Her Christmas Fantasy & The Winter Bride

The Italian's Wife

Holly Sansom has hit rock bottom. Homeless, broke and without friends, she has no way to care for herself, let alone her precious eight-month-old son. Then a chance encounter with the handsome Italian CEO Rio Lombardi changes everything. Suddenly she's living in luxury, wanting for nothing, and if she accepts Rio's proposal, all her worries will be forever behind her. But Holly knows he's keeping something from her. Is it really the perfect life if she doesn't have his love?

The Spanish Groom

Dixie Robinson has never been good at anything. She's clumsy, far too trusting and couldn't keep a job if her life depended on it. The one thing she's done right is to befriend an elderly man and keep him from being lonely. She'll do anything for Jasper, especially when he falls ill-except marry his godson. After all, Cesar Valverde doesn't even like her. But as Jasper is rushed to the operating room, Dixie is rushed to the altar. Before she knows it, for Jasper's sake, she's saying "I do." Is this yet another mistake, or the smartest thing Dixie has ever done?

Hidden agendas….

The personal assistant: When Sara caught her fiancé being unfaithful with her cousin, she felt doubly betrayed.

Her boss: Almost miraculously, Alex Rossini was on hand to help Sara pick up the pieces. However, having worked for Alex for some time now, she knew he never did anything without expecting something in return. So why was she surprised when he revealed that he was prepared to pay the cost of having her-be it money or marriage?

Business or pleasure? Sara wanted Alex so badly, she would have given herself to him with no strings attached. But in order to win Alex, she would have to play his game-and choose her price….

So Milly is horrified when she learns that she was once Gianni’ s mistress… and now he’ s claiming her little boy is his son! Gianni’ s solution is simple: marriage!

Her first assignment is... to sleep with her boss!

A misunderstanding leads Pippa Stevenson into Andreo D'Alessio's bed. He is a fabulous lover, but all the same, Pippa is overcome with shame because he's her boss!

However,now Andreo has decided that he wants Pippa all to himself, in the boardroom and the bedroom! But business and pleasure are a tricky mix, and soon Andreo needs to find a way to persuade Pippa to accept his new proposition--to promote her from mistress to wife!

Nothing could have prepared Rosie for Greek tycoon Constantine Voulos. He asked Rosie to marry him-well, he insisted: "You will go through a ceremony of marriage," he said, "and in return you will receive a big fat check and a divorce as soon as I can arrange it."

Rosie agreed to the clandestine wedding because of her late father's wishes, but was anguished that Constantine had got her all wrong. The longer she spent with him, the more she knew she just couldn't be his temporary wife. There was only one thing for it-her secret would have to be told!

The Boss's Marriage Arrangement by Penny Jordan

Everyone in her office thinks Harriet is boss Matthew Cole's fiancée! Harriet has to keep reminding herself it's all just for convenience--but how far is Matthew prepared to go with their arrangement...marriage?

His Darling Valentine by Carole Mortimer

It's Valentine's Day and a secret admirer is bombarding Tazzy Darling with gifts! Any woman would be delighted--but not Tazzy. There's only one man from whom she wants to receive love tokens, and that's her boss, Ross Valentine....

Seduction and Passion Guaranteed

Will the Frenchman discover he has a secret son?

Tabby fell in love with Christien Laroche, but then tragedy struck and Christien wanted nothing more to do with her. How could Tabby confess to the arrogant Frenchman that she was expecting his baby? Now Tabby has made a new life for herself and her son. But Christien is back! What if he discovers little Jake's existence?

Flora is determined to adopt her baby niece, despite Angelo's assumption that he will have guardianship. And, though he's annoyed with himself for wanting her, Flora annoys Angelo even more for avoiding the shimmer of sexual attraction between them. There has to be a way to make Flora obey all his wishes, and there is-but it involves an unexpected pregnancy and three more babies….

Arizona Adams: reluctant bride Arizona needed financial help; she didn't need a husband. Then she discovered that the man demanding she become his bride had been secretly funding her for months….

Declan Holmes: determined groom Declan had wanted Arizona for years. Now he had the perfect opportunity to make Arizona his…he could marry her first and make her love him later. Declan only had to hang on till Christmas and then they'd be married for real!