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Want Ad Wedding

Neesa Hart

Read All About It!Arrogant…smug…confirmed bachelor. Just a few of Sam Reed's less than flattering qualities–as seen by reporter Molly Flynn. This description finds its way into a personal ad in Sam's very own newspaper–thanks to reporter Molly Flynn.It was supposed to be a joke. Since taking over the business six weeks before, Sam's been driving her crazy. So Molly wrote the ad to let off a little steam, but when it's accidentally published she's sure there's nothing left to write but her letter of resignation!Ever since Sam's brother's wedding, his family has been pestering him to get married, too, and the «Wife Wanted» ad only makes matters worse. So Sam insists that the ad be answered–by reporter Molly Flynn!

Destined For The Desert King

Kate Walker

A queen of convenience?There’s no doubt that their marriage is one of convenience and political manoeuvring. But shy beauty Aziza El Afarim secretly hopes that her husband – the boy she once idolised – remembers something of the closeness they shared as children.Except Sheikh Nabil bin Rashid Al Sharifa is far from the boy he used to be. The weight of loss and power has changed him beyond recognition. Where once there was warmth and generosity, now only a ruthless passion burns. He’ll give Aziza everything…except his love.

A Home Of His Own

Judith Bowen

A secret marriagePhoebe Longquist and Lewis Hardin got married on impulse, without a fancy wedding, without family, without fuss. Phoebe wants to keep things quiet and uncomplicated…for a while, anyway.A family secretLewis would rather not deceive their families. But he'll do it if she really wants…for a while, anyway. He might be a Glory boy made good, but he's also an ex-con and hardly what Phoebe's parents have in mind for their daughter.A glory ChristmasThen Lewis learns something shocking about his own family, about who he is. And it makes him take stock of what he has.

Her Passionate Pirate

Neesa Hart

What do a plain-Jane professor and a handsome swashbuckler have in common? A passion that defies all the odds…Dear Diary, Women dream of a handsome moat walking into their lives but it usually doesn't happen. Well, it happened to me today! Swarthy ocean archaeologist Rafael Adriano with his eye patch and alpha-male arrogance is a modern-day pirate come to life.With my rambunctious nieces visiting for the Summer, I have enough problems without Rafael endeavouring to conduct research in my home for clues leading to some historical shipwreck, the Isabela. I can't believe he offered to play nanny in exchange for access to the house–or that I agreed.If only he'd stop looking at me as if he knows my deepest desires. Cora

Mother by Fate

Tara Taylor Quinn

To trust a stranger…Sara Havens helps others. Mothers. Children. Those who seek to escape from violence. Her work with The Lemonade Stand – a unique women's shelter – also lets her forget the loss of the child who should have been hers. And when a handsome stranger strikes up a poolside conversation, it's no coincidence.Bounty hunter Michael Edison is tracking a former resident of the shelter. Fearing for the missing woman's safety, Sara joins the pursuit. But nothing is what it appears to be – including Michael. As they grow closer, Sara risks losing her carefully constructed control…

Two Much Alike

Pamela Bauer

They're definitely not two of a kind Have you seen this man?Ten-year-old Alex Harper is putting up posters everywhere. He wants to find his dad, but only so the judge can force the «deadbeat» to pay the support he owes. Maybe then his mother can stop working all the time, and she and Alex, his twin sister and little brother can finally take a real vacation together.To everyone's surprise, Alex actually finds his dad–or does he? The man calling himself Joe Smith certainly looks the part, but he claims there's been a mistake. And Frannie, Alex's mom, is willing to believe him. After all, he doesn't exactly actlike her ex-husband. Besides, it's said that everybody has a double somewhere. Of course, it's also said that twins run in families….

A Suitable Groom

Liz Fielding

Her perfect date? Veronica Grant needs a man to take to her cousin's wedding in order to keep her matchmaking mother at bay. A man like Fergus Kavanagh. He’s perfect – rich, charming and sexy. If he accompanies Veronica, her mother won’t mention marriage for weeks!Luckily, Fergus has matchmaking relatives of his own he wants to avoid, so he proposes a pact: he will be Veronica's pretend lover if she becomes his! Now he just needs to remember it’s all an act… even though their sizzling chemistry feels oh-so-real!

Falling for the New Guy

Nicole Helm

She needs a distraction One of Bluff City's finest, Tess Camden always follows the rules. That means a romp with the strong and silent new guy on the force would be out of the question. Besides, no matter how deliciously sexy Marc Santino is, she's his boss. So she'll stick with her keeping-to-herself routine.Still, Marc has Tess aching to be all kinds of wrong. And all those reasons they have to stay away don't seem important…especially if their sexy arrangement remains their secret. Suddenly, their hot affair becomes more than just a distraction. Can they let it turn into something more?

That Summer Thing

Pamela Bauer

YOU ARE NOW ENTERING RIVERBEND, INDIANARiverbend…home of the River Rats–a group of small-town sons and daughters who've been friends since high school. The River Rats are all grown up now. Living their lives and learning that some days are good and some days aren't–and that you can get through anything as long as you have your friends.Charlie Callahan is the original good-time Charlie. At least, that's what everyone thinks, especially Beth Pennington, and she should know. After all, she was briefly–disastrously–married to him. But even Charlie isn't laughing when they discover they share an inheritance left to them by Riverbend's favorite patriarch.Now they're forced back together to settle the strange bequest…and to deal with the problems of a troubled boy.

The Cinderella Valentine

Liz Fielding

Cinderella and the boss Polly Bright has just landed a much-needed job as a waitress at the Chelsea Bella Lucia. But on her first day, a series of mishaps on the way into work leave her unfit to be seen by the fancy clientele! Hopefully the surly, but sexy, new manager, Luc Bellasario, won’t send her packing…Luc’s been told to keep his eyes on Polly, which is no hardship at all – it’s taking them off her that’s proving difficult! Especially when he realises the courageous heart beating beneath Polly’s loveably scatty exterior. Has this accident-prone Cinderella finally met her very own Prince Charming?