But secretly Grace longed for the baby inside her to be her own, conceived in passion with the only man she had ever loved. But that could never be.Josh Kingsley couldn't bear to watch the baby grow big in Grace's belly, unable to share in the magic. He wished she and the child were his to take care of. But when tragedy struck, Josh rushed to be there for Grace and baby Posie. Could they be his life, his family?

    Rafferty Her heart breaking, Bria Rafferty is about to hand-deliver divorce papers to her husband when he's knocked unconscious. Now he remembers nothing of the past six months. Not Bria's unhappiness. Not the harrowing event that made her walk out the door. Sam thinks they still live together at the Sugar Creek Ranch. That his money is all she needs. That everything is just fine. To help him heal, Bria moves back home. But once there, she can't resist a stolen embrace...a stolen night. Can she bear leaving him a second time? Or will she find the courage to stay?

    Not a bodyguard, not a lover, but a private investigator hired to track her down.She'd been running for nine months, attempting to elude him. Sooner or later she'd have to stop.And on that day she would be forced to surrender to Mike Carridine--and allow him to return her to the vicious relatives and unwanted fortune she'd so desperately tried to escape....

    To let off steam, she writes a private, scandalous exposé on the tycoon…and is horrified when it’s accidentally published! Yet that’s nothing compared to the surprise that soon follows…Leo’s enraged to see the woman who ruined his name on his doorstep. But once he discovers Emma’s pregnant, he knows what he has to do. Claiming his child will be easy. Trusting Emma and their palpable chemistry? Unimaginable!

    Chase Bryant has his own reasons for escaping it all. As long as they both know this paradise is just for one week with no messy emotions all should be fine. But neither of these two damaged souls is ready for the Pandora's Box of emotions that their intense passion unleashes...

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    But the next item on this billionaire's agenda is personal: he wants revenge on his father. What could be better than to seduce Bonnie, his father's latest plaything...?Innocent Bonnie has been hired as a nurse -- nothing more -- but Dimitri refuses to believe she's not after a share of the Kyriakis fortune.... Only once he claims her does Dimitri discover Bonnie's been telling the truth: she was a virgin!

    He won't let anything stand in his way, especially not the waitress daring to think she can blackmail him! It's his duty to protect his family's honor—even if it means taking impossibly stunning Maggie Delaney as his hostage… Beneath the starlit skies of Zayrinia's desert, defiant Maggie convinces Ilyas she is innocent of his accusations. No longer his prisoner, Maggie is free to return home…yet now she's held captive by their smoldering raw desire! Dare she surrender to the pleasure this desert prince promises?

    Now his vanishing one-night stand is in his office--as his new temporary secretary.And not only that--she's expecting!Although he doesn't trust Kate, Gianluca is triumphant at becoming a father at last. So there is only one solution--he'll make his stand-in secretary his full-time wife!

    Silvio Brianza dragged himself out of the slums, but his scars run deep.... She's defiant, desirable and utterly disobedient! Jessie still scrapes her living, scrubbing floors by day and singing in seedy bars by night.... Silvio had turned his back on that world, but now that he's found Jessie he's going to make her his! Jessie may be powerless to resist Silvio's raw sexuality but no amount of dresses and diamonds can change their history. He's her enemy, he's shunned his past -- he'll never love the street girl she is.

    But it's easy to see how Lorenzo's criminally hot body and the dangerous twinkle in his eyes could tempt her to break all the rules....

    But Polly has been determinedly going it alone - the one thing she doesn't want or need in her life is her son's father, especially after the arrogant, aristocratic Italian hurt her so badly. But Alessandro leaves Polly no choice, for he intends to fight her for custody of their little boy.

    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!

    He moved to Cape Falls to try and get over the death of his wife and child. He never expected to get involved with a woman. Especially, a younger woman.Laura and Dean embark on a passionate affair. Neither was prepared for the consuming fire blazing between them. However, an outsider is about to break their budding relationship apart.Can Dean overcome the death of his wife and learn to accept Laura as she is? What will happen to Laura when the gossip surrounding her becomes too hard to bear? Nothing is certain in the town of Cape Falls.

    So he extends his PA's job description to cover evening events. Faith Black has risen to her boss's every challenge...But being seen on his arm means spotlights, scrutiny, figure-flaunting cocktail dresses - and leaving the safety of her staid grey suits! Famous for his cool, Renzo's anything but when he sees his formerly frumpy PA dressed to kill! Faith knows this playboy well - she'll arm her heart with the same steel used on the D'Angeli motorbike!