[taken from fictiondb] Kathryn Dalton was thrilled with the antique ring she had found. How could she know that it would lead her to both love and heartbreak? She thought Leon Coletis had married her for love. But his real desire had been for the ring, which he wanted for his ailing sister. Knowing the truth, Kathryn was left with a painful choice. Should she stay with the man she loved, though that love would never be returned? Or should she strike out on her own, all hope for the future gone?

Could fairy tales come true? When her adoptive parents died, Jody Hendrick felt that her life was over, for they had left her almost nothing with which to make her way. When she found out that a distant relative had left her half of a luxury hotel in Ireland, she was ecstatic. She was even happier to meet her partner, handsome Conor Blake, with whom she quickly fell in love. But the dream seemed destined to be spoiled when her stepsister, Rochelle, showed up. Rochelle had inherited everything, and now she wanted Conor as well. [Taken from FictionDB]

Taken from [FictionDB:] Sarah loved her happy single life in London. But the sweet memory of Carl Duris and their first encounter in Greece made her heart wander, her mind wonder. Soon she was back in Carl's arms--a captive bride, a prisoner of love and revenge on a remote Greek island. But this was a different Carl: cruel, violent, pagan. Could Sarah heal his searing wounds of hate and torment? Could she unlock the secrets of Carl's past, or would she try to flee the passions he had awakened within her?

[taken from fictiondb] Monique was hurt when Miles told her that they had to hide their engagement if she was to follow him to his new job on Grand Cayman Island. It seemed to foreshadow the end of the engagement, and her fears were quickly realised once they reached the island. Yet in Dirk Anderson, Miles' new boss, Monique sensed a potent cure for the ills of her heart. But was he free . . . or pledged to the same woman who held Miles in thrall? Would Monique taste true love, only to have her dreams trampled once more?

BIRD IN A GILDED CAGE Lynn couldn't marry without her guardian's permission--permission his stepson would never let him grant. So in a desperate bid to gain control of her fortune and her life she married that same stepson: Paul Loukas, the man who had once loved her. But his love lay seven years in the past .He gave her everything she could want, everything except the freedom she had always been denied. Would she learn too late that her only freedom lay in staying her husband's captive--and could she turn desire into love before it was too late? Source: FictionDB

[from fictiondb:] Caryl never wanted to dupe Sir Geoffrey. But Brad convinced her that the only way to bring peace to the old man's final days was to have Caryl pose as Brad's former fiancee, Caryl's own sister, Emma. How could Caryl deny Brad anything? She had loved him at eighteen and loved him still at twenty-four. But she hadn't counted on marriage, and while Sir Geoffrey was now happy to see Brad and "Emma" united at last, Caryl herself could only wonder how long she would have to endure a marriage with all the love on one side.

[taken from fictiondb] Judith Sommerville and Alexis Vasilis had once been engaged, but that had come to an end years before. When she took the position of nanny to his small nephew, they were brought together again. Alexis made no secret of the fact that he still wanted her; yet now marriage had no part in his plans. The promise he demanded of her this time had nothing to do with love and everything to do with desire.

[taken from fictiondb] Laura had practically raised little Mandy, but she had no legal claim to the homeless child. And now the authorities wanted to take Mandy away. / Paul Penalis could help her to keep Mandy, but his price was marriage. Was the price too high for Laura to pay, or could she find true happiness in a marriage of strangers?

[taken from fictiondb] Clare had dedicated herself to the memory of her fiance, but it was hard to keep that vow under the warm, star-filled Caribbean skies in the strong arms of Luke Mortimer. And Luke was waging a campaign to win Clare's heart with the same arrogant determination that had won him his fortune and his tropical islands. Clare could not struggle against the love she felt for Luke, but she dared not surrender without breaking the bonds of guilt and sorrow that chained her to a long-dead love.

[taken from fictiondb] A NEW LEASE ON LIFE For two years Linda Kendall believed her own life ended the day her husband and children were killed in a car crash. Only reluctantly did she set aside her grief to become nanny to the Conde Duarte de Dominga's three charges in Portugal. But this handsome nobleman aroused feelings Linda thought she'd never have again. Duarte tempted her back to life with his kindness, his charm, his proposal of marriage . . . if only she would agree not to fall in love with him. But it was already too late for that.

[from fictiondb:] Kim Rosswell was young, beautiful, and desperate. Vidas Christou was wealthy, and determined that the child she carried bear the Christou name. Kim knew she should have told Vidas the truth. There could not possibly be a child; another's lies had misled him. But the stakes were too high. His proposal gives her a chance to save her father's life. That is something to cling to even after he discovers her deception--and she discovers that she loves her distant husband.