International entrepreneur Garth was diagnosed with a difficult illness and forced to rest. For a while, he tried to hide his identity and he spent his time on a ranch. One night when his absent neighbors asked him to check on their ranch while they were out of town, he was suddenly hit on the head by a woman who mistook him for a trespasser! From then on, the woman, Tiffany, felt she needed to look after Garth. Garth spent a night with kind Tiffany, but she still had no idea just how rich he really was...
Persephone, born into an aristocratic family, can't find her place in society. One day, she meets a man she doesn't know when she's out horseback riding. She abruptly runs away the moment she sees the man's piercing beautiful eyes, but he captures her in his castle in the valley. Scared at what he might have planned for her, Persephone finds out that this man, Hades, is actually a handsome, highly educated, sophisticated man. She's sent back home safely a few months later and now she's ready for the Season. She's completely taken aback by a marquess she meets there-it's Hades!
It's been six years since Selina and her ex-husband, Rion, last saw each other. Selina's grandfather has suddenly passed away and left Selina in a tough spot. Over the last few years of his life, Selina's grandfather developed a gambling addiction and lost the entirety of his fortune. In order to save his home, Selina will need to find the money to pay off the remainder of his debts. Suddenly Rion appears and Selina, forced into a tight spot, has no other choice but to ask him for help. Unfortunately, Rion's help comes at a price. Left with nowhere else to turn, Selina can do nothing but accept his demands.
Named the best model in the world, Jemima, who is no romantic, is forced by her manager to find a boyfriend in an effort to improve her public image. Feeling pressured, she leaves for a small island in the Caribbean. There she meets a mysterious man named Niall, who challenges her with his sweet seductions. On this island that was once a pirate hideout, Niall promises Jemima an unforgettable day. But he has yet to learn the real reason why Jemima is so hesitant to fall in love...
Talented computer designer Dana bumped into her coolheaded and shrewd boss, Griffin, while she was carrying a large amount of alcohol. He believed the alcohol was actually hers, and seeing his mood, Dana quickly ran off. Both of them were left with bad first impressions, and each time they met, those impressions were only strengthened. But when Griffin learned about a particular secret, his impression of Dana completely changed, and her impression of him slowly began to change, as well. Maybe one can have a second chance at first impressions after all.
Matt, the CEO of the world-famous House of Valente, was an object of desire for every woman. One night, Lana seduced Matt and they spent a dreamy night together. Their encounter left Lana pregnant, but she gave birth without being able to tell Matt about the baby. A year and a half later, Matt shocked Lana by showing up on her doorstep. In order to make the baby a legitimate Valente heir, he proposed a yearlong marriage. He said that if Lana refused, he'd sue her for embezzlement and take the child away. But Lana defended her innocence. How could he say such a cruel thing to her?
Mallory took in her nephew, Matthew, after her brother and his wife died, and she vowed to raise the child with all the love she had. But Matthew's uncle, the wild Jordan, said that he was going to sell their house, and she had to get out. He was the owner, and he had been against his sister's marriage to Mallory's brother. When Jordan learned about little Matthew's existence, he started fighting for custody, but Mallory wouldn't give up on Matthew that easily. Maybe Jordan's surprising proposal of a loveless marriage of convenience is the answer all three of them need!
Elizabeth Lamb is a college researcher who simply loves old books-her love comes from her uncles, who run Lamb's Tales, a bookstore. In a recent acquisition, they stumbled upon the La Fleche de St. Clair, a glorious golden necklace with a crimson heart in the center. Elizabeth is tasked with returning this very important family heirloom from the Hawk Hotels estate to the family. Her personal fears of losing the necklace on her trip give way once she meets the dashingly damaged Jean-Jacques Hawkwood, the youngest heir in the family, who is close with his elderly, Holocaust-survivor grandfather. The necklace belonged to his grandfather's wife and is one of the few physical treasures he's kept all these years. While it's a simple accident that it ended up in Elizabeth's hands, Jack Hawk may take this lamb to slaughter over her supposed thievery. Did she steal their necklace...or just his heart?
Emma was framed for a crime she didn't commit. While serving years in prison for embezzlement, she's had one promise in her life that has kept her focused: seeing her daughter, Lexi, once she gets out. When she is released early for medical care, she takes the opportunity to bring her lawyer, John, to the Greek island where her daughter lives with her late husband's brother, Leon. He has been raising Lexi like his own and is protective of her. He doesn't want an ex-con to have anything to do with the young girl, but when Emma makes her appearance back in his life, they begin to unravel the hate and animosity that's built up between them...not to mention the mysterious circumstances of the crime that landed her in jail in the first place. Can they find room for Lexi and one another in their hearts?
Juliet Zaccaro is getting a double dose of reality all in one day: she's found out she's pregnant on her wedding day. The problem is she doesn't love the man she's marrying, nor is the child his! When she leaves the groom at the altar, her sisters talk to an investigator they know from an ongoing fashion fraud case: Reid McCormack of McCormack Private Investigations. Reid will have no problem tracking down Juliet...since he's been seeing her! Spurned during a previous attempt at marriage, Reid has considered the possibility that he may just not be marriage material, but with Juliet just as conflicted about her own marriage potential, the two might find that they have a good reason to stay together: after all, the kid is his! Is that enough for two people to fall in love, or do Juliet and Reid need more than a child before they can walk down the aisle?
A story by USA Today bestselling author becomes a comic!Da Silva Castle, near Salamanca, is a great location for a movie shoot, which is why it's currently hosting a medieval production starring Lexie Anderson. The young actor is to share some steamy scenes with her heartthrob costar, but she just can't find any on-screen chemistry with him. The movie drags on without her truly investing in the role until she explores the castle around the set and runs into Cesar Da Silva, the owner of the property! A young and reclusive heir, Cesar has made it his life's goal to live quietly and out of the eyes of the press. When he and Lexie meet, two worlds collide: that of a woman who feels she can't love a man and is constantly in the news, and that of a man who's sworn off women and made an art form of dodging the media. Can these two leads find a common narrative, or will their love story wrap before it even begins?
Penny, a single mother, has gone on a dream trip to Rome with her five-year-old daughter. It was her hard-earned one-month-long vacation. She was excited because she was able to rent a house in a luxurious city. The night Penny arrived, after she fell into a deep sleep to recover from the exhaustion of traveling, she was woken up, and a man she didn't know was standing at the end of her bed! He wanted to know what she was doing in his bed. What on earth was he talking about?
What did I do to deserve this? Engaged to be married at an early age, Anna devoted her life to becoming the future queen of Santina. Little did she imagine that her fiance would fall in love with another woman and announce his engagement on TV... To avoid embarrassing her parents and the royal family, Anna attends her ex-fiance's engagement party, where she is humiliated in front of the crowd and the media. But she is saved when gorgeous billionaire Leo appears in front of her. He then spirits Anna away from the palace and tries to seduce her...with a date that goes terribly wrong!
Pepper is next in line to inherit a large American corporation owned by her grandmother. But she has her doubts about living life on her grandmother's terms, so she throws it all away to start her own business in London. On her flight there, she bumps into a very handsome man in the aisle of the plane and her heart beats faster than she knew was possible. A few days later, she runs into the same man in the least likely of places! His name is Steven Konig. And when Pepper is in a television debate, he's...her opponent! He makes her heart pound, yet she can't believe the harsh words that are coming out of his mouth...
Catherine has a chance meeting with Hakim, an heir to the throne of Jawar, at the library where she works. He seems just like a prince out of a fairy tale... She falls for him with one glance, and the two begin a passionate romance. One day, he proposes to her out of the blue. Catherine is thrilled...until she learns that it was all just an elaborate ploy. He then whisks her away to the burning sands of the desert! Catherine doesn't know what Hakim's motives are, just that she seems to be trapped far from home... What is he trying to do? This volume also features the story about a love affair between Charlie, an art conservator, and Orlando, the strong-willed Venetian man who hires her to consult on a painting he's recently acquired.
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...