broken engagement

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This man should have been her husband

Jarrett King had walked out on Sian three years before, breaking their engagement and leaving her devastated. Now he was back, expecting her to come to him.

He had a wife. He was dating Sian's sister. He claimed to be in love with Sian. What sort of man was he?

And what sort of woman was she, she wondered, that a week before her marriage to another man she could still feel such a passion for Jarrett?

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Jarrett stood up, at once seeming predatory, and Sian took a wary step backwards. His mouth twisted derisively. ‘I never needed to use force on you, Sian,’ he drawled mockingly.
‘You would now,’ she snapped.
‘If I were interested,’ he watched with satisfaction as she paled, ‘and I am,’ he added softly. ‘I telephoned you earlier tonight, as soon as I got to town, but you weren’t at home,’ he told her huskily, suddenly very near, the heat of his body, the seduction of his aftershave, reaching out to her.
Sian refused to look at him. ‘Why on earth would you telephone me?’ she asked jerkily.
Suddenly he was more than just close, he was dangerously so, the lean length of his body curving into the back of her as his arms came about her waist and pulled her into him. ‘Guess,’ he murmured throatily against her earlobe.  

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Brad Lancing may be a successful businessman, but he has a bad reputation where women are concerned. Joanne Winslow is determined that her sister isn't going to become just another statistic on Brad's list of conquests — even if it means she'll have to becomes his mistress herself!

Fortunately Brad is happy for Joanne to be his pretend mistress — for now! But Brad seems to be playing hard to get, and Joanne's starting to realize it's time to take matters into her own hands. And then the burning seduction she's imagined happens for real.…

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Favourite Scene: (this is the ending where the heroine begs to continue their affair, and the hero surprises her by wanting MORE)   

Desperately wanting just a few more weeks of happiness, she pleaded, 'You don't think sending me back to London might be a mistake? You said you wanted companionship, someone to share things with…If you don't love Erika…couldn't I…?'

'You're not the kind to have affairs.'

'Oh, I don't know…I'm enjoying my first.'

'I don't happen to want to carry on having an affair with you,' he said flatly.

Ashamed that she'd thrown herself at him, she flushed scarlet.

Taking her hot face between his palms, he said, 'If you intend to stay, it'll have to be on my terms.'

'What are your terms?' she asked unsteadily.

'I want you to marry me.'
 

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Could it be more than infatuation?

"You're still the most beautiful woman I've ever seen," Ben told Shelley. And admittedly she was more than flattered by his interest in her. But how could she take him seriously?

Ben couldn't love her. She was five years older than him, a friend of the family's, for heaven's sake. Ben was simply fulfilling a fantasy from when he'd been eighteen and infatuated with Shelley. And he was ruining his engagement in the process.

Shelley's nerves were ready to break. For everyone's sake she'd have to do the right thing....

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Ben finished unbuttoning his shirt and pulled it free of his pants. Beneath the thin material, his skin was brown and filmed with moisture, and Shelley despised herself anew for her totally uncontrollable response to his unconscious sexuality.

‘Ben, what are you doing?’ she mumbled helplessly, unable to look away, and with slow deliberation, he covered the space between them, and pulled her against him.

‘Stop fighting it,’ he muttered unsteadily

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Dancing with the devil...

"You're certainly not in love with Paul. Because you want to go to bed with me." Devilish words indeed. But what made Flint Jansen so arrogantly assume that Aura would choose him over Paul--his friend and Aura's warm and loyal fiance? From the moment they met, he had shattered Aura's world. It was true, she found him undeniably attractive, overwhelmingly charismatic. So much so that she now faced a battle with her conscience and with Flint; both demanded that she abandon security and her fiance. She had to cancel the wedding--but could she entrust herself to Flint's dark seduction...?   

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‘Just as you’d love your older brother, with respect and admiration and even a bit of gratitude,’ he agreed dispassionately. ‘But that’s not what marrige is all about, beautiful, seductive, sexy Aura. It’s also about lying in a bed with him, making love, giving yourself to him, accepting his body, his sexuality with complete trust and enthusiasm.’     

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Top tycoon Rocco Losi is legendary for being arrogant and demanding! When he takes over Losi Construction, he confirms his reputation by trying to sack Amy Hogan!
But Rocco's presumption that Amy will leave quietly is challenged—by Amy! Who is this little spitfire who thinks she can outargue him…and turn him on? Maybe he'll keep Amy on after all— as his employee and his mistress!

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Favourite Scene: (touching physical closeness, good moment of intimacy)

She slipped from the chair and went to the sofa, squatting down right in front of him and horribly tempted to reach out and touch him. This semi-darkness was all very well for headaches, she thought with agitation, but it was wreaking havoc with her common sense. Rocco Losi needed her help about as much as a lion needed an ant. And now that she was here, inches away from him, her well-intentioned heart was hammering with a feeling that had nothing to do with comforting him out of his temporary vulnerability.

She began edging a little backwards and was unprepared for his hand reaching out to cup the back of her neck.

‘No, stay. I like that. I like you right here.’

Right here, within touching distance, he added to himself.

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Kelsey shouldn't have fallen in love with Brandon Treherne. The passion they shared was forbidden and a betrayal-because Kelsey was already engaged to Brandon's brother. But Kelsey had to follow her heart, and break off her engagement. Hours later, her fiance was killed in a tragic accident. The same accident that destroyed Brandon's memory...
Now Kelsey and Brandon are free to love- but how can there be a future for them when Kelsey is tormented by guilt, and Brandon can't even remember the passionate promises they once made to each other?   

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BOSTON’S MOST ELIGIBLE BACHELOR
He was the most-sought-after male in town and he wanted Lauren Fletcher to find him a wife. Matchmaking was Lauren’s business, but she’d never thought Matt Whittaker—gorgeous, rich and powerful—would need her type of help. Yet the tycoon insisted only Lauren could get him the woman he wanted.
After spending several days—and nights—together, Lauren soon suspected that not just any woman was going to fulfill Matt’s needs. Perhaps the only woman able to capture the tycoon’s heart was the matchmaker herself!
 

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“Felix often hides out in my bedroom.”
“Lucky cat.”
She got goose bumps. She couldn’t help herself. He said it so matter-of-factly but with such certainty.
“I’m taking heart in the fact there’s still one male you like,” he joked.
“Felix has been neutered,” she said in a deadpan voice.
His lips twitched. “Ouch.”

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The marriage persuasion...
Businessman Carlo Carlucci won't take no for an answer. The passionate Italian has set his sights on British tour guide Francesca Bernard, who stirs him with her beauty and innocence more than any other woman...
But Francesca is also an heiress, and already engaged to a man whom Carlo believes is a gold-digger. There's only one way he can protect Francesca—and fulfil his desire—and that's to claim her for himself, as his wife. So begins Carlo's slow, but intense, and incredibly sensual, seduction to persuade Francesca to become his bride...  

Favourite Scene: (aw, he is unsteady seeing her cry)

'I h-hate you,' she sobbed.
 
'Si' he agreed with a touch of unsteadiness. 'I am a monster. Shout at me. Slap my face. But don't weep; I'm not worth it.' 

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Raul Esteban has always wanted Alannah.

She is purity and passion combined! But she rejected him, and now the proud Spanish aristocrat is determined that she will pay for her mistake—with her body!

Raul mistakenly believes Alannah is no longer a naive girl—until one night of passion proves he has taken her virginity! Now Raul will do whatever it takes to keep her at his mercy….

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Amnesia had stolen millionaire businessman Donovan Keane's memory. But one look at treacherous beauty Susannah Horton, and Van could picture every delicious detail of the weekend they'd spent in his bed. She'd staged their affair to ruin an important deal—a deal about to go to her fiancé. Not that Van would let that happen. During one hot night, he'd destroy her engagement, take back the deal and walk away with all the memories he'd need. Good thing, because he'd never be able to get her out of his mind.
  

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“You’re here on this island because of me.”

“I’m here because I chose to be,” she said, her voice choked with the same emotion that darkened her eyes. “I shouldn’t have been anywhere near you. I should have stayed in Melbourne. I should have been on my honeymoon.”

For several seconds, Van stared at her, unsure if he’d heard correctly. When he realised that the steadily escalating thrum wasn’t his heartbeat, he turned and looked out over the bay and saw a helicopter zeroing in on the island. His attention zapped back to Susannah’s face. “You’re not marrying Carlisle.”