The Australians

Zavier Chambers is one of Australia's most celebrated, powerful playboys, and to him Tabitha appears to be the worst kind of woman—a gold digger who wants to marry for money and position. So why can't he get her out of his mind...? Tabitha Reece, 29, is not a gold digger—but she needs to marry for money! She can't tell Zavier her reasons, so when he blackmails her into a marriage of convenience she has no choice but to comply. The stakes are high, but she's willing to play the game....

Hard Luck, Alaska—a Town that Needs Women! Location: 50 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Population: 150 (mostly men)—but growing! Because the O'Halloran brothers, who run a bush-plane charter service called Midnight Sons, are heading a campaign to bring women to Hard Luck! Charles O'Halloran—The oldest brother. Surveyor and not-so-silent partner in Midnight Sons. Like his brothers, he has a distrust of marriage in general—and a distrust of anyone related to Catherine Harmon Fletcher, the woman who did so much to destroy his parents' marriage. Lanni Caldwell—She's the only woman Charles has ever fallen for, the only one who might convince him to take the marriage risk. They meet when she visits Hard Luck on a family matter. But there's something Lanni hasn't told Charles—and doesn't want to. She's Catherine's granddaughter…

They came seeking wealth and vengeance. Their dreams might forge a nation or destroy it. In the 1850's Australia was a land of fertile promise and bitter truthhs, a wilderness. With the discovery of gold Australia became a mecca for men, questing adventurous, unscrupulous and hungry for gold.

Bronte's had enough of rich, ruthless men--she's just narrowly escaped marrying one! Now she's wary of all men, especially when six feet two inches of pure Australian male arrives on her doorstep with a business proposal.... The chemistry between her and tycoon Steven Randolph is explosive--Bronte finds him impossible to resist, and begins to dream of a future with him. Only then does she discover Steven is not all he seems....

He wanted...an innocent bride When handsome bachelor Dr. Jason Steel took up residence in the small Australian town of Tindley, he soon knew who he wanted as his wife. Though Emma Churchill hesitated when Jason proposed, he was prepared to wait a month before she gave him her answer. The thought of making love to his virgin wife on their wedding night appealed to a part of him he'd never known existed....

Rory Jones was dazzling. Handsome, charismatic and a man of immense charm and glamour. Dominique Lindwall was gorgeous and successful -- in everything but love. She just always seemed to fall for Mr. Wrong. When Rory and Dominique met at a party the attraction was magnetic, but all Dominique's instincts told her to resist him. Not easy when they'd be working together in the steamy tropics of Australia's Gold Coast. Thrown together in a wild and reckless experience, obsessive passion flared -- but had she found her Mr. Right, or had she fallen for yet another playboy? The Wonder from Down Under: where spirited women win the hearts of Australia's most independent men.

With her stunning Latin looks, Angelica De Campo was beautiful enough to live up to her nickname of Angel. But Jake McCord, Australia's most eligible bachelor, couldn't decide if his newest employee was an angel or a temptress! Jake had hired Angelica to transform his Outback home into a lavish Christmas party venue; their relationship had to remain strictly professional. Only, the more closely they worked together, the harder they both had to fight to resist the attraction between them -- or risk the consequences....

Logan Dangerfield, head of one of Australia's most affluent families, doubted that Dana's relationship with his stepbrother, Tyler, had been purely platonic. To his mind, she was a scheming opportunist and, since Tyler's tragic death, the rumors had only intensified. Dana Barry knew she had her work cut out trying to prove that Logan was wrong about her. If it hadn't been for wanting to offer comfort to Tyler's bereft young daughter, Dana wouldn't have gone near Logan's cattle station. But the longer she stayed the harder it was to hide the fact that Logan was the only Outback man she had ever loved.

Eden has found the father she never knew. When he decides to introduce her to his new family, she also gets to know Lang, his intense and handsome partner.