THERE'S A NEW MAN IN TOWN…Ex-lawyer David Severin came to Tourmaline to escape his problems. Psychologist Amy Simon came to Tourmaline to solve problems. But working at the counseling center run by David's aunt, she couldn't help but notice that the brooding, private man had issues. And a great body.The first time Amy saw David she mistook him for the gardener. He was naked from the waist up, and his muscular chest was beaded with sweat from a day of hard labor. But underneath his rough exterior, Amy knew there lay a man filled with raw pain and endearing tenderness. So when his young daughter showed up on his doorstep, Amy couldn't help butting in…and falling in love with them both. And that's when the trouble in Tourmaline began….
MR. ICEShe'd painted notorious corporate raider Dominic Chakaris as she saw him–hard, ruthless, predatory. The man had destroyed her family, and now he set his sights on her: the woman who'd dared capture the truth on canvas. Kelly MacLeod had prepared herself for anything where her nemesis was concerned–except the unwelcome feelings of need and compassion, when what she wanted most was turnabout.And turnabout she got.This self-made survivor whom she'd hated for years initiated her to a passion she'd never known possible. But Nick was a man who detested deception, and Kelly was a woman who just discovered that her whole life had been a lie….
THEY STRUCK A BARGAIN FOR MARRIAGE…Olivia DeAngelis needed a husband! According to her father's will, she had to marry within the next six months to keep her family's homestead, Stone's End. Would a handsome stranger be her salvation?BUT THEY HADN'T BARGAINED ON LOVE.Five years ago, Drew Pierce made a costly mistake that had sent him to prison. Now this former playboy wanted to redeem himself by reopening his family's sawmill. The timber available at Stone's End would help him succeed, so he agreed to Olivia's marriage of convenience. But would passion threaten a deal that was supposed to be business only?
KEEP YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER?Emmy Larkin could pinpoint the minute that her life changed–when so-called family friend Ed Travers sold part of her father's sugarbush acreage as payment on an overdue loan. And when Ed's son mysteriously arrived back in town, he set tongues wagging–and her heart pounding….Successful, handsome Jack Travers wanted to make things right between his family and Emmy's. But he didn't anticipate the stir he felt when he looked at the lovely, fiercely independent woman who saw him as her adversary. Could he make her see that there was more to their history than met the eye…perhaps even a future together?
NO GUTS, NO GLORY…Or so paratrooper Captain Cal Doyle believed. But seduce tough-talking Nurse Katherine Meehan, who'd tended to him after his copter crash? Impossible! True, they were now next-door neighbors–yet they were years apart. And while Kate had survived breast cancer, Cal had barely survived hell….So just because Cal caught Kate crying in the rain…and her fussy feline cozied up to him…and the church ladies started matchmaking…and Kate suddenly looked so damn desirable–were those any reasons for a wounded warrior to woo a reluctant older woman? Besides, between Kate's stubborn defenses and Cal's mule-headed machismo, could these two survivors…survive each other?
HE'D NEVER BEEN AS ATTRACTED TO–OR SUSPICIOUS OF–A WOMAN IN HIS LIFE…Raising horses–not spying on scheming females–was rugged Russ Simon's passion. Still, for his family's sake, he grudgingly agreed to discover whether poor if pretty rancher Marigold Crowley was a gold-digging impostor…or a truly missing heiress.Cynical-about-women Russ never expected to fall for his golden-haired quarry. With her unsuspecting smile, her soft lilac scent and her innocent love of horses, orphaned Mari seemed hungry for a family, not a fortune. And Russ ached to make her his. Trouble was, could he trust her? Worse, once Mari uncovered his seductive charade, would she trust him?
THEY SAID HE NEEDED A WIFE….A wife of breeding and class. But Gabe Kendrick, the first son of the revered Kendricks of Camelot, Virginia, wanted none of that. His ambitions and sense of duty had led him to follow his father's footsteps into politics. But his heart guided him to the one woman he could never have.The daughter of Kendrick estate staff members, Addie Lowe had grown up loving Gabe from afar. Social boundaries hadn't kept them from becoming friends. But now, the press threatened to turn their friendship into something tawdry–a scandalous affair between employer and employee.Gabe urged Addie to ignore the tabloids. But how long could they ignore their awakening passion for each other?
JUST MARRIED! VERONICA DALTON AND ADAM SMITH, AFTER A SHORT ENGAGEMENT…Sparks sizzled from the moment beautiful computer whiz Roni Dalton laid eyes on Adam Smith. But a year after their initial meeting, one torrid night of passion together left them with more than they bargained for: a marriage license!DID THE DEVIL MAKE HIM DO IT?Feeling honor-bound to his new bride, the FBI agent agreed to commit himself to his wife, at least temporarily. But Roni couldn't just settle for the marriage of convenience her husband demanded. She had to convince Adam that her love was worth the ultimate gift–his heart.
ADDICTED TO ADDIEOnce, rancher's daughter Addie Gentry loved a cowboy with all her young heart–and she gave herself to him completely. But, despite his ardent promises, Deke Larrabie rode off into the sunset, unknowingly leaving Addie with child….What scandalous secrets made Deke disappear? And how dare he come back to Bridgewater on the eve of Addie's engagement, to stir up desires as stormy as a Texas twister, to enthrall her young son, to claim what he vowed was rightfully his? Lithe, lean and more dangerous than ever, would Deke repeat past wrongs–or was this cowboy finally home to stay?
HOW TO DESCRIBE BECKY ROTH: UNEMPLOYED, STRESSED, PREGNANTAfter losing her job at a greasy diner, Becky needed to support herself, but no one was looking for a pregnant vegetarian chef during a snowstorm in small-town Connecticut. Except Carter Prescott III, who'd been the best man at a wedding a few months ago where he and Becky had indulged in a little too much cake…and lovemaking. Now that he was going to be a father, he had to convince her he was ready for marriage and a baby. But no one was more surprised than Carter when his feelings of obligation turned into full-blown passion and need. Suddenly, he was a man on a mission–marriage!