Mills & Boon. Desire

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?

"Seven years ago, wealthy sheriff Nathan Battle proposed to his pregnant girlfriend. But Amanda Altman ripped out his heart and left town - then miscarried the baby. Now she's back and Nathan has to get over her once and for all. But his plan to seduce her, say goodbye forever and focus on his job isn't working too well. Returning to Royal, Texas, Amanda's determined not to show Nathan how much she still loves him. Yet resisting the gorgeous lawman is impossible. Especially when she discovers she's pregnant with his child...again."--Publisher's description.

"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.

"The bride is married to me." Responsible Belinda Wentworth has always been a dutiful society daughter. Except for when she married her family's sworn enemy, Colin Granville, Marquess of Easterbridge, in a quickie Las Vegas wedding—which she annulled hours later. Or so she thought. Because just as she's about to say "I do" to a respectable man, impossibly sexy Colin bursts into the church with the news that they're still married. And he takes his vows very seriously. Especially the one about attaining what no Granville has before him: a takeover of the Wentworths. Including his wife—body and heart.

Sean King was in trouble. Despite the Caribbean setting and his exquisite new bride, his marriage to the boss's granddaughter was strictly business. All he had to do was keep his hands off his sexy new wife. Melinda had made rules, but did she burn for him? Was she about to make their temporary arrangement permanent?

Adam Blair, billionaire oil baron, wanted an heir, but he was determined to keep the arrangement strictly business. And when Katy Huntly, his late wife's sister, discovered his plan, she demanded to be the surrogate. Adam has always felt a pull towards Katy and those feelings were intensifying as they grew closer. Still, falling in love had no place in this tycoon's agenda!

Shallie Malone was pregnant and alone. Mac McDonald demanded she accept his marriage proposal. This man from her past offered to give her baby a name and give Shallie the secure future she desperately craved. Passion made theirs more than an in-name-only marriage and Shallie was falling for her husband. But, still hiding one last, scandalous secret, how could she ask him to return her love?

While cleaning a jet for entrepreneur Seth Jansen, Alexa Randall finds the strangest items: his one-year old twins! Seth needs a temporary nanny and Alexa needs time for a one-on-one business pitch. So she says yes to an intimate stay on a lush island - and yes to the man who's passion makes her question her choices. And the nights with Seth are incomparable. This billionaire could be the man of her dreams - if he's not out of her league.

"For Matthew Valente, paternity trumped everything. Never mind that his ex-employee Lana had kept his baby a secret for nearly a year or that he considered her a liar and a thief. Their child would bear the Valente name & nd so would she!"--Publisher.