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Catherine Marks is a paid companion to the Hathaway sisters, but their older brother Leo is thoroughly exasperating. When one quarrel ends in a sudden kiss, Cat is shocked at her powerful response.

After getting dumped, and contractually obliged to work over Christmas, Juliette Connolly is not in the holiday spirit. But then her mysterious employer turns out he's the Scottish laird of the haunted house they're filming in.

The second sister from a somewhat scandalous aristocratic family, the purveyors of one of London's most fashionable shops, finds passion and a love as sumptuous as the gorgeous gowns she creates.

The last shreds of Cassandra Pomfret's reputation are about to disintegrate, taking her sister's future and her family's good name along with them. The Duke of Ashmont knows that damaging a lady's good name isn't sporting. The only way to right the wrong is to marry her, and hope she doesn't smother him in his sleep on their wedding night.

Sooner or later, Duke Robert Rothmere's enemies will try to seize his wealth. If Robert is to foil their schemes, he needs to marry a perfectly proper, blessedly boring, deadly dull duchess, immediately. Lady Constance Wentworth has cultivated a reputation for utter forgettability, and she longs to be his demure duchess, but little does he know that to marry her would be utter madness.

Damon Prescott had it all. Star quarterback. Money. Fame. Now? He's being accused of taking performance-enhancing drugs and banned from the sport and team he loves. Determined to prove he's innocent, he hires tough-as-nails private investigator Evie Wolfe. She's able to bring a man to his knees with a glare, yet sensual in ways that take him off guard, and she's everything Damon didn't know he needed.

Austin Prescott is a lot of things. Ex football player. Sports agent. And as of this morning? Father. Finding a baby on his doorstep should have been a joke, but the pink sticky note and baby carrier she came in is deadly serious. What's an out-of-his-depth bachelor to do? Call his tempting and beyond gorgeous executive assistant and beg her to move in.

Eli Bennett: quarterback at our biggest rival high school and my brother's worst enemy. So why can't I stop thinking about him? The more I get to know him, the more I realize he's actually kind of, sweet. He's dealing with a lot, but he also puts on a major front so no one can tell. I want to be there for him. I want to be with him. But because everyone in my life hates Eli, we have to keep our relationship a secret.

Jake Callahan. Prince of the popular crowd. Quarterback. All the boys want to be his friend. He's the most popular boy in the senior class. And he hates me. Or so I thought. What I mistook for hatred turns out to be interest. Together, we make no sense. The odds are against us. His friends definitely don't approve. I'm not a part of their crowd. I don't fit in, or so they say. But that doesn't stop him from falling for me. And it won't stop me from fighting for him.

We are that toxic high school couple you hear about, the one you witness in the hallway as they avoid each other. Finally it's our senior year and we're months away from never having to see each other again when disaster strikes, and brings us closer together.