But the story didn't end there: four years later, Mina and Cesare were reunited, and he discovered that she had kept the consequences of their one night of passion to herself. Could there ever be a happy ending, now that Cesare had discovered Mina's betrayal? For Cesare, perhaps: he proposed, and Mina discovered that his offer of marriage was just a savage charade, designed to give their daughter a name and allow him to pursue his revenge at leisure?THIS TIME, FOREVER

    But after her husband died, Celeste persuaded her stepdaughter to help her snare a rich husband. Suzanne, although disapproving of Celeste's intrigue, welcomed the holiday trip to London. Then to add to her joy, she met the man of her dreams - rich, handsome and seemingly also attracted to her. She should have known it was too good to be true. For he was the same man that Celeste had her eye on!

    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.

    The man who called himself Michael Dowd came into Francey Neeley's life under mysterious circumstances and soon had her heart fluttering and her blood pumping. For wherever Michael went, danger followed.She was his one weakness. Michael knew that alluring Francey could be his downfall - and he didn't even trust her. He was a secret agent trying to pry information from her about a terrorist group, a group that was trying to kill him - and her.As the danger escalated, Francey was swept into a world of death and deceit. Still, she couldn't stay away from him. Somehow Michael had won her heart - and she his. And that could be a deadly combination for them both.

    He believes Sara, his wife, cheated on him with another man, and Lia is the result of that betrayal.So Sara and Nicolas are separated - until the silence between them is forcibly broken - Lia has been kidnapped! Nicolas knows he is the only one who can secure the little girl's safe return, but it means he must go back to Sara - and find that, even after three long years, she still wears his ring...

    Naively, she offered him her friendship and trust. In return, he had aroused emotions in her she was too young to handle, wrenching her from childhood to womanhood in a few startling days.When he left her, Linden realized that she been ruthlessly used. Her love for Joss had been almost worshipful. His love had been a savage devouring--taking and never giving. His love had destroyed her-just as she would now destroy him!

    She thought she'd found the perfect man in her dangerously seductive boss, Eduardo Cruz, but "Get out!" wasn't exactly the morning-after treatment she'd hoped for.Holding her wilting bouquet, Callie waits for her groom—her best friend, a man she'd never kissed, or even wanted to kiss.But once the eminently powerful Eduardo knows about the bump concealed under Callie's oversize, secondhand wedding dress, there's no way he's going to let her walk up the aisle with someone else.

    hoping that Paul van Setan wouldn't realize she was the person he had cause to hate.What would she do with the hate if she suddenly found herself at the mercy of it, deadly in Paul's blind eyes. Sang harimau, the natives called him -- king tiger.She remembered his question: "Does the word vengeance really appall you, Miss Lakeside?"

    She had to do something to show him just how much she really desired him - had always desired him. But she'd have to act fast if she didn't want to lose him to another woman!

    

    He required a wife and she needed the money he was offering.She hadn't seen him since. Now she wanted to wed Trevor Coleman and thatmeant she had to get her "paper" marriage annulled, quietly. It seemed asimple matter to arrange--until out the blue her famous husband announcedpublicly, "I'm hoping for a reconciliation with my wife."

    So why was he back? Elisa trusted Salvatore di Vitale as far as she could throw him. And, as the wealthy Sicilian was over six feet tall, that wasn't very far.Salvatore told Elisa he had come to protect her. And if their close proximity led to passion...and if passion should lead to pregnancy...all the better! Because then Elisa would have to marry him, which was Salvatore's plan all along.

    It’s the only way to save her exiled family from bankruptcy. For duty, she’ll accept brooding Greek Leon’s bargain: her royal status in exchange for his financial support. And she’ll bury her dreams of a real relationship…Ellie’s wholly unprepared for the all-consuming chemistry that ignites between them! But although his touch is addictive, falling for Leon’s masculine appeal is deeply dangerous. He’s always been clear: his heart is under lock and key. Unless Ellie can change his mind…

    Now he was claiming her at last! But how long could his new bride hide the truth about the past? And that the child Cole thought was his brother's -- was his!

    Their feud is over and Sebastien Fiorukis is to marry Alesia Philipos.But she has been purchased for her husband's pleasure!Alesia is not a willing wife--she's been bought by Sebastien! He needs an heir...but a child is something she will never give him...!