MARRY IN HASTE, REPENT AT LEISURE. And Valerie had plenty of time to repent--four long years. Her marriage to Sean Hunter had been deliriously happy until her desire to become a dancer had torn them apart. Her husband gone, Valerie lost her career...
DRIVEN TO DESPAIR . . . From the moment they met, Paige Garrison knew that Linc Tanner was someone special. Arrogant and magnetic, he seemed to her as dangerous as his profession: auto racing. She came from a different world, and her wealthy fa...
FULL-TIME HEARTACHE Lisa Winters wasn't looking forward to working with Dan Nolan. He seemed more of a media star than a lawyer. He wasn't very impressed with her, either, so the sparks really flew between them. That was during the week. On the...
INFROM THE COLD... Tracey White had once been an actress, but in Scott Kingsly, her new employer, she found the first man ever to kindle in her the fires she had always shammed. Slowly they learned to trust, to share a passion and an intimacy s...
WHO COULD HAVE GUESSED? When Kelly James went to Australia it was to fulfill a promise to her father: to see the woman who had been his first love, Maureen Kilpatrick Cassidy. How could she have known that in Maureen's son Jake she would f...
Unspoken past ... Unspoken, but not unremembered. How could Anne ever forget the brief hours she had shared with Kyle Harrison--or his anger when he discovered that she wasn't free to love? Three years had passed, years which hadn't di...
SHE WAS A WOMAN WITH A REPUTATION. Men called her the Snow Queen; she was unapproachable, untouchable. But inside, Samantha Danvers was as vulnerable as anyone, and Mike Trent was the man who had made her that way. The handsome novelist had onc...
The lady in command--graduate of Annapolis--beautiful Alex Page had put a career in Naval Intelligence and a bitter marriage behind her. Now, as security chief of a major firm, her main charge was guarding the body of its dashing president. Proud,...
For Stacy Cooper, Matt Logan was both the answer to a prayer and the devil in disguise. When he hired her charter boats for the film he was directing, he pulled her back from the brink of bankruptcy. But he didn't want to end their relationship there...
No one had ever inspired such a volatile response with a single kiss as this man she distrusted on sight. John MacMasters, her new boss, was far too handsome for his own good. Or hers. Jaime Clarke should have known better than to accept a position a...
Cole Bishop had appeared in her hour of need and she'd done it--hired him ... a male housekeeper! Perhaps now, with her twin boys in his care, she could get back to her demanding career in advertising. In no time her chaotic household was running ...
As acting director of Fantasy Toys, Drew Sinclair faced more than the usual problems of putting the company back on its feet. Working under her was Casey McCord, the man she had once loved and lost. How would Casey react to having her give him ord...
Witch, princess, monster, or minstrel--Holly Sutton could speak in a million voices. A whirlwind of casual creativity, a magnet for every kid within calling range, she made a handsome living doing TV cartoon voice-overs. Her life in Thousand Oaks was...
If only Abby Carmichael and Kyle James could get away from their everyday surroundings, they might have a chance. But how could Abby, a policewoman who came into daily contact with the painful realities of life, come to terms with Kyle, a powerful ex...
Keri Burke hadn't always been gun-shy around men. But, pregnant and alone, the owner of K. B. Temps certainly wasn't ready to start learning how to trust again now. Why wouldn't Ryan Kincaid, ruggedly handsome business tycoon, take no for an answer? ...
A simple kiss! Compared to the kisses of other men, Ben Sinclair's kisses were like fireworks on the Fourth of July. And yet Jess Maddox had all but asked for it. Seventeen years ago he'd stood her up at her senior prom. Now, suddenly, he was back. T...
Writing children's books as a team required imagination and concentration. For five years Jill Blake and Greg Richmond had worked together happily in a perfectly platonic partnership. But from the night Greg rushed Jill to the emergency room with app...
How could Dr. Kate Bradley succumb to a sexy patient in her own office! The beautiful dermatologist's problem was obvious. Mark Harrison bore a near-fatal resemblance to the notorious movie idol, Ty Winters. Computer programmer by day, celebrity look...
Once Stacy McAllister had been Carver High's Most Likely to Succeed, and Mike Harper had been the class outcast. But at the reunion a devastating new Mike Harper, a man she'd never known, swept Stacy off her feet. With the sadness and failures of her...
Hawaii--the ultimate escape. Evelyne Winters had chosen it in the wake of a devastating divorce. She'd have a fling, decide what to do with a life that was suddenly her own. But even for exquisite Evelyne--daughter of a legendary movie mogul, ex-wife...
Years before, she'd left him to follow her passion: the dance. Charlotte "Charlie" Wells thought she'd kissed James Murphy good-bye until a knee injury forced her to take a stopgap job as activities director of New Eden. Charlie was shocked to discov...
She had a new name, a new face, a new identity-even a new personality. For ex-agent Mari Chandler, the past was dead and gone. Only her love for Reid Morgan refused to die. She went back to Mexico determined to let that love go. T=What brought Reid t...
It was a day she'd never forget Sara Murdock was pumping gas in Henderson, North Carolina, when she heard about the new preacher. He was reputed to be a quiet, thoughtful man. His name was Jess Larkin.... That evening Sara walked around the hillsi...
Whoever called it midlife crisis? At forty Abby Townsend faced a dozen crises a day. Her son was leaving San Diego for law school--and refusing to leave Zach Randolph's daughter behind. Abby's daughter had discovered boys, clothes and credit cards...
Could she keep her secret? Caryn Richards, editor-in-chief of Simple Fitness magazine, was determined to catch the culprit responsible for the office pranks that were becoming more and more dangerous to the staff. What she didn't count on was the ...
IT ENDED AS IT BEGAN--FOR LOVE'S SAKE For three years Anne Sinclair had been running from the law. She changed her name, her appearance and her address whenever neighbors got too curious or the law got too close. What she couldn't chang...
SHE'D THOUGHT IT WAS ALL BEHIND HER When a string of robberies cast a suspicious light on Stacy Markham's house-sitting agency, Stacy's past came back with a vengeance. By a whimsical twist of fate, Detective Mac McConnell was assigned to the case...
IT WAS MIND OVER MATTER Love didn't affect Maggie Turner in the usual way. Instead of getting starry-eyed, Maggie got psychic static. No sooner had Dr. Ethan Baxter moved into her Monterey guest house than her long-dormant psychic gift ran riot...
DOUBLE TROUBLE... Bored with excitement, archaeologist Kate O'Malley was ready to settle down and marry Professor Jared Wyatt--until her scheming Irish grandfather teased her with a proposal of one last adventure. In a sleazy Mexican bordertown...
HIS VOICE WAS HER HEARTBEAT Malnutrition, cruelty and blazing heat were the unbearable realities of the South American prison. All that stood between newscaster M. J. Blake and the madness of despair was a stranger's voice. As the days turned i...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Alex Cassidy thought being single and turning thirty was an awful combination. The only thing worse was waking up the morning after her birthday bash with a hangover. And just when she thought she'd hit rock bottom, she opened h...
SHE COULDN'T BELIEVE HER EYES He dressed like a biker, talked like a thug and looked like a ruffian. And he was the man assigned to protect her! When Elise opened the door of her secluded California home to Detective Dean Cornell, she thought m...
SPECIALTY OF THE HOUSE Devlin Grant and Megan Abernathy wed in a fever of passion. A short time later, they divorced in a fit of fury. No one would have dared to bring them together again.... Except a woman who'd had an even more notorious past...
CREATURE OF THE NIGHT One summer solstice, luminous black-clad Jack Montgomery materialized out of the mist in a meadow. He claimed a vacant Victorian lair for his haunt. Then, with all the smooth moves of Dracula, he swiftly began to lure sweet H...
CALLING ALL MEN Parenting a teenager was trouble enough, but when the teenager turned matchmaker, it added up to hormone overload. Chelsea Brennan was satisfied with her life as a single mom. Her days were spent in Hot Stuff, her shop of classy...
They called her 'Scrooge of February 14' but Claire Madison had had more than her share of Valentine horrors. Now summoned to her grandmother's country inn, she was forced to spend two weeks in a town called Cupid's Corners. She made it through the C...
COWBOYS AND INDIANS NEVER FOUGHT LIKE THIS When Letitia DeMarco won the deed to her ex's Montana ranch, she didn't know it came with a negative cash flow--and Tyler Barnes, a foreman with a state-size chip on his shoulder. Before she could even un...
BEN--Powerful, Persistent, a Modern-Day Pirate Come to Claim His Woman... He'd imagined the sea goddess who created the vivid fabric designs, the passionate wanton who wove her fiery fantasies into the cloth of dreams, but when Ben Wyatt flew to ...
ON THE FIRST DAY OF CHRISTMAS... Quinn knew she had to get away-from family, friends and a would-be fiance. She sought lodging in the mountains...but was sidetracked by a blizzard and a dose of destiny. MY TRUE GAVE TO ME... Santee knew it wasn...
KYLE--A Dangerously Handsome Creature of the Night... He'd expected an unusual greeting when he knocked at the door of the spooky manor house, but Kyle Fletcher wasn't ready for the fireworks in Samantha Lyons's sparkling violet eyes! He'd come t...
JAKE--His Killer Smile Made Every Woman in Town Want to Jump into His Lap.... For five years he'd been the man of her sexiest dreams, the best friend and partner shed once dared to love then leave, but seeing Jake Wilder in the flesh left Sheriff ...
Wedding Bell Blues For Robyn Sinclair, the dirtiest words in the English language were I do. The only vow this Vegas talk-show host was going to take was to stay single! Then her show went on location to the tacky wacky World of Weddings--home ...
LOVE ME... As a one-man crusader against violence and abuse in a small desert town outside L.A., Assistant District Attorney Josh Brandon has helped a lot of women. Now he has a new admirer. She sends flowers. Leaves messages on his answering machin...
NAME: Ukiah "Ki" Jones AGE: 33 STATUS: S.T.U.D. #3 OCCUPATION: Rebel Nothing shocked Ukiah Jones--until two of his best buddies got hitched. Then he woke to find the STUDS' Lake Tahoe cabin overrun by a lady on the lam and her two young ki...
NEVER LET HIM OUT OF YOUR SIGHT Security specialist Nikki Price knew the drill: Be alert and keep the subject alive. But Dr. Scott Carter was no routine assignment--and no ordinary man. Five years ago she'd worked undercover in his home to expose ...
TO DO: - Get a haricut - Cancel appointments - Hire husband? It was the only way Chloe Sumner could protect herself from a lecherous business rival on a luxury cruise. But what "husband" could Chloe trust to spend every day -- and every night -...
Toto, I don't think I want to be in Kansas anymore... Stranded without her credit cards, heiress-on-the-run Cori Peyton had nothing to depend on but her wits--and Dr. Benjamin Cooper. When the feisty blond beauty fainted in the car repair shop in ...
Whose life is this anyway? Alice Walker spent long hours on her feet in a doilied pink waitress uniform. Brianne Sinclair danced the night away in strapless gowns and priceless jewels. So how could they be the same woman? Allie dreamed of grandeu...
A funny thing happened on the way to the altar... Dru St. James: In the limo, just minutes from the chapel and her waiting fiancee, she got a bride's biggest shock: a big fat run in her stocking, right below her garter! Sam Winslow: He was on...
THE DESPAERATE HOURS Jed Hawkins had lost the only woman who'd ever meant anything to him because he couldn't give her the soul-deep commitment she longed for. His closed and shuttered heart wouldn't let him open himself up to anyone--and neither ...
Sexy Sinful Sultry vs. Sensible Simple Sporty Keri Putnam knew there'd be trouble the moment she agreed to take her identical twin's place at the fiance's family party. Aside from their looks, she and her sister were different as night and day. Bu...
MISSING MEMORIES Sam Barkley had promised to protect her. But Keely Harper was beginning to think she would never be safe again. Since she'd returned to Echo Ridge, the town of her birth, she'd been plagued by nightmares - not to mention that her ...
"If anyone has just cause why this couple should not be joined together, speak now or forever hold your peace." Casey Larson had been to dozens of weddings, but she'd never expected to "speak." Then again, she'd never expected being stranded in th...
HUMBUG! Libby Barnes wished Christmas would go away-along with her husband, Tyler. But would Santa answer a wish from Willow Hills, Indiana, population 400? Suddenly darkness fell, snow swirled and Libby could barely find her way home. But stra...
WELCOME BACK, STRANGER Former U.S. Marshal Riley Cooper had come back to protect her. Three years ago Jenna Welles had been forced to leave the man she loved to enter the witness protection program alone, but now the criminals had found her. And t...
"Will you be the father of my baby?" Jake Roberts was everything Caitlin O'Hara wanted in her baby's father--he was fun, witty and gorgeous. They'd shared every intimate detail of their lives since kindergarten. Why not a baby? Because friends...
You've just Seen Your New Mommy! Ring bearer Patrick O'Connor pulled that note out of his jacket right after he'd gazed out the tux shop window at a pretty lady. Patrick thought girls were icky, but he wanted to find a woman for his dad. Sure, the...
BLIND DATE BABY Prim and proper Dr. Gail Roberts didn't know a thing about Brian Walker, except that he had heart-stopping blue eyes and looked great in a tux. Though her blind date was certainly more than the doctor had ordered...she never expec...
WHAT SHE SAW: Fear. Heiress Dana Madison couldn't explain the disturbing things happening to her -- dresses she didn't own appearing in her closet, strangers greeting her on the street. Was she being impersonated? Desperate, she hired a man to watch...
LOCAL LAWMAN WOOS MYSTERY WOMAN... We all know newcomer Caroline Benning's got more than her share of secrets. And now Deputy Cooper Night Hawk's making it his personal mission to find out who the woman really is... and what she's doing in Tyler. ...
TROUBLE IN WARM SPRINGS The sleepy little town in the California desert was supposed to be a sanctuary for Detective Bree Fitzpatrick -- a place of refuge from the big-city crime that had left her a widow with three children to raise. But somet...
Love Si the Greatest Adventure It was the trip of a lifetime and hairstylist Ginna Walker was going to take full advantage. She'd forget all her worries back home and concentrate only on the sun, the sand...and her whirlwind romance with Zachary S...
ATTRACTED TO DANGER When the "Prince Charming" rapist struck again, Detective Celeste Bradshaw went undercover to smoke out the criminal. But this by-the-book cop never thought she would fall for her "boss," devilishly handsome cafe owner Luc Dante....
Three... Three years ago, Nora Summers and Mark Walker had been sweethearts, but circumstances had driven them apart. Nora wasn't ready to risk her heart again with a man as footloose and charming as Mark. Two... Yet now Nora had indulged in a n...
He's Getting In Trouble For All the Right Reasons! For thirteen-year-old Nick Donner, it was worth getting into some trouble to match his mom, Lucy, with Judge Kincaid's son, Logan. Now Nick's doing community service at Logan's animal clinic, hopi...
A KISS IN THE DARK... Cynical homicide detective Jared Stryker didn't believe in fairy tales or ghost stories. That is, until he inherited an old ranch with suspicious neighbors -- and a haunting link to his past.... Murdered by her former husb...
Welcome to Brokenoggin Falls, population 567 (sometimes) where: - The housewives are not only desperate, they're Witches - The skeletons in the closet are as real as the bodies in the cellars - The spells cast by moonlight frequently go awry -...
TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT... Beautiful attorney Alexandra Spencer was used to being in control -- of her work and her life. But when a violent street crime resulted in memory loss, Alex was suddenly helpless, and turned to the one person she trusted t...