He's a widower and a loner - and the loving father of a five-year-old girl. Maggie Deaton - She's a rancher born and bred - but a rancher without a ranch. Framed by her stepbrother and convicted of livestock theft, she's spent the past two years in jail.Maggie arrives on the Kincaid Ranch because she's been promised a job - a job that may not materialize. Not surprisingly, Ethan doesn't want a convicted cattle rustler working there. He also makes it clear that he doesn't want a woman as attractive and appealing as Maggie anywhere near him!

    She wasn't about to let her publisher, Leo Sterne, open old wounds -- especially the memory of her disastrous first infatuation.It was bad enough that Leo thought she'd ruined his sister's marriage...Now he wanted much more than an admission of her guilt. He needed her to help his deaf young son. And against his will, he wanted her.All Gina wanted was to forget--forget the past, her loneliness and her need for love. But Leo and the boy made that impossible.

    She put away that dream of babies, moving on to her life with her handsome bridegroom.Until the pregnancy test proved positive...Alissa's joy turned to sadness after she told Dirk. This announcement was one he'd never expected, and couldn't he had past pain that he couldn't share. Suddenly Alissa was in for the fight of her life--her man or her child. And with her little miracle budding within her, Alissa vowed she'd win both--and love for a lifetime!THAT'S MY BABY: Bringing up baby can bring surprises...and showers of love!

    He required a wife and she needed the money he was offering.She hadn't seen him since. Now she wanted to wed Trevor Coleman and thatmeant she had to get her "paper" marriage annulled, quietly. It seemed asimple matter to arrange--until out the blue her famous husband announcedpublicly, "I'm hoping for a reconciliation with my wife."

    After all, Merissa's modeling work barely provided for an ailing mother and a father's debts, and the fee Julian offered was exorbitant.She could do it, Merissa determined. She'd survive the necessary close contact with this unpredictable man--and hopefully the whole ridiculous affair--with her heart and her mind still her own!

    .Cassandra would cross the earth to protect her young niece from the father who didn't deserve her. Unfortunately, Carlo Valenti was one step ahead of her.But Cass wouldn't give up her niece without a fight. Not that this worried the handsome Italian--he had every legal right to custody of his daughter and an ace to play with Cass. They could raise the child they both loved--if she was willing to remain in Italy . . . with him.

    Now he was claiming her at last! But how long could his new bride hide the truth about the past? And that the child Cole thought was his brother's -- was his!

    — When Philomena Peabody met her boss's son, he was suffering temporary snow blindness. 'You sound like somebody's mother,' Penn Wilderman said, convinced by her no-nonsense attitude that she was 'a sweet little old lady.' — Even after she'd moved into his luxurious mansion to help look after his son, Phil couldn't disillusion Penn about her age.To help win a custody battle for his teenage son, Phil agreed to marry Penn. But she dreaded facing him once the bandages were off, and he could see his attractive twenty-seven-year-old wife...

    Now five years later he's free and there's only one thing on his mind. Vengeance.

    But when this same man forced his way into her life by breaking into her hotel room to retrieve a golden fertility goddess found with her luggage, fantasy and reality seemed to close for comfort. Smuggler or legitimate art dealer, Jarrett was an outrage! What right did he have to demand her love? He was the wrong kind of man, with his fanatical interest in primitive art and antiquated ideas about women. But could Hannah be wrong, and Jarrett be Mr. Right?

    But before the royal rebel is crowned, Nik discovers that he didn't leave Sofia behind alone! In a baby's heartbeat, Nik turns Sofia's world upside down and whisks her away to his Mediterranean kingdom. Dissolving a politically perfect engagement is not what Nik—or his country—had in mind, but this proud prince will do whatever it takes to legitimize his new rule…with a wife and child!

    Colton doesn't remember he divorced his wife. Hi doesn't remember he's a bull riding champion, a rich man. Needing answers, he seeks out the one person he loves and trusts, his ex-wife, Jenna Tyler.Emergency room nurse Jenna Tyler isn't surprised when Colton shows up in her ER, but she's shocked when she discovers that he believes they are still married. Years ago, Colton killed their love when he left her and their unborn child to pursue his career. Still recovering from a broken heart, Jenna doesn't need or want Colton back in her life.But when Jenna discovers her daughter's name tattooed on Colton's wrist, she knows she must spend time with him, because if there is the smallest chance Colton loves their daughter, Jenna will do anything to give her little girl the father she deserves, no matter the risk to Jenna's own heart.

    until she discovers she's carrying Damien's child.

    Until she finds out her ex-husband is leading the research team. World-famous shark expert Sean Carmichael has only grown more ruggedly appealing in the time they were apart...the passion between them more intense than ever. But how could Daniela forgive Sean for betraying her when she needed him most?Sean had come to the remote Farallon Islandsto study killer sharks. Now a real killer is on the loose, threatening the woman he's never stopped loving. And this time, he knows he can't walk away. Marooned together during a deadly storm, Sean vows to go to hell and back to save Daniela...and for the chance to begin again.

    After all, he was heir to a Greek shipping fortune and she was just the butler's daughter.And mother...For over two years Angie has kept secret the legacy of her stolen weekend of passion with Leo. But then she and her small son are forced to spend Christmas with him. How can Angie not tell Leo that Jake is his child? To wife? Maybe Leo won't guess he's really Jake's daddy... If he does, one things for certain - he'll insist that Angie become his winter bride!