**He can’t discover that I’m in love with him!** Samantha has dedicated both her personal and professional life to her job as secretary to Blake, the owner of a luxury resort hotel, for the past two years. She worked hard because her respect for him had turned into love and she began dreaming of a future with him. But he lived only for work and wouldn’t love another. Deciding to end her days of chasing after an empty romance, she worked up her courage and turned in her resignation. But he refused to accept her resignation so easily and offered her something else instead…

Taylor is all out of options. After years of raising her beloved maternal half brother, her abusive stepfather suddenly demands custody just so he can have an heir. She tells her story to her former boss, Jackson, and he makes a startling proposal: that he and Taylor should get married as soon as possible and apply for custody of her brother. It's true that with the successful, world-famous film producer on her side, her stepfather wouldn’t be able to stand in her way—but why the offer? They were never more than boss and secretary. But Jackson soon explains it to her: "I want you to have my baby within the year."

**He wants an heir from her and nothing more…** In order to repay her half brother’s debt, Penny marries the Earl of Darleston instead of her twin sister―while hiding the fact that she’s legally blind! Meanwhile, the earl, a war hero and the fantasy of every young maiden, is rushing to get married so that he can pass on his title and inheritance to his own child. When the earl learns that Penny’s deceived him, he is filled with rage. He proclaims that he will divorce her if she cannot bear him a successor, but then he steals a kiss!

Ruby, the youngest and most inexperienced of her sisters, went to a party solo one night where she met a very handsome man, Sander. She ended up going to bed with him. But the following morning, he totally changed his attitude toward her and kicked her out of his room. Six years have passed. The only thing that gives her life purpose is her twin sons. Out of nowhere, Sander appears and tries to take the children away from her, forcing her to make an bold proposition in order to spite this wealthy man!

**A marriage decreed by his father… Turning it down won’t be as easy as he thought it would be!** Rafe, a businessman based in New York, had received a request from his Italian father. Go to Sicily, meet someone against whom his father had committed a sin and marry that man’s daughter. Surprisingly his usually arrogant father wasn’t ordering him, but asking him! Feeling bound to help, Rafe headed to Sicily but was attacked by a suspicious couple on his way there. When he turned the tables and subdued them, he discovered that they were an old man and a woman so beautiful she made him gasp! Swayed by her beauty, Rafe ended up kissing her before he knew what he was doing!

Sam’s plain and proper assistant, Patricia, has developed secret feelings for him. So she thinks she must have died and gone to heaven when he asks her to be his fiancée. Until, that is, Sam tells her the real reason he asked her. It seems the company chairman has decided that Sam needs to get married. Will Patricia go as far as faking a wedding just to please the man of her dreams? Loving the Boss #5

**I shouldn’t have told him about our child, and I shouldn’t have fallen in love with him…** “Help me! This man is trying to steal our baby!” Scarlett shouted at Vin after rushing into the cathedral where he was about to marry another woman. Eight months ago, Scarlett and Vin met at a bar and spent the night together. When she learned who he was, she disappeared without telling him her name. But now her boss is trying to force her to marry him and she needs Vin’s help! Surprised by her sudden appearance, Vin stops his arranged marriage and asks for a paternity test and a prenuptial contract… Was it a mistake to ask him for help?

**This is the first time we’ve met…but why does he stir such strong feelings in my heart?** Ten years have passed since Kathryn’s fiancé, Dickon, was kidnapped by pirates… One day, she receives news that a slave rescued in Venice could be him. Kathryn rushes to Venice with Dickon’s father and aunt, but upon meeting Lorenzo Santorini, the merchant who rescued Dickon, she’s overcome by a powerful sensation. “This is the first time we’ve met…but why does he stir such strong feelings in my heart?” With her heart beating wildly in her chest, Kathryn finally meets the young man who is thought to be Dickon…but is it really him?

**It was meant to be only one night of romance, but suddenly she’s in a contract marriage with a prince!** While providing medical care in a war-torn region, Caz and Carlos get locked in a hospital when they failed to escape in time. On the third night of their entrapment, they’re no longer able to deny their attraction to one another and sleep together. It was supposed to be just one night of romance, but when Caz returns to Australia, she learns that she’s pregnant and resolves to raise the child herself. However, Carlos discovers the pregnancy and proposes to her. What he had failed to mention during their time working together is that he is actually a prince!

Jennie has a goal, and it's a simple one: enjoy all that life has to offer, no matter how dangerous it might be. Roller-coaster rides, drinking too much and even losing her virginity one night at a bar are all checkpoints on her way to her goal. The night she attempts to lose her virginity, she finds the love of her life, Travis Wilde. At least, she thinks she does, but then he chastises her for her dangerous ways and sends her packing. Fate reunites Travis and Jennie, but tragedy might steal them away from one another yet again. When they get to talking, Jennie has an intense migraine. She has them frequently, to the point where she keeps medicine on her at all times. The migraines are just a symptom of the reason Jennie's living life on the edge. Jennie doesn't have much time left, but Travis just can't accept that. (Source: Renta!)

A million dollars for one night with the Spanish businessman! Her unrequited love, the man she’s always longed for, has offered to buy her for a night! Emilio Rios is a Spanish businessman known for his ruthless business practices and splashy affairs with women. He’s her brother’s good friend, and Megan had been secretly in love with him since she was young. Right up until two years ago when he accused her of being a loose woman who preys on men’s baser instincts! After that she hadn’t wanted to ever see him again, but cruel fate brought her and Emilio together again at the airport in Madrid. And now he’s bound her to him with an unfair contract!

Da Silva Castle, near Salamanca, is a great location for a movie shoot, which is why it’s currently hosting a medieval production starring Lexie Anderson. The young actor is to share some steamy scenes with her heartthrob costar, but she just can’t find any on-screen chemistry with him. The movie drags on without her truly investing in the role until she explores the castle around the set and runs into Cesar Da Silva, the owner of the property! A young and reclusive heir, Cesar has made it his life’s goal to live quietly and out of the eyes of the press. When he and Lexie meet, two worlds collide: that of a woman who feels she can’t love a man and is constantly in the news, and that of a man who’s sworn off women and made an art form of dodging the media. Can these two leads find a common narrative, or will their love story wrap before it even begins? Part 3 of the *Femme Fatale no Musuko-tachi* series. (Source: Harlequin)