Charmaine Pauls Books in Order

When Marlien inherits a château in the south of France, she also inherits a knot of family secrets and old grief. Romance, mystery, and questions about her past push her toward a life she never expected.

Michael Slanders is broke, recently fired, and caring for his sick mother when Christmas arrives with little reason for hope. This short holiday story follows a man who needs one good turn to change everything.

Dumped in Chile and unable to leave, Zenna finds shelter with a winery family and work beside the intense Etán Perez-Cruz. Her strange gift and his buried feelings turn a slow romance into something riskier and more complicated.

This holiday collection teams Charmaine Pauls and Nancy Pirri for seasonal romance stories about love, hope, and emotional turning points. It is a quick, warm read with winter feeling and a festive tilt toward second chances.

Molly and Malcolm first cross paths in South Africa in the late 1970s, and the years that follow leave them scarred in different ways. Their love story moves through reform school trauma, war, and the long fight to heal.

In 2165, astronomer Dr. Fraya Riber is thrown into a biological mating bond after a stranger saves her life. Her search for a cure becomes tangled with obsession, addiction, and the mystery of the man who set it off.

A South African book club becomes the stage for uncomfortable truths when a married woman's flirtation with a bookstore owner comes to light. This sharp novella digs into friendship, desire, and the cracks inside modern relationships.

What started in the previous book grows darker here as air-bound power, obsession, and secrets gather force. The story leans harder into the series' mix of eerie magic and romance under pressure.

The series deepens here as forbidden power begins to stir in a new direction and hidden truths start moving fast. What starts as awakening quickly becomes dangerous when desire and the supernatural stop pulling apart.

Water-linked power becomes the next dangerous gift in a world where magic always comes with a cost. Romance, suspicion, and supernatural danger rise together as the heroine learns what her ability can really do.

As unexplained fires devastate a French fishing village, Clelia's sleepwalking starts looking far too connected to the destruction. Old desire, nightmares, and a dangerous power make this a moody paranormal opener.

Earth-linked power becomes the next dangerous gift in a series where magic always comes at a price. Romance, fear, and supernatural threat rise together as the stakes turn heavier and more intimate.

Death magic gives this installment a darker edge, along with bigger questions about what should stay buried. The romance stays central, but the danger here feels colder and harder to escape.

A new supernatural gift opens up another path into danger, temptation, and hidden truth. The book keeps the series' mix of dark romance and unsettling power at the center of every choice.

Valentina may be living under Gabriel's control, but she refuses to let obsession turn her into something broken. In the darker second half of the duet, love, fear, and power collide as she fights for a future of her own.

Loan shark Gabriel Louw arrives to collect a debt and decides to keep Valentina alive on his own terms. What begins as a brutal bargain in Johannesburg turns into a dangerous fight over control, survival, and desire.

The final numbered entry brings the series' supernatural threads back to human weakness, longing, and choice. It is a darker close, with forbidden power still lurking under every emotional decision.

Another forbidden gift brings fresh danger to a world where power and desire are never cleanly separated. This installment keeps the series' eerie paranormal mood while pushing its romance into riskier territory.

When alien pilot Drako crashes over Johannesburg, he becomes the subject of a human experiment he never agreed to. His only soft spot is Ilse, the woman tending his wounds, until her betrayal turns desire into vengeance.

Brian knows society will judge him for wanting Jane, an older divorced woman with a child, and he does not care. What Jane does not know is that their meeting was never accidental, and his secrets could ruin everything.

Liv agrees to feed information to a deadly Krinar guardian in exchange for her family's safety. Zavir plans to use her to crush a resistance cell, but the bargain between them turns personal very quickly.

Jane gave in to a taboo affair with the younger man who shook up her life, only to learn desire is the easy part. The sequel forces Jane and Brian to face the cost of love, secrecy, and everything they stand to lose.

Damien comes out of prison hungry for revenge and targets Lina, the billionaire daughter tied to his downfall. What looks like a cold-blooded forced marriage becomes far more complicated once he sees how broken her world really is.

Kristi rebuilt her life after Jake left her and their child behind, and she has no interest in reopening that wound. Jake is back anyway, pushing for a second chance in a messy fight over love, trust, and old damage.

This prequel drops a heroine into the path of a Russian assassin whose attention feels like a threat and a temptation at once. It is short, sharp, and designed to set the stage for darker things.

A Russian killer steals a woman from the dark, but she is carrying betrayals and secrets of her own. This is a grim, high-heat cat-and-mouse romance built on obsession, damage, and survival.

The final book brings the trilogy's romance and criminal stakes to a head. After everything they have survived, the couple must decide whether obsession can become something lasting before the underworld tears them apart.

A woman is pulled into a brutal French underworld where diamonds, violence, and obsession go hand in hand. The first book lays down a dark bond built on danger, secrets, and a hero who never plays clean.

The relationship at the center of the trilogy grows more dangerous as loyalties shift and buried truths surface. Love and control are harder to separate now, and the diamond-soaked underworld is not done with them yet.

Kate knew Alex was dangerous, but by now the illusion of distance is gone. Swept to Russia and trapped inside his world, she has to decide whether their story ends in disaster or devotion.

Ian's return turns fear into captivity, and the woman he marked has to survive inside his violent world. The middle book tightens the bond between hunter and prey while old loyalties and fresh betrayals close in.

What began as abduction and terror has become something far messier and harder to escape. The finale forces Ian and the woman he stole to choose between the wreckage of the past and the possibility of a future together.

One night with notorious criminal Ian Hart leaves a woman with fear, fallout, and no sense of safety. As the memory of his touch turns into a real threat, obsession and danger keep pulling him back into her life.

ER nurse Kate Morrell spots power and danger the moment she meets Alex Volkov, a ruthless Russian oligarch. One reckless night pulls her into his violent, seductive world for good.

Violet and Leon's forced bargain has already turned personal, and the secrets around them are getting harder to survive. The second book pushes their arranged-marriage war into deeper trust issues, sharper danger, and bigger emotional stakes.

Violet's stepfather trades her future to Leon Hart as part of a business deal, and she plans to fight back any way she can. Their arranged engagement becomes a tense war of leverage, secrets, and dangerous attraction.

After bloodshed and broken promises, Angelo is determined to keep Sabella no matter what it costs. The second book turns their bond uglier and more intimate, with grief, vengeance, and captivity twisting together.

The final book brings Angelo and Sabella's long, brutal story to its reckoning. With enemies closing in and old damage still raw, they have to decide what they are willing to burn for a future together.

Sabella has spent years dreading the man who appears on every birthday to claim another first. Angelo's obsession feels like a curse, and the arranged future closing around them only makes the danger more personal.

The war around Angelo and Sabella keeps escalating, and whatever love exists between them is now tangled up with betrayal and pain. Book three pushes their story into harsher choices, deeper violence, and no easy way out.

A woman on the edge of death wakes in a brutal fantasy world full of monstrous enemies and impossible danger. Her only real hope may be a terrifying prince who claims she is his mate.

The prince who says she is his mate has already broken her heart once. If she gets the chance to escape back to Earth, she plans to take it, assuming he does not stop her first.