Lord Gregory Havelock is a descendant of one of Britain's most established families. He has a sizable fortune and his looks aren't bad, either. Dozens of women among London's elite chase after him as a most eligible bachelor, and although he's sick of the attention, Havelock must get married. That is the condition that must be fulfilled for him to take his half sister into his care. Gregory consults with his friends and creates a list of the ideal traits he wants in his future bride. Then he meets Mary at a ball, a woman who appears to check every box on his list!
A woman who is not of the upper class, who has no close relatives, who looks presentable, who may or may not be poor. She should be modest and obedient, not seek love in matrimony and not be a halfwit. Most important, she must like children and be kind. Mary checks every box on Gregory's list of ideal characteristics for a wife, so he proposes to her and they are married. Everything has been going according to Gregory's plan, except that Mary is even more intelligent, charming and sincere than he expected. Will Gregory's conscience undermine his happiness?
Bella is thinking of running away from her stressful life as an actress when she suddenly remembers Sergio, her stepbrother. Though it may seem odd, he was her first love. After all, they aren't biologically related and he is dashingly handsome! Perhaps she can rely on him... Sergio, however, is bewildered by her phone call. He's done his best to avoid her ever since the day his desire for her first awoke! Still, now that he has become a powerful billionaire, maybe it isn't a bad idea to play a new game. What will happen to innocent Bella when she walks into Sergio's trap?
Scarlett was at an engagement party for billionaire businessman Raiden. Five years ago, Raiden and Scarlett made passionate love, but she was afraid of him finding out about her past, so she left him. She changed her face and name and was reborn as someone new, so there's no way he could know who she was. Yet somehow, as soon as Raiden sees her, he recognizes her as Scarlett! She tries to hide her feelings for him, but Raiden steps right up to her and holds her tight. Then he asks her to become his mistress!
Anna is a secretary in a Miami company. Her boss, Parker, is a good-looking man. Needless to say, she is attracted to him, but she never lets it show. One day Parker has a family meeting to discuss leadership of the company after his father's sudden death. After the family meeting, Parker decides to go to London on a whim and tells Anna to come with him. Anna can't help but feel excited by his invitation but reminds herself that he's still her boss. Little does she know that he's begun to have feelings for her, too!
After her accountant's betrayal, Brittany and her restaurant are in big trouble. What saves hopeless Brittany is the appearance of Emilio Jefferies, a famous and highly successful restaurant owner. He offers to help Brittany by buying half of her restaurant outright. Brittany cannot help but wonder why such a handsome and powerful man is helping her. Still, she is left with no choice and accepts his offer. Little does she know that Emilio is also after the beautiful Brittany...
Lindsey and Tim's marriage is like a bed of roses...at least it was supposed to be. Lindsey, who was abandoned by her parents and raised in an orphanage, and Tim, the son of a wealthy family, are deeply in love. Despite Tim's mother's cold attitude toward her and her unsatisfactory background, Lindsey tries to nurture her love with Tim. She believes that love can overcome any financial or societal struggle...but even she begins to have doubts when she sees her beloved husband embracing a beautiful blonde woman.
Here goes nothing! Rachel prepares herself to approach beautiful millionaire Rafaelle Villani. She needs the paparazzi to take a photo of her kissing him. And when she does finally kiss him, he responds just as passionately... While Rachel is caught in the moment, her brother's camera flashes in front of them. But the next second, Rafaelle is pulling her after him, whisking her away. Rachel hadn't planned for this-now what will happen to her?
Kiloran's family business is on the verge of bankruptcy thanks to their ex-accountant's misappropriation of company funds. That's why famous investor Adam Black is here. He used to work under her grandfather in the past, but now he's a successful businessman in his own right. Her grandfather has hired Adam to save their company, and Kiloran finds that the young Adam she used to know has become a gorgeous man. But upon reuniting, he still teases her like a child-can't he see that she's changed, too?
Josie, an event planner, met Gideon at a safari resort treehouse that she visited for work. He had unruly hair and a beard-his face was hidden behind them, making him hard to read. The worst part for Josie was that he was staying in the treehouse-he claimed he was convalescing there. She had to get him out as soon as possible. His suite was meant for a celebrity couple who was about to get married! But Josie, as enthusiastic as she was, didn't yet know about Gideon's surprising identity or the miracles he would perform.
When a multimillionaire is injured in a car accident, Sam ends up taking care of him. Xander is an international entrepreneur, one of the Sterne brothers and an infamous playboy with shining blond hair. Sam is a single mother who's survived a tremendous ordeal. She promises herself that she'll never do something so stupid as falling in love with a multimillionaire playboy. But will Sam be able to keep her cool when faced with his gorgeous body? Her resolve crumbles when his kindness and overwhelming charm shine through...
Esme couldn't speak when she saw the man who had appeared. The manor she'd grown up in was on the market, and Jack had showed up as a buyer. He was the son of the manor's former cook, and now he was a rich businessman. Ten years ago Esme had offered herself to him to comfort him when he was rejected by her older sister. The next day, Esme left home. Now they're meeting again after many years, and Esme has a secret she doesn't want him to know!
Nurse Dervla is married to Gianfranco, an entrepreneur who rules the financial world and who has both an impressive pedigree and good looks. However, he won't allow for love or children in their marriage. Dervla really wants to have his child, but it can never happen because she is barren. So when she finds out there may be a small chance she could get pregnant, she tells Gianfranco about the treatments. He, however, becomes angry, telling her she must not get pregnant! Is it because he doesn't love her that he doesn't want to have a child with her?
Annie, princess of Grunberg, has come all the way to America to be a bridesmaid in her friend's wedding. She feels like there's something waiting for her in this new world, and indeed, soon after arriving, she finds herself being shot at by an escaped felon! The man who comes to her rescue looks just like a storybook knight with eyes the color of chocolate. She quickly falls for her savior...until she learns his name. He's her friend's fiance! Her love story must end before it can even begin...
Ella can't believe her domineering father has ordered her to marry Australian businessman Donato Salazar. Her father orchestrated the marriage in order to receive financial support to save his company from the brink of bankruptcy. Now that her gorgeous older sister has run away, Ella is being made to take her place. She thinks there's no way a billionaire like him would ever accept plain Ella after being promised her sister. But as soon as Donato meets her, he falls head over heels and wants to make her his wife! Surprised and bewildered, Ella soon uncovers his dark, hidden past, a past that will change her life forever!
Xander, prodigal prince and the infamous firstborn heir to the throne of Kyonos, a small island kingdom in the Aegean Sea, has returned home. Layna is at a loss for words when her former fiance, who now appears before her for the first time in fifteen years, demands that she come with him. Once a candidate to be queen, Layna is now a shadow of her former self, living a quiet life as a nun in training. So why has he returned now? It's because of him that Layna's heart and body are permanently scarred, so she refuses his command. But resisting him won't be so easy.
After the loss of her mother, Zarah goes to visit her aunt, whom she hasn't seen since she was a young child, but she is greeted instead by a young man named Stein, who introduces himself as her aunt's son. He seems aggressive from the start, his cold smile no comfort. It turns out that Zarah's aunt has passed away and left her a huge inheritance. Though it's a complete surprise to her, Stein believes Zarah is nothing more than a gold digger. Her intention had only been to uncover the mystery of her birth, but the condition of the inheritance states that she must live in her aunt's house for six months before she can claim her legacy. Will she be able to handle red-hot Stein's icy attitude until then?
Marianne has always wanted to be a writer, so when her aunt Lillian asked if she'd help her boss, oil baron Ward, write his memoirs, she hurried to Texas. Apparently Ward is about to pass away, and Marianne wants to do her best to help him write his life's story. But the Ward who ultimately appears before her is anything but ill-in fact, he looks to be a very healthy, not to mention handsome, man. It turns out it was all a ploy by her aunt to get the two of them together. Unfortunately, Marianne realizes it too late-she's already caught in Ward's dangerously seductive trap!
Nita hired Connor to guard her farm after multiple incidents of harassment, and the handsome, reliable man soon became indispensable. Nita wanted to show Connor her gratitude, so one night, she headed to his bedroom to show him how much she appreciated him. Connor, however, stubbornly refused her advances. He was the perfect man, so why was he rejecting her?
Angie was undergoing fertility treatments with her husband when she finally became pregnant, but then the clinic told her that she had been accidentally inseminated with another couple's fertilized egg! Her husband left her in a fit of rage, but she decided to give birth to the child and give it to its proper parents. There was no way she could end the life she had been blessed with. But when she meets Dominic Pirelli, the baby's true father, in person, he sneers at her appearance and scathingly asks how much money she wants!
With her father, Eliana attends a ball held by genius businessman Rafael Moreno Salazar. She knows he is the only hope for her father's company, which is in dire straits, but for some reason she feels uneasy. Then a handsome man, exuding danger, appears before her, and with the exchange of a passionate kiss, she is head over heels for him. Is this the beginning of a sweet love? Or is it a cruel deception?
Unable to let go of her hatred for her father, Olivia instead directs her negative feelings toward her husband, Caspar, and insists on a divorce. Caspar thus sets off on a motorcycle journey across America, hoping he can ultimately reconcile with his wife. Olivia returns home to England along with her daughters and finds the life of a single mother challenging. She has hardly anyone to turn to, as the rest of the Crighton family have their own lives to attend to. Just when Olivia thinks all is lost, she is unexpectedly reunited with her father, who wants to make amends with his family. Can she really let this man back into her life? Could doing so heal her marriage?
Leonie has traveled to an island in Greece to meet her great-grandfather for the first time. After her deceased parents eloped, Leonie lost contact with the Caprel family and any right to inherit their fortune. Still, knowing he doesn't have much time left to live, Argon Caprel wants to reconnect with his great-grandchild. Leonie also meets her second cousin Paul, a well-known playboy. Heartbroken from a recent breakup, Leonie is sick and tired of playboys, but she has trouble ignoring his dashing good looks. And that's before Argon decides to make Leonie the head of the family...but only if she marries Paul!
Ten years ago, Sybilla's childhood friend Gareth, who was a few years older than she, cruelly shattered her heart, and now he's returned home from America following his grandfather's death. All those years ago Gareth said he found Sybilla's affection annoying, and those words carved a deep wound in Sybilla's heart that still hurts her to this day. But now he's grown even more handsome than he was before, and the feelings she thought she'd buried deep down are desperate to make themselves known. She knows it's stupid, and she knows she'll just end up getting hurt, but it seems her heart won't be denied.
Queen Elena of the island kingdom of Thallia is set to marry the new sheikh of Kadar. However, as soon as she sets foot in his country, she is captured by a mysterious man named Khalil. He fixes Elena with a golden-eyed glare and declares that he is the rightful ruler of Kadar. He then takes Elena to a desert village, where she is touched by his kindness. Things aren't always what they seem, he tells her, and she can sense the truth in his words. But though Elena's heart has begun to open to Khalil, she believes that to him she's nothing more than a pawn he can use to take his throne.
Callie drops everything and rushes to Texas when her dear aunt Mamie is sent to the hospital. Mamie, close to seventy years old now, continues to work as the personal secretary for the well-connected Texas oil baron Hank Langley. It takes a certain kind of heartlessness to keep a woman of that age working so hard... And then Callie learns that she'll need to take over her aunt's job while she's in the hospital! What will it be like to work for this demanding, sexy Texan? Only time will tell.
When Jemma, a secretary, first meets Leon Stephanades, her boss's wealthy Greek client, she's unable to take her eyes off him. His smile almost makes her heart burst. Jemma tells herself she mustn't fall for the playboy-he changes lovers as often as her parents and her boss do! In any case, he's a confirmed bachelor who hates being tied down. Nevertheless, aware of Jemma's gaze, Leon tugs her toward him and softly promises, "No conditions, no promises. But while we're together, I'll be yours only." Though annoyed by his arrogance, Jemma is unable to resist his kiss.
Ally was speechless when she saw her husband, Finn, again after two months apart. They'd fallen in love and eloped in the blink of an eye, but their marriage didn't last. The successor to one of the biggest jewelry companies in the world, he took her to his hometown right after they got married. But his disposition soon turned stony, and he devoted all his time to his work, never giving his lonely wife a second thought. Deeply hurt, she left his house out of desperation. But now Finn is back in Ally's life and looking at her with passionate eyes. What could have led to such a change?
Caitlin works at a hotel while raising Fleur, the daughter of her cousin, Amelie, who was killed in a car accident. One day, a sexy guest named Matthew Delaney stays at the hotel. Caitlin thought she would never love again after her boyfriend's betrayal, but she could still enjoy the comfort of a sweet night with the attractive hotel guest. The next morning, a single phone call threatens to erase her wonderful dream. Matthew answers and refers to himself as Rhys Morgan, Amelie's ex-husband! Why has he come to the hotel where Caitlin works...and why is he using a fake name?
Paige is working on her next creation in her workshop when a strange man appears and shouts, "Fire!" Thanks to him-her new Russian neighbor-her house is saved from burning to the ground. Stefan is so sexy that her heart starts pounding, but she's not one to fall in love, preferring to live in solitude. Then he begins coming by her house for English lessons day after day... And before she knows it, he's become a part of her life!
Amaya disappeared the day after her engagement ceremony. Her mother had called to warn her that her fiance, Sheikh Kavian, kept a harem of women. She was shocked and determined not to repeat her mother's painful experiences-her mother, unable to accept her husband's harem, had decided to forfeit a life of luxury to raise Amaya on her own. But six months after Amaya's disappearance, Kavian has tracked her down...and he's determined to show her the harem she fled.
Jillian was on a trip to Venice when she was swept off her feet by a man she'd only just met...and she agreed to marry him! But it turned out that he's a con artist who already has a wife and child. So Jillian ran out of the chapel in her wedding dress without a penny left to her name. She's crying by the canal, feeling like the biggest fool on earth, when a gorgeous man bumps into her and asks if he can help. He takes her in, and his house is an honest-to-goodness mansion! Jillian feels as if she's wandered into another dream. Her rescuer is the Duke of Destino, one of the most eligible bachelors in all of Europe, and he's offered to hire her as his secretary!
Louisa is the editor of a magazine, and one night she falls for a man named Luke, whom she meets at a party. He looks just like a Greek god, and he steals her heart in an instant... It feels like fate when they make love, and Louisa is overjoyed. But then she finds out that his real motive was revenge! It seems Louisa wrote an article about him a while back and he was just looking for a way to get even. Three months later, Louisa is doing her best to put it all behind her. She's become totally absorbed in her work, but then, out of the blue, Luke appears in her office! She can't seem to resist his magnetic pull...but has he forgotten what he did to her?
Tessa heads to her first day at a new job full of hope and nerves, but her new boss, Curtis, fires her on the spot. It turns out he wasn't looking for a competent assistant, just a beautiful one...and apparently she doesn't stack up! Though he's handsome, he's also oppressive. And though she may be plain, she's no pushover. She convinces him to give her a chance-she'll just have to prove the value of her work! He gives Tessa a three-month trial period, and eventually, he praises her as a valuable member of his team. But his sweet smiles cause her heart to pound and throb painfully. She knows he only dates glamorous beauties. She knows she'll only end up getting hurt. And yet she can't resist him!
Tessa heads to her first day at a new job full of hope and nerves, but her new boss, Curtis, fires her on the spot. It turns out he wasn't looking for a competent assistant, just a beautiful one...and apparently she doesn't stack up! Though he's handsome, he's also oppressive. And though she may be plain, she's no pushover. She convinces him to give her a chance-she'll just have to prove the value of her work! He gives Tessa a three-month trial period, and eventually, he praises her as a valuable member of his team. But his sweet smiles cause her heart to pound and throb painfully. She knows he only dates glamorous beauties. She knows she'll only end up getting hurt. And yet she can't resist him!
When Kiley awakens in the hospital after her accident, the first person she sees is an absolutely gorgeous man. His name is Nicolo and he says that he's her husband. Kiley has lost her memory and doesn't remember a thing about her past or her family. She soon learns that Nicolo is a famous millionaire, but she gradually grows suspicious of her too-good-to-be-true situation, given that she's not a celebrity and wouldn't travel in the same social circles as Nicolo. So how on earth would they ever have met? As she searches for the truth behind her accident, what she finds is something she could never have expected!
Carly was elated by famous millionaire Stefano's passionate proposal of marriage. But just three months into that marriage, Carly was dragged down from the heights of happiness into loveless misery. Stefano was barely ever home and, worse, he had a mistress. So Carly fled the mansion, only realizing afterward that she was pregnant. Seven years later, their child, whom she has been raising on her own, comes down with a serious illness, and she is unable to pay the massive cost of the surgery. She has only one choice...to ask Stefano for help. Furious that she has kept the existence of his child a secret all these years, he puts a condition on his help-they must become husband and wife once again.
Jocelyn is the second bride to have been offered to Connor MacLerie, the "wife-killing beast." And, since he's about to become an earl, all he wants is a son to succeed him. Their first night together was miserable, which was quite fitting considering their marriage was nothing more than a transaction. And Jocelyn fears she might be killed if she fails to deliver a son. Her straightforward personality helps her get along with the castle residents, though, and one day she discovers a subtle, hidden kindness in the heart of the beast. She also learns that he refuses to kiss her. The sorrow Jocelyn feels leaves her perplexed; has she fallen in love with her husband despite herself?
Lizzy works for the queen of Morgan Isle. She generally prefers a professional look with a bun, a pair of glasses and conservative fashion. But tonight, she's wearing a golden dress and contact lenses to attend a ball at the palace. While there, Prince Ethan asks her to dance with him. Because of her dramatic change, he doesn't realize who she is. She decides to go along with it and enjoy a dreamy evening. She takes his hand and they exchange a passionate kiss. The next day, everything is sure to return to normal...
Elise, a reputable matchmaker, was making an appearance on a talk show when CEO Dax Wakefield showed up and criticized her methods. That's how she ends up in a wager to see if she can find the right woman for him. However, as the interview to create his data profile proceeds, she finds herself attracted to him. Such a funny thing. But Elise is going to be a lot more surprised when she enters his data and her computer informs her that she is his best match!