Sadie is not happy to run into her ex-fianc?e, Nikos. Five years earlier, their union was supposed to end the two families’ long-running rivalry. However, just before the wedding, Sadie’s family business failed, everything went to shambles and now she and her family are about to be kicked out of their house?a property owned by Nikos. In order to protect her agoraphobic mother and her little brother, Sadie is on a mission to beg Nikos to allow her family to keep the house.But what will Nikos ask in return?

Sadie Carteret and Nikos Konstantos were once blissfully in love. They planned the wedding of the year, and hoped that their union would create a powerful dynasty. But business and pleasure should never be mixed. Nikos was accused of scheming for Sadie's money and title and was systematically destroyed by her family. The wedding was canceled, the relationship in tatters. Now the ruthless billionaire has built himself back up from scratch. He will clear his name and demand what was rightfully his…. Sadie must love, honor and…obey….

First comes love, then marriage and babies...right? Not in these books! With scintillating marriage of revenge plots, classic reunion romance, and unexpected pregnancies of passion, the four books in the Marriage and Babies Bundle prove sometimes the best loves comes last! Bundle includes: The Konstantos Marriage Demand by Kate Walker, Claiming His Wedding Night by Lee Wilkinson, The Italian's Ruthless Baby Bargain by Margaret Mayo, and Pregnant with the De Rossi Heir by Maggie Cox.

A Question Of Honour It should have been easy. Karim al Khalifa, crown prince of Mazarkhad, had one task – retrieve rebellious princess Clementina Saveneski from her hideout in England and return her home to be wed...to another man. It is not for Karim to notice her seductive curves and enticing glances she sends his way. His honour required Clementina to be delivered – pure and untouched – to her unwanted bridegroom. And he must resist all temptation to keep her for himself! The Konstantos Marriage Demand Sadie Carteret and Nikos Konstantos were once blissfully in love. They would have the wedding of the year, and their union would create a powerful dynasty. But then Nikos was accused of scheming for Sadie's money and was destroyed by her family. The wedding was cancelled, the relationship in tatters. Now the ruthless billionaire has built himself back up from scratch. He will clear his name and demand what was rightfully his... Saturday's Bride Connor Harding was outraged to come home and discover that Jenna Kenyon was getting married to the wrong man! But he knew Jenna was determined to defy him, despite the passion still smouldering between them. Connor decided that all was fair in love and war. Only five days remained before Jenna became Saturday' s bride, but it was more than long enough for him to persuade her to change her mind...

THE MÉLENDEZ FORGOTTEN MARRIAGE When Emilia wakes up from a coma, she looks into the loving eyes of her husband. But she doesn’t know that Javier Mélendez wed Emelia for convenience and seduced her for pleasure...

Kathleen Hull provides an exploration of the cultural practices around same-sex marriage, as well as the legal battle for recognition. She shows how couples use marriage-related cultural practices, such as public commitment rituals, to assert the realityof their commitments despite lack of legal recognition.

Vows made to be broken... Despite her wild reputation, Lara Gray is a virgin. So when she's swept off her feet by the most gorgeous man in Rome, Raoul Di Vittorio, Lara is shocked by the passion awakened within her after just one night. But what Lara doesn't know is that Raoul needs a temporary wife after his last disastrous marriage blew up in smoke. Stunning, sophisticated Lara may be the ideal woman, but first this tenacious tycoon must persuade her down the aisle and show her exactly what the benefits of being the new Mrs. Di Vittorio can be! Conveniently wedded, passionately bedded!

A marriage based on convenience – or on love? When fragile Emelia awoke from her coma she had no recollection of the strikingly handsome man before her, whose eyes glittered like fine-cut gems – hard and impenetrable. But he aroused something within her... Javier Mélendez had wed Emelia for convenience and seduced her for pleasure.

This collection of papers on the city of Constantinople by a distinguished group of Byzantine historians, art historians, and archaeologists provides new perspectives as well as new evidence on the monuments, topography, social and economic life of the Byzantine imperial capital.