"Do what the man wants, Nick."Nicky Piper hates being blonde and gorgeous. For eight years she has been running away from the memory of a Caribbean night when being blonde and gorgeous did her no good at all. She is certainly not going to trade on her looks to sort out Esteban Tremain, no matter what her boss says. But Esteban is used to getting his own way. And Springdown Kitchens certainly owe him. In his isolated Cornish castle, Esteban joins battle with the first woman in years to resist him—and is forced to confront dark memories of his own.

Holly Dent needs protection--but Jack Armour's suggestion isn't quite what she had in mind. Although they've only just met, Jack insists the best way to keep Holly safe is by making her his wife!He claims his motives are purely chivalrous, that their marriage will be strictly temporary. But is Jack fooling himself? Their secret midnight wedding is followed by a passionate wedding night, and everything becomes a little more complicated....

Jonas Reval is the Principality of San Michele's super eligible Prince Charming—at least he will be if the family has its way. But Jonas has been paying his dues in the family high-powered law firm for long enough. He wants to live life on his own terms, and that does not include romance. Hope Kennard's childhood was rocked by scandal and financial ruin. With the death of her beloved but misguided father, she left England to travel the world in search of peace and purpose. No commitments, no baggage, no regrets. This philosophy works for Hope until she takes a housesitting job in sunny, beautiful San Michele and has a fateful meeting with a handsome and intriguing man. Hope senses Jonas has secrets, but she has a few of her own. Can two people stop running from themselves long enough to find love?

Wealthy Nikolai Ivanov was highly dubious about the provocative young woman his aunt had taken into her luxurious Notting Hill home.Wayward one second then tantalizingly seductive the next, Lisa Romaine both intrigued and infuriated him. She was a woman with secrets, and Nikolai was going to discover each and every one of them. All he needed was to overcome her resistance to him. But the danger was that he could so easily end up falling for her instead....

"He's a heartbreaker and should leave a baby like you alone…"These words had echoed around eighteen-year-old Rachel's head as she watched Ricky mix with some of the world's most beautiful people at the luxurious Villa Azul. At first he had seemed more approachable than the sophisticated crowd, but she had been deceived: he was no better than the rest. He was nothing more than a playboy, bent on seduction.She had escaped him then, but now, nine years later, Riccardo di Stefano was the head of the multinational empire, threatening to take over Rachel's company. She was no longer an innocent—he had made sure of that—but was he still the consummate playboy?

Pepper is rendered uncharacteristically speechless when she encounters brilliant Oxford college master Steven Konig in a live TV debate. The man is gorgeous but infuriatingly provocative, and Pepper is stunned to realize he's flirting with her!Having turned her back on her life as an heiress, Pepper is determined to make it alone. Moving to London and being reunited with her long-lost cousins has given her the confidence to be herself. Now she's thrown into turmoil when Steven challenges her to take their attraction further...as far as the altar?

Leonora Groom is an heiress in disguise, desperate to be loved for herself and not for her father's money. Yet she finds her cool facade cracking as the irresistible Amer el-Barbary woos her under the velvet Nile sky.Bored with dating shallow women, Amer sees Leonora as a tempting breath of fresh air. But how will Leonora react when he reveals that he is a sheikh, a true prince of the desert, who wants her for his bride?

Bella Carew is dreading going home to England for her sister's wedding! In New York she has a glamorous job, a whole new circle of friends. Best of all, nobody knows anything about her love life....Gil de la Court interrupts a major business deal to go to his friend's English wedding. Still, a dance with the beautiful bridesmaid feels like more than adequate compensation! But why does Bella seem to be working so hard to pretend she's having fun? Gil suspects this bridesmaid has a secret....

A glamorous girl on Dom's arm will get him the publicity to fund his next expedition. And supermodel Jemima Dare is just the woman!Jemima needs a double.... She can't possibly work, but she can't afford to break her contract. So she turns to her capable sister Izzy!Izzy needs help! Impersonating Jemima is bad enough.But dealing with Dom--dark, powerful, dangerously attractive Dom, with his laughing mouth and worryingly perceptive eyes--that's more than even Izzy can handle. Especially since she's suddenly desperate to tell him the truth.

The French chateau is the perfect hiding place for Jo--until its owner, sardonic reporter Patrick Burns, comes home...At first Patrick thinks the secretive runaway is a thief--or worse--until he sees that what Jo's hiding is her painful past. Soon the brave, lonely girl is the woman he can't live without. But can a man who's never loved win the trust of a girl who's never been loved? Or will her frightening new feelings for him make Jo run again?

"You're expecting me to stay with you in a house that's an hour's walk from the nearest bar of chocolate?" Coming to Sweden to help Dr. Sven Hedberg make a full recovery from an accident was not Gabby Hyssop's idea of fun, especially when she realized that she would be alone with the broodingly handsome surgeon. However, her father's reputation was at stake, so she must at least try to help Sven. But when he started to get too close, who would be on hand to help her?

Unlikely neighborsSelf-made millionaire Haydon Tremayne works long hours, and his London home is his retreat from the world--a world in which women aren't welcome. Enter one very disruptive next-door neighbor, Katie Marriott, who takes invasion into his privacy one step too far. He'll take pleasure in teaching her a lesson!Impulsive LoversTo Katie, her neighbor is detestable--and dangerous. Yet he seems set on catching her...and she can all too easily imagine abandoning herself in his arms! But if she does, he will discover her secret, and if there is one thing Haydon doesn't like, its secrets--and lies.

No one would play him for a fool Cressida didn't trust Lord Rupert Dearham. Not one bit! He pretended to be an explorer with no head for business. But Cressida had seen the way he'd stood up to her father's bullying. Thank goodness, then, he hadn't overheard her father's cold-blooded order for Cressida to invite Rupert to dinner and "persuade" him to change his mind about selling his publishing interests. For if he was like that in business --quick as a jungle cat--Cressida shuddered to think what he'd be like in matters of the heart.

Christina Howard has always believed that a girl should pay her own way. So when a handsome stranger offers to help her out, she can only be suspicious.And her suspicions grow as she starts working for a royal princess and the mysterious Luc Henri reappears. Is all his charm and flattering attentiveness genuinely directed toward her? Perhaps he just means to use her to get close to the royal family. But what if the man she's so determined to avoid turns out to be the one man who's right for her?