The Mélendez Forgotten Marriage When fragile Emelia awoke from her coma she had no recollection of the strikingly handsome man before her, but he aroused something within her... Javier Mélendez had wed Emelia for convenience and bedded her for pleasure. The rules in place during their marriage had suited him perfectly, and he'd ensured his trophy wife adhered to them. But as Emelia's memory slowly returned, she seemed to be labouring under a misapprehension...that their marriage was based on love! The Valquez Bride Theodora Marlstone always wanted the fairytale wedding – a white dress and an adoring groom. Instead she's walking up the aisle towards a marriage of convenience to outrageously attractive Argentinean Alejandro Valquez! He promises raw sensuality, not devotion, but thanks to her father's will, Teddy must say 'I do'... Alejandro never wanted a wife, but his buttoned–up bride is a delicious present just waiting to be unwrapped. Beneath the white silk lies a woman who exceeds his wildest imagination and it's clear that this union will burn the very paper it's written on! The Valquez Seduction Standing outside a decadent Las Vegas nightclub, innocent schoolteacher Daisy Wyndham has never felt more out of her depth. And that's before sultry Argentinian polo player Luiz Valquez rides to her rescue in front of the global media, leading to reports of their engagement... It's a dangerous charade, but one they're both prepared to play out! Luiz can shake his playboy image, and Daisy can cast aside her cloistered upbringing. But with Luiz doing his best to be good, and Daisy trying her hardest to be bad, it's only a matter of time before one of them gives in...

When fragile Emelia awoke from her coma she had no recollection of the strikingly handsome man before her, whose eyes glittered like fine-cut gems—hard and impenetrable. But he aroused something within her…. Javier Mélendez had wed Emelia for convenience and bedded her for pleasure. The rules in place during their marriage had suited him perfectly, and he'd ensured his trophy wife adhered to them…. But as Emelia's memory slowly returned, she seemed to be laboring under a misapprehension…that their marriage was based on love!

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) created magnificent paintings, tapestry designs, prints, and drawings over the course of his long and productive career. Women frequently appeared as the subjects of Goya's works, from his brilliantly painted cartoons for the Royal Tapestry Factory to his stunning portraits of some of the most powerful women in Madrid. This groundbreaking book is the first to examine the representations of women within Goya's multifaceted art, and in so doing, it sheds new light on the evolution of his artistic creativity as well as on the roles assumed by women in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Spain. Many of Goya's most famous works are featured and explicated in this beautifully designed and produced book. The artist's famous tapestry cartoons are included, along with the tapestries woven after them for the royal palaces of the Prado and the Escorial. Goya's infamous Naked Maja and Clothed Maja are also highlighted, with a discussion on whether these works were painted at the same time and how they might have originally hung in relation to one another. Focus is also placed on Goya's more experimental prints and drawings, in which the artist depicted women alternatively as targets of satire, of sympathy, or of admiration. Essays by eminent authorities provide a historical and cultural context for Goya's work, including a discussion on the significance of fashion and dress during the period. The resultant volume is surely to be treasured by all who admire Goya's art and by those who are interested in women's issues of his time.

Daisy has never had the chance to fall in love before because her father is always watching her like a hawk. But a trip to Las Vegas might just be her chance… With her bodyguard at her side, she goes to a nightclub. The next morning she wakes and finds herself with Luiz Valquez, a renowned playboy! She remembers when he asked her to dance the night before, but she also remembers declining his offer.. So how did she wind up in his suite?

Teddy wasn’t too heartbroken after her cruel father died. But he’s left her one last command. If she doesn’t marry multimillionaire Alejandro Valquez within a month, she’ll be left homeless and penniless. Hoping that Alejandro will turn her down, she purposefully dresses in shabby clothes when she meets him. There’s no way that the coldhearted playboy will make her his bride! However, Alejandro agrees to the wedding and attempts to seduce her in order to get his hands on her family's land. So, in order to save the nanny and gardener who raised her like their own family, Teddy agrees to a six-month-long paper marriage!

Shows that the law of freedom, not slavery, determined the way that race developed over time in three slave societies.