But the quicksilver lady with the gorgeous eyes was tike elusive perfume--good at disappearing, and unforgettable. Caitlan believed John was her adversary, the villain who might take her baby away if he learned the mystery of her past--so how could she have lost herself in the hot, shivery sensations of his embrace? They had nothing in common but a beautiful baby, but John was bewitched by the fragile siren who broke all the rules that he lived to follow. Caitlan was the outlaw sweetheart of his dreams, but she stubbornly refused his attempts to rescue her from her free spirit's life and a gang of crazy, caring friends who never left them alone! Could John make Caitlan understand that good guys weren't simple, that beneath his mask was a cowboy with a reckless heart?

    Determined to ignore this Casanova on the prowl, Jordan tried to resist the gorgeous scoundrel, but Mr Tall, Dark, and Mysterious tantalized her with flowers, charmed her with his wit, and claimed her with hot, searching caresses that seared her heart. Need consumed Jordan like wildfire, filled her with a sweet madness that only one man could satisfy, but early heartbreak had left her scared to trust her hopes. Until he echoed her words of love, could she believe that Nick shared her cherished dream of forever?

    But when Tracy outsmarted a pair of kidnappers and led him into the forest in a desperate escape plan, Nick was enchanted by this courageous woodswoman who embraced danger and risked her life to save his. Only when they were safe did Tracy tremble, but what overwhelmed her, made her dizzy with pleasure, was Nick's touch. In the primitive intimacy of the woods, he filled her with longing and held her in his arms until dawn. Loving Nick was a cherished fantasy, but he thought she should be running the company. Could Tracy persuade Nick that by choice she wasn't his rival, only his prize?

    and vowed he wasn't her type. She was the careful, cautious one in a clan of free spirits, a late bloomer who'd never sown wild oats --- but Dutton taught her ecstasy with his lips and inflamed her desire, while she tempted him to taste her forbidden fruit. When they were suspected of being lovers, Dutton suggested a clever charade --- but Bliss secretly yearned for their affair to be real. In his arms she couldn't hide her dreams any longer --- and in hers he knew he'd come home. Could Dutton shatter the wall around her heart and convince his angel in velvet they'd be together forever?

    but she appeared to be dead! Justin Hope was shocked at the sight of bodies lying everywhere. What disaster had befallen the pretty Wisconsin town, and how could he help the lovely woman lying on the grass before him? When mouth-to-mouth resuscitation turned into a kiss full of yearning and heat, Justin felt his spirits soar. The ruggedly handsome business tycoon had arrived in search of his young sister, but now he had another reason to stay awhile. Holly thrilled to the sensual current that crackled between them, returning Justin's ardor with abandon, but their romantic idyll seemed doomed. He called the world home, while she'd chosen a safe, quiet life in the town where she'd grown up. Holly was willing to settle for memories, afraid her city slicker would never stay with a farmer's daughter. Was love powerful enough to change a man's dreams and transform a woman who'd stopped believing in happily ever after?

    Thorn Cannon decided -- but could this mermaid be the justice of the peace who'd married his aunt to some stranger and let the honeymooners head for Hawaii without informing him? Exhausted from his medical practice, yet restless for something he couldn't name, he'd driven fast and furiously to Bowersville to discover the truth, and now Rachel had made him forget why he'd come. Filled with hunger and unexpected longing, Thorn yearned to stroke her skin and inflame her passion, to cherish and protect this vulnerable woman whose years of wandering had finally led her home. He'd forgotten the sweet pleasure of being needed, as a doctor, and as a man, but Rachel had lived so long with closed doors. Thorn stirred her, dared her to risk all she held dear. Could she share her secrets with this tender dreamer who'd promised to love all she'd ever be?

    With abandon and heat, Sassy begged Luke to teach her everything, from riding a horse to an astonishing ecstasy she'd never known. Warmed by her fire, Luke let himself dream for a while, but he knew that like his long-ago fiancee, Sassy would never stay with him on the land he loved. Wrapped in his embrace, Sassy felt she belonged somewhere at last, but could she make Luke understand that her dreams had changed when she'd fallen in love?

    — The alabaster skin, the amethyst eyes -- Dev Abrams shook his head. Why, after all this time, did he think he saw his dead wife in the theater lobby? Then he looked again and met the shocked eyes of the only woman he had ever loved. Felicity felt stunned, dizzy at the sight of her husband in the magnificent flesh. He'd been reported killed in the middle of a revolution, but her heart shouted with triumph that it wasn't true. He'd identified her body by the wedding ring he'd given her, but now destiny had revealed the shocking truth. Dev claimed Felicity with an embrace of such violence and hunger she wept, then returned his kiss with a fierce need that echoed his own. Drawn into a passionate maelstrom that overwhelmed them both, Felicity and Dev fought to recapture ecstasy's memory, but shadows in the night still threatened their lives. Seared by savage desire, consumed by wild need, could they protect the eternal flame of their love?