Unconventional Courtship
Brooding Strangers! Secret Pregnancies! Enigmatic Rakes! All those tropes you love to hate (until you discover their secret, tragic backstory and fall head over heels for them) are here, ready to be used for humour and awesomeness in a new fic about your favourite star-crossed lovers. Unconventional Courtship is a panfandom challenge based on Dreamwidth that aims to produce fics longer than 1,000 words based on a Mills & Boon/Harlequin novel summary.
For more information see: http://unconventionalcourtship.dreamwidth.org/
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The minute he walked into the bar, Magnus Bane knew he was in trouble. He was a Nephilim Shadowhunter, a real hard-ass. But he handled a pool stick like a pro, and he had a wicked smile–Magnus could testify to that. Yes, sir, Alexander Lightwood had all the right moves. And he had something else, a hint of innocence that lured Magnus right in.
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Risking his life for freedom and someone else’s lady…
Once a galley slave, now a Venetian merchant prince, Roger Blake is driven to seek revenge on his Corsair captor. He spares no time for softer emotions such as love.
Yet when pale and sarcastic Englishman Curtis Avon appeals for help in finding his fiancée lost to pirates, Blake struggles to maintain his cold detachment. Avon awakens more than irritable thoughts. He stirs deep feelings that Blake has long forgotten. Blake must take drastic steps to help Avon bring down his sworn enemy and rescue the woman Avon loves…
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A sweeping tale of discovery, danger and passion.
(Written for the romance novel ficathon, Unconventional Courtship)
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Nothing interferes with pro wrestling star Io Shirai's game.
Now that she's NXT Women's Champion, she won't let anything jeopardize that--definitely not the sexy rival she loves to hate.
Dakota Kai is everything Io's not. The self-proclaimed Captain of Team Kick, she's as cocky as she is talented. Publicly, they're enemies. Privately, they can't stop touching each other.
The smart thing to do? Walk away, once a few secret hookups turn into a struggle to keep their relationship out of the press. The truth could ruin them both. But for Io and Dakota, secrecy is soon no longer an option…
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At her best friend's wedding, Kelly Grayson has a one-night stand with the best man, Ed Mercer. When she leaves the next week for her an assignment on a starship, she's expecting never to see Ed again. Life, unfortunately (or not?), throws unexpected wrenches in her plans.
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Desperate times...
'Do you require a professional date? Golden Boy available for discreet private service at a price. Call Dick xx'
... Require desperate measures...
Bruce Wayne is outraged to see Dick Grayson — his Dick — parading himself for purchase! He needs him to stop immediately, but the only way to do that is to pay for his time… and get him into his bed!