One night in London something very unexpected happened: I came home to my humble third-floor British bedsit to find a golden surprise in my bed.… Prince Charming was hiding under my bedclothes to surprise me.… Simon, my six-foot-four, soon-to-be fashion model young new beau, who was even younger than me.... Lucky for me, Lord G., who brought me home from a date, didn’t insist on coming up with me…though perhaps it would have been luckier for him, he might have enjoyed the pair of us.

He was a mystery, he still is a mystery in many ways...but now he’s my mystery and I have a lifetime to solve him...The first time I saw him he was just a dim figure in the distance. He was walking on the white sand. A tall stranger strolling thoughtfully along the blue waters edge. He seemed in no hurry as lake breeze stroked his lean body and the gentle surf washed in and out on the beech tickling his naked toes. The sun was behind him and he was a dark intriguing shape, the man caught my gaze like a momentary mirage.

At the Rainbow Ranch in Sundown Valley, Cowboy Cole seemed like a jar of cider that had been screwed tight so long it had turned hard, alcoholic, and highly intoxicating. As a result, the lid was ready to pop off, and now neither Cole nor I knew what was next…but he had a feeling of quiet excitement…like a dog let off his leash…and so did I. It felt like both of us were a loaded pair of six guns in unpredictable hands….

At the end of the world. Nick Peterson never expected to be stuck with a bunch of kids. A 17-year-old boy shouldn’t be responsible for keeping other people alive. But he didn’t have much choice in the matter. That’s what happens when everyone else dies.

Wealthy hotelier Liam Marshall has been attracted to Paige Irving ever since the first time he saw her and tasted her delicious food, but the chef is such a quiet, reserved woman. He suspects that she feels the same deep physical attraction that he does, but he can't be sure if she can handle the needs of his lustful appetite. When Paige is called to cook exclusively for him in his palatial apartment, they become stranded together during a blackout, and Paige soon reveals the sensual woman behind her cool façade has a need to submit to his command.