Interior designer Tamsin, by the bane of her own beauty, is mistaken to be aiming for a seat as the wife of the Earl of Grainger. While there is nothing but amity between the two, the earl's dear friend Bruno plots to tear the two apart. Bruno approaches Tamsin with his debonair charm and quickly leads her, naked, into his bed. Little does she know that it's merely a trap to show the earl how loose of a woman Tamsin really is!
Fee is a run-of-the-mill lady's companion but also guards a secret. In fact, she is the wife of the Earl of Rosthorne, Nathan, who has just returned from battle and is the talk of the town. Five years ago, during the upheaval in Spain, they met, married and when she learned that he had another woman in his life, Fee ran away. One day, Nathan pays a visit to the home where Fee lives and upon seeing him Fee is shocked. His face, bearing a terrible scar, also wears a terrible expression... a completely different person from five years ago. Worried what has become of him, Fee takes the opportunity presented at an evening's masquerade to get close to him. But Nathan discovers it's her and before she knows it she's being whisked away to his home!
Jesslyn just wants to enjoy her summer vacation in peace. But in order to protect one of her students, she needs her ex-lover's help. Sharif, the sheikh of a desert kingdom, will protect the lad if she tutors his little girls over the summer. But Jesslyn still hurts from the loss of Sharif. Months after they broke up, Sharif married another woman and had three children-she doesn't want to be hurt again. There's a familiar, yet dangerous gleam in his eyes...but what choice does she have?
Two years ago, Melissa spent four wonderful days with Prince Casimiro as his lover. Now she works as a party planner and is set to plan a grand one for the Mediterranean kingdom of Zaffirinthos-with Casimiro as the host. Melissa sees Casimiro and her heart jumps-and she wonders whether she should tell him about his one-year-old son! Unfortunately, she finds a coldhearted man she barely recognizes.
Teddi is a student paying her way through college by modeling. She dreams of becoming a teacher one day. People around her sometimes misjudge her, assuming she lives a life of idle luxury. Her best friend Jenna has invited Teddi to her family ranch in Canada to spend the summer there, which sounds appealing...except that she doesn't want to see Jenna's brother, King. He makes biting remarks when he sees her. Why does her first love despise her this much? She wishes she could just hate him...
Molly, a single and carefree author, knew that a man and his daughter would be moving into the house next to hers for the summer. But she had to swallow a gasp of surprise when saw that her new neighbor was none other than Dimitri, a man she'd shared a summer fling with on a Greek island fifteen years earlier. Molly's chest hurt looking at his daughter, who was the spitting image of her mother. And Dimitri's smile was every bit as hypnotizing as it had always been... Molly told herself she must keep up her guard. She couldn't just return to a love that had ended so terribly the first time. If only her conflicting feelings for Dimitri weren't so strong!
When Grace was eighteen, she fell in love for the first time. She didn't think twice about letting Denton take her virginity, but she didn't realize that he'd be moving far away to attend university the next day. Years went by, and Denton never kept his promise to come and see her, so Grace was left heartbroken. Now she runs a B and B and is shocked when Denton suddenly reappears, bringing back old memories she had locked away... She's terrified of getting hurt again, but seeing Denton as the man he is now, Grace struggles to fight against her emotions...
Flora Harris is a bookish nurse on a small island, but when a new doctor comes to her practice, the whole community is thrown into an uproar! Conner McNeil may be brusque on the outside, but it's thanks to years of being tempered by hatred and pain from his father. A rebel in his youth, Conner ravaged the town in his teenage years, only to come back as an experienced doctor. Can Flora help mend the community around this dashing rogue?
It is said that when you make a wish on the hilltop on the morning of Solstice Day, your wishes come true. I wish to meet the person I'm destined to be with. When Beatrice made that wish, a lovely man appeared from the woods. This tall, pleasant man said he was Oliver. How wonderful it would be if this was the person I was destined to be with... A few days later, Beatrice accompanies her great-aunt to London to see a famous cardiologist at his clinic... And there was Oliver! I can't believe I'm meeting him again. He leaves her after telling her something mysterious. "This was an inevitable reunion." Is this the beginning of a sweet and tender love story?
Kathy met handsome Italian Sandro when she was 22. He succeeded in passionately encouraging the naturally shy Kathy to sleep with him. That one sultry night, when they each abandoned their inhibitions, ended up in Kathy becoming pregnant. When she told Sandro about it, all she got was his cold, irresponsible reply. Fast-forward six years: an unexpected encounter with Sandro at a party unsettles Kathy, especially when he invites her to sleep with him again as if nothing had ever happened! Once his warm hands touch hers, though, she repeats the same mistake as if put under a spell...
A woman perfect for affairs-that was his first impression of Willow, the prep-school girl visiting a friend's house during summer vacation. A fancy party at the mansion is Willow's first experience with the finer things in life, as she's a bookworm used to a humble lifestyle. Wearing a provocative dress loaned to her by a friend, the shy Willow accidentally falls asleep in the kitchen-not thinking in her wildest dreams that the Greek tycoon Theodore Kadros would soon arrive, and not realizing how his gaze filled with lust when he looked at her...
That summer is a special sparkle in her life. An 18th birthday party. The first time she is allowed to wear a grown-up dress... And Beth meest him, Lyon Cantrell, that day. He is the only son of a prestigious family with the same name as the town they live in. They spend an entire summer being together and making love, but when Beth becomes pregnant, Lyon suddenly disappears. Although she is gutted by the cruel treatment, Beth gives birth to his child and raised him. --Nine years have passed since then. Lyon suddenlys returns and see Beth again, this time with anger and distrust...
"Your son will inherit a total of 142 million dollars," the lawyer told Clara, who runs a bakery while raising her son by herself. Four years ago, during a summer vacation, she fell in love with a man, but she never imagined that he was a sergeant of a conglomerate with aristocratic blood. He passed away last month and his brother Grant finds Clara and her son and wants to meet them. It's her first time in New York, a penthouse in a high-rise building and a world so different. Grant is the twin brother of her ex-lover, but he is the exact opposite, hard and cold...
Rachel's irresponsible ex-husband's invitation for their daughter to visit him in Florida was the first step in a string of events that would change Rachel's love life forever. One would assume that as a romance novelist Rachel would be more of an optimist when it comes to the endless possibilities of love. But unfortunately, doubts created by old wounds plague her mind and this particular change isn't well received.
Ami, co-owner of a home decor shop, is at the Avalon Hotel on business when she is mistaken for a prostitute. North Kendrick, the owner of the hotel, coldly demands that she leave the premises and never return. Enraged by his treatment of her, Ami decides to disguise herself as an elderly woman to reenter the hotel. However, while in her disguise, she discovers that North is a surprisingly warm and kind person...with an incandescent smile! Christmas in Australia's midsummer will bring these two a steamy romance!
Livvy is spending the summer at her cousin's villa in France. While she's on her way there, she's almost hit by a car. The man behind the wheel has a haughty attitude and thinks Livvy is nothing more than a foolish, belligerent tourist... That night, a ruffian accosts Livvy at the inn. She freezes in fear...just as someone else barges in. She thinks help has arrived, but the person at the door is the man she fought with that afternoon!
When Sorcha met young, successful Cesare one summer, the two fell passionately in love. She happily accepted his proposal of marriage and anticipated a life of bliss. However, everything fell apart and a devastated Sorcha felt as though her heart would never heal. A few years later, Cesare suddenly shows up in front of Sorcha...and he's more handsome than she remembered!
Eloise is surprised to realize that the eyes following her at a nightclub belong to Marcus, the man she fell head over heels for in Greece when she was nineteen. After their first date, her mother told her that Marcus wasn't really interested in her, and Eloise thought her first love was over. But now he's back, asking her for a dance with that same smile from five years ago. Eloise feels as though she's dreaming as she sways with him on the dance floor. Little does she know there's a fire of revenge burning in Marcus's heart...
The daughter of a prominent family. That was all that her mother valued in Abigail's existence. Raised like a caged bird, there was one time that she disobeyed her mother. That was when she fell in love with a poor boy, Grant, eight years ago and got pregnant. But the summer love ended in atrocity with his betrayal. Since, she has lived her life like a doll, but one day, she is offered a marriage proposal by a man who is connected to her mother. While considering it, Grant shows up after eight years! But hatred toward her spirals in his heart...
The biggest landscaping opportunity of Izzy's career has just dropped into her lap: working on the millionaire Rio D'Aquila's New York country house! Ever since she was a girl, her family has treated her like a child, undermining her confidence, and this is her chance to show them they're wrong. However, due to a series of unfortunate events, she is running incredibly late for the interview. When she finally arrives at the estate, she finds Rio is gone-only his half-naked groundskeeper is still around. And my, is he handsome...