Showing results for "An Encounter" in Women's Fiction

Have you ever been on a matrimonial dotcom which advertises, pesters, pleads and claims that they have just the right gem hidden up their sleeve, for you? Did your Mom too leave no stone unturned to convince you that you are incomplete...errr...under-construction without your soul mate? Leena is a typical girl-next-door in her late 30s, earlier-married-but-now-single and not lonely or desperately in search of that someone ‘special’. Or, is she?

College student, Chelsea Carerra, is in desperate need of money to get her autistic brother into the right program, so she accepts a job as a maid in Holland for the summer break. What she doesn't know is that the owner, Alex Silverhaus, isn't the man she expected. Instead of being greeted by a wealthy older man, she finds a gorgeous playboy fighting to make the movie he's always dreamed of.

I might only be 24, but I've always been the sensible one. From my boring call center job right down to my practical wardrobe; impulsive and extravagant are not part of my usual vocabulary. Ascot, the home of British horse racing might be my home, as well, but the filthy rich visitors blocking my route home are more a nuisance than a thrill.

Jack Guardetto, handsome, successful and ambitious, had a job to do at All Appliance: keep the store out of the red. When he caught sight of Helen Steward, his focus all but disappeared from her fascinating allure. Captivated by the misconstrued Scottish woman, Jack wanted nothing more than to save her from the cruel remarks and nasty innuendos the sales staff made about their rigid Human Resources manager. When their surroundings get incredibly tight while stuck in the store safe during a power outage, their professional mantras cease to exist.