With one look he held her hostage heart... Drew McKenna was on the run. With the threat of her ex-husband returning to their hometown, Drew was glad to have an excuse to flee to Germany to visit with old friends. When she left Los Alamos, New Mexi...
HIGH-FLYING LOVER He was just another handsome pilot stealing her hard-earned job. Not even her journalism and public relations degrees from the Air Force Academy could secure Captain Ronda Voss's position as Chief Information Officer for the SAC ...
WIND SHADOW ... meant there was someone to follow, somebody to bear the brunt of the wind and leave a shadow of calm for the one behind. Silky had signed up on a bike tour of Alaska to rectify a past mistake, but nothing was going according to ...
Garbage wasn't anyone's cup of tea Yet examining a month's haul of garbage was, in theory, no different from a prehistoric dig--a precise, painstaking science. But when Raine Webber and her University of Maine anthropology class arrived at the hun...
CARA'S STORY... Two more opposite people had never been born. Martin Dante's "proper" upbringing had left its mark, while Cara lived in a world where taking yourself too seriously was a cardinal sin. One thing seemed perfectly clear: they should s...
They had another prize in mind The mistress of Barren Heath Isle was dead. The new owner would be whichever relative could solve the puzzle she'd left behind. And so began the bizarre invasion of Barren Heath, launching a treasure hunt that led Ru...
Remaining neutral was a losing battle For thirteen years Tessa Jane had nursed both a grudge and a grand passion for Cord Redigo. When he suddenly reentered her life, she wasn't sure which response would win out. Tess relied on the mythical lak...
He was the hardest of hard men Ice climber Quaid Perrault was as rugged and dangerous as the frozen monolith he'd come to Alaska to conquer. Four years earlier, Death Scream had tragically defeated him, and he owed his life to Valentine Larrabee's...
Enough was enough! Gina Baron was sick and tired of being the dean's perfect little wife. She'd had her fill of uptight professors' wives and deadly dull committee:;. Most of all, she had had it up to here with the oh-so-proper dean himself. Well,...
The Wizard of Oohs and Ahs! That was Tarrant Seaton, otherwise known as the Prince of Delights, and the unwilling subject of numerous women's fantasies. Not Angela's, though! Tarrant thought she was just another scheming gold digger. Es...
OUT OF CONTROL... Aly Bean Fields had two rules she lived by: Don't lose control and don't screw up. She was already responsible for her baby daughter, her mother and her ex-husband's debts. Having landed the biggest estate auction job of her care...
The Bride wasn't looking for a husband. The Groom didn't want a wife. But love blossomed under a Northern sky. What's a waitress from a small town in Kansas doing on a remote Alaskan island? Sara Eller couldn't help but ask herse...
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT? Philanthropist Norman Roxbury--the only person to whom Lucas Brand owed anything--lay on his deathbed, asking for a favor. Though organizing a Thanksgiving retreat for underprivileged teens could jeopardize a multimillion-d...
BEGUILED... Sex: Okay, so what if Devlin Rafferty was as handsome as the devil, and sexy and charming to boot! Laura Todd was a woman on a mission--to find a missing heir in Ireland. And if that wasn't reason enough to avoid Devlin, she'd vowed to...
Bent River Ranch, near Tulsa, Oklahoma. Anna Andrews-A woman who's trying to make it in a man's world. Thanks to her brother's foolishness, she finds herself begging Dusty Dare to hire her. Dusty Dare-Half-Cherokee and proud of it...
WHAT'S A NICE GIRL LIKE ALICE DOING IN A HAUNTED CASTLE LIKE THAT? If she'd had any other choice, Alice Woods would have run from Percival Castle the moment she saw it. But the Gothic monstrosity was her last refuge--she needed somewhere to recove...
Little white lies! Damon DeMorney was the last man on earth Mercy Stewart wanted to marry. He was arrogant, overbearing and, well, just plain grumpy! But her grandpa was determined to see her settled down with a husband, and telling him she had ma...
"There should be a law against kissing like that." Amy Vale was determined to be the best rancher's wife in Wyoming. She'd found someone nice to spend her life with; someone honest who could make her smile. Passion, as far as Amy ...
THE BRIDE: Lorna Willow THE GROOM: Any nice, stable guy who will make a good father for her son THE PROBLEM: Clint McCord, daredevil stunt pilot...and heartbreaker In Brazen Gulch, eligible bachelors were a dime a dozen. How hard could it be...
Gallant to the rescue! So Harry decides he's chosen the wrong sister just as they're about to walk down the aisle; that doesn't make Emily a romantic failure. As her best friend, Meg Dellin Dillburg, sees it, Emily just needs a long ho...
The marriage quest... More at ease with injured animals than with people, shy Helen Crosby knew that drastic measures were required to find herself a man. She'd even sleep in the supposedly enchanted D'Amour mansion in the hopes of conjuri...
When Lucy Crosby's ex-fiance came to town, parading his new bride-to-be for all the world to see, she longed to wipe the smug smile off his face once and for all. But presenting the disturbingly attractive Jack Gallagher as her own new fiance, wa...
Meanwhile, back at the ranch... Deedee Emerson had escaped the family farm, but in her haste to escape her wealthy, mismatched fiance she dived--wedding dress and all--through the first open window she saw. And that window belonged to Garth Gentry...
His kisses were irresistible Alex D'Amour was an unexpected--and decidedly unwelcome!--guest in Elissa Crosby's home. Not wanting to spoil the Christmas mood for her two younger sisters and their families, she asked Alex to pretend they we...
Right Stork, Wrong Address! Found: One Baby under Christmas Tree Hallie St. John knew her way around babies--she'd practically raised three stepsisters--but finding one under her Christmas tree had her stumped. She discovered that the little...
Debbie Macomber's classic story about the romance between the housemother to a trio of male college students and the stepbrother of one of her charges is accompanied by Renee Roszel's original novel about ambitious Joshua Raven, whose purchase of Max...
In love with her boss Efficient but decidedly drab. Not any longer. Isabel Peabody has repressed her true self for long enough, and her workaholic boss, Gabriel Parish, is about to get the shock of his life. Reluctantly agreeing to play the par...
HE WAS ONE GORGEOUS COMPLICATION.... In one impulsive act, Dana Vanover dumped her fiancé, jumped overboard and -- for good measure -- decided to lose her memory. If no one knew who she was, it would be easier to shake her past! Enter Sam Taylor,...
Bringing up baby... Baby Tina needed a mom, and her aunt Lauren wanted to take on the role--as soon as she'd dealt with Tina's so-called "father," playboy Dade Delacourte. Determined to prove Dade unfit for fatherhood, Lauren wa...
Jake Marit's wife would have his name and affluent lifestyle, but never his love. So why has Susan O'Conner agreed to marry him? Having loved Jake secretly for years, she knows his apparently carefree attitude conceals an inner pain. Her drea...
Eligible women are in short supply Life is good--if somewhat lonely--now that Marc Merit has returned to his family's island home. There's no eligible woman in sight until Mimi Baptiste literally crashes into him. A dependable doctor, set ...
Zachary Merit might have saved a senator's daughter's life -- but he doesn't expect to read in the newspapers that she is his fiancee! That is certainly news to him! Now, much to his irritation, Olivia has followed him to Merit Island -- ...
For her grandfather's sake, Kalli had agreed to an arranged marriage to Nikolos Varos -- a man she'd never even met. But when her grandfather died on her wedding day -- so, too, did her reason for marrying.... Niko was furious he'd be...
Instant fatherhood! Wildly good-looking Noah Barrett is a dream of a hired husband. Affectionate, caring, he should easily convince Sally Johnson's visiting family that he's a doting father for Sally's soon-to-be-born baby! Their ...
Mitchell Rath thrives on challenge. Taking over ailing companies has made him a powerful, wealthy man. But one business empire eludes him -- and it belongs to Elaine Stuben. This determined tycoon has little time for pleasure -- and no time at all...
Advertising for a husband! The ad had appeared. She'd interviewed the candidates. Jennifer Sancroft was close to selecting a husband who would help secure a vital promotion. But when she met Cole Barringer all the potential candidates paled in...
Taggart Lancaster had reluctantly agreed to pose as his friend for all the best reasons. But his disguise is so successful that everyone assumes he's the womanizing playboy he's imitating. Mary O'Mara wants nothing to do with him -- only,...
Trisha August is determined to be independent and will do anything -- well, almost anything -- for enough money to set up her own business. She can't believe her luck when hotshot Lassiter Dragan promises to give her a loan.... But there's...
GETTING JAX BACK! Kimberly Albert has always yearned for stability. Her boyfriend's just walked out and she's craving the one man who's always been there for her: her best friend, Jaxon Gideon. Jax has loved her forever yet he's...
Roth Jerric may be drop-dead gorgeous, but as her ex-boss he's the last person Hannah Hudson wants around. A stay at the Blue Moon Inn seemed like the answer to her prayers, but finding she's sharing close quarters with Roth is hardly her ide...
Sylvia Hunter feels herself flying off in so many directions she can't make sense of it. Forget the fact that her perfect daughter is going through a Goth phase. Or that her overbearing mother-in-law and crazy aunt are going to drive her to murder. S...