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Jan Colley

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Jan Colley lives in the South Island of New Zealand with her real-life hero, firefighter Les, and two lovely cats. After years traveling the globe and Jan's eight-year stint as a customs officer, the pair set up a backpacker hostel called Vagabond. Running her own business, she discovered the meaning of the word "busy" and began reading romance to relax. In 2002, they sold the hostel and Jan decided to take two months and write a book. Two months turned into a year. She did a Kara writing course with Daphne Clair and Robyn Donald, and finaled in the Clendon Award, garnering the Readers Choice. That book, Vagabond Eyes, was ultimately rejected. Two completed manuscripts later, she heard the words she had heard in her head a hundred times: "Jan? It's Melissa Jeglinski here. We'd like to buy your book." Trophy Wives was released in December 2005 under the Silhouette Desire imprint. Jan now works part-time and dedicates the rest to writing and neglecting her family and friends, although she does find time to watch rugby whenever there is a game on, be it her team of champs, Canterbury, or the All Blacks.

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His Vienna Christmas bride

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The engagement was a fake, a desperate plan by Jasmine Cooper to pacify her dying father and prevent family turmoil. Shameless flirt and financial whiz Adam Thorne knew an opportunity when he saw one. The only thing greater than his ambition was his pride, and Jasmine had once wounded his. So he'd accept his onetime lover's impulsive proposaltaking his revenge along with a healthy profit. But would his carefully crafted payback falter in the heat of holiday passion?

Friday night mistress

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One precious night a week, Jordan Lake fell into her secret lover's arms in their elegant hotel suite hideaway. But the breathless passion she found here with Nick Thorne had to stay hidden, because their wealthy families were the bitterest of enemies.Nick liked feeling in control, and that's exactly what he didn't have in his affair with the self-assured sophisticate. Out of his element, he still found himself craving more, pushing their secret perilously close to being revealed. Until Jordan told a terrible lie that could change everything....

In the arms of the rancher

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"He was only in town for a short spell - long enough to lasso himself some female companionship before heading home for the holidays. Yet the minute rancher Hawk McKenna entered her restaurant, he knew Kate Muldoon was bound to be trouble. Her eyes spoke of long-hidden fears, but her lips and limbs had him hankering to take her to bed. Sure enough, Kate was desperate for his help, for his protection ... for his hand in marriage? The sane thing would be to leave her and head for the hills. Despite his lone-wolf nature, Hawk couldn't turn away. Just how far was he willing to go to keep his lover safe?"--Publisher description.

Melting the Icy Tycoon

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The last thing New Zealand businessman Conner Bannerman needed was a stunning TV presenter turned gossip columnist living next door. Conner valued his privacy above all else, and he didn't trust Eve Drumm's assertion that she wasn't interested in anything he had to offer. His lovely neighbor was up to something, and with a multimillion-dollar project to protect, Conner wasn't about to let Eve ruin his plans. He'd keep his eye on the next-door beauty…and use whatever means necessary to keep her close at hand. After all, everyone had their price.

Satin & a Scandalous Affair

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What would it take for Danielle Hammond to design a necklace for one of the world's highest-priced diamonds? Gem broker Quinn Everard wasn't above using blackmail to get Dani to take the job. She was the only designer worthy of the piece...and the only woman he wanted as his new mistress. Insisting she complete her work at his secluded Australian home, the millionaire soon had Dani under his seductive influence. But he had to watch out...or the smart, sexy woman could uncover every one of his well-kept secrets.

One-Click Buy: April Silhouette Desire

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One convenient download. One bargain price. Get all April Silhouette Desire with one click!Two emotionally scarred people give each other the courage to live--and love--again...a pregnant wedding planner spurns the attentions of her baby’s millionaire father...a woman pretends to be her twin to reclaim the baby her sister left on the father’s doorstep. Find all this and more with six powerful, passionate and provocative stories from Silhouette Desire! Bundle includes Satin & a Scandalous Affair by Jan Colley, Marrying for King's Millions by Maureen Child, Bedded by the Billionaire by Leanne Banks, Pregnant at the Wedding by Sara Orwig, Tycoon’s One-Night Revenge by Bronwyn Jameson and Baby on the Billionaire’s Doorstep by Emily McKay.

Mistress

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After a year of grand adventures touring the classical ruins of Italy and Greece, Iphiginia Bright returned to England to discover that the real excitement was at home. It seems that her Aunt Zoe has fallen victim to a sinister blackmailer and only Iphiginia can hope to stop the culprit before he can do more harm. Her plan is inspired: Imitating history's most legendary beauties--Cleopatra, Helen of Troy, Aphrodite--the former schoolmistress will remake herself, and descend upon London Society as the dazzling mistress of Marcus Valerius Cloud, the infamous Earl of Masters. Rumors hint that the Earl has disappeared at the blackmailer's hands, and by posing as his unknown mistress, Iphiginia is convinced she can ferret out the villain. Overnight, Iphiginia is transformed into a vision with a host of eager admirers, including one she does not expect -- the Earl of Masters himself, who strides into a shimmering ballroom one evening to cooly reclaim his "mistress". He is everything they say he is... arrogant, attractive, devastatingly seductive, and Iphiginia can't help but be enthralled. But when Marcus agrees to play along with her charade, she doesn't know that the determined earl has plans of his own: to tease and tempt her, until the beautiful deceiver becomes more than his mistress in name only. From the Paperback edition.

Expecting A Fortune

3.0 (1)
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There was a price to pay for her one-night stand. Five months ago Skylar Fortune had slept with the man of her dreams. Now worldly horseman Zack Manning had returned, and she was forced to tell him she was expecting his baby. Outraged at being kept in the dark, the domineering New Zealander demanded marriage. His smoldering charm wooed the pregnant plain-Jane back into his bed, but Skylar wasn't about to let him dictate her future. Despite everything, their burgeoning love for their tiny miracle bonded them together…until Zack's notorious past exposed his true motives!

Trophy Wives

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Summerhill Lodge drew more than its share of exclusive clientele, and Ethan Rae was no exception. Lucy McKinlay couldn't help but notice the tycoon's rugged good looks, but it was the mystery lurking in those piercing eyes that caught her attention. Something other than big game had brought this entrepreneur to the far corner of the world.... He had a reputation for getting what he wanted, and right now Ethan wanted answers...and Lucy was the means to getting them. She took care of the Lodge's trophy wives; she knew all their secrets. And Ethan wasn't above seducing Lucy to further his agenda. But he hadn't considered that once he had Lucy in his arms he would not want to let go. For she was no man's trophy...she was the ultimate prize.

One-Click Buy: July Silhouette Desire

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One convenient download. One bargain price. Get all July Silhouette Desire with one click! To fulfill the terms of his father’s will, a man must live with his father’s illegitimate son and his irritatingly irresistible guardian. A jewelry tycoon pretends to be the husband of a con woman with amnesia to get to the bottom of her scam. A self-made millionaire who believes himself to be infertile assumes his convenient bride is lying about the paternity of their baby. Find all this and more with six powerful, passionate and provocative stories from Silhouette Desire! Bundle includes Billionaire’s Favorite Fantasy by Jan Colley, Bound by the Kincaid Baby by Emilie Rose, Dante’s Wedding Deception by Day Leclaire, High-Society Secret Pregnancy by Maureen Child, The CEO Takes a Wife by Maxine Sullivan and The Desert Lord’s Bride by Olivia Gates.

Billionaire's Favorite Fantasy

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They had shared the most amazing night of passion. And billionaire tycoon Lewis Goode could not erase Madeline Holland from his mind. Lucky for him, a corporate acquisition had just made him her new boss. But Lewis knew Madeline would quit rather than have people think she slept her way to the top. So he'd have to use every negotiating trick he knew to keep her in his boardroom...and in his bedroom.