A temporary pit stop...or a forever homecoming? Aspiring pastry chef Nicole Evans is just waiting to hear about her dream job, and in the meantime, she goes to work in the café at the local bookstore. But that's before the recently widowed Nicole meets her temporary boss: her first crush, Liam Mendez! Single dad Liam has always kept his life - and his heart - closely guarded from Oak Hollow gossip. Will his simmering attraction to Nicole be just one more thing to hide...or the stuff of his bookstore's romance novels?
His plans to fool the ton... Thwarted by a country debutante! George Claremont, Marquess of Curran, has cultivated his rakish reputation to enable his covert work helping children in England's workhouses. Now the destruction of these institutions hinges on a well-laid marriage proposal. But stepping into the wrong room at a ball, and into a compromising situation with prim Kitty Fitzroy, threatens his plan to cheat the marriage mart... Or might he have found the perfect accomplice?
'You are a lady of breeding... ...and would make an excellent duchess...' Not the most romantic of proposals, but Marcus Cranford knows it will be accepted - for Lady Rose Trafford desperately needs a convenient husband to protect her and her beloved younger sisters. It also saves the new Duke from the horror of a London season! Rose is courageous, hard-working, often exasperating...but what Marcus doesn't expect is this new spark of lust. And the hope that she's feeling it too...
It started with a wager... Will it end with one too? Returning from the military, Lord Maxim Randall finds his new neighbour Eve Lansbury to be challenging, intriguing - and utterly captivating. Widowed with a young son, Eve is fiercely protective, and Maxim can't help but fall for her. Until a foolish bet to seduce her backfires and he realises he's jeopardised their bond. Now Eve's heart will be more guarded than ever - unless Maxim can convince her to trust him again...
Her secret husband... Is back from the dead! When Lady Helena Snowe eloped with Captain William Harborough six years ago, they had one glorious week together before he went to war...only to die in battle. Yet the man in front of her now is very much alive! The darkness behind Will's eyes makes Helena wary of letting him back into her life. And with Will's enemies threatening their chance of a fresh start, can their marriage ever be reclaimed?
Tempted by the warrior But she'll never wed Brynhild was once close to Erik - until he betrayed her, and then she hoped never to see him again. Now the fiercely independent shieldmaiden needs Erik's skills to rescue her sister. Striking a truce with the tough, isolated loner, she reaches a mutually beneficial deal with him: in return, she'll help him in his quest to find a wife...by teaching him how to please a woman in bed!
With innocent lives on the line Trusting each other is their only chance... LAPD detective Jane Falco knows a recent murder is no open-and-shut case. She doesn't need FBI agent Tim Ruskin back in her life to complicate the investigation - and reignite still-dangerous sparks between them. But to stop a vicious human trafficking ring, Jane and Tim must gamble on each other - and an endgame impossible to survive...
A Texas lawman will do anything to protect a woman and baby. The woman who broke into ATF special agent Nick Brodie's home and aimed a gun at him isn't a stranger. Neither is the baby with her. Seven months ago, the lawman and former ATF agent Hallie Stanton rescued the newborn from a black market ring. Now on the run, they must join forces to escape the abductor hot on their trail. As their taboo attraction heats up, can Nick and Hallie keep the baby safe and stay one step ahead of a merciless killer?
One New Year's Eve kiss is all it takes? To tame a handsome beast. Thanks to a bogus inheritance, rancher Heath Thurston has a score to settle. Seducing his sexy land surveyor, Ruby Bennet, is not part of his revenge plan - nor is the snowstorm that leaves them stranded with nothing but a connection they can't deny. As the clock strikes midnight on New Year's Eve, will Heath's icy heart finally melt, or will he remain a vengeful beast for good?
Will giving into passion free them from their secret... Or cost them everything? Making beautiful music is what chamber violinist Megan Han lives for. But one night with a seductive stranger and a surprise pregnancy could jeopardize her hard work. Especially when that handsome stranger turns out to be Daniel Pak, CFO of her father's company. The only choice for these star-crossed lovers is to keep their fling - and Megan's pregnancy - a secret. But when passion reignites, will they risk one more sweet symphony?
Alice moves to the village of Churchwood with her retired father just as WWII breaks out. She is desperate to be useful but, nursing both an injured hand and a broken heart, she expects her prospects of finding employment are poor, and worries that she won't fit in with her new community. Kate lives with her family on Brimbles Farm, where her father and brothers treat her no better than a servant. With no mother or sisters, and shunned by the locals, Kate longs for a friend of her own. Naomi is a wealthy 'take-charge' sort of woman, who is looked up to for owning the best house in the village. But privately, she carries the pain of childlessness, a husband who has little time for her and a deep-rooted insecurity. Can starting up The Wartime Bookshop bring these three women, and the community of Churchwood, together?
Whitby, 1845. Amber Ainsley works as a laundry maid for the wealthy Greenwoods. But when she falls pregnant with Barnaby Greenwood's illegitimate child, he orders her to get rid of it. Amber refuses and flees to Scarborough, where she will stay with her Uncle Jeremiah until her baby is born. Upon discovering this, Barnaby offers to find a loving adoptive family and save the child from being taken to the poorhouse. Broken-hearted, but wanting the best for her daughter, Amber hands her over. Meanwhile, news comes that Louisa Greenwood has given birth to twins. But she dislikes motherhood, refusing to tend to the babies, and Barnaby persuades Amber to return to work for him, this time as a nanny. His son is sickly, but his daughter is thriving. And when Amber notices a familiar birthmark on the infant girl's leg, her world is turned upside-down...
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