[taken from fictiondb] FAMILY MATTERS... Los Angeles lawyer Nicholas Chambers has it all: looks, money, and a high-powered career. Marriage and children are out of the question for this confirmed bachelor -- until he discovers that he has a five-year-old daughter. Lucky little Amy is living the childhood Nick never had, complete with bedtime stories, small-town barbecues, and a loving adoptive mother. A mother who stirs Nick's lonely soul with restless longing.... Certain that Nick's planning to launch a custody battle, Delilah Sutcliffe struggles to avoid his probing gaze and tantalizing caresses. After all, he's the enemy, a man whose very presence threatens the one thing she holds dear. Can Delilah ever trust a man who's already winning her daughter's heart -- and is admittedly after her own?

Queen Victoria is trying to separate Princess Marigold from her suitor by sending her away to Athens to attend a state funeral as her representative. She decides to play a trick on the Queen by asking a friend, Avila, who could be her double, to attend in her place while she marries her suitor privately! Aliva, who has always wanted to visit Greece, agrees and finds a wonderful adventure there!

“They have gone!” Yolanda gave a deep sigh of relief as she went limp in the Duke’s arms. “They have gone!” As she turned her head to speak to him, his lips came down on hears. This was the beginning of love, a love that shot through her like lightening, so perfect it had eluded even her dreams. He drew her closer still, kissing her fiercely as if he felt he might have lost her in the danger through which they had just come. Only when a century of wonder and glory seemed to have passed did Yolanda hear his thrilling words, “This is what I wanted to happen last night…”