The sexy-as-all-get-out farmer who had helped raise Lutecia after her father died refused to see that she was a grown-up now -- and a pretty sensational looking one at that.What was more, he flat-out rejected the fact that she was desperately in love with him -- had been for years! There was only one thing to do: turn up the Georgia heat full steam and show Russell that she was the woman for him -- now and forever!

    Their one night of hot, reckless, teenage passion had rocked her world. But Roman had married a proper wife, and Darcy had fled, carrying her fateful secret. Now, eight years later, she would once more face the man who had stolen by her common sense and sanity, the man who could still seduce her with his sweet, loving lies... Bittersweet memories and a lifetime of regrets fanned Roman's fever for Darcy Lightfoot. But to make her stay, he'd have to deceive her once more, hide the truth about his child, and pray his dangerous game didn't destroy their love...

    That ruled out men and motherhood --- making money would have to do. Then a broad-shouldered blue blood muscled in on her meager income and her moral code!Though he'd accused her of poaching on his lucrative family enterprises, Jeffrey Harrington III deftly smoothed Courtney's feathers --- and ruffled her libido. Amazingly, this man to the manor born made her feel cherished, sheltered, wanted. Courtney had waited a long, lonely lifetime for those feelings. She was helpless to resist ... even though lovemaking might command far too steep a price.

    Right for the female staff at Chico General, except for caseworker Robin Hill, who knew that ice water ran in his veins. When a plane crash stranded them in the frozen Sierra Nevada wilderness, Brandon’s heart thawed to reveal a tender, passionate man. With the elements and the odds stacked against them, all that could save them from perishing beneath Sierra skies was love. Contemporary Romance by Susan Aylworth writing as Shannon Gale; originally published by Silhouette Romance

    But her charity group was holding a bachelor auction. They needed one more eligible man to put on the block...and she supposed Junior would just have to do.Then the local paper went and ran a photo of the fully grown Junior--wearing jeans and a five o'clock shadow--and suddenly it seemed like every woman in Byford, Indiana, wanted to know him better--a whole lot better. And Jan was starting to wonder if maybe she hadn't overlooked a hot property right there in her own neighborhood ...

    Dashing and charismatic, yet also brooding and distant, Samuel Bashir awakened the hungry, loving woman within her. But too many clues—and the darkness that seemed to surround him—hinted at a mystery that could break her heart.Years of being on a dangerous secret ‘mission’ were gnawing at Samuel, leaving him empty, except for an aching desire for Lila. But she was a creature of light, of shimmering passions, while he moved among the shadows. He could offer her nothing but pain. Still, her poignant radiance tugged at him, daring him to dream the impossible—that their love could find its place in the sun…

    Then, as suddenly as it crystallized, her innocent dream shattered. Her brand-new husband was arrested as a thief, the damning evidence made plain to her own horror-stricken eyes.Now Kate was spending their lovingly planned cozy English Christmas alone, the room's quaint tester bed an infuriatingly vivid reminder of her ex-husband's sensual sway. Then handsome O'Rourke himself appeared, arousing dangerous hopes, arousing suspicions, arousing her! And no matter how her principles prickled, Kate ached to share a canopy and comforter with the rogue she'd hoped would share her life.

    But to do that he needed help, help only his embittered ex-wife could give him. He needed her skilled hands and her healing spirit on the pueblo - and in his life. Aurora Davenport had lost something precious at Santa Ysabel. The thought of returning, even to found a business that would bring prosperity and hope, filled her with fear. But she had to face her demons - and John Olvera. Because even after all the years they'd spent apart, the memory of their shattered love still haunted her.

    .... and weight-conscious women seldom go without a hitch. Heather Brandon found that out when she set up a health resort on an isolated ranch. Who knew that women would do anything for food--or that her partner's gorgeous nephew, Wade "Mac" Mackenzie, would be furious to find the family homestead had turned into a fat farm?Preventing her patrons from sneaking off to a brand-new bakery wasn't easy. . . especially when Heather was busy feasting her eyes on Mac!The fact that once brawny cowboys were losing pounds as fast as Heather's guests were gaining them was bad enough for Mac. But the topper was that Heather included him in her "look, but don't touch" diet. Soon he realized it was time to concoct a recipe of his own... .