Creed Fortune had hungered for Maya Blackstone for nearly a decade, but he'd held back to protect his family's reputation. After all, the press would have a field day if they uncovered a clandestine affair between a Fortune heir and his very own stepsister! Then a heated argument between Creed and Maya turned into a feverish night of lovemaking. Even though the raven-haired schoolteacher melted his heart in ways he'd never dreamed possible, Creed had to find a way to douse their dangerous attraction. Otherwise, the sordid truth could topple the Fortune empire!

Adamma is happy now, or thinks she is as happy as she can ever be...until one night, when she dreams of a very beautiful woman, Mmirimma, her long-lost mother lost to history over twenty years ago. Adamma's strange dream centers around the events that led to the death of her father and the disappearance of her mother. Against all rationality, against all evidence to the contrary, Adamma rekindles the flames of hope, that her mother Mmirimma who had been missing for over twenty years, is still alive. From the glitzy playgrounds of Lagos, Adamma heads East, seeking answers to questions that had plagued her entire adult life...and there, back East, she hits a brick wall. She is warned to stop looking for Mmirimma, that a dark and terrifying destiny awaits her if she doesn't let her mother go. Against all odds, Adamma embarks on a journey back into her past, to find the threads of her long-lost family. But, along the way, she descends into shocking chaos, as if Fate itself is working against her. Death dogs her footsteps, trusted friends become enemies, her family seems to be falling apart, yet she ploughs on in her search for her mother. With each step she makes closer to the truth about her mother's disappearance, her family seems to fall apart the more, and she faces a trial that will send her to her death if she loses, and destroy her family if she wins.

After the war of independence against France, an Algerian woman returns to her village to discover the revolution is being betrayed. Moslem fundamentalists are turning back the clock on women's rights.

Years ago, Max Fortune had a sizzling summer affairwith Diana Fielding-Young that she'd ended withoutwarning. Now the embittered Australian millionairewas tormented by memories when he returned toSouth Dakota and locked eyes with Diana at a high-society soiree. Realizing his hunger for his formerflame had never truly been satisfied, he vowed to gether back into his bed and make her rue the day she'dplayed him for a fool. But as their spellbinding reunion was reduced to gossip-column fodder, would Diana's shocking confession forcethis ruthless heartbreaker to change tactics?

Wealthy and powerful CEO Case Fortune was accustomed to getting his way. Now he had his sights set on merging his company, Dakota Fortune, with Reynolds Refining. But when the deal started heading south, the charismatic corporate shark's only recourse was to sweep Gina Reynolds off her feet to acquire her father's company. At first the beautiful heiress rebuffed his romantic gestures, though before long Case had her burning for him. By the time the dashing billionaire popped the question, Gina was all his. But when Case actually began to fall for his fiancée, he realized his foolproof plan could be blown sky-high….

There was a price to pay for her one-nightstand. Five months ago Skylar Fortune hadslept with the man of her dreams. Nowworldly horseman Zack Manning hadreturned, and she was forced to tell him shewas expecting his baby. Outraged at being keptin the dark, the domineering New Zealanderdemanded marriage. His smoldering charmwooed the pregnant plain-Jane back intohis bed, but Skylar wasn't about to let himdictate her future. Despite everything, theirburgeoning love for their tiny miracle bondedthem together…until Zack's notorious pastexposed his true motives!

He could turn the head of any female possessing apulse. But black sheep Blake Fortune only had eyesfor Sasha Kilgore. Strikingly beautiful and smart,she was also the key to winning a bitter sibling rivalry.Since Sasha had been seen gallivanting around townwith his half brother, Blake set out to seduce her awayfrom his lifelong rival. The casino tycoon thoughthe could seal the deal with cool-headed detachment,but who knew he'd derive such incredible pleasurefrom playing Casanova…or that the scandaloustruth would shatter Sasha's heart?