Claire runs into her ex-husband at a party, along with his new, pregnant wife. Overcome by sadness at the fact that they’re living the life she could never have, she barely manages to hide her feelings and act normal. Max, a man she’s just met at the party, sees her struggles and decides to help her. Confused at first, Claire appreciates his friendly help. However, Max has a hidden secret. There’s a very dark reason for why he approached Claire…

The Italian's one–night heir! Vulnerable Megan Whittaker has orders to find out if tycoon Dario De Rossi plans to acquire her father's business. Reluctantly agreeing, she doesn't expect to be so distracted by their searing chemistry that she ends up in his bed! Dario does have takeover ambitions – but when Megan is violently punished for her night with the enemy he feels honour–bound to protect her. They escape to Italy, but this commanding businessman soon discovers a deeper problem. Not only is Megan suffering from amnesia, meaning she believes they're engaged and passionately in love...she's also carrying his baby!

An Italian widower is shocked to learn he has a surrogate—and that he loves her—in this contemporary romance by a UAS Today–bestselling author. She’s never been touched . . . But she’s carrying his heir! Seven months pregnant, innocent surrogate Rosalie realizes she can’t bear to give away the child she’s carrying for a childless Italian couple. She flies to Venice to beg forgiveness, only to discover brooding Alex Falconeri is a widower . . . and he has no idea she is expecting his baby! Alex can’t throw away this chance to know his surprise heir. But Rosalie is torturously sweet temptation . . . After his cold, loveless marriage, Alex has sworn he will not marry again. But he’s starting to think he’ll do anything to make Rosalie his!

The proposal he never expected to make... Life as a single man suits Orlando Cassano just fine. He believes in working hard and taking his pleasures whenever he chooses. Until his affair with sassy CEO Isobel Spicer ends in a very unexpected result! Orlando may not have had a father figure growing up but he will be a parent to his child. Yet getting independent career woman Isobel down the aisle will take more than his legendary skills of seduction. For she demands the one thing he's never given anyone: that he confront his past if they are to have a future...

She’s young, innocent—and his enemy… but she might be the answer to his problems. Austin Carson has zero desire to find a bride or have babies. He’s too busy working the cattle ranch he hopes to inherit one day to settle down and procreate. Besides, his track record with women isn’t the best… But when his surly neighbor’s alluring and way too young granddaughter, Paige Nelson, arrives for a visit, Austin’s life takes a sexy turn for the forbidden he can’t refuse. And once he’s tasted the skittish beauty’s innocence…one nibble will never be enough. But there’s a hitch. The Carsons and the Nelsons have been feuding for a century and a half. If Austin wants Paige for more than a night, he’ll have to bury the hatchet and face his fears so he can prove he’s the cowboy of her dreams.

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Men, Masculinities, and Popular Romance seeks to open a lively and accessible discussion between critical studies of men and masculinities and popular romance studies, especially its continued interest in what Janice Radway has called "the purity of his maleness." Popular romance novels, perhaps more than any other genre, explore sexuality and gender, creating an ideal space in which to consider and explore theoretical models that think seriously about gender. The romance novel has long been criticized and celebrated by feminist critics. How can these novels maintain, according to some, feminist ideals, while also upholding what Raewyn Connell has long theorized as "hegemonic masculinity"? This volume is an original and important contribution examining the previously underexamined nexus of masculinity and popular romance studies. It will be of key interest to undergraduates and postgraduates in Masculinities, Gender and Women’s Studies, and Literary Studies, and highly relevant to courses in Masculinity Studies, Pop Culture Studies, Queer Studies and Sexuality Studies.