Carole Mortimer Books

Could he slay all her dragons? After years of watching her mother's gullible heart drive her from one man to the next, Laurel had decided to marry, for sensible reasons. She didn't believe in fairy tales, knights in shining armor and happy endings. Still, she discovered a champion the night her fiance broke their engagement. She was grateful when her stepbrother, Reece, announced to the party of well-wishers, "Laurel has realized she can't marry Giles, because she loves me." In private, however, Reece became a threat. "I'm looking for love. You're avoiding it," he accused - as if he'd sighted a dragon, after all.

Some men are meant to marry! Jonathan. Middle brother, accomplished love, he's blond and impossible good-looking. What woman can resist his charm? Gaye Royal, for one! For Jonathan, this is a first. Gaye's cool, elegant beauty is a challenge in itself, and she makes it plain from the start that she doesn't want him in her life - a situation he's determined to change. But why is Gaye so elusive, so intriguing, and what does Jonathan have to do to win her over? Propose marriage? Being a husband is the last thing that Jonathan has in mind.

"I'm going to marry her," he'd said. Just because David Kendrick fell in love with Jade at first sight, it didn't mean she had to go along with the idea! She had escaped to the sanctuary of a Devon village and a job teaching at her friends' school because she wanted some peace and quiet, and the last thing she needed was this impulsive, handsome man turning her life upside down and stirring up her emotions. But Jade couldn't resist David's single- minded pursuit of her, even though she knew she was not yet free from the terrible shadows of her London past....

Only Luke made her feel so alive! Sophie didn't like anything about Luke Vittorio--but she fell in love with him just the same. Luke was attractive to women; as a portrait painter there were many in his life. Worse, Sophie suspected he was having an affair with Rosemary, her stepmother. He was bossy and arrogant. Yet Sophie knew that no other man could arouse the fiery response in her that the magnetic Luke had. When he asked her to marry him, she accepted--hoping that someday his desire would turn to love!

Dangerous, scandalous...and sexy Jordan St. Claire: Dark and Dangerous Physiotherapist Stephanie McKinley has always admired handsome actor Jordan Simpson. But she's shocked when her latest client turns out to be the dark-eyed star - aka Jordan St. Claire, wealthy aristocrat And he wants to unleash Stephanie's sensuality...Also includes: The Reluctant Duke and Taming the Last St. Claire

Mark Montgomery was a good friend of Ryan's - nothing more - and it was in a friendly spirit that he had offered her the use of a cottage on his family estate in Yourkshire for a holiday. But his overbearing older brother Grant chose to misunderstand the whole situation, and the holiday turned into a very exhausting battle of wills. Could Ryan possibly win it?

When Kit was hired as personal assistant to Marcus Maitland, she was ready to resist him -- if her sensible suits, glasses and severe hairstyle didn't do it, then her cool, untouchable manner would. However, during a working weekend away, Marcus started getting very personal with his assistant. Without her glasses and prim clothes, Kit felt naked -- which suited Marcus just fine

Containing three full-length modern Christmas novels, 'A Champagne Christmas' features stories of passionate romances in glamorous international settings.

When Liam O'Reilly insisted on being a part of Laura's world again, her first instinct was to turn him down. It wasn't that she didn't find him attractive. But in the time they'd been apart, Laura had married, had a baby and been widowed. She was older and wiser now. What really bothered her was that if Liam had stayed all those years ago, he would have found out something Laura now felt compelled to keep a secret from him--he had a son....

No sleep for the wicked... Jack Beauchamp is surely able to have any woman he wants - so Mattie Crawford can't understand why he's so determined to take her to Paris! Maybe she did jump to the wrong conclusion about him being a womaniser, and her plan to teach him a sharp lesson went a bit wrong. This must be his idea of a punishment. And, Mattie has to concede, punishment it certainly will be! A romantic weekend in the French capital with the best-looking, most charming man she's ever met...one whom she's vowed to keepat arm's length! Mattie's praying for separate bedrooms to keep her on the straight and narrow!