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Sage Revere follows her instincts, which have led to an oddball career as a plant psychologist. As a side project, she also helps strangers find happiness. Sage has a gift for knowing who needs her help, and the brooding hunk of a loner she meets in a coffee shop certainly fits the bill. She can feel it. On-screen, Eric Westerly is the hottest superhero there is. Offscreen, he’s out of rehab; incognito in London; and reevaluating his life, his career, and his broken family ties. All he wants is to be alone. Then along comes some daft plant whisperer who gets under his skin.

Single mom Heather Ellis would do anything for her adopted daughter, Ava. Even post an online reward for anyone who found the girl’s lost stuffed animal. Who’d have guessed it’d be returned by a drop-dead-sexy man with such sadness in his eyes that she had to reach out to him? To Ava, he’s a hero. To Heather, he’s a fantasy that puts at risk the happy life she’s made for herself.

Rachelle Westerly needs a break. After years of acting as the family peacekeeper, she’s finally ready to take a step back. Her movie-star brother has offered her the perfect escape. But on the very first day of her vacation, she steps onto a red carpet and straight into the arms of a real-life prince - and the promise of just the kind of flash and fortune that tore her own family apart.

When billionaire and tech start-up capitalist Gian Romano strikes a bet with his niece Judy - the daughter of Dominic Corisi - to find even more of the Corisi family, his search leads him to the Boston area. But when he pops into a store, the woman who runs it becomes an instant distraction from his mission. Teagan is beautiful, strong, and too smart not to see through him. Together they discover the past still has the power to hurt the ones they both love.

When Christof meets a beautiful mechanic on the side of the road, he knows they’re meant to be. His family, however, needs him and his mediation skills in Italy, where decades of secrets and betrayal could cost them everything. His mother is convinced a fiancée would help smooth things over. But he’d be nuts to ask a woman he just met to participate in such a farce. Men always find something about McKenna they want to change - her independence, her success, the grease that clings to her after a satisfying day in the garage.

Playboy Mason Thorne is nothing short of complicated. Though he was a movie star at a young age, his life took a downward spiral when he turned to drugs after losing his mother. He cleaned up his act and became a senator but still keeps his distance from most everyone - including his own father. There are plenty of women around, but most are gone by morning.

Spencer Westerly is his own man. He didn't need his father's money to build his wildly successful tech company - and he doesn't want to deal with the fallout from old family secrets. But as much as Spencer wants to avoid Westerly drama, his grandmother - the family matriarch - is determined to pull him back into the fold. And she's discovered the perfect lure: his college sweetheart, Hailey.

Brett Westerly is his father's golden child, but it's come at a cost. As head of the family corporation, he throws himself into his work - hiding in his office is easier than confronting the reality of his broken family. After a bitter divorce that split the family and divided loyalties, the wealthy Westerly matriarch offers an early inheritance to any grandchild who marries and invites the entire family to the wedding.

Riley doesn’t want her mom to know that she’s been seeing her newly discovered family, the Corisi clan. Riley’s biological father made her mother’s life hell, and even though he’s dead, her fear of anyone who shares his last name lives on. After attending two funerals, Gavin’s father has decided Gavin needs a wife and children to be happy. Rather than inheriting his family’s company, Gavin now must earn his way back into his father’s good graces by producing a fiancée.

Lucy Albright never wanted her family's Texas ranch, but now it's in foreclosure. She's already lost so much she can't bear the thought of losing one more thing. Lucy learned the hard way not to accept help from a man when there are strings attached, so she'll do whatever it takes to save the ranch on her own terms - even if that means launching an online business marketing high-tech sex toys.

The Boston Westerlys are reuniting for a wedding - a longtime wish for its matriarch. If only Nicolette, the youngest of the clan’s siblings, could find love. With her true parentage suddenly in question, she feels like more of an outsider than ever. It figures that the one guest of any comfort is her grandmother’s greatest enemy. Now, Nicolette’s only impulse is to run. Disappearing to a small Iowa town, she can build a future on her terms without the Westerly name or money - or the secrets that have divided the family for years.

After years of choosing safe over satisfying, a weeklong Paris fling sounds perfect to Wren Heath. And who better to have it with than Mauricio Romano, a billionaire with a reputation as a first-class heartbreaker. A few days. Fun, then done. What happens on vacation stays on vacation, right? Paris was Mauricio’s playground, and love was never part of the game. Lust? Toujours. Then he meets a sweet woman who wants to be a sex kitten. He knows how to give her the wildest five days and nights of her life.

I just found out I have an identical twin. Wasn’t looking for one. Would have preferred to not have one, but here we are. We have nothing in common. I was adopted by a successful businessman who raised me to see life as a game and gave me the skills to win it. Him? He is about to lose his family’s farm. You heard me—farm. Lucky for him, I’m a firm believer that when it comes to family, no one goes to battle alone. I’m in. I’ve switched lives with him and will use every business trick I know to save his farm.

Alethea ist Sicherheitsexpertin und ebenso schön wie gerissen. Dass sie überall Gefahren sieht, hat ihr nicht nur Freunde gemacht - vor allem nicht bei den Corisis, der Familie ihrer besten Freundin Lil. Denen geht Alethea so auf die Nerven mit ihrer Schwarzseherei, dass Security-Chef Marc Stone ab sofort die Aufgabe hat, den temperamentvollen Rotschopf aus der Firma fernzuhalten. Doch dann werden die Corisis tatsächlich bedroht und der attraktive Ex-Marine braucht Alethea mehr als er zugeben möchte.

Ein neuer aufregender Band aus der heißen "Legacy-Reihe" von New-York-Times-Bestsellerautorin Ruth Cardello. Jeremy Kater ist nicht nur einer der reichsten Männer Amerikas, er ist eine Legende im Internet. Wenn es um Computer geht, macht dem hochbegabten Hacker niemand etwas vor. Doch dann braucht Jeremy zum ersten Mal in seinem Leben Nachhilfe: Ein Imagewechsel muss her, wenn er die schöne Alethea erobern will, und den kriegt er allein nicht hin. Zum Glück gibt es Jeisa Borreto, Assistentin bei Corisi Enterprises.

Die schöne Zhang ist eine der erfolgreichsten Unternehmerinnen Chinas. Sie hat sich ihre Milliarden selbst erarbeitet, ist tough und unabhängig. Nur aus Spaß hat sie mit ihrer Freundin gewettet hat, dass sie Scheich Raschid noch vor dem Ende der Hochzeit küssen wird. Aber Raschid ist der schönste Mann, den Zhang je gesehen hat - und der Kuss übertrifft alle ihre Erwartungen.

Voller Vorfreude fliegt Rachelle Westerly nach London, um ihren Filmstar-Bruder Eric zu besuchen. Doch kaum in England angekommen, laufen die Dinge aus dem Ruder: Denn die schöne Rachelle stolpert bei Erics Filmpremiere in die Arme von niemand Geringerem als Prinz Magnus de Bartelebon. Während die Fotos von ihrer Begegnung im Internet millionenfach angeklickt werden, versucht Rachelle vergeblich ihre Gefühle unter Kontrolle zu bringen. Denn seine Hoheit ist zwar arrogant und selbstherrlich - allerdings auch so unglaublich sexy, dass Distanz nicht wirklich eine Option ist.

Der zweite Teil der aufregenden Serie von Erfolgsautorin Ruth Cardello um die Familie Westerly, ihre Sehnsüchte, Leidenschaften und dunklen Geheimnisse. Delinda Westerly, gefürchtete Matriarchin des milliardenschweren Westerly-Clans, will die Familie spätestens bei der Hochzeit von Brett Westerly friedlich vereint an einem Tisch sehen. Vor allem Spencer, der attraktive, sehr erfolgreiche Bruder des Bräutigams, sträubt sich nach Kräften. Doch Delinda hat einen Plan - und den perfekten Köder, um den widerspenstigen Enkel einzufangen: Hailey Tiverton, Spencers Collegeliebe, der er noch immer heimlich nachtrauert.

Mit Geld kann man alles kaufen, auch den Familienfrieden. Davon ist Delinda Westerly überzeugt - und bietet ihren Enkeln einen Deal an: Wer heiratet und den ganzen zerstrittenen Clan zur Hochzeit einlädt, bekommt sein Erbe vorzeitig ausgezahlt. Spencer Westerly braucht dringend Geld und präsentiert prompt die schöne Alisha Coventry als seine Braut. Doch es ist so eine Sache mit vorgetäuschten Verlobungen - vor allem wenn die Braut in spe plötzlich Tag und Nacht nur noch an Brett Westerly denkt, den heißen Bruder des Bräutigams.

Would-be writer Sarah Dery has just turned twenty-five and feels like her life is on hold. She’s done squat with her English degree and is just killing time working for her parents. So, when the opportunity to spend the summer working on a ranch in Texas comes her way, she jumps at the chance - figuring it might be just the jolt she needs to get her creative juices flowing.