Two Hundred Ways to Find a Husband... Elise and her two friends read the how-to book for hints on finding an ideal husband. Elise isn't interested in marriage herself, but feels she has no choice but to introduce a suitable man to her parents so her mother will stop setting her up with other men. Following the hints in the book, Elise meets James Dillon, a millionaire and entrepreneur who shows up at her university. Without knowing his true identity, Elise hires him to be her pretend fiance during her sister's upcoming wedding. The two run through several rehearsals to perfect their act, an act that soon feels more and more real!
When Mallon, a beautiful housekeeper, is attacked by her employer and rushes out into the rain, she is picked up by a man in a luxury car who calls himself Harris. Mallon has grown to distrust men, but Harris's calm gray eyes allow her to relax her guard. When she sees where they have arrived, however, she starts to regret her carelessness. The place is practically a ruin, and there's no other house around. Mallon, recalling all her nightmares, is constantly fearful, but there is one thing she doesn't yet know-her encounter with Harris is the ray of light that will cut through the darkness of her life...
Seeking a fresh start in life, Abigail finds a job as a live-in nurse and travels from London to the Netherlands. It's at her employer's residence that she meets Dominic van Wijkelen, the dashing doctor-handsome but grumpy, cold yet alluring. Abby senses that he hates her and maintains her distance from him, but when her current job ends, van Wijkelen approaches her with a job offer. Perplexed, Abby accepts-and finds him smiling brilliantly. Didn't he hate her? What does that smile of his mean?
Marie took one look at the guest her grandfather had brought home and gasped. It was Rayner...the man she'd met seven years earlier and had been unable to forget. At the time, she'd fallen in love and given him her virginity. But a careless remark he made led to a quarrel, the police showed up and they went their separate ways. Marie had since moved in with her grandfather in France. Rayner didn't seem to recognize her now. But for Marie the reunion was dredging up past emotions. How could she have known that the "chance" reunion had been a setup from the start?
Don't let him be dead... Five years ago, Poppy chose to separate from her husband, billionaire Orsino Chatsfield, who loved dangerous adventures too much. However, when Poppy learns he's been caught in an avalanche, she rushes to his side, fearing the worst. She finds him gravely injured, yet his tone with her is cold and biting. She tries to leave, thinking that it was a mistake she was summoned, but before she can depart, he asks Poppy to take care of him. In exchange, he promises to finally grant her the divorce she's been asking for...
One early morning in London, Julia rescues a cold, crying kitten. While doing so, she has a strange yet pleasant encounter with a man who was trying to do the same thing. When Julia reunites with him days later during an interview for a secretarial position, she's rendered speechless. What are the odds that the man she met that day would be Professor van der Wagema, her prospective employer? Although he's the same man, he treats Julia completely differently during the interview. He's cruel and cold, to the point that Julia wonders if she only imagined him in the morning mist. During her weeklong wait for the interview results, she spends time at her parents' home. Little does she know, she'll reunite with him there, too!
Pia is left with no family after her grandmother dies. Until she learns about Gio, her grandfather, the founder of a huge company, and suddenly becomes the woman of the hour. Then he decides to give Pia his entire inheritance, so he starts looking for a husband who can protect her! At her debut party, she meets Raphael, the CEO of her grandfather's company. As soon as he meets her, he makes derogatory remarks toward her. It's clear he's decided that she's deceiving her grandfather. Despite his beautiful appearance, Pia swears to keep her distance from such an uncharitable man!
Clare's target is the heartless Mark King, a playboy broker who toyed with her sister and dumped her. Clare plans to seduce Mark and bring him back home to see her sister. Before she can do that, Mark's good looks and charm begin to reel her in. Clare soon begins to stray from her goal, but she manages to pull through and bring Mark back home. After everything is set and done with Clare's sister, Mark and Clare's paths cross one more time.
Caroline is offered a job as a nanny by Matthew Callan, the only man she's ever loved and the father of her daughter. Unfortunately, Matthew blames her for the death of his brother, Tony. Even though Matthew might find out her real identity, Caroline takes the job anyway, so that she can finally be close to her daughter.
When she opens her eyes, Elizabeth finds herself in a hospital, unable to remember her own name. The nurse pulls out a movie magazine and realizes that Elizabeth is this massive actress, but when Elizabeth looks, she can't believe that the gaudy woman she's looking at is her. Her fiancee, Kurt, comes to see her in the hotel, but he coldly exclaims, "You can cut the act now, Elizabeth". Why does he hate her? Apparently, he's this manly, sexy, multimillionaire who is said to be the most eligible bachelor in all of America. In order to get her memories back, she's going to go to his manor...?
Miranda was once known as the queen of high society, but now she lives alone on a deserted island in the Caribbean. Or, she did until a man named Louis made a sudden intrusion into her island home. He knows all about Miranda's past, and comes across as exceedingly arrogant. Especially when he announces that her uncle has sold him the island and everything on it...including her! It was because of her uncle that Miranda had to abandon her former life... And now this? Yet when Louis abruptly steals a kiss from her, she feels an intense heat envelop her body...
Abby was raised in the great state of Texas and will soon turn twenty-one. But because of her guardian, Calhoun Ballenger, she's romantically inexperienced and has never had a boyfriend. He's been like a big brother to her ever since both of her parents died, but he's also well-known in town for being a playboy. Still, to Abby he's the perfect person to fall in love with. However, he's never seen her as anything but a little sister, and no matter how old she gets, he always treats her like a child. She's going to have to find a way to prove to him that she's a grown woman!
Max, an arrogant but sexy businessman, is always in the gossip magazines. Darcy, hired by Max as his personal secretary, is well aware of the reason he hired her. She's a plain Jane who won't stir up trouble for him. But then, out of nowhere, he says he wants to marry her! In order to win a once-in-a-lifetime business deal, he has to play the family man. Darcy doesn't believe anyone will take their relationship seriously, so naturally she refuses to be his accomplice. Max, however, is sure she'll change her mind, if only he can name her price!
Marcy is the leader of a group working against a major company's redevelopment plans for a struggling city. Specifically, she's up against Randal, the company's negotiator. Marcy's aunt left her a house in the middle of the city. When she makes it known that she won't give in no matter how many threats or how much money they throw at her, the company schemes to send in a handsome man to seal the deal. Initially Marcy laughs at their simplistic approach. In time, however, she finds herself being swayed by Randal's sexy, grandiose seduction as well as a surprising secret...
Polly goes to the desert kingdom of Dharia to look for her father. However, in the airport, she's summarily seized and taken to the palace. There she meets the handsome King Rashad. His sharp eyes and dignified stature make Polly's heart race. Then, while she's staying at the palace, he suddenly proposes. Polly, whose heart has been captured by him, agrees to marry, but their relationship is merely a practical affair. To Rashad, the marriage fulfills a royal duty. Still, Polly believes that one day her love will reach him...
Athena discovers that her fiance is cheating on her on the day they are to be married, and runs away in her wedding dress. She then falls from the second story of the venue and is caught by world-famous fashion designer Luca. But when they are seen together, a scandal arises. Luca's own fiancee thinks that he ran away with the bride and breaks off their engagement. But Luca won't be able to inherit his grandmother's fortune unless he's married by his thirty-fifth birthday. Which is why he then turns to Athena, offering her one million dollars for a yearlong fake marriage!
Cara has always lived a simple life. One day she bumps into a man named Mike at the park. He makes her heart flutter and they spend a sweet night together. But when she wakes, he's gone, and Cara spends the days that follow nursing her broken heart. She's sure that she'll never see him again. Several months later, when she goes to the country of Eliason to help her friend prepare for her wedding, she meets Mike at the airport. There, she learns the shocking truth. He's actually Prince Michael, her friend's older brother and the next in line for the throne!
When she was seventeen, Angela fell pregnant-but she was poor and decided to give the baby up for adoption. Then one day she finds out that the couple who adopted her baby died in an unfortunate accident. Worrying about her child, Angela desperately searches out the child's guardian, Nick, the younger brother of her child's adoptive mother. Nick lives in London, runs a multinational business and is so busy that he's looking for a nanny for the niece he has recently taken in. And so Angela hides her true identity in order to see her daughter and become the girl's nanny.
Nate stole Tess's heart the first time she saw him in a tux, which is how she ended up spending a night of passion with him. Six weeks later, she tells him that their wonderful night together has blessed her with a little life, but he refuses to believe the child is his. Tess is hurt after he rejects her and begins to regret the night they spent together. However, Nate later shows up at her place, having decided to pursue her. Tess briefly considers giving in to his advances, but she can't just let him have his way this time. So instead she overcomes the pain in her own heart and lies, telling him the pregnancy test was incorrect...
Neen has been hired to be the manager of a charity cafe, and she just can't seem to get her boss, Rico, off her mind. It's not just that he's handsome-he also has a dream of helping the world, even as he keeps his heart closed off from others. For straight-shooter Neen, he's a man who's constantly colliding with her. But one day while the two are talking, Rico kisses her passionately. Neen's heart starts to beat quickly and she thinks it's a sign of love. But Neen has a painful past and has never experienced true love before. How could she know this was only the beginning of her pain?
When nineteen-year-old Nicola's father passed away, she married his business partner, Brett. She'd always had feelings for him, so when they married, she was over the moon. But her happiness didn't last. It seems that Nicola's father arranged the marriage before his death because he was worried that men would come after her for her money. The whole wedding was arranged just to protect her. As time passes, she knows that it's futile to wish for a true, passionate marriage with Brett, and with her twenty-first birthday approaching, she'll soon be able to give him back his ring and break things off...
Amalie is innocent and shy, but just on the surface. She is also known as Madame X, a bestselling American erotic novel author. She has kept her identity hidden even from her editor, but she has to attend a publicity party for her next novel no matter what. Amalie asks her friend Lacey to attend in her place and attends as Lacey's assistant. Lacey acts perfectly and everyone believes she is Madame X. Everyone except for one charming journalist, Jericho...
Faith and Cole, the second son of an entrepreneur, spend a passionate night together. But the next day, Cole disappears from her life. Faith realizes that she is pregnant with his child and decides to marry Cole's brother, Ted. Nine years later, Ted dies in an accident and Cole appears before Faith once more...
Jessica and Carlo, a Greek billionaire, are attracted to each other. However, fearing Carlo's fierce desire for her, Jessica chooses her kind fiance over him. In response, he says, "Jessica...I'll never forgive you. One day I'll get my revenge." Six years later, Jessica has been widowed and she meets Carlo again when her father is arrested for embezzlement at the company Carlo owns. She visits Carlo to apologize for her father's actions...
"Jason! I'll get my revenge on you!" Elinor works at an employment agency for nurses. When she looks at the chart for her newest patient, she gasps. It's her greatest enemy: the older brother of her former fiance and the man who ruined their relationship! He lost his sight in an accident and is also paralyzed from the waist down. Elinor is troubled, but decides to take him on as a patient. She will hide her identity from him and make him admit that she is a talented nurse! That will be her revenge. However, as she spends time with the man she supposedly hates, she finds herself with new feelings for him...
American multimillionaire Meryl has just one problem: until she turns twenty-seven or gets married, she can't use her father's inheritance freely. Determined to get the money her friend needs, Meryl puts a wanted ad for a husband in the paper. She soon gets a response from Jarvis, a broke nobleman living in an old castle in the English countryside. Meryl immediately goes to his castle to meet him, but is coldly refused and told to go home. Despite this, there's genuine warmth behind his stubbornness that Meryl finds herself more and more drawn to.
Beth, the manager of a riding academy, comes to Egypt to buy her dream horse. She finds the ideal horse, but it's out of her price range. Soon after, Beth ends up traveling to a castle owned by Moroccan prince Uzziah. Beth stays with Uzziah in the hopes of obtaining one of the first-rate horses he raises, but she doesn't realize that the real reason he invited her to his castle was so that he could seduce her into his bed!
From the moment she first met Carlo, the son of a distinguished Italian family, the young Venetia was convinced: "This man is the one I'm destined for!" However, a small misunderstanding cruelly crushed those hopes. Then, six years later, at her father's funeral, she meets Carlo again...and can't believe her ears. He wants to marry her to save her father's failing company? But he thinks she's promiscuous, and has nothing but scorn for her...
Abby was suddenly proposed to by the company president, Tanner. However, Tanner only wanted Abby to pretend to be his wife in order to buy a confectionary company. Finding it strange and sudden, Abby hesitated to accept Tanner's proposal, but before long she begins to fall for his kind and caring personality. With negotiations underway, a sudden request by the company owner stuns Tanner. In order for him to buy the company, he must first impress its owner with an original dessert, and the only person who can help him is Abby.
The blue eyes that attract any woman... His deep gaze... Rachel cannot stop her heart from pounding when she sees her beloved Nathan, a breathtakingly gorgeous man from her work. But for some reason he thinks she is a cunning and promiscuous woman and always gives her the cold shoulder. One day, Rachel's grandmother makes a shocking request, and Rachel ends up going on a trip alone with Nathan. Her job is to act as Nathan's girlfriend and get back her grandmother's stolen letters.
Susan and her childhood friend Tony loved each other. But her mother was opposed to their relationship. Susan ended up getting pregnant, but she was under the assumption that Tony had abandoned her, so she married another man. It's been eleven years since then. A professional baseball player comes to her son's school. When she hears that the player's name is Tony Antonelli, Susan can't hide her reaction...
Marc is one of the biggest icons in the business world. He is a man with wealth and fame, but he is missing one thing: a perfect wife. That's when Rennie comes into the picture. Her cousin introduces her to Marc as someone who will help find his ideal bride. Despite Marc being skeptical of love, Rennie tries to help the man by introducing him to several great candidates. Marc doesn't care for the candidates, though: he is more interested in Rennie herself!
It is a Thorneloe family tradition for women to get their portrait painted when they turn twenty-one. Arabella, repulsed by her father, couldn't care less about this tradition. But when she's told that Zoltan, a world-renowned Hungarian artist, will be painting her, Arabella finds herself intrigued by his home country. Deciding it would be a good idea to stay away from her father for a while, Arabella travels to Hungary. But Zoltan continually gives her the cold shoulder and refuses to start working on her portrait! What is going on in the mind of this temperamental artist?
Princess Layla of the desert country Ishra has drawn the incredibly talented Australian lawyer Mikael into her secret plan. Thanks to her overprotective father, she's never left her country, even though she's twenty-four! Layla has also been ordered to marry a man she hates before she's ever experienced real love. She wants to live her life on her own terms at least once, so she accompanies her older brother on his honeymoon. Once she's away from home, she sneaks off to spend a week with Mikael, free of all obligations, but it seems there was one factor she hadn't accounted for...
Sara's parents have just passed away. Now, saddled with a large amount of debt, she must sell everything she owns in order to pay it off. With no place left to go, Sara and her sickly brother, Tom, turn to their grandmother, Alice, for help. Alice welcomes them warmly, but Luke, who was once married to Alice's other granddaughter, distrusts Sara. He believes that she is after Alice's fortune, so he decides to marry Sara as punishment. Sara, who is drawn to Luke, reluctantly accepts the marriage, hoping that one day Luke will feel the same way she does.
When Sheikh Zayed of Kafalah, also known as the "Falcon Sheikh," tells Jane that he wants to take her as his wife, she can hardly believe her ears. With her sensible suits and her hair always in a tight bun, she would never have considered herself a temptation. Her research at the London Embassy is her life. Then, suddenly, her younger sister finds herself burdened with an enormous debt. Just as Jane is puzzling over what to do, with prospects looking dim, Zayed appears with an offer that far surpasses her greatest hopes. For her sister's sake, Jane will agree to the marriage of convenience he's offered!
Piper, an interior decorator, and Zephyr, a Greek multimillionaire, are good friends-partners both in business and in bed. Though their relationship is meant to remain casual, Piper finds herself falling in love with Zephyr. But behind his calm smile, there is a wall around his heart. She wants to know more about him-but if she ever reveals how she feels about him, their relationship will be over. So she decides to keep her feelings hidden away in her heart-and then she discovers that she's pregnant!
When Miranda, a nurse, is lured outside by a captivating sound, she finds an unfamiliar man playing the saxophone. Tempted by his sinfully soft voice, Miranda kisses him passionately. Then, suddenly, she's brought back to reality by the deep wounds in her heart and she flees. She decided long ago that she would never let herself be attracted to anyone again... Why did she let her guard down with him? Full of regret and bewilderment, she arrives at her new workplace and must confront a shocking situation. The man she kissed is her boss!
Don't leave me, Angelo! Rosie woke up from the nightmare. Three years ago, her boyfriend, Angelo, left her for her best friend, Amanda. Rosie's scars were almost healed, so she wondered why she'd been haunted by this dream. Then she received a phone call notifying her of Amanda's death. Rosie was reunited with Angelo at the funeral, and he was just as attractive as ever. But as soon as he heard about Amanda's will, his eyes filled with mingled hate and passion.
After Carlotta, Princess of Santina, brought shame to her royal family, she offered herself in her sister's place to regain her father's love and trust. There was no other way to redeem herself for the mistake she made. Her sister ran away from a political marriage to marry Rodriguez, the prince of a nearby country. Enduring the rude stare of her new betrothed, Carlotta can't help but wonder how this already stormy marriage will end.