Beth was a woman who took in her best friend's baby and decided to raise him on her own, but was forced to take an unpaid leave of absence, putting the family's finances under pressure. Unexpectedly, she landed a job at an upper class masquerade ball, but it was a trap set up by Alessio, the baby's uncle, a businessman: "I'm going to adopt him and raise him with the woman who will become my wife. And that woman is you." But if I refuse, I'll lose custody of Dom... The only way for me to protect him is to become the bride of that arrogant, overbearing, and prestigious family...
Lola, a single mother, had a chance reunion with Rodrigo, a wealthy man who was once her boss and lover. A bitter memory of a year and a half ago came back to her. On that day, Rodrigo misunderstood Laura as a woman who would sell herself for money and dumped her with a million-dollar handout, leaving no room for excuses. Ironically, it was the day she was about to announce the joy of her pregnancy. Rodrigo forced her to marry him as soon as he found out she had a son. Lola gave in to his wealth for the sake of her child's future, but she vowed never to make the foolish mistake of loving a ruthless millionaire again...
Brodie has led a lonely life since she lost her parents and lover in a car accident. One day, she meets attractive millionaire Kade during her morning run. The desirable bachelor invites her over, but after a passionate kiss, Brodie flees. Six months later, she runs into him again by chance at a party. Every time he smiles at her, she feels irresistible desire, and soon they wind up in bed together. But what will they do when the protection breaks?
Daisy, a poor waitress, decided to marry multimillionaire Matteo after they met by chance. Matteo needed a wife in order to take over his grandfather's company and he assured her the marriage would be for two years only. However, three years have gone by now and Daisy is still married! Exasperated, she asks Matteo for a divorce. But she's shocked when he proposes that they make their relationship real. He's never so much as looked at her in the past three years, and now he wants a real marriage?
Erika, a princess of a small country in Northern Europe, is traveling to America. She needs to tell billionaire Gervais that she's pregnant with his child. Three months ago, Erika met him in England and they spent a night together. She never intended to see him again but feels obligated to inform him of the baby. She's shocked when Gervais is delighted by the news and proposes to her. But as the fifth sibling in her family, she has no claim to the throne! What could Gervais possibly want with her?
Aurora came from a small village in Sicily to Rome for a hotel training program. The millionaire hotel owner, Nico, was the man she grew up with and the love of her life. Five years ago, she had willingly given her virginity to him, but her feelings remained unrequited. Now she sees Nico hasn't changed and her heart starts to waver. But the desire is still there, and despite knowing he will never love her back, she ends up sharing a bed with him once again!
When Katie meets Alessandro again after ten years, she asks him to marry her! Her adoptive father has ordered her to marry a much older man she despises, and Alessandro offers her an escape from his control. Alessandro agrees to the sham marriage with surprising ease, but before they can walk down the aisle, Katie's father publicly announces her engagement...to the man she despises!
Ruby is working two jobs to support her seriously ill mother and sister. One night, a man comes into the store and catches her eye. It's Ares Koullakis, the terribly handsome Greek millionaire. He asks her out, but Ruby coldly dismisses him, not trusting a man like him. Ares is intrigued by her tenacity and continues flirting with her, and although she knows she shouldn't, she eventually gives in to his charm and gives her virginity to him. But little is she aware of the cruel fate that awaits her...
Lina, who lives in a small village in Sicily, dreams of one day leaving the island and striking out on her own. But with her meager savings, it's still just a dream for the seamstress. Then one day she runs into the man she fell in love with a long time ago, Salvatore. The multimillionaire found success in New York and now he's back home for a funeral. The spark of love reignites and the two get carried away by the night. Lina is ready to give up her virginity to Salvatore, even though they barely know each other...
Suffering from amnesia, Rosie has to learn her life all over again. When she's reunited with her husband, Thomas, the CEO of a major company, he's charming and kind. His promises to protect her entice her to trust him, but when she tries to remember the past, she feels nothing but uneasiness. Was she in love with him? Can she fall in love with him all over again without being able to remember her past?
"This child's father is Dante Fiori!" After a year away at school, Minerva shows up with a baby in tow, stunning wealthy Dante with her sudden confession. As childhood friends, Dante has always helped Minerva. Now she needs him to believe the lie in order to keep her friend's orphaned child safe. Dante is livid but agrees to marry Minerva to protect the child he believes is his!
Chloe is on a cruise in the Caribbean and is surprised to find a man waiting for her. He's Luis, the childhood friend and billionaire who cheated Chloe's brother out of his money. Having helped her brother get revenge, Chloe had planned to go into hiding until things cooled down. But now Luis takes Chloe to his island and forces her to marry him! Once, Luis was the man of Chloe's dreams, but now he's nothing but a ruthless devil who takes advantage of her love for him...
Sicilian billionaire Luca visits a casino to find the woman to whom his late brother left his assets. When he meets Jennifer Sanderson, he's stunned by her attractiveness. Still, how can he allow this stranger to take all of his brother's money? Meanwhile, Jennifer is uncomfortably wearing a bunny costume, trying to sell a dinner date with herself at a charity auction! She feels a man looking at her, his gaze causing flames to burn through her heart. Though he's irresistibly handsome, she has a bad feeling about this...
Just before her return to England, Holly discovers in her luggage the valuable painting she had sketched earlier. She had become entangled in an unthinkable crime... She was deceived by a man she trusted! Jumping on to a train bound for Rome, she runs into a compartment in the first-class carriage. There, she encounters Matteo, a sharp justice who immediately realises she is on the run. However for an unknown reason, he does not hand her over to the police, and instead takes her back to his mansion. As he confiscates her passport, she starts to worry about what lies ahead...
Cass panics when her cat, Crudley, is mistaken for the cat of the wealthy Emily Crosswhite and is kidnapped during a stay at the vet. If it's known that the kidnappers got the wrong cat, Crudley could be killed! Before the criminal catches on, Cass goes to speak to Emily to ask her to buy them some time. While Emily is sympathetic to her troubles, Gabe, who works as security for the Crosswhite family, is suspicious. He thinks she's a fraud after Emily's money, and he begins investigating Cass!
Pippa has been asked to cater her best friend Ashley's party, complete with celebrities, but her workers bail on her. She somehow overcomes the crisis with Cam's help, a guest who is infamous for his charm, leading to a passionate one-night stand. As the two get lost in each other, their no-strings-attached agreement takes a drastic turn. Pippa discovers that she is pregnant!
This volume contains the two stories of "The Rich Man's Mistress" and "Facing Up to Fatherhood." Miranda is the daughter of a wealthy family, and is accustomed to getting everything she wants. Then one day, while on a ski trip with her friends, she gets stranded by a blizzard. Desperate for help, Miranda manages to find shelter in a nearby cabin in the woods. It turns out to be the home of an overpowering, handsome man, who doesn't have any intentions of obeying Miranda's bossy attitude. All it takes is a little isolation in the woods with this handsome stranger for Miranda's life to change forever. Tina is a fierce and determined actress who recently lost her dearest friend, Sarah, due to a terrible accident. That means it's up to Tina to care for Sarah's newborn baby girl, Bonnie, and to find her birth father so that she can give Bonnie the one thing Sarah couldn't: a family.
When a famous author asks magazine reporter Isobel to interview her, Isobel heads to Brazil. The moment Isobel meets the author's son-in-law, she freezes. It is Alejandro, the man she met in London three years ago, the man who disappeared suddenly after spending a night of passion with her. How could he marry another woman while she pined for him? And how did he get the unsightly scar on his face? Isobel is disturbed. It soon becomes clear that this reunion is no coincidence, and Isobel shudders with fear when she realizes his goal!
Eloise was born out of wedlock and raised in a frugal environment by her single mother. After her mother's death, she determinedly writes a letter to her father: the Viscount Pulborough. She asks him if he's ever spared her or her mother a second thought, but three weeks pass without a reply. One night, Eloise attends a work party and runs into the Viscount's stepson! He bluntly tells her that upper-class folks like him are used to gold diggers like her swarming around them...and that if she thinks she's squeezing any money out of him or his family, she's got another thing coming!
Angie's beloved sister fell to her death from the balcony of billionaire Nikos Kyriacou's mansion in Greece. Six months after the tragic incident, Nikos visits Angie to coldly tell her that her sister died with a valuable family heirloom of his, a diamond necklace... and he wants it back. Angie isn't like her sister, who loved living the high life-she's serious about her work and lives for archaeology. Angie is so mad at Nikos that she makes a bold proposal to make him suffer: in order to get the necklace back, he must marry her!