But to Kathryn Mary Kilpatrick he was a guardian stricter than the father she'd lost. She tried to rebel in the arms of another man...until a furious Blake promised to teach her a lesson she'd never forget, plunging them both into a fiery passion that was dangerously close to love!

    Suddenly she was living and working in the exotic splendor of his family's seaside villa, fuming one minute at Ricardo's commands, melting the next under his gentle yet burning touch.Timi knew she should complete her assignment and return home. But against her will, she had fallen in love with Ricardo, a Mexican nobleman who belonged in a world of wealth and tradition - a world where an independent young career woman definitely didn't fit in.

    But when she came up for air, she faced the financial burdens of the Peterson family. Amy could no longer pay off their debts, and her zany but lovable brothers were only making matters worse.He was suave, attractive Scott Creighton of the Creighton Housing Development Company. He wanted the Petersons' land-- and he was a man who got what he wanted.Only Scott's offer of a merger in marriage could end Amy's problems. But what about love? Could the mermaid's touch soften his stony heart?

    

    With careless ease he swept her through the dazzling purple twilight to the magnificent adobe ranch he said they would share. One burning kiss sealed their passionate pact. She was helpless to resist him; he was her future, her fate.

    Meeting the dark, handsome Dan Slater had not been part of her plans.But the situation she walked into grew as sizzling as the sultry summer weather when she found herself competing with her malicious employer, Margo, for the affections of the same man.Dan's dark, enigmatic eyes revealed his desire for Emma.... Was that enough? When he touched her, her head warned her to say no--but the logic of her heart could only whisper yes.

    Louise takes a job as art counselor at a summer camp andfinds that the job involves more than teaching art to kidswhen a handsome counselor dares her to shoot the rapidswith him.

    But it had happened again -- as soon as the other students heard about her "bionic brains" they considered her a weirdo.Then Cliff Faust, the dashing, popular star of the school football team, drew her into his orbit. Now her life was really perfect...

    But before the vacation was over, her scheming identical twin had lured Adam into marriage.Then, unexpectedly, her sister deserted Adam, leaving Belinda to break the news. But when she arrived in Wales and he welcomed her with hungry, passionate kisses, Belinda soon realized his mistake...How was she going to tell the one man she had ever loved that the woman he held in his arms was not his wife?

    Her engagement was over, and gorgeous realtor Wilhelmina Silverthorne was determined to live her life her way. She'd stick to the things she knew and trusted--fast cars and haute cuisine--and steer clear of love in any form. Then Kiel Faulkner launched a mind-shattering, bone-melting assault on her senses and sensibilities. Suddenly she wanted him more than anything on earth, knowing that if she succumbed, he'd quickly disappear. He was a renegade, a man who broke all the rules--and won! Did she dare take on his challenge?

    But the New Orleans building tycoon took possession of her from the first. Too quickly, he aroused feelings she thought were dead. He drove her to the heights of rapture even as she fought him. Betrayal had left its bitter mark, but her treacherous heart, so easily seduced, took one last wild gamble on love.

    But in less than twenty-four hours the trip would be over and Peter West, no longer a stranger, would leave her life forever.Or would he? For the bonds of intimacy were strong, and the magical attraction of strangers was only the prelude to a love that would grow in richness through the years.

    Amanda Adams, prim and proper film goddess with a Boston Brahman past, had finally met her match in Alex Wojyclas, principal backer of her latest film. They came from different worlds, but in his arms her icy reserve melted in the white heat of ecstasy. Their idyll was a dream--until it collided with reality ... and passion's implacable demands....

    Linda Brown tried to escape, to become a singer and raise her son alone. But recording tycoon Jason Reynolds tracked her down and swept her into his life as his unwilling bride. She had vowed never to play his game again. But how could she resist this master of the dangerous game of hearts?

    But one look at handsome Michael was enough to make Lisa forget about figuring out her life for a while. As the sleek sailing boat Dream Weaver, sliced through the clear Gulf stream waters toward Grand Bahama Island , Lisa wove her dreams into a romantic reality.