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Tilda was shocked by her mother's words. Without her knowledge, her mother accumulated massive debts and was about to be evicted! But the man who holds the debts is the crown prince of Bakhar, Rashad, a former lover, and a man she'd hoped never to see again. He is a cruel man who sent Tilda away when she refused to be intimate with him. She's so shocked her blood runs cold when she hears his offer at their face-to-face meeting: "I will dissolve the debt if you become my lover once more."

[Fool's Paradise 1] It is 1586 in England. Princess Elizabeth is walking through the town without an escort. Her father has died suddenly and unexpectedly and she is on the run from Sir Robert, who is trying to force her to marry him. She is on her way to the palace to see her godmother, Queen Elizabeth, to get her help. On her way, she meets a jester named Tarleton. Carefree yet rather cunning, she asks for his help. She cuts off her beautiful golden locks to disguise herself as a young boy and apprentice to the jester. This is the beginning of their travels...and such a turbulent journey it will be... [Fool's Paradise 2] Heading to Hampton Court where the queen resides, Elizabeth has disguised herself as a young boy and continues her journey with the jester, Tarleton. Elizabeth starts to have feelings toward the rough yet kind Tarleton. Can you hear my heart beating, Tarleton? Meanwhile, Tarleton starts having feelings for Elizabeth that he can't hide, as well. However, their statuses are far too different. A princess getting together with a jester is just too absurd. Then Sir Robert finally catches up to them... [Fool's Paradise 3] Lady Elizabeth and the jester, Tarleton, confess their undying love for each other, even if they know that their union will never be accepted. Sir Robert finally catches up with them and there is a scuffle where Elizabeth is deeply wounded. They manage to escape and, despite her wounds, Elizabeth insists they continue on their journey. Both are filled with various emotions when they finally reach Hampton Court. Their meeting with the queen actually leads to even further unexpected consequences. A story of murder, entrapment, death and eternal love finally reaches its conclusion!

“I want you to pretend to be my lover.” At the request of her lovable friend, the old millionaire Kastro, Joanna arrives in Greece to play the part of a wicked woman who deceives the elderly. Sure enough, the Kastro residence is in an uproar over the young lover the sixty-seven-year-old head of the family has brought with him. But a fated meeting awaits her there. It is with old Kastro’s son, Demetrios. Each time she is shot through with his glances of intermingling hostility and jealousy, her body and heart are shaken. But in their positions as a father’s lover and his son, they cannot possibly be drawn together…

Professional gambler Lorna lives the drifting life: hit one casino, clean house, and then move on to the next. Her luck runs out when savvy casino owner, Dante Raintree notices her unusual winning streak. She expects an interrogation, but what she gets is far more eerie: he reveals he's psychic, just like her! Dante, convinced Lorna's a supernatural spy sent to collapse his clan of psychics, drags her to his home as a captive! In book 1 of the Raintree miniseries, Lorna travels on a journey of self-discovery and passionate romance!

Mercy Raintree, princess of the Raintrees, has a surprise visitor: Judah Ansara, heir to the Ansara clan! She claims he's an old flame and a faint memory, but how can she forget him when they share a daughter? As the war between the Ansara and the Raintree comes to head, Mercy must take up her clan's fabled sword and fight for a future her daughter can proudly live in! Is Judah truly a man worth trusting? Can their daughter, who shares the blood of both clans, be the key to ending the conflict? Don't miss this exciting conclusion of the Raintree miniseries!

He believed she was the one, but chose another woman to marry. Eloise was at the airport when she had a fateful encounter with the "king of hotels," Vito. It is love at first sight and their burning desire for one another ends in them making love. Bewildered by her own out-of-character actions, Eloise wonders if the love she feels is true. Just then, another woman named Carla appears, claiming that she is to marry Vito! Vito stumbles to explain himself, so Eloise despairingly flees the scene. Eloise is hurt and resolves to forget about him, but then a few months later, something begins to happen within her body!

Raised without a father, Bliss was a reject of the Greek island of Speros until the rich Alexei Drakos took her under his wing. Now nicknamed Billie, her friendship with him has continued for years, but stayed at that. Now in her twenties, Billie becomes Alexei's personal assistant, and she quickly discovers that part of her job is sending off Mr. Drakos's one-night flings. When a night of emotion ends with the two of them entwined, can Billie keep things professional, or is Alexei in for a pregnancy shock?

All she remembers is her name and age. Maggy was found walking along a highway and was passed from foster home to foster home, living a sad and poor childhood. One night, she’s scrubbing the floors of a coffee shop when a large man surrounded by bodyguards enters. He calls himself Reza, the king of the Constantines, and gravely declares that Maggy is the missing princess of his neighboring country. He trains her to become a princess. The reason? She was engaged to him the instant she was born!

There is no eternal love, simply pleasure for one night. Alice works for a women's shelter, and is running a charity auction to raise money when she meets infamous and rich playboy Jeremy. Alice is a 25-year-old virgin, but has trust issues for very good reason. According to rumors, Jeremy is the worst kind of man: charming for one night, then gone the next day. Alice must run from the whispered temptation of one night of pleasure…

Return to the wonderful world of Speros Island, and meet the newly wedded Alexei and Bliss "Billie" Drakos. Within hours, their marriage hits a big storm when Billie confesses to Alexei that her nephew, Nikolos, is actually her? and Alexei's? son from a night of unforgettable passion. Except Alexei doesn't remember... He fell down the stairs, hit his head and developed amnesia! Will Alexei accept Niko as his own, or will he run to the arms of the conniving Calisto? Billie is determined to steer the course of this stormy Greek marriage...

Despite being born to a wealthy Greek family, Alesia lived a humble life with her mother after her ruthless grandfather banished them from the family. Then, for the first time in 15 years, Alesia is summoned by her grandfather only to be told he has chosen a man to whom she must marry. He demands she marry Sebastien Fiorukis, the eldest son of another wealthy Greek family. The two families have been feuding for two generations, so what could her grandfather be scheming? But if she accepts this proposal, her ill mother will be saved. Alesia reluctantly agrees, but she didn't know how her new fiance would treat her...

Harriet’s a logical planner—it’s what she does—but can she plan for love? Harriet wants to get married and have kids someday, so she decides to make a checklist for an ideal husband. For instance, he can’t be too handsome or too ugly, nor can he be too rich or too poor. Her boss, Alex, is dumbfounded when he hears this. Who would she want to marry such a boring man? It’s no wonder Harriet broke up with her fiancé. Despite being born into a poor family, Alex has become a successful real-estate developer. He more than checks off Harriet’s list, but she’d be an idiot to fall for a sworn bachelor like him. So what will she do when he asks her to spend a passionate weekend with him at a five-star hotel?

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Out of nowhere, a stranger approached Eve, saying he’d never let her run away again! Anger visible in his handsome face, he tells Eve she’s his wife and that he has been looking for her since she went missing two years ago. And it was two years ago that Eve was found with memory loss. A kind nurse at the hospital offered Eve a place to live and found her a job. Eve was just starting to feel content with her life when the man appeared. Was she really married to this beautiful man? Her heart trembled at the thought.

Bella is thinking of running away from her stressful life as an actress when she suddenly remembers Sergio, her stepbrother. Though it may seem odd, he was her first love. After all, they aren’t biologically related and he is dashingly handsome! Perhaps she can rely on him… Sergio, however, is bewildered by her phone call. He’s done his best to avoid her ever since the day his desire for her first awoke! Still, now that he has become a powerful billionaire, maybe it isn’t a bad idea to play a new game. What will happen to innocent Bella when she walks into Sergio’s trap?

After a terrible plane crash, Cynthia Dempsey miraculously woke up in a hospital bed. But she’d lost her memories, even her memories of her handsome multimillionaire fiancé named Will. All she remembers is her name and the feeling of this man’s warm hand pulling her out of the dark grasp of death. He greeted her warmly then, but has had this conflicted look on his face ever since. Will Cynthia ever be able to make sense of her memories or her heart?

He believed she was the one, but chose another woman to marry. Eloise was at the airport when she had a fateful encounter with the "king of hotels," Vito. It is love at first sight and their burning desire for one another ends in them making love. Bewildered by her own out-of-character actions, Eloise wonders if the love she feels is true. Just then, another woman named Carla appears, claiming that she is to marry Vito! Vito stumbles to explain himself, so Eloise despairingly flees the scene. Eloise is hurt and resolves to forget about him, but then a few months later, something begins to happen within her body!

Bella is thinking of running away from her stressful life as an actress when she suddenly remembers Sergio, her stepbrother. Though it may seem odd, he was her first love. After all, they aren’t biologically related and he is dashingly handsome! Perhaps she can rely on him… Sergio, however, is bewildered by her phone call. He’s done his best to avoid her ever since the day his desire for her first awoke! Still, now that he has become a powerful billionaire, maybe it isn’t a bad idea to play a new game. What will happen to innocent Bella when she walks into Sergio’s trap?

[Raintree: Haunted 1] Hope Malory's first day as a homicide detective isn't going well. Not only assigned to her first gruesome murder, but also partnered to the infamously eccentric Gideon Raintree. Gideon is quite handsome, but a tad creepy, seemingly talking to the very air! Hope's homicide investigation reveals some intriguing facts: the victims roommate is none other than Gideon's cousin! with supernatural meddling, suspicious circumstances, and romance in the precinct, Raintree: Haunted starts off with a bloody bang! [Raintree: Haunted 2] As Hope and Gideon creep closer the truth, the stakes get higher! Not only is the murderer eluding their grasp, but they turn out to be directly involved in the downfall of the Raintree clan! Now that Hope and Gideon are now sharing a bed along with the office, can they make their relationship last through pregnancy predictions and bomb threats? Find out in the final volume of Raintree: Haunted!