Yvain has been working as a maid in the Sandell household since she was 15. One day she accompanies her employers on a luxury cruise ship. Who would have thought the ship would sink! Yvain is swept away by the strong currents of the sea... When she awakens, she finds herself on the Island of Lions, where the mysterious yet alluring marquess, Juan, lives... (Source: Renta!)

Jill, a divorced mother of two, is hard at work managing her bakery and raising her children. After receiving a lot of orders one day, Jill struggles to handle all of her responsibilities at once. In steps Connor, the best friend of her coldhearted ex-husband. Seeing the sheer amount of work that Jill has to do, Connor offers to help her out with the bakery and with her children. Though unsure of his intentions, Jill accepts his offer of assistance, but soon Connor expresses his true feelings and Jill is faced with a completely new problem. (Source: Renta!)

from fictiondb: Stand-in parents Rory expected Angel to look after his orphaned nephew. Under other circumstances, Angel would have liked nothing better -- she adored babies. But the baby was her ex-husband's love-child, and Rory was the brother-in-law who she knew had always been secretly attracted to her. One look at the tiny baby and Angel was lost. She bonded instantly with him. She couldn't say no to becoming his stand-in mom -- even if it did mean having to move in with Rory. His baby -- he's sexy, he's successful ... and he's facing up to fatherhood!

Victoria "Vicky" Fournatos is very fortunate to have an uncle who takes care of her whenever she's in town. She's basically treated like his daughter, which is why his incessant encouragement to marry Theo Theakis, wealthy Greek businessman and potential merger member, seems out of left field. While Vicky has taken a liking to Theo, can she handle being married to a man if the only purpose is to have a business merger go through? Will she feel as though she was bought for the Greek's bed?

In the *City Bride* series: V.1 - Fiance Wanted Fast! (*Yatowareta Fiancé*) Half a year after Ben dumped Phoebe at their engagement party, she’s stuck searching for another roommate to keep her house—as well as a date for Ben’s wedding. Gib needs to prove that he can just be friends with a woman, so he offers to fill both the new tenant and fake boyfriend positions. Can Gib keep things friendly and professional, or will Phoebe’s trust in him grow to something neither of them are ready for? ============================= V.2 - A Whirlwind Engagement (*Konyaku wa Arashi no You ni*) Josh and Bella have been good friends for years... They have been very close and never thought of each other romantically. He knows her numerous loves and disappointments and how she looks without any makeup. However, this relationship Bella thought would last forever comes to an end when Josh tells her that he's getting married. These words shock her and Bella's heart breaks at the realization that she's too late. She loves him as a man... not only as friend. She tries to hide her feelings for him, so she can stay close to him, at least as a friend. But it's harder than she thinks!

[taken from fictiondb] For wedding-dress designer Serena James, nothing less than perfect will do--and that applies to finding Mr. Right! Her pilot, Kane Wiley, doesn't meet any of the criteria...apart from being drop-dead gorgeous! Kane feels most at home in the skies. For this drifter, no commitment means freedom. But while flying Serena to a wedding convention, Kane is forced to perform a crash landing! They might be chalk and cheese, but, stranded together, there's no denying the chemistry. And it's going to be a while before their SOS is answered...

After hearing that her brother is in jail, Abbie is devastated. She discovers that her father has gone to meet a sheikh to try to make a deal for her brother…and ends up offering the royal her hand in marriage! At the same time, Abbie finds herself falling for the sheikh’s brother, Malik…who initially mistakes her for the family maid! How will they handle their strong yearning for one another now that Abbie is to be engaged to Malik’s brother?

TOM BARDLEY'S BABIES from fiction db: A ready-made family Tom Bradley definitely isn't happy to be stranded with a heavily pregnant woman in the middle of nowhere! Although Rose Allen keeps trying to reassure him that she isn't due to give birth for three weeks, it seems the babies think otherwise! After delivering twins, Tom realizes that, apart from her brand-new babies, Rose is alone--and in trouble. The only way Tom can help is by offering her a marriage of convenience. He's vowed never to get emotionally involved with anyone--but acquiring a ready-made family and keeping his distance aren't as easy as he thinks.... [English publication via Renta!](https://www.ebookrenta.com/renta/sc/frm/item/62089/)

HOT NIGHTS WITH A PLAYBOY from the author's website: Working by day ...Abby Weiss could make her name as a stylist to the stars on a two-week photo shoot in a tropical island paradise. Even better, Judd Calloway, her best friend, will be the photographer. Nothing could be more fun than working with him... Naughty by night! ...except spending hot, sexy, passionate nights with him! In the years since they last met Judd's become a charming, muscled, gorgeous hunk! Abby can't keep her hands off him-and the attraction's mutual. And now Judd's got a proposal that he hopes will keep her right where he wants her: in his bed!

Scarlett is still healing from her heartbreak of being rejected after she told the man she loved, Alessandro, that she was pregnant with his child. It’s been four years, and now Alessandro is back in Scarlett’s life. He hires her to design a new hotel for him, but in doing so he also wants to have an affair with her. Scarlett wants nothing more than to have him acknowledge their son, but Alessandro denies the child is his and accuses Scarlett of being nothing but a gold digger. After doing a DNA test, he finally learns the truth. Alessandro wants to do the right thing and marry Scarlett, but she doesn’t want a loveless marriage. Even so, she goes along with it in fear of being blackmailed and having her son taken away. Not only that, but she still can’t help but love Alessandro even after all he’s put her through.

INSATIABLE CEO Dominick LaRocca loves fine food and even finer women. Only ever since his grandmothers put his photo (not to mention his income and marital status) on the label of the family pasta sauce, he hasn't been able to enjoy either! Now that he's become a wanted man, he needs a bodyguard. And sexy security guard Samantha Deveaux appeals to his tastes in every way.... Samantha Deveaux needs this job--and she's going to make sure she does it right! Only how is she supposed to guard Dominick's body when she can't keep her hands off herself? The intensity of his gaze intoxicates her, his touch leaves her craving more. Can she satisfy her hunger without compromising Nick's safety? After all, one little taste never hurt anything....

A ROYAL BRIDE AT THE SHEIKH'S COMMAND Natalia Carini is a master massage therapist who's devised a technique that has healed many people after years of pain. When a new patient, a polo player, comes in, she gets a bit too wrapped up in the massage and absentmindedly slides from business to pleasure. What would be a faux pas with any customer is magnified when she finds out that he's not just a polo player, he's Prince Kadir of Hadiya... and her future husband! Will the future queen be able to convince Kadir that she'll make him a worthy wife? Part of the Niroli Rules series (ニローリ・ルールズシリーズ), also called "The Royal House of Niroli" series, which goes as follows: 1. Itsuwari no Kamen 2. Doctor wa Prince 3. Prince to Scandal 4. Chichuukai o Wataru Kaze 5. Tsumetai Prince 6. Kokoro no Symphony 7. Yuuwaku no Perfume 8. Oujo no Unmei