-from fictiondb: Was it marriage for money or love? Gwen Shaughnessy's marriage to Brad Robilliard, the cold, controlled founder of Robilliard Enterprises, was a business deal strictly for money. If they stayed together for one year, Brad's uncle, a misguided matchmaker, promised to solve both their financial problems. Gwen filled Brad's ordered life with domesticity and fun, while he awakened a range of new emotions in her. Unintentionally, yet inevitably, they fell in love. It should have been perfect. But doubts and the very contract that had brought them together now threatened to drive them apart.
from fictiondb: MAYBE IT WAS HIS EYES .. . Or maybe it was the chocolate Santa he gave her. Or the way he sat so companionably, eating her Christmas cookies. Or maybe it was the kiss under the mistletoe that had so disordered her senses. Whatever it was, Cassie found it impossible to forget Matt Reiss. But this Beverly Hills playboy wasn't interested in falling for anyone. So why did the mere sight of Cassie seem to provoke him? How could two people battling such a fierce attraction ever realize that they were two meant for love?
from fictiondb: Heart of paradise India had been thirteen when Nathan Kittrick was banished from Pelican Island. Now, shrouded in scandal, he'd come home, heir to his father's multimillion-dollar holiday resort -- a man determined to claim what was rightfully his. Nathan's return brought back bitter memories, and India greeted him with angry accusations of the past. And this time he had to listen, because she was no longer a child, nor his faithful shadow. In fact, India had been managing the luxury hotel since his father's death, India was also a woman determined not to let her former trust for this man be rekindled. But she hadn't expected Nathan's assault on her senses to be quite so tender. And she hadn't expected her desire for him to be quite so strong...
from fictiondb: They were never meant to become friends -- or to fall in love The rest of the family was skating when Anne Kirkland met Noah Grant. He'd obviously been invited to New Jersey for the weekend, but by whom? Noah wasn't one of Anne's sister Holly's jet-set friends, but nor did he seem part of her brother Ashley's flamboyant entourage. As Noah and Anne sat in the gracious house that was Anne's pride and joy, talking like old friends, she almost wished her family wouldn't return to unravel the mystery of Noah's identity.... Having met Ashley and Holly, Noah wasn't prepared for Anne. She was warm and kind, and he almost wished he didn't have such a hard job to do....
from fictiondb: SEDUCTION AT SEA Hale Donovan had made it clear this two-week cruise on a private yacht was purely a business trip. Once his takeover deal was completed, he planned to go ashore and resume his normal life. The deal he had struck with Valerie Pryce would be over. Valerie had known it was a mistake when she agreed to pose as Hale Donovan's fiancee. And no matter how hard it was to ignore her growing attraction to her dynamic, devastating boss, she had to remember that this was just a job. But to Hale's surprise, putting the captivating Valerie out of his mind was proving much more difficult than he'd anticipated . . . and he couldn't resist the temptation to mix business with pleasure!
from fictiondb: She didn't need new complications Life was hard enough for Charlotte. She didn't enjoy working as a cocktail waitress, but she needed the job to pay for her studies. Harris Jordan was definitely a complication. Not only was he the man she'd once loved, but he'd also taken over the Foothills Hotel and was now her new boss. Charlotte knew she ought to hate him, yet in spite of their many misunderstandings the old attraction between them still sizzled. It sizzled despite yet another complication--Harris's fiancee, Janice....
from fictiondb: "You are two people--a mind and a body. The mind is evasive and devious, but the body is mine." Michalis Konstantine was right. April Stewart couldn't deny the spark of attraction that had flared between them, almost from their first meeting. It wasn't much consolation to realize that Michalis was fighting and resisting that attraction almost as hard as she was. His overpowering sensuality made her aware she was losing the battle. How could she possibly be drawn to a man who made it quite clear he despised her morals and was determined to teach her a lesson for her seduction of his brother?
from fictiondb: For Keeley Sanders, football was no lighthearted game, especially since star quarterback Linc Hunter entered her life. She wanted him off the team because she cringed each time the opposing players forced him to the ground. Yet as acting business manager of the Portland Timberjacks, she had to make hire an irresistible offer to play. How was she to know that the one thing Linc couldn't resist was Keeley herself as they found themselves paired in the ancient game of love?
