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Some secrets need to be told…Current affairs reporter Nicola Harvey has everything – she’s part of Australian television’s A-list, has a wealthy, successful fiancé and a classy apartment in Adelaide. But appearances are deceiving and Nicola’s sensing a problem. So, when her boss sends her on an extended research trip, she’s happy to get away for some country-style relaxation.When Nicola arrives in the little town of Nowhere Else, nothing is as she expected: there’s no spa and all the locals are...
| Автор | Fiona McCallum |
Cinderella and the boss Polly Bright has just landed a much-needed job as a waitress at the Chelsea Bella Lucia. But on her first day, a series of mishaps on the way into work leave her unfit to be seen by the fancy clientele! Hopefully the surly, but sexy, new manager, Luc Bellasario, won’t send her packing…Luc’s been told to keep his eyes on Polly, which is no hardship at all – it’s taking them off her that’s proving difficult! Especially when he realises the courageous heart beating beneath...
| Автор | Liz Fielding |
Sheriff left holding the baby! Wanted: level-headed nanny to look after tiny baby. Must be smart, efficient, ordered. Experience of working with stubborn sheriff single dads an asset! Found! Fun-loving, sweet, pretty ex-nursery teacher Nikki Rhodes. Excellent with babies (so good she’d make the perfect mother! ).Hired? Not likely! Sheriff Trace Oliver is a man of order and military precision – parenting is no different from policing! Is it…?
| Автор | Teresa Carpenter |
For the past year, Lisane Deveraux has been a successful lawyer by day and millionaire Zac Winstone's passionate mistress by night.A surprise pregnancy changes everything. Zac insists on commitment. But is he simply protecting his prize possessions–his beautiful lover and his future heir? For the sake of their baby, Lisane will become Zac's trophy wife…knowing that his heart will never be part of the deal.
| Автор | Helen Bianchin |
Desert prince Shahir has three simple rules: never sleep with a virgin, never get involved with an employee and never get married…But rules are made to be broken! Kirsten is innocent and penniless, and Shahir can't resist her. Soon she's pregnant with the sheikh's baby!Prince Shahir's honor dictates only one thing–Kirsten must become his bride!
| Автор | Линн Грэхем |
"Fast Fiction Romantic – short stories with a Happy Ever AfterWhen CEO Gabe Fulton invites his assistant to his beach house, Kara Kincaid can't wait to spend two sun-soaked weeks with her boss. They're in Charleston to seal a lucrative deal in private, but Kara's determined to show Gabe a side of herself he's never noticed at the office: the Kara who favors bikinis over blouses, who's just as happy building sandcastles with his four-year-old as she is building a...
| Автор | Susan Meier |
The fine line between professional…and personal!Standing outside legendary playboy Demyan Zukov’s penthouse suite, shy personal assistant Alina Ritchi is shaking with nerves – she should never have agreed to this job. She’s out of her depth, and that’s before she’s met her delicious new boss.Demyan’s wicked reputation doesn’t disappoint – she might be a virgin, but surely one hot glance from Demyan shouldn’t make her feel so…naked…exposed.His gaze ignites her defiance, and soon she’s challenging...
| Автор | Carol Marinelli |
Fast Fiction Hot – short, sexy readsElla Jamison would do almost anything for her job. After her boss, architect Chase Bryant, rescued her from a humiliating situation, Ella devoted herself to his firm. But now he's asking Ella to escort the Playboy Prince around New York City. Ella despises arrogant, self-centered men like Philippe Montvidant. But the firm needs his account, and the firm comes first.Philippe knows all about duty. His playboy act has given his tiny country much-needed...
| Автор | Кейт Хьюит |
From humble chambermaid… Cathy is used to making the beds – not slipping between the sheets! Arrogant Prince Xaviero has one rule: after he’s taught Cathy everything he knows, their affair will be over. …to prince’s bride But when the King of Zaffirinthos is taken ill, Xaviero is forced to take up his role as Prince Regent.The voluptuous curves of meek Cathy still haunt his dreams, and he vows to hold this humble maid to a special kind of prince’s ransom!
| Автор | Sharon Kendrick |
This time, he’s betting it all… Sixteen years ago, Luke dated Becky on a dare and broke her heart. Now he’s back, tempting Becky to give him a second chance. But she can’t risk Luke discovering the truth about the child she’s kept from him all these years. Becky isn’t the only one keeping secrets.A shocking revelation about his own family is about to test Luke in ways he never imagined – as a father and a son…
| Автор | Linda Warren |
Finally returning to the dilapidated family ranch Clay Cunningham once called home, he intends to restore it to its former glory…and to settle down and find himself a wife.Local girl Caroline McNevin is as fragile and innocent as Clay is proud and rugged. Yet there is something in her vulnerability that touches Clay. He wants her as his bride, but Caroline cannot be his….
| Автор | Margaret Way |
Bound together by their childPaediatric neurosurgeon Vincenzo Lombardi is stunned by Nurse Lowri Davies’s dramatic re-entry into his life – he hasn’t seen her since their passionate few days together five years ago. But with the news that he’s the father of her adorable but seriously ill little girl he’s left both reeling and heartbroken. Vincenzo had thought he never wanted a family, but Lowri and Megan are awakening in him strong new emotions! Saving his little girl will mean making love to...
| Автор | Jennifer Taylor |
"So, Miss Lange with an e, will you take the job?"Ruby Lange might be unconventional, but her struggle to find the ideal career isn't from lack of trying! Now the latest option is «traveling nanny»–so she takes a deep breath, packs her vintage suitcase and heads for Italy.Ruby's new boss, architect Max Martin, may be utterly gorgeous, but he's far too buttoned up for her liking! Yet traveling around Venice together, Ruby discovers that the man who took a risk on her is...
| Автор | Fiona Harper |
‘I have never forgotten that night.’Once he’d chosen duty over love. Now, to escape his guilt and grief, widower Sheikh Rafiq Mehdi searches out the comfort of his old flame Dr Maysa Barad. Her passionate surrender makes him realise that Maysa is the woman he should have married; instead his marriage of convenience brought nothing but pain and heartbreak.But Maysa – beautiful, devoted, compassionate – is now considered too independent to be a sheikh’s bride. Rafiq might be ready to defy his...
| Автор | Kristi Gold |
Fast Fiction Romantic – short stories with a Happy Ever AfterIn ten years, a lot has changed for Alec McKenna. Since high school, he's transformed from the devil-may-care football star to a hardworking corporate executive. And now Alec the man has to answer for the mistakes of Alec the teenage rebel. So when he gets the invitation to his ten-year high-school reunion, he goes for one reason—Leah Andrews. The one person he can't leave in the past. The one he hurt the most.In ten years,...
| Автор | Shirley Jump |
Sometimes having it all isn’t enough…Emma has everything she’s ever wanted. Her boyfriend’s just proposed and her career has finally taken off. And so what if her latest client just happens to be downright gorgeous? She’s getting married. Isn’t she?Rachel’s married with 2.4 children (well, actually, 3) and life is all about trying to leave the house in a non-stained top. Once it was about skinny cappuccinos, cocktails and dynamic ad agency meetings. She wants her old life back, but can it ever...
| Автор | Annie Lyons |
Allesandro di Vincenzo is a perfect male specimen.There's no woman he can't have–until Laura Stowe crosses his path. Laura is plain, poor and hides behind her homely appearance to avoid getting close to people. But Allesandro needs her family connections to open the door to ultimate corporate power.So he must woo the ugly duckling into his bed–where she will learn what it is to be a beautiful, desired swan.
| Автор | Julia James |
An unexpected baby…When successful surgeon Grant Smythe’s baby half-sister is orphaned, unlike his own father, Grant is determined to be there for little Lily.A convenient proposal…But a challenge for custody means Grant needs a wife too! New nanny Sara Marcum is the ideal candidate…A forever wife?It might be temporary, but soon warm-hearted Sara completes more than just Grant’s family. Can he convince his bride-for-now to become his forever wife?
| Автор | Susan Carlisle |
В 2030 году в Общей России – а вернее, в том, что от нее осталось – вводят повсеместную чипизацию для усиления контроля за населением. Информационный железный занавес не дает людям узнать о том, что происходит с бывшей частью России – в Хабаровской республике, которая была образована в 2021 году – и за ее пределами. Вадим, лидер государственной пропаганды, окончательно устает от своей должности. Он решает найти мифическое Сопротивление, слухи о котором ходят среди народа.
| Автор | Моисей Странник |
На что ты готов ради вечной жизни? Уже при нашей жизни будут сделаны открытия, которые позволят людям оставаться вечно молодыми. Смерти больше нет. Наши дети не умрут никогда. Добро пожаловать в будущее. В мир, населенный вечно юными, совершенно здоровыми, счастливыми людьми. Но будут ли они такими же, как мы? Нужны ли дети, если за них придется пожертвовать бессмертием? Нужна ли семья тем, кто не может завести детей? Нужна ли душа людям, тело которых не стареет? Утопия «Будущее» – первый...
| Автор | Дмитрий Глуховский |
Эта книга – не что иное, как ода дружбе, предпринимательству и вопросу «А что, так можно было?». Что произойдёт, если программист–социофоб из Санкт-Петербурга и застрявший в 90-х эксцентричный пранкер объединятся, чтобы пойти войной против зловещей корпорации, поработившей мир? Ничего хорошего. Героям этой истории предстоит создать абсурдное анархическое движение, намутить бизнес, превратить Лахта-центр в пенис, сбежать от ОМОНа, облить знаменитостей тухлым смузи, раскрыть заговор...
| Автор | Фёдор Алексеевич Иванищев |
Мозг слагает слова в рифмы. Стихи же, я уверен, пишет душа. В руках вы держите не книгу, а концентрированный ломтик моих эмоций, накопленных за четыре года, припорошенный современной рифмой и визуальными отсылками. Приятного аппетита.
| Автор | Александр Васильевич Великотский |
Desperate times… DO YOU REQUIRE A PROFESSIONAL DATE? BLONDE FEMALE AVAILABLE FOR DISCREET PRIVATE SERVICE AT A PRICE. CALL SOPHIE XXRequire desperate measures… Nikos Kazandros is outraged to see Sophie Granton – his Sophie – parading herself for purchase! He needs her to stop immediately, but the only way to do that is to pay for her time…and keep her out of his bed!
| Автор | Julia James |