Cynthia Dane has 19 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 14 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.2★ across 12 ratings. The most-rated is Into the Fire.
Into the Fire
Summary
Their love is too hot to touch. Mitch Former Marine Michelle "Mitch" Cruise has already lived through the most harrowing moments of her life. Between a kidnapping in Iraq and losing her family’s home to wildfires, she’s convinced that there is nothing left to harm her. But there is also nothing to fill the void in her dissociative life. It makes her the perfect candidate for a golden opportunity. There is a woman - a rich woman - searching for a month-long girlfriend. Mitch isn’t naïve. She knows what this woman wants. So happens that Mitch is in the position to endure it. She never, ever counts on falling in love with reclusive heiress Vanessa - to the point she’ll lay down her life for her mistress. Vanessa One by one, the members of Vanessa’s family have disappeared into the afterlife. The man calling the hits has driven her into hiding, where her only friends are her cold-shoulder staff and the husband-wife security team who know everything about her life. Including who she invites into her home. When Mitch arrives, distant and aloof, Vanessa is instantly intrigued. She’s never met such a strong woman before, and the electric attraction between them brings new meaning to the kind of domineering love Vanessa has been making. In Mitch, she finds the other half she’s been searching for. The woman who isn’t afraid to face danger while understanding what trauma does to the heart. Too bad Vanessa’s oldest threat is so close it’s bursting from within her own sanctuary. Too bad she’s dragged the new love of her life into open fire.
©2019 Barachou Press (P)2019 Barachou Press
Bad Girl Love
Summary
Ladylike heiress Audrey Weathersby is careful to never rock her family's boats. They don't even know about her ex-girlfriends or her fake IDs. But it's that fake ID that leads her to the hottest club in the city. While her friends tear up the dancefloor, however, Audrey meets the foil to her suppressed desires and curiosity. Dylan. The resident bad girl with an affinity for good girls like Audrey. What begins as a torrid fling soon transforms into something that opens Audrey's eyes to the life she's always wanted. The longer she's with Dylan, the more she realizes the sources of her suffocation. A toxic family. Airheaded friends. Caring for nothing but the trappings of wealth. Dylan has dated her fair share of heiresses, but Audrey is the first one to make her believe in a chance at love. Yet it's not easy to give over to someone like Audrey. She represents everything Dylan has spent her whole life rejecting, for she knows all too well what it's like to be forced into the good girl role. And her past is constantly threatening to ruin everything she's built for herself since her darkest days. The fatalistic love that haunts both Dylan and Audrey will last the summer. After that? Someone will have to give up the only life they've ever known. Easier said than done. Please note that this book contains examples of transphobia and growing up in an abusive cult.
©2018 Barachou Press (P)2019 Barachou Press
Not For Sale
Summary
One not-so-simple renovation project is about to get dirty....
Nobody knows how flip like Reese, a woman with nothing to prove to her family of real estate kings. When her mother's chronic affliction almost claims her life again, Reese knows that there's only one way to save her family.
All she needs is a leave of absence from the corporate office in San Francisco and a toolbox full of lesbian stereotypes.
Has fate finally come to rural Oregon?
Kimberly is a mild-mannered property manager who only wants to do her job and go home to her nosy parents...
And fall in love, because a woman can only be untouched for so long!
Reese's unruly and disruptive renovation projects promise to make Kimberly's life hell. Too bad she's enamored with the handywoman from the moment they lock eyes.
The feeling? Absolutely mutual.
Life's about to get more interesting - and sensual - in a sleepy Oregonian beach town!
Includes a short preview of WITH THIS RING
©2018 Barachou Press (P)2018 Barachou Press
Games We Play
Summary
At Leah's 30th birthday party, she meets a woman whom she's convinced is paid to entertain her for the evening. But in the following days, she discovers that Ms. Margaret Sloan, one of the most cutthroat businesswomen in the world, thought Leah was the paid professional she hired while in Portland for the weekend. Sloan fears a lawsuit. Leah fears her only chance for a whirlwind romance is about to fly off to Thailand or Switzerland. Too bad they're both keeping dire secrets that could doom whatever feelings they have. Oh, the devilish games they're about to play.... Contains a small preview of WITH THIS RING.
©2018 Barachou Press (P)2019 Barachou Press
With This Ring
Summary
Includes a brief preview of Bound by Cynthia Dane & Hildred Billings.
Attraction has nothing to do with it. Until it does.
Nicole Delaney
Down-on-her-luck heiress Nicole Delaney can't take another hit. First, her dad dies, leaving in his wake a million debts that wipe out the family coffers. As if that wasn't bad enough, she now lives in a cramped downtown apartment with her mother. No privacy, and no money!
Only thing worse? Her professors in her fashion school telling her to pick a new job!
Nicole is simultaneously too old to rely on her sickly mother and also too young to have a real chance to free herself from this unfortunate situation. So what does her mother do?
She calls the matchmaker. Surely, there's some rich guy out there looking for a hot, young wife....
Jenny Bishop
The once-homeless Jenny Bishop now has it all: a bustling business as a fashion designer, enough money to keep her housed and fed for life, and access to everything she couldn't have as a foster kid.
Except there's one thing missing: a family.
Whether broke or investing millions back into her business, Jenny continues to search for that elusive family she's always dreamed of having. When time gets in the way of traditional dating, she hits up a matchmaker with the hopes there's one woman out there willing to wed a lesbian like her.
Two rings to rule their hearts
Nicole only agrees to marry Jenny to get her money, but what quickly unfolds is a genuine attraction that blindsides the formerly frigid Nicole and blinds Jenny to the logical solutions she desires. How can they think about a logical marriage of convenience when they're too busy jetting off to Hawaii for inspiration and... "inspiration"?
Too bad, because one of the nastiest women to ever play with a billion dollars is on a mission to destroy their blossoming love. So much for that June wedding and honeymoon in Hawaii!
©2017 Barachou Press (P)2018 Barachou Press
On the Rocks
Summary
A stand-alone romance with a happily ever after! She's the richest woman in a city built on billions of dollars, and she's got the trophy girlfriend to prove it. Business and pleasure have a tendency to mix in the high-stakes world Adrienne Thomas breathes. As the co-owner of one of America's biggest corporations, the young billionaire doesn't have time to date...especially when her recent bisexual awakening leaves her more confused than her confidence likes to admit. That's why it was so easy to start dating her business partner's smart and gorgeous executive assistant. Amber Mayview made her intentions clear from the moment she first seduced Adrienne: This was all about sex and money, a relationship of mutual needs and satisfactions. Now, months later, one of the most over the top same-sex couples has reached an impasse. Amber is no longer satisfied with the sugar baby lifestyle. The longer she stays with Adrienne, the more she falls in love with more than just her money. But for two women who should never be together to make it through this rocky patch, they're going to have to admit more than their love. They're going to survive ex-lovers, a media play that refuses to release them, and enough sex to burn down their city in sinful flames. Good thing it's worth it. For love, of course.
©2017 Barachou Press (P)2019 Barachou Press
Crash and Burn
Summary
A full-length romantic suspense with a HEA! Includes a Chapter 1 preview of Blown by an Inconvenient Wind by Hildred Billings. Jade Emerson didn't take up a job in private security to be paired with her worst nightmare. But that's what she gets when her boss sends her on assignments with former FBI agent Stella Moore, who is brash, forgetful...and dangerously hot. Their tenuous attraction is at times exactly what they need and at other times a detriment to their clients. That is until a frightened wife hires them to protect her and her infant...from her husband. The rainy city of Portland has seen its share of female couples, but these two are thornier than the City of Roses. Can they overcome their dating pasts to save a woman in need? Or are they doomed to crash and burn...taking half the city with them? This audiobook is set in the same universe as Hildred and Cynthia's other romances, meaning you may see some old familiar faces!
©2017 Barachou Press (P)2019 Barachou Press
Burn
Summary
Welcome to Hellfire, where there are only three rules. Consent is a must. Safety is paramount. No judgment of anyone or whatever the desire. Other than that? Prepare to give your soul to the Devil, because you’re in her playground now. Tallulah is currently one of Hollywood’s biggest ingenues, and there’s nothing she loves more than partying in Hellfire, the only place she’s allowed to be the big, domineering queen of seduction instead of the sweet girl-next-door America wants her to be. There’s nobody in the circle of regulars who doesn’t know her, let alone hasn’t seen her biggest assets to come straight from the plastic surgeon’s. Too bad her bodyguard would rather be anywhere else. For over a year, Rae has followed Tallulah into the club to make sure she doesn’t get into too much trouble. Between drunken nights on the pole and almost walking in front of paps with her goods hanging out, Rae has her work cut out for her. It doesn’t help that there are two things working woefully against the mild-mannered bodyguard who just wants her paycheck. First, she doesn’t care much for this whole deviance thing. Yet, her quiet, unrequited love for a woman who barely knows her name after all this time is making her rethink things. On a fortuitous night, Tallulah truly sees her bodyguard for the first time. Only now, Rae has had it up to here with her own jealousy and can’t wait to taste what she’s been protecting her client from for so long.
©2020 Barachou Press (P)2020 Barachou Press
Dances with the Rock Star: The Complete Trilogy
Summary
"The man could kiss to the beat. The hot, eclectic beat of the tango music winding its way through the room. It sounded so judgmental. Tango, the dance of lust and passion...how could it be judgmental about something like this? As Rick kissed her lips, then her throat, and then her clothed shoulders, Olivia felt a famished sensation wash over her, the tango music the soundtrack to her heated desires swelling inside of her until she was about to burst." DANCES WITH THE ROCK STAR What Olivia Owens cares about: becoming a professional dancer. What she does not care about: handsome Latin rock stars who can charm their way into any woman's bed. She's barely heard of Rick Rodriguez before. Something about selling a lot of albums and selling out his first world tour. But Olivia doesn't have time for men. She's got a career to launch, and Rick's latest music video for "Midnight Tango" is her chance to strut her stuff. But the universe is funny about things. The more you push something away, the more likely it is to come bite you in the ass. So Olivia shouldn't be surprised that Rick really lives up to the title of talented dancer. She should be even less surprised that she's falling for the oldest trick in the tango book.... Passion. Vulnerability. The heat of the moment. When combined, any Latin dance will turn two people into an undeniable pair. Olivia wants Rick. Rick wants Olivia. They're about to get really, really close on his first world tour. The Midnight Tango calls. Will Olivia answer?
©2015 Cynthia Dane (P)2020 Barachou Press
Seducing the Billionaire
Summary
Ethan tossed his jacket onto the couch and turned to her, arms lashing out and hands grabbing either side of Jasmine's chair. His lips were mere inches away from hers, hovering with hot, easy breaths that pushed against her cheek while his eyes bore into hers. Jasmine slipped farther into the back of the chair. "Any control you thought you had when you came up here is long gone. I'm in charge now. I'm always in charge. Got it?" An upscale hotel lounge. A lonely man in an expensive suit. Jasmine left home this morning with the intent of having an "adventure". The man at the bar? He's got her name written all over him. But first Jasmine needs to seduce him. Easier said than done! "Seducing the Billionaire" is a stand-alone short story from The Billion Dollar Contract universe. The twist at the end will leave you wanting more!
©2015 Barachou Press (P)2016 Barachou Press
Spark
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Welcome to Hellfire, where there are only three rules. Consent is a must. Safety is paramount. No judgment of anyone or whatever the desire. Other than that? Prepare to give your soul to the Devil, because you’re in her playground now. Bree sees Hellfire as her permanent escape. A place where she can forget her old relationships and seek out new, temporary pleasures. Yet when she sees the woman of her dreams on the night of a big key party, Bree knows she must have her – even if for only tonight. Yet Amelia isn’t a woman who gives her heart as easily as she gives her body. Fresh from a heartbreaking divorce, she’s in Hellfire to get back in the dating game, convinced that a night of senseless fun with a stranger will erase her sadness. When Bree ends up in her dream girl’s room, Amelia is more than surprised. They both like women, but there is something about this encounter that is new to them both. For Amelia, it’s her first taste of a real romance with another woman. For Bree, it’s the first inkling that true love might be real after all. It helps that Bree possesses the perfect key for Amelia’s closely-guarded handcuffs....
©2020 Barachou Press (P)2020 Barachou Press
The Billion Dollar Contract
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She needs a job. He needs a sub. Surely they can come to some sort of agreement. Jasmine is jobless and down to her last dollar, living in squalor with only a mean cat to keep her sane. On the day of an important job interview, she's spotted by Ethan Cole, the smart and handsome billionaire bachelor who tears through assistants as if they're cheap tissues. He wants her. To be his assistant. To be his submissive. For six months all Jasmine has to do is be at his beck and call. In the office, in the boardroom...and in the bedroom. In return she'll become a millionaire. They say that every person has a price. Ethan is willing to pay hers. Now she will enter his world of money, bad jokes, broken hearts, dangerous business partners, and sweet white-collar power. The moment she signs that billion-dollar contract, she belongs to Ethan Cole. Her body...and her heart.
©2015 Barachou Press (P)2015 Barachou Press
Heat
Summary
Welcome to Hellfire, where there are only three rules. Consent is a must. Safety is paramount. No judgment of anyone or whatever the desire. Other than that? Prepare to give your soul to the Devil, because you’re in her playground now. Danica has suffered enough bad luck to last her the rest of her life. The only highlight is using up the last month of her short-lived Hellfire membership to blow off some steam in LA’s most exclusive adult club. Too bad she bumps into the woman who has absolutely wrecked her chances at stardom. Cherry is one of LA’s most notable music producers, single-handedly creating a new wave of Motown and R’n’B staples for a brave new century. As a guest judge on American Song Champion, she first heard Danica’s voice and found it intriguing. The stage presence, though? Wanting. Now they’re both in Hellfire, and Danica has nothing to lose. When she confronts Cherry in the VIP lounge, there’s more than attraction simmering between them. There’s that energy Cherry found lacking only a few months ago, when Danica performed on live TV to a panel of bored judges. Danica isn’t boring now. She’s exactly who Cherry is looking for tonight. Now? To test that beautiful voice and see how loud it can really get. The bigger the audience? The better.
©2020 Barachou Press (P)2020 Barachou Press
Flame
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Welcome to Hellfire, where there are only three rules. Consent is a must. Safety is paramount. No judgment of anyone or whatever the desire. Other than that? Prepare to give your soul to the Devil, because you’re in her playground now. Married couple Jeanette and Roxy are in Hellfire to party, but paradise shakes wherever they step. For the past several months, the “happy” couple have been arguing more and more about the path of their relationship. For one thing, Jeanette wants to take things to the next level with the woman who wooed her with seductive dirty words and promises of a marriage full of the deviance clubs like Hellfire offer. Except Roxy has not been herself for quite some time. What spark they had when they said “I do” has been soured over the years. Can Jeanette help the woman she loves come out of her funk? Can Roxy find the fire within her to look at her wife the way she used to? Furthermore, can this marriage be saved?
©2020 Barachou Press (P)2020 Barachou Press
Bound
Summary
Nature versus nurture takes the battle to the boardroom - and to Natalie Chen. What's the first thing they teach you in business school? Never let emotions decide your fate. That's how people get hurt. That's how millions lose their jobs. That's how I almost lost everything. When I accepted one of the most highly coveted internships in America, I never expected to fall in love with my boss by the end of the first month. I never expected that my boss, Eric Mann, used to go by another name a long, long time ago. And the woman the world forgot is screaming to come out and speak of the atrocities once wrought upon her life. Do I follow my heart and help her expose her family's deepest, darkest secrets to the world? Or do I follow my head and get as far as possible from this debacle? If I'm telling you this, we already know which path I chose. Includes a preview of the number one lesbian romance, Crash & Burn.
©2017 Barachou Press (P)2019 Barachou Press
Until We Break
Summary
Stefani Valetti For the past few years, Stefani has been running her family’s Oregon winery, Bel Cielo Estate. The only thing missing from her picturesque countryside life is companionship. But with a great distaste for dating - and the city - Stefani approaches an international service to make her marital dreams come true. Enter Yulia, the alluring Russian woman with a penchant for heavy flirtation. She occasionally puts her money where her mouth is, too, driving Stefani wild with fantasies that this marriage might be more than convenience. Yet she can’t shake the feeling that Yulia has an ulterior motive. Or maybe that’s the Valettis’ collective past coming back to bite them. Yulia Petrova Yulia Petrova will do whatever it takes to get to America, specifically, the Pacific Northwest, where the only person who matters is waiting for her. She’ll even marry a total stranger. A woman, no less. The trick isn’t balancing her own preferences. No, the trick is keeping her new fiancée from finding out the truth too quickly. First, she must ensure that Stefani is in love with her. Then, Yulia must reveal the tragic truth that has brought her to America. Dosvidaniya, mi amore Their budding passion and rising trust in one another is about to be severely complicated by the illness sweeping the world. For Stefani, that means shutting down the winery and hiding behind her chronic anxiety. For Yulia, that means taking all matters into her own hands. The whole world could burn, and she would still get what she came here for. And she will do it alone - with or without the woman she’s come to love.
©2020 Barachou Press (P)2020 Barachou Press
A Billion Reasons Why
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A wayward billionaire looking for love. An activist who also happens to write the most scorching dark romance novels to ever hit the bookshelves. Every time they think they're clicking, they're reminded of the differences that shackle them to the same old lives. That's what happens when Phoebe Dahl walks into the office of Preston Bradley, the man who owns her publisher. What's a mere formality for her turns into the best day of Preston's life. Because he's found the one. Phoebe's distrust of capitalism and drive to help those less fortunate than her puts her at instant odds with the man who lives by himself in a huge mansion in Portland's affluent hills. Yet he wants her. He's pretty sure she wants him too. Otherwise, how is she ending up in his bed? But there's one thing Preston doesn't know about Phoebe. He's not her first ride at the billionaire boyfriend rodeo...and the last rich boyfriend nearly destroyed her ability to love. While Phoebe plugs away at her next bestseller, Preston comes up with a plan to prove to her - and the world - that they are destined to be together. Even if there are a billion reasons telling them to give it up.
©2018 Barachou Press (P)2021 Barachou Press
Kiss & Tell
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Lust and love collide. And it's a mess. Victoria Nicholson Heiress Victoria is about to embark on a world tour marketing her new advice book for lesbians. The public demands to meet her socially reclusive girlfriend, the woman of Victoria's inspiration. Too bad the girlfriend leaves her. For another woman. (In an RV....) Victoria's broken heart only sees two options: cancel the tour, or go alone. Her publisher, however, demands a woman on her arm. Any. Woman. Madison Ricci When Madison's boss at the escort agency sets her up with Victoria, she leaves out one little thing. Namely, that Madison's new client is a woman! Madison has never been with a woman before. But two weeks together forces her to choose between a tenuous love with a woman on the verge of a heartbroken breakdown, or taking her career to the ultimate level. One kisses. The other tells. Victoria is willing to have a rebound. Madison is willing to court a new client. Both are going to have to massively compromise if they want to bring their hot fling back to America. It ain't gonna be easy!
©2017 Barachou Press (P)2018 Barachou Press
Menage a Trois
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One needs healing.... Heartbroken redhead Rebecca Pruitt is escaping her toxic past when she bumps into the last thing she needs - but everything she wants. Business power couple Caitlyn Adams and Jane Wong fancy Becca from the moment they see her in an airline lounge. Jane’s tenacious flirtations and Caitlyn’s beauty queen charms are almost enough to draw Becca into their private plane for the night. Another desires recognition.... Instead, she steps into their office a few days later and seals her fate. Becca not only becomes the shared executive assistant at Adams & Wong, the new venture capitalist firm in town, but also their shared girlfriend. None of them are strangers to aspects of this arrangement. Caitlyn and Jane are pros at entertaining a third in their relationship, but have yet to find their match made in Heaven. Becca still isn’t over the successful woman she dumped to save her own life. And another simply wants to be a family.... Too bad Becca is hiding a secret from the new girlfriends who give her everything she’s ever wanted. So is Jane, who yearns to come clean. And Caitlyn? What she keeps from Becca could ruin everything they’ve built in such short time. In this house of three, nothing is conventional, but everything has the potential to unite them...or break them.
©2019 Barachou Press (P)2021 Barachou Press