
Seeing Slater again would cause Chris pain Natalie had always known how desperately in love with Slater Chris had been, and she'd arranged things so that Chris would have to return to England and face the man who'd rejected her. For as a f...
Lady Eleanor de Tressail was simply mortified Bad enough that before his death, her old-fashioned grandfather had ensured that their impoverished estate wouldn't have to be sold--by arranging her marriage. But to Joss Wycliffe of all people--t...
Pride and passion drew her to Portugal "It had been your father's dearest wish that his lost daughter be found." The words touched Shelley's heart and destined her for the Portuguese coastal town of Algarve. For her father had r...
Had she mistaken kindness for something more? Hazel had to face the truth about Silas Jardine. He was only being friendly because she was Katie's mother. And Katie -- not Hazel -- was the once he cared about. But that didn't make it an...
Sarah believed in love at first sight One enchanted evening at a masquerade ball Sarah French fell in love with a sapphire-eyed stranger. "I want to make love to you," he murmured. As if in a dream Sarah answered, "I want it, too......
He called her a conniving female And then James Warren accused Tania of deliberately destroying his sister's marriage. He vowed to make her pay for it. Tania was an innocent bystander to the tangle of lies and deceit that surrounded the For...
Confusion and desire. Susannah was a successful writer for Tomorrow magazine, but the new managing director - the dynamic Hazard Maine - made it clear that he thought she was cheating her way to the top. It didn't help their working relationship,...
Dominic acted as if nothing had happened As though Christy's adolescent advances had not aroused his anger and contempt. The humiliation of his words had haunted her since and stood between her and all other men. Her career in London had co...
His honor left him no choice Sienna had been swept off her feet by the handsome, powerful Greek, Alexis Stefanides. "I shall imprint myself on your heart and body so that you will never forget me, " he'd said once he'd won her hear...
Secretary Sara Browning has just discovered that relationships with the boss don't always work - especially when he's decided to marry someone else! Desperately needing to hide from her humiliation, Sara decides to leave London and stay a...
Would he always hold the past against her? "You never did want to face reality, did you?" Frazer accused. "You always were a daydreamer...living more in your imagination than in real life." Frazer Aysgarth had never forgiven Reb...
Heather dreaded seeing Kyle Bennett again Six years ago, her stupid, childish jealousy had driven him away from the only home he had ever known. But for her father's sake, now she must ask for his help. "What are you asking me for, Heat...
He'd always made light of her feelings When she was young, Jenna had been infatuated with Simon Townsend, her best friend's teasing brother. Then infatuation changed to a curious uneasiness, one that made her feel edgy and restless in his ...
Marriage for a merger... Joel Howard--arrogant, self-assured and all too aware of his sexual magnetism--reminded Cassie of the unlikelihood of anyone ever loving her. She would rather have sold her soul to the devil than ally herself with him. ...
HE KNEW HER DARK SECRETS... Tragedy had befallen Rosie when she was a vulnerable sixteen-year-old, and the worst thing about the experience was being caught by Jake Lucas, who clearly thought Rosie was a tramp. Since then Rosie had resolutely ...
Rue didn't need a man in her life She didn't want one, either. The past had taught her only too well the chaos that love could bring. She was happy enough, building her small dried-flower business and learning to enjoy life on her own. ...
It's been six years since Jamie walked in on her lover, Jake Brierton, in bed with another woman -- and walked right back out that door and out of his life. But even though Jamie has spent years working on her successful decorating business, she&...
Tangled dreams Gray Phillips had hired Sarah to be his son's nanny out of desperation-she alone could reach and comfort the unhappy child. But Gray made no secret of the fact that he resented her presence in his home and in his life. Forgi...
WHY HAD HE RETURNED? It was over ten years ago since Holly, a naive girl still in her teens, had fallen for Robert Graham and had assumed that his intentions were more long-term than just an affair. She had been bitterly disillusioned. Robert had ...
Could East and west love side by side? They were in love--why shouldn't they be married? But both Felicia and Faisal knew there would be problems. Ordinary English girls just didn't marry wealthy Arabs. On a cloud of love and optimism, ...
The situation was explosive Selina Thorn arranged work with a prominent London QC not to break up his marriage -- the way her mother had once tried -- but to get to know her father secretly so that she could put her past behind her. She hadn...
He had misjudged her Lucy Howard didn't like arrogant men, and Niall Cameron certainly came into that category for her! He didn't even know her, but he quite happily jumped to all the wrong conclusions. She was rich, spoiled, uncaring and ...
Marry Chase Lorimer--impossible! Since Somer MacDonald's humiliating encounter with Chase Lorimer on the isle of Jersey, she had kept men at a distance. Five years ago she had foolishly tried to prove her sexual desirability by seducing the...
She had come to take his inheritance Natasha Ames wasn't surprised that Jay Travers resented her presence on his family's Texas ranch. Not after she learned that his grandfather, who had met Natasha on a trip to England, had left her half ...
She'd unleashed his fury with her jealous lies Ten years ago teenage Maggie had fled her beloved Deveril House -- driven off by Marcus Landersby's savage outrage. Her falsehoods, an attempt to hang on to Marcus, her attractive older step-c...
"Why are you marrying the man?" It was a question Carter couldn't help but ask. "You've just admitted that he can't turn you on? And I know, from personal experience, that you're a passionate woman." Carter Macdo...
Hannah Maitland congratulated herself "There's no man in my life...no love to whom I'm committed. Not now, not in the past and not in the future." A bleak picture for most women - but for career-minded Hannah it was satisfying. ...
His only desire was to use her That horrible damning letter! If Lee didn't become Gilles de Chauvigny's temporary wife he'd show it to her real fiancé. That Gilles could disrupt her life so carelessly, so callously just to be ri...
True love needs no approval Lucas had always urged Lindsay to take charge of her own life, even though it meant defying her father's wishes. All that changed, however, the day Lucas was left in charge of Lindsay's inheritance--and her fate...
"I'd be better off in the personal columns advertising for a husband...." Rosy Wyndham -- had to be married within the next three months or face the consequences. Guard Jamieson -- was successful, sexy -- and single. With no other c...
Their marriage had gone up in flames Jake Harvey was every woman's secret type. During their brief and volatile union, Kate had been wildly jealous, dangerously insecure, and he'd never reassured her with words of love--only of desire. ...
A searing passion left her scarred And since that devastating experience, when Campion had been like a newly opened flower crushed by a cruel hand, she had closed out that side of her nature. Now she was being forced to reopen it. Her literary ...
Would they become lovers now? The demands of a growing business meant Sybilla had less time to think about the past, about a lonely future -- and definitely no time to become emotionally involved. Ever again. Not after Gareth Seymour. Ten years...
The man was trespassing on her emotions! Women as independent and career-minded as Miranda didn't just bump into a total stranger and fall in love. Ridiculous. Impossible. Totally unthinkable. There must have been some other more logical expla...
Judge and jury With both her professional and personal life in such a mess, Charlotte French realized she was lucky to land a position with the prestigious law firm of Jefferson & Horwich -- even as a junior partner. But Daniel Jefferson was like ...
She was an ice maiden with a heart of glass Kelly Langdon's short, disastrous marriage had left her deeply suspicious of men. She knew all too well that her looks--along with a sizable inheritance--made her an attractive target for fortune ...
Too close... At eighteen, Nicola had made a terrible mistake and eight years later is still punishing herself for her folly. But her shameful secret comes full circle when Matt Hunt walks back into her life -- as her new boss. Not that Matt recogn...
Wanted: Prince Charming for damsel in distress Melanie was in distress all right! But the last thing she wanted was a prince -- or any man for that matter -- to come riding to her rescue. She'd had it with the opposite sex -- she wanted only t...
Remedy for an aching heart Though Lacy's brief marriage went disastrously wrong, she still has her daughter, Jessica. But there has been no man since Lewis, the one who loved and left her, twenty years ago. Lacey is a woman in full control...
She would not be seduced! A pretty woman with no head for business? Christa Bellingham had worked hard to banish this image of herself. Did that mean that she now came across as too outspoken--particularly about men? She had learned the hard wa...