A black sheep heiress becomes the belle of the ball in this romance novel of high stakes business and high-flying passion. When business mogul Lawrence Durant dies, his protégé Richard Seymour is in the perfect position to take control of his financial empire. But to do it, he must marry one of Lawrence’s five daughters . . . Made to feel the ugly duckling by her glamorous family, Leigh Durant is stunned when Richard chooses her. Can he possibly give her the sense of belonging and love she’s always craved? His proposition is very tempting. And they do share an intense physical attraction. But is she truly the bride he wants . . . or just the easiest path to power?

When a man is blackmailed into marrying a woman he does not know, he is surprised to find himself captured by her beauty, and he's determined to convince her of his love. Original.

The Arranged Marriage Alex King is the eldest grandson of a prestigious family. It's his duty to expand the King empire– but he must also choose a bride and father a son! Gina Terlizzi already has a baby son and she's not looking for a husband. No matter how breathless the chemistry between them is, Gina is simply a guest in Alex's home to attend a weddingor is she the intended bride? Bride Of His Choice Five sistersand Richard Seymour has to marry one to gain control of the Durant financial empire. Made to feel the ugly duckling by her glamorous family and totally rejected by her father, Leigh Durant is stunned when Richard makes his choice – to marry her! Can he possibly give her the sense of belonging and love she's always craved? His proposition is very tempting, and they do share an intense physical attraction. But is she truly the bride he wants...or just the easiest path to power?

MARRY A STRANGER? Juliana Aldrich wouldn't think of it! But that's exactly what her benefactor's will was asking her to do. Worse, her would-be groom, Caleb Duncan, actually wanted to go through with it! Think of the money, he insisted. All Juliana could think about was sharing the marriage bed with this dangerously sexy man! Caleb couldn't have made a better proposal himself. Marry for one year, and he'd walk away with his bachelorhood intact. But he soon realized his pretty bride was sure to foul up his plans, because Juliana had him wishing that her hotheaded refusals would turn to passion on the wedding night….

New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood weaves a bold, breathless tale of a rebellious woman, a fierce chieftain, and the searing love that sealed their destiny. By edict of the King, Scottish laird Alec Kincaid must take an English bride. His choice was Jamie, a fiesty, violet-eyed beauty--who vowed never to surrender to the highlander.

From 1505 to 1689, Russia's tsars chose their wives through an elaborate ritual: the bride-show. The realm's most beautiful young maidens—provided they hailed from the aristocracy—gathered in Moscow, where the tsar's trusted boyars reviewed their medical histories, evaluated their spiritual qualities, noted their physical appearances, and confirmed their virtue. Those who passed muster were presented to the tsar, who inspected the candidates one by one—usually without speaking to any of them—and chose one to be immediately escorted to the Kremlin to prepare for her wedding and new life as the tsar's consort. Alongside accounts of sordid boyar plots against brides, the multiple marriages of Ivan the Terrible, and the fascinating spectacle of the bride-show ritual, A Bride for the Tsar offers an analysis of the show's role in the complex politics of royal marriage in early modern Russia. Russell E. Martin argues that the nature of the rituals surrounding the selection of a bride for the tsar tells us much about the extent of his power, revealing it to be limited and collaborative, not autocratic. Extracting the bride-show from relative obscurity, Martin persuasively establishes it as an essential element of the tsarist political system.