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.

    However, having worked for Alex for some time now, she knew he never did anything without expecting something in return. So why was she surprised when he revealed that he was prepared to pay the cost of having her--be it money or marriage?Business or pleasure? Sara wanted Alex so badly, she would have given herself to him with no strings attached. But in order to win Alex, she would have to play his game--and choose her price....

    Now, when she confronts Vito about his plans to remarry, he doesn't give anything away. Instead, seizing the advantage, he demands that Catherine return to Naples to resume her role as wife and mother. Their son, whom they both adore, will have his parents back together again -- and Vito will finally have the revenge he's been waiting for....

    Shy, innocent Catherine Benning has already fallen head-over-heels in love and she accepts....After their wedding day--and night--when the sheikh claims his virgin wife, Catherine and Hakim travel to his desert kingdom. There Catherine discovers that this is no love match for Hakim--he's bought her!

    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.

    When the Greek tycoon discovers the shocking truth, he is enraged. Theo demands they marry, so he can have what he feels is rightfully his -- Willow as his wife... and at his mercy!

    Richard replied with the hard assurance of a successful businessman. "I've paid for your upbringing, Olivia, and everything you possess. I expect to collect the dividends from my investment."Olivia gazed at him in disbelief. She was his stepsister, the only person he truly loved. She had always been spared his ruthlessness. Why now did Richard intend to control her, to use her in a way that both shocked and frightened her...?

    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!

    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...!

    He's late for a house party and she'll be perfect as his ready-made date!Marin's completely bewildered.... She thought pretending to be a loving couple would be easy, but the chemistry between her and Jake is explosive! She's also left with no doubt that what Jake wants, he gets.and it seems he wants her--badly. How can she, inexperienced and nervous, handle his lethal brand of dark desire?

    She knew from experience the hurt a man could carelessly inflict on an innocent heart, and she realized how vulnerable she was to his brand of magnetism.Luke's proposal of marriage was a shock, as was his method of asking. It sounded very much like blackmail, and in the circumstances she had no alternative but to accept.

    Because of one brief, passionate moment of revenge he had taken her innocence—and had given her his child. Rome had succeeded in wrecking her life, and her only hope of piecing it together again was to do as he suggested and marry him. But what kind of marriage would it be—she hating him, he despising her as much as he desired her?

    But behind the happy scenes lay a different story....Love had nothing to do with it; Kallie had married Alex to save her family's business. He'd have great pleasure taking revenge--for the mistake that had destroyed their youth-- when he took her as his arranged bride!

    He can't help but notice a bride in a crumpled wedding dress sitting on the steps of his hotel...Constantine's orchestrated marriage is over before the wedding night. A humiliated virgin bride, she longs to feel desired, and at Nico's skilled hands she experiences white-hot passion. But their one night brings more than just shame on Constantine and her family... Constantine has no choice but to reveal her bombshell to Nico - yet still her fingers tremble as she dials the number for Eliades Enterprises...THE SECRET OF XANOSTwo brothers alike in charisma and power' separated at birth and seeking revenge...

    And Marcy Campion intended to see that they got it.She was determined to turn Aunt Thomasina's old Victorian house into a community center and playground, even if it meant fighting the powerful developers, Saxton and Company, every inch of the way.Annoyed by the opposition of a mere girl, Randal Saxton decided to handle the situation himself, and Marcy soon found herself involved in another battle--this time with her unruly heart!