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Stand-In Mom
by Megan KellyHe's Got A Lot To Learn Scott Matthews had no idea Ginger Winchester was a teacher when they first met-he didn't even know her last name. That didn't stop them from sharing a night of passion. Scott hoped he'd see Ginger again-just not in his daughter's new classroom! Yet, somewhere under that frumpy sweater and chalk dust is the sultry redhead who's been haunting his dreams. Smart, sensitive and nurturing, Ginger is everything Scott wants. But when Ginger discovers she resembles his first wife, she fears stepping in as a replacement mom. She wants a family, but not this way. She's happy to offer tips on handling rambunctious kids, and even helps the Matthews family adopt a big, lovable puppy. But when it comes to handing over her heart, Scott must prove to her that she's more than just a stand-in-she's the one.
Stand-In Rancher Daddy: Stand-in Rancher Daddy Lawman In Disguise The Nanny Solution Counterfeit Courtship (Lone Star Cowboy League: The Founding Years #1)
by Renee RyanSuddenly a Father Rancher CJ Thorn isn't ready to graduate from uncle to brand-new daddy-but he has no choice. After his widowed brother runs off, a pair of adorable twins have no one but CJ...and lovely neighbor Molly Langley. She's helped with the girls for so long that she's almost part of the family. Almost. CJ knows his family isn't good enough for her. Not when his brother's actions have disgraced the Thorn name yet again. Watching CJ become a devoted father would soften any woman's heart. Yet Molly must remain immune. CJ deserves more than a woman who can't have children. Held back by fear, it'll take a disaster forcing the community together before they're ready to risk a chance on happiness.
Stand-In Star
by Rachael JohnsAs an anthropologist, Holly McCartney is more comfortable in a museum than shopping on Rodeo Drive. She isn't prepared for the media frenzy on her arrival in L.A. to accept a posthumous acting award for her late sister...or for her sister's gorgeous friend Nate Devlin to come to her rescue. Though he resents her for some reason, she can't fight their irresistible chemistry-especially when the paparazzi force her to stay at his mansion.Photographer Nate only agrees to help Holly survive Hollywood for her sister's sake, but she soon gets under his skin in a way no other woman has. The more time he spends with her, the more his attraction grows and he finds himself opening up to her in ways he never expected. But will ghosts of the past stand in the way of their perfect Hollywood ending?72,000 words
Stand-in Wife
by Karina BlissPlaying with dynamite, a girl could get burned... What does he know about love and marriage? And exactly how did he, Ross Coltrane-a special forces elite soldier and demolitions expert-end up playing middleman to his kid brother and the estranged wif And most important, why is he suddenly noticing how beautiful his sister-in-law is? He's never thought about his brother's wife...that way...before. Then he figures it out and everything makes sense. This tantalizing woman is the other twin! The identical sisters have pulled a swap and duped everyone around them. Furious much? Oh, yeah. Poised to bring down their plan, Ross hesitates. Something about Vivienne Jansen's courage and zest for life gets to him. Except, he's not a man who has feelings. Everyone calls him the Iceman. He doesn't know how to be anything else...
Stand-in Wife
by Debbie MacomberSavor again this classic romance about a single dad getting a second chance, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber.Tragedy had shattered Paul Manning’s whole world, leaving him a grieving widower with three small children. Reeling from shock and grief, Paul turns in desperation to the one person he knows he can count on: gentle, caring Leah Baker. Slowly, Leah eases his sorrow and fills his life with new meaning. Then Paul makes an amazing discovery: he needs Leah, and he wants more than a stand-in wife.Originally published in 1992
Stand-In Wife (Those Manning Men #2)
by Debbie MacomberPaul Manning, a grieving widower with three small children, turns to Leah Baker for help and comfort. When that comfort begins to grow into something else, Paul discovers that he wants more than a Stand-In Wife.
Stand Out Agressively: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Xia ShiXiaoDiaoGodly Doctor Ye Qiao was able to use a silver needle to pick up a dead person's flesh and bones, but because of a wild fox's sudden intrusion, he was struck to death by lightning.He would pass out just like that. Furthermore, he was going to be framed by his own woman to become a murderer, imprisoned, beaten up, and had his face ruined … But it didn't matter, the Godly Doctor could cut off his own bones and pull out the entire beautiful skin, returning to the performing arts world.Of course, the first thing to do was to kill the woman who betrayed him.Married an old man who wanted to be the CEO's wife?Fine, I'll marry your stepson, take your son, steal your company, drive you out, and let you retire with honor in advance!
Stand Out Agressively: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Xia ShiXiaoDiaoGodly Doctor Ye Qiao was able to use a silver needle to pick up a dead person's flesh and bones, but because of a wild fox's sudden intrusion, he was struck to death by lightning.He would pass out just like that. Furthermore, he was going to be framed by his own woman to become a murderer, imprisoned, beaten up, and had his face ruined … But it didn't matter, the Godly Doctor could cut off his own bones and pull out the entire beautiful skin, returning to the performing arts world.Of course, the first thing to do was to kill the woman who betrayed him.Married an old man who wanted to be the CEO's wife?Fine, I'll marry your stepson, take your son, steal your company, drive you out, and let you retire with honor in advance!
Stand Out Agressively: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Xia ShiXiaoDiaoGodly Doctor Ye Qiao was able to use a silver needle to pick up a dead person's flesh and bones, but because of a wild fox's sudden intrusion, he was struck to death by lightning.He would pass out just like that. Furthermore, he was going to be framed by his own woman to become a murderer, imprisoned, beaten up, and had his face ruined … But it didn't matter, the Godly Doctor could cut off his own bones and pull out the entire beautiful skin, returning to the performing arts world.Of course, the first thing to do was to kill the woman who betrayed him.Married an old man who wanted to be the CEO's wife?Fine, I'll marry your stepson, take your son, steal your company, drive you out, and let you retire with honor in advance!
The Stand-Up Groomsman
by Jackie LauA bridesmaid and groomsman put their differences aside to get their friends down the aisle in this opposites-attract steamy romantic comedy.They say to never meet your heroes, but when Vivian Liao's roommate gets engaged to her favorite actor&’s costar, she has no choice but to come face-to-face with Melvin Lee again. He's just as funny and handsome as he is on-screen...but thinks she is a snob and a sellout. It's none of his business how she chooses to live her life, no matter how charismatic he is. Mel is used to charming audiences as an actor and stand-up comedian but can't connect to Vivian. She's a smart, talented artist—which is why he thinks she&’s wasting her life as a corporate finance drone. The only thing uniting them is their goal for the wedding to go off without a hitch. As they collaborate on wedding cake and karaoke parties, Mel realizes he might have seriously misjudged this bridesmaid, while Vivian discovers the best man might just be as dazzling off-screen as he is on. With the wedding underway, maybe more than one happily ever after is in the future.
Stand Your Ground: A Novel
by Victoria Christopher MurrayFrom the #1 Essence bestselling and award-winning author Victoria Christopher Murray comes Stand Your Ground, a new novel about two women who are faced with the same tragedy.A black teenage boy is dead. A white man shot him. Was he standing his ground or was it murder? Janice Johnson is living every black mother's nightmare. Her seventeen-year-old son was murdered and the shooter has not been arrested. Can the D.A. and the police be trusted to investigate and do the right thing? Should Janice take advantage of the public outcry and join her husband alongside the angry protestors who are out for revenge? Meredith Spencer is married to the man accused of the killing and she sees her husband and the situation with far more clarity than anyone realizes. What she knows could blow the case wide open, but what will that mean for her life and that of her son? Will she have the courage to come forward in time so that justice can be done? #1 national bestselling and award-winning author Victoria Christopher Murray's Stand Your Ground is a pulse-pounding meditation on race, motherhood, marriage, and vigilante justice that will have readers spellbound until its shocking end.
Standing Bear's Surrender
by Peggy WebbHE LOST HIS WINGS...Blue Angel Naval Commander Jim Standing Bear lived to fly. And when that was taken away from him one dark night, his ability to walk had mysteriously disappeared with it. Until one not-so-dark night when a dancing angel caught his eye....AND FOUND HIS HEARTLovely and innocent, Sarah Sloan had never been as entranced by any man as she was by the wounded warrior who was Jim Standing Bear. And though he was clearly terrified to let himself get too close, Sarah knew that once he was back on his feet-not to mention in the air-his fears would simply melt away. As would, she hoped, the bars over his heart....
Standing Fast: Standing Fast Cowboy Bodyguard Standoff At Midnight Mountain (Military K-9 Unit)
by Maggie K. BlackFramed!A Military K-9 Unit StorySuspected of aiding a serial killer, single dad Chase McLear is desperate to prove his innocence. However, someone’s determined for him to be found guilty—and now they’re targeting Chase’s little girl. Preschool teacher Maisy Lockwood’s father was one of the killer’s victims, but Maisy believes Chase has been framed. Can Chase’s K-9 beagle sniff out the evidence to clear his name before the killer makes them his next victims?
Standing In The Shadows: Fade To Midnight, Behind Closed Doors, Standing In The Shadows, Out Of Control, Edge Of Midnight, Extreme Danger And Ultimate Weapon (The McCloud Brothers Series #2)
by Shannon MckennaEx-FBI agent Connor McCloud can never forget the day he was set up to die at the hands of trusted friend and fellow agent Ed Riggs. Hard justice and loyalty to his badge have cost Connor what he wants most--Ed's shy, studious daughter Erin. He can never have her now, but her beauty still haunts and torments his every waking hour and his most fevered erotic dreams. But now that his old enemy Kurt Novak has returned, Connor is prepared to do anything to protect the vulnerable young woman from a killer who has vowed a brutal payback...a killer with a predator's lethal patience. Erin has been harboring secret fantasies about Connor McCloud since she first laid eyes on him--but that was before his testimony sent her father to jail. Her world is falling apart and it's all she can do to hold her family together. But now Connor is knocking on her door, telling her she needs his protection, whether she wants it or not. He won't give up and he won't stay away. He's sworn to guard her life with his own and his fierce protectiveness awakens long-buried feelings--and a fiery sexuality deep within her soul...
Standing Outside the Fire
by Sara OrwigIt began as an anonymous flirtation. Storm raging, lights flickering, two stranded travelers decided to share uninhibited conversation--but no names--during a stolen encounter. Talking turned into kissing. . . and the need to know each other's names. In an instant, Boone Devlin and Erin Frye discovered they weren't exactly strangers. And Boone discovered that Erin was a virgin. Only fate could have seen fit to land bachelorhood lovin' Boone in bed with the marriage-minded manager of the Texas ranch he'd inherited and intended to sell. Suddenly, his best-laid plans promised to be the ultimate betrayal. Because Boone was starting to suspect that he and Erin had created a lot more than sparks. . . .
Standoff
by Sandra BrownAmbitious TV reporter Tiel McCoy is driving through New Mexico when she hears over the radio that Sabra Dendy, the 17-year-old daughter of Fort Worth multimillionaire Russell Dendy, has been kidnapped. Tiel calls her editor and learns that Sara was "kidnapped" by her boyfriend Ronnie and is pregnant. Tiel is at a gas station store when an armed couple robs the cashier and orders all the customers to the floor. The girl goes into labor and Tiel realizes that she has a huge story on her hands. A tense standoff begins as the FBI and Russell Dendy wait outside. Tiel learns that Sabra and Ronnie are more afraid of her father-who plans to put the baby up for adoption-than of the FBI and would rather die together than surrender and be kept apart. Now it is more than just a story to Tiel as she fights to prevent these two kids from becoming a tragedy.
Standoff: The gripping thriller from #1 New York Times bestseller
by Sandra BrownA fearless reporter trapped in a volatile siege, two young lovers turned fugitive and a hold up that transforms a small desert town into a powder keg . . . TV reporter Tiel McCoy is driving to New Mexico for a well-earned vacation when she hears on the radio that Fort Worth millionaire Russell Dendy's daughter has been kidnapped. Calling her editor she finds out that the girl is pregnant, the kidnapper is the girl's boyfriend and that they may be heading, as she is, to a small town in New Mexico. She puts her holiday plans on hold to chase the story but as she stops for gas she gets caught up in a standoff at a gas station. If she survives she knows this will be the biggest scoop of her life. But as the night-long siege continues she is forced to put aside her reporter's impartiality and become involved . . . or lives will be lost.**********Praise for Sandra Brown'Brown's novels define the term "page turner"' Booklist 'Perfectly plotted . . . sin-tillating suspense'People magazine'A masterful storyteller, carefully crafting tales that keep readers on the edge of their seats'USA Today
Standoff at Christmas
by Margaret DaleyDANGEROUS HOLIDAY HOMECOMING Anchorage K-9 officer Jake Nichols returns home for Christmas to recover from the accident that almost killed him-and find a little peace and quiet. But those plans are shattered when his childhood friend Rachel Hart gets caught up in a drug-smuggling ring after her aunt is brutally murdered. Jake quickly discovers that Port Aurora is no longer the tranquil little fishing town he left behind. He promises Rachel that he'll stick around until he tracks down the killer-and vows to protect her at all costs. Both of their lives are in peril as he battles against the Alaskan winter, a ruthless criminal...and his developing feelings for Rachel. Alaskan Search and Rescue: Risking their lives to save the day
Standoff at Midnight Mountain: Standing Fast Cowboy Bodyguard Standoff At Midnight Mountain
by Mary AlfordHer brother is missingAnd she’s the next targetAfter her CIA operative brother disappears, leaving behind only a cryptic message, armed men target former agent Rachel Simmons for information. But with help from her ex, Agent Alex Booth, Rachel eludes them, trekking into the mountains in search of her brother. Pursued through the wilderness by highly trained—and very familiar—men, can Alex and Rachel expose a conspiracy that goes deeper than they ever imagined?
Standoff at Mustang Ridge
by Delores FossenWhen Deputy Sheriff Royce McCall responds to a break-in at his family's cabin, he doesn't expect the intruder to be beautiful Sophie Conway-in her nightgown! The last time he saw her, she wasn't wearing much else, although the details of their New Year's Eve encounter are sketchy at best. Then she admits that not only has she become a killer's target, but she also lied about carrying Royce's baby in order to escape an arranged marriage. With too many unanswered questions surrounding this woman he barely knows, Royce still vows to protect Sophie when the bullets start flying. But when the memories of their one-night stand become clearer, so does the fact that she may not be lying about being pregnant after all....
Stands A Calder Man (Calder #2)
by Janet DaileyA bittersweet and romantic Western novel in the Calder series from the New York Times bestselling author of This Calder Range. Webb Calder fought the newcomers who rushed to claim grasslands where Calder cattle grazed. But he could not resist Lilli—proud and lovely young immigrant, loyal to the homesteader&’s cause and to her husband. Still, a Calder always got what he wanted. Where a man stands for what he believes, there Stands a Calder Man.
The Stanforth Secrets
by Jo BeverleyFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Wedding, a classic Regency romance back in print and in trade paperback for the first time. Though the widowed Chloe Stanforth loves her house by the sea, a series of puzzling incidents has left her unsettled and anxious to find a new home. Her situation is complicated by the arrival of her husband's cousin, for whom she has long harbored a deep and guilty attraction. Back from the war, Justin Delamere hopes he can finally woo Chloe, until he suspects her guilty of treason-and murder. Can he trust the woman he's always desired, and can Chloe surrender her most private secrets to the man who controls her freedom and now her heart? .
The Stanforth Secrets
by Jo BeverleyFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Wedding, a classic Regency romance back in print and in trade paperback for the first time. Though the widowed Chloe Stanforth loves her house by the sea, a series of puzzling incidents has left her unsettled and anxious to find a new home. Her situation is complicated by the arrival of her husband's cousin, for whom she has long harbored a deep and guilty attraction. Back from the war, Justin Delamere hopes he can finally woo Chloe, until he suspects her guilty of treason-and murder. Can he trust the woman he's always desired, and can Chloe surrender her most private secrets to the man who controls her freedom and now her heart?
The Stanislaski Series Collection Volume 1: Taming Natasha\Luring a Lady\Falling for Rachel
by Nora RobertsFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts comes three classic stories in her Stanislaskis family saga. TAMING NATASHA When Spence Kimball sets eyes on Natasha Stanislaski, he's thunderstruck by the intensity of his attraction. While the former ballet dancer turned toy shop owner has a fiery temperament that keeps most men safely at bay, Spence can't seem to resist her. But he isn't sure Natasha would be interested in a single father. He'll do whatever it takes to tame Natasha's fears…and show her how to love again. LURING A LADY Nothing in Sydney Hayward's background of wealth and privilege had prepared her to take the helm of her grandfather's business. Her new responsibilities leave no time for complications. Sydney learned the hard way that she could never trust anyone, but her tenant Mikhail is hard to resist. She doesn't have room in her life for romance — but Mikhail seems to know exactly how to win her over…one smoldering kiss at a time. FALLING FOR RACHEL For the public defender Rachel Stanislaski, her work is her life. The last thing she needs is the hot‐headed Zack Muldoon storming into her court room. Zack might not like it, but he needs Rachel. She's the only person standing between his delinquent kid brother and a prison sentence. Zack is used to getting his way—but when it comes to Rachel he might just lose his heart. Previously Published.
The Stanislaski Series Collection Volume 1: A Bestselling Romance Box Set (Stanislaskis)
by Nora RobertsFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts comes the first three stories in her classic Stanislaskis family saga. TAMING NATASHAWhen composer Spence Kimball sets eyes on Natasha Stanislaski, he’s thunderstruck by the intensity of his attraction. While the former ballet dancer has a fiery temperament that keeps most men safely at bay, Spence can’t seem to resist her. But he isn’t sure Natasha would be interested in a single father. He’ll do whatever it takes to tame Natasha’s fears…and show her how to love again.LURING A LADYNothing in Sydney Hayward’s background of wealth and privilege had prepared her to take the helm of her grandfather’s business. Sydney learned the hard way that she could never trust anyone, but her tenant Mikhail is hard to resist. She doesn’t have room in her life for romance — but Mikhail seems to know exactly how to win her over...one smoldering kiss at a time.FALLING FOR RACHELFor the public defender Rachel Stanislaski, her work is her life. The last thing she needs is the hot-headed Zack Muldoon storming into her court room. Zack might not like it, but he needs Rachel. She’s the only person standing between his delinquent kid brother and a prison sentence. Zack is used to getting his way—but when it comes to Rachel he might just lose his heart. Previously Published.