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Falling for the Boss
by Elizabeth HarbisonTO: EVAN HANSON FROM: MEREDITH WATERS SUBJECT: OUR SECRET PAST Which probably isn't even a secret now that I'm working at Hanson Media. Believe me, Evan, didn't plan this when I took the job. All I know is twelve years ago you left town without so much as a kiss goodbye. Now you're back and when I'm with you I feel like the years apart never happened. But I promised myself not to fall in love again…especially with you. If only you'd stop looking at me that way! How are we supposed to work together and save your family business when all I can think about is dancing to that romantic song again? Soon you'll even have me believing in second chances…
Falling for the Enemy
by Dawn StewardsonUnavoidable liason… Every Tuesday, Hayley Morgan drops off her six-year-old son, Max, at the baby-sitter's, then drives the deserted stretch of highway south from New Orleans to the maximum security prison where she works. Every Tuesday, Max waits out front at the baby-sitter's, eager for Hayley to return. One Tuesday, the routine isn't quite so smooth. Because Max disappears. He's been abducted. But there's one man—lawyer Slade Reeves—who can help her. He's Hayley's only link to Max. She knows she has to trust him, although he appears to be invovled with Max's kidnapping. Even worse, she starts falling for Slade…falling for the enemy.
Unbound
by Nikkie LockeDean Whitley is no stranger to murder. In the small town of Hartsville, he isn’t just another one of the guys. He is a survivor of the killing spree that left his mother dead and his father heartbroken. Determined to avoid the same lonely fate, he refuses to pursue the one woman he knows he could fall for.<P><P> Payten Bailey isn’t looking for a happily ever after ending. Busy running her parents’ diner, she isn’t looking for a relationship at all in spite of her friends’ insistent prodding.<P> An unexpected, and perhaps unavoidable, kiss puts Dean and Payten on a collision course toward disaster. As things heat up between the two, something far deadlier than the temperature is rising. Dean’s worst fears come to life when Payten becomes the target for a killer. Plagued by nightmares of his mother’s murder, Dean is determined to protect Payten at any cost.<P> The small town police department struggles to find the man behind the attacks. The longer it takes to find answers, the more time a killer has to plan his final revenge.
Rhianna
by Amanda L. V. ShalabyUpon the unexpected death of her parents, Rhianna Braden finds the enigmatic Lord Guilford Kingsley on her doorstep. He escorts her to Kingsley Manor, where family secrets and scandals begin to unfold.<P><P> Her uncommon beauty captures the attention of the dashing Lord Thayne Brighton of Ravensleigh, but Rhianna is certain, despite their mutual attraction, that he would never choose her over his wealthy intended. Meanwhile, Lady Lydia Kingsley suspects her husband’s attention to Rhianna has led to an affair between them. Events turn deadly when the truth of their relationship is discovered.<P> Eventually, Rhianna is forced to make a life-altering decision—while discovering that some secrets are not meant to be kept.
Letting Love Win
by Alysia S. KnightRand Monroe has found a way around his grandfather’s will. To retain ownership of Roe Technology, he needs an heir, not a wife. So Rand hires a surrogate to have his child. Things are looking good until the surrogate changes her mind at the last minute.<P><P> Kiley Adams is getting a pap smear, but when the lights go out, she gets a whole lot more. Now the innocent is faced with being pregnant before ever making love to a man.<P> Things might not be so bad if she hadn’t started falling in love with him the first moment she hit him in the head with a door at the doctor’s office. It also might be easier if someone wasn’t out to kill her.
Caution: Filling Is Hot
by Tara MillsHere’s a recipe to share with friends. Take one prickly demonstration cook, handle carefully. Add one lonely widower, slightly beaten. Mix gently. Fold in two eight-year-olds, one at a time to temper the batter and avoid scrambling. Then finally, add the mother with an agenda—but just a dash because she’s spicy. Whip into stiff peaks then spread over an ungreased sheet for best results.<P><P> Piper Frost is taking a break from men when contractor Chad Thomas crashes her cooking class and turns on the charm. His persistence annoys her but she’s already melting, even without his determined mother and twins in the mix. But just when things are really beginning to sizzle for the couple, Piper’s ex blows back into town and things turn explosive. Is it too late to tell Chad she loves him? Would he believe it now or will the timing only create more doubts? Can she save her recipe for happily ever after or is it already ruined?
Where the Heart Lies
by Michelle Garren FlyeAll widowed Alicia Galloway has left of her war-hero husband are the flag that draped his coffin and his final wishes: to move to his hometown, take over the family bookstore and enjoy a simple, quiet life with their two small children. When she arrives, her husband's best friend makes that new life anything but simple. How can she be so drawn to Liam Addison?Liam only intended to help Alicia get settled. But one unexpected kiss awakens his long-held forbidden feelings. Soon, the town busybodies swoop in to warn Alicia away from him. Because no matter the man he's become, he'll never live down his reputation as town troublemaker and wolfish womanizer.No one wants the war hero's sweet widow and the supposedly former bad boy together. But the more everyone tries to keep them apart, the closer he and Alicia get. And the more determined Liam is to prove he's a changed man. Will it be enough to convince Alicia to let a new love in her life?87,000 words
Fifty Ways to Be Your Lover
by Connie BennettHow Did Matt Gallagher Love Her?With fuzzy stuffed animals and catered gourmet dinners...With fantastical origami swans...By having a maid magically appear at her door...By having a fife-and-drum corps serenade her down the street.Kate Franklin Could Only Count the Ways......that she could escape Matt's heroic assault. Her broken heart didn't need mending-especially not by the man who was her archrival! But could Kate really resist the old-fashioned romantic who was behind it all?
Once Upon a Honeymoon
by Julie KistlerName: Thomas Michael "Tripp" AshbyAge: 34Status: S.T.U.D. #2Occupation: JockWhat was a STUD to do? Tripp Ashby actually had more women than he could handle!Thanks to his matchmaking mom's personal ad proclaiming his supposed desire to marry, strange women were turning up naked in his shower, breaking into his cabin, car-jacking him-and driving him nuts!Bridget Emerick had bailed him out before, why would she mind doing it again? Sure, she was engaged to be married, and she couldn't stand his mother. But how could she possibly resist a little dress rehearsal-especially with him as the groom?
The World's Last Bachelor
by Pamela BrowningName: Deke WashburnAge: 32Status: S.T.U.D. #4Occupation: Self-made MillionaireTo his friends, Deke Washburn was the world's last bachelor-to single women, an impossible catch. But the playboy millionaire had just met his match....Beautiful, independent Dorian Carr was the woman of his dreams, and a challenge Deke couldn't resist-her cool retreats sent him in hot pursuit, and her haughty snubs only made him want her more.Soon the "world's last bachelor" was thinking of himself in a new role...that of husband and father. The only problem was, Dorian was a confirmed bachelorette.
The Bride Wore Blue Jeans
by Mary Anne WilsonThe Wedding March Began......and the bride bolted. An eleventh-hour discovery about her would-be groom sent Annie Thomas on the run. She was desperate to reach her daughter before he did, when her car was run off the road by a reluctant savior in a yellow Corvette.Quint Gallagher had landed in jail by helping a damsel in distress. When another faced him hours after his release, his instincts told him to run. But when she climbed into his car, his resolution and common sense went out the window.With the road behind them and secrets between them, would Quint and Annie find a future before them?
Ryan's Bride
by Julie KistlerThe Socialite and the Bad BoyLockett Kensington, pampered and rich, faced the spectacular society wedding of the year-her own. She had more than a case of cold feet-they were numb! Taking the most direct route, she gathered up her skirts to descend the trellis from her bedroom window, when she fell into the waiting arms of the original rebel-Antonio Ryan, her ex-husband.As a teenager, she'd married Ryan to spite her dad, so she thought. But as Ryan rescued her in her prenuptial hour of need, dark eyes snapping and leather jacket gleaming, she wondered what it would mean to climb onto his motorcycle...and back into his life.
Operation: Husband
by Barbara BrettonA Woman With a PurposeMartina Wilde had once known passion. For one night ten years ago in the impulsive arms of dangerous Trask Benedict. But their white-hot passion turned to ash when he disappeared. That's why when forced by her father to marry or lose her Texas fortune, she chose a safe-and boring-fiancé. For Marty, there was only one man's touch she craved....A Man With a Mission...Trask Benedict was back from the dead. In the past ten years he'd gone from bad boy to wanted man-with the scars to prove it. Danger nipping at his heels, he had nowhere to turn for help, except to Martina's father. But first he had to get past Marty herself-the woman who was now engaged to the wrong man!
Baby by Chance
by Elda MingerShe Hadn't Expected to Be Expecting....Having a family wasn't part of Cinnamon Roberts's five-year plan, but when she accidentally fell under the spell of a hypnotist who'd been hired by her baby-crazed twin sister, she suddenly became a warm, willing woman ripe to conceive. Which is exactly what happened...by Chance.Ramblin' Man Turned Family Man?Chance Devereux had to wonder if he wasn't the one under a spell...'cause ever since sweet-and-spicy Cinnamon had come into his life-making him a daddy-to-be-he'd started hearing wedding bells.Chance wanted to make the mother of his child an honest woman...but could he hope for marital bliss after Cinnamon came to?
Hart's Dream
by Mary Anne WilsonAt First They Were Dreams-Strangely Erotic...Ever since Daniel Hart's near-fatal motorcycle accident, he hadn't been able to get one woman off his mind. Dr. Sara Carr's sweet voice had been his only lifeline as he'd lain in a coma...and the sight of her, when he'd come to, had been a vision made in heaven.Then They Were Visions-Strikingly Real...Years later and miles away, the vision of Sara Carr was with him again-calling to him, luring him, doing things to him that only a flesh-and-blood woman could do-visions so overwhelmingly real that he thought he was losing his mind. Daniel had to find Sara again-to prove she was more than an erotic dream. But Sara was nowhere to be found....
It's About Time
by Charlotte DouglasWho'd Been Sleeping in Her Bed?When Tory Caswell attended her sister's wedding in a magical old Victorian resort, her mind was filled with images of bouquets and garters. But when she awakened the next morning, she thought she was still dreaming. Because a gray-eyed hunk was sharing her pillow!Rand Trent had drunk some brandy the previous night, but not that much. He could never have forgotten sleeping in the arms of such a gorgeous woman. But was Tory Caswell sane? After all, the instant she got a second look at Rand, she started proclaiming that it was 1995-when he knew good and well that it was the 1800s....
Fantasy Wife
by Julie KistlerHe'd Been Blacklisted By Baby-sitters EverywhereSingle dad Alex Thornhill could manage multimillion-dollar deals, but he couldn't manage his own children...nor could anyone else! What his two little girls needed most was a mommy. What Alex needed was a fantasy wife.Setting his sights on Sabina Charles-the glamorous, bestselling author of The No-Fuss Guide to Parenting-Alex vowed to woo and wed her. But while Sabina was the image of serenity and grace, it was her shapely assistant, Meg, who caught his eye.But if Alex couldn't even get a handle on his feisty daughters, how on earth was he gonna get his hands on the fiery Megan Kaczmarowski?
Angel's Baby
by Pamela Browning"Let's Make a Baby Together."Angel McCabe's biological clock was ringing-loud. But there was no one else on the otherwise uninhabited Florida island to hear it. With no husband in sight, she had no choice but to run a personal ad. Once wedded-and pregnant-Angel would send the man packing.Sexy sailor Stewart Adams wanted to ensure his immortality and his name before disappearing into the South Seas, but he didn't plan on being around long enough to become a domestic dad. Angel sounded like the ideal wife for him.Theirs would have been the perfect marriage of convenience-if it weren't for one small thing....
Nanny Jake
by Lisa BinghamThe Nanny Had He-Man Muscles!When Delaney McBride opened her office door, she was shocked to find a sexy deliveryman with a very special package-a baby! Trouble was, the deliveryman claimed that the tiny tyke was homeless-and that he was the baby's nanny!Delaney wasn't exactly mother material. She had no idea which end of the diaper was up...or how to get a very squirmy baby into it. But Caleb was adorable-if a bit loud.Jake Turk was another story. Surely this man was a god of some sort, with his chiseled features and extraordinary physique. Delaney wondered what he could possibly know about babies. She was about to find out-because little Caleb came with a contract...one that included Jake.
Mommy on Board
by Muriel JensenIt's me, Malia Rose, just hanging out, waiting to be born. Mommy says I don't need a daddy, and that we'll be just fine on our own...but I'd sure like to have one. Hey, I know! How about that cute radiol'gist, who keeps looking in at me with his funny machine?When Nancy Malone was asked to be the "model mom" to publicize Riverview Hospital's new birthing rooms, she couldn't resist the cache of baby gifts that came with the title. Only problem was, she needed a husband...one she quickly invented...and then sent off to sea! Who knew her radiologist would turn out to be Jave Nicholas-a sexy single dad in need of a wife? Seven months into her pregnancy, could she possibly win the heart of a man who knew her as Mrs. Malone?
Make Way for Mommy
by Muriel JensenLook Who's Talking Now...My name is Chelsea Annabel and I used to be lucky before I was borned. Only a few whiles ago, I had a daddy and two mommies. Now I have a daddy, a aunt and no mommy. If you think you're confused, how do you think I feel! I want a mommy and I want one now!It seemed so simple when Jo Arceneau agreed to be a surrogate mother for her sister. But with her sister out of the picture, Jo was left carrying the baby for her brother-in-law, the enigmatic Ryan Jefferies...a man she'd always wanted but could never have. Two things Jo was sure of: one, baby Chelsea needed both a mother and a father, and two, she and Ryan could never live together. No matter how she added it up, someone always got subtracted.
Daddy Christmas
by Cathy Gillen ThackerFirst Comes...PregnancySnowbound at a Colorado ranch two days before Christmas with the gallant and gorgeous Matt Hale, Gretchen O'Malley chalked up their one night of fantastic love to cabin fever. But a stork must have stowed away in Santa's sled because Gretchen got pregnant!Then Comes...MarriageDeep down, from the first moment they'd met, Matt knew Gretchen was the woman he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. And a twinkle came to his eye whenever he recalled the Christmas passion they'd shared. Now he was gonna be a daddy, and marrying Gretchen was a New Year's resolution he was determined to keep.
The Christmas Husband
by Mary Anne WilsonEvery night San Francisco's lovelorn tune in to hear my soothing, silky voice as "Dr. Love," marriage maven and mother. If only they knew the flesh-and-blood woman behind this voice wouldn't know a husband from a handyman.And now the show's sponsor wants to spend Christmas with me and my family! I only hope you-and1-800-HUSBAND-can bring me what I need for Christmas: a gorgeous, sexy, single daddy in my stocking!Spouseless in San Francisco,Madison Smythe
Merry Christmas, Mommy
by Muriel JensenI know I'm just a baby and no one listens to me, but I do know some things. Like what I want for Christmas-Nate for a daddy. Now I just have to convince my mommy....-Garrett Joseph EndicottThe one thing everyone in Riverview Hospital knew about Nate Foster was that the top-notch ER doctor never worked with babies. But when Karma Endicott was rushed into Emergency in premature labor, he stayed by her side and helped deliver her healthy baby boy. What was so special about Karma that, after one look, playboy Nate was suddenly volunteering to do diaper duty?