Prior to her impending arranged marriage to a grand duke, Allegra goes to a masquerade ball. She figures it'll be the last party she attends as an unmarried woman and is eager to let herself go. Then a man dressed up as the God of Death appears before her. The attraction between them is undeniable, and before Allegra can stop to think through the consequences, she loses her virginity to the masked stranger. A few weeks later, she discovers that she's pregnant and is shocked to find out the identity of the mysterious man. It was Cristian Acosta, her brother's best friend...and the man who caused her to have an inferiority complex. She can't believe that the arrogant Spanish duke is the father of her child...
Craving independence, twenty-five-year-old Mallory has decided she must break free from her overprotective father. After yet another argument with him, she ends up drunk at a party where she falls, literally, into the arms of Alex, a successful businessman and sexy Las Vegas playboy. After making the worst possible first impression, she bumps into Alex again at the shabby apartment building where she secretly plans to rent a room for herself. Now Alex knows her secret, so to keep him quiet she agrees to have lunch with him. As she gets to know him better, she sees a different side of him...one that she's finding hard to resist. He seems to like her, too, but could it really be that simple?
For the sake of the old Earl, who has fallen ill, Angela and Lord Daventry have agreed to a sham engagement. After the death of the Earl, when she is supposed to call the engagement off, Angela realizes that she loves Lord Daventry. "Though we're as different as night and day, I want this to be a real engagement." She conveys her feelings to him, but Lord Daventry, thinking she's confusing love with pity, turns her down. Lord Daventry believes that Angela should marry the vicar, who loves her, and not a man who hides his terrible wound behind a mask and is feared as "Lord Lucifer."
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!
Luc Barbier, a legendary horse trainer who has achieved success in the horse racing world at a young age, is called a mysterious maverick. Paddy O'Sullivan, who used to work for Luc, has disappeared after being suspected of stealing a considerable amount of money. To prove her brother's innocence, Nessa breaks into Luc's house to search for clues. Luc discovers her and makes her his hostage. She has no choice - she won't be able to clear her brother's name if she runs. Little does she know that her encounter with the ruthless trainer will lead to a dangerous and emotional roller coaster ride.
After their whirlwind romance in a tropical paradise, Lauranne O'Neill married Zander Volakis, the CEO of Volakis Industries. When Zander betrayed Lauranne, she packed her bags and ran away. For five whole years the two never spoke to each other. Suddenly, Zander arrives with a threatening job offer she can't turn down. While the two are playing nice for the sake of a business transaction, buried feelings resurface and their romance is given new life.
Sixteen-year-old Kelly believed everything that her first love, T., said to her. He was a gorgeous hunk and her brother's best friend On the night of Kelly''s junior prom, T. steps in to take the place of her sick date, saving the day and treating her like a lady. After their romantic evening, they walked alone on the beach and T. made a promise to Kelly. "Let's go on a date every day. And on your eighteenth birthday, I'll ask you to marry me." After that night, however, he was gone and the promise went unfulfilled. Now five years have passed and T. has unexpectedly showed up in her life again... What should Kelly do?
Laura has come to Tuscany, the birthplace of opera, to work as part of the staff for a high-society charity concert held by young millionaire Fabian Moritzzoni. Surrounded by expert staff and beautiful music, Laura spends many busy, productive days there. Then one day Fabian looks at her as if he's sizing her up before he springs a shocking proposal on her in a cold voice. "When the event is over, will you sign a marriage contract with me?"
What's the dastardly rogue who kidnapped Clio's sister years ago in the desert country of Barakat doing at Love Lake? Her sister is safe and sound-and married to a prince!-but Clio still can't forgive this man for what he did in the past. Now she has to be the tour guide even though he's on a mission that must be kept secret from her. Will Clio keep the love growing inside her a secret, as well?
"My order is law. Be married as I say!" Andrea is appalled by her grandfather's tyranny. He is a Greek billionaire who rejected his daughter-in-law, Andrea's mother, and never gave her anything. AndreaShe can't believe that she has been suddenly called to Athens to enter a marriage of convenience in order to protect her family's bloodline and fortune. And her intended fiance Nikos, may be handsome and sophisticated, but he is openly scornful, thinking she is a woman of low social status.Independent Andrea will never marry him!
Lazzaro, an owner of a luxurious hotel chain and blessed with the good looks of a Greek statue, and Caitlyn, still a naive work-experience student, once exchanged words momentarily-in the night without even kissing. Two years later, they reunite as employer and employee. Although destiny tries to keep them apart, Lazzaro fights it. He asks Caitlyn to stay on as his personal assistant-without knowing that she was deeply involved with the incident leading to his brother's death.
Phoebe Wells fell in love with and married Prince Anders, refusing to give up the romance even after an offer of a large bribe from his cousin, Prince Leopold. Six years later, she's living in New York with their son, Christian. After news arrives of Anders's death in a traffic accident, it isn't long before Leopold shows up at the door. Now the man who wounded Phoebe's pride is taking her breath away, and she has no idea what he really wants!
She'll do whatever it takes to rebuild this country-even if it means marrying! Princess Jazmine of Hellenia has been ordered to marry a man she's never seen before for the good of the nation. Her intended is the crown prince, who was only discovered a few days ago and who only just found out that he's royalty. From the moment he arrived, his handsomeness took Jazmine's breath away. But to be the bride of this wild, sharp-gazed man? Fortunately, when she trips over her the high heels she's so unused to, the hand up he offers her is warm and kind...
Elena returns to her hometown of Seville to attend her older sister Reina's engagement party. Her sister has been promised to Vidal Marquez, who is both an old childhood friends as well as Spain's foremost authority in banking. However, Reina has broken off her engagement and disappeared! Theirs wouldn't have been a marriage of love; the purpose of the marriage was to get Vidal to give his assistance to the bank her parents own. Now that Reina has vanished, Elena gets offered up as a sacrifice after being in the wrong place at the wrong time! Elena has been aware of Vidal's arrogance and coldheartedness ever since they were children. How can she ever marry a man like him?
In 1812, more than one hundred years before the Russian revolution, there was a youthful Russian Army captain, beautiful and proud. Blue-eyed Alex, a favorite of the tsar, is accompanying him to England. But Alex is a woman-born into the nobility, she ran away from home when forced to marry. Since then she has pretended to be a man. But when she meets the bright Duke Calder in England, she falls in love. Is it time for Alex to reveal her true self?
Isabella keeps her family's restaurant afloat with a secret ingredient-basil that she picks from the bank of a river on Prince Maximilliano's property. Max never leaves his estate, and the rumor in town is that he's some kind of monster. The prince saves Isabella when she slips and falls into the river, and she witnesses firsthand his kindness as well as the grief and guilt he carries from his wife's death. Isabella makes it her mission to pull Max out of his reclusive grief and back into the town he is meant to protect. Falling in love with him wasn't part of her plan, though...especially since Max has vowed to never allow himself happiness again.
Sally's moved from the countryside to Sydney in order to gain independence from her fussing family, and she's found employment at the Black Corporation as a secretary. But, strangely enough, she ends up teaching her boss, Logan Black, how to waltz! Just the two of them, alone in the conference room... She knows she shouldn't, that she's not what he's looking for, but the attraction is there. And in his arms, the music enveloping her, she loses herself in his rare smile.
Confident and charismatic, CEO Alex is the object of every woman's adoration. Even Dani, a dedicated professional who's usually uninterested in men, can't keep her eyes off him. One day she finds herself trapped in the elevator with him. In the grips of claustrophobia, Dani gives in to Alex's gentle gaze and finds comfort in his kiss. The next day Dani is suddenly fired by her temp agency. The video of her kiss with Alex has gone viral, setting off a giant scandal!
Lucia committed a crime and was sentenced to imprisonment. Upon being released on parole, she is taken by limousine to an elegant mansion, where a woman she has never met asks her to be her painting partner. But Lucia tearfully confesses her crime: she painted a counterfeit and deceived people. Although it was to pay for her father's medical expenses, it was still unforgivable. Unexpectedly, the woman's son, Grey, appears, surprising Lucia-he is the millionaire who bought the counterfeit painting and whose testimony sent Lucia to prison!
Isabella lost her parents and raised her younger brother, but it wasn't easy-she went bankrupt taking care of the two of them and wound up destitute. She was running out of options when Jeremy, a handsome millionaire, reached out to her. He offered to support Isabella financially if she would become his mistress. In desperation, and despite the cold look on his face, Isabella accepted his terms... But when the time comes, will she be able to hold up her end of the deal?