This janitor's son turned global entrepreneur has it all...All, that is, except a piece of the Carrington estate - the island that holds all his most pleasurable and painful memories...Ethan doesn't count on the beautiful Cate Carrington handling the transaction - providing him with the perfect opportunity to take her into the bargain. But toying with the woman who was once the girl he loved and lost soon turns from a game into an all-out obsession...

    Now he needs a suitable wife...When he meets Cristina, she is an ideal candidate: her plain-Jane looks mean she won't be tempted to stray - and she's a virgin! Cristina is devastated to learn that Rafael's proposal was one of convenience. But whilst Rafael makes it clear their marriage isn't based on love, he intends for it to be authentic in every other respect...

    Now he has Paige unexpectedly in his sights, Alexei is prepared to play emotional Russian roulette to keep her close and discover her true motives. But in his splendid gilded palace his game of chance spins out of control and passion takes over....It's only when she's back home that Paige realizes she's pregnant with the prince's baby....

    Yet Luc has defied the odds, and a contract for marriage is drawn up. This will be a union on paper first, and in the bedroom later....Except Gabrielle is just the same in private as in public -- well-bred, well behaved and a credit to her country. Luc is determined to find the wanton within and leave his pure princess in total disarray!

    That's before he meets Princess Claudine Verbault, who's adamant that returning to the kingdom that banished her as a child is never going to happen.A barely concealed attraction!Hidden from the spotlight, the now-independent Claudia has learned the art of being the anti-perfect princess. But Lucas does not look like the kind of man to accept insubordination! If only she could bargain with this frustratingly immovable man…and give him something to distract him from his duty!

    I'll take your throne. Because both are mine by right." Banishment and shame has turned Sheikh Khalil al Bakir into a man determined to reclaim the crown of Kadar from his rival. Khalil's campaign begins by kidnapping his enemy's bride-to-be. She's a means to an end, so why is he so inflamed at the thought of her in anyone's bed but his own? Queen Elena Karras of Thallia was prepared for a cold, mutually convenient marriage. Instead she is carried off into the sands, where the virgin queen soon discovers an unexpected desire for her sinfully sexy captor that leaves her craving more….

    But what the Spanish billionaire didn't plan on was their intense connection. Now Antonio has only one aim...the ultimate seduction! So he's stunned to discover their nine-month consequence. To secure his heir, he'll do the unthinkable – and shockingly pleasurable – make Amelia his wife!