Though Drew Dalton's extraordinary success as a management consultant and best-selling author make him an exciting prospect for Sarina Hamilton's speakers' bureau, she arranges speaking engagements for women only. Besides, the blatant invitation in Drew's gaze ... his smug complacency ...his infuriating self-control--all drive Sabrina wild! How dare he accuse her of sexism! Yet Sabrina knows booking Drew will enhance her company's reputation. Soon, despite her protests, business discussions turn to pillow talk as Drew's warm and witty allure leads her from the podium to his penthouse bedroom ... and restraint gives way to glorious abandon. Until Drew asks for the one thing Sabrina can never give...

[from fictiondb] Lord Victor Brooke, Queen Victoria's godson, has earned Her Majesty's disapproval for an amorous escapade--and so is banned from the Beau Monde while he escorts a royal fianceé to be wed with the King Stephen of the distant Realm of Zararis. To the jaded peer's surprise, 18-year-old Princess Sydella is no mewling debutante, but an intelligent, fresh beauty who soon enchants his proud and well-protected heart. But Sydella is pledged, and honor and empire must rule... Still, fate is the supreme matchmaker, and none may flout her decrees... Their lives in danger, Lord Victor and Sydella brave all for their country, only to be crowned in glory--King and Queen of Love!

[taken from fictiondb] Nicola Sparks, sixteen and an orphan, is ready to dive headlong into her first London Season. A whirlwind of fashionable activities awaits her, although nabbing a husband, ordinarily the prime object of every girl's Season, is not among them. For Nicola has already chosen hers: a handsome viscount by the name of Lord Sebastian. Lord Sebastian Bartholomew is wealthy, attractive, and debonair, even if the few tantalizingly short moments Nicola has spent with him have produced little save discussions about poetry. Nicola is sure that a proposal from Lord Sebastian would be a match made in heaven. Everything is going well, until the infuriating Nathaniel Sheridan begins to cast doubt on the viscount's character. Nicola is convinced Nathaniel's efforts to besmirch Lord Sebastian's sterling reputation will yield nothing. But when she begins to piece things together for herself, the truth that is revealed has as much to do with the viscount as it does with Nicola's own heart.

[from fictiondb:] Young, high-spirited Lady Madeline Matthews is expected to wed an aging, lecherous lord. But she would rather shame herself in the eyes of society than sacrifice her freedom, and resolves to render herself unmarriageable by indulging in a torrid affair with Britain's most acclaimed actor and notorious womanizer, Logan Scott. He is a legend in the footlights and in the bedchamber. But when the curtain falls, Logan is an intensely private, guarded man still tormented by past betrayals that cut deep into his pride and his heart. Now a forward little minx who seems completely out of place in the bright, sophisticated world of the London stage is disrupting his orderly existence with her constant presence, her unspoiled beauty and vibrant charm. And what begins with an onstage kiss threatens to blossom into something more rapturous and real. But first Logan and Madeline both must be brave enough to drop the masks they hide behind. . . and reveal their true selves in the golden glorious light of love.

[from fictiondb] Lady Kasia Ross is the only child of a doting and exceedingly wealthy father--yet the heiress is horrified to hear her father's plan to marry her to Lord Stefelton in order to save her from fortune-hunters. Protesting that she will marry only for love, she runs away, determined to avoid the arranged marriage. Determined also to disprove her father's assertion that she would not own a penny without him, she decided earn her own living before she allows a husband to be chosen for her! She will not long after she has set her mind to her course, she was employed as Governess at Dreghorne Castle--home of the dare-devil Duke himself, hero of the Battlefield and Boudoir... Dedicated to the responsibilities of his estate, the Duke is shocked to find himself enthralled by his nephew's lovely governess. But dreadful peril will unite two bold hearts, and show the way to love's everlasting, ever-new adventure!

[taken from fictiondb] Oh, to see Davey once more. As the plane's about to crash, Catrina Reed scribbles that last request. Upon her miraculous survival, she's stunned to discover her well-meaning roommate has attempted to fulfill her wish! But instead of Catrina's childhood heartthrob Davey Kasden, her friend has produced David Rhodes--Catrina's handsome ex-husband. Catrina needs this David like she needs another plane crash! But maybe David's changed for the better. Now a hot soap-opera star, he's become surprisingly sensitive... and even more ruggedly irresistible. Once again he's igniting the sensual chemistry between them, detonating a thousand doubts along the way. Either Catrina's almost in heaven ... or hopelessly trapped in a fool's paradise!

[taken from fictiondb] Nicole Starr had managed the Seawinds boutique on Silver Cay ever since the death of her husband. For five years she had devoted herself to her work, unmoved by the romance of the Bahama resort or the attentions of men. Then Grant Sutton, self-styled efficiency expert and notorious womanizer, sweeps in with the force of a tropical storm. His arrogant business tactics endanger Nicole's job, while his persistent charm threatens to awaken her tong sleeping emotions. Though she vows to resist the elemental power of his passion, her heart begins to feel the undertow of overwhelming desire...

[from fictiondb] Ursa Hollington and her elder sister Penelope were as different as night and day, or--more precisely--country and city. The innocent Ursa, is asked by her married sister to impersonate her and stay with Lady Brackley, Penelope's mother-in-law. Lady Brackley is blind, so Ursa reluctantly agrees. During the guest at the splendid estate, she met the tall and irresistible Marquis of Charnwood, in need of a temporary finaceé. If Ursa could pay one role, she could play two, especially when the second was... herself! But the price was high, for in the Marquis Ursa had found her dream of love... a dream that honor forbade. Then the time for pretense was past, and Ursa and her Marquis reached for a rapture beyond measure, destined beyond the stars...

[taken from fictiondb] After bitter experience, Leigh vowed never to marry--but she desperately wanted a child. In this age of medical breakthroughs, she decided on a bold plan-to have a mere acquaintance, Brian Hathaway, father a child for her by scientific means. But Brian has plans of his own. To provide the child a home and himself a wife, he forces Leigh into marriage. Her pregnancy brings her unequaled joy, but the stranger who is now her husband disturbs her deeply, arousing desires that beg to be assuaged. Though her defenses slowly crumble under Brian's tender caresses, she's afraid to open her heart to love again...