With eyes as dark as night and a gaze that laid all secretsbare, Nick Valkov was the kind of man any smart womanwould avoid. But dire circumstances forced levelheadedCaroline Fortune to proposition this compellingstranger…with marriage. Her family's fate rested inNick's capable hands—and brilliant mind. Yet her properupbringing hadn't prepared this reluctant bride for herhusband's soul-stirring embrace. And neither expectedthat their practical union would lead themto dark hours of danger…and the ultimatesurrender.

Instant fatherhood! Wildly good-looking Noah Barrett is a dream of a hired husband. Affectionate, caring, he should easily convince Sally Johnson's visiting family that he's a doting father for Sally's soon-to-be-born baby! Their "pretend marriage" is supposed to be a temporary arrangement. Only, there's nothing pretend about Noah's very physical response to Sally! And she can't help wishing this was The Real Thing. But how will she react when it turns out that nothing about Noah is as she believes?

HIRED HELP? With her father’s business empire crumbling around her, Miss Rachel Branford will try anything to save her family’s name. Even if it means offering handsome financial consultant Mitch Kincade a room in her house—and four times his usual fee! OR HIRED HUSBAND? Abandoned at an orphanage, Mitch has struggled to gain wealth and power. But all that changes when he finds himself tempted by Rachel’s money…then Rachel herself. Especially when drawn into a contract of marriage…

Sally wants nothing more than to have a baby, but her upper-class grandparents will not accept an illegitimate child. So Sally decides to have someone pretend to be her husband while her grandparents come to visit, and that someone ends up being the unsuspecting Noah Barrett. Due to a prolonged visit, their charade must last longer than expected. Will Noah and Sally be able to fool her grandparents in such close quarters?

A powerful novel about the indelible effects of war and the memories which stir beneath the silence of a quiet Croatian town, from Orange Prize-shortlisted and Commonwealth Writers' Prize-winning author Aminatta Forna 'Supremely masterful' INDEPENDENT 'The Hired Man seals her reputation as arguably the best writer of fiction in this field' EVENING STANDARD 'Terrific skill and insight' DAILY MAIL Gost is surrounded by mountains and fields of wild flowers. The summer sun burns. The Croatian winter brings freezing winds. Beyond the boundaries of the town an old house which has lain empty for years is showing signs of life. One of the windows, glass darkened with dirt, today stands open, and the lively chatter of English voices carries across the fallow fields. Laura and her teenage children have arrived. A short distance away lies the hut of Duro Kolak, who lives alone with his two hunting dogs. As he helps Laura with repairs to the old house, they uncover a mosaic beneath the ruined plaster and, in the rising heat of summer, painstakingly restore it. But Gost is not all it seems; conflicts long past still suppurate beneath the scars.

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