Sonia was very fond of her half-brother George, and was only too delighted to be visiting him at his island home in the Caribbean. But she did draw the line at George using her, and her spectacular looks, as bait in his business dealing with the impr...
Tammy Dainton hadn't come all the way out to the Australian outback to be bullied and pushed around by that detestable, impossible man, Rick Hatton, even if many other girls would have jumped at the opportunity. But Rick Hatton held all the cards, ...
Megan had always looked on Alain as an older brother, so it was embarrassing for both of them when people began to link their names romantically. In an attempt to prove everyone wrong, Megan went to her good-looking boss for assistance -- but only su...
When her brief marriage ended in tragedy Delia was only too thankful to accept her Aunt Lucy's invitation. Australia would be just the place for her. She soon found that Aunt Lucy was unusually dependent on the forceful Dane Sinclair. But he needn't ...
Her home, Green Paddocks, meant more than anything in the world to Holly Drew. Unfortunately, the maddening Hayes Chester was the one who made it possible for her to live there, so she would just have to put up with him and his autocratic ways as bes...
Serena did not see any particular harm in pretending to be the granddaughter of nice old Mrs. Tonetti. But that was before she had crossed swords with the indomitable Jordan Kerr. Deeply suspicious of the whole thing, he was clearly not going to leav...
Somehow, Kent realized, she must go away. She had no defences where Matt King was concerned. And she was no good at pretending. Meeting his eyes firmly, she answered his question. "In a way, you're right," she said coldly. "You once asked me if I ...
Della tried to shut out the disturbing effect Cal was having on her. "Might be better if you let yourself go occasionally" he said. "I'd kind of like to see what's behind that wall you've built up around yourself." D...
Would their life be ruined by this feud? "Promise not to have anything to do with Patrick Rafferty," Carl asked. Teresa, loving him, wanted to agree. Yet how could she refuse to see her newly found uncle? It was only then that she learned about...
Past experience made her wary this time! "I'll give you some good advice." Gavin snapped. "Go back to the poor devil you jilted. You won't find anyone else willing to put up with your tantrums!" Sparks flew between them as Beth made an effort, ...
"Her talent will not be wasted!" Josie was furious to hear her future being discussed. Especially by Kade Boston, her grandfather's arrogant neighbor. She had come all the way to Texas to repay her debt to her grandfather -- a debt ...
"Name your price: I won't quibble." Jenny's smile was bitter at Mark's words. Mark had broken their engagement two years before, when he believed that she was an opportunist, and Malcolm's mistress. The fact that Malcolm had left the hotel to her ...
He was the last man she'd wanted to meet Cara Vernon's joyous return to French Polynesia had been spoiled: Pierre had come back too. Life would be very awkward if he, now the island's most influential man, revealed that they'd a...
Cassy didn't fit the role she was cast in Cassy dutifully traveled to the Bahamas at her uncle's request to persuade his errant daughter, Sylvia, to come home. Still, her mission might have been pleasant if only Sylvia hadn't told Justin Pride ...
Mary wanted to catch the next flight home! Mary Allis reluctantly took her nephew, Paul, to meet his wealthy Spanish relatives. She had raised her dead sister's son, but now they claimed him as heir. Though welcomed by Paul's grandfathe...
Tanya had always loved Kade Player Tanya Hume had idolized her father's business manager, Kade Player. As a child she'd been rebuffed by his obvious disinterest. Now, on her return to the farm after her father's death, she hoped things...
Her new life was not proving easier Not until fate appeared in the person of Clay Dayman did Sheena find courage to leave a man who wouldn't defy social conventions to marry her. And since her father had left her a small landholding on part...
She was fighting for her freedom Because of her cousin's crazy schemes to make money, Corinne suddenly found herself trapped in an arrangement with steely, autocratic Juan Martel. And to protect her young sister, Joy, she swallowed her prid...
Love after tragedy, tragedy after love... The Virgin Islands seemed to offer Thea a new life. But when she arrived she discovered that her brother, Michael, had just died. Michael's boss, Marcus Conan, helped Thea through it all. She wasn...
Money was exchanged instead of love... Rowena's father had coerced her. into marrying the local squire, Sean Tancred. Both men profited by the arrangement -- only Rowena gained nothing. Actually, her father believed he was doing her a favor...
Ross was more like a brother than a fiance And Vicky suddenly rebelled against the idea of marrying him. It had all been arranged long ago between their families, to amalgamate the two large cattle stations. Neither had been consulted, and Ross...
No autocratic male would bully her! "You could handle Janus with a hand tied behind your back," Rebecca's friend assured her. Rebecca herself suspected there was more to the famous author than met the eye. Then unwittingly, she hand...
If only they hadn't met! Sean Cartier disliked the press generally and he had special reason, he thought, to dislike reporter Sarah Helm. His cousin Don had died after Sarah had broken their engagement. And if Sarah had known that Sean was ...
"I need a wife," Julian Cridell stated It was not quite what Melanie had in mind when she applied for the position. As a newly graduated teacher, without a job or a home, the advertisement for a companion to a teenage girl had seemed made ...
THEIR LOVE WAS TO UNITE THE CLAN... Summoned by the aging family matriarch, Sheena Muldoon Fairburn arrived in Canberra and was met with cold hostility by her distant cousin Brad Muldoon. It didn't help matters when he revealed the preposterou...