-do list that will help her get over him once and for all. The first item on that list? Losing her virginity to Archer Harrison, her older brother's billionaire best friend…and her boss. He's the perfect choice—alluring, caring, and entirely emotionally unavailable. Their deal was supposed to be simple: Serenity will paint Archer anything he wants in return for a secret, no-strings-attached relationship. Except each kiss leaves them both wanting more, tempting them to risk it all for what's growing between them. That is, until a cruel twist of fate shows them that giving in to their feelings comes at a far higher cost than they could've imagined.

From the author of The Wrong Bride and The Temporary Wife comes another steamy and angsty billionaire arranged marriage romance. When Lex finds Raya Lewis’s name hidden behind countless security measures on his own family’s servers, he knows it can only mean one thing. Determined to take control of the situation, he sets out to find her — only for Raya to spill her drink all over him within seconds of meeting. Much to her surprise, the notoriously unattainable tech billionaire asks for only one thing as compensation: six rounds of Truth or Dare. An evening filled with laughter leads to Raya sneaking out of his bed in the morning, not expecting to ever see him again… …until he shows up as her professor, offering her class the opportunity of a lifetime: an internship at Windsor Motors. What Raya doesn’t realize is that their meeting wasn’t coincidental — and she’s the sole reason he took up a teaching position at all. After all, Lex knows something she doesn’t: the two of them are arranged to be married.

A father's last wish results in a marriage of inconvenience for Alyssa and Daniel When Alyssa Moriani loses her father, she's faced with an impossible choice: fulfil her father's last wish and marry Daniel Devereaux, her best friend's older brother... or lose her father's company to the one person that'll burn everything she's worked for to the ground. Her marriage to Daniel was never meant to be more than a business arrangement. They were never meant to be so perfect together, and they were definitely never meant to fall in love. After all, they started their marriage with an end date in sight. Author's Note: Full length novel with a guaranteed happily ever after. This book contains steamy scenes and an alpha-hole hero.

What do you do when the one that got away comes back? Carter I thought I was doing right by those Emilia and I both love when I let her go. So why has not a single thing in my life felt right since she left? Emilia is back now, and I'm ready to fight like hell for her. But how do I convince Emilia to give me another chance when she keeps going out of her way to avoid me? Emilia It's been years since I've been back in Woodstock. Had it been up to me, I'd never have come back at all. I don't want to be here - I don't want to be around Carter. So why does life keep pushing me back to him? This is the final book in the Stolen Moments trilogy.

We both claim we're over each other, so why do we keep finding ourselves back in each other's arms? Carter I thought I was over her, right until she walked back into my life. My head knows she and I will end in disaster, yet my heart can't deny her. Maybe I can convince Emilia to make me her dirty little secret... Emilia Carter is still the only one I want and the only one I desire. He's also still the only one I can't have. How am I going to survive college when he's everywhere, tempting me to break the promises I've made. Author's Note: Stolen Moments is book 2 in a trilogy that follows Emilia Parker and Carter Clarke through high school, college and finally adulthood. This book was previously titled Chaos. The title has changed, but the story has not.