Interior designer Selene Winston had arrived to remodel his mansion, not tangle in the sheets with her brutally handsome new boss.And yet the reclusive Adrien Morell haunted her dreams; his fantasies played through her mind. Soon she found herself succumbing to Adrien's magnetic power. But he was not about to walk out of the shadows with her. If she wanted more than a midnight lover, Selene would have to tame the beast beyond the bedroom door.
You're not my prisoner. Unfortunately, that's exactly how she felt, trapped in Zach Keller's remote castle. The handsome millionaire was supposed to be her protector, but under his watchful gaze she felt more exposed than ever. It didn't help that he evaded all personal questions – and insisted that for her safety, they must marry.She had to find a way off Zach's property, or at least a reason to deny his proposal. Because she was on the verge of saying yes to whatever Zach demanded – especially if it meant a wedding night neither of them would ever forget.
The position: Hard-driving corporate powerhouse – and very confirmed bachelor – C. K. Tanner needs a «pretend» wife to help him convince an old-fashioned business associate that he's a regular, reliable family man.The unwilling candidate: Abby McGrady, a beautiful, independent young woman who works in the mail room and detests almost everything about her arrogant, insufferable – but drop-dead-gorgeous – employer. The complication: The two of them are all wrong for each other – but they can't keep their hands off each other, either. And the sparks flying are enough to make anybody want to turn a «temporary» partnership into the deal of a lifetime.
His sleek BMW looking like a champion black stallion, Denton rode arrogantly into the one-horse Texas town he'd once called home.Ripe with disdain, he planned to make a quick million – then bolt. But the unexpected sight of Grace Simmons launched him down memory lane to a perfect starlit night when he'd gently taken her innocence…and she'd stolen his heart.Suddenly Denton yearned to relive her exquisite kisses, to revel in her laughter, to squander whole afternoons in her bed – and to turn his first love into his forever love!
From the moment powerfully seductive Rey Hart first set eyes on Meredith Johns, he became mesmerized by the lovely young woman. For not only did Meredith stir his jaded soul with her tempting innocence, he discovered she was a top-notch biscuit maker! However, installing the beleaguered Meredith on the Hart ranch as his coveted cook was a cinch compared to breaking the enchanting spell she had cast over this Long, Tall Texan's heart.Now, the hot-tempered cattleman's plan to preserve his bachelorhood was on the verge of backfiring–big time–because one intoxicating kiss would never be enough to satisfy Rey's intense craving for his mysterious housemate. Against all odds, could their tenuous union survive his stubborn pride–and her perilous past?
Boston hunk Nicholas Barone could hardly believe one-year-old Molly was his daughter.The sexy businessman was committed only to his extended Italian family, to their business – Baronessa Gelati – and to short-term relationships with gorgeous socialites. Then one pintsized female turned his priorities upside down. Enter Gail Fenton, nanny extraordinaire.Within days she had a cranky Molly smiling; within a few sleepless nights, she had a frustrated Nicholas fantasizing. Bewitched by a virgin. Vexed by the girl next door. Man-about-town Nicholas was in serious trouble, for unlike his former lovers, who wanted only his money or his name, Gail wanted his heart.
A Barone wedding? He would be there!Gavin O'Sullivan couldn't wait to show Colleen Barone just what she'd been missing since she and her family had kicked him to the curb. He was no longer the rebel from the wrong side of town, but a hotel mogul with money to burn and influence to rival the powerful Barone clan's.But one dance with the petite, oh-so-sweet Colleen, and the passion that had smoldered in him all these years blazed to life…. Did Gavin dare risk his wounded heart with the temptress who had broken it once before?
HEART OF A COWBOYComing home is hard enough without ranch manager Quinn Solomon making Lacey Duggan feel like an unwanted guest. She's only here until she figures out what to do with her one-third ownership of Crooked Valley. But Quinn's irresistible daughter is giving Lacey ideas about being part of a family. And though they don't even like each other, Lacey's having crazier notions about the widowed single dad.Does Lacey think she can waltz in and turn Quinn's life upside down…only to leave again? The pretty accountant knows nothing about running a ranch, yet she's making the Montana homestead feel like a home. Quinn isn't looking for love again. Until a woman who's all heart and a determined little girl help one lovestruck cowboy see the light.
Police detective Carson Beckett had skirted the altar as smoothly as a sly criminal avoided handcuffs.Now the time had come to settle down and fulfill his ailing mother's wish – and he was halfway there with an unofficial promise to wed his childhood sweetheart. But first he had to repay an old family debt to the last of the Chandler heirs.When his search led him to the gray-eyed, mesmerizing Kit Chandler, his usual logic deserted him. Instinctively, he changed from benefactor to protector when Kit became the target of someone else's wrath. And when tension turned to passion, Carson realized he was in deep. He would get to the altar, but with whom?
I, Jayne Pembroke, must have been out of my mind. Erik Randolph, Youngsville's most eligible playboy, had walked into the store where I worked, chosen a ring for his future bride – and then proceeded to ask me to marry him.And although I knew our marriage would be based more on terms of a will than love at first sight, my heart beat at an unfamiliar pace the moment I uttered "I do.” Because it's not every day you get to walk down the aisle – or fall in love with your very own husband.