Wealth and Kinship Series

Self-made billionaire Adam Nicolis has backed away from his pack of friends. He's focused on raising his daughter alone. After losing his wife in an accident, he's barely getting by after two years without her. Finding himself in a situation he can't get out of, he reluctantly goes with his friends on a Mediterranean cruise to the very place he'd run from more than a decade before. Zoe Ross has just made a drastic change in her life. Divorced and in a new career, she's excited about the next steps. Being a makeup artist for the performers on a cruise ship should be a fun change and hopefully she'll get the chance to see places she's only read about. She has to pinch herself to make sure she's not dreaming as she boards the huge ocean liner the first time. When Zoe and Adam meet on the ship, there's an immediate connection. Adam is shocked by it and Zoe is more than intrigued by him. When a determined ex-girlfriend shows up to scoop Adam up since he's single again, he knows he has to come up with a plan to get rid of her. His crazy scheme will shock Zoe, yet draw her in for an adventure she'd never expected. Will becoming Adam's fake girlfriend be her ruin? Or will he end up with the second chance he so needed for him and his daughter?

Silas Nicolis has taken his place in the family business run by his parents. Their luxury hotel empire has given him many opportunities and a privileged lifestyle. It's finally time for him to make his own vision a reality. Hotel Parádeisos is ready to open and he needs the approval of his support group. His running buddies. The people he trusts most. He's starting this venture alone as a single man. Seeing how happy his brother is with his new wife, he wishes he could find the same level of love and respect. But for now, he has a hotel to get off the ground. Kayla Hamilton is ecstatic as she boards the plane departing Las Vegas for the Caribbean Islands. A month ago she received an email congratulating her for becoming one of the top five finalists competing to win an all-expenses paid wedding at Hotel Parádeisos. Her fiance insisted on a cheap Vegas wedding and she'd been disappointed that the start of her marriage wouldn't be the fairy tale wedding she'd dreamed of. Even though things weren't perfect in their relationship, a fabulous wedding would surely help make things right again. When Kayla arrives at the resort, she runs into an old friend. An old boyfriend, actually. Silas is taken by surprise to find out the woman he'd never forgotten is in a competition to win a dream wedding at his new resort. But things are different now. Everything has changed since the day she left without saying goodbye. Will winning the dream wedding be the beginning of a dream life or will Kayla realize what's truly important? Will Silas find that success only becomes meaningful when there's someone special to share it with?

Gabrielle Evans needs a higher paying job. Zachary Lewis doesn't really need anything. He already has it all. When Gabrielle gets a chance to break back into the modeling scene, she's beside herself. The new job and money will change her life. And boy does she need a change. Her new boss is rude and she dislikes him as soon as he sneers at her for no reason. She can't ignore that he's drop dead gorgeous - far and away the only man to ever melt her insides with a single glance. Even that annoys her about him. Zachary runs his top notch jewelry company with creativity and efficiency. His company and his friends are his life. He has no desire for a relationship and he has plenty of roadblocks in place to keep himself unentangled. When he meets Gabrielle, he assumes she's just like the other models he's met or dated - empty-headed, self-centered, and only interested in what they can get. This sweet enemies to lovers romance may never be a romance at all since Gabrielle and Zach just might have realized too late that their assumptions about each other are all wrong. When the truth finally emerges, life will never be the same for either of them. Is there too much hurt and anger for them to sort through or will one of them be the hero to heal past hurts?

When you're the designated party animal in your group, it's impossible to shed the hard shell you've developed. Add a fear of loss and the tough guy will avoid falling in love at all cost. That's where Loukas Mikos finds himself. After meeting Loukas on one of the luxury family vacations Natalie had started crushing on him almost immediately. She'd been the nanny of his cousin's daughter but she'd spent time enough with Loukas to know she'd fall completely in love with him if he gave her more than a friendly smile. And here they both are on a Mikos cruise ship to Greece for Loukas's sister's wedding. The high society wedding is a big deal in the Mikos family and the mother of the bride is on high alert. Everything must be perfect. Loukas has been set up with a date he doesn't want and he's balking. When Natalie seems to be a good diversion from the set up, Loukas takes advantage of the opportunity. As a temporary stand in, Natalie has a great time, though caution screamed in the back of her mind. She reminds herself constantly that this isn't real, but she still feels herself falling for the brash billionaire cruise line owner. Who wouldn't? But once they're past the wedding, there's no more reason to spend time together. Natalie is sure her chance was lost and she's tempering her emotions to go back to real life when the special vacation was over. Loukas feels lost but can't quite give in to the idea of being tied down. Will the family scandal that's looming just on the horizon pull these two together or will their connection be lost forever?

Tanner Lewis had wanted his amazing friendship with the girl next door to become something more. She wasn't interested in being his girlfriend, though. So they'd gone to different universities and he'd never heard from her again. He still thought about her. He hadn't met a woman who could take her place. Stephanie Davis is newly single and vacationing with her sister instead of the man who she'd thought she would spend the rest of her life with. Now she's determined to have fun and shed the memories of Connor forever. When she runs into Tanner, she almost didn't recognize him after thirteen years. He'd lost his baby fat and he was downright handsome. Suddenly she missed their long talks and the laughter. Is there a chance Stephanie would answer differently today if Tanner asked her out? Does he have the nerve to try?

After a year serving on board the luxury ship, Baya has a decision to make. She'd promised herself some time to pull herself together away from her home town and now it's time to move forward. But things had changed since she'd vowed to forget the biggest mistake of her life. Michail has his crew of friends and family. Their bonds are strong and relationships are life-long. Yet his new friendship with Baya is one he cherishes more and more each day. As feelings get more intense between them, Michail senses her hesitance. She wants to take the next steps with him and he feels it, but still they remain just friends. Until that kiss. But Baya's secret still lurks too close for comfort. She knows it can all blow up in her face and she'll do anything to keep that from happening. Even if love can emerge from friendship, can trust come with it?