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She’d left him at the altar, but her heart was always his…After more than ten years away, Australian soap opera star Ellie Hughes returns to the small town of Hope Junction, determined to fly under the radar while caring for her injured godmother, Matilda.But word spreads fast in the tight-knit community. It isn’t long before the people of Hope Junction are gossiping about the real reason for Ellie’s visit and why she broke the heart of golden boy Flynn Quartermaine all those years ago.Soon Ellie and Flynn are thrown back together, forced to deal with the unresolved emotions between them. Because Ellie is not the only one with secrets. Flynn has his own demons to battle, and Matilda is hiding something from her much-loved goddaughter.When all is uncovered, can the ill-fated lovers overcome the wounds of their past? Or is Flynn destined to be jilted again?

"This will be more than a nine-to-five affair!"Cool, arrogant and sinfully attractive attorney Rand Colton was used to victory–whether in the courtroom or the bedroom. Heir to the Colton fortune, this self-assured bachelor had no need of anything…except the undivided attention of his stunning new assistant, Lucy Lowry. While Rand's instinct told him that Lucy wanted him just as much as he wanted her, he sensed that something–or someone–was holding her back. And as they worked to uncover the possibility of a Colton impostor, their electrifying attraction could no longer be denied. Yet Rand knew that it was going to take a lot more than his wealth and status to claim this guarded beauty as his…bride?

When Lorna Farrell finds herself caught up in a pretend engagement with handsome oil tycoon Mitch Ellery, she knows she's playing with fire. Mitch is the key to Lorna being reunited with her real family. He's also the only man she's ever loved–and the one man she can't have!Mitch must never guess Lorna's true feelings, but pretending to be in love leads to complications. If Lorna walks away, she loses everything. But as the attraction between them intensifies, should she take a risk and confess her secrets?

Substitute groom?When bride-to-be Natasha Merrill was left virtually at the altar, devil-may-care Chase Taggart offered her a surprising way out. She could face the embarrassment of canceling her society wedding or she could marry him!In the heat of the moment it had all seemed so simple–a temporary marriage of convenience to keep the gossips at bay and Natasha's pride intact. But the day after the wedding, holed up in impossible romantic hotel in Paris with her new husband, Tasha discovered that even pretend marriages are for from simple….

A thunderous crack of the auctioneer's gavel and $350 later Emily Holmes «owned» Bachelor #46, all six gorgeous feet of him! T. J.Kirkpatrick was going to have to pony up more than dinner and a movie, though. Emily needed a husband–her inheritance depended on it. T.J. insisted that he was no spousal specimen, but if being «married» meant playing newlyweds, then he'd happily masquerade as Emily's man. The charade proved all too real, for T.J.'s kisses made her heart race–and time stand still. And now that she'd unexpectedly fallen madly in love with her «husband,» she intended to get them going…going…gone–right to the preacher!