In high school Sugar Carey had reigned supreme. She alone had decided what or who was cool. Her spiral perm had been the perm against which all others were measured, and her opinion on which boys were acceptable to date the only one that counted. A beautiful, blonde – if not always benevolent – dictator, she had a reputation for being the wild child in her hometown, the girl most likely to set the world on fire, and leave a trail of destruction in her wake. When she left home she swore she'd never return. Only now, fifteen years and several husbands later, she's run out of money, luck and options… Only Sugar arrives back home to discover that everyone else is living her life. Her half sister is married to Sugar's high school sweetheart, the teacher she schemed to get fired is now a successful novelist and owns her old house. She also discovers that people have long memories – especially where Sugar is concerned…
La hermosa y caprichosa Daisy Devreaux puede ir a la c?rcel o casarse con el misterioso hombre que le ha elegido su padre. Los matrimonios concertados no suceden en el mundo moderno, as? que… ?c?mo se ha metido Daisy en este l?o?Alex Markov, tan serio como guapo, no tiene la menor intenci?n de hacer el papel de prometido amante de una consentida cabeza de chorlito con cierta debilidad por el champ?n. Aparta a Daisy de su vida llena de comodidades, la lleva de viaje con un ruinoso circo y se propone domarla.Pero este hombre sin alma ha encontrado la horma de su zapato en una mujer que es todo coraz?n. No pasar? demasiado tiempo hasta que la pasi?n le haga remontar el vuelo sin red de seguridad… arriesg?ndolo todo en busca de un amor que durar? para siempre.
Isabel Favor is a life-style coach whose life is falling apart. Her accountant has run off with her money, her reputation is in tatters and her fiance has just dumped her for an older woman. Isabel needs to escape so she heads for Tuscany determined to find a little perspective – breathing room – and start over. Instead she ends up in a hotel room with Hollywood bad boy Lorenzo Gage. He makes his living killing people…on the screen at least. Ren's reputation is blacker than black. But when you're everyone's favourite villain, it goes with the territory. Isabel's always prided herself on her neatly ordered life. But look where being good has got her. Maybe it's time to live a little…?
Annabelle est? harta de ser la ?nica fracasada en una familia de triunfadores. Ha soportado trabajos sin futuro y la ruptura de un compromiso matrimonial. ?Hasta su pelo es un desastre! Pero todo eso va a cambiar ahora que se ha hecho cargo de la agencia de contactos de su difunta abuela. Para promocionar la agencia en grande, lo ?nico que tiene que hacer es conseguir como cliente al soltero m?s codiciado de Chicago…Con su sagacidad, sus incre?bles ojos verdes y su calculado encanto, Heath Champion es el mejor representante deportivo del pa?s. Es rico, decidido y espectacularmente atractivo, de modo que ?para qu? necesita una casamentera? Pero Heath anda buscando el s?mbolo definitivo de su ?xito: la esposa perfecta. Portia Powers, delgada, rica y despiadada, es la due?a de la agencia matrimonial m?s importante de la ciudad. Una advenediza como Annabelle no va a impedirle conseguir lo que desea: que sea su agencia la que le consiga pareja a Heath…
Rita AwardsIndependent and desperate widow Rachel Stone, a single mother with a disreputable past, returns to her hometown of Salvation, North Carolina, only to discover Gabe Bonner, a bitter man who does not know how to love, but her spunk and spirit make her the perfect woman to melt his icy heart.
Molly Somerville tiene fama de meterse en l?os. Es verdad que se desprendi? de una herencia de quince millones de d?lares… pero vaya, nadie es perfecto. A?n as? tiene una vida casi perfecta, esa es Molly. Aunque sus libros de la Conejita Daphne podr?an venderse mejor, vive encantada con su min?sculo loft, su caniche franc?s y su profesi?n de escritora de cuentos infantiles.S?, Molly se siente feliz por casi todo… excepto por llevar tanto tiempo enamorada de Kevin Tucker, el desvergonzado y terriblemente atractivo jugador de los Chicago Stara, ?un hombre que ni siquiera recuerda c?mo se llama ella! Una noche, la tendencia a meterse en l?os la lleva directamente a los brazos de Kevin. Si al menos ese futbolista bien pagado, que conduce Ferraris y detesta los caniches, fuese tan superficial como ella desea, Molly podr?a conseguir una vida casi perfecta…
"Refreshingly original, witty and touching." – LaVyrle SpencerShe was the most beautiful British bauble in Europe's jet-set playgrounds. Now she's broke, furious, and limping down a backwoods road in an ugly pink Southern Belle gown…He was tall, lean and All-American gorgeous. He liked his brews cold and women loved to keep him warm. Why in hell is he stopping his car for this woebegone, surly Scarlett?Meet Francesca Day and Dallie Beaudine, two incredible characters whose tangled love affair is one of the most ravishing, satisfying, irresistible novels you'll ever read. From the glamour and excitement of London and New York to the dust and down-home grit of Texas, come enjoy the adventure of a lifetime-a wonderfully involving story that's heart-wrenching, hilarious and hellcat passionate-and as full of surprises as life itself. You'll never forget Dallie and the sassy lady who needs a good swift kick in her…fancy pants.
Fluer Savager stares out from the covers of the world's most glamorous magazines. Hollywood loves her, men adore her. So why does she leave it all behind?The answer is buried in a French convent – in her childhood. Secrets lurk there – secrets she must unearth before someone else does. The question is, can she?"Poignant and triumphant." (B-O-T Editorial Review Board)
el ?ngel y el buscal?osContra viento y marea, Gracie Show est? determinada a conseguir que el legendario futbolista Bobby Tom Denton regrese a su hogar en Heaven, Texas, y ruede all? su primera pel?cula.Pero domar a un vaquero ego?sta que conduce un T-Bird del 57 puede ser demasiado para un pimpollo de Ohio.A pesar de su deslumbrante aspecto y su letal encanto, Bobby Tom tiene muchas reservas sobre convertirse en una estrella de cine y ninguna intenci?n de colaborar con una virgencita mandona que no es capaz de mantener alejada ni de su mente ni de su vida. Por lo tanto, el playboy buscal?os decide intentar esfumarse para evitarla.Pero nada es m?s persistente que una gata salvaje con coraz?n de ?ngel en un pueblo demasiado peque?o para que un hombre malcriado pueda ocultarse. Adem?s todo eso se desvanece con el viento cuando dos personas descubren el amor, la risa y la pasi?n de tal manera que parece hecho en el cielo.
From San Francisco society to a sunbaked Greek island, come share a deeply romantic adventure, bursting with vitality-and discover the unforgettable woman called Hot Shot, a glorious heart-stopping love story with characters as bold as the invention that brings them together-and changes America forever.
En el fragor de la guerra, eran enemigos declarados, unidos por el destino, la fortuna y un dulce deseo. Kit Weston, una joven culta, con un fuerte car?cter y que ha aprendido a no confiar en nadie, llega a Nueva York con una pistola en el bolsillo y con el objetivo de cometer un asesinato: dispuesta a matar a su misterioso guardi?n, Baron Cain, un yanqui y, adem?s, su hermanastro, y reclamar la plantaci?n de Carolina del Sur que era su legado y su hogar. Pero Baron le inspira mucho m?s que venganza. Diab?licamente apuesto y sin miedo al peligro, despierta en la muchacha una ardiente pasi?n. Kit se despojar? de su disfraz de muchacho para deslumbrar a la sociedad con su incre?ble belleza. Esa mujer atormenta a Baron a pesar de que ella ha planeado destruirle. Dividida entre el ardiente deseo y el sue?o del resurgimiento de Sur, Kit se ver? obligada a elegir: conseguir el amor o arriesgarlo todo.
Rita Awards"Outrageous, heartwarming, wonderfully sensual… I loved it!" – Jayne Ann KrentzThe windy city isn't quite ready for Phoebe Somerville-the trendy, outrageous and curvaceous New York knockout who has just inherited the Chicago Stars football team. And Phoebe is definitely not prepared for the Stars' head coach Dan Celbow – an Alabama-born former gridiron legend and blond barbarian.Calebow is everything Phoebe abhors – a sexist, jock tacskmaster with a one-track mind. The beautiful new boss is everything Dan despises – a meddling bimbo whos doesn't know pigskin from a pitcher's mound, So why is he drawn to the shameless sexpot like a heat-seeking missile? And why does Dan's good ol'boy charm leave cosmpolitan Pheobe feeling awkward, tongue-tied and frightened to death?
"Gone With the Wind the way it should have been." – Jill BarnettIn the ashes of war, they were bitter enemies, bound by fate, fortune, and sweet desire. Spirited, schooled to trust no one, Kit Weston came to New York with a pistol in her pocket and murder in her heart, sworn to kill her mysterious guardian, her Yankee stepbrother and reclaim the South Carolina plantation that was her heritage, her home. But Baron Cain inspired far more than vengeful fury. Darkly handsome, undaunted by danger, he awakened in the wild girl a worman's ardor. Kit would shed her boy's disguise to dazzle society with her bold beauty.she would tantalize Baron even as she schemed to destroy him. Torn between burning desire and an impassioned dream of the South reborn, she would be forced to choose: to fulfill love's longing or risk everything.
Nieprzeci?tnie zdolna Jane jako dziewczynka pozna?a gorycz wyobcowania. Zawodowy futbolista Cal Bonner wydaje si? kandydatem idealnym. Ale pani doktor zawodzi, a w?asne serce p?ata jej niezwyk?ego figla…
Meg Koranda es la mejor amiga de Lucy Jorik, que est? a punto de casarse con Ted Beudine. Ted es la clase de hombre por quien toda mujer suspira, al que todo los padres adora y cuya vida quisiera tener cualquier hombre. Es el tipo perfecto para cualquier mujer, salvo para Lucy. Meg consigue convencer a su amiga de que con Ted no va a encontrar la felicidad. Una vez que se suspende la boda, Meg es quien carga con las culpas de haber destruido los sue?os rom?nticos de Ted. Y para complicar a?n m?s las cosas, Meg se queda tirada con el coche en la ciudad natal de Ted, sin un duro y con un novio muy cabreado. Sin dinero, con el coche averiado y sin el apoyo de sus famosos padres, Meg est? segura de que puede sobrevivir con su ingenio. ?Qu? es lo peor que puede pasarle? ?Perder el coraz?n por el mism?simo don Irresistible? Es poco probable. Muy poco probable…
No es f?cil ser famosa cuando tu vida se cae en pedazos… Georgie York ha sido abandonada por su marido, una famosa estrella de cine; su propia carrera est? y?ndose por el retrete; y su imagen p?blica como hero?na rom?ntica en un culebr?n corre grave peligro.?Qu? deber?a hacer una actriz para mejorar su suerte? Desde luego, NO ser?a ir a Las Vegas, NO ser?a escaparse con su detestable pareja televisiva, el macizo t?o bueno, Bramwell Shepard… y NO deber?a verse envuelta en medio de un rid?...
Annabelle is tired of being the lone failure in a family of overachievers. She's endured dead-end jobs and a broken engagement. Even her hair's a mess! But that's going to change now that she's taken over her late grandmother's matchmaking business. All Annabelle has to do is land the Windy City's hottest bachelor as her client, and she'll be the most sought-after matchmaker in town. Nothing is going to stand in her way – not the drunk lying comatose under her car, not her family's disapproval, and certainly not the lingering effects of a broken heart.With his money ...
Dean Robillard, jugador de los Chicago Stars, es el hombre m?s afortunado del mundo: es una aut?ntica estrella deportiva y acaba de iniciar una prol?fica carrera como modelo de ropa interior. Pero el camino a la gloria ha comenzado su declive, y Dean decide hacer un viaje por carretera en un intento por comprender qu? es lo que no marcha bien en su vida. Lo que no sabe es que muy pronto conocer? a alguien que pondr? su mundo del rev?s.Blue Bailey solo tiene un objetivo en la vida: vengarse de su ex. Para ello cuenta con la ayuda de un aut?ntico dios griego, el jugador de futbol americano m?s famoso de Am?rica, que se ofrece a llevarla en su Aston Martin. Sin embargo, Dean no es el deportista descerebrado que ella hab?a imaginado…Una novela en la que la popular autora de Toscana para dos y Ten?as que ser t? hace nuevamente gala de todo su ingenio y humor.
Rita AwardsThe PlanGenius physics professor Dr, Jane Darlington desperately wants a baby. But finding a father won't be easy. Jane's super-intelligence made her feel like a freak when she was growing up, and she's determined to spare her own child that suffering. Which means she must find someone very special to father her child. Someone… well.. stupid.The TargetCal Bonner, the Chicago Stars' legendary quarterback, seems like the perfect choice. But his champion good looks and down-home ways are deceiving. Dr. Jane learns too late that this good ol'boy is a lot ...
Ella era el m?s hermoso adorno brit?nico de la jet-set europea. Ahora est? acabada, furiosa y recorriendo a pie, cojeando, una carretera secundaria vestida con un horroroso vestido rosa de ?poca…?l era alto, delgado y el t?pico guaperas americano. Le gustaban las cervezas fr?as y las mujeres ardientes que le mantuvieran caliente. ?Por qu? demonios tuvo que parar el coche por esa lamentable y maleducada Escarlata?
Meet the mysteriously sinister man named…Panda.He had too long black hair that curled past his collar, cold blue eyes set above high cheekbones, and sadistic lips. After so many years of Secret Service protection, Lucy had grown used to taking her safety for granted, but she didn't feel safe now, and the fact that she dimly recognized the biker as a guest at last night's rehearsal dinner-one of Ted's odd assortment of friends-didn't exactly reassure her. Even semi-cleaned up in a dark suit that didn't fit well, a rumpled white shirt open at the collar, and motorcycle boots that appeared to have received nothing more than a dusting, he didn't look like anybody she wanted to meet in an alley. Exactly where she happened to be…
The Barnes Noble ReviewSusan Elizabeth Phillips proves that not only can opposites attract, they can spark great flames of passion. In This Heart of Mine, Phillips pits the heart of a professional football jock against that of a free-spirited writer of children's books. The result is an electrified battle of wits and wiles that is, at turns, both affecting and amusing. These two star-crossed lovebirds couldn't have less in common, and their initial coming together is marked by conflict, rancor, and even tragedy. Yet over the long haul, they discover that love can not only bloom in ...
La doctora Isabel Favor, autora de best s?ller de autoayuda, lo ha sacrificado todo para crear una gran empresa. Pero, en cuesti?n de semanas, todo se viene abajo: es estafada por un contable sin escr?pulos, su prometido la deja por una mujer mayor y su reputaci?n queda por los suelos. La diva de la autoayuda no tarda en descubrir que puede solucionar la vida de todo el mundo excepto la suya. Arruinada, agotada y herida, decide ir a Italia para darse un respiro.
How did this happen? Georgie York, once the costar of America's favorite television sitcom, has been publicly abandoned by her famous husband, her film career has tanked, her father is driving her crazy, and her public image as a spunky heroine is taking a serious beating.What should a down-on-her-luck actress do? Not go to Vegas… not run into her detestable former costar, dreamboat-from-hell Bramwell Shepard… and not get caught up in an ugly incident that leads to a calamitous elopement. Before she knows it, Georgie has a fake marriage, a fake husband, and maybe (or not) a ...
Ona – sko?czona pi?kno??, bogata, rozpieszczona i pr??na. Mia?a ?wiat u st?p, dop?ki nie spotka?o j? gorzkie rozczarowanie.On – przystojny jak m?ody b?g zawodowy golfista. Mia? mn?stwo problem?w, ale spotkanie Franceski wydaje si? pocz?tkiem najwi?kszego…Susan Elizabeth Phillips – zdobywczyni presti?owych nagr?d literackich, autorka bestsellerowych powie?ci obyczajowych, m.in. Idealnej pary – przewraca do g?ry nogami ?ycie swojej bohaterki. Francesca musi zapomnie? o urokach Londynu i przepychu Nowego Jorku, o sukniach Armaniego, futrach Fendiego i butach Valentina. Przed ni? bezdro?a Luizjany, pustynna mie?cina w Teksasie i odkrycie, ?e bywaj? k?opoty wi?ksze ni? odprysk lakieru na paznokciu. ?e ?ycie jest pe?ne niespodzianek, los bywa kapry?ny, a mi?o?? chadza dziwnymi ?cie?kami…
