Jenny Betteridge launches her first collection of short stories, including two prize-winning tales. Jeff and Susie have been together for 10 years and live in their own separate homes, staying with each other at weekends. Geoff thinks it's an ideal arrangement; he doesn't have to put up with Susie's nagging. But Susie has other ideas. Chrissie, a young teacher, meets one of her ex-pupils when he offered her a lift on a rainy night. They fall in...

A MARRIAGE COVENANT: Why does a handsome, powerful noble of the highest rank in England stoop to marry a mere Lady of Lowland Scotland? A GREAT SECRET: Are the whispered stories about him true? With his shadowy past and strange behavior, what awful secret does he hide? Each change of clothes transforms him into a different man. AN IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE: Can Lady Cailin keep her vow to make her marriage happy and successful, unlike that of her parents,...

Luke is startled to discover that the tenant of his Rome residenza, Minnie Pepino, is young, blond and sensational! There is an immediate attraction between them, but despite her family's premature plans to arrange the wedding of the year, Minnie holds back, unable to let go of her past. But the more time Luke spends with Minnie, he sees that beneath her reserved facade there lies a broken heart and painful memories. Luke is determined to be the one...

In name only? Red McGee hadn't got her nickname for nothing. Her hair was as red-hot as her temper. Linus Hunt didn't particularly like her hair or her temper. He liked his life calm, orderly and businesslike. And Red was disorderly, chaotic and... Well, just too passionate! She had a tendency to act on impulse-but when Red told her father that she was engaged to Linus Hunt, she never dreamed that fiction would eventually become fact! Linus, it...

Suddenly a Family After Rena Livingston's secret fiancé leaves her pregnant and unwed, her mayor father insists upon a marriage of convenience to Sheriff Scott Braden. Though his motivations are as much about protecting his political career as her reputation, Rena is grateful the standoffish sheriff agrees to the arrangement. At least her child will grow up without the burden of her shame... Scott believed his one chance at love fled with his ex-fiancée,...

Neither Rex nor Regina wants a spouse, but they do have needs. Ranger Rex Duncan needs a false identity-just long enough to uncover a ring of Kansas ranch thieves. Answering Regina's ad for a temporary husband, he leaves his beloved red dirt of Oklahoma to assume that disguise. But the most obstinate woman he's ever known confounds his assignment, and with hair, the red color that has always made his heart beat a little faster. Regina Howard needs...

Two very bad boys trying to go legit...Max and Jesse grew up on the streets of Philadelphia, working for the city's most successful crime boss before attempting to go straight. They're inseparable, their friendship honed by danger. They share everything, including a burning desire for the same woman. But an affair now, while they're still untangling themselves from their past, could be dangerous, not only to their friendship but to their lives. And...

To Kate, a new town represented independence. Brexton, New Mexico, was a place where she could finally escape her mother's control and establish her own seamstress shop. However, the two-faced Mr. Dixon seems intent on threatening her new-found freedom at every turn. Though Kate knows she can deal with an unsavory man like him, she isn't sure what to do when the handsome but injured Boone Carson arrives in town. This soldier presents a new threat...

Independence was thrust upon Michelle Raber, an Amish woman from Pennsylvania, when she finally decided to take control of her life and leave an abusive life behind. Now miles away from home and family she finally managed to start over. Running her own bakery, Pearls and Swirls, she needs nothing more, especially romance. But when Eva Lapp pays her an unexpected visit with a surprising request her life is turned upside down. Required to be Eva's grandson...