Just for Christmas?Pretty, proper Anna Miller has all the makings of a respectable Amish housewife. But the outside world has always beckoned. So, when a handsome FBI agent needs help caring for his infant twin nephews right before Christmas, Anna jumps at the opportunity. Maybe she can finally discover where she truly belongs.Special agent Colt Asher lives for his job. So, he's surprised when an unexpected week as a hands-on uncle fills his life with meaning. Of course, it helps that the babies' gorgeous nanny is unlike any woman the love-'em-and-leave-'em lone wolf has ever known. But Anna's taste of freedommight send her straight back to her village. Or, if Colt lets her, Anna might just be his Christmas wish come true…
A BABY ON THE WAY—AND ON HIS DOORSTEPWhen an infant shows up on Nick Slater's desk with a note, this case has the detective stumped. And though Nick figures he's not exactly daddy material, he's resolved to care for this mystery child.At which point beautiful Georgia Hurley shows up in his office as well, with an explanation for why she dumped him—and sporting a baby bump that dates back to their one night together four months prior…Georgia knows she turned on Nick for his own good…but will Detective Daddy believe her? She offers to help care for his «temporary» baby for one week—surely the mother will turn up by then? And besides, they can both use the practice. But when the seven days are up, will they part ways and go back to their separate corners? Or will they find that seven days of living as husband and wife, mommy and daddy, just made them hungry for the real thing?
She only has weeks to convince him he can love again…Billionaire businessman Autry Jones swore off single mothers after the pain of losing both the woman he loved and her child when she left him. But now he’s met widowed mother of three Marissa Jones, who might change his mind – and his life – in just three weeks…
Stir two hearts…and let simmerPI Carson Ford believes the fortune-teller who promised his father a second great love was a fraud. He wants the fortune-teller's daughter, Olivia Hurley, to explain that to his dad. But the mystery ‘great love’ sounds very much like Olivia’s missing aunt; finding her just might be a journey to love for themselves!
Cooking up an instant familyWidower West Montgomery thought he only needed Annabel Hurley’s help with some cooking lessons. But what could be more perfect than providing a loving home for his little daughter Lucy…with a new wife?Marrying West had once been Annabel’s dream. But now the rancher needed her help – and was willing to save her family’s business in return! Still, living in the same house with West and his adorable daughter was surely a recipe for another broken heart…
TIME TO ADD ANOTHER BRANCH?Former rodeo rider Logan Grainger had finally set down roots to care for his orphaned twin nephews. He’d allowed himself to consider a future with the boys’ pretty caretaker, Clementine Hurley. Then he’d discovered he was not truly a Grainger. His life in turmoil, Logan decided to break all ties with her before someone got hurt.Clementine was not about to let Logan keep avoiding her. His nephews are in her Christmas pageant; she has plans to foster a girl who might well be Logan’s step-sister. He’s been hiding from their attraction for too long. The feisty waitress is gonna show that stubborn cowboy just how much room he has to add on to his family tree…starting with her!
SHORT-ORDER COOK … AND A BABY ON BOARDAs if meeting his birth mother and discovering he has a twin brother isn’t enough to test a man . . . Jake Morrow’s short one ranch cook. So when pregnant Emma Hurley comes looking for a job and whips up the best steak dinner he’s ever had, Jake hires her on the spot. And when Emma’s father demands she marry or lose her family farm, Jake stuns Emma—and himself—by proposing.After being left in the lurch, Emma can handle five hungry, romance-challenged cowboys. Well, except for one—the handsome rancher and Blue Gulch’s most eligible bachelor—who gallantly comes to her rescue. Only now Emma’s gone and fallen for her pretend fiancé. But Jake isn’t looking for a forever kind of love, is he?