Jennifer P

He was a billionaire bad boy, my best friends brother, and I was hopelessly in love. When I saw him again at her wedding, he looked at me like I was a woman. I gave him my virginity, and it was worth the wait, it was electric though I knew this was nothing but a dream. His father called me a whore and paid me to leave. He was engaged to another beautiful woman. I was heartbroken and lovesick. I thought I would never recover from losing my true love. But I was not lovesick, I had a secret, I was pregnant with his baby.

Billionaire and international business tycoon Gabrielle Deville lives to control and close deals. On vacation, he sets his eyes on Stella. Instantly he knows that this is the only woman for him. Plus a perfect mother for his adolescent daughter. He moves fast, making her offers she can't refuse. He is shocked when he finds out that there are some things money, charm, and power can't buy. Their attraction is intense. The more he treats her like a deal, the more she refuses to give up her independence. When his not so honest ex-girlfriend shows up, things get complicated.

Single mom Maggie Hayes puts up a tough front to hide her loneliness, spending her days in the courtroom as a lawyer and her evenings as a closet video gamer. Another heartache isn't worth the risk, not after her husband left her last year for a Hooters waitress. When she decides to try dating again, a cute video-game-designing nerd seems like a safe bet - until he becomes the prime suspect in a murder.

Spending Christmas vacation with her father is part of Avery Baumann's plan - right between graduating with her MBA and starting her first real job alongside her successful boyfriend, Hayden. But it's a plan she's beginning to second-guess. Architect Keenan Perry wants to design a plan of his own - one that includes Avery. If only it wasn't for their rocky history, secrets buried in his past, and that pesky boyfriend of hers.