She resents the way he questions her values — and the way he messes up her five-year plan when she falls in love with him! The Bride Price an original novel by bestselling Harlequin Romance author Day Leclaire Day is much loved by fans and fellow authors for her upbeat, emotional and charming stories. Says Debbie Macomber, "Day Leclaire leaves the reader with a smile and a warm heart!" Piper Montgomery will do anything for her brother, even if it means handing herself over as collateral to his arch rival, Gideon Hart — a man who left her five years before. For "Heartless Hart," it's all about business and revenge, but to Piper's own surprise she wants the deal to include love.

     Lied to and taken to the cleaners by a beautiful blonde, Kade has learned a hard lesson and slams the door to any possibility of a woman in his life. Aren’t they all liars? And Hope, with her lie of omission about her background, unknowingly fits that description. Kade isn’t about to give her a chance to win his love and to convince him of her innocence. His beloved Double K ranch is doing just fine with the help of his seventy-eight-year-old Gran—the only woman he can trust. He sure doesn’t need Hope Jackson, a recently returned brother and baby girl, and three abused boys complicating things and resurrecting feelings long dead.

    Don't let on that he's making your heart beat twice as fast as normal!Above all, remember to be professional--you're not here for romance!

    Gard was convinced that fate had brought them together, and that they shared more than just the same last name.His passionate kisses seemed to burn his promise of forever into her heart. But Rachel had loved and lost once before. Should she believe Gard's tender vows for the future -- or had she fallen desperately in love with a man who wanted nothing more than a shipboard affair?

    Aubyn had only haunting flashbacks and the evasive accounts of her family to bring back her past. Until she met Eliot Richardson.Torn between hostility and desire for Isobel, the cold intimidating banker was strangely determined to help her. 'If your past won't come back to you,'' he said, "you should go and look for it.'As they traveled from Devon to Morocco, revisiting scenes from her past, Isobel fell deeply in love. But there was so much more she needed to know about her life ... about Eliot.

    But Kayla James had always managed to keep her relationship with Mick Hanson strictly professional. And now that his kids were older, she had a choice—stay, and fess up…or get out of the line of fire.Firefighter Mick Hanson had enough responsibility. A working single dad, he didn't need another complication—but then he saw Kayla in a different light. Until now, he'd managed to look at her as nothing more than "the nanny." Now he wasn't sure he could resist the attraction that was too hot to extinguish….

    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!

    Because for most of the last year--after a horrific car crash--she'd been in a coma. Now she's out, back in the arms of her overprotective family. And strangely, someone else's arms, as well--the devastatingly handsome attorney Devlin Browne, whom she'd just started dating before the accident.But what did Devlin want with her? Why wouldn't her family let her be alone with him?And as Jodie stormed Devlin's home and rang his bell looking for answers, she had one more question--who was that tiny baby in his arms?

    But rather than waste his honeymoon he'll take his boardroom to the beach and bring his oh-so-sensible PA Imogen on a tropical business trip! Imogen's always secretly admired Tom but knows he sees her as super-efficient... not sexy! Yet on idyllic Coconut Island the turquoise water, white sand and inviting lagoons are weaving their magic...

    Surrogacy seemed the only solution. When he met gorgeous Shannon Moriarity he knew he'd found the perfect mother for his baby. For reasons she wouldn't say, Shannon accepted his high-price offer and requested they keep things strictly business.They conceived without touching, yet Burke found himself craving Shannon's warmth and demanded she move into his penthouse. Soon, the close quarters elevated their relationship into intimate territory where neither could deny the bond they shared. But when their contract was fulfilled, would they find a prize richer than money could buy?

    But that doesn't stop Jess from noticing good-lookin', sweet-talkin' cowboy Johnny Jameson swagger into town. He's as wild and untamed as the stallions he trains....is where the girl who's stolen his heart is!The attraction between them is as fiery as a Texan summer and Johnny finds himself questioning whether he could finally put down roots - in Larkville, a place where two very special people have taken hold of his heart.

    Because then Meredith wouldn't be convinced that getting a new mommy was as simple as having an "angel" sprinkle him with her "miracle dust." And she never would have believed the beautiful blond-haired woman who drove a truck called the "Silver Angel" was some treetop angel come to life.Starla Richards was no angel. But try telling that to a five-year-old who was so starved for a mother's love that she'd stowed away on Starla's rig. Or convincing herself that miracles just didn't happen to ordinary people when Starla found herself snowbound with a handsome, caring widower and his adorable daughter….

    Not a bodyguard, not a lover, but a private investigator hired to track her down.She'd been running for nine months, attempting to elude him. Sooner or later she'd have to stop.And on that day she would be forced to surrender to Mike Carridine--and allow him to return her to the vicious relatives and unwanted fortune she'd so desperately tried to escape....

    But they were so wrong....And Audra was in the mood to prove it. How? By takingtheir dare. The challenge? To seduce the very next manthrough the club door--regardless of who he was...What the classy chick at the bar saw in his suspect wasanybody's guess. But undercover cop Jesse Martinezwould make it his business to find out. Because no guy--unless he was dead from the neck down--would missthe chance to investigate the curvy brunette, too....

    Fetzer released on Feb 08, 2005 is available now for purchase.