PARTNERS . . . FRIENDS . . . LOVERS Braden Manning could think of only one thing: find his ex-partner, Kendall North, and protect, her. A troubled young man they'd helped put in prison was back on the streets, seeking revenge. Braden and Kendall ...
SWEPT AWAY Once Chief of Police Sam Donovan rescued Miranda Paley from the Gulf of Mexico, no one in the small town of Gulls Drift, Texas, was ever the same--especially Sam. Randi was a shooting star on her way to experiencing all of life's advent...
HEART AND SOUL Beautiful, glamorous, mysterious--actress Camilla Ryland was all those things, but she'd checked into Max Lansing's isolated island retreat to get away from it all. She wanted to be alone. She was not in the mood to be sweet-talked ...
THE TIE THAT BINDS District Attorney Adam Rhodes had been on the warpath ever since Diana Fontaine came back to town. She was one hell of a defense lawyer and she was a Fontaine--one of the family Adam believed had single-handedly ruined his paren...
HELP WANTED! Lanky bar owner Dane Randolph could charm the rattle off a rattlesnake, yet his new waitress, a mysterious Cajun beauty, seemed to resist his charms. She was so secretive that he began to believe he'd hired a criminal on the run. S...
LADY OF THE ISLAND A multimillionaire and modern-day pirate, Garret O'Keefe found himself shipwrecked on a small Caribbean island. Always in search of adventure to appease his restless spirit, O'Keefe wasn't sure what he was looking for in life--u...
ALL IN A DAY'S WORK NAME: Nate Montgomery - Sophisticated, smart...sexy! OCCUPATION: Best Darn Attorney west of the Mississippi LATEST CASE: Someone was blackmailing the successful attorney, and there was only one person he trusted enough...
MR. MAY Name: Giles Channing Nationality: British--the dashing, sophisticated, utterly charming kind. Notable Features: Raven-black hair, twinkling green eyes, roguish grin. Occupation: Building developer. Marital Status: Single. No woman ...
MYSTERY MAN Workaholic Blair Lawrence would have done anything to avoid attending her brother's wedding with a blind date set up by Mom--even go so far as to invite as her escort the gentle, serious man who watered her company's plants. But what w...
MATCHMAKER, MATCHMAKER Julia Woods and Ethan Ross had known each other all their lives, and there wasn't a blessed thing the serious-minded county clerk and daredevil stunt flyer had in common. Until their matchmaking fathers cooked up a scheme to...
STRANGER IN THE NIGHT... Lisa Howard's life was changed when a mysterious caller claimed he had a message from her late husband, Jonathan, whose life - and death - had been shrouded in secrecy. Yet from the moment she opened her cottage door to sedu...
THE VIRGO MAN The poised, confident Virgo man thrives on order--and resists the chaos love brings. It takes a well-organized plan of attack to win his heart. ONE VIRGO MAN IN PARTICULAR Dr. Benedict Collier was a superb doctor--and a horrible pa...
WHAT NEXT?! Lovely divorcee Abby Gordon had always fantasized that one day her sexy, dynamic boss, judge Aaron Marshall, would see her as more than just the most efficient, capable assistant in the world. However, that didn't mean she wanted him t...
For years Ceara Lowell had loved Vincent Dante with all her heart, but Vincent had treated her like the child she no longer was. It was only now that Ceara discovered why Vincent had acted as he had... why he'd never trusted the fragile bonds that he...
"Help...me." At the faint words, Dr. Rachel Gentry stopped on Black Water Creek Bridge, straining to see through the night's foggy mist. Then she saw him -- a pale, ghostly figure, his T-shirt soaked with blood, his intense, dark blue eyes begging...
Deep in the forest ... The deserted estate in remote northwestern Maine might have seemed foreboding, but it would be a refuge for Paloma St. John. There, she would be alone with her only friends -- the gentle animals she'd rescued from her own u...
The Cowboy and the Baby Big John Paladin could easier wrestle an angry bull than diaper one tiny infant. But since his wife had left, the rancher had turned his talents to "baby wrangling." John knew his son needed more than a gruff cowboy's care. H...
WHEN AN IRRESISTIBLE MAN... Why did women always complicate matters with their cockeyed, romantic notions? That's what Worth Harrison Drury IV asked himself as he drove through the snowy Boston streets.... MEETS AN UNATTAINABLE WOMAN... Then a r...
CHRISTMAS BRIDE? Harmony Martin doubted she'd ever say "I do." After all, the only man in town who had her yearning for romance was David Shepherd. And he would never do.... CHRISTMAS GROOM? David had been in love with Harmony for years--despite...
Willa 's new neighbor was watching her. .. . Her every move, her every breath. A horror writer with a mysterious past, Zachary Denton was an irresistible enigma. He claimed he only wanted to warn her, protect her--possess her. And like a butterfly...
The Marriage Everyone was talking about the sudden marriage between Kate Randall and Ethan Walker. Why would an honorable court judge want to marry a disreputable outlaw? Maybe it was her compassion for the child he sought custody of. Or maybe she...
THE MAN SHE DIDN'T MARRY... Strong, sexy Logan Powers was a traditional man, precisely the type rebel Merri Brown could never understand. He stood for everything she was against-every reason she'd decided to leave her childhood home. It didn't mat...
Santa's Little Helpers... Read Archer's children were determined to have a new mommy. And their dad's reluctance to marry again spurred young Molly and Ricky to action. Armed with a video camera, they found Read's perfect woman--Marina Davidov. Trou...
HE'D LOST HIS MEMORY He appeared in the darkness like a dream--except that in Francesca Jones's dreams sexy strangers weren't naked and suffering from amnesia! Frankie couldn't resist a man in need, and this man needed her more than she knew. "...
TAKE CARE OF YOUR BABY! There was a baby in a basket on Mitch McCord's doorstep -- with a note claiming the child was his! His daughter or not, the cooing infant needed him. But what did a confirmed bachelor know about changing diapers? Looks like ...
THE MAN OF HER DREAMS... Through her rear view mirror Jordan Mills watched the man behind her. Sunglasses. Sexy five-o'clock shadow. Suddenly their eyes met. He drew down his glasses just enough to see her...and for her to see him. Stone Demare...
TELL ME YOU'RE INNOCENT! Taylor Benning's urgent plea seared Hugh Blackstone's heart. All the spurned half-breed had to do was admit he'd been wrongly accused. He knew the right words would prompt her to throw her arms around him, maybe even win h...
MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD Gruff, brooding Gideon Kane had no patience for little girls--let alone their beautiful mothers. But Brynn Delmarco's silent daughter evoked emotion the hardened cynic had sworn were gone forever--and the sight of her lovable mo...
Returning to his rural Mississippi hometown as the new chief of police, Ben Rader is faced with the problems of jealousy, prejudice, blackmail, drugs, and murder. He's going to need Eve Maitland's help. As the head of Parish's most prominent family, ...
A man who had everything to live for was dead. A baby had disappeared into thin air. And a highly respected Dallas police detective was behaving suspiciously... They'd ruled her brother's death a "suicide," but Nicole Loring refus...
For two terror-filled days, Las Vegas cop Sasha Mills has been on the run. Now, in a remote stretch of southwest Texas, she is compelled to take a chance in a town called Bitters.But her timing couldn't be worse. As the only stranger in town, she bec...
Metal sculptor Bay Butler spent six years in a Texas prison for a crime she did not commit -- until the efforts of a powerful client get her conviction overturned. Suddenly Bay is free, but she is still plagued with questions. Why was she imprisoned ...
Who says lightning never strikes twice? Campbell Cody has twice experienced the strike of lightning, and both times proved to be a deadly portent of things to come. The first time lightning struck, she lost her friend, and her job as a police offi...
She'd heard Mead Regan was back in town. But nothing prepared single mother Devan Anderson for her first heart-stopping glimpse of the man who'd changed her world forever one passion-filled night...only to vanish from her life. Mead didn't want a ...
SHE WAS LOOKING FOR A MAN OF JUSTICE Dylan Justiss, that is. Because when high-powered district attorney E. D. Martel found her whole world falling apart, she needed one man she could trust who was upright, protective and fair. Sexy as hell was ju...
JONAS HUNTER. PURSUER OF CRIMINALS, DAR AND WIDE. AND PURSUER OF HER... So okay, it wasn't so much that Jonas was the last man she'd marry. It was that divorce attorney Alyx Carmel wasn't likely to marry anyone. Because after all, relationships ...
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR Collin Masters was used to being in control -- of his company, his love life and especially his emotions. But the unexpected arrival of his three-year-old twin nieces threatened to make the fast-moving ad exec come unglu...
"MARRY ME." Hope Harrell didn't know what to expect when she confronted the town's rugged sheriff with a marriage proposal -- but she knew he was her only hope. After the death of her ex-fiance, Hope knew she wouldn't be able to hide the growing swe...
...AND ENDED WITH, "I DO!" It's the kind of house widowed real estate agent Genevieve Gale once dreamed about for herself. Instead she handpicked it for the Roarks, a married couple. But by the time handsome millionaire Marshall Roark moved in, he w...
THE HOTTEST STORY IS BEHIND THE SCENES... Anchorwoman Hunter Harding was used to reporting the story, not being part of it. But when she learned her new boss was CEO and renowned playboy Cord Rivers, she saw no reason to tell everyone they'd had a h...
Recipe for Romance: Take one mystery man... Add the best baker in town... And a dash of red-hot chemistry! Cain Paxton's return to town caused quite a stir. And no wonder -- his brutal temper had landed him in jail! Merritt Miller vowed to stay...
Eve Easton had had enough "neighbor" trauma to last a lifetime, seeing as how her now ex-husband had run off with the woman next door. So off Eve went, to a new state, a new city, a new everything -- only to find out her new next-door neighbor was he...
Alana Anders had lost enough in life to recognize a kindred soul. So when fate led her to a lonely cowboy -- with a battle-scarred heart to match her own -- she should have given him a nod and moved on. Because the holidays were upon her…and the la...
Can a matchmaking pup bring a city slicker and a small-town doctor together? Find out in Helen Myers's latest Sweet Springs, Texas story When city girl Brooke Bellamy rushes to Sweet Springs, Texas, to be by her ailing aunt's side, little does sh...
It's a ruff road to happily-ever-after! Dog groomer Rylie Quinn lights up the local animal clinic with her charming laugh and easygoing demeanor. But there's a dark secret lingering behind the radiant redhead's bright smile. One man seems determi...