THEY DON'T GET ANY BADDER THAN THIS BAD BOY: The Players: 1) Caleb Payne. Calculating entrepreneur. Avowed bachelor. He takes what he wants —- in the boardroom and the bedroom! 2) Bryna Metaxas. Emotionally invested in her family's business. About to enter into a business deal with Caleb that will shock her on every level ... And she'll love every minute of it. The Situation: Dangerously hot, filled with steamy sexual tension and cold business machinations. The Turning Point: Caleb makes a critical error. And in the fallout, he realizes that he's lost far more than he gained —- he's given up his one chance at happiness. He'd have to pull off the coup of a lifetime to earn Bryna's trust —- and love —- again. Then again, that's all part of the plan ...

Subject: Palmer DeVoe. Small-town boy turned successful—and still wildly hot—businessman. Conquering hero who returns to his hometown...and the one woman he never forgot!Object: Penelope Weaver. Successful in her own right. And owner of a heart that only one man can truly claim.... Situation: Filled with overwhelming sexual tension...and hush-hush trysts that leave them both gasping for more! But you know that saying, you can't go home again? It's true! Unexpected maneuver: Because Penelope has a secret—a big one! The kind that threatens to tear them apart forever. Unless Palmer is willing to give up everything for another chance at "what might have been.."..

Subject: Troy Metaxas. Intense—and intensely sexy—businessman. He never mixes business and pleasure... until he meets his sirenlike new lawyer!Object: Kendall Banks. Hotshot attorney. Willing to do anything to save her family from ruin...no matter how devastating the cost! Situation: They're fighting to rescue an economically beleaguered town...right before Christmas. They're also having mind-blowing sex that's so steamy they can hardly be in the same room without ripping off each other's clothes! Unexpected maneuver: Troy discovers Kendall betrayed him...in business and in pleasure. Only one victor will emerge in this new personal battle...unless the spirit of the holidays inspires them to find a way they can both win—over and over again....