Rich, handsome Ronan Carlisle wants to settle a score.Ronan's strategy is simple: if Marina poses as his mistress, he'll ensure that the man who made them both suffer will pay. But Marina wonders, why would Ronan, one of Australia's most eligible tycoons, want her?However, she's not in a position to refuse Ronan's offer ... or resist the overwhelming physical attraction pulsing between them ...

    That's why he's hired Giselle Freeman to work for him. Nicknamed the Ice Queen, Giselle has a frosty demeanor and a cool beauty. Yet it's obvious to Saul that beneath the Arctic facade lies fiery passion!Ever since the traumas of her early childhood, Giselle has built walls of steel around her heart. Now she's working with the only man who can challenge those defenses. Their sexual attraction is at boiling point. The only possible outcome--an all-consuming, earth-shattering, life-changing surrender!The Reluctant Surrender is part one of Penny Jordan's enthralling duet story. Look for part two, Giselle's Choice, available February 2010!

    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!

    She's never forgotten him, nor his raw sensuality. So years later, when Nikos insists on a meeting, Marnie's heart leaps...until Nikos strikes a cold, hard deal. Her family is on the verge of bankruptcy and he will rescue them--if she becomes his wife!Marnie's rejection drove self-made billionaire Nikos to unimaginable success. Now, he'll take his revenge. Marnie's poise is legendary, but he knows in the bedroom he can take her apart, piece by sensual piece...

    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?

    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!

    He doesn't just want to bed her with a ruthless passion...he wants revenge!The kidnapped mistress: One hot touch has Kira desperate to slip back between Andr�'s sheets! But first she must tell him that she's having his baby....Andr� is convinced Kira betrayed him with his enemy. He has to uncover the secret she's hiding--if he's to claim his child!

    But when he suggested to stunning model Francesca Hayley that they make their affair permanent, she turned him down--for reasons she couldn't tell Angelo....Now he'll make her pay!Three years later, the anger still rankles. Now Francesca is in Angelo's power--and in his bed. And this time Angelo won't let her go... especially when he discovers she's pregnant with his child!

    Could satisfaction and revenge really be that easy to obtain?Tristanne knew better than to play games with a man of such devastatingly lethal charisma as Nikos. But, though she had a good idea of the kind of sacrifice she was offering, she had no choice.To Nikos's surprise, Tristanne was not the weak, biddable good-time girl he'd expected…and soon his plans for vengeance came crumbling down around him!

    His job offer would allow her to stay in Lucerne longer than her meager finances would permit -- but his condition of a 'false engagement' toyed with much more than her sensibilities!

    The mind is evasive and devious, but the body is mine." Michalis Konstantine was right. April Stewart couldn't deny the spark of attraction that had flared between them, almost from their first meeting. It wasn't much consolation to realize that Michalis was fighting and resisting that attraction almost as hard as she was. His overpowering sensuality made her aware she was losing the battle. How could she possibly be drawn to a man who made it quite clear he despised her morals and was determined to teach her a lesson for her seduction of his brother?

    However, barely three months had passed since her world had been rocked by trauma. She remembered allowing herself to be taken away from the party by devastatingly handsome banker Patrick Devlin...but how had she come to wake up the next morning in his bed?Whether or not they'd become lovers, Patrick wasn't about to let Lilli forget it. He vowed that she'd marry him within a month. The fact that only Patrick could save Lilli's father's chain of hotels from going bust meant that she had no choice--she would become Patrick's bride by Christmas!

    She was just trying to help her brother out by posing as his wife. Though that's not the end of the mess she's gotten herself into: the gorgeous stranger with whom she spent one perfect night is Ross--her new boss! When Ross learns the truth, he decides he'll make Cathy pay--by making her work hard in the boardroom and the bedroom!

    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 irresistibly marriageableAnna proves to be a challenge but Damon always gets what he wants...and if the prize is good enough he'll pay the priceWill the Greek tycoon claim this virgin to be his bride...?