on a visa that is about to expire. Marriage will allow him to stay�marriage to Julia Conrad. If Julia's going to save her Seattle-based company, she needs him as much as he needs her. There's a Groom Wanted in Julia's life. And not just any groom!

    Out of her need to escape, she left her L.A. life behind and answered an ad in an Oklahoma newspaper for a round-up cook. She hadn't counted on meeting Case Longren and he hadn't been expecting Lily, either, but now that she was there, he didn't plan on letting her go.

    One look at Sarah Thatcher and Wolf knew he had to get involved with the lovely spitfire—for her own safety. But who was going to protect him from the tempting vixen?Sarah realized that bruises and broken bones weren't all Wolf had suffered in the past—his heart had been shattered as well. And if Sarah wanted to tame the wounded warrior, she had to earn his trust…before Wolf ran for the hills.

    And together, Becky and Davey learn a few things about baseball, love, and life.

    Now, as a woman, she lived with the threat that the secrets of her past would com e back to haunt her. '

     Thomas Stonehill and Garnet Anthony couldn't be more different, ice to fire, but both are determined to make the Corners a neighborhood where residents will be safe to enjoy a wealth of opportunities. After a personal tragedy Thomas, once the minister of a megachurch, forms a ragtag congregation in an abandoned store, despite his own doubts that God listens or cares. Garnet, a nurse, runs a maternal health clinic that she's carved from nothing. When warring gangs threaten Garnet's clinic and personal safety, Thomas takes action to protect her, despite his conviction that he must remain a man apart. Neither of them is prepared for the startling outcome. Reviewer Melinda Helfer, of Romantic Times (now RT Book Reviews) wrote: "Innovative plots can often open gateways for an author, but they can never take the place of the human experience that the very best books bring to our hearts." Dragonslayer blends romance, women's and inspirational fiction. But most of all it's a novel about the human heart and the mysterious healing power of love.

    MAX - POWERFUL, ENIGMATIC, A HERO WHO WAS DANGEROUS IN THE DARKHe was rich, mysterious, and shockingly obsessed with a lady of secret sorrows, but was Maxim Bannister endangering his priceless gem collection by letting beautiful, haunted Diana Layton distract him from unseen perils? She was his love at first sight, the mate destiny had molded only for him - but it would take more than courage to silence the terrors that nearly seduced her into endless night...HE FOUGHT HER DEMONS, AND SLEW HER DRAGONSVowing to love her until tragic memory surrendered to sweet ecstasy, Max unleashed his own hunger, treasuring Dinah with lips and hands that commanded and caressed until she exploded in heat and need...Once he'd made her forget any other man, made her understand she had always deserved to be loved, could Dinah open her heart completely to the man who'd healed her soul?

    But then the voices came, voices from somewhere beyond the edge of reason, whispering of unspeakable horrors.One man, and one man alone, believed her nightmare was real--her enigmatic neighbor, Ian McLaren. Strange and compelling, he had clearly seen far too much of the dark side, and it had marked him forever. And yet she found herself hungering for him, even as the voices--and her fragile heart--whispered to her to flee his touch....

    When Deputy D.A. Amanda Tarkenton finds out her surprise birthday gift is a trip to All-Star Wrestling, she wants to leave. Then Bram Masterson, AKA The Beastmaster, shows up in the ring. Tall, dark and brutally handsome, he sees the protesting Amanda in the audience and goes off-script, tossing her over his shoulder and carting her out of the auditorium to the cheers of the rabid crowd. He is the evil Beastmaster, the baddest of the bad. But Amanda has her own reputation to uphold. Everything this Beastmaster represents is an affront to her sterling reputation and her family's dedication to public service. Like any great litigator, she knows how to turn the tables, trapping Bram in a game of his own making. Soon, he is the one battling to protect what he holds dear. But after being humiliated both publicly and privately, Amanda is in no mood to show mercy.

    Josey O'Brian just calls him a chauvinist.Josey O'Brian: Gable's teenage sister would call her a strong, gutsy woman. Gable just calls her a women's libber.Gable Rawlings had money problems and a ranch coveted by every rich vulture in New Mexico, but he was just as worried about his sister. He'd busted his back to properly raise his orphaned siblings, and he had to stop Josey O'Brian from filling his sister's head with foolish talk about women's rights. And Gable had already figured out the easiest--and most enjoyable--way of getting Josey to stop talking ....AMERICAN HEROES: Men who give all they've got for their country, their work -- the women they love.

    He had to call in co-worker Ms. Melanie Inganforde for help. After all, she was a woman--though it was hard to be sure from her baggy businesswoman suits.Melanie worked twelve-hour days to be taken seriously, and all too-handsome Sloan had ever done was pat her on the head. Well, Melanie had just the medicine for poor, sick Sloan! She'd cook, clean and baby-sit if he gave her his juiciest account. Problem was, sexy Sloan was the one with the fever, yet he had Melanie burning up ....

    But when she plunges into the lake at twilight to rescue a man she sees thrown overboard from a boat, she jeopardizes the life she holds dear. FBI agent ‘Mac’ James McClain had been hiding from death threats here in this peaceful town. Now his enemies are hunting not only him, but also the woman who saved his life. On the run, in danger, these two battle a compelling physical attraction that scares them both. Even if they survive, what does a man who lives undercover for months at a time and has never really had a home have to offer a woman who is desperate to be part of the hometown she gave up in her quest for that Olympic gold? Perhaps it is inevitable that they end up back out on the dark waters of the lake, where their only hope of salvation is each other.

    Hollis adored the fierce protector who a taught her ecstasy, but she knew shed suffocate in the cocoon he'd wrap her in. Once she understood his need to keep her safe, could she make him see he'd always find a haven in her arms?

    ....as those who will not see. And Lindsey Witherspoon, used to capturing the world with her camera, to controlling the images that met her eyes, refused to see that the swamp was beyond her control.The swamp that spread so tantalizingly beyond her door, beckoning with promises of beauty never yet captured on film, was in truth a place of darkness, a place where a woman had no business to walk alone, unprotected. Where the paths themselves seemed to shift and shiver. Where a woman who wasn't careful might find herself alone with... a man like Royce Blanchard. A man who once had warned her that his last woman had come into the swamp... and died.

    But the past was a dangerous place - especially for a woman alone, a woman for whom wealth and power were nothing more than an accident of fate.Michelle wanted to believe that Tony D'Allessandro, the private investigator she had hired to find the family she had never known, was a man she could trust with her secrets. But could she trust this disturbing stranger with her fragile heart?FAMILY FOUND: Once there were seven...but fate orphaned, then separated them. Now they struggle to find one another.

    As Hurricane Andrew raged through Miami, single mother Katie Wells' solidly built house was destroyed. Cold and scared, she'd been too grateful for the handsome stranger who'd rescued her and her son to wonder why Andrew Cunningham's home had suspiciously survived... Now Katie felt the fury of the hurricane raging through her -- because the man who'd saved her was none other than the architect who'd built her house. The destruction of homes he had built brought back bitter, painful memories for Andrew Cunningham -- and told him that someone was sabotaging his company. But when the storm died down, Andrew Cunningham was going to wreak some havoc of his own...

    

    HIS LETHAL SMILE PROMISED PLEASURES SHE'D NEVER KNOWN Memory adored Drew's instant rapport with her daughter and felt her loneliness vanish as he stormed the walls around her heart, wooing her with tenderness and fierce desire. She'd spent years running from shadows that haunted her nights, scared to risk loving but unwilling to surrender hope. By daring to believe they could join their dreams, could Memory and Drew touch the sky together?

    Hunk put mail carrier Shelley Peter's romantic imagination into overdrive. Her daydreams took a nosedive when she finally met the elusive Dr. Hunk, alias Garrick Booth, an absentminded-scientist type. The more Shelley saw Garrick, the more she realized how smart, sweet, and sensitive he was. Then suddenly he metamorphosed into a sexy hunk - and she wasn't the only woman wanting his kisses.

    His will also stipulated that she learn the business under the guidance of his nephew, Nikolaos Konstantin. Nik's condescending air guaranteed trouble, but when business turned to pleasure, Emily simply couldn't resist. Unfortunately, Nik inisisted that falling in love wasn't part of the deal.

    Science certainly could not explain away the man who came walking toward her that shining morning in the Nevada desert. He reached out to her across half a century and touched her soul forever. A terrible mistake fifty years in the past had left Major Perry Deveroux suspended somewhere between yesterday and tomorrow, while the world he knew had changed beyond recognition. Now he had no way home, and no place in this brave new world. His only hope, his only comfort, lay in a woman unlike any he had ever known and in a love that could not be bound by time.

    A fiercely independent man, the air force pilot wasn't prepared to accept help, especially when it came from Amanda Upton--a woman with whom he shared a special past. Although Vincent couldn't see her beauty, he was not immune to the heat flowing between them ...intense heat that could lead to one dangerous conflagration.But there were other fires being ignited besides the one between him and Amanda. An arsonist was setting blazes near Vincent's mountain retreat--endangering Amanda. Vincent knew he had to protect her at any cost. But could he reach beyond his confining darkness to find salvation in Amanda's radiant light?

    But nothing is burned more vividly in his mind than the one night ten years ago when he'd tasted fierce passion in the arms of Miranda Witherspoon. When he agrees to help her find her missing fiance, he has only one real objective: to convince Miranda that she and Geoff are destined only for each other.

    She'd moved away, changed her name, and still she didn't feel safe--until rugged rogue cop Mark Lawton came along. Jenny had stopped believing in white knights long ago, but somehow Mark slipped past all her carefully constructed defenses.As a tough cop in an even tougher town, Mark knew trouble-the kind that turned a man dead and empty inside. Warm, passionate Jenny changed all that. To protect her and her boy, Mark would go beyond the call of duty ...even if it means putting his job--and his life--on the line. But winning Jenny's trust would take more than courage-it would take all the love he possessed ....

    Surely, she --a psychologist!--would remember giving birth! Her next surprise came when she opened the door to the girl's "stuffy old bachelor uncle" from Boston. Paul Wycoff was gorgeous, and certainly not "old." But he did need to loosen up.At first, Paul was hoping Marry wouldn't get in the way of his forging a bond with his recently orphaned niece. But though she remained adamant about not being Stephanie's mother, she was working miracles with her and with him. He thought he might even reconsider his bachelor status, if only Marry would tell him the truth.

    Prisoner Rhys Redding's only hope of escaping the confines of his Confederate jail before the conquering Yanks set the prisoners free and find out who he really is lies in Susannah Fallon, a ebony-haired beauty.

    But opening her home to strangers becomes a dangerous enterprise indeed when Roxanne finds herself embroiled in the current Brighton mystery: Someone is stealing valuable painting from the wealthy country estates....Should she suspect her handsome new boarder, Robert Lymond, whose rakish, devil-may-care demeanor is decidedly suspicious? Or perhaps her dashing, golden-haired neighbor, Justin Denver, whose charming smile could harbor dark secrets? Or is there another scoundrel in their midst, one who had heard of a hidden treasure at the Sydney estate?

    But the ice-cold lady with the warm brown eyes later became his trouble when he found her huddled in his rig, desperate to make a quick getaway. And Shay had a feeling that he and his scared-to-death stowaway were headed down one long, bumpy road.

    Valentine's Summer by Terri Lynn released on May 25, 1993 is available now for purchase.

    . .Ten years of anger melted into desire the moment U.S. Marshal Grant Stephens spied fragile Beth Channing. Then reality snapped in. Nothing had changed: his ex-wife was still the spoiled little rich girl he'd once known ...and told himself he hated. But when he discovered that someone was out to kill him, and that Beth was caught in the cross fire, he moved in with her to protect her--and he had no intention of sleeping on the couch ....Beth didn't know whether to laugh or cry when Grant moved in. His disturbing presence warmed her, but he threatened the walls she'd painstakingly built around her heart. And now danger surrounded them both. Was it possible fate had brought them back together only to tear them apart?

    Drugged, then kidnapped and held prisoner on a small boat sailing deep into the San Juan Islands, she wondered in despair if this gloriously beautiful place was to be her grave ....And yet nearly as disturbing as her fear was the strange longing she had come to feel for her enigmatic abductor, the man who called himself Ross MacGregor. As the restless wind sent them drifting farther and farther away from everything she knew and loved, she found herself aching for him, this man who surely meant to kill her ....

    The Sheriff Of Devil's Fork by Regan Forest released on Aug 25, 1993 is available now for purchase.

    Hard-edged, dangerous and suspicious.Erin Kenyon: A woman desperate enough to hire Ashe Seager - and strong enough to fall in love with him.Years ago, Erin Kenyon's beautiful face and innocent touch had helped Ashe Seager through the darkest, ugliest days of his life. But she'd been off-limits, engaged to marry the man to whom he owed everything. Now Erin was back, widowed and still off-limits, desperate to uncover the secrets behind her husband's mysterious death. But Ashe knew some secrets were better left untold...

    But could the mysterious man she found sprawled on the bed of her vacation cabin help her escape? The sexy stranger obviously had something to hide, but no matter how gruffly he acted, Regan had no choice--she had to trust him.Alone, Jake Cutter could have easily made it to safety in no time at all. Now, Regan's presence put both their lives at risk--and if the authorities found him, his secret would be revealed. Jake knew he had to get Regan out of the mountains ... but he also had to get her out of his heart!

    But the woman he'd loved had died--suddenly, tragically--and now Sullivan didn't care about anyone or anything. He didn't even care that his once-sharp nose for news had gotten him into deep trouble with someone who wanted him out of the way... permanently.Enter Officer Maggie Webster. Sullivan knew that Maggie had been sent to protect him from his enemy, but soon the infuriating woman was rescuing him from himself! Even more disturbing was that every time he looked into Maggie's eyes he was reminded of his long-lost love.

    — He pulled the beautiful redhead into the plane, then took off moments ahead of a raging typhoon, but Lieutenant Colonel Matt Cooper felt wildly buffeted by a storm of desire! He'd rescued Jennifer Delaney from a tiny Pacific island, but what he really wanted was to save the enticingly sexy woman for himself. When fate threw them together again in Hawaii, he vowed to taste the lush promises of her lips. He Wanted Her to Smooth His Rough Edges Intrigued by her power to excite the worldly flier, Jennifer welcomed his wildfire embraces, eager to experience every passionate fantasy he whispered in her ear. Enchanted by her indomitable spirit, Matt felt himself falling under Jennifer's spell, but he knew the price shed paid for independence, her dream of roaming the world. Could she show him his look of love was the best thing she'd ever see?

    That's how he found fimself trapped in a stately Southern home with the very proper Hightower family, protecting Aubrey, their child genius, from kidnappers. Jon saw in him a lonely boy who needed some fun in his life. And the Hightowers needed loosening up - especially the delectable Amanda Hightower...What really got him into trouble was when he began to care about the whole family of eccentrics - especially the delectable Amanda.

    — When Johnny Hart heard that Bailey Asher was coming home, he remembered kissing her breathless the summer she was seventeen -- and wondered if she'd still feel so good in his arms! Bailey insisted she wanted to trade her city detective's job for one as an investigator, but working closely with Johnny would be asking for romantic trouble -- could she keep her distance from her handsome devil of a boss? He Was the Biggest Flirt in the County Johnny charmed her, teased her, filled her with longing, but Bailey found it hard to trust any man, no matter how his touch thrilled her, or made her hunger to be his. Bailey tempted him to break all the rules, but until she shared her secrets, he couldn't help heal the sorrow that shadowed her heart. He'd always been her best friend, but could he show her no one would ever need her more or love her better?

    The children were given their choice of the fine ladies presented to them, but they had already given their hearts to their governess, Sarah Barnes.Anthony, too, was finding that Miss Barnes had a compelling effect on him, but he knew that if she agreed to his proposal, it would be for the sake of the children. That simply wasn't enough. He found he wanted more than Miss Barnes was prepared to give. Far more. But after all, it was the season of miracles....