Eight years ago fifteen-year-old Lissa made a stupid mistake in an attempt to rebel, just a bit, against her strict parents. The results were disastrous. It made her parents think she was a harlot when they saw her her lying in bed with a boy. And her brother-in-law, Joel, was with them! Since then, she's done her best to avoid him, but now Joel and Lissa have been appointed shared guardianship of their nieces after the sudden death of the girls' parents. Seeing Joel after so long, Grace trembles at the cold, scornful look in his golden eyes.

Amber's once lithe body had been crippled and disfigured by a horrible accident. The prospect of never walking again disheartened her, but much worse was the pain she felt when her fiance suddenly abandoned her. Time had done nothing to heal her broken heart. And although she could walk again, resuming her nursing career was out of the question. Then a stranger offered her employment, a home and the money for a necessary operation. All she had to do was become his wife!

Out of the shadows of the past. Linked by ambition and passion and held apart by the sins of the fathers... Money, power, influence—Leo von Hessler had inherited it all from his manipulative, empire-building father. But just how much of his business had been built at the expense of others' shattered hopes and dreams? Only a visit to English company, Carey Chemicals, could answer Leo's questions. Ambitious, relentless, driven—Saul Jardine, corporate raider, knew just when to close in on ailing companies. Respected and feared in the business world, Saul had pursued his career single-mindedly, to the detriment of love and family. His life at a crossroads, he was now set to carry out one last transaction: Moving in on Carey's—a company ripe for takeover. Sensitive, intense, determined—Davina James had been forced to suppress her warmth and sensuality, first by her domineering father and then by her womanizing husband. Now, a beautiful widow, she had stopped yearning for love, turning her energies instead into confronting the business giants who sought to take her inheritance—Carey's—a way from her. A confrontation which was to have unexpected and far-reaching consequences...

Heather dreaded seeing Kyle Bennett again. Six years ago, her stupid, childish jealousy had driven him away from the only home he had ever known. But for her father's sake, now she must ask for his help. "What are you asking me for, Heather?" he demanded. ''You want money from me... a cash payment for the years you had to put up with me in your home?'' There seemed to be no way to convince Kyle that she regretted what she had done. No way to make him believe that money was not her only driving force.

Too close... At eighteen, Nicola had made a terrible mistake and eight years later is still punishing herself for her folly. But her shameful secret comes full circle when Matt Hunt walks back into her life as her new boss. Not that Matt recognizes the assured, controlled businesswoman as the girl who had shared his bed for one brief night. Her dread of discovery attacks her frail self-control. But so does Nicola's consuming need for the man who has haunted her dreams for so long. What will she do when Matt, inevitably, recognizes her...?

She'd break his self-control! Still shamed by her teenage infatuation with Ranulf Carrington, Sylvie knew it was important that he understand they were now meeting on equal terms. She would do her utmost to play it cool and distant—his cruel words at their last meeting had crushed the youthful passion out of her—so that all they shared now was a purely business relationship! Everything was different, yet nothing had changed—Sylvie's body still ached for his. Maybe Ran would never come to love her, but still she knew she'd do almost anything for just one night in his arms...

Sold—to the Greek tycoon! Leon Stapinopolous has never known defeat in the boardroom—or the bedroom! The acquisition of one of France's oldest perfume houses is to be another profitable notch in his business profile, with Leon insisting that stunning perfume designer Sadie Roberts is included in the purchase price! Sadie is adamant he'll never own her. But Leon thrills her senses more than the headiest fragrance, with his blend of charm and passion...

Having grown up in an orphanage, Kate Oakley is afraid of love and she always puts her job first. One day, she receives sad news that her best friend, who also grew up in the orphanage, was in an accident and died, leaving her baby behind. Without hesitation Kate decides to adopt the orphaned boy, but raising a baby while running a company isn’t so easy. She decides to hire the babysitter recommended by her friend. And when he shows up at her door, he turns out to be absolutely gorgeous! But Kate has yet to learn who this Rick Evans really is…and why he is there.

Runaway Royal's Romp with Rajah! Santina's rebellious princess Sophia made a shock exit from her brother's engagement party last night following the surprise announcement of her own arranged marriage. It seems Sophia did not favour the match... instead boldly stowing away on the magnificent Maharaja of Naipur's private jet! Staff insiders to the masterful Maharaja, Ashok Achari, aren't denying the pair spent a wild night together before being caught by the press on arrival in Mumbai... Scandal is the last thing the Santina royals need right now—might this maharaja be persuaded into taking Santina's runaway princess as his wife?

Love has no price. Brooke Beauclere was under no illusions. To Adam Henderson she was an object of fleeting desire—upper class, stunningly beautiful, elusively tantalizing—a suitable conquest for an over-confident male with a fortune at his disposal. Oh, how she longed to teach him a lesson for his arrogant assumption that she could be purchased—at any price! Why, he was no more feeling than the high-society snobs who'd once humiliated him for his working-class roots. Against all reason, Brooke was attracted to him and running from the time when she might reveal her love and risk losing Adam completely.

Saul Bradford believed that Lucy Martin bore him a grudge for turning her out of her father's house -- she was well aware of that. Yet how could she resent him when she had helped to make him so unhappy in the past? She only wanted to atone for her bad behaviour by making him welcome to the manor, and by shielding him from her cousin Neville's sarcastic tongue. But Saul wasn't inclined to accept her protection ? he made it perfectly clear that wasn't what he wanted at all!