Patricia Wilson

Amy had always loved Maxwell St Clair, her attractive cousin by marriage. But it was clear that all he felt for her was the friendly affection which she had enjoyed as a child all those years ago. His love was reserved for another woman and it would be foolish of Amy to try to come between them. And yet he exhibited something remarkably like jealousy when he met the men in Amy's life. Perhaps there was hope for her after all?

Lucy didn't trust Guy an inch The Comte de Chauvrais was the rudest and most insensitive man she had ever met. What had possessed her Aunt Wanda to accept an invitation to stay at his chateau? And why was he so interested in them? The whole affair made Lucy nervous. Especially when Guy claimed love did not exist--that it was merely a respectable cover for desire. Suddenly Lucy was strangely afraid she'd never be able to escape from the trap he had set--and the desire he aroused in her....

The beautiful Philadelphia socialite with the drop-dead attitude wasn't exactly the kind of murder suspect Fox Whittington was used to. He couldn't figure out whether he should haul her off to jail or just take her in his arms and kiss her senseless ...

Sun, sea - and seduction. Emily was no longer innocent or vulnerable enough to fall for a ruthless man like Alexi Karivalis. In the five years since their love affair ended, she had channeled her emotions into building a career-her work had become her only love. But under the scorching sun on a tiny Greek island, Alexi's reappearance in her life raised alarming suspicions - that the man she would once have gladly died for was now swindling her grandfather AND skillfully working his way back into her heart.

Once Adam had been Kirsty's whole world. He was her hero. Then, in a few short moments, the magic had gone and Kirsty had fled.... Now Adam was back in Kirsty's life, blaming her for their breakup! Kirsty was determined to treat him like a stranger--with cool indifference. But then she discovered, to her cost, that this man she had loved so deeply could never be banished from her heart....

She was daring and defiant; tender and wanton. She was child. She was woman. She was Rhawnie. From a starving gypsy in Russia to an exotic demi-mondaine in Paris; from a countess in Bavaria to a sensation in New York; from a survivor in the western wilderness to a card shark in San Francisco - wuch were the heights and depths of existence for Rhawnie. Her wit, her cunning, her beauty, the sensuous delights she performs to well protect her even as they cause her agony and shame. For deep in her soul is a love for a man, a man who has brought her only degradation and heartbreak. Wherever she goes, whatever she does, Rhawnie cannot escape Seth Garrett. The constant ache for his arms, the ever present need for the fires of passion he alone can ignite, and his relentless pursuit of her have made her his prisoner. Across continents fleeing danger and death, Rhawnie runs...from this man...from herself...until she knows that with a love so powerful, a love so shameless, she can do nothing but surrender!

"You are two people--a mind and a body. The mind is evasive and devious, but the body is mine." Michalis Konstantine was right. April Stewart couldn't deny the spark of attraction that had flared between them, almost from their first meeting. It wasn't much consolation to realize that Michalis was fighting and resisting that attraction almost as hard as she was. His overpowering sensuality made her aware she was losing the battle. How could she possibly be drawn to a man who made it quite clear he despised her morals and was determined to teach her a lesson for her seduction of his brother?

A devil's bargain James Sanderson is domineering, handsome and cold as black stone. Beneath all his polish, gloss and sophistication, Gemma knows there lurks a savage, untamed jungle cat who takes what he wants. And he wants her. Her father's death and mitigating circumstances give James the upper hand. Gemma makes it clear she neither loves nor likes him, but the only way gaining time is to agree to his proposition of marriage. After all, she has a great sense of self-preservation and some terms of her own that she's prepared to deliver....

It was a terrible choice for her Yet Kit Landor was as implacable as his piercing blue eyes when he told Charlotte, "You'll marry me or Uncle Joe gets what's coming to him." Charlotte couldn't let her beloved uncle go to prison. Besides, Kit was too attractive for his own good, and Charlotte was not immune to his charms. But she wasn't going to let him have things all his own way. Why should she--especially when he really wanted the glamorous Veronica.

Destination: Spain Attractions: Costa del Sol, flamenco dancing and Felipe de Santis He was arrogant as the devil and cold as ice - a ready made adversary! Brash, brazen, hard-hitting journalist Maggie Howard had covered war zone and interviwed dictators without learning how to stand up for herself. She didn't do soft stories so her resentment was already high when she was assigned to do a feature article on famed equestrian Felipe de Santis, and as far as she was concerened this assignment in Andalucia was no diffrent from the rest. Then she met Felipe, and immediately two forceful personalities clashed, arrogance and pride met blow for blow. He was used to giving orders and expected Maggie to defer to him. She would do things her way, and if Felipe didn't like it he knew what he could do. What she wasn't used to was the sort of campaign he wagged in order to get his own way... But it wasn't until Felipe accused her of being afraid to be a woman that Maggie knew this time the outcome of her story was completely beyond her control!

Lord of the manor Steven Templeton had shattered Georgina's life once, and now that he'd returned to Kellerdale Hall, he clearly intended to scatter the pieces. He obviously didn't want her around as estate manager. But Georgina declared war--convincing herself Steven was as bad as his reputation. Hadn't he stolen his brother's wife and turned a defenseless female out into the night? And she would never let him close enough to rekindle the desire that still haunted them both. But never was a long time, especially now that Steven was home for good....

Carrie Stuart returned to London with reluctance There she would face the bittersweet memories of the past. There she had met Matthew Silver. Meeting him again four years later was no accident. He had manipulated events to put her back in his power, and she found that the gentle, considerate lover she'd known had become an unfeeling, hard stranger. He blamed her for their breakup yet he was the one who had left. Carrie had resolved Matt would never know that her husband was a figment of her imagination and that her twin daughters were his own.

Didn't she hate great big, rough men, anyway? What Andrea Forsythe lacked in stature she made up for in determination and fortitude. But when she set off to Africa to find her missing brother, even she had trouble defending herself from the perilous embrace of construction engineer Kane Mallory--an arrogantly virile man, as dangerous as the jungle around them. Kane was the hardest, most ruthless kind of male animal. But Andrea was glad for his disturbing protection when a revolution broke out around them! Was it the adventure, the danger, the close proximity that explained her reaction to his touch--or was it a glimpse of something she had never known... and didn't want to lose?

Out in the wild How typical of a man to base his judgment of her solely on her looks! Clearly Kip Forsythe would have preferred that she wore khaki shorts, a bush shirt and the odd python draped around her neck. Natalie would show him she was quite capable of preparing for the arrival of an entire film crew at Africa's Kabala Dam. He didn't need to know--he wouldn't know--it was all part of an attempt to mend her broken heart. But she hadn't considered the rush of desire that threatened to consume her each time she thought of Kip. She hadn't considered she'd fall prey to his jungle enchantment!

“My wife wears my rings—no others!” Andreas Skoradis acknowledged neither the divorce nor Olivia Page’s right to become engaged again. “How dare you come back to me, wearing another man's rings,” he accused her when she returned to his Greek island of Illyaros. But Olivia wouldn't have come back at all if her grandfather hadn’t been so ill. She had known Andreas would resent her for having deserted the marriage three years ago. She hadn’t forgiven him for his infidelity, either! So she couldn’t tell Andreas of the existence of their son—the very thing he’d wanted from their marriage in the first place—and risk having her heart shattered a second time.

Takeover! Alexandra had heard all the rumors about her new boss, Kyle Maddison. He was supposed to be a shark, a corporate raider. The kind of man who puts profits above his employees. She expected that working for him would be difficult, but thought she could handle any situation. Then she realized she was in trouble. Because Kyle wasn't content with controlling Fosdick-Kent Plastics--he wanted Alexandra, too! She was determined to resist this powerful man. But could she? Especially when her younger brother was at his mercy?

"I want you to be my fiancee." Julian Forrest's words were businesslike, but Merissa's first instinct was to run from the threatening brilliance of the raw male look of the man. Yet she agreed to his madcap scheme to pose as his bride-to-be, ostensibly to dispatch unwanted females from his busy life. After all, Merissa's modeling work barely provided for an ailing mother and a father's debts, and the fee Julian offered was exorbitant. She could do it, Merissa determined. She'd survive the necessary close contact with this unpredictable man--and hopefully the whole ridiculous affair--with her heart and her mind still her own!