Pippa really didn't want to visit Portugal to see her mother, even when requested to do so by the austerely disapproving Carlos de Alvarez. Abandoned precipitately by Inez thirteen years ago, Pippa felt under no obligation to comply! So it was doubly unfortunate that Carlos was the only person besides her father who knew about Pippa's past. As Carlos had only half the facts, Pippa was sure she could hold her own against him, but the way he chose to use his knowledge was definitely a surprise...
She had lost her fiance to another woman and she had lost job, so Helena was glad to have the chance of a temporary position. Unfortunately, delivering two children to their grandfather in Greece turned out to be a more complicated operation than she had forseen! For Marcos Mavroleon seemed to feel the need to protect his grandfather, and his attitude to Helena ran the gamut of emotions from obstruction to attraction. All of which left Helena to fall in love with him — until she came up against old-world Greek tradition...
HOW COULD SHE LIVE WITH A MAN SHE HAD JUST MET! "Claddagh Hall is left jointly to you and young Fergus, on the condition that you both live here." The words of Noelle's late father's will surprised her. She didn't expect an inheritance, nor did she have any need for it, especially from an Irish lord she had barely known. And it was abundantly clear that Fergus Carrick, the co-heir, would not welcome sharing something he felt was rightfully his alone. After all, in the few days that had preceded the reading of the will, Fergus had seemed greatly disturbed by her presence.