{"product_id":"secondhand-mills-boon-modern-romance-bargain-book-box-sp2720","title":"Secondhand Mills \u0026 Boon Modern Romance Bargain Book Box SP2720","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecondhand Mills \u0026amp; Boon Modern Romance Bargain Book Box — 21 Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eTwenty-one titles from Mills \u0026amp; Boon's Modern line — the category that perfected the art of the intense, glamorous, emotionally charged romance. Billionaires, royals, Sicilian secrets, forbidden offices, snowbound encounters, and wedding-day revelations: all the hallmarks of the Modern at its most compulsively readable, from some of the line's most trusted names. Five of the twenty-one authors are Australian or New Zealand writers, a reminder of how strongly the Antipodes has shaped this thoroughly international genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-decimal flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeidi Rice — \u003cem\u003eQueen's Winter Wedding Charade\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e A fake royal wedding in a winter wonderland setting — Rice's talent for crackling tension and emotional depth makes even the most elaborate charade feel utterly convincing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDani Collins — \u003cem\u003eHis Highness's Hidden Heir\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e A secret child, a prince who doesn't know he's a father, and the reckoning that follows when the truth can no longer be contained. Collins at her most dramatically satisfying.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLouise Fuller — \u003cem\u003eBoss's Plus-One Demand\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e The workplace power dynamic taken to its most delicious extreme — a boss who needs a date and an employee who needs something from him in return. Fuller writes the battle of wills with particular flair.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eKate Hewitt — \u003cem\u003eSpaniard's Waitress Wife\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e A proud Spanish hero, a woman whose circumstances have brought her far below the life she deserves, and a marriage that begins as a transaction and becomes something neither bargained for. Hewitt's emotional intelligence is on full display.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaisey Yates — \u003cem\u003ePregnant Enemy, Christmas Bride\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Two rivals, an unexpected pregnancy, and Christmas as both backdrop and pressure cooker. Yates — one of the most popular names in Modern romance — delivers maximum emotional heat with her trademark wit.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTrish Morey — \u003cem\u003eAfter-Hours Proposal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003e(Australian Author)\u003c\/em\u003e A proposal that arrives after hours, when professional armour has come off and the real people beneath are visible. Morey is one of Australia's most successful Modern romance authors and this is prime territory for her.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJulia James — \u003cem\u003eVows of Revenge\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e A man who has sworn revenge and a woman who has no idea she's the instrument of it — James builds the moral and emotional complexity of this setup with the confidence of a writer who has the genre completely mastered.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCaitlin Crews — \u003cem\u003eCarrying a Sicilian Secret\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Sicily, secrets, and all the sun-drenched intensity that setting promises — Crews's Sicilian heroes are a particular speciality, and this secret-pregnancy story delivers everything the title suggests.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTara Pammi — \u003cem\u003eHer Twin Secret\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Twins as the revelation that changes everything — Pammi consistently brings a richness of characterisation to her Modern romances that sets them apart from the genre average.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCarol Marinelli — \u003cem\u003eShe Will Be Queen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003e(Australian Author)\u003c\/em\u003e Marinelli is one of the Modern line's most beloved authors, and a royal romance gives her full scope for the glamour and emotional depth she does better than almost anyone writing in the category.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLela May Wight — \u003cem\u003eItalian Wife Wanted\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e A wanted wife, an Italian hero with non-negotiable requirements, and a woman who may be exactly what he needs but nothing like what he expected. The Italian Modern romance tradition at its most enticing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDani Collins — \u003cem\u003eMaid to Marry\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Collins's second appearance — a maid who becomes something far more, a hero who must reckon with his own assumptions, and the kind of social reversal that makes the Modern category endlessly satisfying.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAbby Green — \u003cem\u003eOn His Bride's Terms\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e The negotiated marriage where the terms are the battleground — Green writes the power play between equals with a sharp eye for the moment when strategy gives way to something neither party planned.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eClare Connelly — \u003cem\u003eUnwanted Royal Wife\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003e(Australian Author)\u003c\/em\u003e An unwanted royal marriage that becomes very much wanted indeed — Connelly is one of the most prolific and popular of the Australian Modern authors, and royal romance is her sweetest spot.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCathy Williams — \u003cem\u003eSnowbound Then Pregnant\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Snowbound proximity plus unexpected pregnancy equals maximum romantic complication — Williams has written this kind of high-stakes forced-togetherness story dozens of times and never loses her touch.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTara Pammi — \u003cem\u003eContractually Wed\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Pammi's second appearance — a contractual marriage with real emotions developing in defiance of the paperwork. The marriage-of-convenience trope as only a writer of Pammi's emotional sophistication can deliver it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eKim Lawrence — \u003cem\u003eEngaged in Deception\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e A fake engagement with very real feelings developing underneath the performance — Lawrence has been writing this particular dance for decades and brings an authority and elegance to it that newer writers still aspire to.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBella Mason — \u003cem\u003eStrictly Forbidden Boss\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003e(Australian Author)\u003c\/em\u003e The forbidden workplace romance — the strictest of the Modern line's rules being broken with increasing enthusiasm by both parties. Mason is an exciting newer voice in Australian romance fiction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEmmy Grayson — \u003cem\u003eThe Deception at the Altar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e A wedding-day secret about to be exposed, a groom who may or may not be what he seems, and the moment when a ceremony built on deception might just become something true. High drama at the altar.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJackie Ashenden — \u003cem\u003eThe Twins That Bind\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003e(New Zealand Author)\u003c\/em\u003e Ashenden — one of New Zealand's most successful romance exports — brings twins as the revelation that binds two people together whether they planned it or not. Characteristically intense and emotionally generous.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJulia James — \u003cem\u003eAccidental One-Night Baby\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e James's second appearance in the box — the accidental pregnancy from a one-night encounter, handled with the sophistication and emotional depth that has made her one of the Modern line's most consistently satisfying authors.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48760565825755,"sku":"SP2720","price":110.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/IMG_0660.jpg?v=1778453110","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/secondhand-mills-boon-modern-romance-bargain-book-box-sp2720","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}