Brought up by her wealthy but distant grandfather, she is used to fading into the background and being ignored.But Luciano's sensual lovemaking makes her feel vibrantly alive. Hope falls in love with her husband and is blissfully happy--until she discovers that Luciano ruthlessly married her...for convenience!

    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....

    But after two amazing days their affair was over. Peter had thought Erin was different until he discovered her secret. Then seven months later he finds her pregnant. Now there's only one way to ensure his unborn child's security ... marriage. Erin's knight in shining armor has returned, this time demanding she be his bride!

    Here she met and married gorgeous Greek playboy Andreas Markonos and bore him a precious son. But when tragedy struck, Louisa fled ...Now, years later, Andreas can't believe that his runaway wife has dared set foot on Aristos again --- and that he still desires her. Andreas will reclaim his wife with the one thing they still have in common ... intense physical passion!

    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 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.

    But it was clear that all he felt for her was the friendly affection which she had enjoyed as a child all those years ago. His love was reserved for another woman and it would be foolish of Amy to try to come between them. And yet he exhibited something remarkably like jealousy when he met the men in Amys life. Perhaps there was hope for her after all?

    Then Victoria discovered that her new husband, the man she adored, had betrayed her--after only one day of marriage! She packed her bags and left....Zac Harding wouldn't let Victoria go. He was determined to find his missing bride and bring her home. Only, when he did, he was shocked to find that Victoria had a secret she was desperate to keep: their wedding night had resulted in a baby!

    But knowing that the Spanish billionaire would never love her as she loved him, her choice was to make her unborn child her priority and then, once he was born, make her dark journey by herself....But in Isandro's eyes, Rowan's decision rendered her a gold digger who had committed the worst possible crime. However, he couldn't stop her seeing her baby son--or deny that the passion between them was as raw and intense as ever....

    Maggie the free wheeling socialite, dispensing her favours indiscriminately and Finn indulging his playboy tendencies. But then Finn fell genuinely in love with Laurie Fortune, daughter of financier and jeweller Nicholas Fortune and the house of cards Maggie's scheming had wrought fell about her ears. Nick thought Laurie wanted to be friends with Maggie, and was set on wresting her away from this 'scarlet woman' and Maggie was horrified to realise that her headlong response to Nick was returned in full measure!

    One: it will never be anything more than a fling. Two: either can walk away at any time they wish.…Only, Colette hasn't counted on walking away pregnant. And, to Stephen's frustration, after Colette other women don't seem to provide quite the same satisfaction.Now Stephen's going to lay down some new rules—rules that will most definitely give him the opportunity to indulge his craving for Colette once more.

    Sienna hopes never to see his seductively arrogant face again, but six weeks later their world changes--forever....Rafe is no longer just a billionaire, but is revealed as the prince of Montvelatte. What's more, Sienna is pregnant--with his twins! What choice does she have now? Rafe is determined to claim his heirs and take Sienna as his royal wife!

    But it wasn't as simple as just walking away. From the moment she is summoned back to Sicily, the shivers of unease set in....The command comes from legendary billionaire Cristiano Ferrara, the husband she can't forget - but it might as well have come from the devil himself. The outrageously gorgeous Cristiano's power is a potent reminder of this Sicilian dynasty's unbreakable rule: once a Ferrara wife, always a Ferrara wife....

    But drawn to Justin by a fierce mutual passion, the usually sensible Caroline married him knowing that he couldn't love her--just as she couldn't help loving him.She accepts the hazards of a marriage to the arrogant, magnetic lawyer--his aversion to love, sudden changes in mood and his restless nightmares. But how will Justin react when Caroline announces she's pregnant with his baby...?Originally published in 1987

    And Jared Faulkner was demanding a reckoning.Purdey wasn't proud of the way she'd treated Jared in the past, even though at the time she could see no real alternative.But it was a fearful price Jared wanted to extract from her-far greater than she'd expected to pay. And just as before she could see no other way out. Jared had her in his power and could so easily crush her....