Women have a tendency to fall in love with Kane. And when he saves her life, Lena is expected to do the same. But Lena is in no hurry to fall into anyone's arms—at least not now.But she can't forget Kane's gentle strength, and his handsome smile sends her pulse racing. Still, Lena has competition; more than one beautiful woman has set her sights on Kane. Can she capture his heart—or will she wind up second place?

In the ancient Greek legend, Hades, lord of the underworld, had carried off the beautiful Persephone to live in his dark kingdom for four months of every year. And now Julie Veltrovers found herself a present-day Persephone, meeting a fate that had been awaiting her for ten years -- ever since Doneus Lucien had been wronged by Julie's family and had vowed that one day, when Julie was old enough, he would bear her off to Greece as his wife, to live there for seven months of the year. That day had come, and rather than ruin her family's happiness, Julie was forced to submit to his plans. But she had never foreseen that she would fall in love with this strange husband of hers -- a man that had only used her as an instrument of revenge . . .

When Andrew MacNeill married Gail he had made it clear that he did not want a wife but a mother for his children; he had not had the best of wives, and his experience of marriage had made him reluctant to trust, let alone love, any woman again.Gail had resigned herself to the fact that marriage was not for her; a terrible car crash had left her badly scarred, unable to have children, and convinced that no man would ever want her. But she dearly loved children, and had told herself that she had accepted Andrew's proposal because it would at least give her the chance of children--any children--to mother.But was either of them being completely honest about their motives?