Dedicated vet Melinda Fortesque has a secret. One she's kept from gorgeous doctor Dragan Lovak even though she's given him her heart. Now duty is calling her, and she knows she must tell him the truth about who she really is. It's enough of a shock for Dragan to learn that the woman he trusted and fell in love with is royalty! And that HRH Melinda has been called back to her country to take the throne. But now he's learned that she's carrying his child! How can be possible let her go?
Melinda works as a vet in a peaceful village in Cornwall. Her relationship with Dragan, a doctor, is a well-known fact among the villagers. She becomes elated after Dragan proposes to her, but there’s a big secret that she has to share with him now that they are engaged. She’s the princess of a small Mediterranean island, Contarini. But while waiting for the right time to tell Dragan the truth, she receives tragic news about her brother’s sudden death. She’s then forced to fly back home. What will happen to the throne and her love for Dragan?
Sienna Wainwright has one passionate night with international financier Rafe Lombardi before he unceremoniously casts her out of his bed. Sienna hopes never to see his seductively arrogant face again, but six weeks later their world changes—forever…. Rafe is no longer just a billionaire, but is revealed as the prince of Montvelatte. What's more, Sienna is pregnant—with his twins! What choice does she have now? Rafe is determined to claim his heirs and take Sienna as his royal wife!
Danette Michaels knew that when she became Principe Marcello Scorsolini's secret mistress there would be no marriage, no future and no public acknowledgment. At the time it was enough. But Danette can't be Marcello's secret any longer. She wants him, all or nothing — even if it means their affair is over. Until a pregnancy test changes the rules forever....
Adam Donnelly has arrived at the Penhally Bay practice hoping to see more of his childhood sweetheart, paramedic Maggie Pascoe. Adam knows he's got a lot of explaining to do if he wants Maggie for his bride, but before they can even hope to resolve their past, the present intervenes in a dramatic way.... Some children have tumbled into in an old Cornish mine, and in the rescue attempt Maggie has become trapped herself. The only one who can save her is the man who once broke her heart. Now Adam has a final chance, and only a few short hours, to show Maggie that he's always loved her more than any other.
A renowned plastic surgeon and one of London's most eligible bachelors, Jack Tremayne lives the VIP life—he works hard and plays hard. But Jack's world is turned upside down when he learns that he is the single father of a three-year-old boy.... Jack returns to his Cornish hometown of Penhally Bay with little Freddie, where he finds his life inextricably tangled with that of single mom practice nurse Alison Myers—fiercely independent, she is determined not to fall for the gorgeous doctor's charm. Alison might just be the answer to Jack's prayers—she's fantastic with Freddie...and has captured Jack's heart! Soon he begins to wonder if family life might just suit him after all.
Mallory is an actress who has a long way to go before she makes a name for herself in the world, and who has no family and relatives?she’s all alone. One day, she’s offered a rather strange acting job from a very wealthy man. The job is to act as his daughter in order to screen his relatives, who are after his money and fortune. He asks her to pretend to be a daughter he had with his past girlfriend. She gets surrounded by piercing stares of hatred when she shows up in a gorgeous dress and jewelry?especially from Tony, the business partner of her wealthy client, who presents himself as a dangerous man. He says, “Nobody here is welcoming you. You should leave this mansion as soon as possible,” but then gives her a passionate kiss!
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW AND THE BOSTON GLOBE This richly entertaining biography chronicles the eventful life of Queen Victoria’s firstborn son, the quintessential black sheep of Buckingham Palace, who matured into as wise and effective a monarch as Britain has ever seen. Granted unprecedented access to the royal archives, noted scholar Jane Ridley draws on numerous primary sources to paint a vivid portrait of the man and the age to which he gave his name. Born Prince Albert Edward, and known to familiars as “Bertie,” the future King Edward VII had a well-earned reputation for debauchery. A notorious gambler, glutton, and womanizer, he preferred the company of wastrels and courtesans to the dreary life of the Victorian court. His own mother considered him a lazy halfwit, temperamentally unfit to succeed her. When he ascended to the throne in 1901, at age fifty-nine, expectations were low. Yet by the time he died nine years later, he had proven himself a deft diplomat, hardworking head of state, and the architect of Britain’s modern constitutional monarchy. Jane Ridley’s colorful biography rescues the man once derided as “Edward the Caresser” from the clutches of his historical detractors. Excerpts from letters and diaries shed new light on Bertie’s long power struggle with Queen Victoria, illuminating one of the most emotionally fraught mother-son relationships in history. Considerable attention is paid to King Edward’s campaign of personal diplomacy abroad and his valiant efforts to reform the political system at home. Separating truth from legend, Ridley also explores Bertie’s relationships with the women in his life. Their ranks comprised his wife, the stunning Danish princess Alexandra, along with some of the great beauties of the era: the actress Lillie Langtry, longtime “royal mistress” Alice Keppel (the great-grandmother of Camilla Parker Bowles), and Lady Randolph Churchill, mother of Winston. Edward VII waited nearly six decades for his chance to rule, then did so with considerable panache and aplomb. A magnificent life of an unexpectedly impressive king, The Heir Apparent documents the remarkable transformation of a man—and a monarchy—at the dawn of a new century. Praise for The Heir Apparent “If [The Heir Apparent] isn’t the definitive life story of this fascinating figure of British history, then nothing ever will be.”—The Christian Science Monitor “The Heir Apparent is smart, it’s fascinating, it’s sometimes funny, it’s well-documented and it reads like a novel, with Bertie so vivid he nearly leaps from the page, cigars and all.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune “I closed The Heir Apparent with admiration and a kind of wry exhilaration.”—The Wall Street Journal “Ridley is a serious scholar and historian, who keeps Bertie’s flaws and virtues in a fine balance.”—The Boston Globe “Brilliantly entertaining . . . a landmark royal biography.”—The Sunday Telegraph “Superb.”—The New York Times Book Review
Rafe has found himself in charge of the entire kingdom on Montvelatte, but to keep his reign, he must have a child. Sienna thought she was in charge of her life as a helicopter pilot, but a flyby relationship has led to Rafe finding his path to keeping the crown, but Sienna losing her wings. Can the two figure out a way to rule the land while flying high in the sky?
