SHE CARRIED HER HEARTACHE LIKE A SEARING FLAME Nightclub singer Jillian Lambert had a special earthy quality to her voice that excited critics and audiences alike. Her fans didn't know that the deep emotion she poured into her music was evoked by ...
ONE SECRET DARKENED THEIR DAWNING LOVE When Leslie Kairns met oil man Steve McRory at a business lunch, the air between them sizzled. She found it difficult to concentrate on selling either her skills as a geologist or her revolutionary theory on ...
HE LOVED HER TOO MUCH TO MARRY HER For Dr. Robin Mitchell, marriage was the ultimate expression of love. For Dr. Paul Wilcox, it signaled the beginning of the end. He had seen too many disastrous marriages -- his parents' included. Neverthe...
SHE HAD BEEN GIVEN A SECOND CHANCE By arranging the rescue of her estranged husband, David, from a prison camp in Central America, Chris Spencer could try to make up to him for walking out on their marriage four years earlier. She'd never dream...
SHE COULDN'T EVADE HER PAST FOREVER When Natalie Carter fled her home in British Columbia eleven years ago, she disappeared without a word to Adam Rutherford, the man she loved. Her return threw her and Adam together again, but the reunion ...
NOTHING COULD CHANGE HOW SHE FELT ABOUT HIM Susan Lynton took pride in her job as assistant to a distinguished member of Parliament, but when he asked her to pinch-hit as the cook on his family's Alberta ranch, it was a dream come true. Sus...
SHE HAD LEARNED TO RELY ONLY ON HERSELF Trust didn't come easily to Holly Simpson. Her husband had been an unreliable drifter, and Holly had been responsible, emotionally and financially, for their three young children. Holly had moved to the ...
She vowed to never look back Calgary real estate magnate Sydney Foster had a secret: As a young girl with a different name, she'd been forced to sell her body at the cost of her soul. And except for the faith of vice cop Nick Novak, she'd ...
DON'T TOUCH... Photographer Walker Manley's cranky disposition kept the world at bay -- until he fell hard for Riley McCormick. He knew he didn't deserve her wholesome, loving spirit, so he told himself to just do his job and keep his ...
FAMILY SECRETS... Years ago, an adolescent crush and an unplanned pregnancy sent Carlie straight into the arms of Derek Pearson, the steady schoolmate who'd always loved her. Forgiving, dependable, it was Derek who picked up the pieces of her ...
Sarah Jeffrie's son didn't want much --- just a dog and a dad. Nat Anderson had the dog --- and he'd be a prime candidate for dadhood, except Nat was just passing through. Sarah refused to fall for a sexy smile, but Nat wasn't leaving till he fulfill...
REFUGE! With two young sons to look out for and her vengeful ex on their trail, Kate Quinn thought the Circle S looked like the perfect place to hide out. They could build a new life, a safe life. And if love never came her way, so what? But sh...
THE LONG RIDE HOME Chase McCall: The lonely road he'd chosen had somehow led him straight back to the home he'd always hated--and the woman he'd always loved .... Devon Manyfeathers: She knew better than to believe this man could ever give up h...
SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGED Eden McCall was still dazzled by the sweeping valley view from her parents' front porch. Still frustrated by her family's problems. Still crazy about rugged loner Brodie Malone... But Eden had another life row, and a d...
A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE... Passing your fortieth birthday didn't mean you had to go off the deep end, did it? But there was no other explanation for the fact that usually sane single mother Maggie Burrows couldn't keep her thoughts -- or h...
MORNING, NOON AND NIGHT... Murphy Munroe was shocked to realize that he wanted to be with his tiny, precious son around the clock. Bedtime stories, midnight feedings ...Murphy couldn't bear to miss a single moment with his child--or its mother. Th...
HIS WIFE Holy matrimony! Jaded Mitch Munroe had never intended to marry again, but when beguiling Maria Rodriguez needed help in becoming a citizen, making her his wife seemed the logical thing to do. And his alluring new bride was giving Mitch on...
THREE WISHES The cry for help came at night, during final roundup. But nothing could prevent Conner Calhoun from rescuing his brother's widow and her two children. From the moment he'd laid eyes on Abigail, he'd wanted her, but she wasn't his to h...
WOMAN ON THE RUN The secluded cabin high in the snow-covered mountains was as far from Mallory O'Brien's glittering world of wealth and privilege as she could possibly have imagined. Yet this place -- and the proud, bitter man who lived there alon...