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Miss Alexandra Farris lost her heart to her older brother's friend, Lord Maxon Collins, long, long ago. Despite her girlhood attempts to win him, he never noticed her. Now that her first season is underway, she understands why. He prefers willowy blondes, not curvaceous maidens with darker coloring like herself. Rather than wallow in self-pity, she forgets love and focuses on something more attainable-an advantageous match. Lord Collins is plagued by an uncomfortable feeling whenever he goes near Miss Farris. One of annoyance. And yet, he can't seem to stop thinking of her, touching her, kissing her...He must act in her brother's stead, which means he has to approve her suitor and ensure her safety. Unfortunately, he can't seem to find a worthy gentleman. Wedding her off should be a simple task, but not if he can't let her go.

Caroline Stuart never returned to Lobster Cove after an embarrassing summer night when she was fifteen. But her cousin's marriage was an event she couldn't miss. Imagine her surprise when she discovers her partner in the bridal party is Grant Jackson, the same boy who humiliated her years ago. She still hates him. Yet, he still excites her. Grant had more than the usual problems fitting in as a teenager, being the only boy of mixed heritage in the school. And he'd somehow alienated the one girl he desperately wanted to impress. With Caroline's return to Lobster Cove, he finally has an opportunity to make amends, if only she'll listen. If only she'll let go of the past.

Belle Strong expected her husband to meet her when she stepped off the ferry in north Texas, but she was in for a surprise-her husband is dying. Pregnant and alone, she faces challenges along the Red River where her world includes fur trappers, Indians, and a rugged sea captain. Jacob Owens spends most of his life on the high seas and is a self-proclaimed bachelor. But when a green-eyed beauty enters his world, he finds his thoughts drifting in different directions. Why can't he stop thinking about her, and why is he trading fine beaver pelts for exquisite fabrics to surprise Belle to use in her quilting? Can she protect her son in such an uncivilized country? Or will she be forced to rely on a complete stranger?

Back home on her family's Texas Longhorn ranch, Grace Murray is busy preparing for her wedding. After a scruffy tattooed drifter saves her life, she takes on the mission of helping her savior, Heath Carter, find peace. The steady friendship and unconditional acceptance she receives from him encourages her to trade an old dream for a new one-a dream true to her heart. When she calls off her wedding, Grace is finally set free to fully love Heath. After a decade of military service, Special Forces veteran Heath Carter is living with war's tragic consequences. Struggling with PTSD, anger, and guilt, he travels through Texas, solitarily moving from job to job. Working with Grace on the ranch, Heath's guilt over his past actions make him feel unworthy of her love. As their paths lead them in different directions, Heath needs to discover the courage to fight his toughest battle yet-the one inside himself.

A celebrity playboy looking for love... Carson Wells' heart closed up shop six years ago when his fiancée ran off with his rock-star best friend. Since then, the dancer-actor has turned his back on serious relationships, seeking no-strings, down-and-dirty sex with a laundry list of hot women. But lately, a growing loneliness tugs at his gut...along with an unrelenting desire for his co-star. When he finally acts on their smoldering mutual attraction, there's no turning back. He's hooked. A sassy screen star putting her heart on the line... Having spent years guarding her scarred heart, Lara Kincaid is totally out of her depth with the fiery attraction to her playboy leading man. His history with women is a deep well, and her insecurities and secrets run even deeper. Even so, something about the man tugs at her heart and soul. Carson's sex appeal and charming persuasion have cast a spell on her, but their pasts threaten to unravel that magic. She's dipped a toe in the water-should she dive right in, she just might drown.

Adam Steel is desperate. Born a Giant Irish Wolfhound with the ability to become human, he only wants to lead a normal life with the woman he loves. But the love of his life, Dixie Mulholland, is cursed to live as a canine. Dixie is resigned to her fate, which means a drastically reduced lifespan. Adam is determined to remove her curse, no matter the cost-and everything in Vegas comes at a cost. In his quest for a cure, Adam ignites a war between good and evil, threatening to open the gates of Hell and unleash The Devil himself. With the help of very special friends, Adam and Dixie frantically race against time to save the city from evil's reign. In the end, Adam questions his ability to lead the life he craves as he uncovers the heinous truth buried below Sin City.

Finn Hale has fire in his blood. He is its lord but not its master. If he can't learn to control his power, he will go insane. For years, he has searched for someone who will restore the balance and peace he and his kingdom once had. Now Finn has found her. And she is more beautiful than he could have imagined. Lyssa Jensen was born with a dangerous ability; she can create snow and ice. When she caused an unnatural winter to fall, she fled her fractured kingdom. Now known as the Snow Queen, Lyssa lives alone in her frozen mountain palace. Until he came, rash as he is handsome, with a mad proposal... Fire melts ice and ice douses fire. Any feelings between them could have deadly consequences. How will Finn and Lyssa learn to control their powers when they can't even control their own hearts?

Julie Hall thinks she has the hang of mothering her Werewolf baby Carson, until the night she wakes to frantic barking and finds her house on fire. Arson. Paranormal fire creatures want to kill Carson-and an unknown Were may be helping them. As if fire-spawning Salamanders and a mysterious Werewolf aren't dangerous enough, Julie soon faces even closer threats. Her trusted friend Eliza harbors a secret and Julie's new understanding of Werewolves threatens to tear apart her team. Meanwhile, her relentless enemies will burn everything in their path, if they can't get to Carson. Will Julie's efforts to protect Carson do more harm than good?

Devices. Jolie's got tons of them. Coping mechanisms that ensure she's not falling victim to the mental illness that's taken hold of both her brother and father. Helping the homeless gives Jolie much needed consistency. But when a stranger struts into her Jersey Shore creperie, writing cryptic songs on napkins and then disappearing, her world becomes anything but routine. Reed can play the soul out of his saxophone, but he's hiding something. Why else would he reveal so little about himself, or plan one secluded, albeit eccentric, date after another? And what's in that backpack he carries everywhere? Then again, with her distressed brother missing, an estranged mother returning home, and a feisty grandmother acting weirder than usual, Jolie can't decipher whether her suspicions are valid or dangerous delusions. When inexplicable slashings of the homeless occur in her otherwise safe town, Jolie's devices begin to fail.

Treasure lies deep in the Superstition Mountains, but is it worth the price... Mateo Two Moons' family has guarded dark secrets and unspeakable horrors for centuries. His Apache Blood Clan is dhampyre-half human, half vampire. But he will risk revealing the truth concealed in The Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine, exposing his entire family, and even his own existence to claim his human mate and change the perilous fate of his clan. Dawn Malone's move to Arizona to teach middle school has expanded her horizons. Meeting new people, hiking the desert wilderness, and the lure of gold fever in the old mine is exactly what she needs. The handsome Apache she encounters seems almost too good to be true. Mateo Two Moons' sexy, dangerous air draws her in, seducing her heart and soul. But her intrigue concerning the secrets he keeps turns to confusion and horror as she begins to realize the man she's falling for could be something she didn't even believe existed...

Paranormal real estate agent, Sloane Osborne sells haunted houses. And she's getting quite good at it. But not all hauntings are the same. Some are common manifestations but others are more sinister-dark and evil. Called in to investigate a beach front home in charming Yarmouth, Maine, Sloane envies one couple's happy future whereas hers has been ripped away. These days, she finds more comfort in hunting the dead than being among the living. But this fairy tale New England home has a dark secret: the new owner has gone missing-inside the house. Is Sloane in over her head? When the local ghost hunting team gets involved, they make things worse, waking up a latent evil that refuses to be banished. Some ghosts do more than haunt houses-they fight back to inflict their own torment on the living.

Thomas "Cuss" Layne has never wanted for anything, except the beautiful girl he saved so long ago. But she's a rich girl, and he's a biker. For years, he hasn't had a glimpse of her. Still, he's never been able to get her out of his mind. When her life's in danger, he rides to her rescue once again. This time, he's determined to do what he should've done long ago-make her his, in every possible way. Tiffany Hamilton has never gotten over the bad boy with the sapphire eyes and midnight hair, the boy who once saved her. She wants him-a touch, a taste-but he's never wanted anything to do with her. It's past time to move on. When the sexy biker barges back into her life, saving her yet again and making demands, he makes it impossible to say no to his raw magnetism. She'll finally have everything she's dreamed of...but will it be enough?

Aurora Dawn Hale, the ravishing daughter and granddaughter of psychics, wants to take a bite out of the boy next door, reformed vampire Lancelot "Lance" Lakeland, who repents his past and desperately desires to be good. Lance has given up immortality to be with the woman he craves. He must convince Aurora Dawn he is worthy of her trust. Will she love him for who he is and leave her fiancé at the altar? Or wake up from her spell in time to recognize the evil presence of the fiend who has terrorized her family for centuries?

After a brutal attack leaves Mia Jones with a traumatic brain injury, she learns the key to discovering her attacker's identity lies within her damaged brain. As she battles to recover from her injuries, she finds it's not her fiancé by her side but her foster brother, Hank. When navy pilot, Hank Taggart ditches his plane in the sea, he thinks the worst has happened-until he returns home to learn Mia, the closest thing he's ever had to family, is in ICU. While struggling to accept the end of a career that defines him and battling his own medical diagnosis, he must also suppress his newfound feelings for Mia. With Hank rejecting her love at every turn and the bad guys upping the stakes, Mia wonders, which fate is worse: falling into the hands of her enemy or losing the man she loves.

Peyton Adams has two secrets. One, she's plagued by visions of gruesome slayings, yet is helpless to save the victims. Two, she's still in love with her ex-fiancé, even though he broke her heart. Little does defense attorney, Cole MacLeod, know when he accepts a serial killer case that it will turn into a chase of life and death for the one woman who still holds his heart. Although he hurt Peyton years ago, he never stopped loving her. Now, a dangerous adversary is toying with Peyton's mind. Ultimately her thoughts are being controlled, and she experiences the excruciating torture of each victim. With every murder, the deranged maniac gains strength and taunts Peyton about her inevitable death. Can Cole erase the pain he caused and claim the woman he loves. Or, will a madman end Peyton's life before he has the chance to figure out how the psychopath is wielding this gruesome power and prevent him from claiming anymore lives, including the love of his life?

When Kat Delaney's last romance ends in disaster, she flees from the city to claim a dubious inheritance from an eccentric aunt. Determined to stick to her new no-men-allowed rule, she settles in at Mill Pond and attempts to figure out her next move. It works, too, until a hungry pool filter eats her bikini top and she's rescued from drowning by a hometown hero with incredible dimples. Jake's dimples conceal a guilty secret. He's trying to move forward, but between caring for a motel that's seen better days, a fashion-challenged elderly uncle, and a ghost toting a duck, his options are limited. When city meets country, sleepy Mill Pond is turned on its head. It seems the rules don't always apply-no matter how stubborn the players are!

Reynold Michaels might not be the smartest man in the city, but he knows a beautiful woman when he sees one. The lovely creature he watches disembark from the steam tram every morning simply cannot be a prostitute...or an automaton. Yet at the high-priced bordello where she works he discovers she's not only a hybrid mechanical, she's funny, vulnerable, and quite possibly the missing piece of his heart. Lily Landry understands that as an automaton she isn't entitled to make her own choices. She must do as instructed or face the ultimate horror of being shut down. But when she forms a bond with Reynold, she quickly learns what it means to desire a life of her own. In a city conflicted over automaton rights, can they hope for a future together?

The tragic death of a teen haunts newly appointed Bear Lake Police Chief, Frankie James. Although pressured to rule the death a suicide, she's convinced it was murder and is determined to prove it. But a Harley riding stranger keeps stealing her focus...now if she can keep him from stealing her heart. A search for his missing sister brings biker Riley Jakes to Bear Lake. He seeks assistance from the local police and is unprepared when he discovers his fantasy woman...and she's a cop. His fantasies, however, never included being arrested by the woman of his dreams. They have no business falling for each other, but love never listens to reason.

As an attorney for children, Guardian Ad Litem Nikki Angelus' priority is protecting innocents caught between warring parents in custody proceedings. Her job proves almost impossible, until she discovers the power, through dreams, to alter the past and transform people into loving parents. But devilishly attractive attorney, Garrett Nightshade, seems to know what she's trying to do, and is determined to stop her. Garrett Nightshade isn't happy about his position in the Guild of the Celestial Night. Especially when he's given the task to find and destroy the Shadow Dancer-a Guild member with the ability to unleash dangerous power. His duty becomes even more distasteful when he learns that the lovely, enigmatic Nikki Angelus might somehow be involved. Will their growing love survive the showdown between the shadowed dream world and reality?

John is having nightmares. Something is coming, something dark and powerful. Memories and shadows are pulling together and gathering a new strength. When John turns to the one person he could confide in, he finds Milo being elusive and deceptive. He understands everyone has their own secrets, but even surrounded by friends, he's never felt more alone. Can John be the one thing that holds them all together? Or are they destined to fall apart, letting secrets and lies break the bonds of their friendship?

Being married to a cop is hard, being the widow of one is harder. After Brynn Austin's husband, Nate, was murdered in an undercover operation, there wasn't enough evidence to convict the gang leader who killed him. Brynn refuses to let him kill their dream to renovate an old Connecticut castle. But her plan is hampered by a ghost who's not ready to give up his home. Contractor Jaxson Maddox signs on to renovate the old castle that's sat empty for years. He didn't believe the rumors about the place being haunted. But that was before he met the resident ghost. What Jax didn't sign on for was trouble in the form of falling for the beautiful widow, dealing with a pesky ghost, and risking his life when a threat from Brynn's past surfaces. He'll do whatever it takes to protect her, even if it means becoming a ghost himself.

Dorothea Sinclair has left her small home town in Maine and come to Boston to begin a career as a newspaper reporter. But so far her job on the Guardian has proved disappointing. More skivvy than reporter, she's even been subjected to a humiliating proposition from the chief editor's son. She needs a break but never expects it might come from a chance meeting with an Irish ruffian. There's a great deal of injustice in Boston, and O'Hare, embroiled in his fight for equality on behalf of Boston's Irish, is well aware of it. When he rescues Dorothea's hat on the waterfront, he's surprised to learn she's a reporter. And when she offers him the opportunity to state his case in the Guardian, what can he do but accept? It's the perfect chance to put his dreams into his own words-and the only sure way to see her again.

Neither Rex nor Regina wants a spouse, but they do have needs. Ranger Rex Duncan needs a false identity-just long enough to uncover a ring of Kansas ranch thieves. Answering Regina's ad for a temporary husband, he leaves his beloved red dirt of Oklahoma to assume that disguise. But the most obstinate woman he's ever known confounds his assignment, and with hair the red color that has always made his heart beat a little faster. Regina Howard needs a new Mrs. in front of her name-just long enough to reclaim her deceased husband's ranch, since Kansas law won't allow women to own property. When Rex answers her ad for a husband who can take orders as part of a brief business arrangement, she finds this stubborn man ignores her every command. Yet a good man is far more than just a name...

Kendall is falling for Cameron, but she is sidetracked by several issues. Chief among them is the Fox, a nuisance who strikes after midnight to bring public attention to abuses of the environment. As the sheriff of the county, she is expected to apprehend this phantom of the night, but who is he? High school teacher, Cameron is in love with Kendall, but he resents her preoccupation with the Fox. Also, he is frustrated by her reluctance to commit because of a marriage that ended in a painful breakup. Why can't she trust him to be there forever? Can Kendall overcome their conflicts and win the man she loves? Will Cameron get her to bury the subject of the Fox so he can propose?

Reeling from the deaths of her ex-husband and their nine-year-old daughter, Meg Evans suspects foul play in the mysterious auto accident. Clues lead her to Gemini Island, where she goes undercover cataloging Northwest Indian artifacts while conducting her own investigation. She doesn't count on having to work with the enigmatic and handsome Eric Richards. Artifact expert Eric has hidden reasons for coming to Gemini, and he doesn't relish working with anyone who might thwart his search for answers. Will they keep their true identities and their missions hidden? Or can they learn to trust each other and together discover Gemini's terrible secret?

Enan Asher, forced into war to defend his faith and way of life, leaves his village and his love, Tirza. In a battle against the Romans, Enan is injured and left for dead. Alone, lost, and far from home, he finds refuge with a beautiful young woman and her father, who help him heal. But can he stop his heart from caring about the woman who desires more than a nurse-patient relationship? Meanwhile, with news nonexistent about Enan's survival, Tirza Korias struggles with her doubting faith in his return and resists temptations from another man. When the Romans invade her town, she is also forced to physically protect her family against the soldiers and fight for her life. Separated by their physical battles, can Enan and Tirza fight the tempting attractions that dare try to keep them apart?

The first time the bank gets robbed, it's by two separate, unrelated parties-at the same freaking time. But when a robber has a stroke on the job, everyone comes together to help. Bank teller/Vietnam veteran major Chin volunteers to take the poor fellow to the ER, and while he's at it, assist the other criminals in their escape. On the way to the hospital, while Chin and the criminals share a moment of bonding, the stroke patient recovers and hijacks the take. The second time the bank gets robbed, one of the robbers is major Chin, for he has planned a perfect heist.

With a successful writing career and blissful marriage, Ashby Overton is fulfilled and content at historic Overhome Estate in Southern Virginia until a stranger walks into her life. The arrival of Professor Ellis O. Grady coincides with a violent and bizarre turbulence emanating from the dark world of Overhome's ancient spirits. As paranormal events build into chaos, Ashby must use her sixth sense to sort out the real from the imagined in both the visible and the invisible worlds as, stirred into fury, the souls of Civil War slaves engage in a dangerous battle destined to reveal long-held secrets of the past. What is the connection between the enigmatic professor, a slave-built chapel and a restored overseer's cottage on Overhome Estate? Ashby struggles to find the answers before the spirits destroy her family's heritage, and the lives of those she loves.

After catching her fiancé and a bridesmaid in a tete-a-crotch, Jessie Maynard vowed to renounce men forever. Or at least until Christmas. She figured she'd hole up for the holiday in her late Aunt Blanche's sleepy southern town. But the residents of Mystic Hollow weren't so much sleeping as dying and her aunt's witch hat house was already occupied by a sexy, green-eyed sorcerer who knew just how to make a girl change her mind. Luke Tanner's ex-wife had turned his heart to ice, so spending five days with a feisty runaway bride was no threat, at least not until Jessie entangled him in a murder investigation of a philandering minister and locked him in a coffin. Luke's plans for a hot little affair with Jessie did not include marriage, until his ex-wife showed up gift wrapped, and he had to make a choice: the past or the future?

America's most famous ex-child star Jana Lane is starring in The Detective's Wife, a murder mystery television show in 1985. Guest starring on the show is Christa Bianca, a rags-to-riches ingénue who has flooded the entertainment press. Life imitates television as cast members are murdered, and once again it's up to Jana, along with sexy ex-detective Chris Bove, to save the day before the lights fade to black.