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Rachel could tell something was wrong Rachel had been hesitant to spend the Christmas holiday with the Shards in their Newcastle home. After all, Liz and Rob were Jaime's parents and might have been Rachel's in-laws had circumstances been different. But Jaime Shard had lied--a lie that ended whatever there had been between him and Rachel. She was glad he never visited his parents for the holidays. She knew she wouldn't have to face him again. Or so she thought--until she saw Liz Shard's worried face and heard her blurt out, "Jaime's home.... "

Freedom was all she wanted from him Autumn was desperately struggling to put behind her the bittersweet memories of her marriage to Yorke Laing. He'd nearly destroyed her once with his cold brand of loving, but time and a demanding job had given her a new strength. Now she needed only a divorce from him to break their last link. Then Yorke flew back into her life, dangling temptation in front of her. He'd give her a divorce--but at a price she was sure she could never pay . . . .

"I always get what I want." Adam Thornton's words struck fear into Natalie's heart. For the survival of her modeling agency depended on keeping him and his company happy. Her own sister--Thornton's Cosmetics' Dream Girl--had put her firm in jeopardy. And Adam Thornton, her irate client, was not a man to be trifled with. Ruthless in business, he was also dangerous to love, as Natalie discovered. For what he wanted most of all was Natalie--as his mistress!

Alexa's best friend had married Mark, the man Alexa had loved. Suddenly all her dreams were shattered, & she no longer wanted to live. But she was not allowed that refuge. Scott Kelsey, Mark's brother, would not have such scandal affect their family's proud reputation.

Her love for Keri gave her no choice. Templar's care of her dead sister's child was a labor of love--even though it had meant giving up her successful modeling career. However, when the financial strain outgrew her own resources, Templar tried to contact the baby's father. It was a shock to learn that he, too, was dead. It was a greater shock to face Leon Marcose, Keri's uncle, and learn that he was determined to raise the child as his own--and marry the mother. How could Templar tell him the truth now?

Natalie is a schoolteacher who is pressed upon by her close friend, to take care of her dating agency business, when close friend falls ill. This brings Natalie into conflict with surgeon Miles, who accuses Natalie and her dating agency of setting up his sister with a con artist, out for all he can get out of Miles' wealthy family, with Miles vowing to put the dating agency out of business .....

All Joanne could remember about her 'uncle' Matthew Wilder was a kindly, bearded man, a friend of her father's, who had made a pet of her when she was a child. Now she was grown up, and had been sent on a mission to find him. Find him she did — and now Matthew Wilder bore no resemblance to that childhood memory. The beard had gone, he was still an attractive man in his late thirties — and Joanne lost no time in falling in love with him. But what was the mystery surrounding him? Why had he shut himself off from the world on a remote Florida key? Joanne had been waiting for someone like Matthew all her life — but what was the use, when it was so clear that he had not been waiting for her?

Sparks had flown between young Cathy Colt and the inscrutable Dr. Woolf Maxwell from the moment lie arrived to look after her father's practice. He maddened her, with his insistence on treating her as an unruly youngster. So she didn't care in the least when her glamorous friend Tippy announced that she was going to make Woolf fall in love with her. She was welcome to him! For her part, Cathy would just go on hating him. But someone had warned her, `Beware of hate, it's first cousin to love.' Would she find out, too late, that that was perfectly true?

Had he been cruel only to be kind? Kirsty's promising stage career had nearly been destroyed by a scathing review written by Britain's foremost drama critic, Drew Chalmers. So when Kirsty saw a chance to avenge herself, she took it, unmindful of the consequences. Her vengeance seemed to provoke no retribution, especially when she was offered a place in an important Shakespearean company--until she suddenly found herself engaged to Drewand learned it was his influence that had won her the job. Now, while learning her new role, Kirsty must learn to play the part of Drew's lover... to perfection!

Holly Weston had done it all alone. She had raised her small son and worked her way up to features writer for a major newspaper. Still the bitterness of the past seven years lingered. She had been very young when she married Nick Falconer--but old enough to lose her heart completely when he left. Despite her success in her new life, her old one haunted her. But it was over and done with--until an assignment in Greece brought her face to face with Nick and all she was trying to forget...

Could she trade sex for financial security? Why was Roxanne's father encouraging his business competitor's attraction for her? She saw no need to pander to the businessman's ego. Sebastian Blair's electronics firm was the largest in New Zealand, but her father's company surely was second? But it wasn't. It was near bankruptcy, and only a merger with Sebastian's company would save Roxanne's family from ruin. "He likes you--be nice to him," her father had pleaded. Roxanne shuddered, wondering just what the sensuously handsome Sebastian's idea of "nice" was... and then he proposed marriage!

It was time she faced the truth After her husband's death, Raina believed Logan Thorne, his business partner, visited often because of her son, Danny. When Logan offered marriage, she didn't take him seriously. Why should he tie himself down because Danny needed a father? Then, in a weak moment, she accepted Logan's proposal--for Danny's sake, of course. Jealousy and bitter memories of the past were driving her and Logan apart until Raina realized that their marriage had nothing to do with Danny, but with their own love for each other!

She was no match for his ruthless ways Kyla's business was insignificant compared to Marc Nathan's corporation. But that didn't give him the right to pressure her out of her store. She had legal rights! Yet Marc had a disconcerting way of getting under her skin, Kyla found. And he was so damned persistent about seeing her in after-business hours, in unbusinesslike surroundings. It didn't take long to discover his tactics: he was going to sweep her off her feet, weaken her resistance. And Marc Nathan wasn't an easy man to resist!

"I'm not the first man to kiss you!" Karn Fellingham had the most appalling opinion of Jemma's sister, so it was rather insulting that he mistook Jemma for Christine. Still, Jemma thought she could pull her sister out of trouble by taking advantage of his mistake. She soon wished she'd never undertaken the deception, for she was playing the part of a woman who couldn't resist a handsome, wealthy man -- and Karn was making her pay for it!

Every novel in this collection is your passport to a romantic tour of the United States through time-honored favorites by America’s First Lady of romance fiction. Each of the fifty novels is set in a different state, researched by Janet and her husband, Bill. For the Daileys it was an odyssey of discovery. For you, it’s the journey of a lifetime. Your tour of desire begins with this story set in Georgia.

She hadn't expected to fall in love When Logan Telford asked Gemma to pose as his fiancee she couldn't resist the offer. Work was hard to find for ambitious young actresses, and she felt sure the pose would lead to a role in his new London musical. Their arrangement was strictly business. No strings, no commitments. Logan played his part to perfection and Gemma tried to play hers, right up to the grand finale. But when the time came to make her exit from Logan's life she knew she couldn't let him go....

When Charley Collins needed a cowboy for her Idaho ranch, she had no choice but to hire Shad Russell. He was a drifter and a loner - and though undeniably attractive, falling in love with a man like Shad would be asking for heartache. "It's a fine life you lead," she told him, "but it would be terrible for the girl foolish enough to think she could change you." "And you aren't a fool," he replied. No, she wasn't a fool, Charley told herself. But that was before he kissed her...

Trevennon had a dark and tragic history. As a child, Morwenna had listened to her mother's stories of Trevennon, her old home. Morwenna had pictured a castle full of the magic of love, standing high on the cliffs of Cornwall. So when tragedy struck the eighteen-year-old Morwenna, she fled to Trevennon. Contrary to her expectations, she found a house full of unhappiness and hostility - Dominic Trevennon's hostility. But strangely, Dominic capture Morwenna's heart as completely as her mother's stories had captured her imagination. Only this time, the story didn't seem to have a happy ending. (less)

This edition is not in English Sara walked right into a dangerous trap And what made it even worse was the fact that her friend, Diane Tregower, had coldly, calculatingly sent her into it. Sara Fortune had needed a holiday away from London and Diane had offered her Raven's Mill, her house in a desolate part of Cornwall. Now here she was menaced by a man ruthlessly determined to seek revenge on her friend and who wouldn't believe that Sara was not Diane. Somehow she had to convince this man of her identity--this man who terrified, yet fascinated her!

The reunion was almost unbearable Ashley could hardly believe she was actually seeing her son. Circumstances had forced her to give him up at birth seven years earlier to her deceased husband's wealthy Arab family. Now the unexpected sight of Hussein with his uncle, Prince Alain, thoroughly shocked her. No longer was her son an image buried in Ashley's heart: he was there; he was real. And Alain was no longer a memory but as disturbing--and unforgiving--as ever. This time, Ashley resolved, I'm not going to lose either of them.

To Sacha, La Valaise and its owner, Madame Cassel, had always been a haven. This time, she arrived to find three strangers in residence and herself a prisoner. What had happened to Madame Cassel? What would happen to her? Although the mysteriously disturbing Nikolai Torlenkov said no harm would come to her, how could she believe him when he wouldn't let her go? And what was even more disturbing--she was no longer sure she wanted to.

Ria was tired of leading a double life. James Everett, the domineering head of Everett Communications, had never found a secretary who could meet his impossible standards--not until Ria Duncan came along. James demanded cool efficiency and exclusive loyalty from a secretary so Ria donned spectacles and learned to blend in with the sleek office furniture. But she couldn't escape her boss's notice. As James became increasingly fascinated by his elusive secretary, Ria found herself responding to him with a long-dormant passion. As their attraction grew, she wondered what James, a confirmed bachelor, would think when he discovered she was a warmhearted, tempestuous woman, the widowed mother of twins--and very much in love.