MARIE DONOVAN

Bare Necessities

Marie Donovan

All it takes to be a super–hot lingerie designer is confidence and a healthy dose of talent. Right? So why is Bridget Weiss making ends meet selling custom bras and thongs to Chicago's triple–X dancers? And now Adam Hale, her brother's best friend, is in town and thinks she's a stripper. Maybe she'll just let him sweat over the mix–up.

When sculpting a nude, the artist needs to!

Understand the male body. Sculptor Rey Martinson is floored by her new model's male perfection. Cuban–American Marco Flores's body is more than inspiring–it's irresistible.

Be good with her hands. Because it turns out that Marco is incredibly talented with his–on Rey–after each wildly arousing modelling session.

Have an eye for detail. Rey can't ignore that there's something suspicious about Marco

Japanese art expert Megan Michiko O'Malley has many talents, but seduction isn't one of them. Yet after meeting a sexy stranger at a wedding, not only does she have an impromptu romp in the upstairs bedroom, but it's the most sensual sex she's ever had.

Meg might have slipped out of Rick Sokol's bed without leaving her real name or phone number, but that won't stop him from finding her. He isn't one of the best private investigators for nothing. Besides, he needs her expertise.

He's just discovered an erotic Japanese pillow book and is hoping Meg will be his study partner!

Subject: Luc Boudreau, Green Beret.

Current status: Boiling over...with lust!

Mission: Teach wilderness survival skills to city girl.

Obstacle: Claire Cook. Sweet. Innocent. Dangerously sexy...

Luc didn't plan to spend his leave watching over a debutante. But a powerful congressman's daughter outranks him. Luc's dreading it – until he meets spunky Claire. Oh, are there things he can teach this woman...

Educating Claire fires up certain, ah, primal instincts, and his gorgeous pupil is a quick study. This hard–bitten soldier is falling hard for his feisty beauty, but will he be able to stay the course when the going gets tough for them?

A summer on a Greek island is just what grad student Cara Sokol needs to jump–start her nonexistent sex life. Too bad she's sworn off Greek men forever, because she can't take her eyes off Yannis Petridis's six–pack abs and sultry eyes.

But Cara's not going to get away that easily. In fact, some of Yannis's daydreams would make even Aphrodite blush. So if his fiery redhead wants an X–rated fling, he won't deny it even if she is hiding something more than her burning desire.

Once upon a time, a handsome and eligible Portuguese duke Duke Francisco Duarte das Santas Aguas(aka Frank) returned to his fairy–tale villa, the same magical villa where he found true love as a teenager. But when an unexpected reunion with his long–ago love Julia Cooper leads to a sizzling night with one simple kiss (aka an incredibly hot night), their slumbering chemistry is awake and how!

It t go back to sleep easily. After all those lost years, can Frank and Julia still find their fairy–tale ending?

The Tale of the Dressmaker and the Prince

Once upon a time, there lived an Italian prince named Georgio Di Leone. He was a stressed–out prince and a very protective one. So, when his little sister announces she's getting married, he flies first–class, of course to the enchanted kingdom of New York City, where he meets Renata Pavoni, a wedding–dress maker who is all vintage pinup girl with twenty–first–century sex appeal.

Once they ride off together in his limousine, they indulge in some serious make out action. But as things with her hot royal start to heat up, Renata wonders can she find a "sexily ever after" with a real prince?

Once upon a time in New Jersey, there lived a freelance writer named Lily Adams. When she journeys to the magical city of Paris, she discovers the food is rich, the wine is potent and one particular Frenchman, Jack Montford, is absolutely irresistible!

What Lily What Lily doesn't know is that she's actually flirting with a real prince in disguise. Jack is heir to a title and property, not to mention a world–renowned perfume company. And as the Comte de Brissard he's had a mess of trouble with women, especially in finding one who can see the man behind the title.

After a night in his bed, Jack's convinced Lily wants the man. But will she keep the prince?

Accountant Keeley Davis has been hired to find out who's been bilking money from the well–respected Bingham Bros. investment firm. To do so, Keeley will have to don a disguise and work closely with tastier–than–homemade–cherry–pie controller Dane Weiss!

As Keeley tramps herself up as Dane's personal assistant 'Cherry Smith,' her calculations start paying off big dividends like when she serves up a hot plate of Dane ? la mode. But as things start to really sizzle, Keeley wonders whether she can keep her eyes on the bottom line when all she can think of is keeping Dane in her bed?