Classics

Marriage is out of the question...

Claire Marshall: stepmother to the bride. Wary of love, she has no intention of marrying again.

Brad Stevenson: finally free of family responsibility, has no desire for further ties and emotional commitment.

Persuaded to take on one last family task, Brad is brought into Claire’s well-ordered life. She provokes him, intrigues him, angers and excited him because he is sure that passion hides just below her calm surface. But what would happen to them both if that passion were revealed?

Melissa Ethridge agreed to a marriage of convenience with Etienne Hurst to keep her family property from being sold. But what about giving up her freedom? Mel decides to be an unconventional bride and retain her independence — and that includes in the bedroom! But marriage to Etienne isn’t what she’d expected. Her new husband wants her, and she finds him incredibly attractive. Should she abandon her marriage rules and become a conventional wife?

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…

Constantine Zagorakis has left poverty behind to become a billionaire known for his ruthless tactics

Lisa Bond has defied her past, too; now she’s independent and successful.

Their deal: One week on Constantine’s private island to talk business — and he’ll show her the pleasure of being with a real man.

But when the week is over, and their working deal sealed, both may pay a price on which they hadn’t bargained!

Solo Maffeiano owns half of Penny’s family home, yet she needs to pay off debts left by her late father and has no choice but to agree to Solo’s offer. He’ll give her the money and restore the dilapidated mansion — if Penny becomes his wife…a wife in every sense of the word!

Penny knows she’s still in love with Solo — but isn’t their marriage just a sham?

Once Lorenzo Valente sets his sights on something — or someone — he will not be deterred. His estranged wife, Chloe, might profess to hate him now, yet only weeks earlier she was claiming adoration…proving Lorenzoe’s belief that love is fickle. But now the stakes have gotten higher.

Chloe has become guardian to her friende’s baby and wants a fresh start — plus a marriage annulment. Seeing Chloe as a mother, Lorenzo is more determined than ever to keep her…and claim the wedding night from which she fled!

Five years ago, Sapphie Benedict lost her virginity to hunky Hollywood screenwriter Rik Prince. Convinced that Rik was really in love with her sister, Sapphie knew she could never see him again — or tell him of the consequence of their brief affair…

When Sapphie unexpectedly meets Rik again in Paris, she realises she never stopped loving him. But their lives are more complicated than ever, and there is no way she can declare her feelings…let alone tell Rik that he’s now a father!

Count Dante Galván was ruthless. Though it broke Daisy’s heart to hand over control of her family’s horse farm to him, she had no alternative — she was in Dante’s debt up to her ears! Part of the deal included Daisy relocating to Dante’s ranch in Argentina. Daisy knew she was far too ordinary to ever become the count’s wife. But could she resist Dante’s demands that she repay her dues in his bed?

Jake Rendel is a successful millionaire who works and plays hard — unlike Emma Delaney, who’s stifled by her uninspiring job. So Jake makes Emma a proposition to shake off her prim-and-proper image: for a month, they’ll pretend to have a steamy affair! Emma’s out of her depth — and things quickly get passionate in private as well as in public. Soon the girl-next-door is wishing the month of mistress make-believe will never end…

There were reasons why Dr Seb Carlisle really shouldn’t get involved with Dr Lucinda Chambers.They worked together in the busy children’s clinic at Melbourne Central Hospital…and, on top of his demanding job, Seb was a single father to a five-year-old. But a weekend alone in Queensland was more temptation than they could handle. The inevitable happened…with unexpected consequences. Six weeks later, Lucinda began to suspect Seb was going to be a father again. Now she just had to find a way to tell him.

Prince Tariq Al Kamal furiously forbids his brother to marry an unsuitable woman. Then Tariq removes temptation, whisking Beatrice away to his desert home where he becomes intent on seducing her. What he doesn’t realise is she isn’t his brother’s intended — she’s an innocent who’s about to become his bride.

Wedded for convenience…

One minute, waitress Meghan Selby is pouring Alessandro di Agnio’s coffee. The next, he’s pouring her champagne! Italy’s most notorious tycoon has chosen his bride.

…Bedded for pleasure!

Alessandro expects a proper wife in his bed…with no expectation of love. Meghan seems ideal; her heart off-limits, her eyes full of longing…

From playboy to bridegroom.

Dr Sarah Richardson has never thought of herself as beautiful after a childhood heart transplant left its scar. She’s always kept her mind firmly on work — until firefighter Ned Kellaway arrives on the scene...

Charismatic, courageous and irresistibly sexy, Ned has always been the centre of female attention — and loves every minute of it! But something in Sarah’s innocent grey eyes mesmerises him, and for the first time in his life Ned realises he wants far more than a fling!

Now it’s up to this too-hot-to-handle firefighter to show Sarah that her beauty, inside and out, has melted away his playboy streak and he wants to give her his heart — for good!

Parting with danger

Abby Freeman is thrilled that, at last, she’s landed herself a fantastic job as a TV chat-show host. But she needs to prove herself with a ratings-pulling interview. Who better to grill than the famous, darkly handsome journalist Max Harding?

With an intriguing scandal in his past that has never been fully explained, Max is happy to let Abby get close — but only in private! His life is not for public consumption.

Now Abby has two dilemmas: she doesn’t want to lose Max’s story but she’s in danger of losing her innocence! Because, clearly, Max doesn’t realise that the apparently worldly Abby is still a virgin…

The only man she hates…is the only man she can’t resist!

Captivating king of the racing circuit, Sandro Roselli might send Charlotte Warrington’s pulse into overdrive, but he’s also hiding something about her brother’s death. Sandro has offered her a job, but Charlotte will make sure she’s in the driver’s seat to uncover his secret. Yet life in the fast lane with Sandro is dangerous. As Charlotte’s craving for his touch intensifies, she begins to lose herself in his intoxicating world. The irresistible Italian is driving her senses crazy, but can their heady affair survive the dark truth he hides?

A mum…just in time for Christmas?

Beautiful, bubbly nurse Lara King just can’t resist a little girl’s Christmas wish — for her daddy to be happy — so she steps in as the sexy ER consultant’s new live-in nanny!

Christian Blake lost his faith in love a long time ago, but now, as Lara fills his house with warmth and sparkle, he realises that she’s his once-in-a-lifetime chance for happiness. As the first snowflakes start to fall, he can only hope that Christmas will weave its magic and Lara will accept the special present waiting for her under the tree…

She’s a beauty…can she tame the beast?

When Kay Sherwood steps into Mitchell Grey’s office he’s so fiercely attracted to her fiery good looks he insists that she join him for dinner.

But up until now Mitchell has indulged only in no-strings affairs, and the suave tycoon is taken aback by the intense passion that’s threatening to develop. Becoming more intimate with Kay — a single mum — would be just too dangerous! But Mitchell hasn’t counted on the fact that Christmas is coming. Could some special seasonal magic is about to change his mind?

Skye Marston is being blackmailed into marriage. But she’ll have one night of passion first, with a man she’ll never meet again...

Theo Antonakos isn’t used to rejection. His passionate partner has slipped away without a word. When he arrives on his father’s private Greek island to meet his stepmother-to-be — he discovers they already know each other, in the most intimate way. Theo wants Skye back in his bed...as his wife!