Tom Nicol, a gentle, self-sacrificing man, dedicated to serving the needy.Unlike him in every way was Randal Mercier--wealthy, powerful, taking what he wanted. And he wanted Laura.Her father's embezzlement of funds from Randal's company made it impossible for Laura to refuse his marriage proposal! She knew she must marry him but she didn't have to love him.She couldn't foresee her change of heart or the despair of knowing he was indifferent to it.

    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

    Joanna, of course, resisted his high-handed attitude, but it seemed that wherever she went, whatever she did, Nick was always one step ahead of her. It was hard enought to deal with him in England, but on the small Caribbean island Nick called home, Joanna found it even more difficult to outmaneuver him. It was, though, only when Joanna realized that she was not only fighting Nick's single-minded pursuit of her, but her own growing love for him, that her problems really began!

    Brought up by her wealthy but distant grandfather, she is used to fading into the background and being ignored.But Luciano's sensual lovemaking makes her feel vibrantly alive. Hope falls in love with her husband and is blissfully happy--until she discovers that Luciano ruthlessly married her...for convenience!

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    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.

    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...!

    AND POSSESS!Leon Aristides believes in money, power and family. So when his sister dies, leaving a son, he acts quickly and ruthlessly. He finds the woman who has guardianship of his nephew and insists she marry him!Helen knows that Leon believes her to be a money-hungry, experienced woman of the world --- until their wedding night reveals otherwise! But Helen wants more than an incredible lover ... she wants a loving husband!

    Then he insisted she marry him--not because he loved her, but because of the result of his own unbridled passion. "No child of mine," he claimed, "is going to suffer for my mistakes. "Their marriage, seeped in mistrust, was doomed from the start. Rachel refused to be a surrogate wife and fled before Nick could stop her....And before her hungry, foolish heart told her to stay and fight for his love.

    But knowing that the Spanish billionaire would never love her as she loved him, her choice was to make her unborn child her priority and then, once he was born, make her dark journey by herself....But in Isandro's eyes, Rowan's decision rendered her a gold digger who had committed the worst possible crime. However, he couldn't stop her seeing her baby son--or deny that the passion between them was as raw and intense as ever....

    And as executor of the will he planned to do everything in his power to contest her claim.For the most part Tiffany could understand Eliot's obvious contempt for her. But she was confused by the passionate desire he was capable of arousing in her.Suddenly it became overwhelmingly important that Eliot learn the truth about his uncle—even if it meant jeopardizing her own happiness.

    Was he tempted? Marianne was determined to save her marriage and prove to her husband that their honeymoon wasn't over, it was only just beginning!

    He couldn't be serious!One day Amanda was happily engaged to Nigel, a flamboyant British car rally driver, the next she was the reluctant fiancee of his stern, laconic older brother, Malory Templeton.As if she hadn't been through enough. Hadn't finding Nigel in the arms of another woman been more than she deserved? The hard glitter in Malory's eyes told her otherwise.Malory was a virtual stranger to her, but Amanda had no choice. Her own foolish pride had caused the crazy switch in fiances, and Malory, it seemed, was going to hold her to it.

    Plain and prim Emma Stephenson might not look like a tycoon's assistant, but for Luca D'Amato--a playboy who likes to play-- breaking through her no-nonsense exterior is his favorite new game!Sensible Emma thought all they'd be sharing was an office--not a "bed!" But she's learning fast about what being Luca's "personal" assistant really means!Now he's standing there offering her a promotion, and she's trying to find the words to tell him...she's pregnant!

    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....