The wedding dress has been perfectly made-it's a lace-trimmed satin dream custom ordered to match the dress that an adorable house mouse wears in Lisa's favorite book. Fran is going to wear the dress and become Litrik's bride-well, she is going to become Lisa's mother. After all, the marriage is for Lisa's sake. So, to please Lisa, Fran will wear the mouse's wedding dress. Fran is ready to become six-year-old Lisa's mother and to make the rest of her life happier than ever. So even if she isn't marrying a man who adores her, she is still marrying for love...
Claire Thorpe was enjoying a peaceful London life until one day, on a business trip to the Middle East, she unexpectedly bumped into her estranged husband, Nick. Nick, a star journalist at a British TV station, devotes his life to covering stories in the world's most dangerous hot spots. Claire left him when she could no longer stand the stress of always waiting for him to return home safely, and it's now just one more year until she can file for divorce. But here they are, reunited in the most unexpected place-she can't believe it... And despite Claire's efforts to avoid him and keep her life on track, Nick won't stop reminding her that she's still his wife and pressuring her to come back to him. She thinks she knows what's best for her, but her traitorous body has other ideas!
While working part-time in a high-end department store in London during the Christmas season, Cassie recommends some candles to an especially gorgeous customer, who then buys half a dozen of them. When the man, Giancarlo, invites her to dinner, she turns him down. When he forgets to take his candles with him, she ends up delivering them herself. But when she arrives, a romantic dinner with a sexy man awaits her. Could there be any harm in sitting down at the table?
Alex, the CEO of a large corporation, has fallen in love at first sight with the illustrious Olivia. With his father threatening to sell the company if he does not marry within six months, he is delighted that the ideal woman has appeared. Olivia's heart is set aflutter at the sight of Alex, but she worries that fraternizing with such a dangerous man is like playing with fire. So what is she to think when Alex asks her to marry him at the end of their dinner?
In order to save her beloved family, Estelle decides to take up an audacious job. She is to accompany a politician to a party and play the part of his mistress. Dressed up in an elegant dress, she catches the eye of billionaire and notorious playboy Raul, who suddenly asks her to marry him. Knowing he could have any woman he wants, she responds with an icy stare. It turns out he's just looking for a short-term marriage with no emotional involvement, and he's willing to pay her handsomely for her trouble. Estelle, desperately in need of the money, has no choice but to accept...
The beautiful Princess Gabrielle is appalled to find out she's been married off without her consent. Her partner is the ruthless and rich businessman Luc Garnier, who stops at nothing to trap his quarry. But on the day of their marriage, upon seeing her husband, she feels an unknown sensation flow through her for the first time. She knows that the marriage has a large sum of money attached to it, and that love isn't part of the bargain, but she still suspects there might be something more! And despite viewing Gabrielle only as prey, unexpected feelings are budding within Luc, too.
One day, Rachel's friend tells her about her husband's affair. In that instant, Rachel's whole world crumbles around her. She married when she was seventeen years old and believed she had the perfect life with a handsome husband who loved her and their three beautiful kids. Her husband, Daniel, is a busy CEO, so Rachel never thought twice before about his staying out late for work, but was she just being naive? Thinking there's been some kind of mistake, she asks Daniel about it when he gets home, and he doesn't even try to deny her allegations!
When actress Blair visits a ranch in Wyoming, she meets cowboy Dillon. When Blair asks him to train her for her next role as a rancher, Dillon doesn't look interested-he has a dark past and pain written on his face. But Blair doesn't mind his scar at all-she finds herself falling for Dillon, who continues to keep his heart shut...no matter how drawn to her he may be.
Bestselling novelist Drake Daniels's private life is shrouded in secrecy, to the point that his editors can only reach him by email. Kate, one of his fans, happened to hit it off with him at his launch party and they spent a passionate night together. Since then, Kate had been waiting for him to call her, but when she realized that she was carrying a new life inside of her, she decided to track him down. But she doesn't find just Drake-he's with a beautiful woman...and he's cruelly kicked her out of his home!
It was a mistake for a young girl from nowhere to marry a man of immense wealth. Nineteen-year-old Marisa suddenly found herself attracting the attention of Gabriel, a gorgeous CEO. Gabriel passionately pursued her and asked her to marry him. Marisa was hesitant to accept his love because he was from a totally different world, but just looking into his eyes made her feel so happy that she succumbed to his charms. But her new husband is distant and Marisa feels isolated. Eventually, loneliness and despair drive Marisa to run away from Gabriel. And it's only then that she learns a new life is growing inside her!
When Lydia goes in for a job interview, she finds that the CEO of the company is a breathtakingly handsome man named Wolf, but he's also a patriarchal tyrant. She doesn't want to work for a guy like that, but when she sees the salary he's offering, she can't refuse. After all, she needs the money for her daughter's sake! Wolf needs a secretary who can work like a machine and will under no circumstances fall in love with him. Given that Lydia's married, she seems to be qualified...as long as she can keep one big secret from him!
Ginny's father collapsed and now she must manage the company while he's ill. But she's only just graduated college and the task is proving too much for her! After she makes a serious blunder, one of her customers, a gorgeous Greek man, comes to talk to her, furious. He says that he's a friend of her father's and he wants to discuss business over dinner. She's afraid that if she turns him down, he'll stop doing business with them, so she accepts his invitation for her father's sake. But Ginny finds herself swept away by his clever advances, and before she knows it, she's kissing him!
It's the day of her wedding, and Annie is full of nervous excitement. She's been left at the altar twice before, and everyone in town calls her the bride who can't get married. She has to get married this time! As she's shaking off her nerves, she spots the groom outside her dressing room, which puts her mind at ease. Until he tells her he's the groom's twin brother and that her intended has disappeared! Faced with yet another failed wedding, Annie stares at the man in front of her, dumbfounded. Then she realizes no one would be the wiser if she married this brother instead!
Tiffany, a penniless aspiring gossip writer, has sneaked into a party at the home of the famous Brody family in Portugal, where she meets none other than Christopher Brody himself. Tiffany is so in awe of the glittering world around her that she doesn't notice where she's going and runs into him! Her outfit is ruined...but Christopher offers her a new dress as consolation. It seems he can't tell that she's not part of the upper crust. Tiffany feels as if his sweet smile might make her melt, but then she realizes that this is her big chance to get a scoop for the magazine! Before she can second-guess herself, Tiffany agrees to see him again. But what will happen if he notices that she doesn't belong in his world?
Having hit rock bottom both personally and professionally, Alyssa comes across an unbelievable job. Prince Lysander of the Rosara Kingdom has requested that she be his nephew's nanny! He's well-known in social circles for having a bad reputation, and tons of rumors circulate about him in gossip magazines. Sure enough, he tries to sweet-talk her while they're visiting an impressive old castle-he's a playboy just like the rumors say! Will she be able to resist this real-life Prince Charming?
Clad in a wedding dress, Beth suddenly falls into the ocean. The veil wraps around her neck and makes it difficult for her to breathe, but the moment she thinks she's done for, Beth is pulled from the ocean against someone's burly chest. The owner of that chest is Daniel, and he looks at Beth worriedly. The moment Beth sees Daniel, she's unable to calm the frantic throbbing of her heart-she's in trouble! But he looks just like her sister's ex-husband-a charming, cheating womanizer. Beth decides not to let herself get close to Daniel, but that's easier said than done!
Katie was involved with her Greek boss, Alexi, but when she thought she might be pregnant, she decided to end the loveless relationship with him and quit her job. Fortunately, she found a new job in no time and was ready for the next chapter in her life. On the first day of her new job, she's gobsmacked when she meets her boss-it seems her new company was secretly acquired by Alex, and the arrogant man still thinks he can dictate her life!
While on vacation in Italy, Sonia decided to marry Francesco, a beautiful young man she'd only just met. They fell in love in Venice, the thrilling city of water, and it was as if they were under a magic spell. They should have lived happily-ever-after, but all too soon Sonia runs away, back to her hometown. She hadn't factored in the linguistic and cultural isolation of life in Venice, but what really drove her away was that she, with no family of her own, just couldn't get used to her husband's warm, loving clan. When her husband comes to find her, she rejects him again. Can there be any hope for a future between two so very different people?
Despite her history, Maddie's come back to town after a six-year absence. And she's brought her son back, too. She had him with Cole, a man she was madly in love with. She had no chance with Cole because he was the son of a notable family-she wrote him a letter to tell him about the pregnancy, but he never replied. Cole, for his part, feels all his anger toward Maddie coming back when he hears about her return. She's the woman who dumped him and eloped with her mother's lover, yet she has the gall to act like an innocent! He wants to know just why she's come back to town now. What is her game?
Isobel, who works at a gallery in London, was vacationing on a remote island in Greece when she slipped off a cliff and was knocked unconscious. When she came to, a gorgeous man was looking back at her. He had a salty attitude, and Isobel quickly learned why. He was Lukas, a Greek millionaire. Lukas wondered whether Isobel had injured herself on purpose to lure him in, but his concerns were quickly allayed and their attraction grew. Still, there are dark shadows that loom in Lukas's eyes and never seem to go away. And a darkness from Isobel's past lurks in her heart, too.