"Marry into the working class before the age of thirty, or your inheritance be donated to charity." Courtney, born into a wealthy family, is struggling with her father's will. She has just one month before she turns thirty, and so-under pressure and with few options-she approaches a carpenter named John, who has come to fix her guest house. She offers him two hundred thousand dollars if he'll marry her for two years. Although offended, John accepts in order to pay for his daughter's surgery. Thus begins their sham marriage, but neither of them is prepared for what will happen next!
Chloe has been hired by Troy for a display-window design project at a big department store. She's excited about the work, and surprised when she catches Troy dancing in the rain with no shirt on. He's always so serious! She falls in love with him when she sees this other side of him. But he is always strictly professional in the office. She meets the passionate side of Troy again in Florida and is seduced by him...but now he's calling himself Trent! And after they return home, Troy acts as if he doesn't remember the hot night they shared in Florida! What kind of game is he playing?
One day, Claire, a janitor at a villa on an isolated island, rescued a man, Raoul, who was drowning in the stormy sea. He was kind and charming, and was more than willing to listen to Claire's lonely upbringing and complicated situation. As they spent time alone together on the island, Claire began to feel a comfort in Raoul that she had never felt before. He's my one true love, and he's the one I was meant to meet. Claire and Raoul made love to each other. But then Raoul revealed his true identity as the crown prince of a small kingdom, and asked Claire to come to his homeland...?
Paige had a one-night stand with a man she was stranded in an elevator with, the night the storm took out the power. She regrets doing something so out of character, only to find out that he is the president of her new job, Jared. He tells a flustered Paige to forget that night ever happened. Four months later he comes back to work to find out her secret. "If the baby you're carrying is mine, let's get married." She can't marry someone that doesn't believe in marriage...
Abby was proposed to by the beautiful Duke Benedict, who was rumored to be the best groom in the world. She accepted in a dreamy mood, but ran away from the wedding when she found out he had a mistress. The whole of England criticized me for leaving the duke at the altar, and I can never hope to marry again. But that's okay. Three months later, Abby was traveling in a carriage when a storm hits, and she sought help at a nearby mansion, where it turned out Benedict, his mistress, and a gossipy socialite were staying...
Olympia works hard as a nurse to help out her aunt, who single-handedly raised her, and doesn't have time to dream about things like marriage. One day, she meets a sexy older man named Waldo, who helps her after a fall and kindly escorts her home. Olympia knows she'll never forget him, and then one day, Waldo shows up as a doctor at the nursing home she works at...and gives her an unbelievable proposition!
"You won't leave this game until every part of you belongs to me." Sergio Torrente, an Italian businessman, is surprised at who he sees in the surveillance camera. The mysterious person making moves every night against his challenging chess display at the office turns out to be a cleaner clad in a shabby uniform. But how could such a beautiful woman be just a cleaner? Drawn to the mysterious woman, Sergio summons her and declares that she will play a game of chess with him every night, starting this very day!
Amy works as a waitress at a cowboy bar and has a younger sister who's ill. Eira, a farm owner who's a regular at the bar, takes pity on her and tells her that he will take care of her and her sister if she will marry him with the intention of being a friend who can enjoy having tea with him. Amy believes his honest and kind words and heads to Wyoming, but when she arrives the place is covered in snow. The snow prevents her future husband to come and pick her up, and instead she is trapped in a house due to the blizzard with his son....
Thea is the ugly duckling of high society. Shy by nature, Thea has never had a chance to blossom from under her grandmother's thumb. Thea has admired Peter Braddock for years, and agrees to let him escort her to a ball one night, but the two of them get soaked in a sudden downpour on the way home. She lets him in to change and dry off, but when her grandmother sees the two of them undressed in her room, she jumps to conclusions and sets in motion a huge scandal that will shake both of their families to the core!
Jenna Deane-who has a four-year-old at home and an ex-husband who shows up more than she'd like-can't afford to lose her job. When she finally meets the "boss from Hell" her coworkers have been warning her about, she might have trouble keeping things professional. What can you do when your boss takes you on a business trip, buys you gowns...and is engaged to someone else? Does Jenna have any choice but to be his secretary mistress?
Pernelle tried to buy a beautiful home in Cotswolds, but a rich man swooped in and took it from under her. She ends up buying the tiny house next to it, but her new neighbor isn't very welcoming. He makes fun of her butt in shorts, sees her drenched in the rain while she's locked out of her house, and countless other embarrassing moments. But despite his not-so-nice demeanor around her, she can't help but melt at his spur-of-the-moment kiss... From that day on, her heart is filled with only him.
Pippa didn't know what to do. The milk tanks on the farm she runs are polluted. Her savings are almost gone. Now the truck she was driving is stuck in the mud from a heavy rain. Then a beautiful black-haired man named Max approaches her. Max says the boy she is taking care of, Marc, her late best friend's son, is an heir to the royal family of Alp d'Estella. Pippa is taken to Alp d'Estella and quickly drawn into a plot. She starts to have feelings for Max, who is protecting her, but then she learns the secret of his birth!
Catherine is a journalist for a magazine in London. She has been nursing her broken heart on a Greek island when she meets and has a brief moment of passion with a handsome man with deep blue eyes named Finn. Catherine doesn't realize Finn's real identity until after they part ways. Just when she thought they would never cross paths again, Catherine's editor orders her to interview Finn!
Carla arrives in Cornwall excited by her new post-teaching at a summer school. However, a chance meeting with a certain Jedd Hunter throws her backward,two years into her past! Her ex-boyfriend''s cousin assumed Carla was a gold digger and treated her with scorn, but Jedd was also the one who saved her when she nearly drowned in a storm. He gently held her as she panicked, and they shared a passionate kiss. What was that kiss? Carla is unable to hide her confusion when she sees Jedd again...
Leah Taylor has covered Mafia turf wars, the AIDS epidemic and conflict in war-torn countries. What's happened to her that has her covering local fluff pieces in a small town? One brightpoint in her life is that her station's helicopter pilot is an old flame-Wyatt. A minor story about a small boat winds up with her crew and a group of students adrift in storm season on perilous waters. The mighty seas are getting rough,and it looks as though Leah's slim chance at romance is about to get tossed, too.
Jenny looked forward to a happy marriage after Spanish hotel magnate Rodrigo proposed to her. But her husband continued to prioritize his business over her, and he ultimately ended their marriage. Jenny's scars from the divorce still haven't healed. One day, while helping her best friend run her inn, an unexpected guest arrives seeking shelter from the storm. They can't turn Rodrigo away, but Jenny's not sure her heart will be able to outlast the storm.
Rhianna has regretted the night she spent with businessman Alexis for the last six years. She got close to him to try to save her father's company. But before she had a chance to negotiate, they tumbled into a night of passion together. But afterward, he threw money at her to pay for their night of pleasure and her efforts to save the company came to nothing. Now she lives a life of poverty and the only hope she has left is her young son. Alexis is the father of her beloved little boy, and in a weakened state, Rhianna foolishly agrees to accept his help, completely unaware that she's set herself up for a whole new level of regret...
After Matilda lost her parents, she was taken in by her uncle, a doctor, and grew up to work as a nurse at his clinic. However, her peaceful life is changed forever when her uncle suddenly passes away. First her cousin inherits everything and drives her out of the house, then her fiance suddenly breaks off their engagement. She tries to make ends meet on her own but is soon in trouble. She's offered a surprising helping hand by a friend of her uncle's, a Dutch doctor named Rauwerd. Matilda is shocked when he suddenly proposes to her. After all, they're practically strangers...
Angel is astonished by a chance meeting at a lakeside hotel. What is Hugo, the con artist who stole her cousin's heart and money, doing in a place like this? Angel follows him in her car but is soon stranded by a storm at his manor. She is flustered, but he kisses her and asks if she's come to seduce him. Angel has always been a good girl, but she finds herself quickly changing under the spell of this sexy, cunning man!
Matt Caldwell must be the hardest-hearted man in the world! The last thing he wants to do is open up to a woman and risk getting hurt. But Leslie Murry is in need of a protector, and Matt might just be the one who can guard her future. When Leslie suddenly finds herself in Matt's strong arms, she wonders if she could be the one to knock down the bachelor's protective walls and finally bring love to his life!