She had the dream dress, the shoes…and a secret. For «Lady Catrina» was really plain, poor Catrina Brown–and she didn't belong at the glamorous ball she'd so boldly crashed. Cat's mission was desperate, yet success seemed within her reach. Until her gaze met Patrick Callahan's across the crowded room. The handsome millionaire bachelor was everything she despised in a man–wasn&a…
Teaching Sunday school at her brother's church in the Bay area was supposed to help former champion athlete Esther «Essie» Walker understand boys–the better to raise her newborn son as a stellar example of manhood. Fat chance! Enter the eight-year-old male psyche: awful jokes, disrespectful behavior and general mayhem.Essie, the queen of control, finds herself in a brand-new world of chaos.Th…
Just as Gracie had run out of money and was about to book her flight home to Australia, she'd been rescued! A gorgeous Italian had hired her to live in his magnificent Tuscan home and be nanny to his little girl!Luca was just as thrilled–for the first time since he'd lost his wife smiles and laughter were back in his daughter's life. He didn't want Gracie to leave, so he had a …
Daddy By Design? by Cheryl Anne PorterA funny thing happened on the way to the delivery room…Mechanic Trey Cooper has been in some tight spots before–but he's never been stuck in an elevator with a woman about to give birth! Luckily they're rescued before he discovers if changing diapers is anything like changing tires. Still, beautiful Cinda Cavenaugh and her little daughter suddenly ma…
Jacqui Moore is on the run–from being a nanny! She can't bear the thought of getting close to a child again, only to lose that love in the space of a heartbeat. Until she meets little orphaned Maisie, and is railroaded into becoming her nanny for the night.Nights turn into days…and weeks…and now Jacqui's emotions are in turmoil. For, along with Maisie, the master of the house–magnificent…
Medical personnel were dropping like flies and Dr. Sasha Pulaski wasn't going to just stand by and do nothing.She believed in her work and would do anything for her patients. But how could she help when she was next on a murderer's hit list? The only bright spot was her new protector–Detective Anthony Santini, a man determined to catch the hospital killer and watch over Sasha. And when t…
THE BABY'S SECRET…Connor Callahan had just met Allie Todd, but he immediately felt an overwhelming need to protect her. And to understand why she turned to ice whenever she held her baby niece. He sensed that beautiful Allie was weathering her own storm–one even fiercer than the snowstorm that had stranded them in a remote cabin. Her combination of strength and vulnerability tore at his once-…
December 25: A bomb rips through a packed cathedral in Jakarta.As the hours pass, terrorist explosions continue around the globe, triggering worldwide panic and creating a nightmare beyond words….Inside the covert agency known only as Office 119, agents Renate Bachle and Lawton Caine are called upon to identify the groups responsible for the bloodshed. But the so-called «Black Christmas» attacks a…
Down-to-earth, dependable Cecelia Rankin was not the kind of woman who believed in dreams-come-tnje…but that's exactly what seemed to be happening! She kept dreaming of her gorgeous, millionaire boss Nick Delaney–no surprise there–but with a crying baby?Then Nick discovered he was guardian of an orphaned baby boy….Nick was surprised–absolutely shocked! What did he know about bottles or baby b…
Months ago, rancher Grayson McCall had impulsively married single mom Jill Brown to rescue her from a bad situation. They'd shared a brief, stirring kiss and then parted, sure they'd never meet again.Now Jill–and her little boy–arrived in Montana desperate for help once more. She needed a small favor–for Grayson to arrange their divorce! But when he took his wife into his arms, their kis…
"Tate Bravo…I'm pregnant…"Mayor Molly O'Dare had sworn she would never end up like her granny or her mother before her: pregnant and unmarried. Yet here she was expecting Tate Bravo's baby. The very man who thought her town was his town….Now, not only was Tate proposing marriage, he was «demanding» she marry him–again…and again…and again. The secret passion they shared drew the…
Brittany Baldwin was helplessly in love with her sexy, much older boss. But the sophisticated college professor wanted nothing to do with an innocent like her. Well, she wasn't going to let that stop her, especially since Ethan Thorpe was the only man who'd ever made her tremble with desire.Between his toddler son and elderly father, Ethan's life was already in an uproar! There was …
Rodeo heartthrob Zach «Lightning» Lucas was looking for a little Christmas fun. Dressing up as Santa to deliver the mail wasn't exactly what he had in mind. But he also hadn't expected to be stranded with beautiful young widow Jenny Collins–What Jenny needed was someone to be a father to her two young children. Not some handsome cowboy just passing through–one who made her tremble with d…
"Can I beg you on my bended knees to stick around for a bit, Sierra?" Ty said.Every woman on the entire East Coast would have dreamed of receiving such an offer from 'the handsome millionaire businessman who now graced the cover of A-list magazine. But not Sierra Garrett. Because few people knew that their «bachelor of the year» was still her husband! Sierra intended to correct that tech…
Secrets, lies, blame and guilt. Only love and forgiveness can overcome the mistakes of the past. Witt Matlock has carried around a bitter hatred for Hardy Wingate, the man he holds responsible for the death of his daughter. And now, twelve years later, the man he blames for the tragedy is back in his life–and in that of his niece, Joni.Widow Hannah Matlock has kept the truth about her daughter Jon…