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He's all mine for one night... It’s my thirtieth birthday. It’s also Valentine’s Day. I’m not sure which one sucks most. My best friend, Sarah, begged me to go out with her and her husband for dinner, but I’m not in the mood for celebration. I’ve worked hard all day, run for an hour, and now I plan to spend the evening alone playing video games and eating a whole tub of cookie dough ice cream. But when I get home, I discover a man sitting on the carpet in the corridor outside my penthouse apartment. He’s tall, gorgeous, wearing an expensive suit, and carrying the biggest ...

A fake engagement leads to fireworks… When Fox Wilde lands an interview for head chef at the famous Rutland’s Restaurant in Auckland, there’s only one problem… the old-fashioned boss prefers his staff to be married. Put on the spot, Fox mistakenly invents a fiancée. Now, he just has to convince his friend Caitlin to go along with the ruse. Caitlin is happy to help out a friend—especially one she’s had a crush on since she was sixteen. But it entails pretending they’re a couple, which means sharing a room. And that’s never going to end well. Tropes: Fake Fiance, fling, one-...

Chocolate melts exactly at body temperature, as Maisey has discovered… Maisey has talked her brother’s best mate and local GP, Joss, into having his photo taken eating chocolate truffles for her new advertising campaign. Joss is wary. Being so close to Maisey means he’s going to struggle with his attraction to her, and her brother will kill him if he so much as kisses her. But sexy Maisey is very persuasive. When the chocolate melts on Joss’s warm body, it seems only polite for Maisey to offer to lick it off… And that’s where the problems start.

What do you do when you’re convinced the man you love has a secret? As Sandi Cartwright suspected, Jace Hart turns out to be a god in the bedroom. She didn't mean to go to bed with him. The first time is an accident, kind of, when she’s caught up in the magic of her sister’s wedding. Then, once he discovers she has a secret interest in sex therapy and is willing to share a few tips of the trade, the second time proves to be inevitable. When her last relationship ended terribly, she didn’t think she’d ever open her heart to another man, but Jace provides the key to unlocking every ...

Will the magic still be there when they wake on Christmas morning? Rudi comes to Santa’s Secret Village in the Arctic Circle looking to sell the resort, having long since lost his Christmas spirit. His seven-year-old daughter already knows the truth about Santa, and neither of them is in the mood for the festive season. But then they meet Eva, struggling with a suitcase that bursts and scatters her underwear in the snow. Practically a recluse since the death of her husband eighteen months before, Eva’s not looking for romance and is there to try to make Christmas more festive this year ...

A tropical cyclone isn’t the only thing turning Sam’s life upside down… When Sam Pankhurst returns to Blue Penguin Bay after a five-year absence, his plan is to help his father run the family bakery until he can find someone else to take over. Then he’s going to return to his job as a pastry chef on a cruise liner, travelling around the world. Settling down in the bay and making the same old loaves and muffins until the day he dies isn’t his idea of a dream future. Then he meets Ginger Cartwright. Feisty, confident, and as beautiful as the sub-tropical Northland bay that most ...

A second chance at a first love… Noelle Goldsmith is convinced that at age 52 she’ll never love a man again, and then she meets her old flame, Cameron Taylor. When Cam asks her to pretend to be his wife for the weekend for business, she jumps at the chance of escaping with him for a few days. Just for old times’ sake. But when it’s time for Cam to return to England, he discovers he doesn’t want to let her go… * Fans of Catherine Bybee’s Weekday Brides series are sure to love these small-town romances with plenty of sizzle!

When friends turn to lovers, the temperature’s going to soar… Tasha Wilde has spotted the perfect site for the chocolate and coffee shop she’s planning to run with her best friend, Maisey, in Doubtless Bay, New Zealand. The only trouble is that Maisey’s gorgeous brother, Kole, also wants the shop for his photography business. Their friends are convinced that Tasha and Kole have feelings for one another, so they invent a game – the two of them must do their best to get the other to admit they’re in love. They have eight days. The winner gets the shop. Both think their attraction ...

Snowed in on the shores of Loch Ness with Noel the Brave… I guess Christmas wishes really do come true… When my boyfriend breaks up with me the week before Christmas, I’m prepared to spend the festive season alone and miserable. To my surprise, though, the science teacher in the classroom next to mine who overhead me getting dumped by phone invites me to accompany him on his Scottish holiday retreat. I accept, relieved to escape my quiet flat, plus spending time with the gorgeous Noel is something I didn’t expect to find in my stocking. Noel’s wife died on Christmas Eve three ...

All I want for Christmas is a grumpy Santa in my stocking… Despite having the misfortune to be called Mistletoe, I love everything about the festive season – from dressing the tree to baking the cake to wrapping the presents, even though I can’t afford half the things I know my ten-year-old son, Finn, wishes for. When the primary school where I work asks me to find someone to play Santa at the Christmas fair, I’m happy to oblige. Suddenly, though, every person I know is conveniently busy. The only guy available has the least amount of festive spirit of anyone I’ve ever met. Alex ...

The ideal present… the man of her dreams. This year, Ophelia Clark isn’t looking forward to Christmas. Her ex-husband doesn’t want to be her ex anymore, and their daughter, Summer, wants her father there on Christmas Day, so Ophelia’s finding it difficult to convince him their marriage is over. The last thing she needs is to start dating someone else and cloud the issue. And then the cute doctor she’s had her eye on finally asks her out. Research scientist Charlie King has given up on relationships. Going without sex is a major drawback to that plan, but even though he has an IQ ...

If you write an email to a friend about a fantasy involving your gorgeous boss, don't send it to All Staff... Meg It’s not easy to reinvent yourself, but my thirteen-year-old son and I are ready for a new start. Old Maggie was a magnet for disaster, but New Meg is going to be elegant, sophisticated… and blonde. I’ve landed a dream job at the other end of New Zealand as PA to three rich directors who spoil me rotten, I’ve found a beautiful new apartment, and I feel reborn. Then I write an email to a friend describing in vivid detail what I want to do to the sexiest of the directors...

Five Exotic Fantasies. One Mr. Sensational. It’s a big day for Coco Stark. She’s taking over as McAllister Dell law firm’s office manager on the day that one of the partners is being investigated for sexual harassment. With her own reasons for wanting the partner to be found guilty, she already resents the young hotshot lawyer who’s coming to defend him, and she hasn’t even met him yet. Felix Wilkinson dislikes the old-fashioned Wellington branch as soon as he walks in, and one look at Peter Dell suggests the slimeball’s guilty. However, the idealistic lawyer in Felix is ...

A second chance to win her heart… Six years ago, Neve Clark thought she’d found in Rhett Taylor the perfect doubles partner both on and off the badminton court, but their volatile relationship ended with a betrayal she couldn’t forgive. Since then, she’s dated plenty of guys in an attempt to recreate the passion she once felt with the man who broke her heart, but to no avail. Anxious to put aside her growing despair that she’ll never find someone to replace him, she books herself on a business course in wintry Queenstown, New Zealand, with the aim of concentrating on her career as...

A hot fling offers them both a chance to escape their pasts… Bridget Hitchcock – Birdie to her friends – is getting married to the man of her dreams. Or so she keeps telling herself. When Fate intervenes to ruin the big day, Bridget’s devastated, but she’s honest enough to admit that the humiliation and embarrassment has upset her more than actually losing Mal. Standing on Wellington quay in the rain in her wedding dress, she contemplates where to go from here, and has no idea. Aaron Reed is dashing through the rain with his son to their hotel room when he spots the beautiful ...

Three gorgeous heroes with three very unusual talents… An Uncommon Sense All six senses tell him she’s the one. own-to-earth teacher Grace Fox doesn’t believe in anything that can’t be proven by science. When Ash Rutherford, a famous doctor-turned-medium and Viking lookalike, asks her to tutor his troubled daughter, she has no intention of getting involved with him, but their chemistry is too powerful to ignore. When she attends one of his shows, Ash provides more than enough proof of his talents to convince her he’s not faking it. But can she bring herself to trust him? Making ...

Christmas is a time for miracles… When American single mom Tuppence Clarke tosses a coin in an historical New Zealand wishing well asking for help for her unhappy son, she doesn’t expect it to come in the form of a sexy Kiwi Santa who rescues the boy when he falls in the river. Gray Lewis lost his wife two years ago, and the gorgeous community police officer hasn’t looked at another woman since. He’s had far too much on his plate to think about love, including a rebellious daughter who’s now in trouble at school. And then in walks Tuppence with her green eyes and gentle manner, ...

His tiger needs a mate. But can the man open his heart again to love? After his partner died in a car crash three years ago, broken-hearted shifter Jamie Tyler decided to dedicate the rest of his life to his career as a family lawyer. He determined never to fall in love again, but Fate takes matters into its own hands when it sends Emma Rivers to the firm. Jamie feels a fierce attraction to the curvy brunette, but his guilt and grief refuse to let go, and he turns his back on her and his inner tiger. Emma fell for Jamie the first moment she saw him, but it seems the attraction isn’t ...

One photographer, one wedding dress, one bride by mistake… Famous actress Fliss Rivers returns to her childhood home in the Bay of Islands after a scandal, hoping to hide from the press for a few weeks. Oblivious to the celebrity gossip on the internet, Dominic is captivated by her, and soon they’re in love. And then a photographer sees her modelling a wedding dress, and suddenly the whole world thinks they’re getting married… * Fans of Catherine Bybee’s Weekday Brides series are sure to love these small-town romances with plenty of sizzle!

Sebastian My new temp doesn’t quite have the level of sophistication I’ve grown used to with secretaries from the recruitment agency. She’s only been here ten minutes, and she’s already gotten stuck in the elevator, blown up her computer, and caused the coffee machine to explode all over the floor. She says technology hates her, but I’m beginning to suspect her secretarial skills aren’t the reason she wants to work at my company. Part of me wants to fire the agency for wasting my time and send Colette and her sassy smile packing. The other part of me has very different ideas of ...