*1) Shiiku no Aijin (The Sheik and the Vixen) - Elizabeth Mayne* The sheik's captive: All aircraft designer Haley Bennett wanted was to deliver the state-of-the-art jet she'd created to its new owner in the Middle East. But then war engulfed the desert kingdom, and suddenly this freewheeling modern woman was a prisoner --- in a palace that was like something from the Arabian Nights. Prisoner of desire: Her captor was just about the most gorgeous hunk of man she'd ever laid eyes on. But his attitudes --- especially when it came to women --- were straight out of another world. And the most infuriating part was, Sheik Zayn Haji Haaris awakened within her a passion that rocked her world to its very foundations. [Taken from FictionDB:] *1) Hien (A Frozen Fire) - Charlotte Lamb* Paul was a man, but acted like a boy Helen's husband, Paul was handsome, charming and a gracious companion until one got to know him. Helen's life with him was a long string of disappointments and heartaches. But she had married him, and in spite of his selfish immaturity, she would honor her vows. She had never contemplated doing otherwise. Until she met Mark Eliot. He was strong, a man of character and responsibility. Either he was the answer to all her problems or he was the biggest problem she had ever encountered. [Taken from FictionDB:]

from fictiondb: Prince Conrad of Beloria arrived in New York to host a charity banquet in his family's honor, his playboy reputation preceding him. Every eligible society girl in town wanted to accompany the wealthy royal to the ball. But to his stepmother's dismay, the handsome prince only had eyes for one woman.... The wrong woman. Hotel concierge Lily Tilden wasn't A-list, but Conrad was immediately smitten with her beauty, brains and poise. And while his position required a more appropriate candidate, Conrad would need all the cunning his noble legacy had taught him to now reconcile the duties of the crown with the desires of his heart....

In the Kingdom of Marron, Charlotte, an heir to the throne, must marry the first man she sees on her twentieth birthday. It’s as simple as being with her beloved before and during her birthday, but Charlotte doesn’t have a boyfriend, and she begins a frantic search for her significant other. Then she meets Denio, an artist who makes her heart flutter, but Pierre, her aide, is always on her mind. Which man is fated to become her prince? Source: Harlequin

Taken from [FictionDB:] Cody Merrill--His very name unsettles Geneva, inspiring guilt, shame, and yearning. But southern honor demands they never speak of her troubled marriage to his step-brother...of the painful legacy of womanly doubt it left behind...or of the desire that flared between them on the day Cody stood beside her at the altar--as best man! Geneva Butler--Cody wanted Geneva from the first but a gentleman's honor dictated that his passion remain unfulfilled. Knowing his brother's death shattered her, deeply aware of his own marital failure, Cody's convinced he could only hurt Geneva. They're drawn together but silently afraid, prisoners of a past that may rob them of a future...