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Tempestuous Affair by Carole Mortimer


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Separate Lives


Caroline Jantz - 1986
    If they stayed together for one year, Brad's uncle, a misguided matchmaker, promised to solve both their financial problems.Gwen filled Brad's ordered life with domesticity and fun, while he awakened a range of new emotions in her. Unintentionally, yet inevitably, they fell in love.It should have been perfect. But doubts and the very contract that had brought them together now threatened to drive them apart.

Echoes of the Past


Sally Wentworth - 1990
    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....

A Marriage on Paper


Kathryn Ross - 1999
    Then she discovered she was pregnant. While she wanted the baby, would Dex still want her? He’ d never shown any desire to marry.Still, the baby prompted a proposal— but no declaration of love. Alicia knew that a marriage on paper could be no substitute for the real thing, but as their wedding day approached, Alicia dared to hope differently. Until their wedding night arrived and a note fell out of Dex’ s suitcase…

The Revenge Affair


Susan Napier - 1999
    Why else would she have agreed to organize the big day -- when she clearly had a grudge against him? Regan had to admit there was unfinished business between them: a reckless one-night stand....Regan wasn't out for revenge, though she did have a hidden reason for getting close to Joshua's family. Only she could never reveal her secret plans -- not even when Joshua confessed his engagement was a sham and he wanted his ring on Regan's finger!

Temporary Wife


Roberta Leigh - 1974
    Nor had she suspected that the secret behind the business reasons was the fact that Luke was in love with Gina, his boss's wife . . .

Blind Obsession


Lee Wilkinson - 1995
    Autumn Milski had to see Saul Cresswell just one more time before she could reconcile herself to the fact that the man she loved hated her.... It was a reckless decision. Despite her assumed name, there was always a danger that Saul would recognize the girl she'd once been. A girl he blamed for the accident that had robbed him of his sight -- and whom he would clearly never forget or forgive!

Unwrapping the Castelli Secret


Caitlin Crews - 2015
    Nothing could make Lily return to the irresistible Italian’s demanding world.Now, when their paths cross again, Lily is desperate to retain her freedom and claims amnesia has blocked her memories of him. Yet all deception is quickly burnt away by the incredible attraction that still simmers between them.But he’s found her, and she knows Rafael will soon discover her greatest secret…their son!Secret Heirs of Billionaires There are some things money can’t buy…

Eye of the Tiger


Diana Palmer - 1986
    Then he'd made it ruthlessly clear he wanted nothing to do with it. Eleanor hated the memory—and she hated him. And yet even four years later, the sight of Keegan made her weak in the knees. Only, now she was no girl….Keegan had never forgiven himself for how he'd treated Eleanor. He'd give anything to have her love him again. But Eleanor had moved on and was with another man. All Keegan could do was hope that man didn't put a ring on her finger before he could win her back….

The Asking Price


Amanda Browning - 1988
    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 ..

The Way Home


Linda Howard - 1991
    But when wealthy Saxon Malone has asked her to be either his mistress or secretary, Anne chose the former because she knows that what she feels for Saxon is once-in-a-lifetime.

Valley of the Devil


Yvonne Whittal - 1991
    If Jo wanted to save her brother and the family business, she had to marry Rafe and bear his child.Not that Rafe was a total stranger--he was the husband she'd parted from in bitter anguish only three years earlier.Rafe was the last person, in all of Africa, she'd wanted to see again. She thought they'd finished with each other--and couldn't imagine why he wanted to stir up the past again....