Showing results for "Paul Scott" in Contemporary

In the India of 1942, two rapes take place simultaneously - that of an English girl in Mayapore, and that of India by the British. In each, physical violence, racial animosity, the coercion of the weak by the strong all play their part, but playing a part too are love, affection, loyalty, and recognition that the last division of all to be overcome is the colour of the skin.

Just a week before their marriage, Christine's fiance calls off the wedding, leaving her heartbroken. With hopes of helping her through a difficult time, Christine's best friend Jessica enrolls them both on a humanitarian mission in Peru, to work at an orphanage called El Girasol, The Sunflower.

Trouble. Playboy. Heartbreakingly gorgeous. Ethan Stone, the only son and spitting image of billionaire Tristan Stone, has a long line of women who would kill for a night with him, and rumor has it he's more than happy to oblige. But Ethan has a problem. His family wants him to settle down. Why, he can't understand. But he needs to figure out a way to convince them he's given up his wild ways while at the same time living his life the way he wants to.

Der attraktive CEO Harper Nixon will den perfekten Nachfolger für die Leitung seines Unternehmens zeugen. Bevor er sich dafür eine geeignete Vorzeige-Ehefrau sucht, stößt er sich ein letztes Mal die Hörner ab: In Chicago, weit von Boston entfernt, lernt er die bodenständige June kennen und verbringt eine heiße Nacht mit ihr. Doch eines Tages steht sie plötzlich in seinem Chefbüro und teilt ihm mit, dass sie schwanger ist – von ihm! Dass sie das Kind bekommen möchte, passt absolut nicht in Harpers Pläne. Schließlich erwartet die Gesellschaft eine namhafte High-Society-Lady an seiner Seite.

I’m Anastasia Penland. Midwest girl with big dreams. Moving to Massachusetts with hopes of operating my own business, how could I turn down the salary Ross Worthington offered me? I couldn’t. Then he offered me even more — a scorching hot office romance. We couldn’t get enough of each other. Then I found out I was pregnant. Thinking that Ross could never want a child, I bolted back to Kansas without telling him. Nearly four years later, he unknowingly hired my company to cater a dinner party. Imagine my surprise when I saw him there.

Kate Sheridan thought she had a handle on life. She had a good job as a legal assistant, great friends, and a life in New Orleans she enjoyed. Until that life came apart at the seams. Now her boss is dead, murdered along with one of his clients, and Kate is on the run from the police who think she's a prime suspect. And things are going to get worse before they get better because what her boss stumbled upon involves far more than just some personal injury case in the Big Easy.