But Rick Hatton held all the cards, and it looked as though Tammy would just have to put up with him...

    When Shannay's marriage to billionaire Marcello Martinez ended, she returned home carrying with her a precious secret....Now, four years later, Marcello has tracked his wife down and discovered she has kept knowledge of his child from him!Marcello will make Shannay pay for her deception--by returning her to their marital home...and their marriage bed?

    Now, when her father's will stipulated Jared as her guardian for the six months prior to her twenty-first birthday, Catherine was no more enthusiastic about the arrangement then he. She went to Barbados reluctantly."Why did you bring me here, Jared? It's obvious you don't really want me. Just because you once had a great deal of satisfaction in putting me down, you can't resist repeating the experiment, can you?"Yet, despite the ever-present antagonism, some fascination lingered between them.

    It is a feeling stronger than love, señorita."Laura's job as nurse/companion to a widowed Spanish condesa had come at an opportune time. She found the Condesa delightful, but her arrogant son Rodrigo was another matter altogether. With his outrageous demands and wicked charm, he seemed to want to take charge of her life just as he oversaw everything else at the castillo. But Sister Laura Marsh, the terror of the wards, would soon show him she was a force to be reckoned with! Would she be able to resist him — or would desire prove stronger than both of them?When Laura's new life amid the grandeur of a Spanish castle was threatened by Rodrigo, the autocratic Conde de las Montanas, she determined not to succumb to his powerful temper. But would she be strong enough to resist his will?

    Every artist should be so lucky!Then she arrived at Montgomery Hall and found herself reacting to the insinuations of Mark's uncompromising older brother, Grant.Everything about Grant sent shivers of excitement through Ryan, evoking a response too powerful to ignore. But nothing she could say or do would convince the arrogant man of her integrity. Worst of all, Ryan found herself falling in love with him!

    Renier Pitt-Colwyn, and a ragtag kitten won her his goddaughter’s heart. But the handsome Dutchman could hardly be interested in an ordinary girl like her…. Or could he?

    . .  Alexandra Ross has always known Lavender Hill will be hers one day. The grand old house, with its waving jacaranda fronds circling around it like a canopy against the white-hot Australian sun. The acres of orchards, trees heavy with sweet-smelling mangoes and prickly pink lychee. The rushing emerald creek that claimed her brother’s life; the genteel boudoir where her mother died of grief, gin, and stroke. Even the quad bike her bullheaded father uses to tear around the plantation like a teenager, as his covetous young wife plays tea party with Alex’s mother’s favorite china.   Someday Alex will undo her father’s blunders and be the good neighbor her childhood friend Rafe Rutherford deserves. The yearning she feels for Rafe can never overcome the heartbreak they’ve lived through together, but at least she will have his companionship.   Until her father is killed and the plantation is divided. If she wants to keep the land she loves Alex must break free of guilt and hesitation. And once she begins to fight for what her heart desires, there’s no telling where she’ll stop . . .

    A condition of the marriage was that it would be in name only - but when Domenico had made it he had been under the impression that Caroline was the child's mother.What would his reaction be when he discovered how she had deceived him?

    Powerless to ignore his sizzling charisma, within a few hours Devon was sharing a reckless night with him.... Sleeping with a stranger wasn't something Devon had ever done before. But within weeks came the consequences of her whirlwind affair -- a hasty marriage based on lust, all for the sake of their unborn baby....Wedlocked!

    That's what Amy Parker has done. Rather than lose her best bud Quinn Whitfield with an ill-timed, crazy confession of affection, she's taken the smart route. She's eased away from him. Just enough to get past the unrequited bits. And you know, it's working. Until the day Quinn announces he's now single. That's right. He's single. And he wants to hang out. With her. Get reconnected the way they used to be. Oh, this is so not good for Amy's equilibrium. Daily doses of Quinn remind her of everything she loves about him. But if he's free...and she's free...well, maybe the time has come for one of those crazy confessions.

    Because just as Sadie Matthews is giving notice, Ethan Hart, CEO of his family’s chocolate business, receives surprise guardianship of a baby girl. Now he needs his trusted assistant more than ever. Sadie can’t leave Ethan in the lurch. But sharing close quarters means the hidden spark between them just might ignite!

    Instead she's up close and personal with Harry March - the last man on earth she’d trust with her heart - a fractious baby and a four year old diva. She and Julian may not have had the most conventional of courtships but he’s wise, responsible and utterly dependable. The exact opposite of Harry, who thinks that all he has to do to get her to stay and take care of his sister's children is to tease her, charm her and, when that doesn’t work, make love to her. It won't work; Faith knows that love is like meringue — all sugar and air, and about as substantial. And she has made a promise that she isn’t about to break. So why does she find it so hard to walk away?

    But this time Leon wouldn't mesmerize her with their mutual attraction; Bea was no longer willing to be captive to chemistry! Then Leon announced they were engaged again...

    And in the ensuing publicity she, and not Carol, had been branded a cheap little adventuress. So when novelist Simon Egan offered her a job as his secretary and the chance to escape with him to Colorado, Meg eagerly accepted.Little did she know Simon had been personally involved in that tragedy, and mistaking her for Carol, had planned an elaborate revenge.Why couldn't Meg convince him he'd chosen the wrong victim?

    Luxurious hotels, designer clothes and rare jewels are all hers...and what they share in the bedroom is explosive. But the consequences of one night lead to a shocking end to Carrie's fairy tale. She discovers Alexeis is not her Prince Charming--he's a man who'll make her his, no matter what the cost!