Tess and Rafe are childhood friends. They've never really seen each other as more than that in the past (well, almost never). When Tess returned to her hometown as a single parent, Rafe, despite being very surprised, was there to support the two of them as a friend. Until, one night, everything changes. A distraught Tess has been told that her son may be taken away from her, and Rafe is there to comfort her. And in doing so he comes to the realization that he wants to be more than just friends. Can he be the man Tess and her child deserve?
Allegra lost her newborn baby and barely held on to her own life in a car accident. She spent six months in England for treatment without regaining any recollections of the accident, but her husband, Miguel, never came to visit her, maybe because he was too busy managing his business empire based in Mexico. She returns to Mexico to find out what really happened to her only to have Miguel accuse her of cheating on him. And without her memories, how is she to defend herself?
Interior designer Katie is working at Count Giovanni's estate in Tuscany. Since losing his wife a few years ago, the count has gained a reputation as a philanderer. But since Katie isn't interested in workplace romantic entanglements, she decides his personal life is no business of hers. Until he kisses her at a party! Just one kiss is enough to entrance her, but will it be enough to change her life?
Billionaire Rocco D'Angelo suddenly appears in front of Emma, a widowed single mother raising her daughter. He wants to take his grandmother, who's been living alone, back to Italy with him, so he asks Emma to join them as her private nurse...and he's ready to pay her handsomely to do it! Lavished with his dangerous charm, Emma is tempted to enjoy this privileged lifestyle as if she were a D'Angelo herself. But she can't let herself take it seriously. Because Rocco's been clear from the very beginning-he doesn't believe in love or marriage...
When Caitlin's father dies, he doesn't leave her a thing-except for a job at his company. But after repeated failures at work, she learns that the working world isn't as easy as the pampered life of luxury she once enjoyed. Caitlin's boss, Joe, spends quite a bit of time yelling at her, yet he can't help growing fond of her. One day Caitlin goes to Joe's office to complain after a coworker calls her a dumb blonde, but instead of resolving the problem, Joe takes her in his arms and kisses her!
Helen and her daughter's ferry docks at a small Greek island where she hopes to reconcile with her father, who separated from the family years before. She's aghast when the man who shows up to welcome her turns out to be Milos Stephanides, the very man who seduced her and threw her away when she was just a teenager! In the past, she never found it in herself to tell him she was pregnant with his baby. After all, Milos was married! He's the last man Helen wants to see. But with his piercing gaze, she feels the burning passion they once shared stirring again...
Celia, an environmental designer, is requested for a job in the Sultanate of Oman. Shockingly, her client is Sheikh Salim, her ex-lover who unexpectedly left her four years ago. Celia balks, but before long, Salim's passionate zeal for his work-the redevelopment of a lost city that has slept under the sands for centuries into a resort-wins her over and she accepts the job. Work goes smoothly, but just as she did four years ago, Celia finds herself unable to resist Salim's charms. And there's something she's never told him: she has a daughter...his daughter!
Carys's ex-lover Alessandro, an Italian count in the Mattani family, has reappeared. They met two years ago at a ski resort, where Carys instantly fell in love with his passion, sexy body and vibrant emerald eyes. She believed her happiness would last forever, but he doubted Carys's fidelity and cruelly threw her away. Carys's bitter memories of their past heighten her unease, until he ensnares her with the same meltingly sweet, forceful kiss that seduced her once before!
Lily came to Rome at her brother's invitation. She was escorted from the airport to the palace, but her brother wasn't there. Instead she found the beautiful Count Dmitri Scarletti, the stuff of classical Greek sculpture! With cold eyes, he looked at Lily and told her that his sister and her brother had eloped. What's more, he plans to hold her at the palace until her brother brings his sister back to him. All of the servants are on vacation, and Lily is alone in this huge palace with the dangerous Dmitri...
When she was only eighteen years old, she fell in love with the then-struggling artist Rafael Alejandro while vacationing in Paris. She's never confessed it to her friends, but before her return home, she married him! There are only three months left until the end of their five-year separation period, but that means, for the time being, she and the now-famous Rafael are still technically a married couple...
For just one night, shy Tina wishes she could be a woman who is confident and attractive. So when she meets a devilishly handsome man at Carnival in Venice, she casts caution to the wind and gives her virginity to him. They remain masked and spend an enchanted night together. But the very next morning when Tina peeks underneath his mask while he sleeps, she discovers her brother's rival-Nico! Shocked by the irony of fate, she runs away without a word only to find, two months later, that she is carrying his baby!
Her father's research project can only be completed with photographs of the frieze in the desert, and the only way she can get there is by joining Fraser Mallory's survey expedition. However, there are two problems: her father and Fraser had a falling out with each other a long time ago, and Fraser never works with women. But there is a way to solve both problems at once-she'll become "Corey" and pass herself off as a man!
Lucas's secretary, Emma, drove through heavy snow to deliver documents to her boss, but when she arrived, Lucas kicked her out. Known for his calm demeanor, it was unlike him to act out... Though, come to think of it, he acted strangely last year on this same day. The weather worsens, and the two find themselves alone in his old castle. Emma is determined to help him deal with the past scars he confided in her and accepts his sudden kiss, followed by a steamy evening together. But will this merely be a single evening of comfort...or the start of something more?
Decima Ross, unmarried at twenty-seven, has resigned herself to the life of a spinster. Her height and spindly figure have made finding a match difficult. Then, in the middle of a snowstorm, she meets Adam Grantham, Viscount Weston. The two are snowed in for days in a hunting lodge, alone but for two servants who are laid up in bed. Although they bond while caring for their servants and the house, Decima parts with no plans to see Adam again. Adam searches for her, but is stopped by his own engagement. The path to love is filled with twists and turns and mismatched partners, but fate will always try to set things right.
Stella Greco's child, Nicky, is the result of artificial insemination. Stella has no intention of ever bringing the anonymous donor, or any father for that matter, into their lives. Unfortunately, the anonymous donor is Vasco Montoya, King of Montmajor, who is eager to seize this chance to continue his family line without being forced into a marriage. He wants his son in Montmajor, and Stella isn't willing to give up her child. To compromise, Vasco invites Stella to work restoring ancient texts in the palace library for a month, so she can see what life would be like for her and Nicky. Neither of them ever expected to fall in love, but then, loving a royal isn't easy.
Isabel stumbles upon an abandoned baby on the beach at dawn. She picks up the baby without any hesitation and flags a car on the road. She asks the driver to take her and the baby to the hospital. After putting the baby in the care of the hospital, she's surprised to know who was driving the car. He's a famous architect, Craig Jaeger! What she knows about him is that he's a stubborn man. She gets agitated after knowing that she forced a man like him to be the driver. Despite her concern, he treats the baby with care. His kindness impacts her heart in a whole different way.
Ali's goal is buying a house to make her mother happy, which is why she became a model-to earn her nest egg. One day, she receives news that her uncle died and left his estate to her! There's one condition she has to meet, which is that she must marry within a month of his death. She decides a marriage of convenience is the answer, so she proposes a deal to window cleaner Jethro. He then gives her a piercing stare, looking totally different from his usual sweet self, and she wonders who he really is.
Christy secretly harbors feelings for Dominic, who has looked out for her ever since she was a little girl. On Valentine's Day when she was seventeen, she offered her virginity to him, but he reacted surprisingly coldly, and cruelly crushed her adolescent feelings. Christy ran away shortly afterward, leaving her hometown behind. It's been eight years since then, and Christy must now return to take care of her mother. She has an unexpected reunion with Dominic, who is working as a doctor in town and who is more charming than ever! His handsome face and strong arms... He's stolen her heart in an instant...again!
Anstey suddenly appears in front of millionaire Cale holding a baby in her arms. Thinking she is after his money, he tries to turn her away, but then she tells him that the child belongs to Cale's younger brother. And she explains that she's not the mother of the child, either; she's taking care of the baby for her best friend. Being unable to go to work because of the newborn has put her in quite a tough spot, and she's come to ask Cale to help her out since he's related to the baby by blood. Cale agrees to assist her, and he takes the two of them to his mother's home. But Cale's mother misunderstands and wrongly assumes the baby is Cale and Anstey's. And now she's making all kind of preparations for their wedding!
One day Savannah, an excellent nanny, is requested for an assignment by her former lover Declan. Seven years ago, he left Savannah to try to make things work with his ex-wife for the sake of his child. However, after divorcing his ex-wife again, he asks Savannah to watch after his child. Unable to refuse his request, she agrees to go on a camping trip with him and his daughter, Jacey. Which sounds like fun, except that Jacey is in the middle of a rebellious phase. How will Savannah deal with this clueless father and his difficult daughter?
After the death of her mother, Izzy finally learns the truth behind her birth. Deep in despair, she is captivated by a man named Roman, and they spend the night together. However, the next morning he disappears, and their brief romance ends there. A year later, the two meet again by coincidence. Izzy is beautiful as always, but she is now carrying a baby in her arms. Roman assumes that after spending the night with him, she went and had another man's baby. And for some reason, he finds he resents her for this. Soon, however, he starts to harbor doubts... Is it just Roman, or does the baby bear more than a passing resemblance to him?
Travis Falcon has leaped to stardom in a single bound, but he has one problem. The gossip rags are making a fuss over a certain incident between him and a woman, so his boss has ordered him to date a proper lady. Just then, he encounters the perfect candidate for the role: Charlene, who found her way into the studio following another actor. Travis and she decide to pretend to be dating, and ultimately, they forge a bond like that between brother and sister. Until one night, when everything changes...
Naomi, who works at an antique store, has a chance meeting at the opera house with Bran, a celebrated artist. Her older sister, Diana, urges Naomi to apply to be his personal assistant and gather information for her. Bran has a distaste for the media, and Diana is a journalist who has been searching for the inside scoop on him. Unable to turn down her beloved sister's plea, Naomi sends Bran her resume. She's hired in a flash and, hounded by guilt, goes to work for him under false pretenses. And she soon learns that Bran has a horrible secret!
Six years after Nyree lost parents in a traffic accident, was sent away to boarding school and had her inheritance stolen from her, the headmistress of her school, Ms. Em, tracks down Nyree's estranged great-uncle to plead for his help in securing her future. Now, at the age of nineteen, Nyree finds herself in the tropical town of Hollister to inherit her great-uncle's small house on a sugarcane plantation. As soon as she arrives, she meets Brant, a man who oozes attractiveness. Their meeting seems like fate until Nyree learns he's a business tycoon out to take her land away!
Gwen Sawyer, a popular decorum instructor among upper-class girls, is hired to be a live-in tutor to the daughter of the distinguished Harrison family. The family is headed by Will Harrison, who is the CEO of HarCorp...and Dallas's most eligible bachelor. However, on their first meeting, Gwen finds him to be an arrogant man who thinks money can solve everything and who only sees women as things. Gwen is determined to teach him some manners, too, but she has no idea what a dangerous man she is trying to deal with!
Sherazad is perplexed by the sensual feelings that suddenly arise in her after she accidentally shoots Lorenzo, a world-famous surgeon, in the arm! They were ambushed while traveling as part of a medical team in the Balkans. And during the attack, she accidentally injured Lorenzo. Yet when they returned to camp, there was passion in Lorenzo's eyes. A dangerous romance is about to begin!
Rebecca's heart fluttered with excitement when she found out her first love was advertising in the local paper for a wife. Rebecca had been in love with Zach Whitelaw since she was a teenager. She'd tried everything to get the older man's attention. But back then her love was not reciprocated and Zach fell in love with another woman. Maybe he will fall for her now that she's twenty-three years old... Upon their reunion, Zach crushes Rebecca's hopes with his heartless conditions for their marriage, among them the demand that she must become pregnant within twelve months or the marriage will be forfeit. Still, Rebecca decides to follow her heart and take on the challenge!
Princess Jules, who was raised strictly, is ordered to marry the Crown Prince of an island kingdom in the Mediterranean. Her small hope for the freedom she cannot have in her home country is crushed when she meets the same reality after she sails across the sea: women here are seen as property. During her brief span of freedom before the wedding, she resolves to slip out into the city disguised as a man. In the harbor, Jules meets a second prince-Alejandro. With his masculine face and pirate-like behavior, he is the opposite of his brother, the graceful Crown Prince. Is Jules at risk of falling for the wrong prince?
Shelby is introduced to Pete, a good-looking and competent guy. Everyone who meets Pete is attracted to him. However, Shelby cannot open her heart to anybody because she is traumatized by a tragedy that happened to her during her childhood. Though Pete tries unreservedly to connect with her, she can't do it. Shelby is too deeply hurt but Pete doesn't give up and she soon feels his warmth unexpectedly stirring her heart...
Sara, who works in a bookstore, is interested in Jared Cameron, one of her customers. A handsome man who has just moved to town, he's not the type to be open with others. But there is something sweet in his attitude that only Sara can see, and she quickly falls in love with him. One day he is escorting Sara home from a party when meaningful conversation and a kiss ignite their passions. Sara is swept away by the romance of it all, but the night that began so sweetly will soon become terribly cruel.
Jewell was raised by a wealthy family and has been spoiled all her life. But after the death of her father, everything changed. All his assets went to her brother. Once Jewell was left penniless, her engagement was broken off, her friends deserted her and she was forced out of her mansion. With no place to go, she's helped out by Clay, the handsome and sexy manager of a gas station. Though he's undeniably appealing, Jewell is determined to keep her distance-after all, he will hardly fit into her life once she's clawed her way back into high society!
Crushed beneath enormous debt, Angel decides to risk it all by going to a party for the rich and famous to find a husband and turn her life around! If all goes well, she'll finally be free. And during the party, who should approach her but Earl Rafe McFarland, ruggedly handsome, scarred and, of course, very rich. So Angel steels herself to do anything to get him to marry her-anything.
Maddy is an event planner working for the famous jewelry designer Aleksei Petrov. As soon as he asks her to help him organize a tour of Europe, she realizes she has a problem. He's so attractive she can barely control herself around him. Before long Maddy can't resist his charms, and her relationship with Aleksei crosses the line between professional and personal. But she knows it can't last. To Aleksei, Maddy's no more than the object of his desire, and until she can get over her painful past, Maddy knows no relationship of hers can truly have a future.
Rachel Lerini, a tremendously capable nurse, thinks she's perfectly content with her life-until Dr. Luca Cavaletti comes along. He pursues her from the moment they first meet. With looks that could win any woman over, the young surgeon is the picture of Italian charm. She has no idea how to handle him, but she does feel him winning her over...and that's a problem because-despite her talent for healing others-she has wounds that still haven't mended.
Sara's at a party hosted by millionaire Max, when her shoes start hurting her poor feet. But the last thing she expects is for the master of the house to tend to her himself! Up close he's so sexy and charming that she's entranced. Sara is carried back to the party in his strong arms and is stunned by the jealousy she encounters on their return. Max doesn't seem to pay it any attention, though. After all, jealousy is nothing new to him-when one has as much wealth and power as he does, nothing is impossible. So why, Sara wonders, is he turning his possessive eyes toward her?
Elementary school teacher Prudence is mountain climbing and camping with some of her students. Worried for her safety, her father sends his subordinate Sergeant Joe Wilder to look after the group, but he doesn't seem happy to be there. Prudence doesn't know what to make of him, but when she watches him closely, she notices that he answers every one of the children's questions. What a mysterious man... Joe possesses both the cool side and wild side characteristic of a marine, and Prudence finds herself drawn to him. And before they're done, both her heart and a sudden blizzard will conspire to bring them even closer together!
She woke up to find herself in a beautiful seaside cottage, and sleeping across from her was a man she'd never met! And that wasn't the only thing she couldn't remember! It soon became clear that she'd lost her memory. Recognizing her predicament, the man explained that he was Muir Igram, the hotel owner, and that he'd helped when he saw her lying unconscious on the beach. Accepting his help, she started work as his secretary, but she's beginning to doubt if her memory will ever return...
After her mother chose to remarry Wade, the owner of a ranch in Canada, Brenna and Nathan became stepsiblings. Despite her suspicions that he is a devil in disguise, Brenna is captivated by his charm and ends up spending the night with him. Once she finds out the truth about the Wade family, though, she packs her things and runs away to England. However, after one year, he suddenly reappears in her life. Although she is taken aback by their sudden reunion, she can't help but fall victim to his charm, just like last time...
Jeff, a world-class racer, died in an accident, leaving his wife, Luanne, behind... A small hand reaches out to comfort the despair-stricken Luanne. Her young yet wise firstborn son, Chase, is not actually Jeff's son. He's the son of Alek, Prince of Carpathia, the only man Luanne ever loved. But Alek cruelly abandoned Luanne, and since then she's been nursing her resentment and stifling her irrepressible love for him. Now Alek has suddenly appeared before her-he wants to take his son and make him the heir to the throne!
Claire is living a quiet life, just her and the baby on beautiful Sapphire Island, when she's captivated by a man who's come to visit her sister, Flora, on the same day a big storm is approaching. This handsome man, Jack Dysart, exudes a dazzlingly charm. He's a playboy from a famous rich family and Flora's ex-boyfriend. Upon his arrival, Jack finds out that Flora has passed away, but seeing Claire and the baby, he finds himself surprisingly worried about them and offers his help. What he doesn't know is that the baby Claire is holding is actually his!