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Annie’s day-care center in Chicago is doing well, but her family keeps insisting that she move back home. They just don’t understand that she’s a mature, independent woman now. That’s when her best friend Tara suggests she bring a fake boyfriend home to meet them. She’s sure it will get them to ease up on her friend. Annie hesitantly agrees and goes to an auction to buy a date. When she sees an incredibly handsome man on the auction block, she’s immediately smitten and enthusiastically bids five thousand dollars! (Source: Harlequin)
In labor, Lexi is taken the local clinic, where she is shocked to meet the doctor on call. What is Tyler Braden doing here? Not so long ago, after she was fired from her job and, careworn and sad, ran into him outside their apartment building. They spent the night together, but when they woke up in the morning, he declared that he had no desire for a partner, a wife or a child in his life. But now Tyler is delivering his own child! She thinks there is no way he could know the child is his, but then he tries to take the baby away from her! (Source: Renta!)
After Aimee’s parents pass away, it’s up to her to take over her father’s old cake shop and raise her young son, Toby, by herself. Toby’s father, Jed, was an accomplished chef when Aimee last saw him, but in the time they’ve been apart, he’s become a very successful man—he’s a popular TV personality as well as the owner and chef of a first-rate restaurant. After the cruelty Jed showed her when he walked out of Aimee’s life, she had hoped to never see him again, but if she wants to save little Toby from leukemia, Jed’s her only hope. How will he react when he meets the son he never knew he had? (Source: Harlequin)
Kayla gave birth as a surrogate to her dead sister’s child and is raising her alone. When Kayla’s nanny makes off with all her money, she’s left alone and broke. She decides to pay a visit to her childhood friend Van to ask for help. He’s the man she once had a passionate one-night affair with. When she finds out he has a fiancée, she leaves in a hurry without saying why she came, so Van follows her home to see what she wants. Van walks in on a burglar threatening hers and the baby’s lives. Once they are safe, he has a proposal: “You and the baby come live with me for six months…” (Source: Harlequin)
Hope is shocked to learn about the death of her ex-husband, Jack, on the news. Hope married Jack when she was eighteen, and Jack lived a glamorous lifestyle as a popular singer. Hope was always lonely, but Jack’s younger brother Guy was always by her side. Since her divorce, Hope has lived with her daughter. Then Guy comes to tell Hope about the death of his brother. Meeting Guy after thirteen years stirs up old feelings in Hope’s heart. She mustn’t let anyone know her secret! (Source: Harlequin)
Sydney, a top executive at her father’s communications company, has made more than her fair share of contributions to it—but her strict father wants even more from her. He arranges a marriage for her without her permission, insisting it’s for the good of the company. With her dream of getting married for love, she just can’t accept her father’s will, so upon hearing the announcement of her forced engagement on a cruise ship, she flees by jumping into the ocean. Luckily she’s saved by Hugh, a carefree and mysterious man. Could he be the one who’ll free her from her father’s bondage? Unfortunately, Hugh doesn’t seem all that accepting of her. What’s the secret from his past that consistently brings him to reject Sydney? (Source: Harlequin)
Young nurse Adele can't help but notice surgeon Zahir. Not only is he drop-dead gorgeous, he's also a crown prince! When the queen takes a liking to Adele, she whisks her off to the golden desert to be her attending nurse. Seeing Zahir in his full royal glory makes Adele realize just how different their worlds are, but under the desert sun, the spark between them only burns brighter... She loves him, but he's set to marry a princess from a neighboring country. How could this possibly end well? (Source: Renta!)
Paige Howard has held a reluctant and secret desire for New Zealand tycoon Marc Corbett ever since they met--when he married her best friend! Six years later, still a virgin, Paige has never felt the same for anyone else. When her friend's legacy sends Marc back to Paige, they are caught again in the grip of their reluctant attraction. But she's heard that Marc was disloyal during his marriage. Paige will never give herself to a man who only seems to want her as his mistress--no matter how strong the temptation....
https://www.cmoa.jp/title/317420/