THE WOLF'S BARGAIN…"You said I am too proud and I-I am," Jennifer said, laying her hand on Royce's chest in desperate supplication. "If you will let my sister go, I'll do any humble task you give me. I'll scrub the floors. I'll wait upon you at table. I swear I'll repay you in a hundred ways."Royce glanced down at the small, delicate hand laid upon his chest; heat was seeping through his tunic, desire already tightening his loins."Please," Jenny whispered, "I'll do anything . You have only to tell me what you want.""...
Porzucona przez matk? Julia znajduje oparcie w domu przybranych rodzic?w, gdzie w atmosferze mi?o?ci rozkwita, wyrastaj?c na pi?kn? i pe?n? wdzi?ku m?od? kobiet?. Zostawszy nauczycielk?, powszechnie lubian? i szanowan? przez mieszka?c?w rodzinnego miasteczka w Teksasie, stara si? post?powa? zgodne z przyj?tymi przez siebie zasadami i przekazywa? dalej dobro, kt?rego sama do?wiadczy?a. Pewnego dnia w jej ?yciu pojawia si? Zachary Benedict, wysoki, przystojny m??czyzna o surowych rysach. Ten aktor i re?yser filmowy, kt?rego tocz?ca si? od jednego do drugiego oscarowego sukcesu kariera zawali?a si? w gruzy w momencie, gdy uznano go winnym morderstwa ?ony, po ucieczce z teksaskiego wi?zienia terroryzuje Juli? i zmusza j?, by go zawioz?a w g?ry Kolorado. Mi?o?? spada na nich jak grom, ale na drodze do szcz??cia i spokoju b?d? jeszcze musieli pokona? wiele przeszk?d…
Jedena?cie lat min??o od pierwszego spotkania pi?knej Meredith, c?rki w?a?ciciela sieci dom?w handlowych w Chicago, z Mattem, rozpoczynaj?cym b?yskotliw? karier? w ?wiecie interes?w. Uczucie, kt?re w?wczas na kr?tko ich po??czy?o, dzisiaj wydaje si? nale?e? do bezpowrotnej przesz?o?ci – miejsce nami?tno?ci zaj??y wzajemne pretensje, rozczarowanie i gorycz. A przecie? pami?? tamtych chwil pozostaje dla obojga czym? wi?cej ni? tylko pi?knym wspomnieniem. Czy jednak to wystarczy, by powr?ci? do utraconego raju mi?o?ci?
Alone on a moonlit balcony at Houston's White Orchid Charity Ball, Diana Foster courageously upheld the sparkling image of her family's magazine. Recently jilted by her fianc? for an Italian heiress an insult delivered via a sleazy tabloid—Diana was now very publicly unengaged, and surrounded by humiliating rumors. So why was billionaire Cole Harrison closing in on her with two crystal flutes and a bottle of champagne?The former stableboy had received an ultimatum from his uncle: Cole must bring home a wife—soon—or lose his share of a booming multinational business. Coolly analytical and arrestingly attractive, Cole knew what he wanted in a bride, and Diana Foster—rich, beautiful, and principled—fit the role perfectly. But while a long, slow kiss sealed the bargain that solved both their dilemmas, neither imagined the extraordinary journey that would begin on that unforgettable night...
