Зарубежная современная проза — Jessica Hart

Perdita James is thrilled with her new job, until a personality quiz reveals she's an attention-seeking peacock!Her boss, Edward Merrick, is a panther–forceful, decisive and more than a little ruthless. Perdita's head tells her to ignore her attraction and work hard for a promotion. But somehow, whenever she's with single-dad Ed, she feels anything but professional. She's becoming crazy about her boss!

Single mom Martha Shaw has a gorgeous new boss–Lewis Mansfield. She's nanny to his niece and is about to spend six months on a tropical island with him and the babies! Martha quickly falls deeply in love with her sexy boss. But he seems happy being a carefree bachelor with no plans to settle down…Will Martha risk all by telling Lewis how she really feels?

Three steps to the altar!Monday–Buy stylish suit Bubbly Lucy West has always thought she can handle anything. That's before she meets charismatic and utterly irresistible tycoon Guy Dangerfield, who challenges her to find a «real» job for a change! Tuesday–Find proper job So, determined to prove she has what it takes, Lucy secures a top job–working for Guy! Wednesday–Fall in love with the boss!Lucy thrives in her new role…and it's all down to her gorgeous boss. Lucy has a smile on her face, a...

Tyler Watts is rich, gorgeous and at the top of his game–except someone just moved the goalposts! Now Tyler realizes he is sorely lacking the one status symbol that everybody seems to have…the perfect wife and family.Tyler needs help, so he hires a relationship coach.Single-mom Mary is out of her depth with Tyler…she may be an expert, but not when it comes to her own relationships! And every day she spends with Tyler makes her wish that she could be the one to fill his vacancy for wife.…

Self-made millionaire Tye Gibson has come home to the Outback–to find himself a bride!Lizzy Walker is delighted when Tye offers her a job. Working for his company could be just what her career– and her bank account–need. Only the job is not quite what she expects. She has to find Tye a bride within two months–or she might have to marry him herself!

Are you going to marry me–yes or no?Matthew Standish–or Mal to his friends–arrived back into Copper's life with a marriage proposal that sounded just about as romantic as sheepshearing! But then, the situation required practical solutions: Mal needed a mother for his young daughter and a housekeeper for Birraminda. So what was Cooper's answer to be?Copper hadn't ever been able to forget Mal, but she wasn't the same girl he'd known seven years ago. In fact, she had a very practical business...

Josh and Bella have been friends for years, but suddenly Bella is starting to see «her Josh» in a very different light. She's falling in love! It's confusing enough but, worse, Josh has just asked her to be his pretend fiancée…Josh needs a stand-in fiancée to clinch a business deal. Bella finally agrees to play the part but, after they spend a week on an exotic island pretending to be head over heels in love, the tension becomes almost unbearable! Especially when Josh starts to wonder if his...

We saw Nanny kissing Santa Claus…Amanda had a mission: to convince Blair McAllister to sell his home to her company. In order to get close to him she took the job of live-in nanny to his boisterous three children….But her plan backfired. Although Blair was as grouchy as a bear with a sore head, it just made him all the more attractive–and Amanda fell in love!As Blair prepared to play Santa to the kids on Christmas Eve, Amanda had forgotten all about her secret mission. She had hit on a new, far...

Freya is determined to sort out her life before she hits thirty–if only to prove to her best friend, Max Thornton, that she's perfectly capable of meeting a suitable man! Freya has the ideal candidate in mind: gorgeous hotshot reporter Dan Freer…Max isn't impressed–not least because Freya is staying in his penthouse. Freya has always been impulsive, but even Max is surprised when Freya decides to fake her own wedding to claim a honeymoon prize! And who, exactly, is she expecting to walk up the...

City girl Bea is stranded in the Outback–without a shoe shop or department store in sight! At least she's stuck there with a gorgeous man who seems ready for a challenge…so to make her stay a little more bearable, Bea sets him three of them!1. He can't be tempted to have an affair.2. He's not allowed to fall in love with her.3. And definitely, under no circumstances, is he to propose marriage!How will a self-respecting bachelor like Chase handle such a challenge?Run like the wind–or face it like...

Phoebe is facing her worst nightmare: an invitation to her ex-fiancé's wedding! About to put on a brave face and pretend her life is just perfect, she's rescued by her best friend's brilliant idea: Phoebe can hire their gorgeous new flatmate, Gib, to pose as her doting new fiancé!It sounds like an ideal face-saving plan–until Phoebe and Gib meet. Gib, on a mission to prove he can be «just good friends» with a woman, finds his willpower tested by Phoebe. And Phoebe is having trouble remembering...

Gabriel Stearne might be a brilliant businessman–but there's nothing on his illustrious resume about children! So the unexpected delivery to the office of a baby leaves him only one place to turn–his personal assistant, Tess Gordon….Gabriel and Tess have been hiding their fiery attraction for each other behind strictly professional behavior. Now Tess has to stay in Gabriel's apartment to help him care for little Harry. And between late-night feeds and early wake-up calls, anything could happen!

Four years ago Georgia Henderson had a fantastic job and a loving husband. But his demanding career often kept him away from home.Now, with her marriage behind her, Georgia's life has changed completely. She relishes her new role as mother to her adopted orphaned nephew. Her main priorities are stability and security, and she only wants a partner if he'll always be there for her….But sending the divorce papers to Mac brings him hotfooting back to her! He's determined to prove to Georgia that...

A bride for the holidays…?The only thing Thea's looking for on her vacation on the Greek island of Crete is a little R and R–she certainly doesn't expect to find herself roped in to being Rhys Kingsford's pretend fiancée! It definitely isn't relaxing being around Rhys–in fact being with him is exciting, exhilarating…and everything Thea's ever wanted!Back home, Christmas is coming and reality sinks in. Perhaps it was just a holiday fling? Rhys is a single dad, and Thea's not sure there's room in...

Strong, silent Outback rancher Nat Masterman doesn't know the first thing about babies. Yet he's just become the guardian of eight-month-old twins–and he has to go to London to collect them!Prue wishes she'd never told her English family she would be bringing a gorgeous, rugged Australian home for her sister's wedding. There is no such man! At least, not until Prue meets Nat–and they decide to go to London together…

For better and for worse!Seth Carrington needed a girlfriend and Daisy needed a ticket to the Caribbean…it seemed like a fair exchange! But having survived Seth's extremely thorough interviewing technique–which included kissing–Daisy began to have her doubts. Seth was high-handed and completely ruthless…except when he smiled; then he was devastatingly attractive.Smile or no, Daisy had to face facts: her job was strictly temporary; she was being paid to act as a decoy for Seth's secret affair...

A MILLIONAIRE…Patrick Farr is perfectly happy with his bachelor life, wining and dining beautiful young women. If only he could make them understand that he will never marry for love….A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE…Louisa Dennison is the perfect PA. She's also a single mom, bringing up two very demanding kids! So when Patrick proposes, her answer is definitely no! Or is it?A MARRIAGE FOR REAL?Patrick's offer could answer Lou's prayers–financial security for life. But will their attempts to avoid love...

She was here to stay–whether he liked it or not!Darcy discovered that the remote outback ranch she'd inherited came complete with a hostile partner–Cooper Anderson. It seemed he'd go to any lengths to get back his family home–even suffer Darcy's cooking. But Darcy jumped at Cooper's challenge to be his housekeeper for a month…. She'd prove that she and Bindaburra belonged together–even if that meant pretending she and Cooper were ideal partners, too!"Jessica Hart has a great gift for...

It could happen to you!A CHRISTMAS WISH…For Sophie Beckwith, Christmas this year means having to face the ex who dumped her and then married her sister! Only one person can help–her best friend Bram.A YULETIDE PROPOSAL…Bram used to be engaged to Sophie's sister. Now, determined to show «the lovebirds» that they've moved on, he's come up with a plan: he's proposed–to Sophie!A MISTLETOE MARRIAGE!It's crazy, but it would be only pretend…wouldn't it? Now their wedding day is here and Sophie's...

Meredith West Likes: coffee shops, nice shoes, London Dislikes: spiders, the Outback, Hal Granger! Hal Granger Dislikes: cool, unflappable, distracting city girls Likes: one city girl in particular… Meredith's been forced to take a job on a remote cattle station, with a boss she can't stand! It should be easy to keep things professional– except their office is under the blistering Outback sun, and Hal's work attire is a bare chest and thigh-hugging jeans! Although they're worlds apart, it's...

Juliet Laing couldn't bring up twin toddlers and run her beloved cattle station single-handed. She needed a manager–and quickly.Cue Cal Jamieson. With arrogant self-assurance, the irritating Australian claimed the post as his, and promptly moved into the homestead! Now he seemed intent on proving that the Outback was no place for an Englishwoman, captivating her two baby boys–and driving her to distraction!Juliet resolved to teach Cal just exactly who was boss. Until she discovered his true...

Don’t miss the fantastic trilogy from this award-winning author!Fiancé Wanted Fast! Phoebe is stuck: she has to go to her ex-fiancé’s wedding and put on a brave face. So her best friends devise a plan to help her out: she can hire their gorgeous new flatmate Gib to pose as her doting new fiancé! It sounds perfect – except Gib’s not all he seems…The Blind-Date Proposal Kate Savage has landed herself with the boss from hell – he may be gorgeous, in a brooding sort of way, but he’s on her case...

Fresh, flirty and stylish – sexy stories for the modern woman who loves to live life to the full!Faking it – as a princess!Unceremoniously dumped by her posh fiancé, Caro Cartwright’s decided that when it comes to life (and men) – ordinary is good. Until an old friend begs her to stage a gossip-worthy royal diversion! Reluctantly, Caro packs her shamefully non-designer bags and prepares to masquerade as a European prince’s latest squeeze…Used to pampered princesses, Philippe doubts Caro’s...

Will her boss switch corporate contracts for champagne and confetti?Top tycoon Tom Maddison is used to calling the shots – until his convenient marriage falls through. But rather than waste his honeymoon he’ll take his boardroom to the beach and bring his oh-so-sensible PA Imogen on a tropical business trip!Imogen’s always secretly admired Tom but knows he sees her as super-efficient…not sexy! Yet on idyllic Coconut Island the turquoise water, white sand and inviting lagoons are weaving their...

When a Plain Jane… Efficient, witty and prim Miranda Fairchild has always blended into the background – her two beautiful sisters have seen to that! But that hasn’t stopped Miranda secretly dreaming of finding her fairy-tale prince… …is hired by a charming playboy…Dangerously charismatic, celebrity Rafe Knighton does not fit the bill. So when Miranda is hired as his assistant, she’s shocked to learn that Rafe has hidden depths. …can there be a Happily Ever After?And there’s more to Miranda than...

JUGGLING BRIEFCASE & BABYSpending a weekend working with Romy, the only woman ever to reach behind his flawless façade, has Lex nervous. And Romy is coming with her baby! But despite everything, Lex may just be tempted to strike up a very personal business deal…ADOPTED: FAMILY IN A MILLIONZack Morgan needs to know his little boy is OK, so he tracks down the adoptive parents. But when he finds his son and single mum Susan, his life turns upside down. He’s finally found the family of his dreams –...

Ordinary Girl in a TiaraWhen Caro Cartwright posed as a crown prince’s girlfriend, she never expected to fall for him! Philippe is impossibly handsome, but however hot their chemistry Caro has got to remember that ordinary girls don’t become princesses. Do they?Kiss the BridesmaidTycoon Ethan Ballard needed to be married to buy a new house – so when he met cynical bridesmaid Samantha, he knew he’d found the perfect temporary wife. Except once he had the keys he couldn’t help picturing Samantha...

OH-SO-SENSIBLE SECRETARY Jessica Hart Here – at last! – was my new boss, lounging in the doorway and smiling an irresistibly lop-sided smile. You know how it feels when a million butterflies are fluttering inside you? Well, that’s what it felt like the first time I, Summer Curtis, laid eyes on Phin Gibson…HOUSEKEEPER’S HAPPY-EVER-AFTER Fiona Harper Ellie Bond’s heart has ached ever since she lost her beloved husband and little girl. Now her head is telling her it’s time to get her life back on...

Oh-So-Sensible Secretary You know when you meet a guy and get butterflies in your stomach? Well, that’s what it felt like the first time efficient Summer Curtis laid eyes on her disorganised movie-star-gorgeous boss Phin Gibson. And somehow he’s making her want to let down her perfectly pinned-up hair!The Santorini Marriage BargainWhen Rhianne Pickering agrees to work for Zarek Diakos, she knows no man has ever made her heart quicken and her body quiver like this! Zarek thinks Rhianne makes the...

Single city girl… Cake-baker Tilly is taking part in a charity job-swap, and when she’s paired with maverick ex-military chief executive Campbell Sanderson, they get off to a rather sticky start… Rugged billionaire tycoon… Campbell is all hard angles to Tilly’s cosy curves – it’s the winning that counts for him, and it’s clear Tilly will need her hand held every step of the way… Whirlwind wedding wish!Despite himself, something about Tilly always coaxes a smile. But he refuses to be tempted, no...

THE MAGIC OF A FAMILY CHRISTMASWith her little foster son Harry to care for, Christmas suddenly sparkles again for secretary Wendy Winston. The only fly in the ointment is her Scrooge boss, Cullen Barrington. So Wendy sets about showing Harry and Cullen just how magical a family Christmas can be. His Mistletoe Bride When police officer Brody Taggert and Lila Grainger were snowed-in together, beautiful Lila began to break down the armour around Brody’s heart. But what will happen when they leave...

For Better? Corporate wife Mallory McIver has promised her new husband a businesslike marriage, with no messy emotions involved. For Worse? Then Torr announces that he’s moving to the Highlands of Scotland to restore the derelict castle he’s inherited. And he expects Mallory to accompany him…For Ever! As Torr swaps his suits for jeans, Mallory is bewildered. She married a sophisticated city type, but in the country he’s rugged, capable, and altogether gorgeous… Soon Mallory realises that she’s...

My Greek Island FlingLexi Sloane is writing a celebrity memoir on a Greek Island, or at least she’s trying to. Mark Belmont grew up in the spotlight and learnt to guard his secrets. Will the rising temperature between the two allow Mark to get Lexi to stop hiding behind others’ lives?Back in the Lion’s DenConan Ryder demands his little niece come to the South of France to visit his sick mother. But Sienna refuses to let her child go to her in-laws home alone. Blaming Sienna for the brother’s...

What do women really want?Journalist Allegra Fielding has a problem. She’s pitched a story to her boss – how to transform a not-so-perfect man into Prince Charming – and now she has to deliver! But where is she going to find a man willing to take part in a makeover? Time to blackmail her flatmate, Max…But Allegra’s cunning plan backfires spectacularly when Max refuses to be ‘perfected’! He’s a guy who knows what he likes, and he’s going to enjoy proving to Allegra that there’s nothing hotter...

Mr (Not Quite) PerfectJournalist Allegra Fielding needs to turn a normal man into Prince Charming for a story and she knows just the guy, her flatmate, Max. But Max refuses to be perfected and show Allegra that there’s nothing hotter than a man who’s a little rough around the edges…The Plus-One ArrangementEmma Burney might not have a man, but she has a very practical solution for that: the plus-one agreement. A guaranteed date for any occasion. The problem? Her date agreement is with gorgeous...

Has the lion of corporate London met his match?Waiting in his luxurious private jet, Lex Gibson is… nervous. The prospect of spending a weekend working with Romy, the only woman ever to reach behind his flawless façade, has the notoriously calm Lex well and truly rattled. Worse still, Romy comes with her baby, Freya, whose presence makes Lex want to hide behind the nearest desk!Opposites they may be, but Lex’s attraction to Romy has grown stronger – and as babies go Freya is rather adorable. Lex...

A scandal outside the palace walls!Christina Rose secretly longs for a fairytale wedding, but her betrothal to Prince Antonio of Halencia was a ruse to prevent a royal scandal but dare she hope their convenient match could be something more.*Princess Shoshauna has followed royal convention all her life. When she meets soldier Jake, can she dare to dream of marrying for love?*Frustrated with the merry-go-round of political dinners and enforced good behaviour, Princess Lotty’s determined to try a...

They risked their lives for their country… Now their hearts are on the line! In a competition for charity, curvy cake-baker Tilly is paired with ex-military chief executive Campbell Sanderson and they get off to rather a sticky start… For the rugged tycoon it’s the winning that counts, but bright, bubbly Tilly coaxes a show-stopping kiss!Tanrami Island is the last place midwife Holly expected to see old flame Sergeant Richard Hollingsworth again. Two years ago, the army medic had ended their...

Single mum Nell is struggling to meet new men, but her friends have lined up a blind date with the man Nell should have married all those years ago.Now he’s got one day to persuade her to be his! February is the traditional month of love, when Cupid gets busy.So here is a timely short Valentine’s treat. Curl up on the sofa, make a mug of something soothing, maybe have just a little chocolate nearby and take a break with one of our favourite writers, Jessica Hart!

Sizzling holiday fling. . . or the real thing? Serena’s Greek island holiday job suddenly improves when roguish pilot Pete arrives! He revels in the thrill of the chase, but never settles down. So one heady month later, what’s keeping Serena in his arms?In a week Alice is dumped and fired – if she hadn’t just won the lottery, she’d feel like the unluckiest woman alive! Then she bumps into gorgeous old flame Will Paxman on a tropical escape and it seems Alice’s luck is about to change…Cleo’s...