AustLit

'I’m an actress. I can play the part of a loving wife perfectly.

'Merida works at a gallery by day as she awaits her big break on Broadway. She is called in one day to show their newest exhibit to Ethan Devereux, youngest son of New York real estate royalty. Seeing his raven hair and piercing eyes, Merida struggles to keep her well-trained composure… When a night of passion with Ethan results in pregnancy, Merida finds herself married to this cold and stoic man, faced with the biggest role in her career yet—the part of a loving wife. With the entire world as her stage, can she succeed in keeping her act and her heart apart?' (Publication summary)

'Evelyn, a virtual secretary, liked her job. She liked that she could interact with her bosses online without ever having to meet them face-to-face - except for the one boss she had already met in person… She met Leo Zamos three years earlier. It was lust at first sight, but after a passionate kiss, she ran away from him. Leo didn’t know his virtual secretary was the same woman he’d kissed. And, not knowing that she was, he demanded that Evelyn look for a woman to stay the night with him!' (Publication summary)