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Just Another Miracle!
by Caroline Anderson"Are you out there, Mary Poppins?"James Carmichael's wryly humorous plea caught Poppy's attention as she scanned the advertisements for a new job. How could she resist applying, particularly when his voice sounded so wonderful over the phone? Though when his eight-year-old twins greeted her arrival with a flour bomb, she very nearly changed her mind! Until she saw a man and two small boys who'd forgotten how to be a family-and Poppy knew she could be just the miracle James needed....
Wedding at Gold Creek
by Meredith WebberCaring and sharingWhen Dr. James Hepworth arrived at Gold Creek-the country practice he was to look after while recuperating from a car accident-he was confronted by Harriet Logan, the image of his ex-girlfriend.Sure one redhead in a lifetime was enough for any sane man; James told himself he wouldn't get involved. He'd do his job and leave as fast as he could! But James found true gold, in the townspeople-and Harriet!
His Unexpected Family
by Grace GreenThe secret fatherBrodie Spencer had loved Kendra since she was a teenager. Now she was a widow with a young daughter, and Brodie longed to help her make a happy family home. But Kendra couldn't risk letting this handsome, bighearted man get close to her....What if he knew Kendra had never really had a husband as she pretended? That an accident had stolen her memory, and Kendra didn't even know who little Megan's father was. Nor could she remember the one precious night of passion she'd shared with Brodie-nine months before Megan was born....
Hijacked Honeymoon
by Marion LennoxWould he stop the wedding?When Dr. Ryan Henry had left Australia, teenager Abbey Wittner had been devastated. Now he was back-and the first thing he did on arrival was to knock her off her bicycle!Abbey was now also a doctor-the only doctor for miles, in fact. And, temporarily out of action after the accident, she needed Ryan to act as her replacement.To her delight, he seemed to find the grown-up Abbey quite a revelation! And being with him again was pure bliss! Until she discovered that he was only back in Australia to plan his wedding-and honeymoon-and that his fiancée would soon be joining him....
A Most Determined Bachelor
by Miriam MacgregorThe bachelor...Ryan Ellison was a confirmed bachelor who had sworn off all women. Only, he'd agreed to let six-year-old Robin come and stay with him, not realizing that Robin came complete with a delectable-and all too female-nanny....and the nanny!Judy Arledge couldn't help but be attracted to Ryan, even if he was utterly infuriating. But despite his antagonism toward her, he was wonderful with Robin. Which made her wonder... Was Ryan only the boy' s "uncle," as he claimed, or could this eligible bachelor really be Robin' s father?
An Officer and a Hero
by Elizabeth AshtreeThe Officer: Captain Kaitlin McCord, an attorney in the U.S. Army's Judge Advocate General's Corps.The Hero: Master Sergeant Daniel Wilson, a paralegal assigned to Captain McCord.The Problem: The captain meets the handsome enlisted man before she knows he'll be working for her. But as a JAG attorney, she's well aware that a relationship with a subordinate is a court-martial offense.The Passion: Despite everything, Kaitlin can't help falling in love with him-a Gulf War hero, a man who values family, a man of honor. A passionate lover...The military code of conduct requires them to stay apart. Their own feelings draw them together. It's the greatest conflict they'll ever face.IN UNIFORM
A Man I Used To Know
by Margot DaltonLOVE THAT MANSome things don't change: Dr. Lila Marsden is on duty when Tom Bennet is brought into Emergency. She recognizes him at once-as a national rodeo champion and the man she used to love. He's still living the dangerous life of the rodeo cowboy.Some things do: Tom's a single father now, and his children need a place to stay while he recuperates. Against her better judgment-her recently widowed father won't appreciate the intrusion-Lila takes them in. The kids are thrilled to be in a "real" home. And they seem to be helping Lila's dad get over his sadness.Some things should: Despite the fact that Lila and Tom still have feelings for each other, he's determined to rejoin the rodeo-although the rodeo was what drove them apart. But Lila's equally determined not to let the same old argument keep them apart.
Seal It with a Kiss
by Rogenna BrewerIN UNIFORMA woman in the SEALs?Lieutenant Tabitha Chapel is determined to become the first woman to join the navy SEALs. She'll use every connection she has (and she has plenty), and wile (feminine or otherwise) and her substantial strength of will to make this happen.Not in this man's navy!Commander Marc Miller is equally determined to keep women in general-and Tabitha Chapel in particular-out of the SEALs. There are a lot of things he'd like to do with Tabby, and being her commanding officer isn't one of them.But the commander is about to learn that Tabby's woman enough to take everything he doles out and more....
The Guardian
by Bethany CampbellGUARANTEED PAGE-TURNERFrom the bestselling author of See How They Run and Don't Talk to Strangers comes a compelling story of drama and suspense. And a romance you won't forget!The only rule.Don't get involved. To Hawkshaw, they're words to live by. He left the Secret Service because he didn't want to take care of anyone but himself. Then an old friend asks him for a favor....The last case.A woman and her young son need a place to hide-and someone to protect them. A stalker wants her and he'll do anything to have her....The wrong woman.Hawkshaw agrees to help, but he's more than a little reluctant. Kate Kanaday's not the woman he wants living in his house. Even worse, she's got him thinking about breaking his only rule....
Her Brother's Keeper
by K. N. CasperFAMILY MANA deeply touching story about all the ways family gives meaning to life. And love....Family means everything.So when Krisanne Blessing gets a phone call from her brother's best friend asking her to come home, she doesn't hesitate. Even though the request comes from the man who'd betrayed her seven years before.Drew Hadley had been her college lover until he'd suddenly married another woman. Now Drew is the lawyer for Blessing Pharmaceuticals-the family business in Coyote Springs, Texas. He's also a widower with a six-year-old son.And he's never stopped loving Kris.By the author of A MAN CALLED JESSE
Second to None
by Muriel JensenThe DELANCEY BROTHERSThree very different brothers. Three very different lives. One great opportunity.What's a tough cop doing in a place like this?Mike Delancey was one of the best hostage negotiators in Texas. But he's left that behind to work in the winery he and his brothers inherited.He was ready for a change, but nothing could have prepared him for Veronica Callahan. Because Veronica and her day-care center represent the two things he swore he'd never have anything to do with again-women and children.Veronica's a woman with a very interesting past-and a detailed plan for the future. Coming to Delancey Vineyards and starting a day-care center fulfills the first part of the plan. The bad news for the extremely reluctant Mike Delancey is: The second part-marriage and a family-involves him!
Talking about My Baby
by Margot EarlyThe MidwivesThis baby is hers!One night in Texas, midwife Tara Marcus finds a newborn baby abandoned in her car. A baby she desperately wants to keep.She takes the baby to her hometown in Colorado, hoping to adopt her. But adoption requires money. And it requires a better situation than Tara can offer. A husband, a home....She needs a strategy, and the best one she can think of is marriage. Dr. Isaac McCrea, a newcomer to town, happens to be a widower with three kids. Surely he needs a wife! So what if he's a doctor-not exactly Tara's favorite species? So what if she falls in love with him despite her outrageous proposal? None of that matters.Only her baby matters. Her baby and his children.
Her Sister's Children
by Roxanne RustandShe's got something he wants-his land. And something he doesn't know he has-his son!When Claire Worth inherits Pine Cliff-a resort on Lake Superior-from her late sister, Claire also get guardianship of her five-year-old twin nieces and her fourteen-year-old nephew. The resort she can manage; motherhood is something else again-especially when her sister's first husband shows up with plans of his own.Ever since Logan Matthews lost Pine Cliff, his familiy's home, in a bitter divorce, he's had nothing to do with his ex-wife or her new family.Logan wants the place back. And now he has the means to fight for what's his. But he's becoming more and more attracted to Claire. He loves the warmth and laughter she and the children bring to Pine Cliff. And there's something about Claire's nephew that reminds Logan of himself at that age.Suddenly, there's a whole lot more at stake....
Talk to Me
by Jan FreedBy the Year 2000: CELEBRATE!What have you resolved to do by the year 2000?Talk! Pillow talk. Small talk.Double talk. Baby talk. Can we talk?Kara Taylor has a few questions when it comes to men. Why won't they talk about their feelings? Why can't they admit they're wrong? And what is it about The Three Stooges?Travis Malloy has some things he'd like to know, too. Why do women go on about emotions? Can't they see that actions speak louder than words? And since when is shopping a sport?Maybe if they'd had some answers nine years ago, their marriage wouldn't have ended in disaster on their first anniversary. Sure, Kara and Travis were crazy about each other, but that wasn't enough. They were mismatched from the start.They still are. But now it's time for Kara and Travis to start talking-because everything's at stake if they don't....
A Ranger's Wife
by Lyn EllisCOUNT ON A COPHe couldn't love her before-because of her vow.And he can't love her now-because of his promise.Lawmen know everything can change in an instant. They hope for the best and prepare for the worst. They don't take their lives or their promises for granted.At least, that's what Texas Ranger Ty Richardson believes. Just before his best friend, Jimmy Taylor, died in the lind of duty, Ty promised to take care of Jimmy's wife and young son.And Ty intends to honor that promise-to help them, protect them and always be there for them. But he'll never forget that they're Jimmy's famliy, not his. No matter how much he loves them both.
His Brother's Bride
by Judith BowenMEN OF GLORYA cowboy town in a cowboy country.This is a place a woman could love.These are men a woman could love!She's pregnant-and she's his brother's wife-to-beShe met Jesse Winslow at a cattle show. They had a brief affair-and now Abby Steen is pregnant. Jesse, a rancher from Glory, Alberta, offers to marry her, and Abby accepts. She leaves her home in South Dakota to come to the Lazy SB, jointly owned by Jesse and his brother, Noah.But while Jesse might have good intentions and lots of charm, responsibility isn't his strongest trait. That's always been Noah's department.So when Jesse takes off-just abandons his bride before the wedding-Noah marries her instead.Their marriage might be for the sake of her babies-twins!-but Abby and Noah soon discover they haven't made such a bad bargain. Because love that starts the slowest often lasts the longest....
Spencer's Child
by Joan KilbyA LITTLE SECRETThe first time he left without telling herThe second time she asked him to go...Meg McKenzie, a marine biology student with a passion for killer whales, is shocked to discover that Spencer Valiella is her thesis supervisor. Spencer is an old flame-the love of her life, actually, and, although he doesn't know it, the father of her son. They met and fell in love one summer while Meg was an undergraduate student...but then Spencer left.To the surprise of neither Meg nor Spencer, the intense feelings they had for each ofhter still exist, and when Spencer learns Meg had his child, they grow even stronger.But old demons plague him-that restlessness, that yearning, that need to be unattached. In spite of Spencer's great love for her and their son, Meg knows he has to leave.It takes a terrifying experience for Spencer to see that living with Meg and his son, loving and caring for them with abandon, is what will truly make him free.
Her Bodyguard
by Peggy NicholsonIn a sumptious Newport Mansion...Gillian Mahler has a plan-take the job as soap opera star Lara Corday's personal assistant. Maybe she can endear herself to Lara first, then spring the news that Lara is her birth mother, who abandoned her as an infant twenty-eight years before.Trace Sutton has a plan, too-work undercover as a bodyguard, posing as Lara Corday's gigolo. Maybe then he can discover the identity of the faceless stalker who wants Lara dead.In Lara's sumptuous mansion high on a cliff above Newport, Rhode Island, Gillian and Trace meet-and attraction sparks right away.This certainly complicates their plans.Gillian can't possibly allow herself to fall for a man who's her long-lost mother's lover, and no way can Trace blow his cover as bodyguard-especially when some sleuthing reveals that Gillian has an excellent motive for murdering the woman he's guarding!
Lauren
by Shannon WaverlyCIRCLE of FRIENDSMay the circle be unbrokenChristmas. A time for first love...and second chances.As a girl, Lauren DeStefano fell in love with Cameron Hathaway-the gold boy of Harmony, Massachusetts. The innocence of that first love was followed by grief and by rejection-and finally, a long slow climb to success.Lauren, now living in Boston, is still close to her circle of Harmony friends-Julia, Cathryn and the others. But she thumbs her nose at the rest of the community...especially when she buys historic Rockland House.She plans to remodel it in time for Christmas-and gets more than she bargained for. More expenses, more problems...more memories. All of which she figures she can handle. But discovering she still has feelings for Cameron… That's something else. Can the past repeat itself-with a different and happier ending? With marriage to Cam, a home on Harmony…a baby?
The Third Wise Man
by Muriel JensenThe DELANCEY BROTHERSThree very different brothers. Three very different lives. One great opportunityShea Delancey knows what he wants for ChristmasA year earlier, Shea and Samantha Haskell had marriage in mind. But when his restaurant failed, pride compelled him to refuse her offer of money and to shelve their relationship until he was on his feet financially. Now Samantha has money troubles. Samantha and her baby boy-Shea's son!Shea is determined to help Samantha and the child he didn't even know he had. But, ironically, she's as unwilling to accept his aid has he was hers.If he could get her to spend Christmas with the warm and caring Delancey clan, maybe he could wear down her resistance.First, though, Shea has to get then two of them to Oregon. And once he realizes how much he still loves Samantha, he has to figure out a way to keep them there.
Mackenzie's Woman
by Joann RossTemptation is delighted to bring you a fun new miniseriesBACHELOR AUCTIONAnd you're invited...Fifty fabulous heroes are up for sale-Including Bachelor #23Alec MackenzieRugged and sexy, this adventurer isn't about to be easily captured and sold. But he hadn't counted on Kate Campbell's passion to get him on the block at any cost. Or her secret desire to have him for herself...Bachelor Auction: The man of your fantasies is up for sale!
Unlikely Hero
by Sandy SteenA DAMSEL IN DISTRESSOne minute, wealthy bride-to-be Paige Davenport was dressing for her wedding. An hour later, she was stranded by the side of the road, fending off the attentions of two unsavory characters. How did she get into this mess? But just when she needed a hero, one arrived. Little did she expect her rescuer to be...A HELL-RAISER ON A HARLEYThe last thing private investigator Logan Walker wanted to be was a hero, But how could he leave the sexy, sassy redhead alone on the side of the road? She was obviously in trouble...and soon, so was he. Paige's body tempted him, her eyes taunted him. All Logan could think of was keeping her in his bed indefinitely. But Paige already had a groom-and he was still looking for her....
It Takes a Hero
by Gina WilkinsTemptation is delighted to bring you a fun, new miniseriesBACHELOR AUCTIONAnd you're invited...Fifty fabulous heroes are up for sale-Including Bachelor #41Perry GoodmanThis sexy-as-sin bachelor can handle just about anything-until romance author Kristen Cole buys him for "research." She's facing writer's block and a deadline. He's facing a woman he wants...badly. As the sizzling chemistry threatens to overtake them, Kristen's inspired to write faster and faster. Now all she has to do is convince Perry to be her hero...indefinitely.Bachelor Auction: The man of your fantasies is up for sale!
Logan's Way
by Lisa Ann VergeHER WAYGinny Van Saun thought she was alone-until she stepped out of the shower naked and discovered a brawny, handsome, angry man in her room. She wasn't a people person at the best of times, and his compelling presence was unsettling, to say the least. No way was she going to share her intimate hideaway with such a man!HIS WAYNo way was Logan Macallister going to be run off by some sexy, volatile redheaded intruder! If she wanted to share his place for a few weeks, okay. But it would be on his terms. And after his first unforgettable sight of Ginny, he knew what those terms would be....
Temperature's Rising
by Donna SterlingBEDSIDE MANNERSAS A DOCTOR, HE KNEW HOW TO TREAT A FEVER...EXCEPT IT WAS HIM MAKING HER TEMPERATURE RISE!Dr. Jack Forrester: He certainly wasn't your average surgeon-Jack was laid-back, fun loving and the most eligible bachelor in town-but everyone in Moccasin Point adored him. Well...not quite everyone. Someone was out to ruin his reputation.Callie Marshall: Coming home to the Point was bittersweet for Callie-fond memories clashed with her duty to dig up dirt on the local doc. Even more disturbing was her heated reaction to Jack. Her old buddy had grown into an incredibly sexy man...with a wonderful bedside manner. But Jack was off-limits to her!