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A three-week cruise on a millionaire's yacht! To Laurel it was more than tempting. And when her fellow worker said she couldn't go herself unless Laurel accompanied her as chaperone, Laurel allowed herself to be persuaded. What a mistake! For, once aboard the yacht, Laurel discovered she had really been brought along as "company" for Nicolas Ponti. The fact that Nicolas was young, handsome, and wealthy did nothing to console her. Laurel could see a battle ahead ... and she had no intention of losing! [Taken from FictionDB]
From Hunter X Hunter Doujinshi: Contains one longer story and several short gags focusing on Kurapika interacting with other characters. The long story takes place while Kurapika got sick in Yorkshin, and Gon is doing his best to keep him from going after the Ryodan again.
Maybe she wasn't cut out to deceive. Unbeknownst to Reese Denton, a powerful engineering magnate, Julia Winterton had been hired as his bodyguard. His friends thought he needed protection from his enemies. Julia, a beautiful ex-model tired of her profession and seeking new challenges, was happy to take on the job. But after a while she found it increasingly difficult pretending to be an air-headed temporary secretary. For Rees was proving to be a demanding boss, and a suspicious one. Faced, too, with his overwhelming attractiveness, Julia knew she was headed for trouble... [Taken from FictionDB]
Runaway Bride. A teary-eyed bride in a long, white getup and veil was on Luke O'Dell's property--with no husband in sight. Uh-oh! Runaway bride on her honeymoon alone at his Lazy O Dude Ranch! Luke knew too well what happened when he comforted a sobbing woman, and no way was sweet Josie Randall getting anywhere near his strong shoulders.... Josie's two-timing groom-not-to-be had done her a huge favor. She'd never even imagined she could love a man so much, until she'd looked into Luke's dark brown eyes and saw forever. But how was a woman to convince six feet, two inches of nonmarrying man that she was the woman he didn't even know he was waiting for? [Taken from FictionDB]
Everyone saw them as a perfect match! “People aren’t chess pieces to be pushed around, Maman,” Piers said. “I’ve no intention of tying myself to a girl I don’t love.” “You can’t be serious!” Amanda’s astonishment was clear. “Me, marry Piers Dubray? Why I haven’t seen him since I was a kid.” With two people so set against even meeting, much less marrying, what could be done? Mothers, friends, even Fate, all had a hand in it–but in the end, Piers and Amanda were simply caught in their own trap. Happily!
