Stephanie hadn't expected to see Jordan Kendall ever again. In the years since their young marriage had ended in disaster, she had managed to build a career for herself in real estate as well as make a home for her small daughter. Their small daughter, although Jordan didn't know about Katie.
And there was Tony: staid, dependable Tony. Their engagement was the final piece in her new life. A life of security. A life totally different from the one she had had with Jordan.
So, after all these years, why did he have to come back and mess up her life now?
When Grady Logan arrived in Chicago he didn't expect to find a woman managing the prestigious Englin Hotel—certainly not the one woman he remembered with nothing but bitterness.
As for Elizabeth, the last thing she wanted was to see Grady again. He stirred up too many memories and brought back too much pain. She had built a life to her own satisfaction and it was centered firmly on the hotel and her small son.
So why wouldn't Grady go away and stop tormenting her for things that had been his fault?
She had seduced her boss! Katharine had exactly dragged Stephen Osborne into her bedroom, of course. Still, she bore the brunt of the responsibility. She had acted on impulse-something she never did. She had paid for the night of madness, though; she had quit before Steven could fire her. After all, seducing the boss certainly wasn't approved employee behavior. And here she was, with no reference, no permanent job-and pregnant. Then Steven came back into her life, insisting they do " what people of always done when there's an unexpected baby on the way. Get married.
Alisa needn't have waited for Justin Abernethy's answer. As a divorce lawyer, he'd seen too much of romantic love turned sour. When he got married, he was determined it would be a match made with his head, not his heart.
And who was to say it was the wrong approach? Certainly not Alisa, whose own experience of love had taught her a painful lesson.
Actually, it seemed as if a marriage of convenience with no romantic frills would suit them both....
Everything! That's what wealthy banker Brittany masters appeared to have--an ideal home, stunning good looks and a rewarding career. Yet she also had a troubled past. Her marriage to lawyer Ryan Masters had failed because of his unfaithfulness, and she had miscarried the child she so badly wanted.
All she wanted from him now was a divorce, without publicity. Ryan, however, insisted on a mock reconciliation in order to get the political appointment he was seeking.
Brittany reluctantly accepted the arrangement. But she found playing at marriage was difficult when her feelings were so intensely real.