Her investigation points to Rupert Samuels,one of the wealthiest and most eligible black men in the East, but her covert efforts to get close enough to uncover the goods on him bring her to the brink of becoming his wife.A Promise of Pleasure Snatched from the altar by Dix Wildhorse, a Black Seminole Marshal from Oklahoma's Indian country, Kate has no choice but to flee with the daring knight her father sent to rescue and wed her. Marriage had never been part of Kate's plans,and she isn't about to abandon her career to become the dutiful wife of a Wild West lawman bent on wrapping her in his own protective cocoon. Determined to hold on to her independence despite the dark simmering fire Dix's bronzed, muscled embrace ignites, she challenges him at every turn. Yet even as their battle of wills intensifies, the heat of their passion blazes with unmatched fury...a wildfire of love that can only be answered in the sweet ecstasy of surrender.

    As she tries to pick up the pieces, the long-simmering chemistry between her and Joshua Templeton finally comes to a boil.Holding the Dream (1997)Kate Powell has always felt indebted to the Templetons for taking her in after her parents deaths. All she's ever wanted is to make them proud. But accusations of embezzlement have her hanging her head in shame. It takes the gentle persistence of Byron DeWitt to prod her into fighting back.Finding the Dream (1997)Laura Templeton wanted one thing in life, to marry her Prince Charming and raise a family. Unfortunately, her Prince turned into a toad and she's forced to begin her life again. Adding to the turmoil is the brooding, handsome Michael Fury, a man she's always had a hidden desire for.

    Nichaolas Sparks Love Stories Three-Book Set (A Bend In the Road, The Rescue, Message in a Bottle) For a limited time get three of Nicholas Sparks' popular fiction titles in one easy-to-order package, including the bestseller, Message in a Bottle.

    In contemporary mores and humanity, they investigate and celebrate the gender gap.

    At a glance, Kathleen looks like an unkempt, aged vagabond who tramps the roads carrying all her worldly possessions in a grubby tapestry bag. Her only friend is the mangy old dog who accompanies her; the sum of her life is in the diaries she so zealously guards. Yet close up, Rosie can see that Kathleen has a gracious beauty - the 'look' of a respectable lady of means.In hospital, fighting for her life, yet moved by Rosie's care and compassion, Kathleen entrusts the diaries to her, urging her to look at them. There, in the soft glow of the lamp, Rosie reads a heartrending tale of stolen dreams, true love, heartache and loss. A tale that, somehow, must have a happy ending . . .

    From the horse farms of Virginia to the rugged beauty of Montana to an island off the coast of Georgia, these novels showcase Nora Roberts's talents for intense drama, vivid characters, and fast-paced suspense.

    Sarah Farley feels a pang of envy for Hattie's freedom. For over twenty years, Sarah has tolerated her husband's infidelities - and her love for him is about to be tested again... As Hattie settles into life at the mill, she befriends two young boatmen. Toby is recovering from a broken marriage and, when he has a another chance at happiness, Hattie is glad welcome his new family into the fold. Joss's problems are not so easily solved, but when he turns to Hattie for help, the motherly love that blossoms in her heart enables them both to heal old wounds...

    It feels like history repeating itself for Stevie, but this time she is determined to win back her man. She isn't going to act as he might expect. She isn't going to wail and dig her heels in, she is simply going to pretend to let him go whilst she pursues a mad course of dieting, exercising and self-improvement. And it feels like history is repeating itself for Adam MacLean too, who is also determined to win his lady, Jo, back with the same basic psychological tactics. Then he is going to initiate his master plan: Getting together with Stevie to drive Jo wild with jealousy. So, like the Scottish country jig 'The Birds and the Bees', the couples all change partners and learn some revealing truths about each other along the way. But what happens when Adam's master plan actually starts to work? And just who will Stevie be dancing with when the music stops?

    Cade is sure the woman of his dreams just walked through the door when Bailey shuffles in, but the two must solve Bailey’s mystery before considering their love for each other…no matter how passionate their affair may be. CAPTIVE STAR M.J. O’Leary is used to punching first and asking questions later. So when bounty hunter Jack Dakota tries to arrest her for bail jumping, she doesn’t go down easily. Little does Jack know, getting involved with M.J. will land him in a world of trouble. On the run from hired killers, M.J. refuses to talk about who’s after her…or why she has a massive blue diamond hidden in her purse. M.J. and Jack are drawn to each other, despite their better judgment, but can Jack learn to trust M.J. when she has so many secrets? SECRET STAR Lieutenant Seth Buchanan is astonished when the beautiful victim of his homicide investigation turns up—very much alive—at the murder scene. The cool, controlled cop never lets his feelings get in the way of his job, and with a killer at large, Seth can’t afford any distractions. But there’s something irresistible about Grace Fontaine…and eventually Seth finds it hard to remember there’s any mystery more important to solve than that of Grace herself.

    As World War I breaks upon the deserts of Arabia in 1914, Allison Wescott, a young nurse, arrives in British Cairo, torn between her love for a handsome officer and her feelings for a minister working in Oswald Chambers's Zeitoun camp.

    April has a brain tumor which cannot be operated on. She's only 18, and her future is uncertain. But when she meets Mark Gianni, a 21-year-old with a passion for car racing, things change. Mark is handsome and charming--and has cystic fibrosis. Despite herself, April falls completely in love with him. Aprilsays yes when Mark asks her to marry him. But a racing accident aggravates Mark's CF, and April must make a decision that will change the course of her life forever."

    Though she and the six-year-old Graciela get off to a rocky start, Jenny will do everything in her power to keep her promise, even with the child's cousins in hot pursuit. Then she is mysteriously drawn to the handsome cowboy Ty Sanders, and though neither know it yet, their purpose is the same.

    She was just like her grandmother, the legendary Skye O'Malley. Darling Jasmine Jasmine had been forced into marriage twice. Rebelling at King James' decree that she wed Jemmie Leslie, fifth earl of Glenkirk, she fled to France with her children. But her youngest, the illegitimate offspring of Jasmine's lover, Prince Henry Stuart, is also the king's only grandson. Now the man coming after her and her little boy is the man she both fears and desires. . . Jemmie Leslie has come to France to possess Jasmine--by force if necessary. Though they shared a night of unforgettable passion, her rejection of their betrothal stunned and maddened him. Yet once he sees her again, Jemmie vows to win the elusive Jasmine back. . .and take her beyond ecstasy.

    "Neat as a pin and stiff as starch," he classified her when she and her wagonload of orphans pulled up to his Texas ranch. But without any men of his own, the boys under her care were Jake's only chance of driving his beeves to market. Still, he couldn't help wondering if he could teach a gang of outlaws-in-the-making to herd cattle...if he could keep his hands off the oh-so-proper belle...if there was any way at all to stop Isabelle from branding his heart as her own.

    She was on the run with a sheriff coming right at her and a handsome farmer close enough that she could touch him. She only wanted the sexy farmer’s help for a few minutes but that damned sheriff insisted on taking them to the court house himself. Get married… Ted Wellman didn’t go to town to get hitched but that sweet girl with her big green eyes looked desperate when she asked him to help her. Then suddenly he was married to the girl and he knew nothing about her. Rather than rushing to help him get ride of his bride for a day, his crazy family seemed determined to keep him and Cassie together. What were they thinking? That there was a chance of thawing Ted’s heart? If you liked Carolyn Brown’s Three Magic Words series: A Forever Thing, In Shining Whatever and Life After Wife or her stand alone romance books, A Falling Star, Lily’s White Lace or The PMS Club you'll be sure to love Bride for a Day.

    But she saw it. Saw the gloved hand...felt the knife strike...knew her mother’s terror. That was a lifetime ago. But the nightmares have returned; only, this time they’re of a faceless serial killer stalking women in south Florida. A killer she can’t see but who knows she is watching. Surrounded by her family, Madison knows she should feel safe, but she doesn’t. And how much can FBI agent Kyle Montgomery protect her, when he can’t let go of the past they’ve shared? Madison is Kyle’s only link to the killer, but can they find the truth before the killer strikes again? Because sometimes, it’s what--or who--you can’t see that holds the greatest danger....

    Her overflowing new responsibilities left no room for complications�and Mikhail Stanislaski was definitely a complication. Sydney had learned the hard way that she could never love anyone�least of all, this masculine stranger who came from a world so different from her own. Still, the way she felt when he put his hands on her made her doubt her resolve to remain alone. This gifted man seemed to have a rare talent for luring even a reluctant lady into his arms….WAITING FOR NICKFrederica Kimball had been waiting all her life�waiting to grow up, and waiting for the day when Nicholas LeBeck would fall as desperately in love with her as she'd always been with him. Nick had forever loved Freddie like a kid sister, but now he was seeing her in a different light, and she was making him feel things no brother ought to feel. The waiting was over, but the wanting had just begun….TAMING NATASHANatasha Stanislaski left her youthful indiscretions far behind when she settled for a quiet life running a successful toy store in rural West Virginia. But then brash Spence Kimball and his adorable little girl joined forces to nudge their way into her shop…and her closely guarded heart. Sensing that a hidden wound was behind Natasha's steely defenses, Spence aimed to draw out the gentler side he knew was beneath the surface. Slowly her pain gave way to passion. But when he vowed to love her always, she pulled away once more. What would it take to tame her fears once and for all?

    This volume features two classic romances by "New York Times" bestselling author Jude Deveraux that were always meant to be together: "Twin of Fire" and "Twin of Ice".

    But now Kathleen Ryder is back in his life--still pursued by the deadly secrets that forced her to flee before. And even though Morgan swears to protect her, he is helpless against his own rekindled passion.Kathleen has never forgotten the achingly sweet hunger that bound them together years ago. Now, still on the run, all she dares ask is that Morgan keep her safe--never expecting that he has the power to breathe life-giving fire to an ember that has grown cold.

    But both are isolated members of the opulent Cavendish household and, spirited young women, they instantly recognise kindred spirits in each other. So when Nora is unfairly flung on to the streets by Leah's grasping brother-in-law, Leah follows her, defiantly declaring her intention to move into a house in Liverpool's docklands, alongside Nora and her impoverished family. But nothing can prepare Leah for the squalor that greets her in Oil Street. Nor for the impact of meeting Sean Maguire, Nora's proud and handsome Irish neighbour...

    It shouldn't have mattered—she was engaged to Tony, after all!—but James proved a stalwart support as Leonora did her best to keep her parents' decrepit but much-loved manor house running smoothly.All this made her begin to doubt the wisdom of her engagement. But there was little point in admitting that she loved James, when he showed so little sign of caring for her.

    No one in Dunderry, Georgia--least of all Claire's family--could understand the bond between these two mavericks. But Roan and Claire belonged together...until the dark afternoon when violence and terror overtook them, and Roan disappeared from Claire's life. Now, two decades later, Claire is adrift, and the Maloneys are still hoping the past can be buried under the rich Southern soil. But Roan Sullivan is about to walk back into their lives....By turns tender and sexy and heartbreaking and exuberant, A Place to Call Home is an enthralling journey between two hearts--and a deliciously original novel from one of the most imaginative and appealing new voices in Southern fiction.

    But the truth could destroy Maxwell and the love that binds them. Hill is the author of Deception.

    After witnessing a terrible crime, advertising firm president Erin Cortland refuses to share her fears with anyone despite recurring nightmares, and she falls in love with her protector, Jake Hunter.

    Her kind has driven his people from their home, and the last thing he needs is a woman whose beauty dazzles him, and whose awakening passion robs him of his reason. But a force greater than both of them has now brought them together and will ultimately transform both their lives.

    Her brother-in-law had been murdered, and her sister Laura had been arrested for the crime. In desperation, Sonya turns to the one man who can clear her sister's name.THE VERDICT IS IN THE HEART OF PASSION.Handsome Dwayne Hamilton was the state's most seasoned criminal defense attorney. Despite an undeniable attraction, Sonya is determined to keep things professional...until she and Dwayne begin searching for the truth behind the tragedy, and uncover a tangled web of revenge and deception. Now, with each dangerous turn in the case, Sonya will find herself on trial--defenseless against Dwayne's seductive kisses, his tender words, and the powerful inner voice that dares her to fall in love....

    This trilogy features three delightful, spirited sisters and a trio of equally fascinating men.

    There, amid the majestic peaks, the rugged horseman fell in love at first sight—with a white stallion that had no equal anywhere in the West. But before Kane could ride the magnificent beast off into the sunset, he'd have to use his considerable charms to gentle a beautiful spitfire who claimed the animal as her own.The RenegadeProud, high-spirited Jade Farrow could do what no man had ever done: She could ride the notorious Satan. So she'd be damned if she'd give up her beloved horse without a fight. Determined to break Roemer, the fiery hellion followed him to his Laramie spread. Then a sudden blizzard trapped Jade with her sworn enemy, and she discovered that the only way she could hope to keep Satan was to rope, corral, and brand Kane with her unbridled passion.

    But first, she's promised to take her mother, Daisy, to Barkerville, historical site of a B.C. goldrush, to search out the resting place of an ancestor. But the trip becomes impossibly complicated when her mother invites her difficult friend, Elvira, along--and insists on bringing her incontinent dog. ˃˃˃ AND THEN A BRIDGE COLLAPSES-- And suddenly Hannah and her irritating companions are in Barkerville. But it's 1868, the height of the Cariboo goldrush. They have to accept accommodation from a saloon keeper named Logan McGraw, a mysterious, handsome man who fought in the Americal Civil War, and who has a secret agenda for being in Barkerville. ˃˃˃ Hannah and her companions quickly learn that women have no rights in this time and place. But stubborn, intrepid, and imaginative, they set out to bring a semblance of woman's liberation to the primitive and harsh conditions, always hoping to return to their own time. ˃˃˃ HANNAH WAS ABOUT TO BE MARRIED--BUT NOW SHE'S FALLING IN LOVE. Logan is accused of murder, which means he'll hang. Hannah needs to find a way to free him. But as with everything else, nothing goes according to plan in this western historical time travel.

    When the rich Clermont-Read family spoils her plans, Lily embarks on a personal quest for revenge and marries their only son, Bertie, a handsome indolent charmer. Rejected by his family, the young couple soon find themselves battling against the very poverty Lily had hoped to escape... A twist of fate brings her the freedom she craves, but the price Lily must pay is vindictive snobbery from Bertie's mother - as well as another far greater one, finally leading to a passionate affair with Nathan Monroe, a local steam boat captain. Now it is Lily who must protect herself against the threat of vengeance and decide who is more important, her husband or her lover.

    Rina's reputation as a skilled accountant is well-known, her Atlanta-based company is solvent, and she has a secure relationship with her business partner - in and out of the boardroom. Then, without warning, Rina's perfect world is shattered the moment she meets Cleveland Whitney. The dynamic District Attorney from Savannah, who is the son of Rina's most influential client, is the most handsome, arrogant and sensual man she has ever encountered. Rina discovers that she must fight valiantly not to succumb to Cleveland's sensual seduction, while she races against time to complete his mother's personal project, and return to the man she has promised to marry.

    Father-by-Surprise Clint Brady admitted his reaction could have been more enthusiastic, but the thought of baby bottles and nappies was enough to rattle even a rugged rancher like himself. Now that the shock had passed, nothing was going to come between Clint and fatherhood -- not even stubborn Angela!

    The Nephilim giants are on the rampage. Chaos is spreading throughout the kingdom of the mists. The flight of the Eagles is drawing near. Szar has returned from the Flying Dragons. After thirty-nine years of preparation, the Masters of Thunder are ready for the transfer of the Archive, a repository of the spiritual forces of their temples. The scene is set for the final battle. Will the world remember? The fourth and last volume of the Atlantean epic by Samuel Sagan, founder of the Clairvision School in Sydney.

    Her career is on the up and Oliver, the great love of her life, has just asked her to marry him. The future couldn't look better. But their married bliss soon starts to evaporate when Oliver's power-crazed boss decides that Rhiannon is an unsuitable wife. And when American billionaire Max Romanov, engaged to supermodel Galina Casimir, turns his charm on her, Rhiannon is overcome by the intensity of her feelings for this enigmatic man who proves to be a challenge too hard to resist. Until the web of passion becomes more and more tangled and threatens to destroy a love that consumes like wildfire...

    But for her, moving here is the key to the journey she must embark onto heal herself and put a tragic past behind her. Yet this new life is not without its own share of complications, as she finds herself deeply attracted to a local man of quiet strength...one who possesses his own inner conflicts and may not be free to love in return....

    But the brutal hardships that plagued the Sioux forced Raven to abandon his people, his heritage - and Tess. In Chicago, he forged a new life as a new man. Until Tess arrived, bringing with her the past he'd tried to deny. Gone was the spitfire nonconformist no man could tame, replaced by a fearless and determined young suffragette willing to fight for everything she held dear. But Tess would harness all the courage and spirit of a way of life gone forever to wage her greatest battle ... for love.

    In Tanners Alley in Bermondsey, Ruby Neal gives birth to a son, Paul. On the edge of a paddy field in Eastern China, a young woman dies giving premature birth to a girl. A travelling trader takes pity and takes the tiny child to the Anglican mission to be cared for. He becomes the child's guardian and names her Mei Li Ching.By the time Paul and Mei Li reach their twenty-first birthdays, they could not have had more different lives. And it is only as a consequence of war that they ever meet. Instantly attracted to each other, they are soon to discover the problems their cultural differences - and family prejudices - will bring.

    Living off the land in rural Kentucky, they adhere closely to the words of the Bible. But there is more going on at their compound than either Elijah or Gracie realises. In fact, a man has been killed for knowing too much. When the victim's twin, Jake Baretta, arrives at the compound to search for his twin's killer, he struggles to keep his heart and attraction to Gracie to himself, and his mind on the job. Everyone knows the first rule of undercover work: Never fall in love with enemy.

    But when she awakens from a car accident 120 years before her time, she must get used to a different society and a new life--and the fact that she is falling in love.

    

    Top Silhouette authors Diana Palmer and Joan Johnston have saddled up to bring their loyal readers another original novel each in their respective series, Long, Tall Texans and Hawk's Way! Two romantic Christmas love stories bound in one incredibly priced, mass market sized, hardcover collector's edition.

    But she's getting pretty close. So when she has a chance to take part in a four-week clinical study that involves a pill that makes the taker attractive to the opposite sex, Ellie doesn't waste any time signing up. After all, she has nowhere to go but up, right?

    Now, years later, it's a jilted lover's turn to turn Valentine's Day into a time for rekindling lost love. In Donna Hill's Masquerade, Joi Holliday, a shy book editor, finds the man of her dreams on the Internet. But can she change from a plain Jane into a confident, desirable woman by the time they meet at a Valentine's Day ball? In Janice Sim's To Love Again, a San Francisco caterer, Alana Calloway, embittered by the death of her policeman husband, receives flowers from a secret admirer. It will take a stunning revelation to help her let go the past and learn to love again.

    His ranch will be a good place for her sons to grow up, a place to escape big-city influence. Then she learns--from a stranger named Sam Dakota--that her grandfather is ill. Possibly dying. Molly packs up the kids without a second thought and makes the long drive to Sweetgrass, Montana.Once she arrives, she immediately has questions about Sam Dakota. Why is he working on her grandfather's ranch? Why doesn't the sheriff trust him? Just who is he? Despite everything, Molly can't deny her attraction to Sam--until her ailing grandfather tries to push them into marriage. Moving to the state of Montana is one thing; entering the state of matrimony is another! Some borders aren't so easy to cross.

    It was like magic. One moment Elise Gerard was dressing up to give tours of her plantation-and the next moment a man was in her room, demanding to know why she was in his bedchamber! Charming, considerate, and strikingly handsome, Reed Blackwell was the perfect Southern gentleman-and the man of Elise's dreams. Until their wedding night, when he vanished as suddenly as he appeared...New Orleans, 1844. Elise followed Reed back in time, but her future husband didn't know who she was. And now she had to win his love again...

     Marshall Jesse Quantrill hates them both. Anora King doesn’t lie, exactly, but pretending to be married affords her precious freedom in a new town as she struggles to raise the money for her brother’s operation. Then the new marshall comes to town. Jesse is shocked to find himself lusting after a married woman, but avoiding Anora proves next to impossible as rioters and ruckus drive them into each others’ arms, and lust leads to scandal with a deadly outcome. DON’T MISS UNDER THE COVERS READER CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST WESTERN HISTORICAL! Fall in Love with Jesse Quantrill, “a hero who steams into every woman’s heart with his bad-boy-turned-hero machismo.” Romantic Times Read for free on Amazon Ku

    He was staring at her from an antique mirror in the ballroom, standing among gaudily dressed women in an old-time western saloon. Keighly could only discover that his name was Darby Elder -- and that he lived a century ago. Twenty years later, engaged to be married, Keighly inherited her grandmother's house. Back before the ballroom mirror, she faces a handsome cowboy whose roguish air radiates trouble. Keighly senses the spirit of Darby Elder -- along with an electric charge of passion passing through the glass...and into her heart. But old news clips declare this outlaw son of a local madam would die in a shoot-out. Keighly's magical connection to Darby is too strong not to try and save his life or, if history will not bend, to love him as fiercely as the fleeting moments will allow.

    

    A financial advisor and aspiring singer, young widow Lauren Michaels finds her successful and happy life turned upside-down by the arrival of Eric Crawford, a handsome doctor who is convinced that he is the biological father of Lauren's adopted daughter.

    But the down-to-earth beauty knew he also symbolized everything she did not want for her brother, a talented college basketball player and top NBA draft choice. Taylor was not impressed by Donald's money or celebrity. But Donald was impressed with Taylor--and determined to show her how wrong she was about him. The game had begun--a bold winner-takes-all contest in which the only victor would be love.

    But being a plain, practical girl, Margo knew the professor was most unlikely to look her way.It took a tragic accident to bring an offer of marriage - from the professor. It was a practical proposal, but as Margo was taken into the bosom of his family over Christmas in Holland, she did wonder whether he might, someday, return her love....

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    Go to a hotel room with a stranger. (Even if you are stranded and there's a raging blizzard in progress.)2. Have sex with the above-mentioned stranger. (Does the phrase, toss-your-panties-handsome, explain why you did a really stupid thing?) 3. Write a tell-all about the encounter. (Especially when you later discover the stranger is a young, wildly popular, country music star.)Stevie Parker is a young reporter for a major Denver newspaper. After discovering the stranger's identity (she really had no idea and feels like a fool), she sets out to get revenge by writing a series of articles about the time they spent together.Joe Devlin, about to be named country music entertainer of the year, is also intent on revenge. He threatens to sue the newspaper Stevie works for. It is enough to get Joe exactly what he wants. For the next two weeks, Stevie, who will be writing a daily column, is going on tour with Joe and his band.What follows is sweet, seductive, sizzling, and so much more than they are ready for.

    This outrageously impudent officer kept deplorable company in dismal surroundings beyond the boundaries of polite society. Even worse, he was shamelessly, sinfully penniless.To keep him company would ruin Lydia's already slim chances in the marriage mart. To listen to the shocking proposal he made to her would spell ruin to her good name. To run away with him in a mockery of marriage on a honeymoon journey through the wilds of England was the ultimate folly for a young lady whose family demanded she wed both wisely and well. Could Lydia say "I do" and accept the Major for better or for worse, or would she risk losing the only man who had ever captured her heart?

    While she often spoke her mind to Professor Ruerd ter Mennolt, who was sometimes impatient, he did offer practical aid with Emmy's difficulties. Ruerd couldn't understand why, with a beautiful fiancee in Anneliese, he troubled with Emmy, but he still invited her to his home in Holland for Christmas...

    A quaint inn at Christmastime. Three matchmaking ghosts have found the perfect setting for a modern-day romance between a free-spirited American and a single-minded British executive.Keeping Faith by Casey ClaybourneWhen a little orphaned girl is befriended by a ghost and saved from the streets of Regency London, she proves to be a Christmas miracle for a grieving couple.Only Fifteen Shopping Days Left by Elizabeth BevarlyWhen the jolly matchmaking ghost of a department-store Santa makes his Christmas gift list, he has a very special present planned for the busy store manager: one of Santa’s elves.The Ghost of Christmas Present by Jenny LykinsAlane was looking forward to spending a cold, snowy Christmas alone—until an unexpected visitor causes a change of heart.

    Savannah Weston led a quiet life growing heirloom roses and helping her brother with the struggling family ranch. Never in her wildest dreams did she believe that her life of solitude would be shattered by Laredo Smith, the handsome drifter who captured her heart and showed her that love can be found in unexpected places.

    Returning to her Georgia hometown after burning out, attorney Marlena Rhodes confronts Winston Taylor, the high-school sweetheart she had left behind, and the pair slowly reconciles when they team up for a special project.

    Augusta Humphrey has a new BMW, a new medical degree, and a new life, when an automobile accident turns her dream world into a life of darkness. Into the wake of this tragedy steps Todd Winters, whose endless devotion and abundant love makes her altered life bearable. But he has a secret that threatens to break her heart all over again.

    For The Heart by LaVyrle Spencer\Heather Graham Pozzessere\Catherine Coulter released on May 23, 1997 is available now for purchase.

    "It was reckless for me to come here on my own." Suddenly a large shadow appears in front of her! Who could this be...?

    But changes, like the arrival of a new rector and a new doctor, William's unhappiness at his return to his job and the difficulty of coping with a new resident in their house, continue to challenge them.

    and call her "Mama."AN UNSPOKEN NEED -- Since his wife's accidental death, Michael Ashton has struggled with his many responsibilities as a single parent to twin daughters who, though they clearly love him, refuse to speak to him. Then he meets Rose and Lily's new teacher, and his emotions spin out of control. For Joanna Wingate is the mirror image of his late wife.MARIAH'S MAGIC -- Bizarre coincidence, a strange destiny... or something althogether different has joined these four lives. The twins believe Mariah -- a magical fortune-teller in a crystal ball -- has the answers. But only Joanna and Michael's willingness to confront long-buried secrets can guide their families back to wholeness ... and unite them in a love that seems meant to be.

    He's in the procurement business: whatever you want - gold, diamonds, secrets - he can get! But there's another side to his operation he prefers to keep quiet: every Christmas, Mathias Blackstone procures wishes....But despite his ability to deputize for Santa, something is missing from Mathias's world, and has been since the death of his young son. Then he meets children's writer Jacqueline Randell. For one of his young clients, meeting Jacqueline Randell is a wish come true And the more Mathias Blackstone woos Jacqueline, the more he begins to suspect...that Jacqueline Randell is his Christmas wish, too!

    Salvation arrives in the form of Adam Cooper, who is fascinated by this proud yet vulnerable girl. He marries her, but life still has some shocks in store for them both.

     Ambushed… Banished by his Lion People for a crime he did not commit, Blade expected to walk the windswept, prehistoric hills, alone for the rest of his life—on constant guard against the huge bears and saber-tooth tigers…. Instead, he was ambushed by three hunters. After her husband-to-be was killed by a vicious bear, Denai gave up all hope of a man of her own. Her life would henceforth be spent sewing and cooking for her three brothers, hunters all, in return for their protection against the huge wild animals that stalked the land. Then came the day when her brothers returned from a hunt, leading a strong, handsome captive—a man they'd captured out on the prehistoric hills, a man with no people, no past. A man who was to be her mate… or he would die. And beautiful Denai had little choice, for she, too, was caught… in Love’s Ambush...

    She dared to live like a man...She raced by him on her schooner Mischief, beating Fleetwing and its legendary skipper in a race at sea, proving that the ship she designed, built, and sailed was the fastest craft afloat.  Then Dominique Willoughby offered Nicholas Hawksmoor the ultimate challenge: to take her with him on a perilous mission across the Mediterranean in search of a fabulous gem.  She was ready for danger, but not for the passions ignited by his smoldering gaze....And love with a woman's passionate heart....They called him adventurer, rogue, gambler, thief, a man who would do anything to get what he wanted.  But Nicholas Hawksmoor needed the ship and the woman to help him find the Cat's Eye, a priceless gem with a blood-soaked curse.  He'd never met a woman like her--a born sailor packaged in a temptress's body, with an angel's freckled face.  Dominique, who sailed with him into unknown waters, evoking desires in which a pirate prince could drown....

    Beautiful Casey adored her grandfather and had been groomed by him to rule his financial empire. She refused, however, to let him rule her private life as well. With her back to the wall, she foils his last attempt to force his handpicked husband on her; instead, she walks into a roadhouse deep in the Mississippi Delta and announces that she'll marry the first man who has the guts to stand up to her pack of barracuda relatives. Ryder Justice has his own demons to fight and is running from a past that torments him. But there's something about the lovely, desperate Casey that makes him step forward. Casey thinks he has the coldest eyes she's ever seen, but she's desperate enough to make a deal with him. Fate throws Casey and Ryder together, but the heat of passion and their forced intimacy forges a bond that will make their marriage of convenience last a lifetime.

    Especially since she was stood up by rodeo cowboy Abe Cockburn, the father of her baby daughter, Maeve.And then there's another cowboy - Erin's own father, rancher Kid Kay, whom she's never even met. Who's never acknowledged her.Erin makes a risky choice: she goes to Colorado to tell Abe about his daughter. And to tell Kip about his.She goes to Colorado to find the truth about cowboys - and about fathers.

    advertising executive Giselle D'Amato's life is a train wreck. She caught her fiance cheating and her job disappeared along with the man. The inheritance of her great-aunt's house on Oahu's North Shore offers a sanctuary--until she gets there. The house has become a derelict fixer-upper and her nearest neighbor and co-inheritor is breath-stealing hot, but hostile. Burnt-out photojournalist Stoney Breeden still blames himself for his wife's death. He just wants the world and his annoying new neighbor to leave him alone with his pain. His tropical beach paradise is upended when she decides to turn the bag lady of a house next door into a bed-and-breakfast. She reawakens feelings he never wanted to risk again. Is the heat between them the start of something real or heartbreak waiting to happen?

    Susan Kay Law writes lovingly about how that baby brings together a lonely widower and the pretty woman next door whom he'd never noticed. In the meantime, the mother flees west to escape her painful memories and build a new life for herself. Cassie Edwards depicts her adventures and romance with a Blackfoot chief who needs her help in raising his orphaned infant nephew. Ultimately, through the magical pen of Lori Copeland, the two babies grow up and meet to form their own lasting connection.

    Discover the legend of the noble Scottish clan called the MacLachlans whose destiny is entwined with the magic that rules these tempestuous Highlands. Savor four stories of breathtaking romance set in a land where love is the most powerful magic of all…Scottish MagicIn Stobie Piel’s Lily, a handsome laird’s passion will be put to the ultimate test in a battle between good and evil that can only be won by true love. Hannah Howell’s Isbel introduces an ethereal beauty whose sensual dream of a tall, black-haired warrior stepping off the battlefield into her life turns delightfully real. Destiny and desire become one in Faerie Princess, Elizabeth Ann Michaels’s tale of the cerulean-eyed Krista and an enigmatic prince who is about to learn that a woman’s capricious charm can hold a magic all its own. In Mandalyn Kaye’s Beneath the Midnight Sky, Stuart MacLachlan awakens from his enchanted one hundred year slumber to end the curse placed on his cherished love. But now he has only five days to solve the legendary faerie riddle… or surrender to the darkness forever.Enter a world that is magnificent and wild, where love rides on winds of fortune… and where passion knows no bounds…note: Hannah Howell's story, Isbel, was also published in the anthology Highland Hero .

    After all, Lord Greville was a naval hero who--rumor had it--was consigned to a watery grave at sea.But suddenly her faux fiancé returned--very much alive! Would he tar and feather young Frankie's reputation all the way to fashionable London--or would Lord Greville exact an altogether more titillating vengeance?MISS ROMNEY FLIES TOO HIGHLord Petherbridge had taken it into his head to leave his considerable fortune to his illegitimate daughter, Sarah Romney, with pious Lady Petherbridge none the wiser. So he laid down the law: whichever of his three nephews married the young lady would inherit a fortune with her.Marry an actress? Two of the hopefuls had no choice: They would be penniless without the Petherbridge portion. Only Lord Graymarsh was wealthy in his own right. So how was it that the man with the least at stake should win the lovely lady's heart?

    She knows from experience that he doesn't exist! But the man who wins the contest just might change her mind: Reggie Stevens is handsome, intelligent, successful, romantic, and single. So her next assignment is to date him. She's nervous--and wary, but so is Reggie. They're both tired of the games people play. But with a new set of rules, Kimberla and Reggie might find love to be a game worth winning.

    But perhaps the most disturbing personality at the Hall is Bassett Courtney. Louella soon realizes that Lady Courtney's hatred springs from the closely-guarded secret surrounding her mother's connection with the Courtney family some years before Louella's birth. Only the friendship of Georgiana and Charles Corby sustain Louella when, suspected of theft, she becomes a prisoner of her fear of Bassett, Master of Courtney.

    

    Stories include "Keepsake" by Adrienne Ellis Reeves, "Imani" by Bridget Anderson and "A New Year, A New Beginning" by Candice Poarch.

    Proposed logging operations are encroaching, and April soon finds herself organizing a local task force to try to stop them. Yet when April meets handsome Matt Spencer, son of the owner of Johnson Brothers Logging Company, she much reckon with her escalating attraction to him. Matt, one of a growing breed of displaced loggers, is also determined to fight for his beliefs - the right to make an honest living harvesting the timber. Can April and Matt overcome their differences? Or will their convictions forever keep them apart?

    Answers to the many questions that arise from this discovery--how she got there, why she's dressed in an expensive wedding gown, and what her real identity is--pose a giant mystery, one Michael has to solve. As he struggles to maintain a patient-client relationship with Briana, he's painfully aware that he has fallen in love with the fascinating mystery woman. As Briana searches for the memory that eludes her, she falls more deeply in love with Michael. Why can't Briana remember what she's really like? Why does she remember a childhood far different from the one her mother describes? Why does she feel threatened by the man who insists he is her new husband? Rodgers has created a plot with enough twists and turns to satisfy the most demanding mystery fan, and just enough romance to add the right amount of spice.

    A dedicated detective, he never let emotion interfere with his job. But his unwavering discipline was shaken by one beguiling--and beautiful--suspect, a woman who could help him catch a grisly serial killer ....A. J. Duncan's reputation as a criminal profiler was exemplary, but her involvement in her cop brother's death was suspicious. And as the two investigations heated up, Michael realized he'd crossed the line ...and fallen for a woman forbidden to him.

    Teri is beautiful and practical, a successful lawyer who has no patience for dreamers. Maxine is a happy, loving wife and mother, but wonders if she is doing anything important with her life. Bird, the youngest, runs a thriving business, while her husband, an ex-con, can't seem to buy a break. As widely varied as they may be, all three come together to visit their mama's home every Sunday, working to put Mother Joe's delicious soul food on the table.But when Mother Joe takes ill suddenly, her family starts to fall apart at the seams. It is up to Ahmad, Maxine's young son, who has always shared a special bond with his grandmother, to show his aunts, uncles and parents how to find the heart and soul of their extraordinary family before it is lost forever.A movie from 20th Century Fox starring Vanessa Williams and Vivica A. Fox

    Since he wasn't good enough for heaven, and wasn't bad enough for, well..."the other place," his spirit was trapped in a run-down saloon in the Washington Territory. But then he had a chance to start earning his shot at heaven. All he had to do was rescue a little girl, and make sure that she forgot all about him. The first part was easy, but somehow the second part just didn't get done, and Jackson found himself haunting the same old bar.She loved a man who didn't exist.In the fifteen years since Rachel Morgan last saw the "angel" who brought her to safety, she'd grown to womanhood. Having given her heart to the heavenly being, she has no desire to marry a mortal man. But destiny has plans for Rachel's unborn daughter, so the errant spirit is granted a new mission...and another chance for salvation. Jackson has a month in mortal guise to find a good husband for Rachel, convince her to marry and make himself scarce. But can a ghost from her past give her the future she's dreamed of? Or will he disappear again, this time forever?