It took Katrien's breath away when she saw mountaineer Zachary at the party. He looked just like that man from twelve years ago! The one who pulled her back into the light when she was falling into darkness... But she's already engaged to the sophisticated Callum. As a model, Katrien is skilled at keeping a poker face, but coincidence keeps bringing Zachary back into her life, leading her heart away from her fiance and toward a different love!
Chloe is a secretary and her boss, Steven, is a brilliant and handsome businessman. After losing his wife, he is also the single father of a small daughter. One day his nanny has an emergency and Chloe steps in to care for his daughter. Chloe had been recently engaged and didn't see Steven as an object of romance. But now that she's single, her feelings have begun to change, especially once they spend some time together outside work. And now a chance snowstorm is coming, and these coworkers will have to spend the night together! Will their relationship still be strictly professional once the snow has cleared?
Jane, a gifted secretary for Mark Hilliard, a well-known architect, can't believe her ears-her boss just proposed to her! He lost his wife a few years ago and his daughter, Shuli, is still so young... He's just looking for someone to create a loving home to raise his daughter in, but what he doesn't know is that Jane has fallen in love with him! She knows he'll never love her back... He's only looking for a mother figure for Shuli. But Jane figures that at least if they get married, she'll always be able to stay by his side, and maybe that's enough. Still, pretending to be the love of his life just might be too much for her!
Melanie's late uncle disinherited her eight years ago and now his lawyer, Clay, has appeared before Melanie with her uncle's will. The contents of the will state that Melanie must be assessed by the lawyer to determine whether or not she will inherit her uncle's estate. She would have liked to renounce her right to inherit, but for her little brother's sake, she reconsiders. So Melanie returns to her uncle's home, where Clay is also staying. Despite her aversion to the inspection her uncle has arranged, she finds her heart throbbing at Clay's assessing yet warm gaze! Clay, meanwhile, is bewildered. He's quickly becoming aware that somewhere inside this stubborn person is a lonely woman...
Martha was betrayed by her boyfriend, so she's taken a trip to her ancestral home, an island in the Aegean Sea. She was planning to heal her broken heart in her family home, which was supposed to be vacant, but a pirate-like man named Theo has gotten his hands on this home so full of memories without her even knowing about it. Martha is fascinated by his charm, but he orders her to leave. She used up all her money on the flight there and she has nowhere to go, leaving her at a loss. But when some women show up and pursue Theo, he suddenly proclaims that Martha is his girlfriend and pulls her into a rough kiss. What is going on here?
Shy and timid Meg was engaged to the son of her company's CEO, but after he embezzled funds and blamed it on her, she was abruptly fired. Then one day a French businessman named Etienne appeared in front of her. The moment they met he told her he wants her to return to the company that fired her, but this time as its CEO! Meg swore to herself that she would never again be deceived by a man, but she eventually gives in and agrees to return on her own terms. Although, despite her determination to keep their relationship professional, the distance between her and Etienne seems to keep shrinking...
After losing her mother, Meg was forced by her sisters to sell their old house. They told her it would be better for her to move to the city, but Meg has no wish to leave the countryside where she was born and raised. A man from London arrives to look at the house. He is tall, sophisticated and appears to be nice, and it seems, one way or another, this doctor, Ralph Culver, is destined to make a big change in Meg's life.
Perla's husband, who tormented her with lies and treachery, had just died, and for one night she wanted to forget everything. She met a man at a bar and gave him her virginity, something her husband never wanted. They spent a passionate evening together and forgot all their worries-they didn't even tell one another who they were. Eventually, Perla realizes that the man, Arion, is a Greek millionaire and an executive at the company where her husband was employed. They reunite at his funeral, both dressed for mourning...but perhaps Perla will find joy again one day.
Nurse Gemma was left in charge of her younger siblings after their parents died in an accident. And though she doesn't think she's particularly beautiful, she is smitten by a handsome Dutch professor named Ross, who makes her heart skip. Then he asks Gemma to take care of his sick sister and to go to Holland with him! His family is welcoming and his sister is beautiful. And men have started asking Gemma out! But they're not the only ones paying attention-Ross is watching her closely, too.
"Can you bring me a guest's laptop?" The strange request from a coworker at the hotel surprised Tawny. The goal was to delete pictures that should not have been taken of an overnight tryst. The name of the guest is Navarre Cazier, an important businessman from France. As a maid who has longed for him from afar, Tawny's had to overlook such trysts. But as soon as she got her hands on the laptop, she was caught by Navarre. Then he made her an offer she couldn't refuse: "I will buy your time with my money. If you refuse, I will call the police."
Madison is nervous. She was entered in an auction to be bidded on for her housekeeping skills. She will provide the winner with housework for a week. She puts her guard up as soon as she finds out the notorious playboy millionaire Alex Donahue won the bid. He demands that she be a hostess at a business party he's throwing, but he's having a hard time keeping his eyes off her!
"Find Quent Yerby." Those were the last words of Rebecca's friend before she died. Quent was the uncle of Rebecca's late friend's son, Josh, and his only living relative. When Rebecca finally found Quent, he was sexy and muscular, a man among men. His was exactly the opposite of the calm lifestyle Rebecca wanted. Surprisingly, he opposed the idea of Rebecca adopting Josh permanently. And little did she know that the menacing hand that had killed her friend was coming for her next...
"Don't worry, the pregnancy was a false alarm." Leaving those words behind in a letter, Lowri wipes her tears and disappears on the day of her wedding, even though she really is pregnant with her beloved Adam's child. However, when she told him about the pregnancy, Adam accused her of setting a trap for him. As the days passed, he became more and more indifferent toward her, until she couldn't stand being with him anymore. Two years later, Lowri is raising her young child alone. Although money is tight, their days are happy. Until Adam appears once again...
They met at the hospital when the youngest daughter of the Marchetti family gave birth. The moment the nurse, Liz, saw Joe Marchetti, she fell for his kind gaze. But she was traumatized by the way her philandering father had always kept her family in a state of near collapse, so she had no expectations of romance from handsome men. A year later, Joe applied for a volunteer program at the hospital, but what did this handsome man hope to get out of it? Liz started working with him-and opening her heart to him-when she saw his diligence and honesty.
Georgie's childhood friend Pierre has succeeded in the world of finance and become a billionaire any woman would fall for. But he left his mother behind and never visits her. His mother is very precious to Georgie, an orphan. Wanting to cheer up Pierre's mother, Georgie lies and says that she and Pierre are engaged! Realizing she's gotten herself into trouble, Georgie visits Pierre to tell him about the situation. Even if it was for his mother's sake, he thinks she must have been crazy to tell such a lie!
Somer, the bright young daughter of an oil tycoon, sets off for the Bailiwick of Jersey to see her fiance after a year apart...only to learn he's cheating on her with another woman! Stricken with grief, the heartbroken young woman finds herself drawn to Chase Lorimer, an attractive photographer and experienced lover. On a whim, she steals away to a quiet cove with him...but it leads to a pain she'll never forget. Five years later, a mysterious letter addressed to Somer arrives at the office...from Chase Lorimer. He asks Somer to marry him and says if she refuses, he'll leak compromising photos of her to the press! All Somer can do is wish this nightmare would end as the memories of that horrible day come flooding back...
Leo Spencer is the CEO of a major London company, but that's not the story he tells the Irish pub owner he meets. Brianna believes Leo is a writer investigating the emerald hills of Ireland for his next novel. The truth is somewhere in the middle: Leo is a London CEO in Ireland to investigate, but not for a novel. Leo's looking for the mother who abandoned him when he was an infant. Brianna knows nothing of this and finds herself charmed by the man who tries so hard to help her out during a sudden snowstorm. He's nice, helpful, warm...and available. Brianna and Leo start up a romance while they're in each other's company, but Leo is still on a mission. He needs to find his birth mother-little does he know that Brianna is actually good friends with her!
Perdita is at a loss. She will do anything to save her father's company, but the only way to save it is to negotiate a loan with Jared, the man who betrayed her three years ago. Before negotiations can even begin, Jared insists that Perdita travel to the United States with him. Perdita has no time to think before the plane is already in the sky. Trapped, Perdita is at the mercy of her ex-husband. Will this unexpected trip to the United States save her father's company, or will Jared prove to be the devil she has always believed him to be?
For four years Rose has dutifully worked as a Gabriel's secretary, hiding her feelings and her body in an ill-fitting suit, not letting her boss know she harbors a crush on him. When she takes a three-month vacation in Australia to visit her sister, she finds that the only food she can eat is salad, so she's come back to the office as a slender bombshell and with more confidence than she ever expected! Now, instead of buying gifts for Gabriel's dates and writing Dear John letters, she finds herself challenging Gabriel. She wants to do more with her life than just be a secretary, so she gives him an ultimatum: let her be more than a secretary and take classes to further her career, or let her go to build her career on her own. But Gabriel can't let her go now that he's fallen in love with her!
Ten years have passed since Charlene's parents died and her then-boyfriend, Brand, left her. She has no intention of forgiving him-without his support, she lost her little sister, Cissy, to their horrible relatives, and she blames it on Brand, who refused to marry her. Raised by her aunt and uncle, Cissy has grown up to be selfish and rebellious. And then one morning, Charlene wakes up to a baby on her couch with a letter from Cissy stating that Brand is the child's father!
Now widowed, Ava faces a cruel reality-her late husband left her with crippling debt. To make matters worse, the creditor is Marc Castellano, her former lover. Five years ago Ava had no choice but to leave Marc and marry his business rival. Determined to take revenge, Marc has now invited Ava to his suite to give her two options: become his mistress or pay off her debts. Without the resources to do the latter, Ava has only one choice left...
Selene lives on a remote Greek island with her abusive father, dreaming of the day that she can be free. At the age of seventeen, she falls in love for the first time with her father's business rival, the young and wealthy Stefan. He earnestly listens to her dreams and tells her they should meet again in five years. Hanging on to those words, she makes a secret plan to escape the island. But on that fateful day, the innocent Selene learns that Stefan might just be more dangerous than she imagined.
Talia disguises herself as her twin brother to enter the desert kingdom of Zohayd, only to be kidnapped and held captive there. Just as she realizes her desperate situation, a handsome man makes an explosive entrance and appears before her. Seeing through Talia's disguise right away, he tries to seduce her. It is only after Talia kisses him that she discovers his name is Harres Aal Shalaan. He is the prince of the family that sent her twin brother to prison! Her burning desire for him quickly shifts to intense hatred...
A story by USA Today bestselling author becomes a comic!Lily, who was abandoned as a baby and moved from one foster family to another, dreams about having her own loving family one day. She's a cautious person and she's never had any casual romantic relationships before. One day, she's sent to clean the mansion of a wealthy Greek man named Nik Zervakis, and his girlfriend believes he's been cheating on her with Lily and walks out angrily. Lily is shocked at this, but she really panics when Nik coldly tells her to get ready for tonight's party since she's the only replacement date he can find on such short notice!
Mistress to a Sheikh-When Jade met Khalil, a prince from a desert country, she was captivated by his deep blue eyes. After passionately surrendering her virginity to him, she began living with him in a magnificent villa. But even after two years, he still won't introduce her to his family. Can Jade go on living with their arrangement? Mistress at the Italian's Command-After Ally's twin sister was deserted by a married man with whom she was having an affair, she tried to take her own life. His relative, Vittorio, tries to shield his family from the scandal by making it look as if she was actually his own mistress. What he doesn't realize is that Ally is pretending to be her twin sister...
Callie was abandoned by her parents at a young age. Fortunately, she was taken in by a wealthy family who owned a large business. Now she works for their company as a secretary. But it seems that someone in the company has been leaking information to a rival business. It took some persuading, but Callie finally agreed to spy on the competition in return. However, she runs into an immediate roadblock when she realizes Josh Tremont, the owner, is far more handsome and charming than she expected...
Isobel, who works at a gallery in London, was vacationing on a remote island in Greece when she slipped off a cliff and was knocked unconscious. When she came to, a gorgeous man was looking back at her. He had a salty attitude, and Isobel quickly learned why. He was Lukas, a Greek millionaire. Lukas wondered whether Isobel had injured herself on purpose to lure him in, but his concerns were quickly allayed and their attraction grew. Still, there are dark shadows that loom in Lukas's eyes and never seem to go away. And a darkness from Isobel's past lurks in her heart, too.
Accused of being boring when she was dumped by her boyfriend, May decided to prove the world wrong by accepting a rich man's invitation to stay in a luxurious Manhattan hotel for five nights! But in the end, he never showed up. She came all the way to New York...only to be alone? The despairing May is encouraged by a friend to go on an adventure, so once May has bolstered her courage, she puts on high heels, goes into a fashionable bar and pretends to be a completely different person, cool and urbane. There she meets local author Beck Desmond. It's decided-this plain country flower is going to become a bright city light!
On the way to a Christmas party at a friend's house, Eve is caught in a storm and finds shelter at a nearby hotel. How lucky she is, she thinks. Seeing her friend's beautiful family would only make her lonely anyway. That night, as if she'd taken a sip of some love potion, she goes to bed with a man she barely knows. Overwhelmed by the burning passion inside her, she sneaks away while he is still asleep. But on New Year's Eve, she is shocked to find herself face-to-face with the same man-a man who is now her colleague!-at a party.
When Liz, the CEO of a housekeeping company, visits her client, also a CEO, she finds out that he is none other than Cain, her ex-husband. After the divorce three years ago, Cain established himself as a successful businessman. With his black eyes and sexy body, it isn't long before Liz feels his magnetic pull. On the other hand, Cain, wanting to allay his guilt over their past, offers to support Liz's company financially. Little does he know that Liz still holds a secret she meant to tell him about three years ago...
Four years ago Lucy, a world-famous model, vanished from sight. Now she lives in the scorching land of Andalusia, where she devotes herself to nursing an injured professor. And her heart, once frozen by scandal, is beginning to melt in the hot Spanish sun. At the same time, a seemingly menacing man appears. He owns the land she's been living on and is the older brother of Ramon, who has been showing an interest in Lucy. He viciously insults Lucy and offers her money to leave his land, which she firmly rejects. Will they be able to find a way around this impasse?
Kimberley just lost her father. And on top of having no family left, she is still hurting from her recent breakup with her fiance. The only thing left for her is Brancourt, the house she grew up in, but she has to get married in five months if she wants to inherit the house. Why did her father put such an absurd condition in his will? One night, Kimberley meets unknown actor Slade, and desperate to save the house, she tries to make an arrangement with him in exchange for money. But little does she know who Slade really is...
During her spring break, Isabella, a college student from the United States, visited Rome. There she met Antonio when she asked him for directions. Attracted to each other like magnets, they started dating after spending the night together. But the happiest moment of her life ends when Antonio dumps her without any explanation. That's when Giovanni, Antonio's older brother, volunteers his moral support to Isabella. While comforting her, he offers her a drink and suddenly Isabella finds herself caught between two brothers and accused of cheating! How is Isabella ever to win back Antonio's love?
Having grown up in an orphanage, Kate Oakley is afraid of love and she always puts her job first. One day, she receives sad news that her best friend, who also grew up in the orphanage, was in an accident and died, leaving her baby behind. Without hesitation Kate decides to adopt the orphaned boy, but raising a baby while running a company isn't so easy. She decides to hire the babysitter recommended by her friend. And when he shows up at her door, he turns out to be absolutely gorgeous! But Kate has yet to learn who this Rick Evans really is...and why he is there.
With her sharp sense of humor, Heather provides relationship counseling via her call-in radio program. One day when her program gets the top rating of the week, ousting Bud from the top slot, he approaches her with an unbelievable bet. He says that she should be able to get a man if she claims to be such an expert on relationships. Independent Heather doesn't particularly care about her appearance and she has no boyfriend, but she won't back down from Bud...so she accepts the bet! Can she win the man considered the sexiest bachelor and prosecutor in Chicago?
Brooke is left dumbfounded after a conversation with Adam, a man she just met. After the death of her last blood relative, her uncle, Brooke was left without any family. Unable to afford the upkeep on her family's ancestral home, Brooke was forced to sell it. But the new owner, businessman Adam Henderson, comes on to Brooke, telling her that he can buy her expensive gifts. In other words, he thinks he can buy Brooke the same way he bought the mansion!
Wynn just bought a house and is on cloud nine. And her neighbor Zack is sexy enough to have caught her eye. Not being good with men, though, she figures it'll never lead to anything... Then one night in the backyard, Wynn mistakes Zack for a trespasser and tackles him to the ground. With her body sprawled across his magnificent chest and in his arms, the two barely avoid a fiery kiss. But it will never work. What he's looking for is a woman who will make a perfect mother for his daughter. Family-oriented, delicate, sweet-the complete opposite of Wynn! But can the fire that's started up between them be extinguished?
"If it's a rich man you're after, perhaps I might suffice?" Proud Cristina's pride is torn to shreds by the scorn dripping from her ex-lover's proposal. Her family business is on the brink of bankruptcy, and her last chance to save it has come in the form of a party held by the Brazilian elite. She's there to find an investor, but no one's biting. No one, that is, except for Anton Scott-Lee-the president of one of the biggest banks in the world and Cristina's ex. He's held a grudge ever since they broke up. Now that she's come crawling back, he has his revenge. But he doesn't know the true reason Cristina tore his heart to shreds six years ago...
Wealthy business tycoon Nick has a proposal for Sasha Blake, and when she hears it, she can't believe her ears. If he doesn't get married soon, his father will sell the house his family has called home for generations...and he wants Sasha to enter into a marriage of convenience so he won't have to lose it. She answers his proposal with a swift, indignant rejection...until her parents beg her to marry Nick in a last-ditch effort to save the Blake family business. Now she's left with no choice but to tell Nick she'll marry him after all. There's just one problem: he was her first kiss seven years ago, and she's been saving herself for marriage ever since...but she can't let him know that!
Ruby, the youngest and most inexperienced of her sisters, went to a party solo one night where she met a very handsome man, Sander. She ended up going to bed with him. But the following morning, he totally changed his attitude toward her and kicked her out of his room. Six years have passed. The only thing that gives her life purpose is her twin sons. Out of nowhere, Sander appears and tries to take the children away from her, forcing her to make an bold proposition in order to spite this wealthy man!