Gemma is a matchmaker, and her latest client is the prince of Kyonos, a small island in the Aegean Sea. Stavros needs to find a wife before he succeeds the throne. The minute Gemma shakes his hand, the chemistry is instant and she feels as if she's been struck by lightning. Who knew men like this existed? But he's her client and that makes him off-limits. His most important requirement for a wife is that she be able to bear him an heir. Gemma works frantically to find him the perfect match, so...why does she feel like he's directing all of his steamy gazes her way?
Two years ago, Avery experienced heartbreak. Now she's met Jonas at a restaurant in town, and while she doesn't expect it to go anywhere, one coincidence leads to another and they make plans to meet for dinner the following day. Avery's world has been predictable and routine the past two years, but she feels something shift when she meets Jonas, and she can't help but be drawn to him. However, just when she's starting to make up her mind about Jonas, Avery's ex shows up and causes trouble. Will her new love wither, just like that?
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!
Melanie is regretting her decision to travel to England. A horrible storm is preventing her from finding the manor house where she's supposed to be staying. Then a marvelous house comes into view. Its owner, David, is kind, and Melanie ends up staying the night. However, David wasn't the only one staying there-Melanie's welcome from the twins isn't so warm, but almost like magic, she is able to get them to open up to her. David is charmed by her empathy and beauty, and so Melanie's sleepless nights begin...
After her mother died, Eden, a lawyer, learned that the man who raised her wasn't her biological father. So she began spending time with her birth father...until one day when a strange man appeared in her hotel room. He was her father's business partner and close friend, Lang Forsyth. He was surprisingly attractive, which certainly caught Eden's attention, but he looked at her with nothing but scorn. He thought she was her father's mistress, and she couldn't correct his mistake without revealing the truth!
Lisa left Ken, her lover, to go to New York and pursue a career as a movie producer. Five years after their bitter breakup, she's involved in a scandal. Ken, on the other hand, has opened an upscale restaurant, which is a great success. One day, Lisa went out on a limb and asked Ken if she could use his restaurant for a film shoot. She was expecting him to turn her away, but instead Ken said he would give her access to the location, but only if she gives him access to her.
Claire works as a secretary for a company owned by the Brewster family. One day the respected president passed away in an unfortunate accident, and his three estranged sons inherited the company. Claire's new boss, Evan, was cold to her and she worried she might not be able to get along with him. But Evan has more on his plate than just a new company; he's suddenly got a new baby, too. So one day after she gets home from work, Claire receives an SOS call from Evan. Secretary by day, nanny by night? It's hard to resist the request of such a dashing man.
Worried about her aging grandmother, Emily visited her grandmother's mansion after a long absence. Eleven years earlier, she'd fallen in love with Lucas, the man next door. However, after a painful encounter, and his engagement, she fell out of love with him. At least Lucas was now working as a doctor in faraway Africa-there was no way that they would run into each other now. But, sadly, his wife passed away and he had returned to his home. To make matters worse, a fire broke out in her grandmother's mansion the very night Emily arrived, meaning Emily and her grandmother have nowhere else to go but Lucas's nearby home. Unbelievable! How on earth is Emily going to be able to share a roof him?
After her father died, Penelope retreated from polite society and buried herself in her books. But now her older brother wants to take even that away from her! As long as her brother is managing her inheritance, Penelope is bound by his wishes. So she decides to go out and find a husband who will let her do what she wants! Just as she leaves on her journey, a drunk man throws himself in front of her carriage. He seems to come from a good family, though, and he's quite handsome... Penelope recognizes that this is her chance and talks him into marrying her...but she had no idea just who he is!
Two years ago, knowing nothing about each other's lives, Meredith and Jason had a passionate weekend affair in Las Vegas. They got married in a drunken haze, but neither of them realized their marriage was legally binding...and Meredith had no idea that the man she'd married was Jason Lynhurst, renowned entrepreneur and fashion executive! Now she's trying to get a divorce, but as news of their marriage spreads, Jason's new fiancee breaks up with him, crushing his hopes for a business deal. According to Jason, Meredith owes him now...so he coldly demands that she infiltrate his competitor as a spy!
Ashley lives on a small island off the coast of Florida that her late father left to her. One weekend, a mysterious man named Sebastian comes to the island. Unable to resist this rough, charismatic man, Ashley spends many nights with him... Soon after he leaves the island, she learns that a large corporation has taken the island as payment for her debt. The president of that company is none other than Sebastian himself. Ashley goes to confront him and beg for her island back. He consents...but only if she becomes his lover for a month!
After unraveling a layer of misunderstandings, Sophie and Kit are now together. But when Kit comes back home from a long deployment, Sophie notices something off about him, even though their lovemaking is as passionate as ever. Still, she's elated when he asks her to marry him and visit his mother with him. What Sophie still doesn't know is that Kit has been hiding something big from her...
One day, when maid Bella took breakfast up to the deluxe suite of the luxury hotel where she works, she was frozen by what she saw. It was Matteo, her lover from five years ago...in bed with another woman! Since escaping Sicily, where they both grew up, he's become a famous and wealthy entrepreneur. There are even rumors that he's bought the hotel Bella works at! Long ago, the night before eighteen-year-old Bella was to be sold into prostitution, she gave Matteo her virginity, and they promised each other they would escape their mafia-controlled island. However, Bella was unable to escape with him that night and remained trapped for many years. So why, after finally reuniting, does Matteo look at Bella with eyes full of resentment and anger?
Catherine is drowning in sadness after the sudden loss of her younger sister and her sister's husband, when Nico Mancini, the most despicable man she's ever known, reenters her life. They first met at her sister's wedding, where he seduced her with his intense gaze and stole a passionate kiss...only to turn around and call her a gold digger! He's the last person she ever wanted to see again, but he's come to take care of the baby left behind by the deceased bride and groom, and he has a proposal for Catherine that she can't refuse!
Beth runs a porcelain and crystal shop with her best friend in a town that still holds vestiges of the Middle Ages. She was cruelly betrayed by a man who was only after her money, and her heart was torn to pieces. So she embarks on a trip to Prague, a city she's always dreamed of visiting, after her best friend suggests it might help heal her heart. And while she's there, she can always purchase some new products for the shop. Handsome Alex calls out to Beth when she's unable to find a translator, but she's leery about trusting him. He must be trying to take advantage of a woman traveling alone. It doesn't help that he's whispering sweet nothings the moment they meet-this man is definitely dangerous!
Autumn, who works at a travel agency in the Caribbean, is speechless when she sees the man who's suddenly appeared before her-Yorke Laing. He's president of an airline company and the man Autumn married when she was just nineteen years old. But what he really wanted back then was a purely physical relationship without love... Their relationship was short-lived and Autumn left their London home. So what in the world is he doing at her agency? Yorke coldly informs the confused Autumn that he needs an emergency wife. He says that if she comes back for just four months, he'll allow her to officially divorce him.
Sophie is an actress whose best friend, Jasper, wants her to pretend to be his girlfriend to hide the fact he's gay. So, wearing a provocative outfit, she hurriedly hops on the train to get to Jasper's father's birthday. The attractive, sophisticated man sitting in front of her on the strain gives her a look of blatant contempt. The two happen to get off at the same station and, it turns out, are heading to the same destination. He's Jasper's brother! Believing that Sophie is only with his brother for his money and title, he decides to set a trap to reveal her true motive!
Keely secretly admires Boone Sinclair, a rancher eleven years older than her, but he treats her like a child and gives her the cold shoulder. Meanwhile Boone's brother has asked Keely to pretend to be his girlfriend. He wants her to help him hide his real relationship, a relationship Boone strongly opposes. Keely decides to help Boone's brother, and now she's caught Boone's eye as he wonders why she's suddenly fallen in love with her childhood friend.
To Brent's indignation, his ex-fiancee, Amira, is proposing a fake marriage. Eight years ago on their wedding day, Amira left him at the altar, and he recalls his h*miliation with perfect clarity. Since then, Brent has turned his back on love and become a workaholic. As for Amira, she's fallen into financial hardship, and her only way to escape it is by marrying someone before she turns thirty. Brent decides to agree to the marriage-he'll lure her in, then reject her. It's just the beginning of his revenge.
Just days before Christmas, a blizzard comes to Holiday Hamlet, leaving Nikki Ryder, a young taxi driver from Kentucky, stranded at Christmas Castle, a lonely mansion way up in the mountains. Nikki can't take her eyes off the owner of the house-Jonathan Sleet, a successful, handsome writer of children's books and the father of her young passenger, Christie. There's just one problem... He insists Christie isn't his daughter. Unable to contain her disgust, Nikki berates him for forgetting the face of his own child, but Jonathan silences her with a surprise kiss! The blizzard rages on outside, leaving Nikki and Christie no choice but to stay at Christmas Castle until the storm subsides...