In this thrilling conclusion, the amateur sleuth Benedict Grantley and his lovely confidant Emma Lynn continue unraveling the tangled web of mystery behind a series of murders. As tensions reach a fever pitch, the pair's feelings for one another aren't the only things set ablaze. If they don't tread carefully, everyone will be consumed by the flames.
Maxi waited seven long years to finally show herself in front of her family again after running off with her sister's fiance. As fate would have it, she came just in time for her sister's wedding to another man. Thinking she is back to repeat history, the groom's older brother, Kerr Devereaux, takes it upon himself to keep Maxi in check. Even though everyone is judging Maxi for what she did, no one knows the true intentions she had back then. Kerr is the worst accuser of them all. Is it only because he's trying to protect his brother from being spirited away, or is there another reason behind his actions?
Flora Harris is a bookish nurse on a small island, but when a new doctor comes to her practice, the whole community is thrown into an uproar! Conner McNeil may be brusque on the outside, but it's thanks to years of being tempered by hatred and pain from his father. A rebel in his youth, Conner ravaged the town in his teenage years, only to come back as an experienced doctor. Can Flora help mend the community around this dashing rogue?
After Libby's husband died, her in-laws did the unspeakable. For six years Libby was denied access to her own son, but this unsettling reality she's been living in is about to change. Even her brother-in-law Romano's brash words and utter contempt for her isn't going to stop Libby from seizing this chance to finally see her son. But what's Libby going to do when she finds out that Romano wants more from her than just her time?
To avoid repeating past mistakes, Jacqui Moore wants nothing to do with being a nanny again. Unfortunately for her, she's forced back into it one night while trying to drop off little Maisie. This means staying in the home of the emotionally distant Harry Talbot, who isn't too keen on having them around. Not only does Jacqui find herself loving Maisie the longer she stays, but she also gradually gets to see a side to Harry she can't resist. When the time comes for her to leave, will she take the chance to do so, or will she stay with the people she's grown to love?
Kayla Luck has taken over her family's etiquette, charm, manners and dating school, but it seems that her luck has run out. The death of her aunt and uncle is one thing, but finding out that the school might have been a front for a prostitution ring is another! Kane McDermott is a detective on the case, and he's gone under cover to find out the truth. He's scoping out Kayla to see if she's hiding something unbecoming, but he may find that she'll make him become something better.
While in between her jobs as a nanny, Melissa decides to help her brother-in-law on a project. This requires them to go to the kingdom of Qu'Arim to work with Sheikh Surim. While she's there, Melissa inadvertently finds herself taking care of Surim's children, believing they aren't being properly cared for. When Surim sees how well the children get along with her, he appoints her as their nanny. Melissa suggests the children need to spend more time with Surim in order to establish a deeper bond. While doing so, Surim gets to spend more time with Melissa, as well. Soon she finds herself falling in love with the sheikh, who is, naturally, beyond her reach. Melissa wishes Surim could return her feelings so she can go from being the nanny for his children to becoming his wife. Can her dream actually come true?
Adam Ryder, his film production studio on the brink of collapse, answers a summons to be considered as a candidate for the throne of Niroli. With money on his mind and a rambunctious child at his side, Adam hopes to manipulate his position to save his company. Then he meets Elena, a blind piano teacher who inspires love in him-love for Niroli, for his son, Jeremy, and for Elena herself. Unfortunately, the royal house has some strict requirements for becoming king that may threaten what happiness he's found.
Tania was r*ped by her boyfriend when she was seventeen. Wanting to not think about the past, she commits herself to her residence at the ER. She still has sleepless nights after hard days of working to avoid contact with men. She feels encouraged after meeting a handsome man, Jesse, who was sent to the ER, and begins to open herself up, heartened by Jesse's tender love. But at the same time, strange incidents happen to her one after another...
Serena James wants her life to be perfect-the perfect man, the perfect wedding, the perfect future! A rugged-looking man named Kane flies her to Seattle for a bridal show, and Serena is astonished by how far from her ideal man he is...until he has to substitute as a model for a groom. On the flight home, the plane crashes in the mountains. Will Serena discover that Kane is more than meets the eye while they're stuck together waiting to be rescued?
Meg Valentine might be the Teacher of the Year, but instead of finding herself a great beach to lounge on, she's spending her vacation time helping out her sister by taking care of her clothing shop. When infamous actress Taylor Gee, star of Many Moons and many tabloids, comes in demanding a dress for an event, Meg might make a whole week's worth of sales in one day of dealing with this diva. She may sell more than dresses when it comes to her bodyguard, the handsome and dashing Jaret Miller. Will all outfits be half-off, or just Meg's?
Jake D'Amato is a wealthy businessman with an eye for the art world. He feels compelled to buy a painting by the late Robert Summerville-of a model rumored to be the artist's lover. Who is this mysterious woman? Did she have a relationship with Robert? More curiously, did she also have a relationship with Jake? It wouldn't be a problem except Jake is falling in love with Robert's daughter, Charlotte. Can an international fling be tossed to the wind when an unexpected pregnancy is painted into the picture?
Victoria "Vicky" Fournatos is very fortunate to have an uncle who takes care of her whenever she's in town. She's basically treated like his daughter, which is why his incessant encouragement to marry Theo Theakis, wealthy Greek businessman and potential merger member, seems out of left field. While Vicky has taken a liking to Theo, can she handle being married to a man if the only purpose is to have a business merger go through? Will she feel as though she was bought for the Greek's bed?
Scarlett is still healing from her heartbreak of being rejected after she told the man she loved, Alessandro, that she was pregnant with his child. It's been four years, and now Alessandro is back in Scarlett's life. He hires her to design a new hotel for him, but in doing so he also wants to have an affair with her. Scarlett wants nothing more than to have him acknowledge their son, but Alessandro denies the child is his and accuses Scarlett of being nothing but a gold digger. After doing a DNA test, he finally learns the truth. Alessandro wants to do the right thing and marry Scarlett, but she doesn't want a loveless marriage. Even so, she goes along with it in fear of being blackmailed and having her son taken away. Not only that, but she still can't help but love Alessandro even after all he's put her through.
Caroline agrees to help a girl who looks so much like her that the switch would have tricked anyone. She could have been let go to walk free if she'd confessed to the switch...but Sean, the man who kidnaps her, doesn't believe a word. Foolishly, Caroline hops into Sean's car and gets swept away to a cottage in an unfamiliar town.
Malcolm thought marriage was some sort of trap. Judy Campbell was youthful, petite and feminine-hardly the usual description of a truck-driving, sod-toting landscape gardener. But then, Malcolm Stewart was no ordinary client, either. The celebrated Sydney architect was handsome, funny and generous, and altogether too easy to fall in love with. Which made for an impossible situation, considering his attitude to marriage. It hurt Judy to learn that the man she loved resisted giving himself to a lifetime commitment. But it simply was not in her nature to settle for anything less.
Orders were orders, but battle-weary undercover agent Kit Anderson chafed at seeking refuge from death threats in the house of her new boss, Coast Guard Lieutenant Noah Trayhern. Noah's cold authority masked inner demons that rivaled her own; his rough kindness sliced through her careful defenses. Suddenly her safe house was under siege-from the inside!-and Kit's heart was in danger...
In the old restored mill at the edge of the village, it seems like time passes strangely. Henriettta, an eccentric artist with an unapproachable aura, lives there alone with only her large dog Murphy for company. The man who owns the mill is Jared, the head of a local wealthy family. He can't stop himself from being intrigued by the mysterious Henrietta. And on one night in November, he falls from his horse near the old mill and has to ask for help from Henrietta. But she's so cautious, will she even accept his sudden visit...?
Maris, the daughter of the well-respected Mackenzie family, has one ideal man, and he's a horse! A famous horse named Soul Pleasure. "His tight body, his intelligent black eyes... There's no man in the world as spectacular as this horse!" she says. But one day, she happens to overhear a plot to murder Soul Pleasure, and then she's struck by the criminal, losing consciousness. The next day, she finds herself in bed with a half-naked man-one so handsome it's as if Soul Pleasure himself had turned into a human being!
Kris returns to Sydney after two years studying abroad in France. After the death of her multimillionaire father, she has to obey the rules her stepmother and her guardian, Jared, give her, but she's fed up with living her life feeling just like a caged bird. "I at least want to be in control of my own love life!" Right after Kris makes that decision and returns to her home country, her stepmother forces a marriage partner on her! But unbelievably, that partner turns out to be Jared, her guardian, who she's determined to rebel against!
Clare is living in Italy as a private tutor when she is accused of kidnapping a young lady named Paola. In the midst of the chaos, the police take custody of Clare, where she's confronted by Paola's fiance, the sexy and commanding Marquis Guido Bartaldi. Clare feels as if her heart is stolen with just one glance, but Guido makes her an offer that takes her by surprise. He asks her to help him make Paola into an obedient and responsible bride!
Darcy is known as a young and talented stage actress in England. Her biggest dream has come true and she's been given a role on Broadway, but the producer is Keir Robards, of all people! He was Darcy's first love-and the man who once drove her father, a famous actor, to ruin. And now he's going to play the role of her lover?
Eight years ago, Leah moved with her brother to the Arabian kingdom of Qatama, where she has served as Princess Samira's nursemaid ever since. However, on the night before Princess Samira's wedding to the neighboring nation of Zubani's Sheikh Sharif, Leah is brought before the king and accused of conspiring with her brother to kidnap the princess. Her punishment: exile. But before Leah can board a plane back to Australia, she is apprehended by Sheikh Sharif, who seeks recompense for this disgrace.
Standing outside the office of blind novelist Saul Cresswell, Autumn silently prays for the courage to knock on his door. Four years ago, it was her young love that stole his sight. Racked with guilt, Autumn disappeared from Saul's life. However, wanting nothing more than to be his strength, she returns under the fake name Elizabeth to work as his aide. As she watches Saul gallantly overcome the obstacles that plague his life, Autumn's youthful affection swells into ardent love...
On their wedding day, the groom didn't join his bride, Jill, at the altar. He'd told her he loved her, but was everything a lie? That was ten years ago. Now, the once-miserable bride is a successful lawyer and engaged to a politician. One evening, Jill is reunited with the missing groom, Reid, at a political party they're both attending! Reid...the man who threw her away. But why? She can't believe her heart still stirs at the sight of him... But then again, Jill has a secret that Reid doesn't know-her nine-year-old son, Andy. Yes, he's unmistakably Reid's son!
Catriona lives with her older brother, Magnus, at Falla Island, in Shetland. Her brother worked as a geologist in the oil fields of the Middle East, but is now suffering in the aftermath of a tragic accident. Katriona wants to do anything she can to restore his former self, but is struggling to raise money. And then, during this time of struggle, someone arrives to exploit the oil fields on the island...
Claire has been raising her young brother with determination ever since their parents' deaths. After she's invited to a high-class hotel for a bit of a breather, she encounters a foreign man with a baby in the dining room. As the baby rocks the chair back and forth, he nearly falls over, but Claire manages to catch him! At that same moment, she finds herself staring into the eyes of the foreign man, Raoul. And then, without warning, the sound of gunfire begins to ring through the dining room!
Until the two rings are reunited, the path to true love will be difficult for the Covelli family... Rick Covelli, made a millionaire from a recent success on an oil rig, doesn't believe in nonsense like curses. Especially not the one supposedly placed on the family rings-even though a string of bad luck, starting with his father's death in an accident, has continued to plague him. Now, he's returned to help his family in his native Indiana, only to be drawn like a magnet to the blue-eyed Jill...
Until the two rings are reunited, the path to true love will be difficult for the Covelli family... Angelina Covelli has lived to work since she lost the man she loved...until she meets CEO John Rossi on the job, and feels her hardened heart start to melt. Unfortunately, she then finds out that his ancestors are the ones who placed a curse on her family...
The second volume in a series revolving around the Nelson sisters, featuring the middle sister and resident airhead, Willow. A comic artist by day, Willow meets macho security guard Kane when she trips and injures herself after barging into the home of millionaire Todd Aston III. Kane carries her back to his home to care for her wounds, along with a box full of stray kittens. Smitten by Kane's stoic kindness in the face of ongoing misfortune, Willow decides to go on the offense. But after a passionate kiss, Kane tells her, "I'm not interested in anything more than a one-night stand."
In the middle of a downpour with two children in tow and a third on the way, Sarah desperately pounds on the door of her late husband's older brother, Jed. Left with a mountain of debt, she can only ask Jed for help. But the moment Jed sees Sarah, he angrily tries to drive the three of them back out into the storm. Sarah never expected such cold treatment from family. Once he comes back from checking the roads, Jed tells her, she and the children will have to leave. However, while he is out, a car accident leaves Jed with amnesia, and under the impression that Sarah is actually his wife!
After the death of her parents, Sorrel, the daughter of English ambassadors, was raised by Malik, aide to the sheikh. Although Sorrel is English, she feels that Kharastan, the country where she lives in the palace of the sheikh, is her true home. However, there is only one reason for her to want to go back to England: ever since childhood, she's been in love with Malik. But because he became sheikh, she feels like the time has come to put an end to her unrequited love. But Malik, who misunderstands her intentions, makes her an offer she can't refuse! "If you wish to know men, I will be your tutor...!"
Benedict is an handsome and intelligent man who solves the most difficult cases that stump even the police. Being the baron's second son, he's also of high lineage, and tired of being constantly reminded to marry. One day, someone comes and asks him to investigate the death of the doctor from a small village. He's said to have been killed during a robbery. Using it as an excuse to get away from noisy London, he accepts the request. But little does he know he is about to meet the woman that will convince him to get married-the beautiful cook, Emma!
Londoner Rosa visits an island off Scotland to meet a famous author, Liam Jameson, because she was told that her missing sister would be with Liam. Feeling at a loss on a strange island, the handsome man she conversed with on a ferry approaches her. He says, "I will take you to Kilfoil Castle where Liam lives." He says his name is Luther Killian. But Rosa has no idea that his name is the main character of Liam's novel.
When Jenny woke at the hospital, all her memory had been erased. Not even knowing her own name, Jenny faces a man named Luke who claims to be her husband and his brother Chad. The doctor tells her the baby she's carrying is fine, but she doesn't remember being pregnant. To make matters worse, Chad claims to be the baby's father. Chad is an attractive man, but she feels comfort in Luke. "Was I really an adulteress who had an affair with my husband's brother?"
The man who took her first kiss in her teens, and the man whom she had spent her most passionate time with: Mitchell Carver. "I can't believe the man who has disappeared from my life, whom I've had a hard time trying to track down has suddenly resurfaced as my boss!" It's been 2 years since their romantic weekend in Paris and Darcy still finds her heart beating to Mitch's smile and his casual greeting of "Nice seeing you again". His sudden reappearance catches her off guard. How is she to tell him that he is the father of her twins?
Ten years ago, Hester fell in love with a man she only met once: Connah, the attractive yet mysterious man who appeared as a guest at her mother's inn. Now, Hester is a certified child-care provider, and she has been hired as a nanny for his daughter. How lucky could she be? Connah seems to be pleased with her work, as well. Is there love for her in his eyes, or is it her imagination? However, Hester soon realizes that he does not love her. He just needs a mother for his daughter...
"Changing appearance won't deceive me. You'll repay me for what you've done!" An Italian visits Milly out of the blue in a remote Welsh town. He says she must go with him to Italy and return the money she had stolen. "He's mistaking me for my twin sister, Jilly." Since Jilly left for Italy leaving debt to Milly and their mother, Milly hasn't been able to reach her. Jilly doesn't even know about their mother's death. "Do I have to be punished by this beautiful man for what my sister has done?"
Jennifer Norton of Nortons Distribution needs a date for a business banquet on a moment's notice. The escort hired for the event has come down with the flu, but don't worry; his best friend and CEO of Charteris Enterprises, Steven Leary, will do anything for a friend and a woman in need. Will Steven help Jennifer break her bad habits of falling for the wrong man... and taking home dozens of stray animals. Or is Jennifer destined to forever be a cat (and squirrel, and snake) lady in an unfulfilling relationship?