from fictiondb: FRAGILE DREAMS Maurizio Varelli shattered her dreams of love. With businesslike efficiency, the family patriarch informed Vicki the marriage she had come to Italy for would never take place--and that she must marry him instead. Maurizio's swarthy face and powerful body were intimidating. Yet when he spoke again, it was as though he understood the deepest recesses of Vicki's heart--and she was held captive by this touch of gentleness. Maurizio presented his case, lost in the medieval beauty of her dark eyes. He had to convince her--for he knew that the moment he touched her he could never let her go.

One day, Rachel's friend tells her about her husband's affair. In that instant, Rachel's whole world crumbles around her. She married when she was seventeen years old and believed she had the perfect life with a handsome husband who loved her and their three beautiful kids. Her husband, Daniel, is a busy CEO, so Rachel never thought twice before about his staying out late for work, but was she just being naive? Thinking there's been some kind of mistake, she asks Daniel about it when he gets home, and he doesn't even try to deny her allegations! (Source: Renta!)

from fictiondb: They needed more than love to make a marriage Wary of men since her tumultuous love affair with Luis, Carina did not relish the idea of returning to Portugal, in need of her estranged husband's help to find her younger sister. They had parted in anger, and with no word from Luis in nearly five years, Carina no longer blamed their separation on parental disapproval and interference. What they had called love must surely have been youthful infatuation. Or, at most, a purely pleasurable sexual relationship. So, cool and aloof was the way to approach Luis again, for heaven forbid that those longings return!

[taken from fictiondb] THE STRANGER IN ROMAN's CABIN HAD: -- A soft cloud of dark hair -- Green eyes a man could get lost in -- A million dollars in a duffle bag WHAT SHE *DIDN'T* HAVE: -- Any memory of her past Private eye Roman Justice was stunned by the disheveled yet sexy woman. She had no idea who she was, yet she quickly claimed that Roman was the only man she loved. How could she see so clearly into her heart -- not to mention his? Series: The Justice Way #2

from fictiondb: For her grandfather's sake, Kalli had agreed to an arranged marriage to Nikolos Varos -- a man she'd never even met. But when her grandfather died on her wedding day -- so, too, did her reason for marrying.... Niko was furious he'd been jilted. So he insisted Kalli continue with the original plan that she renovate his home -- not telling her he'd be living there with her. Neither had expected the attraction that sizzled between them, and Niko, for one, was determined to catch the bride who'd got away!

TRAPPED! When Tamara "borrowed" company funds to help her invalid mother, she had every intention of replacing the money before anyone discovered the loss. Then the company was taken over by the ruthless entrepreneur Bickford Rutledge. Bick was a man used to getting what he wanted, and he had wanted beautiful, aloof Tamara from the moment he first saw her. When he discovered her secret, he offered her a choice: prison or marriage. She had a choice that was no choice at all. She escaped the law's revenge only to lose her heart to the man who had bought her--body and soul.

[taken from fictiondb] IT WAS ONE FOR THE BOOKS . . . Sgt. James "Slade" Sladerman had practically been born to the force, but he wanted to be a writer, not a cop. No one was more different from him than Jessica Window, who was wealthy and working only because she wanted to. He felt the gap between them keenly, and almost refused to be her undercover bodyguard. But someone had to watch her and he'd given his word--regardless of her innocence or guilt. Slade couldn't afford to care, but in the shadow of danger, in the arms of the woman he'd sworn to protect, Slade knew whatever the price, he'd meet it.

[from fictiondb] Theola would have done anything to get out of England, but escape was proving more confining, more dangerous than her former prison. She had always been nothing more than a glorified Cinderella--a poor little cousin who waited hand-and-foot on the elegant young Lady Catherine Bourne. But now Lady Catherine had left England and was sailing through the Adriatic on her way to marry the king of Kavonia. And Theola was sailing with her! She was free at last! But when the ship docked in the Kavonian harbor, Theola's new-found freedom vanished as quickly as the morning mist. The peaceful little kingdom was under seige, its imperious monarch overthrown by his own people. And before she had time to unpack Lady Catherine's bags, Theola found herself in an empty palace guarded by the fiery, handsome man who had led the revolution--the passionate and unpredictable conqueror of Kavonia.

A booklet included inside Harta volume 50 of Hakumei to Mikochi manga and illustrations written and drawn by various Harta contributors. (Source: Natalie, translated)

A wedding, a baby... but what about love? Ellie Morgan hoped to buy the bookshop where she worked, so evenings she moonlighted as a cleaner at Alexiakis International... Until she overheard Dio Alexiakis discussing a top-secret deal, and he insisted that Ellie was an industrial spy! Ellie was unnerved by her confrontation with Dio Alexiakis. However, Dio knew just how he would deal with her.... Ellie found herself on her way to Dio's island, and two days and nights of perfect passion... followed by an unexpected pregnancy. Dio had the perfect solution -- they'd marry for the baby's sake. By now, Ellie was in love with Dio, but could he learn to love his expectant bride? (Source: Harlequin)