Bronwyn Davies is furious. Widowed, penniless and desperate, she came to Fairchild Acres looking for work–and to confront stockbroker Patrick Stafford, her son's real father. Sure, she wasn't expecting the red carpet rollout from her ex-lover…but insults and rudeness? Well, she'll show him exactly what she's made of–and what he's missing!Even after all these years, Patrick still hasn't forgiven Bronwyn for marrying another man for money.Now Bronwyn can see what life could have been, with him. Sure, he'll step up and acknowledge his son.But the cost will be far dearer than Bronwyn could ever have imagined….
They're making their own magic!The love potion Cameron McAllister just drank was supposed to help her get over someone–not make her fall for her best friend! Now she's pregnant, and Paul Cureux is proposing… marriage. Cameron should be jumping for joy. After all, he's the one she's wanted all along.But this is Paul. Her commitment-wary, live-for-the-moment buddy. Except he's acting as though he really means all this family togetherness stuff. Maybe he's also under the influence. Or could it be something else? Something that has nothing to do with spells and potions…and everything to do with love?
The man Mary Anne Drew wants is marrying someone else! So to win him back, she buys a love potion. Mary Anne's not convinced spells and potions work, but still, she has to do something. Too bad the wrong man–aka Graham Corbett–drinks it. Then strange things begin to happen…. Graham has never shown any interest in Mary Anne.In fact, their arguments are legendary. But now Graham is acting anything but hostile! Could the potion really work? Or was Mary Anne looking for love in the wrong place all along?
Margot Early's stories pack a powerful punch. She writes with warmth, wit and emotional depth. A sheer pleasure.–Debbie MacomberKal Johnson is a still-grieving widower with a young child. He can't imagine marrying again–not for love, anyway. But it's becoming increasingly clear that his daughter needs someone besides him. A mother. Kal's solution is to place an ad in a local magazine.Wanted: Woman to enter celibate marriage and be stepmother to four-year-old girl. Send child-rearing philosophies to Mr. Family….Erika Blade is a woman who's afraid of love. And sex. She answers the ad, figuring she's probably the only person in the whole world to whom a «celibate marriage» would appeal. After all, she does want children but she doesn't want to acquire them in the usual way. As it turns out, Kal likes her letter–and soon discovers that he likes her. More than likes. He's attracted to her. The one thing that wasn't supposed to happen."Compelling from the first paragraph, Mr. Family– steals the reader's breath with its rare honesty and sensitivity."–Jean R. Ewing, award-winning author of Scandal's Reward"Mr. Family proves again that there is no voice quite like Margot Early's when it comes to the language of the heart."–Laura DeVries (a.k.a. Laura Gordon), author of contemporary and historical romance
Raising a family on his own doesn't leave widower Seamus Lee much time for cultivating new relationships. Which is just how he wants it. But Rory Gorenzi, the unconventional wilderness instructor at his children's mountain school, has other ideas….Ever since their arrival in the snowy Colorado town, Rory finds the Lee clan impossible to resist. But it's obvious that Seamus is hiding something. Can Rory break through his defenses to learn his secret–and to help him become the father his children need? Because he's the man she wants to get to know… a whole lot better.
DRU HAVERFORD FALL: Midwife. Pregnant. Widow.A MAN FROM THE PAST: Dru hasn't seen Ben Hall (a nephew of her dead husband's) in more than twenty years. But they share memories of a difficult and traumatic even in their childhood.PREGNANCY: Now, for reasons that run very deep, Dru wants a baby. Ben Hall becomes the father of her child–by artifical insemination.THE BABY: Dru loves her baby-to-be. And she's beginning to feel a very real connection with her baby's father. A passion unlike anything she'd experienced with her husband…A MARRIAGE: Ben wants to marry her–has always wanted to marry her. And he knows that Dru needs a marriage based not on memories or past promises but on forever…and a baby.
The MidwivesThis baby is hers!One night in Texas, midwife Tara Marcus finds a newborn baby abandoned in her car. A baby she desperately wants to keep.She takes the baby to her hometown in Colorado, hoping to adopt her. But adoption requires money. And it requires a better situation than Tara can offer. A husband, a home….She needs a strategy, and the best one she can think of is marriage. Dr. Isaac McCrea, a newcomer to town, happens to be a widower with three kids. Surely he needs a wife! So what if he's a doctor–not exactly Tara's favorite species? So what if she falls in love with him despite her outrageous proposal? None of that matters.Only her baby matters. Her baby and his children.