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Four Times the Trouble


Tara Taylor Quinn - 1995
    Allie is organizing her teacher to death. Jessie is crying in class. Meggie is becoming almost reclusive. Jacob is told what the triplets need is a woman in their lives. But the last thing Jacob needs is to exchange girl trouble for woman trouble. Jacob's gone that route before. All it did was get his daughters' hopes up - his hopes up - only to end in disappointment. Maybe the answer is to enlist the help of a friend, someone like his partner, Michelle.Unfortunately, what Jacob begins to feel for Michelle is more than just friendship. And while Michelle's willing to be a surrogate mother to Jacob's children, it's going to take a lot of convincing for her to consider the idea of being a wife to him.

Her So-Called Fiance


Abby Gaines - 2009
    believes his love gives her the clout to nail her dream job, while her endorsement will make him governor. Because Sabrina Merritt, Jake Warrington's ex, is the one who blew the whistle on his crooked dad. So with her on his arm, all of Atlanta will see he's not the man his father was and vote for him.Unfortunately, Sabrina's also the person Jake vowed to hate forever. This engagement's got a long way to go before he exchanges vows of love with her.... Wait a minute, who said anything about love? It's not as if they're going to give in to temptation. He wouldn't make that mistake again. Would he?

Temptation's Kiss


Sandra Brown - 1983
    Megan, young widow and workaholic at a television station, desperately tries to avoid her late husband's former boss - with whom she once shared a kiss - but Josh wants her again and will stop at nothing to have her.

Bachelor Boss


Christie Ridgway - 2007
    And when she becomes the successful security director's temporary employee, she thinks the arrangement is perfect. After all, a strictly professional relationship will help her overcome her longtime unrequited crush.But nothing is business as usual for CarloFor Lucy is no longer a pesky teenager...she is a vibrant, beautiful woman who just happens to work for him. She is smart, sweet--and undeniably sexy. And yes, he knows that he's playing with fire. But the closer he gets to Lucy, the more he's finding it impossible to resist the flame...

Expecting His Love-Child


Carol Marinelli - 2008
    He trusts only himself and doesn't want a wife or an heir to the Kolovsky name.Millie has returned to Australia to find Levander. They shared one unforgettable night together. And now she's come to tell her secret: she's expecting his baby....

Hotly Bedded, Conveniently Wedded


Kate Hardy - 2008
    So why would he want Isobel, his short, curvaceous friend who loves him from afar?Alex needs a convenient wife --- and Bel is his first-choice bride! Shocked at his proposal, Bel has doubts about his crazy plan. Then Alex gives her a taste of just how hot they can be together, leaving Bel begging him to finish what he started --- on their wedding night!

Hot-Shot Tycoon, Indecent Proposal


Heidi Rice - 2009
    The red-hot encounter leaves him aching for more--could the luscious Ms. Dean be the answer to his prayers in more ways than one?Connor needs to close a business deal, and he fully intends to finish what they've started. Unable to resist his lethal charm, Daisy finds herself agreeing to two hedonistic weeks in New York--as Connor's fake fianc�e!

Her Deal with the Devil


Nicola Marsh - 2013
    Now the fashion house CEO is determined to make his name known for the right reasons. First challenge? Getting Sapphire Seaborn, Melbourne's Queen of Jewelry, onside.Sapphie has sacrificed everything for her jewelry business and very nearly lost it all. She hates that to rescue it she needs to work alongside her nemesis—Patrick!It was supposed to be business only, but Sapphie quickly realizes that when you make a deal with a devil this scorching, someone's going to get burned…

Irish Thoroughbred


Nora Roberts - 1981
    YOUR HOME IS WITH ME NOW."Adelia Cunnane's uncle had written her. So Adelia had left Ireland to join him on what he had described as the finest horse farm in Maryland.Adelia agreed with her uncle about the farm. But what should she think about its owner, Travis Grant?She knew that he could master his strongest horse. She had seen his eyes soften at the birth of a foal. Yet his lips on hers demanded a submission that she was not yet ready to give -- at least not until he had spoken the words she had to hear.

The Ice Maiden


Sally Wentworth - 1979
    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!

The Antonakos Marriage


Kate Walker - 2005
    But she'll have one night of passion first, with a man she'll never meet again....Theo Antonakos isn't used to rejection. His passionate partner has slipped away without a word. When he arrives on his father's private Greek island to meet his stepmother-to-be -- he discovers they already know each other, in the most intimate way. Theo wants Skye back in his bed...as his wife!

The Dangerous Jacob Wilde


Sandra Marton - 2012
    But her only focus is her future - which won't include the impossibly arrogant Jacob Wilde! Addison is no Texan wallflower - when Jake starts a fight, she's more than capable of finishing it! However, a searing attraction to a man she knows cannot love her back? That she has no idea how to handle...i The Wilde Brothers Wilde by name, unashamedly wild by nature!

Billionaire Boss, Holiday Baby


Janice Maynard - 2017
    But his fantasies about his executive assistant are nowhere near as hot as the reality of having her in his home...and in his bed. When the snow melts, will he be able to say goodbye?

The Billionaire's Virgin Mistress


Sandra Field - 2007
    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....

The Desert King's Pregnant Bride


Annie West - 2008
    But innocent Maggie is too hard to resist--and he takes her...The next morning she disappears. But Maggie is unfinished business, and he has her sent to his kingdom. There they discover the consequence of their night of passion.Marriage is the only answer--but it must be one with no emotions, no expectations of love. Maggie will take her rightful place by the sheikh's side...and in his bed!