Автор: Jessica Hart

What do women really want?Journalist Allegra Fielding has a problem. She’s pitched a story to her boss – how to transform a not-so-perfect man into Prince Charming – and now she has to deliver! But where is she going to find a man willing to take part in a makeover? Time to blackmail her flatmate, Max…But Allegra’s cunning plan backfires spectacularly when Max refuses to be ‘perfected’! He’s a guy who knows what he likes, and he’s going to enjoy proving to Allegra that there’s nothing hotter than a man who’s a little rough around the…

A bride for the holidays…?The only thing Thea’s looking for on her vacation on the Greek island of Crete is a little R and R–she certainly doesn’t expect to find herself roped in to being Rhys Kingsford’s pretend fiancée! It definitely isn’t relaxing being around Rhys–in fact being with him is exciting, exhilarating…and everything Thea’s ever wanted!Back home, Christmas is coming and reality sinks in. Perhaps it was just a holiday fling? Rhys is a single dad, and Thea’s not sure there’s room in his life for her. But Rhys has other…

Phoebe is facing her worst nightmare: an invitation to her ex-fiancé’s wedding! About to put on a brave face and pretend her life is just perfect, she’s rescued by her best friend’s brilliant idea: Phoebe can hire their gorgeous new flatmate, Gib, to pose as her doting new fiancé!It sounds like an ideal face-saving plan–until Phoebe and Gib meet. Gib, on a mission to prove he can be «just good friends» with a woman, finds his willpower tested by Phoebe. And Phoebe is having trouble remembering they’re only pretending to be in love! It’s all set to be a…

Tyler Watts is rich, gorgeous and at the top of his game–except someone just moved the goalposts! Now Tyler realizes he is sorely lacking the one status symbol that everybody seems to have…the perfect wife and family.Tyler needs help, so he hires a relationship coach.Single-mom Mary is out of her depth with Tyler…she may be an expert, but not when it comes to her own relationships! And every day she spends with Tyler makes her wish that she could be the one to fill his vacancy for…

Gabriel Stearne might be a brilliant businessman–but there’s nothing on his illustrious resume about children! So the unexpected delivery to the office of a baby leaves him only one place to turn–his personal assistant, Tess Gordon….Gabriel and Tess have been hiding their fiery attraction for each other behind strictly professional behavior. Now Tess has to stay in Gabriel’s apartment to help him care for little Harry. And between late-night feeds and early wake-up calls, anything could…

Self-made millionaire Tye Gibson has come home to the Outback–to find himself a bride!Lizzy Walker is delighted when Tye offers her a job. Working for his company could be just what her career– and her bank account–need. Only the job is not quite what she expects. She has to find Tye a bride within two months–or she might have to marry him…

Josh and Bella have been friends for years, but suddenly Bella is starting to see «her Josh» in a very different light. She’s falling in love! It’s confusing enough but, worse, Josh has just asked her to be his pretend fiancée…Josh needs a stand-in fiancée to clinch a business deal. Bella finally agrees to play the part but, after they spend a week on an exotic island pretending to be head over heels in love, the tension becomes almost unbearable! Especially when Josh starts to wonder if his best friend is pretending at…

Freya is determined to sort out her life before she hits thirty–if only to prove to her best friend, Max Thornton, that she’s perfectly capable of meeting a suitable man! Freya has the ideal candidate in mind: gorgeous hotshot reporter Dan Freer…Max isn’t impressed–not least because Freya is staying in his penthouse. Freya has always been impulsive, but even Max is surprised when Freya decides to fake her own wedding to claim a honeymoon prize! And who, exactly, is she expecting to walk up the aisle with…

City girl Bea is stranded in the Outback–without a shoe shop or department store in sight! At least she’s stuck there with a gorgeous man who seems ready for a challenge…so to make her stay a little more bearable, Bea sets him three of them!1. He can’t be tempted to have an affair.2. He’s not allowed to fall in love with her.3. And definitely, under no circumstances, is he to propose marriage!How will a self-respecting bachelor like Chase handle such a challenge?Run like the wind–or face it like a…

Are you going to marry me–yes or no?Matthew Standish–or Mal to his friends–arrived back into Copper’s life with a marriage proposal that sounded just about as romantic as sheepshearing! But then, the situation required practical solutions: Mal needed a mother for his young daughter and a housekeeper for Birraminda. So what was Cooper’s answer to be?Copper hadn’t ever been able to forget Mal, but she wasn’t the same girl he’d known seven years ago. In fact, she had a very practical business proposition of her…

Four years ago Georgia Henderson had a fantastic job and a loving husband. But his demanding career often kept him away from home.Now, with her marriage behind her, Georgia’s life has changed completely. She relishes her new role as mother to her adopted orphaned nephew. Her main priorities are stability and security, and she only wants a partner if he’ll always be there for her….But sending the divorce papers to Mac brings him hotfooting back to her! He’s determined to prove to Georgia that he’s changed, and that despite everything they’ve been through,…

We saw Nanny kissing Santa Claus…Amanda had a mission: to convince Blair McAllister to sell his home to her company. In order to get close to him she took the job of live-in nanny to his boisterous three children….But her plan backfired. Although Blair was as grouchy as a bear with a sore head, it just made him all the more attractive–and Amanda fell in love!As Blair prepared to play Santa to the kids on Christmas Eve, Amanda had forgotten all about her secret mission. She had hit on a new, far more rewarding plan: catching her boss under the mistletoe…

Strong, silent Outback rancher Nat Masterman doesn’t know the first thing about babies. Yet he’s just become the guardian of eight-month-old twins–and he has to go to London to collect them!Prue wishes she’d never told her English family she would be bringing a gorgeous, rugged Australian home for her sister’s wedding. There is no such man! At least, not until Prue meets Nat–and they decide to go to London…

Meredith West Likes: coffee shops, nice shoes, London Dislikes: spiders, the Outback, Hal Granger! Hal Granger Dislikes: cool, unflappable, distracting city girls Likes: one city girl in particular… Meredith’s been forced to take a job on a remote cattle station, with a boss she can’t stand! It should be easy to keep things professional– except their office is under the blistering Outback sun, and Hal’s work attire is a bare chest and thigh-hugging jeans! Although they’re worlds apart, it’s getting harder to keep things strictly…

The BIG EventThirty–the age for marriageSexy, glamorous…Claudia tried to think of three good things about being thirty as she sat on the plan on her way to celebrate her birthday. Well, her fellow passenger, David Cool-as-a-Cucumber Stirling, certainly wasn’t one of them!But they were stuck with each other whether they liked it or not. Worse, for the next few weeks they had to pretend to be husband and wife! The situation wasn’t ideal, but they did have something in common–he was about to turn forty to her thirty–and he wasn’t bad-looking, either. And so, perhaps,…

It could happen to you!A CHRISTMAS WISH…For Sophie Beckwith, Christmas this year means having to face the ex who dumped her and then married her sister! Only one person can help–her best friend Bram.A YULETIDE PROPOSAL…Bram used to be engaged to Sophie’s sister. Now, determined to show «the lovebirds» that they’ve moved on, he’s come up with a plan: he’s proposed–to Sophie!A MISTLETOE MARRIAGE!It’s crazy, but it would be only pretend…wouldn’t it? Now their wedding day is here and Sophie’s feelings for Bram have drastically changed. Her…

A MILLIONAIRE…Patrick Farr is perfectly happy with his bachelor life, wining and dining beautiful young women. If only he could make them understand that he will never marry for love….A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE…Louisa Dennison is the perfect PA. She’s also a single mom, bringing up two very demanding kids! So when Patrick proposes, her answer is definitely no! Or is it?A MARRIAGE FOR REAL?Patrick’s offer could answer Lou’s prayers–financial security for life. But will their attempts to avoid love lead them to exactly…

For better and for worse!Seth Carrington needed a girlfriend and Daisy needed a ticket to the Caribbean…it seemed like a fair exchange! But having survived Seth’s extremely thorough interviewing technique–which included kissing–Daisy began to have her doubts. Seth was high-handed and completely ruthless…except when he smiled; then he was devastatingly attractive.Smile or no, Daisy had to face facts: her job was strictly temporary; she was being paid to act as a decoy for Seth’s secret affair with a glamorous woman. The terms of the agreement were crystal-clear–but there…

She was here to stay–whether he liked it or not!Darcy discovered that the remote outback ranch she’d inherited came complete with a hostile partner–Cooper Anderson. It seemed he’d go to any lengths to get back his family home–even suffer Darcy’s cooking. But Darcy jumped at Cooper’s challenge to be his housekeeper for a month…. She’d prove that she and Bindaburra belonged together–even if that meant pretending she and Cooper were ideal partners, too!»Jessica Hart has a great gift for story-telling…. I never want to miss one of her…

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