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A compelling story of old loves and old secrets.Sebastian, the fifty-six-year-old patriarch of the Locke clan, is handsome, charismatic, a man of immense charm and intelligence. He heads up the philanthropic Locke Foundation, and travels the globe, personally giving away millions a year to the poor, the sick, and the victims of natural disasters and wars. And now, he is dead – murdered in mysterious circumstances that have the police at a loss. Who would want to kill the world’s greatest philanthropist? Could such an upstanding man have enemies?Vivienne Trent, a glamorous American journalist, met Locke as a child, married him, divorced him, but stayed close to him. Aware that there was another side to this enigmatic man, she sets out to find the truth about his death – and about Locke himself.

One night with a playboy…As head of PR for the elite Hollywood Hills Clinic, ex-socialite Freya Rothsberg knows image is everything. Yet her own facade of calm control is shattered when she meets outrageously sexy heart surgeon Zack Carlton at a wedding. One wild night of passion later, Freya is shocked to realise that Zack is the clinic's newest recruit!Playboy Zack exposes Freya's every secret yearning for a fairy-tale ending. He's an expert with damaged hearts—does she dare trust him with hers?The Hollywood Hills ClinicWhere doctors to the stars work miracles by day—and explore their hearts' desires by night…

His head tells him he shouldn’t have her, but his heart… Tanner Blake, Duke of Malvern, promised his dying friend he’d take care of his true love. So how dare he covet the gentle blonde beauty for himself? His solution: find Lydia a suitable husband immediately. Lady Lydia Daughtry’s thirst for books far outweighs any desire to entertain gentlemen callers. Especially those chosen by the one man she never wanted to see again.Several rejected suitors later, Lydia still hasn’t found her beloved…but he may just be closer than she thinks!