Penny Jordan Bücher

KÜSSE UNTER ROSENRANKEN von JORDAN, PENNY Eigentlich sucht Geraldine nur einen Untermieter für ihr romantisches englisches Cottage. Doch als Mitchell bei ihr einzieht, erwachen zarte Gefühle in ihr. Seine Küsse im Rosengarten erwidert sie leidenschaftlich - und ist entsetzt, als er ihr bittere Vorwürfe macht ... ZWEI IM ROSENGARTEN von ANDERSON, CAROLINE Wild wuchernde Rosen, alte Bäume und ein romantischer Pavillon: Gern sagt Georgia zu, Matthew Frasers historischen Garten wiederherzustellen, zumal der charmante Besitzer des Landguts ihr Herz schneller schlagen lässt. Aber Matthew ist nicht aufs Heiraten aus - sagt er ... BLÜH, BLUME DER LIEBE! von HENAGHAN, ROSALIE Seit Amy einen riesigen Garten auf der Südinsel Neuseelands geerbt hat, züchtet sie seltene Pflanzen. Ihr Nachbar, der sympathische Biologe Wes, hilft ihr mit Rat und Tat - bleibt aber merkwürdig distanziert. Merkt er denn nicht, wie sich Amy nach seiner Liebe sehnt?

Nur zu gern möchte die zurückhaltende Taylor glauben, dass mit dem Unternehmer Brampton Soames endlich der Mann in ihr Leben getreten ist, der ihr den Glauben an die Liebe zurückgeben kann. Doch zu viele Schatten fallen auf ihr Glück: Bramptons missgünstiger Sohn Jay will Taylors Beziehung zu seinem Vater zerstören. Er ahnt, dass die junge Fate ihre verleugnete Tochter sein könnte. Auch der rachsüchtige Psychopath Dennis Phillips belauert Taylor. Als er durch Jays Intrigen glaubt, Fate sei seine Tochter, wird sie zum Ziel seiner grausamen Pläne...

Eine fesselnde Familiengeschichte im England der Neunzigerjahre London 1991. Jahrzehntelang konnte die Seidendynastie Denby Silk einen Erfolg nach dem anderen in der Firmengeschichte vorweisen. Nun zieht sich die Inhaberin Amber mit ihrem zweiten Mann Jay ins Privatleben zurück, um sich ganz der Familie zu widmen – einer Familie voller Geheimnisse: Der attraktive Robert wird von seiner Vergangenheit eingeholt. Die naive Kate lernt die dunklen Seiten der Liebe kennen. Und Cassandra hat noch eine Rechnung offen. Liebe, Missgunst und heimliche Leidenschaft: Ambers 80. Geburtstag wird für einige Familienmitglieder zum Wendepunkt ihres Lebens.

Claire, Poppy und Star schwören nach dem Wurf des Brautstraußes, niemals zu heiraten. Claire ist verwitwet und zufrieden mit ihrem Leben, Poppy will aus Trotz nicht heiraten, und Star hat klare Regeln. Doch die charmanten Männer Brad, James und Kyle bringen ihre Überzeugungen ins Wanken.

Gefährliche Liebschaften, Intrigen und Glamour in einer stürmischen Zeit Cheshire, Anfang der Zwanzigerjahre: Die junge Amber ist Erbin der berühmten Seidendynastie der Pickfords. Ihre Großmutter Blanche verlangt von Amber, dass sie standesgemäß heiratet. Aber die freiheitsliebende Amber hat nur einen Wunsch: in London Kunst zu studieren und selbst Dessins für die Seidenproduktion zu entwerfen. Doch die junge Frau muss dem Willen der Großmutter folgen und tritt als Debütantin in die Londoner Gesellschaft ein. Dort begegnet sie einer Welt der verbotenen Affären und des Glücksspiels, der Drogen und der Korruption … Eine große Familiensaga aus den goldenen Zwanzigern vom dekadenten London der Aristokratie über die Modeszene in Paris zu den Opiumhöhlen des fernen Ostens.

FLUCHT IN DIE ARME DES MAHARADSCHAS von JORDAN, PENNY Als Prinzessin Sophia zu einer arrangierten Ehe gedrängt wird, flieht sie aus dem Palast von Santina - direkt in die Arme des Maharadschas Ash Achari. Auch wenn sich ihr Stolz dagegen auflehnt, ausgerechnet den Mann um Hilfe zu bitten, der einst ihre Liebe zurückwies ... CINDERELLA UND DER WÜSTENPRINZ von KENDRICK, SHARON Mit seinem hungrigen Blick berührt Scheich Hassan etwas tief in Ellas Innerem. Sie fühlt sich wie im Märchen, als er sie mit einem sinnlichen Kuss zur leidenschaftlichsten Nacht ihres Lebens verführt. Doch ein Happy End mit dem Wüstenprinzen scheint aussichtslos ... SKANDAL UM PRINZESSIN NATALIA von HEWITT, KATE Für mondäne Partygirls wie Prinzessin Natalia hat der Selfmade-Millionär Ben Jackson wenig übrig. Daraus macht er keinen Hehl, als er ihr auf einem glamourösen Ball begegnet. Doch in ihrem silbernen Paillettenkleid ist sie so umwerfend sexy, dass unerwartet seine Lust erwacht ...

Geld, Macht und Liebe - bk1454; Ullstein Verlag; Penny Jordan; pocket_book; 1997

In den Fünfzigerjahren in London müssen vier junge Erbinnen einer Seidendynastie, Emerald, Rose, Jenny und Ella, die Herausforderungen ihres glamourösen Lebens meistern. Trotz Luxus und Vergnügen stellen sie fest, dass Intrigen aus der Vergangenheit schwerwiegende Folgen haben können.

DIE BRAUT DES WÜSTENPRINZEN "5000 Pfund und meine Unschuld!" Ein höchst unmoralisches Angebot macht Xenia dem attraktiven Surflehrer Blaize. Als entehrte Frau wird Scheich Rashid sie nicht heiraten wollen. Und ihr Wunsch ist Blaize Befehl. Zu spät erfährt Xenia geschockt, wer ihr Liebhaber ist … NACHT DER VERSUCHUNG Scheich Xavier Al Agier ist Mariellas erklärter Feind - bis sie mit ihm in einen Sandsturm gerät. In seine Arme geschmiegt, ist sie sicher. Und als sie Xaviers brennende Lippen spürt, erwidert sie seinen Kuss voller Leidenschaft. Betrogen von ihrem eigenen Verlangen … DAS GEHEIMNIS DES SCHEICHS Entführt und in der Wüste festgehalten: Die junge Wissenschaftlerin Katrina müsste vor Angst sterben! Doch stattdessen prickelt es zwischen ihr und ihrem Kidnapper, dem geheimnisvollen Xander, so heftig, dass ein erotisches Märchen aus 1001 Nacht beginnt ...

Die Hochzeit der gemeinsamen Tochter Cathy ist für Sam der perfekte Anlass, seine Exfrau Abbie zurückzuerobern.Alles in Abbie sträubt sich dagegen, ihren Exmann Sam zu sehen, anzuhören oder sogar in ihr Leben zu lassen! Nie wird sie ihm verzeihen, dass er damals bezweifelte, Cathys leiblicher Vater zu sein. Doch die Hochzeit ihrer gemeinsamen Tochter macht ein Treffen unausweichlich und weckt in Abbie längst vergessen geglaubte Gefühle ...

Wanting His Child by Penny JordanThe Boss and the Baby by Leigh MichaelsOne Mum Too Many by Vicki Lewis Thompson

Her husband... her lover? Annie can't believe Dominic Carlyle's claim. How can he be her husband? Why would she have walked out on him and forgotten all about their marriage? To jog Annie's memory, Dominic insists they move in together. Annie is compelled to say yes -- haunted by the memory of a dream in which a man makes love to her... a man who looks just like Dominic.

Ward Hunter had reason to despise Anna Trewayne, and an accident placed her at his mercy. Her memory lost, she mistakenly believed Ward to be a friend and lover. He'd come to reclaim the money he though she'd inveigled from his brother, but had been drawn by Anna's tantalising sensuality into her home, her arms her bed. How would she react when she did eventually regain her memory and realised the deception that had been played on her?

After a bad experience with one rough male, Beth is determined to play men at their own game. She's particularly disconcerted when Alex Andrews claims to be falling in love with her. She knows she should resist him...but can she?

The Crighton family has been the cause of scandal and heartache for Bobbie Miller—and she wants revenge. All she has to do is seduce the sinfully attractive Luke Crighton and the family secrets will be hers to expose. But the perfect seduction backfires when Bobbie becomes ensnared in her own dangerous trap. Follow the turbulent lives of the Crighton family in this dramatic sequel to A Perfect Family

'You'd find life much less fraught if you learned to trust people a little, Charlotte. You're always so ready to believe the worst of others ...' But Charlotte Spencer was scared to let herself follow her instincts where Oliver Tennant was concerned. How could she respond to him as an attractive man when he was also a business rival who might be playing a deeper game? In any case, what had a country bumpkin like herself to offer a sophisticated man about town? Better by far to put all thoughts of love aside ...

Autumn's marriage to Yorke Laing had been a mistake from the start; she had been blinded by passion, he had more or less been forced into marrying her for appearances' sake - so it was inevitable that the marriage should end, bitterly, almost as soon as it had begun. Now, after two years' separation, Autumn just wanted to get a divorce and tie up all the loose ends - and it seemed she had her opportunity when unexpectedly Yorke turned up again. But Yorke had other ideas; he would give her a divorce, he agreed - but at his price...

There never would be another man for KateLondon schoolteacher Kate Seton, returning on vacation with her daughter, Cherry, to her parents' Yorkshire farm, was shocked to see Silas Edwards again. Now he was a biologist running a government project on a nearby estate.It was Silas who was responsible for Kate's rift with her family. But Kate could not tell him the truth, nor why she had left him suddenly 11 years before.

When Livvy turned up at her cousin Gale's holiday home in the Dordogne, she was looking forward to a well-earned holiday away from it all. What she didn't expect was to have to share the farmhouse with a total stranger! And Richard Field was certainly not an ideal companion. In fact he was a woman-hater who made it quite clear that he had no time at all for Livvy. So what was it so hard to treat him with the disdain he so rightly deserved?

The stranger came with the best possible recommendation - and Kate Oakley desperately needed a nanny, otherwise she would never have dreamed of employing a man to look after a nine-month-old baby. But Rick Evans represented her one chance to make a stable home life for her best friend's orphaned baby, because she couldn't possibly earn a living and stay at home with little Michael. She wasn't going to give anyone the chance to say she couldn't give the child a good home ... So Kate allowed Rick to move into her house, then realised too late exactly what she had done.

Petra is betrothed--to rich, eligible Sheikh Rashid. But she plans to ruin her reputation so Rashid won't want her. Blaize, a fellow guest at her hotel, agrees to be Petra's pretend lover--though soon he's taken her virginity!Then Petra makes a shocking discovery. Blaize is actually none other than the man she's supposed to be marrying--Sheikh Rashid!

Englishwoman Felicia Gordon should be floating on air. After all, she's engaged to a man who is kind, charming, considerate.... But he doesn't inspire the least amount of passion in her blood. It isn't until Felicia flies to Kuwait to meet her fiancé's family that she finds the electricity she's been missing—in her fiancé's uncle, Sheikh Raschid al Hamid al Sabah! Raschid is hardly the "uncle" she imagined—tall, powerful, unnervingly masculine and shockingly arrogant. But beneath Raschid's contempt lies a passion that burns hotter than the desert sun, a fire Felicia never knew she craved...until now.

The Crightons have position, power and elegance...and a past scandal to haunt them.The dark, brooding Guy Cooke just had to be the ideal man. Chrissie was entranced and, the wonder of it was, Guy appeared to be equally mesmerized by her! It seemed the perfect match but was it all too good to last? Chrissie had a family secret that Guy could surely never forgive.... Follow the turbulent lives of the Crighton family in this dramatic sequel to A Perfect Family, The Perfect Seduction and Perfect Marriage Material Presents Extravaganza 25 YEARS!

The first story concerns wealthy Conti di Vincenti, who proposes marriage to his baby's English nanny in order to get custody. In the second novella Alanna Richards leaves rich Greek Leon Andreakos without telling him anything about his son.

Alexander Konstantinakos has discovered that one passionate night in England had its consequences: two, to be precise. Out of the blue he's turned up on Ruby Wareham's doorstep—to take his twin sons back to Greece! Ruby's shocked that she's still so attracted to dark, sexy and powerful Alexander. She's afraid she might lose her beautiful boys, whom she's struggled to bring up on her own, but maybe there's a solution.... Can she wed Sander—a virtual stranger—and live as his wife, and in his bed?

In a moment of weakness, Samantha Miller had confessed to the man she'd loved for years her deep-felt secret -- she yearned to become a wife and mother. Having carefully kept Samantha at arm's length, Liam is surprised at his response. He'd always thought her impetuous nature made them an unlikely match. But suddenly Liam finds himself wanting to succumb to her tantalizing sensuality, and wanting to become the father of her babies . . .

Annie has only her baby. But the most precious part of her life is now at risk Falcon Leopardi has come to claim his late half brother's child--and no one refuses the dark-hearted tycoon But back in Sicily, family duty wars with justice. Annie and her baby are caught in the midst of a dynastic battle. The magnificent Falcon will protect Annie with the kind of searing passion only the most powerful of Sicilians can bestow.... The women of the sultry island will mourn: Falcon Leopardi is taking a wife

True love needs no approval Lucas had always urged Lindsay to take charge of her own life, even though it meant defying her father's wishes. All that changed, however, the day Lucas was left in charge of Lindsay's inheritance--and her fate. Quite suddenly Lucas withdrew his support and directed Lindsay to marry according to her father's will. He made it painfully clear that Lindsay could no longer turn to him for warmth and affection. But by the time she'd resigned herself to a future without passion with a man she did not love, Lucas changed his mind again.

Their antagonism was instant and mutual Simon Herries was dominating and arrogant, and he had readily jumped to the wrong conclusions about India. "You don't know me, " she stated, "yet you accuse me of trying to steal someone else's husband!" Evidence and appearance seemed to support his claim, and Simon had his own method of dealing with the problem. At the time it proved an effective solution, but when his scheme backfired, India was left to face a future of heartbreak and unhappiness.

Sienna had been swept off her feet by the handsome, powerful Greek, Alexis Stefanides. "I shall imprint myself on your heart and body so that you will never forget me," he'd said once he'd won her heart. She'd been chosen - not for love - but in vengeance for the wrong he believed her brother had done his sister. Too late the truth came out - too late to save Sienna's whole world from exploding in pain. Still deep in shock, Sienna found herself married to Alexis - with her mind instinctively fearful of her body's intimate cravings...

Hannah Maitland congratulated herself "There's no man in my life...no love to whom I'm committed. Not now, not in the past and not in the future." A bleak picture for most women - but for career-minded Hannah it was satisfying. She thought she knew exactly what she wanted out of life, and men, even attractive ones like Silas Jeffreys, didn't rate very high on her list. It was a situation that Silas was determined to remedy as fast as he could!

"I need a wife, Sophy, but not to share my bed." To Sophy, who believed she was frigid, it seemed the perfect arrangement. Jon Phillips, her kind and understanding boss, was offering Sophy a marriage of convenience. He needed someone to help care for his niece and nephew, and Sophy already loved the children as if they were her own. Her feelings for Jon, however, were less clear. In sharing a roof together, Sophy became increasingly aware of her husband and of her growing desire to make their marriage a real one in every sense.

He'd always made light of her feelings When she was young, Jenna had been infatuated with Simon Townsend, her best friend's teasing brother. Then infatuation changed to a curious uneasiness, one that made her feel edgy and restless in his company. Fortunately she had little occasion to see much of him now, for, as a prominent London barrister, he moved in different circles than Jenna. But an escapade of his sister's threw Simon and Jenna together again in a most awkward--not to mention compromising--situation. He thought it was funny. Jenna was not amused. And she would have given anything to avoid the consequences!

Dominic acted as if nothing had happened As though Christy's adolescent advances had not aroused his anger and contempt. The humiliation of his words had haunted her since and stood between her and all other men. Her career in London had come to a sudden stop because she had been unwilling to engage in an affair, so her ailing mother's need was reason enough to run home. The last thing she wanted was to see Dominic Savage. She disliked and despised him. But in the end that proved poor protection against his desires and her own needs.

He called her a conniving female... — And then James Warren accused Tania of deliberately destroying his sister's marriage. He vowed to make her pay for it. Tania was an innocent bystander to the tangle of lies and deceit that surrounded the Forbeses' marriage. Yet unless she could make James believe it, she could say goodbye to her hopes of establishing a new life for herself and her daughter in the idyllic village of Appleford. Even worse, James was just the sort of man she might have been attracted to under different circumstances. Not that Tania could admit that to herself--let alone to James!

When eighteen-year-old Imogen married Dracco Barrington, she did so with an open heart.He was her deceased father's business partner, and she had loved him all her life. But shortly after the wedding ceremony, Imogen uncovered a truth about Dracco that sent her fleeing...all the way to Rio de Janeiro!Four years later Imogen needed money. Badly. But when she returned to Dracco's London home, she received an offer that was nothing less than shocking. Dracco would pay her one million pounds to stay and be his wife...and another million if she agreed to have his baby! On the surface, Imogen seemed to be getting what she wanted--the money she urgently needed, a family she longed for and the man she desperately loved. But at what cost?

Captured by the Sicilian for his bidding and bedding! Rocco Leopardi's demand is non-negotiable: Julie Simmonds must bring his little nephew to Sicily to take his rightful place as a Leopardi! Rocco doesn't much care about what happens to Julie after that until his body tells him otherwise. He thought she was a gold-digger, but her unexpected innocence has stirred his senses. So, when it's proved that the child is not one of his family but that Julie is the boy's aunt, the forbidding Sicilian changes the rules He ll keep this inexperienced waif and make her his wife! The Leopardi Brothers Sicilian by name Scandalous, scorching and seductive by nature!

The Crightons have everything money can buy--position, power, and elegance--but secrets and betrayal could destroy this "perfect" family. These three full-length stories follow the turbulent lives of the Crightons through scandal, heartache, and unanticipated passion.

The Sheikh's Virgin Bride Petra goes to the desert kingdom of Zuran to meet her grandfather only to discover he's arranged a marriage for her! To avoid it, she asks a gorgeous man at her hotel to pose as her lover... One Night with the Sheikh The searing attraction between Sheikh Xavier Al Agir and Mariella Sutton is instant and all-consuming, so when a storm leaves Mariella stranded at his desert home, passion takes over...But this man is off-limits.

"Why are you marrying the man?" It was a question Carter couldn't help but ask. "You've just admitted that he can't turn you on? And I know, from personal experience, that you're a passionate woman." Cater Macdonald could easily sweep a woman off her feet - he oozed sex appeal. Elspeth, however, wanted an orderly life, one with no highs or lows, no chaotic emotional displays. Which was exactly what Peter, a wealthy lawyer, was offering her. She and Peter were two of a kind - everyone said so. Suddenly, the thought of being two of a kind with Peter was oddly disturbing. Should she review her plans for the future...?