In the desert country of Zulan, Katrina, a visiting natural sciences researcher, is mesmerized by a man she meets one day in the marketplace. His eyes shine a brilliant amber, and he exudes the strength of one who lives in the desert. Chased by armed soldiers, he approaches Katrina, and pretending to be lovers so that he may make his escape, leaves her with a passionate kiss. Even though it was just an act, why does her heart beat so anxiously?
While searching for her missing sister, Ruby, Lindsay visits the office of Alessio Capelli, where her sister was employed as his personal assistant. Alessio is a slick divorce attorney, while Lindsay is a counselor who works on reconciling marriages. Their natures clash like natural enemies that would make great reading on any of the tabloids. Lindsay embarrassingly finds herself taken by Alessio's fine body. She discovers that he was planning to dismiss Ruby as she is MIA. In order to save Ruby's job, she must accompany him to the Caribbean to fill-in as his personal assistant!
"You won't leave this game until every part of you belongs to me." Sergio Torrente, an Italian businessman, is surprised at who he sees in the surveillance camera. The mysterious person making moves every night against his challenging chess display at the office turns out to be a cleaner clad in a shabby uniform. But how could such a beautiful woman be just a cleaner? Drawn to the mysterious woman, Sergio summons her and declares that she will play a game of chess with him every night, starting this very day!
The advertisement agency started by Polly's father has been bought out by Damon Doukakis. Why would the leader of such a large corporation choose this tiny company as his target? The workers are baffled, but Polly knows exactly why: Damon is trying to punish Polly's father for eloping with his sister, Arianna. Damon declares he will fire all of the executives, and also warns Polly that she will no longer have nepotism on her side. Damon's arrogance and Polly's determination to protect her company pit them against each other?but one night, sparks of passion end up leading to intimacy.
Charlotte, who is a journalist, meets Iannis?with sculpturelike beautiful coal-black hair on the Greek island of Iskos! with a desire to write about him, Charlotte approaches him and finds herself smitten; he has an arrogant side, but also gentlemanlike elegance. The two indulge in a passionate love affair, but one incident generates a doubt...!
A wedding invitation sent to Michelle is from Kevin, the man she has dated for 10 years. Why? They always make up right away after bickering. Michelle is in shock; the one who is there to console her is rich, handsome and too-perfect Tyler. Michelle feels hostility toward him because of his excessive perfection; but he is her best friend. Michelle comes up with a plan that Tyler agrees to. That is, Michelle attends the wedding pretending that she and Tyler are lovers!
Francesca, a veterinarian working at a vet hospital in L.A, is sent to the country of Llandaron as a proxy for her boss. Her task is to deliver the puppies of the king's beloved dog. As soon as Francesca arrives at the palace, she goes to see her patient, Glinda. A man riding a horse appears suddenly appears from the bushes! When she asks who he is, he reveals himself to be Prince Maxim, the second son of the king! The two of them fall in love at first sight, but there is one thing standing in the way of them being together!
Gina is hired as the manager of a lodge buried deep in the Alaskan wilderness known for it's intense winters. However, just as she is heading into her first harsh winter, the owner of the lodge suddenly passes away. Clay, a pilot and the owner's son, asks Gina to marry him. Although she learns that he only needs a wife in order to inherit his father's property, she feels a flicker of hope and anticipation burning in her chest....
"I can't believe the man of my dreams is right in front of me!" At a friend's wedding ceremony, Tess reunites with Cole, whom she secretly had feelings for in high school. To the plain and unremarkable Tess, he was as unreachable as the sun. "He's grown more attractive, and it makes my heart beat fast, but I know that I'm not his type. I have to get rid of these one-sided emotions, fast." But unaware of her true feelings for him, Cole makes a cruel request of Tess. "I'm searching for someone to marry. Can you introduce me to any women?"
Samantha meets Alessandro, the brother of the bride of Samantha's old friend?a friend whom she still has feelings for. Initially, Samantha dislikes Alessandro, who has exhibited hostility toward her since their first meeting at the wedding. However, one day he forcibly steals a kiss from her. His ulterior motive is to protect his sister from Samantha?he has discovered Samantha's feelings for his sister's husband, and so he plans to seduce her for himself! Samantha soon realizes that she loves Alessandro, despite his cold black eyes that imprison and disturb her heart. Even though she knows that his seducing her doesn't stem from love, she can't control her feelings toward him....
Famous actress Rhianna visits her childhood town to attend her best friend Carrie's wedding. Upon arrival, she finds her best friend's cousin Diaz, who shows nothing but animosity toward her. Diaz believes Rhianna is trying to seduce Carrie's fiance, Simon, and warns her to stay away from him. Rhianna is hurt by Diaz's cold and spiteful behavior toward her. It is all just a misunderstanding; Rhianna has been in love with Diaz since she was a young girl!
Claire has been taken advantage of as a caregiver for her grandfather, who adopted her as a young girl. When her grandfather passes on, he leaves his fortune in her hands. But there is one condition?she has to marry one of her cousins to receive the inheritance. Nothing has been left for an old couple who served her grandfather for a long time, and Claire wishes to give them compensation in some way, so she makes a bold move?she proposes to her notorious playboy cousin Dane. How will he react?
Amber has a crush on her boss, Bradley, the wealthy son of a family who owns an oil company. He seems so far above her and they haven't even spoken once, but for Amber it was love at first sight. One day there's an emergency and Bradley asks Amber to drive him to the hospital. His grandmother, the chairman of the board, is in critical condition. Amber waits for him in the hospital corridor, and when he emerges from the ICU his face is pale, and he asks her, "For my grandmother's sake, will you be my fiancee?"
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!
Becca sneaks into a lavish wedding to get revenge on the groom, Alex, by exposing the truth?that he's heartlessly tossed aside her pregnant sister. However, someone stops her right as she decides to take action. When she turns to see who it is, she is confronted by a very handsome man. She is unaware that he is Christos, the head of Alex Carides' family. The paparazzi witness the commotion, and as Becca and Christos escape, she wonders if she has mistaken him for a security guard....
Lilly flies to Istanbul to appeal to Rauf Kasabian in person, an investor in her family's travel company. He is suing the company for allegedly failing to pay its dividends, but she is unaware of any fraud. Rauf, who has gorgeous hazel eyes, coldly abandons her right after taking her virginity because he sees her as a wicked, calculating woman. Unbeknownst to Lilly, he plans to manipulate her for his own desires, thinking she is a fraud and a crook...!
Millie is a fledgling artist from London. She goes to Australia to put her artwork in a gallery while she works another job, but doesn't end up selling any of her work. One night, she is outside the gallery when young, handsome millionaire Levander approaches her. When he finds out she's returning home the following day, he asks, "Would you like to make this last night a special night?" and then shows her around Melbourne. At first she feels uncomfortable?sightseeing with a man she just met! But she's on a nice date with a handsome man, and she can't stop her pounding heart!
When Nel finds out her nineteen-year-old niece, who has just received a college scholarship and has her whole life ahead of her, is suddenly married, Nel hurries off to Spain to meet with her niece's partner, Luis. But she can only find his cousin, who has the same name. He suggests to a bewildered Nel that if they pretend to be engaged for his ill grandmother, she might tell them where the couple is. Pretending to be engaged to such an arrogant man? No way! However, with no other leads on the whereabouts of her niece, Nel has no choice but to rely on Luis. So Nel reluctantly slips on the family ring that has been passed on for generations. (*CE note: the heroine's name is spelled Nell in original publication*)
The woman Armando falls in love with is the former fiancee of his deceased cousin. He is a charismatic doctor in an Argentinian hospital. Laura is full of passion and excitement about her new job that she got through her lover, Diego. However, the moment she meets Armando, she is not only disrespected, she's not even allowed to do her job. Could she really have been admiring someone like that all this time? What Laura doesn't notice is the flame of lust hidden within Armando's heart....
"I'm curious as to how far you've gone with your new lover since you left my side," Sandro tells Polly. Three years ago Polly fell in love with him while working as a tour guide in Italy. But one day, a man calling himself Sandro's representative showed up suddenly and told her she would have to leave Sandro. After that she wanted to forget about him, but then they suddenly meet again! He's become even more attractive since they were together?but she won't let herself get carried away and repeat the same mistake again!
Though she's merely an earl's daughter, the king calls Kit to London. What could the king want with a simple country girl like her? She tries to run away but she's caught by her stepfather and beaten. The black-haired knight, Wolf, who has come to take her on the king's orders, is shocked by her bruised face and her muddy clothes. "This filthy uchin is Lady Catherine?" But despite her beaten face and dirty clothes, her eyes and hidden hair are beautiful beyond imagination....
Sir Wolf is troubled. Though he thought Kit was nothing but a slip of a girl, a sprout, she's strong, beautiful and truly brave. Not only that, he's attracted to her. However, he's just the king's envoy, and cannot let her know his feelings. For her part, Kit is also troubled. On her journey to London on the king's orders, she has fallen in love with Wolf. He's different from her violent stepfather, and he's gentle and kind with both her and her elderly nursemaid. But now that she knows what the king truly wants with her, she has to dismiss her feelings for Wolf. She's the daughter of the previous king, and now must marry the duke the king has decided on for her...!
One day, Chloe, the housekeeper of the wealthy Carstairs family's villa, meets a mysterious man by the mansion's pool. He has a strong, sun-kissed body with a long scar running down his thigh and a deep scar carved into his cheek. Learning that Declan is the owner of the house, Chloe tries to hide that she was gawking at her boss by greeting him. It is then that she realizes that he is practically blind. It is the beginning of their dangerous relationship, and Declan is on a mission to find the woman who jilted his deceased little brother.
Capri can't remember anything! She was involved in a train crash during her travels and now she has amnesia. When she wakes, she finds Rolfe, a man with a cold gaze, beside her bed. Could he be her husband? His touch makes her heart skip a beat. Among all the anxiety, her life with him begins. When Capri goes for a walk to the beach, a young, handsome man calls out to her. He tells her that before losing her memory, her marriage had failed, and she was planning to elope with him. So who did she really love?
Tara left her job as a CEO's personal assistant because of her boss's son, Rand. They'd been in a relationship, but the moment she brought up their future, he broke up with her. And so Tara turned in her letter of resignation. But five years later, Rand shows up at her doorstep asking her to help fulfill a strange task left behind in his father's will. Tara must work for a year as Rand's PA?or he'll lose his position and the family fortune. Is this a second chance from a higher power? Determined to make Rand fall in love with her again, Tara gives him a wild ultimatum!
The affluent Mitch Kincaid's livelihood hangs in the balance because of his father's peculiar will. Unless he takes in his father's illegitimate child and looks after him for one year, Mitch will lose his entire fortune. The child is now under the care of its aunt, Carly. "I'll give you a hundred grand for the child. No?five hundred." Mitch offers Carly riches, but she refuses. She claims she doesn't need any money, and that she'll only cooperate on the condition that she, too, lives at the Kincaid manor. Dammit, what is she after? Does she intend to slink into his bed?and push him into marrying her?
Phoebe, an international legal consultant, is dumbfounded by the work she is assigned by the king. Her work is to bring Prince Leandro, who left the country seven years ago, back to Casterdini. Leandro is the only man that Phoebe ever loved. But for him, Phoebe was nothing but a convenient woman whose heart he shattered and abandoned. Coming face-to-face with that man again? It's hard enough recalling the painful parting, but reuniting with him sweetly shakes up Phoebe's heart...
Laura applies for the position of personal secretary to Vasilii Demidov, a Russian businessman whose origin is also of the people of the desert. Laura has been yearning for him?this older brother of her friend?and even treasures a photo of him that she secretly took ten years ago. However, for some reason during the interview, he shows a strange animosity against Laura as he asks questions full of malevolence. Although she is furious and wishes to leave, out of his urgent need for a secretary who is fluent in Chinese he unexpectedly hires her. The next day, Laura departs for Monte Negro for a business trip alone with him!
Angel Olivia appears out of nowhere in front of Dark Warrior Aeron. She claims that she went through numerous obstacles just to come to see Aeron. Aeron, who had no interest in women before, is shaken after spending time with Olivia, who conveys her love to him with her purest heart. Aeron can't accept her love since he is a sinner, and he does not think he is a match for an angel. At the same time, demon Legion becomes very jealous to see Aeron being so stirred by Olivia and eventually makes a deal with Lucifer, the Prince of Darkness, in an attempt to possess Aeron for herself.
Abby has no living family. Her daughter, Rosa, born from artificial insemination, is her dearest treasure. Her life as a single mother and nurse is cash-strapped but happy. But suddenly, an Italian doctor called Nico appears. "You're not fit to be Rosa's mother," he says. As a man who can no longer have children, he has searched out his biological daughter, Rosa, and demands to have her handed over. "I'll never give her to you!" Abby is adamant. Seeing Abby's strong bond with her daughter, Nico makes another proposal?that the two of them get married, even though they are complete strangers.
One night, Carlo witnesses a boy being attacked. Although he jumps in to help, he is mistaken as one of the thugs and ends up being punched. Carlo pins the boy to the ground to clear the misunderstanding and realizes that "he" is actually a beautiful green-eyed woman! What am I doing, lying on the street, kissing a man I don't know? Suzannah is brought back to reality, and treats Carlo's bruise as a way to thank him for his help. She finds out that Carlo is actually the new doctor coming to Suzannah's workplace at the hospital! As the two also start to spend time together in their personal lives, Suzannah begins to have suspicions. "Carlo, are you hiding something?"
Gabrielle, the manager of her own publishing house, is pursuing an autobiography by the prince of the Mediterranean kingdom of Castaldini. But Prince Durante keeps up a tight guard and she gets nowhere with her calls. with no other options, she ambushes him at a party and rouses his interest with a risky line: "I have one million dollars right here. Now will you give me an hour of your time?" Her proposal amuses the prince at first, but why is he filled with such contempt the next time he sees her...?
No decent woman would put out an ad for a boyfriend! I can't let some harlot near my little brother! In place of his brother, Greg decides to meet a woman who placed a singles ad, with the intention of turning this "Coffee Girl" down. But the Coffee Girl he meets is exceedingly beautiful. Why would she have put out a singles ad? And Lana, a coffee shop owner, is suddenly kissed by a man who's supposed to be applying as her potential roommate. The first of three romances revolving around magazines!
Nicole's younger twin sister was a beautiful, bright woman who was loved by all. But she died leaving a son by a shipping tycoon, Rafe Medici. Three years have passed since then, and now an unbelievably gorgeous man, who shakes with anger, stands before Nicole. This is the first time she's met a man of the Medici family. After finding out about his child, who her younger sister secretly gave birth to, he comes to collect him. The rumors of him were true and he arrogantly tells her to quit her job in order to raise his child in Miami as a part of his family...
How did my superactive parents, who run a business that does adventure tours, end up with a daughter like me who hardly leaves the house? These were the thoughts of Maria, who felt inferior to her adventurous parents. Her parents doted on Maria's child friend Eddie, who grew up to become a famous adventurer. One day out of the blue, Maria's parents announce that they are passing on their company to Eddie! According to them, they can't entrust it to their daughter, who let them down and became a storybook writer. Maria doesn't know what to think. What does this mean?! I'm adventurous, too! Then came these words from Eddie, who was supposed to be her rival: "Let me teach you everything there is to know." Just where is he planning to take me?
"Ella? Is that you?" Tristan Barkley comes home early from his business trip to find a strange woman in his home. At first he's taken in by her beauty. Then he comes to a shocking realization?this woman is Ella, his plain and unassuming housekeeper! Taking his ugly-duckling-turned-swan housekeeper out to dinner, he finds himself becoming increasingly attracted to her as they spend more time together. Not only is this new Ella (having put aside her dowdy housekeeper's uniform) gorgeous, she's considerate and honest. She's perfect wife material. What will Tristan do, now that he's found the perfect woman right under his nose?
It's Summer's first day meeting her boss, Phin Gibson. The ever-diligent Summer is nervous about meeting him and comes to the office bright and early, only to have Phin show up late, looking like he'd just rolled out of bed?definitely not the look of the executive of a big corporation! The truth is there's not a person in the U.K. who doesn't know who he is. He's the younger brother of the head of a major department store chain, but also stars in his own nature show where he explores deserts and jungles. In fact, he has no interest in the company. Sure, he may be handsome, but he's also completely childish. The exact opposite everything Summer had been expecting. But will her initial impression give way to something more?
The moment she first saw her best friend's fiance, Tom, Sylvie could feel her heart rate rising. She quells those feelings and focuses on preparing her friend's wedding as the professional event planner that she is, but then the bride disappears right before the wedding! Sylvie ends up spending a passionate night with Tom, to comfort him during his time of loss. She then sends him a letter telling him that she's pregnant with his child, but when she doesn't hear back from him, Sylvie feels betrayed and unwanted. What are the chances that they'd be reunited by a magazine project to design her "dream wedding," which lands her in the role of the bride and him as the groom?
Determined to save her family's company from ruin, Tamsin agrees to become a bride to the wealthy shiekh tycoon Aziz. But on the day of their marriage, the wedding party is suddenly attacked by bandits. After being drugged and knocked unconscious, Tamsin wakes up to the sight of a handsome, mysterious man who tells her, "I've waited my entire life to exact my revenge of destroying your fiance and your family!" before stealing a kiss from Tamsin! But who knew that a kidnapper's kiss could be so hot and so arousing?
Helena marries the man she's always adored, the viscount Carleton. But her husband believes that their matrimony was all so that she could gain his fortune and he refuses to open his heart to her. He even goes so far as to declare that her son is no child of his and goes off to war, only to go missing. Everything after that is a living hell for Helena. Her husband's family treats her like a hussy, cuts her off. But seven years later, while she's been diligently raising her son, her husband suddenly shows up, ragged and on the verge of collapsing!