The year is 1985 and Lucy is a modern woman who believes one unhappy marriage is enough for a lifetime. No matter how much she loves working with Max McGraw, there's no way she's going to let herself fall "in love" with him. But Ma...
He wanted a wife She wanted a career Kristy couldn't believe her ears. Within hours of meeting Blake Harding again, he calmly informed her she was going to marry him. Since coming to Vancouver, her career had been her life, and her recent ...
Life with Jake was fascinating! His energy, arrogance and talent made working with him an exciting experience. For years Jenny had managed to keep her growing feelings for him under control. Sometimes he looked at her as if he wanted her, but t...
Out of wrecked dreams grew hope One minute Georgina had been sailing single-handed down Canada's west coast, willing the salt breezes to show her how to go on living without her husband. The next she was being pulled from the waves by lighthou...
She would never trust another man With her job as harbormaster, Maggie had finally made a new life for herself, her daughter Dixie and Angus MacAvoy, her grandfatherly neighbor. Nothing could shatter her peace. When Angus's son Michael, an ...
How dare he criticize her! Nicole found it hard enough to raise a teenage boy by herself and eke out an uncertain living as a charter pilot in British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Islands. Dealing with Matthew Kealy, her arrogant, unkempt new ne...
They were lucky to be alive! But to Crystal Selwyn, a tax auditor on her way to the Queen Charlotte Islands, trekking out of the wilderness with Jesse Campbell was not her idea of normal travel. Jesse was adamant that the search-and-rescue pe...
Serena knew she was out of place A crew party was meant for those who were serious about sailing. All Serena really wanted was to absorb the atmosphere that had been her dead husband's dream. That is, until she met Neil Turner. She was stu...
Zeb Turner seemed to be two different men And Misty was thoroughly confused when he turned up at her detective agency. Why would any man, for business reasons request that she kidnap him? Something was wrong. But trying to find out more about Z...
Dinah couldn't refuse a cry for help Without knowing if her car would survive the journey, or thinking about her lack of Spanish, she dashed off from Vancouver to Mexico. So it wasn't surprising that she herself needed rescuing, though ...
It had been sheer fantasy "Alex" would never forget the magic of the night she met "Sam" on a deserted beach in Vancouver. Now the spell was broken and Alex Diamond, crime writer extraordinaire, was forced to return to her solit...
Keep your imagination where it belongs That's what Melody Connacher told herself. It was okay to go a little crazy when writing songs, hidden away on her beautiful island--but to reach out her arms and whisper his name, that was madness. Sc...
Promises in the dark In the depths of despair, Abby had spent one rapturous night in Ryan Marsdon's arms. Then she'd fled home to a lie. The lie that began during her marriage to Benedict Stakeman and continued as she, his widow, raised an...
Juan Corsica Perez was a man who believed the earth belonged to him, and everyone in it. Only Cathy Jenan thought otherwise. They had known each other once and once it had been wonderful, but although Cathy had traveled all over the world since she l...
"Marrying you is the last thing I would choose to do!" Being solely responsible for managing the family business meant that there was little time for loving in Sarah's hectic life. However, when Alex Candon made the outrageous suggest...
"Why are you afraid of me?" Angela just couldn't answer him. The last thing she wanted was to fall in love with Kent Ferguson. Having been hurt in the past, she was determined to stay away from all men--especially predatory types li...
To Charles, marriage was just another contract.... After all this time of quiet admiration and even more secret desires, Carrie Brooke finally had her wish come true. Charles Kantos, her employer and the man of her dreams, proposed! But no matt...
Cabin fever Her father's gift was typically unconventional, yet Molly couldn't ignore the thrill of owning a cabin in the Pacific Northwest. For the first time in her life, she could actually put down roots. Then she met her tall, dark ...
Ricardo Swan has vowed never to fall victim to irrational passion, but when he sees La Gitana dancing in a Merida night club, the primitive needs he denies are stirred. But although La Gitana is Mexico’s most popular singer and folk dancer, known f...
In her heart, he will always be first Julie's impulsive return to Gabriola Island confirms that time does not always stand still. True, she still feels something for David, but this time they're both free--free to explore the desire they o...
"You're not taking over my life again!" Connor Stanford had spent the past seven years looking for his runaway wife to demand two things from her -- an explanation and a divorce. But the woman Connor finally found was very different f...
When Jonathan Halley had rejected her, Cynthia had sworn never again to ask him for anything. But suddenly here she was, seeking his help to bail out her brother. Cynthia knew that Jonathan would make her pay for his help, but the price turned out to...
The Marriage Plan Being marooned with attractive stranger Max suddenly put Faith's life into perspective. A widow at thirty-one, she wanted to marry again and have kids. And Max would make perfect husband material.... Staying on Max's r...
IF YOU WANTED ME Surgeon Emma Garrett had made sacrifices to follow her dream of becoming a doctor. And yet none was as painful as turning down her first and greatest love. Wildlife photographer Gray McKenzie had offered Emma an idyllic life in the ...
ROSE IS FOR PASSION Dr. Alexander Kent feels a disturbing mix of irritation and desire every time he encounters beautiful Seattle artist Jamie Ferguson. Alex likes order, efficiency and women who are as sensible and reliable as he is. With her rio...
MOMENTARY PASSION Arizona astronomer Claire Welland is anything but starry-eyed when it comes to romance. She knows her home on an isolated mountaintop observatory makes marriage to most men impossible, but that doesn't mean she can't have...
Faced with instant motherhood when she has care for her orphaned infant niece, Samantha Jones is determined not to let her new role interfere with her career, until her boss Cal Tremaine makes her an offer that will change her life forever. Original....
The waterfront is Stacey's life but she’s determined not to fall in love with a man the sea can take from her. But her plan to marry safe, dependable Steven Masters hits the rocks when her fiancé's brother sails into the Noyo River -- and into Sta...
Dana had never been sailing before, but when the opportunity arose to leave her boring city job and take to the open seas she had no hesitation. But could she ever convince the ship's captain, Kurt Sanders, that they were meant to be together. Dana w...
Cynthia knows it's outrageous to ask Jonathan's help when they haven't spoken a civil word in the fourteen years since she was sixteen. Yet she's just flown across the country to find him, trying to find the right words all through the four-hour flig...
a short story by Vanessa GrantJennifer Sandborn fled personal tragedy to serve as a humanitarian aid worker, promising her husband she would return in a few months. Two years later she returns in the middle of the night. Everything feels familiar, bu...
In this women's fiction novel, a recently widowed therapist begins to put her life back together, but tumbles into an ethical nightmare that embroils her in an inflamatory situation that threatens her career, her life, and that of the man she's falli...