His best friend's sister was off limits. Her brother's best friend was out of her league... JACK CARTWRIGHT AND SAMANTHA GRIFFIN HAVE BEEN IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER-AND DENYING IT-SINCE THEY WERE 17. Jack's home was wherever his abusive father dragged him. Until his best friend Keith's family rescued him and gave him at a real future. What he didn't count on was falling in love with Keith's baby sister Samantha. Jack and Samantha forged individual lives, he as an NFL star, she as a print supermodel, keeping the passion they felt for each other hidden from the world. Until a family tragedy...

Ever since she was a wee lass, Sioban O'Rourke has wanted to dance in her mother Ava's footsteps. But when they left the streets of Dublin for the bright lights of Hollywood, Ava's dreams withered, and so did Sioban's. Without Ava's dark beautiful looks, and sporting a temper to match her fiery mane, Sioban didn't think she'd ever break out of the seedy strip club life that had claimed her mother. Until she was forced to flee that life, and run straight to her best friend Vonda's doorstep-and right into the chance for real success. Inside Vonda's new club The Velvet Room, Sioban also finds...