Has the lion of corporate London met his match?Waiting in his luxurious private jet, Lex Gibson is… nervous. The prospect of spending a weekend working with Romy, the only woman ever to reach behind his flawless façade, has the notoriously calm Lex well and truly rattled. Worse still, Romy comes with her baby, Freya, whose presence makes Lex want to hide behind the nearest desk!Opposites they may be, but Lex’s attraction to Romy has grown stronger – and as babies go Freya is rather adorable. Lex may just be tempted to strike up a very personal business deal…
Could stepping into the past make your future perfect? Sarah’s been dumped. Unceremoniously. Painfully. A romantic at heart and a historian by profession, Sarah has always wondered about her grandfather’s wartime romance in Italy. Who was that brave woman who cared for him during the war? Clearly this is the time to heal her wounds with the trip of a lifetime to Rome.Armed only with a photo of the house her grandfather stayed in, the village, and the name Lucia, Sarah sets out to find her…and meets the beautiful Italian count Matteo di Serrone there. Now here’s a man who could move Sarah on from her broken heart! It’s a fairy-tale romance, until Sarah realises she’s made the most rookie mistake of all: falling in love with her holiday fling…
She needed…sexperience!Forced to grow up too quickly, Roxie skipped too many all-important ‘firsts’. Now, armed with a six-point checklist, she’s ready to get experiencing – starting with the big one – losing her ‘V’ plates! A hunky doctor, Gabe Hollingworth, has moved in next door. He’s a one-night-only pro – and smoking hot! Perhaps he could help her out…?Only Gabe wants to be more than just another tick on her ‘to-try’ list! He sets Roxie a challenge he’s sure she can’t accept: walking away from their insane chemistry…
Dating the enemy! Sara should be preparing for a meeting to secure her business. Instead she’s being stood up by a man she’s never even met! Things improve when gorgeous city-boy Leo asks her to dance – until he reveals his relief that his ‘country bumpkin’ blind date didn’t show…Sara could almost ignore the words slipping from his oh-so-kissable mouth – if the next ones weren’t that he’s planning to build on the land she wants to buy! Turning to ice, yet very aware of his warm, strong arms around her waist, Sara’s suddenly reminded of a saying: keep your enemies closer…
The trap is set… Single mom and successful boutique owner Sarah Stewart didn't have room in her life for a pet, let alone a man. With a teenage girl to raise and a business to run, she couldn't do anything more than look at Jonathan Marshall, the single–and singularly good-looking–man who just moved in next door with a teenage daughter of his own. Still, since their girls would be classmates, it made sense to make friends. But that was as far as it could go. Despite the best efforts of some teenage matchmaking, Sarah wasn't giving in. Because she just isn't ready to put her heart on the line–again.
Jake Thompson never realized how many decisions he used to make in a day until he lost the nerve to make any and was forced to leave the Army. But he’s starting to believe this horse therapy program they’ve put him in might actually help to get past the nightmare of indecision he’s faced since losing his troop.And it’s all because of instructor Charlotte Nicholson.As if the recently widowed single mom in charge of the rehab farm doesn’t have enough on her plate without Jake adding his problems to hers.But being with Charlie makes him think beyond his pain to the future. If seems as if he’s being offered a second chance at happiness… and all he needs to do is make the decision to take it.Something far easier said than done.
Grief doesn't come with a deadline… She's got thirty days to clean up her mother's neglected home or she'll lose it. That's all city code inspector Will Stone has given her. And it's not nearly long enough for Suzy Bylin to sort through the lifetime of old treasures and broken keepsakes she's inherited.Desperate to keep the place, Suzy must steel herself against the feeling that every time she throws something away, she's getting rid of a memory of her mom. When she can no longer do it on her own, she has nobody to turn to but Will. And if she can help him through his own family crisis, maybe together they can find more than mutual support and friendship….
Lilli Barclay needs a groom—and she needs one now. Not for herself, of course, but for her mother’s glamorous wedding-themed benefit. Then Lilli can get back to what really matters, earning a promotion at work. Just her luck that Max Sanders, the ideal candidate, still holds a grudge against her for an incident that happened twelve years ago.Persuading Max to volunteer will take longer than Lilli thought. Much longer. And the more time she spends with him, the further she ventures down Memory Lane. Pretty soon Lilly can’t help wondering if Max could be more than a pretend groom. He still makes her heart race.But will he ever be able to forgive the past and consider a future… with her?
She can't imagine a life without music… Even as a little girl, Miranda Nolan loved to sing and dance, especially for her reclusive neighbor, a woman who was more like a second mother. She never expected to inherit her mentor's estate and to have to put her career as a performer on hold. Even more confusing, she's found herself settling affairs with co-claimant Russ Gerik, an interpreter who lost his hearing in a tragic bombing and struggles to find his way in a now-silent world. Unimaginable.As the two work together to catalog the possessions of–and understand–a woman shrouded in mystery, they forge a powerful connection. But how long can their bond last when it's not built on trust?
Wild animals can’t be tamed–a traumatic lesson Katie Vincent had learned first-hand as a child.So when her estranged father passes away, she has no choice but to sell his beloved zoo to an animal park in Arizona.But when the park's director, Luke Rittenhouse, reports that the panther she'd hand-raised is dying, he threatens to return all the animals unless she comes and nurses the panther back to health.Katie has to try to save the big cat, even though she knows she's doomed to fail.She hasn't worked with animals in more than a decade…and she has an immobilizing fear of them since the accident.But Luke believes everything deserves a chance–even Katie.And if she can let go of her fear, he might just be the one who rescues her.