Not only would he take away her home, he would strip away every shred of her female dignity."My instinct tells me, Julia," Alex had drawled, "that to war with you might be far more interesting than to make peace."And when she saw to what lengths he would go, Julia's life became a nightmare....

    But it was clear that all he felt for her was the friendly affection which she had enjoyed as a child all those years ago. His love was reserved for another woman and it would be foolish of Amy to try to come between them. And yet he exhibited something remarkably like jealousy when he met the men in Amys life. Perhaps there was hope for her after all?

    He hadn't acted like a man in love, but perhaps their sort of people behaved differently. And Antonia was very definitely not their sort.Although she resolved to forget Reed, Antonia couldn't escape him. He invaded her life and her heart. And despite her guilt feelings, she soon discovered she couldn't live without him.Nor could she live with herself for wanting another woman's man.

    He was a working stiff from the wrong side of the tracks, and she was the only child in a privileged home. But when they were alone together, they stopped caring about backgrounds. Unfortunately, the rest of the world wouldn't let them forget. And finally the differences forced the young lovers apart.Six years later, they meet again, their roles reversed. But one thing hasn't changed....

    "Maybe when I can think clearly I'll be able to offer an apology. Right now all I want to do is wring your neck!"Sabrina would not consider the possibility that Bay had been prompted by desire for her. Her blindness had touched him - his emotion was based on pity.All at once she could no longer regard Bay as a friend. She had started thinking of him as a man...and for her that was dangerously foolish!

    When Alex played, he played to win. He sized up the odds and never underestimated his opposition.Kate knew she wanted what Alex offered... but she couldn't understand what he wanted with her.

    So when it comes into Angelina Littlewood's possession, Nikos Kyriacou must get the jewel back. But Angie has her own reasons for keeping it --- and for wanting to teach arrogant Greek Nikos a lesson!What better way than to agree to marriage? But then Angie discovers what being Nikos's wife entails ... He has one demand: he's her husband and she'll share his bed!

    He believed that she'd trapped his wealthy cousin into marriage--and then walked out on him.So when Willow returned to Jersey three years later, she was completely unprepared for Jordan's passionate and determined pursuit of her--or for her own equally passionate response.If only she could tell Jordan the truth about her marriage--that it was her ex-husband who had trapped her. And that he was a man who would stop at nothing...

    Clare Anderson: a woman with a past.. . Fen Marchand: an Oxford University professor, and father to ten-year-old Miles, who was badly in need of a housekeeper--so badly in need that he agreed to take on Clare .... She had a good idea of how Fen saw her--his opinion was totally colored by her previous record and, though he was prepared to give her a job, that didn't mean that she was good enough for the likes of him! But still, an intense physical attraction developed between them. However Clare was going to keep her distance; Fen would never understand why she'd taken that risk--because he'd never know it had been for the sake of her little son...

    And Jared Faulkner was demanding a reckoning.Purdey wasn't proud of the way she'd treated Jared in the past, even though at the time she could see no real alternative.But it was a fearful price Jared wanted to extract from her-far greater than she'd expected to pay. And just as before she could see no other way out. Jared had her in his power and could so easily crush her....

    At last, unable to bear seeing the two of them together, Tessa had gone away.Now, two years later, she was home again, expecting to hear that they were married -- only to learn that they had never in fact married, that after a terrible accident in which Paul had been blinded, Lucinda had walked out on him and he was now living the life of a recluse in Cyprus. So Tessa took her courage in both hands, went out to Cyprus pretending to be Lucinda, begged Paul's forgiveness -- and married him.Would her love be strong enough to stand the strain of living such a lie? And what if Paul ever found out?

    She wanted nothing more than to leave the bitterness of the past behind her, but evidently Blair Davenport wasn't going to let her. Blair blamed her for his friend's death and thought of her as a rich man's spoiled daughter. He was wrong--but even if she could get him to listen to her explanations, he wouldn't believe her. It was an impossible situation, made worse by Sian's determination not to succumb to the sparks of attraction between them ..

    He’s even more stumped when a beautiful woman arrives in a panic, declaring it’s their son!Pixie Miller’s horrified her brother has revealed her secret. How can she face the man she shared such intense understanding and reckless passion with, when he doesn’t seem to recognize her? But when a DNA test confirms the truth, there’s only one solution this powerful Greek will consider…

    "I want to make love to you," he murmured.As if in a dream Sarah answered, "I want it, too...." And that night for the first time Sarah experienced the delights of passion and tenderness. But before Joss wakened, she disappeared, frightened by the return of reality.Sarah returned to London to her work as an editor, convinced that she would never see her dream lover again. Until she met her new boss, Joshua Howard, and had to face his furious sapphire eyes.

    The Marques was kindness itself: he took her under his wing, made her his ward, arranged for her to stay at the castle indefinitely — a lot for a man to do who should really, she thought, have been concentrating on the lovely Spanish girl, Doña Raquel, whom he was expected to marry shortly.Then Yvain realised that like her namesake she had a fight with a dragon on her hands — the dragon of her growing love for the Marques. But how could the Lion help her in this particular battle?