"I want you to pretend to be my lover." At the request of her lovable friend, the old millionaire Kastro, Joanna arrives in Greece to play the part of a wicked woman who deceives the elderly. Sure enough, the Kastro residence is in an uproar over the young lover the sixty-seven-year-old head of the family has brought with him. But a fated meeting awaits her there. It is with old Kastro's son, Demetrios. Each time she is shot through with his glances of intermingling hostility and jealousy, her body and heart are shaken. But in their positions as a father's lover and his son, they cannot possibly be drawn together...
Eleanor, beautiful red-haired witch. I'll give you a kiss so you'll never forget this day?or me.... Eleanor has come to the kingdom of Quaram as an English tutor for the royal family. At the royal party she's invited to, on her twenty-first birthday, she's asked to dance by Jasim, the kingdom's second prince. His gorgeous black hair, his hungry eyes...in that dreamlike moment spent in his embrace, she falls for him before she realizes it. But little does Eleanor know, even as Jasim passionately proclaims his love for her, he has a dreadful scheme in mind...!
Harriet, an antique dealer, buys a mountain villa in a village in Southern France to enjoy her summer vacation with her niece. But the mountain villa is an abysmal abandoned house...! And what surprises her more is the fact that the former owner of the mountain villa was her ex-lover, Andre. He was the man who captured her eighteen-year-old heart and sent her into fits of despair. The love and hatred she buried eight years ago comes back to life and t*rtures her emotions!
Holly's on a vacation at the cottage left to her by her grandparents. While she's settling in, a strange man barges in and insists that the cottage is his property?and that she'd better get out! He's the local landowner, Calum...and he kisses her as her punishment. Holly refuses to leave, determined to prove that she's the rightful owner of the cottage. Although she already has a man, she finds herself falling for Calum. But he hates women...!
"A husband by arrangement, no way!" Maddy has been forced by her grandfather to marry Dexter Fitzgerald, the heir of a prominent family in Portugal. Little does her grandfather know, she has a plan of her own! If she trades her innocent nature for one of a party girl and acts like a gold digger, there is no way Dex will want her then...right? ?But what happens when Dexter's reaction is the exact opposite of what she expects? The new Maddy seems to be just his type!?
Our story takes place in medieval England, where Simon, second son of the de Burgh family, has grown tired of peaceful days. "At least let me take on some robbers...." And just as he wishes, he is assailed by a band of thieves during his journey. In an unexpected attack, he and his men are taken prisoner! Even more surprising, the leader of the thieves is revealed to be a woman! Having never suffered such h*miliation in his life, Simon trembles with fury. But at the same time, he slowly falls for her charm....
The female robber Bethia's true identity is exposed as the only daughter of a feudal lord. Simon offers her help to reclaim her castle and save her father. "She hunts, she talks to men as equals, what an unconventional woman...I want her!" But Bethia is unsure of whether or not she can trust him, as she can't risk exposing her men to danger. "He's definitely attractive, but there's absolutely no way that I will be subjected to him!"
Upon hearing news of her father's death, Laura returns to her hometown in Wales for the first time in over ten years.Waiting for her there is her older stepbrother, Oliver, with whom she once shared a forbidden love. "And I told myself that I would never make the same mistake again...." Laura is troubled by her realization that, even now, her love for him has not been extinguished. But Laura is unaware of the role that her stepmother, Stella, played in their separation and in her father's death!
An up-and-coming mystery writer, Michael, has a strong dislike toward women after his divorce from his former wife, which is why he refused to hire a secretary despite his busy schedule. When his old friend introduces him to Jenny, he decides to hire her on the spot. Her talent as a secretary is one reason; another reason lies in her old ring with an engraving that catches his interest. Michael visits Slinterwood, a mansion on Mirren Island, with Jenny for plotting his next novel. Little do they know the ring will bring their fates together....
In order to escape the risk of assassination, the spy Jack Ryder must escort Grand Duchess Eva of Maubourg to England. To keep her identity a secret, Eva must act like she and Jack are a couple, and she is charmed by his good looks, wit and courage. "No matter what the danger, I will come and save you!" Jack's earnest promise has a profound effect on Eva's heart because she had only ever known the life of a marriage without love. But, for him, he is just doing his duty. There's no way that he will actually be in love with her...is there?
In order to escape the risk of assassination, the spy Jack Ryder is escorting Grand Duchess Eva of Maubourg back to her homeland of England. She and Jack play the act of a married couple as they continue their journey. When they are finally confronted by the enemy chasing them, Eva is thrown into the river. Jack desperately chases her as she's carried downriver and leaps into the cold water and pulls her delicate body from the river! "You came to save me, Jack?" "I promised I would always come save you, didn't I?" Eva loses consciousness while being held against Jack's sturdy chest.
Eight years ago, when she was sixteen, Mary lived with her missionary parents in a Central American country. Her first love was Flynn, a doctor who was deployed there. But her parents are killed during a coup d'etat massacre, and Mary's life is also in danger. Flynn is carrying proof of his American citizenship, and the only way for Mary to get home is to marry him.
"Separate the woman from my husband!" Begged by his sister, Nikos agrees to seduce Janine, make her fall for him and get rid of her. with the hidden ulterior motive, Nikos approaches Janine. As he learns more about her, he catches himself bearing unexpected feelings for her. Janine, without noticing his hurtful plans, is on the verge of falling in love with him...!
Aurora, a radio disc jockey, is known throughout the entire town for her constant smiles, her soothing voice and her gentility. But when her selfish father sells the family home, she's confronted with her greatest life crisis to date. You see, hidden in that home are her "cursed diaries," filled with bad-mouthing and personal secrets! She has to get them back, so she breaks into her former home in the dead of night.... But before she can get much farther than one step into the house, she bumps into the current owner, a college professor named Luke. Then, in the dark of night, their bodies entangle so close that their lips meet!
One pre-Christmas day, Julie gets run over by a car driven by Roy Fletcher, the president of a leading IT company. He, however, offers settlement money by saying, "My car never touched you. You decided to fall off your bike. Don't even think about suing me." Unconvinced of his action, Julie goes to return the money. Wearing a cynical smile on his handsome face, he replies, "Are you trying to increase the amount?" What kind of man is he! So thinking, Julie gets captivated by this attractive man...!
Lydie visits Jonah's office, when her father's business is about to go under, to ask him to pay back the money her father lent him. She is about to meet her first love in this awkward manner. Suppressing the hesitation, she explains the situation. He then hands her a check. However, she learns that the money she thought he had owed her father was already returned. Now that she's the one who owes him money, she signs a contract with him to agree to do anything he demands. Lydie has no means to resist his demands, even if that means marriage.
A few days away from Christmas. Evie, evicted from her home, falls asleep in a suite at the hotel she works at as a cleaner. Her boss told her she could use the room as a special treat. At dawn, she awakes to the feeling of sweet lips, and sees an extremely sexy man before her eyes. Just then, a camera flash goes off, and a paparazzo runs away. What just happened? When she takes a good look at the still-upset man, he turns out to be the hotel's owner, Rio. He is worried about the trap, and asks several things of Evie. Then he declares, "I will announce my engagement to you."
Jamilah, who works in the desert kingdom of Merkazad, finds out that Sheikh Salman is coming back to the royal palace to rule in place of the king after having spent time in Europe managing a successful business. He was her first love. But six years ago, while she was on exchange in Paris, he seduced her, stole her innocence and cruelly dumped her. Even though her heart still aches after he broke it to pieces, she is obligated to serve him. Immediately after his return, Salman goes wild, throwing parties at the palace every night. But Jamilah can see in the depths of his dark eyes, the eyes like that of a fallen angel, that his heart is wounded. What kind of secrets lie in his past?
Louise comes back to her homeland of Sicily after ten years in order to bury the ashes of her departed grandparents. But to do this, she must gain permission from Caesar, the Duke of Falconari.... Upon meeting him, she instinctively wants to run from him. In the past, she spent a single, dreamlike night with him before being cruelly discarded. But however much he hurt her then, his air of maturity and dignity tears at her heart again. As she trembles, he turns his dark eyes to her, his gaze seeming to pierce through her as he says, "I know you've given birth to my son."
Ever since her husband died eleven years ago, Nadia has been busy playing and working to take her mind off things. Now, according to her father's strange will, Nadia is to shut herself in a Dallas penthouse. Her curfew is at midnight and she is not allowed to see any of her friends or go to work. If she disobeys these conditions, she will lose all of her inheritance. What is my father trying to do by keeping me locked in? Two months after this lonely and depressing life started, her penthouse neighbor, who has been away, suddenly appears in front of her. But the minute she sees him, Nadia faints out of shock!
Kit has been put in charge of the PR for a charity fashion show. Two models disappear right before the show, and although she fills in for them at the last minute, the show ends in utter failure. The chairman of the event, Jarrett, arrogantly demands that she fundraise fifty thousand dollars in one month to make up for the lost donations. Jarrett is the owner of one of the biggest lingerie companies in America, and he is sexy enough to appear in advertisements with his models. "I know!" Kit has an idea. "I'll plan a bachelor auction and make him join, too! If it's successful, I'll be able to raise the funds and get my revenge!"
Ava fell in love with Christos, the second son of a wealthy family, while in Greece. But their happiness didn't last long. Suspected of cheating on Christos with his older brother, Stavros, Ava was chased out of Greece. So when Christos comes for her five years later, Ava can hardly believe her luck. She thinks he finally believes that her son is indeed his own, and not his brother's?but her hopes are quickly crushed. Staring at her coldly, Christos informs her that Stavros and his wife died in an accident, and he's come for Stavros's son?the family's secret heir!
Sheri fell in love with her boss, Tristan?but playboy Tristan is the second son of the Sabinas, a wealthy French family. Capable but timid, Sheri gave up on her love. But one day, Tristan asks her to spend ten days in Greece with him. While her heart tries to leap out of her chest, he tells her that he only needs her to be part of the bridal party at his best friend's wedding. Wanting to be with him, Sheri accepts his proposition, even though she knows how painful it might end up being....
Susannah has been put in charge of PR for an art museum. Things get hectic when a wealthy man who was supposed to donate his collection meets an unexpected death. Of all people, his heir turns out to be Marc, Susannah's past lover. Although they had once been deeply in love, their difference in status had pulled them apart. Susannah is worried: "I can't believe I have to negotiate with him now." Marc almost seems to sense Susannah's desperate feelings, for he makes an astonishing announcement at a party. "I'll donate one painting for every time she goes to bed with me."
"He's the most gorgeous tour guide in the world!" Upon arriving in beautiful Monaco, Madeline arranges for a tour guide at the hotel she's staying at. A man who happens to be at the hotel calls out to her: "Shall I be your guide, then?" While she's taken aback by the sudden proposition, the extraordinarily handsome figure makes her heart jump. On the other hand, the man is also pulled toward Madeline. "It seems she has no idea who I really am, the Duchy of Montagnarde's own Prince Dominic." Dominic decides to approach her without giving up his true identity.
Della, a TV producer, scouts Carlo Rinucci, an up-and-coming archaeologist, as her navigator for a new show. She quickly heads to Pompeii where he is working on an excavation. Upon meeting, the two unite passionately. However, Della already knows that for a man from a distinguished family such as his, this can only be a momentary fling. Also, she is seven years his senior with a child of her own. Even if he proposes to her seriously, she knows she can't subject him to her secret. In front of his relatives, she purposefully hurts him, and declares their separation.
"I will become king under one condition?if you marry me." At the declaration by maritime tycoon Ferruccio Selvaggio, Princess Clarissa feels her heart freeze. Six years ago, the two met at a party held at the royal palace. Welcomed with kindness, an ignorant Clarissa fell in love in the blink of an eye. However, moments after stealing her lips, he struck her with his words: "While royal blood may be intriguing, women so easily seduced are boring." with my father, the king, bedridden, must I really be betrothed to such a cruel man?
Secretary Jane has been in love with Charles, the CEO, for three years. One day, Jane receives an order from Charles to put out a personal ad in a magazine addressed to a "Holly Baskin." Could Holly be his ex-girlfriend...? Jane is still reeling from the shock of the ad going to print when a statue of Cupid falls from the sky and hits her in the head, knocking her unconscious. She wakes up to find herself in a hospital bed, unable to remember anything, no matter what the doctors ask her. Then suddenly, she remembers her name: "I'm Holly...Holly Baskin."
Stephen, the drunkest, most womanizing member of the de Burgh family, has everything he could ever ask for. But his father orders him to leave during a blizzard to escort Mistress Brighid to see her inheritance. The job is annoying enough, but to make it worse, the lady in question hides her hair in a wimple and wears a perpetual scowl. The two can't possibly understand each other, and yet a passion akin to destiny constantly burns between them.
It was true?her father was dead. After all the difficulties they surmounted, they finally arrive at her castle, only to find it utterly wasted. Her father has been killed over his research on alchemy and the Philosopher's Stone. A menacing shadow approaches Brighid and Stephen as they search for his murderer! When Brighid sees the lengths Stephen will go to protect her, her feelings for him intensify?she can no longer hide them!
Marietta, a princess of Montvelatte, is just looking at the last man she wants to encounter in the world?Yanis Markides, a successful financial adviser who threw a young princess out of his bed ten years ago. She loved him and decided to give herself as his birthday present back then, but was rejected because he could only think of her as a younger sister. They now meet again at Marietta's brother's wedding as dance partners and Yanis whispers to her, "Let's love each other tonight."
Alex is the unbelievably rich heir of a prestigious family, and not only does he live in a huge mansion, he's also good-looking, a brilliant doctor...and a confirmed bachelor. Jenny's younger sister, Chloe, claimed that this man was the father of her child, Daisy, before she passed away. Jenny wants more than anything for Alex to fulfill his responsibility as a father, so she brings Daisy to visit Alex at his house. The man she meets there is as much of a coldhearted playboy as the rumors claim. He gives the two of them an appraising look, and finally says, scornfully, "Is it money you're after? That's too bad. That baby isn't mine."?
Jenna has always followed her army colonel father and now she lives in a battlefield in Spain with four other officers. All four officers are like family to her, but she is particulary fond of the eldest, Major Garrett. One day, her father is killed in combat! Now Jenna has no choice but to move out of Spain and live with her relative in England. One of the officers suggests that Jenna should marry one of them so that she can stay with them. While Jenna is startled by the officers' proposal, even Garrett asks her to marry him...!
Senator's daughter Heather fell in love with the most handsome boy in high school, Joey. Their relationship came to an end when her unexpected pregnancy was discovered by her parents. They are now both adults and engaged to other people, living with the bitter memory of their first love. One day Heather is shocked to find out that Joey became a movie star and he just won an Academy Award. From the podium of the award ceremony, Joey says: "Heather, I still can't forget about you."
Luccy is a professional photographer for advertising. When an executive of a magazine she works for persistently tries to seduce her, she quickly seeks help from a gorgeous man who happens to walk by. This savior asks her if she is up for a glass of brandy. She is unable to resist his charm and accepts his offer. She then happens to run into him three days later. He is the head of a giant company and it so happens that he is the owner of a cosmetic company Luccy works for. He refuses to meet her, claiming that he knows what she is after...!
For my late wife and both of our children's sake, let's get married. Corinne, a widowed single mother, is suddenly proposed to by her late best friend Lindsay's husband, Raffaello. It was Lindsay's dying wish that the two of them be married. No matter how handsome and charming he is, she can't get married to a man she barely knows. But all of her problems will be solved if she marries him, not to mention the fact that it's her dead friend's dying wish. So Corinne decides to accept the proposal, without thinking of the terrible things that could come from entering into a loveless marriage.?
Despite having become an independent and successful flower stylist, Diana is still scarred by her father's ab*se from her childhood. Cameron was always the one protecting her back then. But her social standing was too far removed from the son of a prestigious family, so her love for him couldn't possibly work. Even after Cameron left town, Diana kept hold of the memory of him in her heart. But after ten years, he comes home! Why now? It is a bittersweet reunion. Diana is pregnant, and Cameron is terribly drunk....
His beautiful smile sparkled like the sun. From the first moment she set eyes on him, Franco captured Joanne's heart. But Franco only saw Joanne as a little girl at that time.... He fell in love with Joanne's cousin, Rosemary, and married her! Joanne was hurt, and when she finally reunited with Franco after eight years, he was like a different person. Rosemary's death had made him dark and bitter. "I don't care even if I am a substitute for Rosemary...so long as that means that I can heal your wounds...."
Never once in her seven years of married life was she happy. Nevertheless, Jessica never leaves her husband, Andrew, for the sake of her only child, a daughter named Penny. But at a party one night, Jessica's husband starts talking about wanting to divorce her. Jessica is blown away by the shock. And then a tall, mysterious man approaches her....
John fell in love with the daughter of the house he served, and he and Eve were set to elope. However, he meets not his beloved at their meeting place, but a band of ruffians! Betrayed and scarred on his left eye, he vows revenge and leaves his birthplace. Ten years later, he's gathered money and power in his quest for revenge, and finally he has the chance to see a matured Eve again. But he's unaware that she loves him still....