Marc, the Earl of Rutherford, is content having numerous affairs with married women and widows. But to hold on to the title of earl, he must find himself a bride or risk losing his title to his cousin. Marc soon sets out for Yorkshire to take over his late uncle's estate. He discovers that the estate is in disarray and that the housekeeper has fallen ill. Meg Fellowes, the ward of Marc's uncle, was forced into the role of housekeeper due to her scandalous past. After spending the night caring for the sick Meg, Marc sets about correcting his uncle's wrongs toward her. Marc and Meg clash over her future as she is determined to make a living on her own. However, Marc soon makes her an offer of marriage and Meg finds herself agreeing to his terms.
Caitlin and her boss, David, are not only secretary and employer, but lovers, as well. When she met him four months ago, Caitlin quickly fell under the spell of his charm. But David only wanted a sweet, temporary affair with no complications. How can there be a future for them when they want such different things?
Though born into an aristocratic family, Meg has led a miserable life because of a scandal created by her parents. Feeling sorry for her circumstances, the Earl of Rutherford has proposed to her! Meg doubts whether their union could work, but his kindness opens her closed heart. On their way to London for their wedding, she's about to have a first night with him, but instead a stranger sneaks into her bed! Will she make it to London unscathed?
Carlene is hired as a housekeeper by young millionaire Win. Though he says during the interview that he is not looking to fill the position of wife, he is quick to make a feverish invitation. Saying he won't make commitments for the future, Win offers to share his bed. Though bewildered, Carlene is also intensely attracted to him. One night, the two seem close to crossing the line, but she stops herself at the last minute. Win is offended, but little does he know that Carlene is still a virgin!
Kat raises her little sisters while running a small bed-and-breakfast. Business hasn't been great lately, though, and she is about to lose ownership of the property. She doesn't know what to do next, but for now she's just keeping the place open as long as she can. One day, in the midst of all this, a man comes through a winter storm and sends Kat's heart racing. He's just too handsome. Of course, he's unaware of her feelings and leaves the next day. But a few days later, the same man shows up again. It turns out his name is Mikhail. Apparently, Mikhail has bought the deed to Kat's bed-and-breakfast, and he has come to make her an offer she can't refuse!
Ellen's beloved home is about to be sold. The prospective buyer is Max Vasilikos, the real-estate mogul. Ellen doesn't care how rich he is. She's not going to let him have her house. But Max turns out to be an incredibly attractive man. When he finds out about Ellen's charity activities, he invites her to a charity ball. Ellen hesitates and says such a glamorous occasion isn't for someone like her. But Max insists and kindly escorts her to the party. Ellen keeps reminding herself that she mustn't fall for him, that he's only being kind because he wants her house.
Marketing manager Emily works hard at her father's company. But her father is determined that Emily should marry one of the six eligible bachelors he's found who work at the company. Emily isn't interested in an arranged marriage, however, so she plays cupid to the first five bachelors on the list and finds them their perfect mates. But before she can set up the sixth candidate, Jack Devon, with his true love, her father demands that she go on a business trip with Jack! How is Emily going to handle the nights with this undeniably attractive man? Will she be able to stick to her plan?
Every night Sarah sings at a nightclub under the stage name Sabine. But Sarah dreams of being an opera singer. Though she isn't enamored with the scandalous outfits she has to wear or dealing with the club's wealthy clientele, Sarah sings as Sabine in exchange for operatic rehearsal time at the venue. Despite her general disinterest in the club's clients, she is taken with Bastiaan, a Greek businessman who shows up backstage at her performance one day. She knows he can only be interested in the persona of Sabine and not the real Sarah, but her heart beats faster all the same.
She'd always planned to save herself for marriage...so Mia is shocked when she decides to make love to a man she just met! They met at a party, and he made the world drift out of focus as she fell under his spell-it was as if they were destined to find each other. But she came back to herself when she woke up and ran out before even asking his name. Three months later, Mia was invited to her friend's house for dinner and was shocked to see the man she'd made love to standing in front of her. He must never know that Mia is carrying a huge secret.
One day when Vanessa, a butler, woke up, the owner of the house she worked in, Benedict, was sleeping next to her...and they were both naked! What on earth had happened? Vanessa sleeps in the house's various guest rooms to make sure they're each routinely aired out and ready for visitors. Last night she was a bit drunk and decided to sleep in Benedict's room since he wasn't supposed to be staying at the house. She can't believe he decided to share the bed with her. Later on when he woke up, he asked her if she knew who it was he'd slept with the night before. He had no idea it was her!
Clare was saved by millionaire Jack Straker six years ago and stayed with him afterward. When his gravely ill father died one day, she slept with him to console him. The following day, he thanked her and handed her a check. Adding to her mortification, he told her he was married. What an insult! Years later, she runs into him again, and now she has a secret she'll never tell him, not when he doesn't know what real love is...
Jo is completely focused on her job as an accountant, which is apparently why her long-term boyfriend decided to leave her. Unable to handle the sorrow alone, she turns to her best friend, Liam, for comfort. He's always taken care of her when she was in pain, but now, for some reason, neither of them can contain their desire, and they end up spending the night together. The next morning before they part ways, they promise to forget the whole thing and stay friends. But now Jo is pregnant...and Liam is insisting they get married. Jo believes it's only for the sake of the baby, but could it mean more?
Natalie is a secretary who has secretly fallen in love with her boss, Kane, an incredibly successful businessman. Kane, however, is a playboy who moves from model to model. There's no way he'd ever look twice at Natalie...or so she thinks. Determined to forget about him, Natalie undergoes an astonishing transformation. She goes on a diet and starts dating other men, but none of it makes her feel better... Kane, on the other hand, is suddenly seeing her in a new light. Assuming that she's gotten a new boyfriend, he starts meddling in her private life. He invites Natalie over to his house for business, but things between them are about to get quite steamy!
Bett, a Broadway actress, was scammed out of all of her money by her former manager. She sees a casting call for Girl in a Dark Room, a play with painful memories for her, but being broke and desperate for work, she decides to audition. The screenwriter for this play, Edward McCullough, was Bett's first love and the man who abandoned her for fame and more experienced women. When they reunite six years later, she pretends to be a woman who's willing to use a man with talent and fortune-she doesn't want him to know that she's still a virgin...or that she's still hopelessly in love with him...
Due to circumstances at work, Jen desperately needs a husband, fast, and is determined to find the right man for her. While she's in the process of selecting a husband, she meets Cole, who is quick to criticize her method of finding a soul mate. She thinks it's better to choose a husband using reason instead of unreliable emotions. Cole may be extremely handsome, but he's cocky and believes love is necessary for marriage. He doesn't match Jen's criteria for a husband...so why is she falling so hard for him?
Professional landscaper Sorrel James has had nothing but trials in her professional life and her love life, and she's at her wits' end. She's had a streak of bad luck ever since her last client, several months ago. He asked her to marry him, but as soon as she said no, his professionalism vanished. He accused her of theft and has been slandering her ever since. Sorrel doesn't know how to trust men anymore. That's when she stumbles across an old monastery in the country that has fallen into disrepair. She's fascinated by it and wants to be the one to redesign the grounds. She goes to persuade the owner in person: eccentric, handsome Garde Chevenay. To her surprise, he agrees to hire her, but is there more to him than meets the eye?
Destiny is a gifted trainer of horses, but her father and stepmother control her every move. So she agrees to a job overseas in order to earn the money she needs to become independent. The sheikh of Kezoban's prize horse has refused to leave the palace grounds ever since a traumatic incident. Sheikh Zafir Al Asmari has a wild streak, but Destiny can tell that he, too, needs to heal from the trauma of losing his sister. She wants to help him...and she finds herself attracted to him at the same time. Destiny knows their worlds are too different to reconcile, but if she can be his mistress for a time, maybe that will be enough...
There's one woman that Marc Durand, CEO of a global jewelry company, just can't forget. She's Isa Varin, the only daughter of a legendary and notorious thief. In New York, she successfully stole one of his family treasured heirlooms, the Midnight Sun, as well as his heart. She changed her name and now lives in Los Angeles, working as a professor at a gemological institute. She's washed her hands of thieving and wants only to live in peace. But her peaceful existence is about to change-a reunion with Marc is coming and her life is about to be turned upside down.
Hoping to get over her breakup, Charlotte takes the trip of her dreams to Italy. While drowning her sorrows at a bar, she catches someone's eye. Someone's very, very attractive eye. The man-Lucio-stands out in a crowd and seems brimming with confidence. His vivacity instantly steals Charlotte's heart and they spend a passionate, magical night together. The next morning he leaves without a word. Charlotte finds this odd, but not shocking. She knows she'll remember that night all her life, but life, she assumes, will go on as it always has. At least, it will until she discovers that she's pregnant!
Deeply hurt by her fiance's betrayal, Dani breaks off her engagement and decides to start life over in a new town with a new job. She leaves Seattle for a small coastal town, where she's lucky to find work as an antiques shop assistant. But her boss, John, writes her off as a fickle vacationer who will leave as soon as the summer is over, and he treats her coldly. Both Dani and John are haunted by old wounds. But as they work together, they gradually get to know each other...