PREVIEW A birthday vacation. A cheating boyfriend. A betrayal by a best friend. Stranded in a Foreign Land An unexpected windfall in the form of a big, fat bonus comes right on time for twenty-nine year-old Laura Hallaway. Her relationship with her boyfriend of three years is on the rocks, and she believes this is just the ticket to get it back on track. As she, her best friend, and her boyfriend board the plane from New York’s JFK airport to Palermo, Italy, Laura has no idea that that would be the only part of her trip that would go according to plan. *** Betrayed and stranded in a foreign land, she lands in the clutches of Alessandro de Luca, a wealthy Italian in need of a bride to attain his inheritance. He decides that Laura fits the bill perfectly, and makes her an offer she categorically rejects. Dangerously sexy, disgustingly wealthy, and doggedly determined, Laura went through a range of emotions dealing with the unpredictable Sicilian. Her first instinct was to ignore him. Her second was to fear him. Her third was ... to become his bride. Everything about their relationship is fake, except the very real passion that erupts between. Their desire burns hot; every touch igniting a flame that threatens to consume them. Becoming the wealthy Sicilian’s bride would forever change the trajectory of Laura’s life, and set fire to the love in her heart. A fire that only he could control. And one she had no desire to, especially after she was ... Seduced by the Sicilian.

Secretary Angie has secretly been in love with her boss, Riccardo, for years. But Riccardo is rich and incredibly handsome. There is no way a man who dates beautiful woman after beautiful woman would ever notice plain old Angie. Just as Angie resolves to move on from her painful one-sided love, Riccardo suddenly gives her a red dress to wear to the office Christmas party. Though hesitant, Angie appears at the party all dolled up, only for Riccardo to give her a fiery look and shoot icy, accusing words: "What are you trying to do?"

A convenient offer for his stowaway? Dev's superyacht is the perfect hideout from the forced marriage Clare's escaping - despite the intimacy it brings... But when the threat to her increases, so does the need to protect her with something Dev never thought he'd offer - his ring!

PREVIEW A devastating affair. An unexpected pregnancy. A new love waiting to be explored. An old flame longing to be rekindled. Could there possibly be Love after Betrayal? *** How do you flush twelve years of marriage down the drain? Can you flush twelve years of marriage down the drain? When Gunner, Bria's husband of a dozen years, tells her that he's fathered a child outside of their marriage, her whole life plan is turned upside down. While she freely admits that she's been married to her career, she thought they were on the same page: she'd make partner at her corporate law firm, his construction firm would thrive, and then they'd start a family. They'd be financially secure – creating a life without the money worries they both grew up with. That's why Bria couldn't process what Gunner was telling her. *** "I'm sorry, but I had to tell you. I'm sorry, Bria. You have to believe me," Gunner pleaded. "I want to work through this. I'm hoping that in time you can forgive me. I love you. You're the only woman I've ever loved. You know this." He looked sincere. He sounded sincere. She knew this man. She loved this man. But … "Work through this?" Bria laughed humorlessly, drowning out the voices in her head and the love in her heart. "Let me get this straight. You‘re telling me that you've been cheating on me; that you have a one-month old baby with whoever the slut is, and you want me," she said, putting her index finger to her chest, "to somehow find it in me to work things out with you? Have you lost your ever-loving mind?!" she exploded. *** It couldn't be true. It just couldn't. But it was. And she had to accept it. But when Bria suddenly finds herself pregnant, will she and her ex-husband find their way back to each other? Or, will she find lasting love with a new flame?

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“A smoking hot story with a sexy Greek hunk and an independent, intelligent woman going against the odds of an impossible relationship.” —Fresh Fiction Thrust into the limelight, child star Cassandra Baker timidly enchanted audiences night after night . . . But when her parents died, Cass retreated into her own world—too shy to leave her home. Once a year she shares her musical passion by offering lessons in a charity auction. This year, money talks. The winning bid: $100,000! Enter Neo Stamos, arrogant Greek tycoon. He wants Cass with a burning desire, though he knows that, shy and sweet, she will need a gentle awakening. But Neo’s the master of seduction!

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