After all, Merissa's modeling work barely provided for an ailing mother and a father's debts, and the fee Julian offered was exorbitant.She could do it, Merissa determined. She'd survive the necessary close contact with this unpredictable man--and hopefully the whole ridiculous affair--with her heart and her mind still her own!

    So when it comes into Angelina Littlewood's possession, Nikos Kyriacou must get the jewel back. But Angie has her own reasons for keeping it --- and for wanting to teach arrogant Greek Nikos a lesson!What better way than to agree to marriage? But then Angie discovers what being Nikos's wife entails ... He has one demand: he's her husband and she'll share his bed!

    Now she had to swallow pride and misgivings alike to help finance Mark's business so that they could be married. It was time to collect on the promise her stepcousin, Angelo, had given her along with the Marchese glass unicorn. And being a man of his word, Angelo pledged, "You shall have whatever you desire--that is, if you know what you want."

    Quinn once knew Julia more intimately than anyone realizes and believes that he caused her to shun the limelight. Over the years, Quinn's treacherous longings for the one woman he shouldn't love have never abated. But Julia has a very specific reason for avoiding Quinn ...a ten-year-old secret he must never be allowed to guess. And the secret's name is Jake!

    He'd refused to marry Kirsty, her pregnant twin sister, so that Kirsty had given up their son at birth--to be adopted by Karen.Then Kirsty was fatally injured in a terrorist attack. And from her deathbed she had told Hal about their child. It was the first Hal had heard of him.He wanted the son he had never known and he threatened to take him away unless Karen agreed to marry him. To her he had seemed to be a man of no feeling, yet clearly he was--and the feelings he aroused in Karen were equally intense ....

    But the tables have now turned--Jared is successful, Amanda has nothing and he is her new boss. It's payback time--and bedding the delectable Amanda will be his reward!Amanda hates the fact that bad boy Jared has the upper hand, even if succumbing to his sensual demands will be sweet torture! But when Jared realizes he's taken her virginity, everything changes. Not content with one night, Jared is determined to have Amanda-- again and again!

    Then she discovers she's a Balfour--the illegitimate daughter of one of the world's richest dynasties! Thrust headfirst into her new family's spectacularly glamorous lifestyle, she's scared....But then comes an opportunity to learn about high society, through the chance to work for Greek tycoon Nikos Theakis, who struggled his way up, himself, from the slums of Athens to Millionaire's Row. Nikos has got where he is by always having taken what he wanted.... Until Mia's sweetness and integrity stop him in his tracks...

    Instead, she disguises herself as his stable boy! Yet when Camilla’s charade is discovered, Matias offers her an even more shocking role—as his wife! Innocent Camilla is transformed into a bride deserving of his diamonds, but their convenient marriage is transformed by the scalding heat of their wedding night…Lose yourself in this tale of innocence and desire…

    It didn't seem right to cold-bloodedly plot another person's falling in love. Gemma liked it even less after they had done the computer analysis of Paul Verignac, and the results showed that she was the best suited to be the bait. But her moral reservations disappeared after she'd met him. Good looks, arrogance and conceit were a rankling combination. He deserved to have the tables turned on him!

    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!

    Wildings . . . where she'd foolishly fallen in love with her handsome stepbrother, Edan Bond. And where Edan had rejected that love.And it was to Wildings that Eleanor returned after a five-year, self-imposed exile. She'd come back to visit her ailing grandmother, but also to confront Edan. Because, like the legendary family ghost, memories of Edan haunted her, and it was time to exorcise the past.However, once she'd seen Edan again, it was impossible to forget what he'd meant to her . . . since those feelings were still all too real.

    Now, marriage to the unscrupulous Viktor Beck is the only way to save what's left of her reputation!The contract: Maddie has always featured in Viktor's plans to take over her father's company and expand his empire. The intense attraction between them only sweetens the deal he's offeredThe secret: Though love doesn't beat in Viktor's heart, he'll show Maddie just how hot their chemistry can be. But even this corporate shark is in for a shock;his wild socialite is still a virgin!

    She hoped that her life in the small town of Louisville would be quieter and more friendly.And so it was -- until she found herself involved with the overwhelming Bernard King.

    Except this particular alleged criminal has stolen something very personal to him--his son, heir to the Montebianco throne Lily Morgan always knew it was a mistake coming to the Mediterranean kingdom, but she'd had no choice. First she was thrown into jail for a crime she didn't commit...now she's been bailed out by the prince--though in return she must become his royal wife

    And when passion leads to pregnancy, Sam knows that Alessandro will do whatever it takes to have her as his wife and their baby as his heir!