Beckoning her heart was the warmth of winter's bounty The Christmas reunion in Astoria, Oregon, was a boisterous gathering of love in many forms, but Marijane Westridge was a stranger to all of them. Her mother's recent wedding, her older ...
He saw her clearly through the eyes of love Dana MacKenzie hoped for a challenging job at the weekly paper in Warrenton, Oregon. What she got was chaos and uproar. The office was managed by a smart-mouthed teenager who squeezed in work hours betwe...
Randy thought she had charge of her own destiny That is until Matt Mallory, with his famous Midas touch, came to Scannon Cove, Oregon, to set up the Cove Mallory Inn. At first he was just a customer buying a car at Stanton Motors, Randy's deal...
Love or Money? Why not Love and Money? After all, Millionaires need love, too! Or that's what Torrey Benson counsels in her runaway bestseller, How to Marry a Millionaire. And Torrey should know. Twice married, once widowed, she's engaged to mar...
Small wonder Destiny felt mutinous Rafe Janeiro turned even a summer in Digby Head, Maine, into sheer misery. No colas, no spicy foods, no late hours and no work. Worst of all, when Destiny protested, Rafe retorted with "doctor's orders....
Love could have some very strange symptoms Rosie Weaver and her new boarder argued over the insignificant details of day-to-day living and brazenly probed each other's deepest secrets. The McMinnville, Oregon, boarding house became a war zone ...
One plus one equaled three... It was a match made in heaven. Rachel Bennett and Brian Tate loved each other; he adored her young daughter. The Oregon coastline was an idyllic place to live, and Rachel's balloon delivery service was booming. Wh...
Nanny and the Kramers Judy Cassidy took charge at once when she appeared on the doorstep of the Kramer family's residence in Manzanita, Oregon. It was a snap extracting little Katie's foot -- clad in a Big Bird shoe -- from the toilet! Mit...
United forever... That's what Janessa Knight and Clay Barrister proclaimed as fanciful children. It was a bond they vowed would never be broken... But childhood dreams could not anticipate adult realities. When Janessa became involved in ...
THE CHILDREN WANTED A FAMILY TO BELONG TO It was their last Christmas together. Housemother Carol Shaw wanted to make it special for Frank, Nicky, Dorcas, Kathy and Candy -- children who'd never had a family and faced an uncertain future in foster h...
SHANNON KNEW ONE THING Carlisle's department store. And when ex-model Marty Hale bought her family's business, Shannon Carlisle thought he'd be glad of her help. Marty needed help -- but of a different kind. With four boys, a dog an...
NOTHING IS THE WAY IT SEEMS Melanie Quinn is going back to her childhood home, home to the bucolic Harvest Lake where the wild iris grow. She envisions three months of lazy summer days and long peaceful nights. But that isn't what Aunt Reba...
She'd taken him for a thief Having cornered a trespasser with a squeegee. Georgia Madison was mortified to discover she'd just met her new landlord, Ben Stratton. Ben was not amused, but when Georgia's bookstore was vandalized, he deci...
WHO WAS BERNIE EMERSON? She was a woman who had few material possessions, yet carried herself with an air of elegance and breeding. She savored the taste of macadamia-nut ice cream every time she had it. She knew little about fashion, and was a b...
She'd burned her bridges A year of separation from her lawyer husband, Jeff, had given Leah Alden time to get her life back on track. No more emotional storms, she'd promised herself. Then Leah's sister asked Jeff to help find her birt...
HE WANTED HER... ... He fulfilled her every wish. ... He caressed her with a gentle touch. ... He penetrated her soul with his knowing eyes. Genny Scott knew Jack Fleming was very dangerous, and life in New Hampshire was going to be very ...
CUPID WAS WATCHING... ...And his arrow was pointed at Jocelyn Foley and Rob Donnelly. He was ready to aim his bow, but decided that these hand-picked lovers-to-be needed more time before the fireworks began...before Salty Harbor, Oregon, exploded ...
Her life was in his hands Pursued by a maniacal killer, Paula Cornell was forced to go into hiding with ex-military man Dane Chandler as her bodyguard. As CEO of a successful cosmetics company, Paula was accustomed to being in charge, and she hate...
PATRICK SAID "I DO..." when he didn't. What could be more bizarre and unexpected than Patrick Gallagher standing in front of a justice of the peace, marrying a woman he didn't know? Regina Raleigh was beguiling - and oh so tempting - but Patrick cou...
UH-OH, THE RABBIT DIED! Bobbi Perducci knew sooner or later that her secret would come out. She just wished that Paul Sinclair hadn't found out quite so soon. "Sin" was devastatingly handsome and irresistible and his magic spell had...
Passion! Kye and Brenda Stuart's honeymoon was one they'd never forget. Their courtship was a whirlwind affair, so Brenda was determined to make every waking day--and night--of their marriage unforgettable. But there was one minor detail Brenda didn'...
"I DID?" Charlotte Morreax thought nothing could be as bad as attending the engagement party of her ex-fiance and his new bride-to-be. But the day soon went from bad to worse. Her stepmother was chattering excitedly. Guests started asking Char...
This Valentine's Day, Sean Megrath is in for a rude shock. The sexist cartoonist is the target of the Sweet Avenger. The mysterious female vigilante has a delicious recipe for mischief and mayhem planned for Sean, and all the men who done women wrong...
HE CAME TO HER AT NIGHT ...and each time she saw him through her store window, Kellen Clark thought she was imagining him. With each nocturnal visit, he became less a mystery man -- and more Kellen's very own fantasy prince. She longed to be held in...
SWEET, SWEET REVENGE. Men! Lyin' and cheatin' lovers! Pompous, patronizing bosses. Sexist, insulting boors! Well, one woman had had enough ...and dreamed up schemes to give men a bittersweet taste of their own medicine. Her alias: the Sweet Avenge...
"MOM, WHERE DO BABIES COME FROM?" Of course Barbara Ryan now knew all about the birds and the bees. But she never thought she'd become a mommy... especially in a matter of minutes. Last she'd heard, it took nine months. But when she got caught ...
KEEP YOUR LOVE FOR ETERNITY For generations, couples have been coming to Eternity, Massachusetts, to exchange wedding vows. Legend has it that those married in Eternity's chapel are destined for a lifetime of happiness. And the townsfolk are more ...
More Than He Bargained For Widower Adam Schofield had sent for Josie Cross to mother his girls and share his comfortable life. But the stubborn woman was not content to play the docile wife. In fact, she seemed determined to end their chance at ha...
Little Dusty Archer... ...needed a mom. Preferably one who looked like the Sun Queen -- a beautiful, and very cool lady from his Burn Starby comic books. She'd be the perfect match for his dad, the Mission Master. Sexy Shane Archer... ...
Look who's talking now... It's me, Malia Rose, just hanging out, waiting to he born. Mommy says I don't need a daddy, and that we'll be just fine on our own ... but I'd sure like to have one. Hey, I know! How about that cute radiol'gist, who keeps...
Look who's talking now... My name is Chelsea Annabel and I used to be lucky before I was borned. Only a few whiles ago, I had a daddy and two mommies. Now I have a daddy, a aunt and no mommy. If you think you're confused, how do you think I feel!...
Dear Santa, I know I'm just a baby and no one listens to me, but I do know some things. Like what I want for Christmas -- Nate for a daddy. Now I just have to convince my mommy .... Garrett Joseph Endicott The one thing everyone in Riverview...
"Would you marry me and give my children a father?" Nell Fairfield -- she has four good reasons to acquire a husband in a hurry. Their names are Joey, Gracie, Gib and Jerica - four young children Nell 'inherits' just before losing her job and bein...
It's tough to make a good divorce stick at Cannon Beach, on the rocky Oregon coast, where Delaine finds herself posing as a magazine bride, with her former hubby as a groom!...
She'd give anything to go back... On her thirty-fifth birthday, Libby Madison felt full of regrets. She wondered what would have happened all those years ago if she had adopted the two lovable orphans who'd come into her life. The next thing Li...
Chocolate is the ultimate aphrodisiac. And these four enchanting stories of love, passion, and chocolate are guaranteed to melt your heart. Each story features a decadent chocolate dessert recipe to satisfy your sweet tooth and your hunger for romanc...
Once upon a time... Like a princess trapped in a tower... Angie Corwin had resigned herself to small-town life--with her mother, the notorious Wicked Witch. She had never thought to let down her hair and look for a man to help her escape ...into a...
He was the hunter She was the prey. A call girl in Tyler -- it's hard to picture. But Vic she's in town, hiding out with the child he's being handsomely to retrieve. Daphne isn't proud of her past, but that does mean she's about to turn over he...
It's us again. Malia an' Chelsea an' Garrett Boy, they say us two-year-olds are difficult but grownups are MUCH badder! We wish Torn an' Amy would play nice together--it would sure make our lives easier! Know what? We think they need a time-out We'll...
Love was just one life-threatening episode after another. Celeste Huntington is a murderer. Reporter Rob Friedman is determined to prove it before she can hurt anyone else. By default, he's now protector of a woman who'd rather throw herself in fr...
Amnesia. A marriage of convenience. A secret baby. Two brothers are in a car accident. Greg is killed. Keith is left with amnesia. And the only person he remembers at all is Emily...Emily who's obviously very pregnant. With his child? In order...
Take one junk-food-loving single father named Jason Warfield, who's decided -- strictly for the sake of his kids -- that he'd better change his ways. Add one slightly uptight nutritionist, Laura Price, who's trying to teach that absolutely infuriatin...
Eight-year-old Jason Richards is worried. His grandparents are threatening to sue for his custody, and they just might win -- or so he thinks. So he runs away, leaving his mother, Beth, frantic and his grandparents raising hell. Enter Ethan Drum,...
He'll be home for Christmas... Jeff James survived capture inspired by the memory of Liza deLane's apricot-glazed ham. And her luscious red lips. Now he's a free man, with one Christmas wish--to meet Liza, the new Martha Stewart, heroine of hearth, ...
A personal shopper, Jade was accustomed to buying gifts, but this Valentine's Day she was the recipient - of a key to a disgruntled client's home, courtsey of his two tiny cupids. What surprise awaited her on the other side of Jack's door?...
IT'S A...DADDY? NAME: Derrick K. McKeon, 6'2", 175 lbs. HAIR: black with a wave EYES: dark with a sparkle DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS: GQ style. Wall Street savvy FIRST WORDS: "I can handle it." How had this happened? Darrick McKeon ...
IT'S A DADDY? NAME: Dillon K. McKeon 6', 180 lbs. HAIR: To run your fingers through EYES: That see right through you DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS: Bad-boy style with good-guy substance FIRST WORDS: "Catch ya later, babe" Dr. Dillon Mc...
IT'S A...DADDY? NAME: Duncan K. McKeon, 6', 170 lbs. HAIR: Perfect EYES: Even Better DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS: On-screen sizzle, real-life fire FIRST WORDS: "Call my agent!" One sweet night Duncan McKeon had met his soul mate in d...
Dear Santa, Please send: A doll for Janie. A train set for Mikey. A man for Mommy! Yours Truly, Janie and Mikey Cummings The last thing Maribeth Cummings wanted was a man. But resisting tall, dark and handsome Joe Carpenter wasn't easy. Th...
Three very different brothers. Three very different lives. One great opportunity. The Delancey brothers have inherited a dilapidated winery in Oregon, and Tate--the oldest of the three--couldn't be happier. This is the perfect chance for a new lif...
The Virgin Reconsiders... Writer Kathy McQuade was waiting for her wedding night -- even though there was little chance of one in the near future! But her old-fashioned ideas were catching on, until a dare to seduce her was issued, and suddenly me...
THREE VERY DIFFERENT BROTHERS THREE VERY DIFFERENT LIVES ONE GREAT OPPORTUNITY WHAT'S A TOUGH COP DOING IN A PLACE LIKE THIS? Mike Delancey was one of the best hostage negotiators in Texas. But he's left that behind to work in the win...
Every Man Has His Price! Lost Springs Ranch was famous for turning young mavericks into good men. So word that the ranch was in financial trouble sent a herd of loyal bachelors stampeding back to Wyoming--to put themselves on the auction block! ...
"You're having my baby--and you didn't tell me!" Rugged Wyoming native Jeff McIntyre was strong, steady--and about to become a father! His three passion-filled nights with beautiful city girl Bailey Dutton had yielded an unexpected surprise. Convi...
THREE VERY DIFFERENT BROTHERS THREE VERY DIFFERENT LIVES ONE GREAT OPPORTUNITY SHEA DELANCEY KNOWS WHAT HE WANTS FOR CHRISTMAS A year earlier, Shea and Samantha Haskell had marriage in mind. But when his restaurant failed, pride compe...
A dream is where the heart is Overachiever Karen Tillman had temporarily returned to Bramble Bay to mend a broken heart. And though her dreams had shattered, one look at her old high school crush, Charlie Scott, and she realized a new dream was po...
FROM BOARDROOM BARRACUDA... Work was everything to businessman Aaron Bradley. So when his four young nephews were orphaned and left to Susan Turner, he should have been relieved. Instead, he yearned for a chance at fatherhood. Aaron didn't know t...
3 to 1 odds: fatherhood! David Hartford had met a beautiful and mysterious woman one fateful night, but she'd disappeared before the sunrise. And then he'd seen a picture of the missing woman, very pregnant, and knew he had to find her -- for the ...
Kissing a stranger Ex-CIA agent Trevyn McGinty had sworn off love and commitment. But when he met Alexis Ames at a masquerade ball, he managed to lose his heart to her in just a few short hours. Then suddenly Alexis was gone, like some heroine of ...
Finally, the father is revealed! Augusta Ames woke up in a hospital room with no memory of who she was -- or how she'd gotten pregnant! Then one night a handsome stranger came to her, stated they were married, and whisked her away. It was for her ...
Anna could hardly turn down the contract of her career! Austin Cahill had parlayed his business savvy to the point that he had everything he wanted out of life. Except, of course, a child. And Caroline Lamont had happily agreed to provide him with...
A collection of two novels in one book features Stella Cameron's
Her biological clock just struck midnight. Independent woman Natalie Browning had given up on love -- but not on motherhood. Her fiance had split, the sperm bank was a debacle.... Then she met entrepreneur Ben Griffin, the handsome widowed father of...
Bart Megrath has never been to a quaint colonial town like Maple Hill, Massachusetts. He's never been through a hurricane. And he's never met anyone like Haley Whitcomb. Stormy times...a stormy relationship at times. But in Bart's opinion, a little t...
Hugh Blake, soon to become stepfather to the Maitland clan, has produced three high-performing offspring of his own. But at the rate they're going, they're never going to make him a grandpa! There's Suzanne, a work-obsessed CEO whose Christmas spi...
He's a man iwth a mission She's a woman with a secret Hank Whitcomb is back in Maple Hill, Massachusetts, the tiny town he grew up in but fled almost 20 years earlier for fame and fortune. And he's determined to make a new life for himself. It do...
P.I. David Solomon has been hired by ailing Warren Cooper to deliver three precious envelopes to each of the Webb siblings.... Sally Webb is so shocked when she receives hers that she destroys her reputation as a dutiful and responsible granddaugh...
LIVE WELL. LAUGH OFTEN. OVE MUCH. Although Mariah Mercer designs and sells plaques with her favorite motto, she's having a hard time following it herself. At least, the love much part. In fact, she's given up on loving at all after a painful divor...
Beazie Deadham is alone and on the run. She witnessed the murder of her boss in an underground parking lot in Boston, and accepted an incriminating tape from him, which he told her to deliver to "Evan" in Maple Hill. Now the perpetrators of the crime...
Welcome to MILLIONAIRE, MONTANA, where twelve lucky souls have won a multimillion-dollar jackpot... And where one millionaire in particular has just...FOUND A BABY ON HER DOORSTEP Seems Shelly Dupree, owner of The Brimming Cup, returned to her ...
Welcome to Twin Oaks -- the new B and B in Cooper's Corner. Some come for pleasure, others for passion -- and one to set things straight... Check-in: The cozy Twin Oaks B and B...a perfect retreat for divorced dad and dentist Michael Flynn to kick...
A Season of Change Spending the summer with sexy single dad Duffy March was not exactly what Maggie Lawton had planned for her first vacation in years. Yes, she needed a rest, but sleeping in one of Duffy's guest rooms -- with the dangerously attrac...
Widow Carmen Perez was about to sell the historic building at 10 Sandringham Drive in Seattle to Katherine Kinard for her day-care center. But what would happen to Carmen's sons, who lived there now? Carmen dreamed of having daughters-in-law, a house...
July 19, 1983... The Kinards, the Richardses and the Webbers -- Seattle's Kennedys. Their "compound" -- elegant Forrester Square...until the fateful night that tore these families apart. Twenty years later... Their children were reunited. Repres...
Paris O'Hara is trying to find herself And her hometown of Maple Hill is where she's starting the search. It turns out her mother lied to her about who her father really is, and Paris needs to know the truth. Until she comes to terms with her past, ...
There's the date from hell -- the guy in a bad suit and toupee -- and the hot date from hell.These men are waaay too tempting. One wicked, sexy grin and, well -- who can resist! Certainly not these three women... A spy should know better, but t...
Gideon and Prue Hale are still married -- but try telling that to Prue. Even though no papers have been signed, as far as Prue's concerned it's over. She can never forgive Gideon's betrayal. When Gideon comes to Maple Hill with an offer to help ge...
Love Is the Riskiest Business of All If Sophie Foster counted her blessings, her children would top the list -- except when their obsession with finding a father puts her on the spot. Like that day two of them decide to ensnare a member of the wea...
Courage Bay, California...a community founded on bravery. Now meet the town's new generation of heroes -- the men and women of Courage Bay Emergency Services. Bold enough to risk their lives -- and their hearts. Fearless enough to face any emergency....
'Tis the season of hope Rosie DeMarco is finally climbing out of the grief that locked her heart. Her brother, father and unborn baby died in the span of a week. And no one -- not even her husband, Matt -- could reach Rosie as she withdrew into da...
She's No Abbott... When China Grant believed that maddeningly opinionated, very stubborn and terribly handsome Campbell Abbott of the wealthy Abbott clan was her long-lost brother, the two of them fought the way siblings do. But once DNA tests pro...
Jack Keaton arrives in Maple Hill, Massachusetts, determined to find the truth behind his wife's "accidental" death. He'd been on a tour of duty in Iraq when she was killed, and he's convinced someone was trying to keep her quiet. But local reporter ...
"Losthampton Heiress Found!" Kidnapped as a toddler twenty-five years ago, Janet Abbott is finally back where she belongs, and just in time to see her two long-lost brothers get married. The whole clan welcomes her with open arms -- except for the...
Not even love can keep her from her dream Bobbie Molloy's dream to paint in Florence gave her the strength to battle cancer. Now that she's recovering, and just weeks away from leaving for Italy, she won't let anything -- or anyone -- stop her f...
All she wants is a man who will stay She thought she'd found the man of her dreams in Hunter Bristol. Sandy Evans planned to settle down with this handsome, ideal father figure for her two little girls. And she had no problem helping him get back...
All he wants is family… Crawling on his belly through enemy fire is nothing compared to the murder that ripped Jack Palmer's childhood apart. Now that he's home from his tour of duty, the ex-soldier's most critical mission lies ahead: finding h...
She'll make Christmas magic…in spite of him! In all his years as a cop, Ben Palmer had seen some hard cases. But Corie Ochoa took the cake. There was more hostility in her gorgeous five-foot-one frame than he'd seen in hardened criminals. Not t...
Fairy tales do come true. She seemed to have it all: a fabulous career as a supermodel, a dad who dotes on her and a home in Paris. And now Cassie's rediscovered the Manning half brother and sister she barely remembered since she was split up fro...