It was a seesaw.Jenny sighed. If only Toby hadn't been so complacent, believing that marrying him was the best thing that could happen to a girl.He was a nice enough man, but dull. When she'd argued with him, he hadn't contradicted her once!If only it had been the professor... but she couldn't imagine that man behaving so tamely. Besides, he didn't love her. "My dear girl," he had said, "you flatter yourself and me, too--I have no interest in you at all!"

    So when she finds herself stuck taking three little darlings to the most important meeting of her career, she panics and prepares for the worst.The last thing she expected was to get the job—because of the children.Then she meets the children's father, gorgeous widower John Sterling, and Jo realizes her troubles have just begun. Because John is the man Jo has been looking for all her life. But no matter how sexy, how absolutely irresistible the children's father is, Jo still firmly believes that KIDS is a four-letter word.

    After giving one date a black eye and cracking another's rib, Sammi decides she needs professional help. Enter life coach Luke Jones, who advises Sammi on how to overcome her klutziness. And their phone sessions work! Sammi soon meets a sexy FBI agent who seems to know just what she needs. IS CHANGING HER LIFEWhen his brother Luke goes into federal protection, FBI Special Agent Chase Jones agrees to cover for him. Then Sammi's hot voice sizzles down the line, and the usual "phone only" rule is out. With "Luke" coaching her by day, and Chase dating her by night, Sammi's confidence soars, along with her appeal. Chase falls hard, but how will Sammi feel if and when he comes clean? Chase would rather she break all his bones than risk breaking her heart. IN WAYS SHE'S NEVER IMAGINED!

    The self-proclaimed pragmatist didn't believe in fate, but that very night she dreamt about an enigmatic stranger. And the next day he appeared.Arizona Smith was everything Chloe had ever wanted in a man. But she wasn't about to fall in love, especially since Arizona never settled anywhere for long. Still, his electrifying kisses and irresistible charm had Chloe suddenly envisioning marriage - and children. Maybe there was something to that legend after all...

     The first touching saga of the Howarths of Garth… Lancashire, 1760 As a genteel woman with an education but no dowry, Dorcas Wilde has resigned herself to a life as the companion of her spinster aunt. However, when she receives a proposal from Ned Howarth — a kind yeoman farmer — she puts aside her prejudices and agrees to become his wife. The couple’s family and friends all disapprove of the match. And as the mistress of Ned’s farm, Kit’s Hill, Dorcas feels isolated and unwelcome. But as she learns more about the land and the household, she begins to find ways to put her shrewdness and education to good use… Can Dorcas find her place at Kit’s Hill? Will she and Ned find true happiness together? Or will they come to regret their hasty marriage? Kit’s Hill is the first book in The Brief Chronicles, a gripping family saga set in rural Lancashire during the Industrial Revolution. ‘A master storyteller’ – Publishers Weekly ‘Skilfully constructed and very strong on period detail’ – TLS ‘She writes so infernally well’ – Daily Telegraph ‘Stylish, witty, poetic and true’ – Spectator ‘A good feeling for place and period … with its roots firmly in the earth’ – Homes & Gardens

    Approx. 100,000 Words. Sensual content.Stranded in a blizzard with a bounty hunter on his trail, Luke McKenna is desperate to find someplace safe for his young daughter. Sure to freeze to death in the Montana wilderness, Luke and his daughter are rescued by the only person within miles.School teacher Molly Lambert knows that letting a handsome, rugged stranger sleep in her house could ruin her reputation and get her fired, but she can't turn away the sweet child and her wounded father. Snowed in with the fugitive, Molly can't help but notice the tenderness he shows his daughter and the soft heart he hides beneath his tough exterior.The cold winter winds can't subdue the heat between Luke and Molly, but Luke knows he can't risk staying in Montana and being caught. He knows he must do the best thing for everyone and leave Molly and his daughter or risk putting them both in danger. But can love light the darkest places and overcome the impossible forces pulling them apart?

    Bound by her duty to her tragically crippled brother, the dark-haired innocent had never known desire...until a handsome stranger moved next door and unleashed the floodgates of a breathless passion she'd never believed could be hers.

    Drat, her Irish temper always chooses the most inappropriate moments to emerge.Blake won’t be manipulated by his younger brother or Cassidy, no matter how alluring she is. But was she a pawn or a willing participant in his brother’s plot to stop the wedding? He’s not sure anymore, and for a man who has always prided himself on being in complete control, he suddenly feels as though he’s adrift on a sea of raw emotions as he’s haunted by her beauty and dreams of a passionate night spent in her arms. When fate throws them together once again, Blake knows this is his chance to get her out of his mind once and for all.

    She decides to return it on the sly, but Lord Weylin is suspicious, especially when the necklace is found to be fake. Seldom trusting each other, Zoie and Lord Weylin set out to solve this mystery that involves her uncle, his aunt, and secrets from the past.

    Ensconced at his estate against her wishes, Mariah finds herself drawn to the handsome devil, but wonders if she can truly trust him with her heart.

    He's wealthy, and his marriage seems successful, too--until Natalie leaves him.Then Gage receives an invitation to his father's Texas estate; Jonas obviously has more on his mind than just his eighty-fifth birthday celebration. But the possibility he might inherit Espada is less important to Gage than the opportunity to win back Natalie. Jonas will expect to see her, so Gage must ensure that his wife is back by his side, still married to him--for convenience's sake....THE BARONSFour brothers: bonded by inheritance, battling for love!

    Even now Mimosa Landing, Elizabeth's beloved home, could be stripped away unless she comes up with a serious infusion of cash.When brilliant self-made millionaire Maxwell Reardon approaches her with an audacious solution to her financial woes, Elizabeth is speechless. His proposal will certainly solve her problems, but it will set Houston society on its ear.Now it's up to Elizabeth to decide if this is a deal with the devil, or the best decision of her life.

    . .  Alexandra Ross has always known Lavender Hill will be hers one day. The grand old house, with its waving jacaranda fronds circling around it like a canopy against the white-hot Australian sun. The acres of orchards, trees heavy with sweet-smelling mangoes and prickly pink lychee. The rushing emerald creek that claimed her brother’s life; the genteel boudoir where her mother died of grief, gin, and stroke. Even the quad bike her bullheaded father uses to tear around the plantation like a teenager, as his covetous young wife plays tea party with Alex’s mother’s favorite china.   Someday Alex will undo her father’s blunders and be the good neighbor her childhood friend Rafe Rutherford deserves. The yearning she feels for Rafe can never overcome the heartbreak they’ve lived through together, but at least she will have his companionship.   Until her father is killed and the plantation is divided. If she wants to keep the land she loves Alex must break free of guilt and hesitation. And once she begins to fight for what her heart desires, there’s no telling where she’ll stop . . .

    But lately she's been in a Funk over a broken engagement. Determined to shake her blues, she heads down to a resort in sunny Jamaica, and amid the swaying palms, meets the most unlikely companion -- a workaholic salesman who has no idea how sexy he looks in his Brooks Brothers suit!

    And though he's not happy about venturing our to the officer's country estate, the dashing rogue cannot deny the creature comforts of Palfry Park or his instant attraction to a mysterious woman in a Bath chair.Recovering from a carriage accident, and neglected by her family, Miranda Runyon spends her time alone...until Morgan enters her life. At first, Miranda rebuffs his advances. But when Morgan's attentions begin to transform Miranda in both body and soul, she risks her heart for a love like none she has ever imagined.