Zanna'a attraction to him scared her. Jake represented everything in life she ahd tried to avoid: love, emotion, sex. And Zanna had determined to forget her momentary indiscretion...It wasn't easy. Jake wanted more than a one-night stand. He was determined to show Zanna that there was something missing from her life--him!

    Especially when it was Matthew Ryan who met her at the airport when she returned to England fro her grandmother's funeral.Matt and Olivia had once been passionate lovers and he had been desperate to marry her. Instead, she had chosen to leave him, although it had nearly broken her heart.But that had been ten years ago, part of their past. Until Olivia discovered their past was far from being dead and forgotten - a potent attraction flared between them as if they'd never been parted!

    He spun her round with frightening strength.Look at me! He demanded with inborn arrogance, glittering dark eyes scanning her pale, distraught face. Your freedom is gone and not only for now, cara. It's gone for as for as long as I want. I will keep you and I will clothe you and you will not make a single move that you haven't cleared with me first. Your are mine and you had better adjusting to that idea fast. I am not the most patient of men.

    She had responded in kind, crafting messages of consummate passion and...well, naturally, of desire. Then she discovered that the letters had been meant for her gorgeous sister, Helen. And when she met Adam Blake, her image of a passionate, poetic man completely disappeared. Before her stood an aggravating, mistrustful cad who threatened to have her arrested. Now Honor is Adam's very reluctant houseguest - forced to cope with Adam's rebellious daughter, his jealous sister-in-law, an eccentric mother and a very disturbing current of intense desire...

    India Marchant had planned her fairy-tale wedding and all that had remained was for the groom, Aidan Wolfe, to say "I do." But he hadn't! Instead, he accused India of being a gold digger and had walked away from the altar and out of her life.A year later Aidan was back and India was determined not to be such easy game this time around. But it seemed Aidan was still out for revenge. He'd only help her family with their difficulties for a price - India as his mistress... .

    Only now Dan was back and showed no inclination to keep out of Anna's way. Worse, he made no secret of his attraction to the grown-up Anna.And he had no right to be so jealous of her friend Bryan when his own long-term loyalty lay elsewhere!

    Despite his awe-inspiring looks, he was a ruthless and dangerous man, a man she knew what he wanted. What he wanted was Barbary Wharf — home to London's most prestigious daily newspaper. He wanted the Sentinel. And he wanted Gina, a woman whose loyalty to Sir George Tyrell and his paper meant she stood in Nick's way. Piet van Leyden, Nick's trusted associate, thought he could change Gina's mind. The paper was dying; it needed Nick's intervention. But Piet hadn't counted on meeting Hazel Forbes, Sir George's assistant, or on falling in love.Barbary Wharf is home to more than a newspaper. It is home to a group of men and women whose careers — and passions — are intertwined...

    The last time she felt such intense longing was ten years ago, in the arms of a man she was forced to give up. When the masks come off, and the past comes alive, Carver is determined to claim Katie. But as his mistress or more?

    His quest hadproved futile until he found shelteredheiress Pandora Armstrong whose youth, beauty and naivet� suited all his needs.Zac's whirlwind courtship swept Pandoraoff her feet--but it wasn't until after theiramazing wedding night that she discoveredwhy Zac had wanted her so desperately. Now she was left to doubt her husband'strue feelings...and wonder if he wouldstill want his virgin bride when he foundout she hadn't been...

    Until his tragic death--leaving his mistress clinging to life, theirunborn child's future hanging in the balance.And the most shocking: Lana was left penniless, homeless and the guardian of the baby.So when a stranger, a darkly handsomemillionaire businessman, offered help, she hadto accept.Raffaele Rossellini blamed Lana, that ice-coldblonde, for the loss of his beloved sister. Buthe'd see to it that she lost, too--everythingshe held dear. Including the man she'd cometo love--himself.

    Wolfe lives up to his name: he demands that, in exchange for his money, Lara must become his convenient wife!With no choice but to accept Wolfe's terms, Lara is soon swept into his world of high-society glamour beyond her wildest dreams--and into the passion of his bed. But there is just one thing missing--her husband's love....

    But that didn't give him the right to pressure her out of her store. She had legal rights!Yet Marc had a disconcerting way of getting under her skin, Kyla found. And he was so damned persistent about seeing her in after-business hours, in unbusinesslike surroundings.It didn't take long to discover his tactics: he was going to sweep her off her feet, weaken her resistance. And Marc Nathan wasn't an easy man to resist!

    But she didn't believe in love at first sight.Neither did she believe that a powerful, experienced man like Morgan would be permanently affected in the same way. So she refused to have anything to do with him and hurried home to New Zealand.Morgan proved her wrong. His pursuit was relentless, unavoidable, seductive--though she kept on fighting him. It took a long time for Clary to realize it was herself she was fighting-and that their love was real.

    Until his freedom is compromised by a candid newspaper photo, which suggests he has finally fallen...for Rachel Carmichael. Soon the world's press is reporting their engagement! Rafaelle claims his fake fianc�e; twenty-four hours later Rachel has been passionately seduced--and fears she has conceived his baby. So, Rafaelle demands that Rachel pretend to be his future bride!

    Ruthless and rich, Cade Lorimer is assigned a very special task by his adoptive father--find his granddaughter!Tess Ritchie has always believed she has no family, so it's a shock when Cade shows up, claiming she's an heiress to a fortune! Tess steps reluctantly into his world of glitz and glamour, then willingly into his bed.But there can be no future for their jet-set affair, for he's a hardened playboy and she is his innocent mistress....