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Relishing her newfound freedom from a domineering brother, Elizabeth wanted only to control her destiny, her power, her heart. Like a bird set loose from its cage, she tested her wings with Cole Williams.But was the Philadelphia billionaire too hot for her to handle on her first solo flight? Retrieving his priceless piece of stolen art was easy, but the man was dangerously sexy. Despite her desire for independence, she couldn't help giving in to temptation–and passion–with Cole. But then she learned that someone from her past was hell-bent on finding her–and Cole was the only one who could keep her safe. Could she give herself over to his protection…without risking her body and soul?

After being abducted and artificially inseminated, Jessie Barrett was in danger and running for her life. And the one man she could turn to for answers was Jake McClendon – the biological father of her unborn child. In the midst of their clandestine investigation to uncover the conspiracy behind her kidnapping, Jessie was unwittingly drawn to the sexy Texas rancher.She knew she should keep her distance and safeguard her heart, but all she wanted was to kiss him senseless. Except when he insisted they pretend to be man and wife so he could protect her, her defenses started to crumble. Now the ultimate challenge was to keep from falling in love with the father of her baby!

Seven years ago, a pregnant Tessa Earldon had been passionately in love with her newlywed husband.But she was told he was dead and was quickly pushed into an ill-fated marriage – and lost her child shortly thereafter. Now divorced and on the run from her ex, when she hears footsteps one dark night, she assumes they belong to her husband. And she's right. But she's wrong about which husband is pursuing her .Six years ago, David Oliveri – aka Jirrah McLaren – was about to claim his bride when her brother intercepted him, threw him in jail and convinced Tessa that he was dead and to marry another. Now Jirrah is a free man, and he's back to get what's his – his wife. His child. And revenge. And not necessarily in that order.

The man who staggered through the night to collapse at Dana Whittington's secluded cottage was mysterious – and more than a little dangerous. And yet, as she tenderly cared for him, she felt an aching passion growing within her – a passion that was not shaken even by the shattering news that he was a fugitive from justice…. She could not, would not, believe that Remy Leverette was a murderer.There was too much good shining through in this man, who swore he had fled prison only to protect his beloved daughter. And whatever the danger, Dana could not betray him – or a love she knew would never set her free….

He Was Tall, Dark and Dangerous…Not exactly the kind of man Amanda Vila was looking for as a father to her daughter. Then again, no other man had ever made her melt with desire–not like Tony Ramos. But Amanda always played by the rules–she couldn't possibly get romantically involved with a renegade lawman…a man of many faces….She Was Sexy, Sweet and Secretive…Tony had always relied on his sex appeal to get what he wanted from women. With other women it had been a game. With Amanda… But Tony would do anything to get his kidnapped daughter back, even if it meant seducing Amanda, the one woman who was somehow the key to his daughter's disappearance.

KIDNAPPED HEARTSTess Smith was bolder than the broncs Virgil Connor tamed as a boy at the Double B Ranch, where he'd been sent for breaking the law one too many times. Heck, the FBI agent still couldn't believe the sassy tabloid reporter had kidnapped him at gunpoint. She claimed she was protecting runaway child witness, Joey Begand, who swore someone in the Bureau wanted him dead. And when two goons posing as agents tried to mow them down, Connor had to admit they might be right. He knew there was only one place where they could buy time so he could sort out this mess–the Double B. But first he had to earn his captor's trust, even if it meant seducing Tess into submission…and losing his desperado heart forever.

Businesswoman Simone Hayes traveled to the exotic land of Nazaar to search for family. But instead of having the idyllic vacation she'd hoped for, she witnessed a murder that had far-reaching political implications. To escape with her life, Simone needed the protection of Nazaar's most powerful man…the sheik.Accustomed to wielding his authority, Sheik Markaz al Nazaari had traits that clashed against Simone's Western independence. But while Simone and Markaz came from two different worlds, they shared one common passion: each other. And with an attraction this intense, would boundaries or borders keep them apart?