King of the Desert, Captive Bride

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Daphne Clair

At the mercy of the Venezuelan billionaire! Marco Salzano is furious! One moment of passion in the sultry heat of carnaval has had its price. Burning with suspicion and anger, the arrogant Venezuelan is going to track down his errant one-night stand and claim his love child! But he's accusing the wrong woman. Pretending to be her sister, fragile Amber convinces Marco that the baby in question is not his. But when Marco discovers her deception, he vows to take Amber--not as his mistress, but as his bride!

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Betty Neels

Patience knew she couldn't be more different from the sort of women Dutch surgeon Julius van der Beek seemed to attract. After all, she was a quiet country girl with a somewhat unique taste in clothes--and an assertive personality to match! Yet she was attracted to him. Not that she had any hope of him noticing her, particularly with the glamorous Sylvia van Teule already at his side.

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Margaret Mayo

When Nicole Quest's journalistic curiosity got the better of her and she responded to a "wife wanted" advertisement, she found herself agreeing to marry enigmatic, arrogant and dangerously attractive Ross Dufrais. The air of mystery surrounding Ross was part of his attraction, but his reasons for needing a wife seemed genuine. Secrets aside, what neither of them could conceal was the fierce attraction they shared, but to give in to temptation was to defy the terms of their marriage contract.

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Betty Neels

Serena had given up her job and gone to Holland in order-as she thought-to marry Laurens van Amstel who had proposed to her after a whirlwind romance. So it was mortifying, to say the least, that soon after she arrived she began to realize that Laurens was trying to back out of the situation-that, in fact, he had every intention of marrying another girl. His cousin Gijs had an answer to her problem-but wasn't it a rather a drastic one?