Screenwriter Wyatt Taylor can’t let his dying father’s work on a book about century-old Ladera Inn by The Sea go untold, even if fulfilling that promise means going toe-to-toe with the innkeeper’s spitfire daughter. His history with Alexandra Roman dates back to a competitive childhood rivalry, so he expects more of the same animosity.He must really be grieving to be caught off guard by Alex’s beauty and compassion.For her part, working together ...
A case for romance When fresh-faced Shana O’Reilly appeared at his office door, no-nonsense lawyer Travis’s carefully ordered world went into a tailspin. For the first time, he couldn’t stop thinking about a client – and not just because of her father’s mysterious request to adjust his will.Shana wasn’t looking for romance. She had her hands full with her family and her business. But she couldn’t shut off the electric current humming between her ...
“You can get through to him. I know you can. ”Though he heard her words, Trent Marlowe knew he had to be dreaming. What were the chances that Laurel would reappear after vanishing seven years before? Then he learned the real reason for her visit… Laurel had always regretted leaving Trent. She’d disappeared with secrets too shameful to share with him.But now she needed his help with her troubled young son. Could she fight the desire Trent was rei ...
Jewellery designer and heiress Ruby Seaborn will do anything to save her family’s company from financial ruin. And she means anything.Including proposing a strictly-business marriage to diamond mine magnate Jax Maroney – the only man able to restore the Seaborn jewellery empire to its former glory! She needs his money, he needs her socialite credentials – it’s a win-win solution. And if they indulge in certain… fringe benefits of their marriage ...
This city girl’s country hero!Ordinarily, Sierra wouldn’t be anywhere near a mountain, let alone a guy like Paul who climbs as a career. This Manhattan girl knows the downside of the adventurous lifestyle all too well. Yet she’s agreed to write an article about Paul, so here she is hiking in the wild. And falling for Paul’s inescapable charm.But their different lifestyles mean they have no future. If she could only tell that to the images that k ...
Dana's in prison for a murder she didn't commit – and Heidi's determined to find out who did, determined to see Dana set free. But she has no idea how to go about it. Then, like the answer to a prayer, she meets Gideon Poletti, a San Diego homicide detective, who shows up at the school where Heidi teaches. He's there to give an adult education class in criminology. And he's doing it in her classroom.Not only is Gideon a ...
Love is in the air at Bride MountainAs Kinley Carmichael attempts to transform her family’s historic B&B into an exciting vacation venue, romance is the last thing on her mind… Until footloose travel writer Dan Phelan throws her schedule – and guarded heart – into chaos.Dan is just passing through and has no intention of making Bride Mountain Inn his honeymoon destination. But one look at Kinley and suddenly Dan longs to take that fateful wa ...
Harmony Valley may not be so harmonious after all! Christine Alexander needs to prove herself as a top-notch winemaker, and in Harmony Valley she’s got a chance to build something legitimate, with quality.What she doesn’t need is part-owner Slade Jennings poking his nose in her cabernet. Brooding, buttoned-up Slade Jennings won’t be making things easy for his new hire. Someone has to worry about the bottom line. Forced into an uneasy partnership ...
Can she be his cure for writer's block? For New York novelist Logan Walters, falling for the girl next door was more than a cliche. It was a calamity! If Leigh Norris hadn't been so attractive, and hadn't been hammering relentlessly while he was trying to write, Logan would never have ascended her rickety ladder in a misguided mix of gallantry and frustration. And he wouldn't have a broken wrist–or a guilty new assistant who ...