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When life throws Linden Taylor another gut-wrenching punch, she decides to recover on a beach. She books herself a cruise and it's full speed ahead to an adventure in paradise. Her assumptions are not far off, but what's an adventure without a little kidnapping? To add insult to injury, her captor is none other than the roguishly handsome, albeit infuriating, Steven Dare. Now confined to this remote little island with a handsome devil, Linden's moral compass spins with reckless abandon. How will she find her way to happiness now?

Violet-eyed French Princess Celeste is en route to a remote area in Northern England to fulfill an engagement arranged by her father. After a slew of unbelievable hardships, her aunt falls ill and her travelling party is delayed. Brother Guy, a novice monk with unearthly beauty, is hired as a guide. Completely disappointed in women, Brother Guy makes a vow with God to keep silent while serving as the guide to the beautiful princess, totally unaware of the unimaginable, cruel fate that awaits them...

Caroline visits the desert country of West Barakat after winning a lottery. The trip is her last chance to enjoy freedom before she must marry the wealthy man who will rescue her family from penury. The moment she lays eyes on her guide, Kaifal, she's overwhelmed with unexpected sweet feelings. Confident Kaifal intrigues Caroline from the start.She's entranced by his passionate eyes, but doesn't yet know she's been ensnared in an intricate trap!

Jana has been hired as a tutor in the desert country of Central Barakat. However, when the father of her pupils introduces himself, she realizes that he's the ruler of Barakat, King Omar. "You will be the teacher of my daughters, the princesses," he says. Though Jana is struck by Omar's good looks, she also finds him brusque. Since the death of his wife, Omar's heart has been frozen as solid as ice. What can she do to touch his heart? Jana starts to formulate a plan to melt his defences, but is her plan a good idea?

Zara has come to East Barakat to excavate ancient ruins. One day, while bathing in the river, she meets a man with obsidian eyes. He's the prince of East Barakat, Rafi, and he falls in love with his water nymph at first sight! Zara is more cautious, having heard that Rafi is a ladies' man, but he insists his feelings for Zara are real. When Zara is suddenly kidnapped, both their hearts are put to the test. Will their love come through unscathed?

Alinor is getting ready to marry the diplomat Gabriel in an attempt to run from her past. But just when the priest asks if anyone objects to the union, a man's powerful voice shatters the silence. "This marriage isn't valid!" The voice is unforgettable. It's the voice of the Prince of Parvan, Alinor's ex-husband, Kavian. Why is he here...? Didn't he divorce her? Nevertheless, Kavian carries her away from the church by force!

Twenty years ago, the small European kingdom of Nabotavia was the site of a revolution that forced the royal family, the Roseanovas, out of their kingdom. Weeks ago, Prince Damian of the ousted Roseanovas was involved in a horrific speedboat accident that took his sight, and left him with a life of cynicism. With only a fifty-fifty chance of his eyesight returning, Sara Joplin's been hired to help him cope with his blindness. There's one small catch: she has two weeks to transform him back into the prince he is or this chance for the Roseanovas to return to power will be completely out of sight. Can she handle a prince that doesn't want her help?

Prince Damian of Nabotavia has the eyes of the world on him. With his Roseanova family ready to retake their kingdom, he must show that he's capable, despite recently being blinded in a suspicious speedboat accident. Sara Joplin has been doing her best as an occupational therapist to help him acclimate to blindness, but Damian's a bit blurry on one thing: does he truly love Sara, or does he just admire her for helping him save both his sight and his country? What neither of them can see is the evil lurking nearby, hoping to dash all the dreams they've fought for...

Mariel has broken in to the offices of a scoundrel to steal back valuable data he's taken. Suddenly she's startled by a noise in the dark, but it isn't the scoundrel who's found her-it's another one of his victims, Haroun! Before she can understand what's happening, they running from their pursuers together. When Mariel learns of the attractive yet dangerous Haroun'squest to find the lost al Jawadi Rose, what else can she do but help him? And perhaps they'll find love while they're on the run, too...!

Actress Dana is "sold" as a prize in a charity auction to Ashraf, a mystery man who "buys" her for an unspeakable sum of money. They share a passionate kiss before he disappears without a word... When he turns up again, Dana suddenly finds herself mixed up in the search for the lost Rose, a priceless family heirloom!

Seraphina is starting at a new hospital far away from her family, but her fresh start and promotion may be a bit rougher than she expected. While Dr. Nadine Dickson may be as cold as the surgical steel she's proficient with, her bedside manner leads a lot to be desired. And Dr. Liam Latimer, recently returned from abroad, has some dings and bruises on the outside and a heart that truly needs a prescription for Seraphina's tender love! Can she succeed at her new job and take care of her surgeon boss?

One fateful day, Shannon was offered the acting role of a lifetime and pay to match its grandeur. Since she could pass for Princess Iliana's twin, Greta and Freddy wanted Shannon to stand in for the currently ill princess during the occasions she was required to attend over the next few days. To Shannon, a grad school student drowning in debt and waiting tables for a living, this opportunity was too good to pass up. She figured that waving at people and cutting ribbons couldn't be all that difficult. It wasn't until she was forced to meet the Iliana's fiance while pretending to be the princess that she started to fear this job was much more than she'd bargained for.

Rowena is a dutiful wife to Phil, and a lovely mother to three kids. But her beautiful life quickly comes crashing down when Phil runs off with Adrianna, a secretary at the company he works for. When Rowena demands to meet her at work, she encounters Kier Delahunty, head of the company and a fling of hers from a decade ago. Does Rowena still want to fight for Phil's affection, or is Kier the one who can complete her family?

Roberta makes a tough decision and decides to end this fruitless love, although arrogant businessman Mac doesn't just let her leave. He holds her tight and tries to kiss her. Roberta struggles hard to flee from his sturdy arms. Mac never wants to commit and marry me! Everyone sees me as his mistress, and it hurts my pride. I don't want to wait anymore! Her rejection, however, brings about an opposite outcome. Fiercely possessive, Mac becomes fraught with desperation and desire stirred by her unusual behavior!

In an effort to save the floundering Galvan Enterprises, Dante immediately begins settling all of the company's debtor accounts. When he arrives on the Collingsworth farm he's greeted by a headstrong beauty named daisy. The rumors surrounding her farm lead him to distrust every word that slips from her luscious lips. But the passion she exudes as she argues with him soon threatens to replace the last of his coherent thoughts with an intense yearning he tries desperately to deny. Against his better judgment, Dante begins to consider helping the fiery woman standing before him. And just when all hope seems lost for the Collingswood farm, Dante makes Daisy an offer she'd be a fool to refuse.

ENRAGED BY HIS FATHER'S MALICIOUS WAYS AND HIS HALF-BROTHER DANTE'S REFUSAL TO ACCEPT HIM AS FAMILY, LAZARO HERRERA EMBARKED ON A LIFELONG VENDETTA AGAINST THE ENTIRE GALVAN FAMILY. AS HIS VENGEANCE IS ON THE VERGE OF FRUITION, A CRUEL TWIST OF FATE PROVIDES LAZARO WITH HIS TRUMP CARD: ZOE COLLINGSWORTH, DANTE'S BELOVED SISTER-IN-LAW. UNFORTUNATELY, TO A MAN WHOSE ENTIRE LIFE WAS SHROUDED IN DARKNESS, THE PUREHEARTED ZOE IS LIKE A RAY OF HEAVENLY SUNSHINE. ENRAPTURED BY HER INNOCENCE, HE FINDS HIMSELF HESITATING MOMENTARILY BEFORE HE TAKES EVERYTHING FROM DANTE. WITH HIS THIRST FOR REVENGE FINALLY SATIATED, HE SOON REALIZES THAT VICTORY CAME AT A HEAVY PRICE.

SUCCESSFUL VETERINARIAN JESSICA MARTIN IS ON THE VERGE OF TURNING THIRTY. STILL SINGLE AND UNMARRIED, SHE'S BEGINNING TO WORRY THAT THE STRAYS SHE TAKES IN ARE GOING TO BE THE ONLY CHILDREN SHE'LL GET TO CARE FOR. AN ODD TWIST OF FATE LANDS HER AT THE FEET OF CESARIO DI SILVESTRI BARGAINING AWAY EVERYTHING SHE OWNS IN EXCHANGE FOR HER FATHER'S FREEDOM. WHAT'S JESSICA TO DO WHEN CESARIO EXPLAINS THAT THE ONLY THING HE DESIRES IS AN HEIR? SHE'S ALWAYS WANTED CHILDREN, BUT CAN SHE REALLY SURVIVE A LOVELESS MARRIAGE TO THIS MAN WHO IGNITES A FIRE WITHIN HER?

AFTER A TERRIBLE INCIDENT WITH LOVE LEFT HER HEARTBROKEN AND JOBLESS, DOMINIQUE THROWS LOVE TO THE WIND AND IS ON THE PROWL FOR A RICH HUSBAND SHE CAN WRAP AROUND HER FINGER. WHEN BREWING MAGNATE CHARLES BRANDON TAKES A LIKING TO HER, SHE'S INEXPLICABLY APPREHENSIVE. BY SOME STROKE OF LUCK, CHARLES FELL HEAD OVER HEALS IN LOVE WITH DOMINIQUE THE MOMENT HE LAID EYES ON HER. HE HAS A COMPLEX ABOUT HIS LOOKS, HE'S OLDER AND HE'S EXTREMELY WEALTHY. HE'S THE PERFECT CANDIDATE FOR HER SCHEME! SO WHY IS SHE SO UNEASY?

Rico has it all; as the famous chef of "A Passion For Pasta," he's rich enough to kill time in a monthly poker game with his friends. Still, he's bankrupt when it comes to love. When a bet is taken too far, the stakes may be too high. He's challenged his opponent, Renee, to be his mistress for a month! Can she add a little spice to his life, or will she make his pot boil over?

Pascual, a billionaire from Argentina, is devastated when his British fiancee, Briana, disappears right before their wedding. His love turns into hatred after he reads her letter, which says that she can't cope with their different backgrounds. Five years has passed and Pascual is shocked to find Briana in England where he is visiting for business. Now Pascual finds himself wanting her when he should be hating her!

"You know nothing about me, except that I'm an excellent lover." Alejandro hits Rebecca in her most sensitive spot, because five years ago they had a passionate affair, but now, for reasons unknown to her, he's managed to secretly buy up all of her company. Rebecca searches desperately for a way to understand his motives and distract him enough to get back her hotel business. The desire between them spills over into the cold world of the hotel industry and heats them up again. Rebecca carefully calculates her moves, but Alejandro has long since been able to break through!

Salim and Grace were once lovers. But when she was made to face the reality of her unworthiness of the crown prince of a desert kingdom, Grace left Salim without a word. Angry at her abrupt departure, Salim tracks her down. They survive a plane crash and find themselves washed up on a deserted island. The shock causes Grace to lose her memory. And yet, whenever Salim touches her, memories awaken within her. Under these extreme circumstances, Grace is forced to realize that she can't live without him.

"I am a servant of the devil," the world-famous jewelry designer Adamas declares coldly. Annie shivers. The top model has come to his private island under his direction to take pictures for the Adamas jewelry collection. "You have been left all alone on the rock that is me." As soon as Annie realizes she has been tricked, she remembers her horrible past-what did this man want from her? Am I going to suffer the same terrible experience again? In that instant, Adamas presses his lips forcefully against hers!

A fire stole her voice and with it her dreams of becoming an opera singer, so Katie now leads a mundane life working as an attorney in a small law firm. Until the day she meets Italian playboy and business tycoon, Rigo Ruggiero and instantly falls in love. However, she senses his disappointment upon seeing her less-than-refined appearance. With a heavy heart and shattered confidence, Katie prepares to give up on yet another chapter of her life, but perhaps it isn't yet time to step down from this stage of love.

Secretary Kate has come all the way from London to Las Vegas to accompany her boss on what she'd thought would be a simple business trip. But it seems her boss has more than just work on his mind-he ambushes her in the shower, looking for a weekend of off-the-clock fun. Kate desperately manages to fend off his advances while leaving a few claw marks in her wake, but now she finds herself locked out of her hotel room in nothing but a towel. When hotel owner Zack Boudreaux comes to investigate the commotion, he finds a scantily clad woman of dubious repute and demands that she get out of his hotel at once. What can Kate do to convince him of her virtue?

Samantha is rooted to the spot in the lobby of an office tower. She has come to tell CEO Cesare that she's pregnant. The tabloids have been full of his rumored is love affair with an actress, he's from a different world and he's so rich that he earns in a minute what she might earn in a lifetime How is she going to tell him about the baby? He doesn't even know her name. The two of them met when he was a guest at the B and B where she worked. On that stormy night, he was in the darkness of despair from having suddenly lost his eyesight in an accident, and Samantha felt compelled to comfort him...

"Sleep with Matt Hearne." The sudden order from her boss, well-known for his arrogant management style, confuses Bianca, who works as his sidekick. Matt is the president of a competing company that Bianca's boss wants to buy out. Despite the rumor that Bianca sleeps with her boss, she has never used her body as leverage before. Yet despite her determination to keep to her principles, Bianca finds herself attracted to Matt's manly, confident charm. How will she hold out when Matt turns his seductive charisma on her!

In the darkness of her bedroom, an unknown intruder steals a kiss from Elena's lips. She initially yields to an experience unlike any otherbefore she pushes away her assailant, an Italian count named Angelo. A tremendous flirt she had met earlier that day at a party, he lives in a glamorous world completely unlike her own. It seems he expected to rendezvous with Elena's cousin, but mistook their bedrooms...however, their kiss was witnessed by others, and to prevent a scandal, the count's grandmother orders them to be betrothed!

When Maddie meets the gorgeous Greek shipping magnate Dimitri at a party, they fall passionately in love. He follows Maddie back to England and proposes, and they are wed one week later. Even though the sudden engagement makes her head spin, Maddie cannot believe her luck. Her happiness is short-lived, however. Dimitri's beautiful childhood friend is waiting for her at the mansion in Athens, and she tells Maddie, "The one he's really in love with is me. You're just my substitute because I can't have children, and all he wants from you is an heir."

When she runs into Luke, her former lover, Alison is distressed. He betrayed and cruelly dumped her, but he's also the father of her son, Nathan, and she'd hoped never to see him again. But now he's offered to invest in her failing hotel...on the condition that she let him meet Nathan. What does this mean? Does he want to take even more from her? Alison can't let him get to her a second time, so she hardens her heart.After all, he's the same hard-hearted scoundrel who hurt her before, isn't he?

At a party, Sorcha is introduced to Romain de Valois, a fashion-industry big shot. Long ago he falsely accused her of drug addiction,destroying her modeling career. After finally making her comeback, she is shocked to hear that she has been selected as a campaign model for Romain's company. "What is he planning? I can't believe I'm traveling around the world on a photo shoot with the arrogant man who ruined my life..." Sorcha's sure the shoot will be an uncomfortably long and awkward assignment. Until one night, when Romain whispers, "I want you right now..."

Cassandra, the youngest daughter of a prestigious family, ignores the disapproval of her parents and becomes a member of a team of surgeons providing medical care in Africa. Even though the project will take her into combat zones, she's sure it's worth the risk. But when she learns that an old acquaintance is also on the team, Cassandra suddenly wants to leave the mission behind. She can't let herself be fooled for a second time by Vidal Arroyo Martinez and his alluring silver eyes

On a cold winter day, as Marianne is serenading passersby on her usual street corner, she's approached by a wealthy-looking man who asks if she'd care to work as a live-in housekeeper at his home. Flashing striking blue eyes and brimming with the refined charm of a gentleman, the man introduces himself as Eduardo. In order to repay him for his generosity, Marianne pours everything into work. But as they continue to live together, she catches a glimpse into the solitude Eduardo harbors in his soul. Though she knows he is only treating her with sympathy, Marianne can't help but yearn to reach out to her boss's lonesome heart.

Caroline's world is falling apart. Her late husband's incompetence has caused the family business to go bankrupt, her father is bedridden with a heart condition and now, without a single penny to their name, she and her parents are facing eviction! Amid the chaos, she receives a single phone call from Valente Lorenzatto, the man she left at the altar five years ago. He tells her he's the one who bought her father's company. Could Valente be seeking revenge on Caroline for marrying another man? He offers her a deal-he'll ensure the comfort of her family if she'll become his mistress.

"You con artist. Someday I'll have my revenge!" Taz is dumped without explanation by her lover, Judeo, who suddenly turns on her. He believes that she and her father schemed to trick his family out of a fortune, and continues to despise her until they meet again, six years later - and Judeo is now Taz's stepmother's fiance. Is he using her to seek revenge? Taz tries to stand up to him to protect her stepmother and her late father, but finds that his appeal has only increased in the passing years, and that she is unable to resist his cruel but beautiful eyes...

Grant O'Hara is the young hot-shot of the business world, shrouded in mystery, and reporter Cheyenne has gotten the chance to interview him. It's Mardi Gras in New Orleans, and Carnivale, a costume party in the middle of the city, is happening. Cheyenne dons a costume and joins Grant at the party, but she witnesses a murder happening among the hustle and bustle of the crowd. Who are these men dressed as red demons? The two dart into a church filled with couples. Trying to fit in, Cheyenne and Grant say their vows in a wedding ceremony. But it's not just the theatrical performance they assume it is. They find out that this wedding is the real deal...!

Liz works for Cam, an entrepreneur who owns businesses all over Australia. Usually Liz is cool and composed on the job, but this time she's in trouble. The woman who was supposed to escort Cam to a party that night cancelled at the last minute! Cam challenges Liz, saying that since she's such a talented secretary, she should be able to take over the job as his escort. Liz decides to show him who she really is under her plain old suit, but when Liz sees a certain someone at the party, she turns white as a sheet and runs from the scene. Now she really has Cam's attention!

It is the Grand Duke of Carathia's wedding announcement party. Princess Serina stands alone, pierced by unkind inquisitive gazes. "What a poor princess, banished from her native country! She even lost the chance to marry the Grand Duke of the neighboring land. Now she's condemned to a life worse than that of the common people." Her only reprieve from the vicious rumors is billionaire Alex's offer to dance. While Princess-in-name-only Serina is lost in his embrace, he invites her to his home in New Zealand. However, the invitation is only a trap for the princess!

After an interview for a position as a personal assistant, Emma shrugs and wonders if she has any choice but to end up on the streets. She needs a way to take care of her ailing father's debt and the bills for his assisted-living facility, but it doesn't look as if she's going to get hired this time. Returning home defeated, she runs into the CEO, Luca, on her way out. He's a true enemy of women, the type who can't resist whispering sweet nothings to every woman he sees, and he invites Emma to go to Paris with him that night. Emma curtly turns down his advances and closes the elevator door. However, her interviewer is impressed by how Emma handles the situation, and decides to make her a job offer after all. To think that her employment hinges on her ability to rebuff the advances of a playboy like Luca-will she be able to keep it up?

On vacation on an island called Myros in the Aegean Sea, Cressida fell in love with a poor fisherman named Draco. Their passions inflamed, they made a promise to be married. But just before the wedding, she got the bad news that her father was bankrupt and had a heart attack. Her beautiful dream is ruined, and she returns to cold reality. Without saying a word to Draco, she returns to London. She has no idea how to pay her father's great debts, and she's about to believe that all is lost, when a mysterious billionaire offers to lend her a hand. But what does she see when she meets him...?! She's seized in the cruel yet sweet jaws of revenge!!