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Jessica Darling was content as the governess of two motherless children, until their long-lost father returned unexpectedly to take them. Fletcher Danforth, imprisoned for five years in the colonies, felt little love for anyone, except his son and daughter. But Fletcher discovers the healing power of Jessica's love, only to realize he may have lost all hope to win her heart.

Lianna of Bois-Long meets a stranger in a sunny forest glade and is seduced by the heat of his tender gaze and strong embrace. Then her forest lover is revealed as the English nobleman who has come to claim her ancestral home. Can she forgive his deception, or will pride keep her from the man who stole her heart?

Abby Hendrix would do anything to help with her beloved sister's wedding, even play tour guide to the off-puttingly brilliant, and unexpectedly gorgeous, brother of the groom. She's a small-town schoolteacher; he's a gifted surgeon. Nothing intimidating about that! She'll just ask him to help her plan a top secret surprise for the wedding. No pressure.

Darcy Lowell is desperate to stop her well-meaning brother from playing matchmaker ever again, so she fibs and says her date with Elle Jones was a success. Darcy begs Elle to play along and she agrees to pretend they're dating. But with a few conditions: Darcy must help Elle navigate her own overbearing family during the holidays and their arrangement expires on New Year's Eve. The last thing they expect is to develop real feelings during a faux relationship. But maybe opposites can attract when true love is written in the stars?

To cheer up her recently widowed gran, Cassie Fitzgerald, visiting from Canada, persuades Lissbeg Library to set up a Skype book club, linking readers on Ireland's Finfarran Peninsula with the US town of Resolve. But when the club chooses a detective novel, old conflicts on both sides of the ocean are exposed and hidden affairs come to light.

One evening, Lady Delilah Chambers comes under attack by a gang of ruffians, and fends them off with the help of a handsome gentleman. But she is shocked when she meets the duke who is set on wedding her stepdaughter.

Nan Meyers returns to her beloved hometown of Willow Springs a broken woman, ten months after leaving for what was supposed to be a short vacation with her brother. Dan Shylock greets the news of his friend and favorite submissive's return with relief. After Nan cut off all communication with him and her other friends several weeks after going on vacation, her silence had both worried and angered him.

Tamara Barton has lusted after Connor Dunbar ever since she was old enough to know what those stirrings meant whenever he was near. Connor's refusal to see her as anything but the young girl he's befriended and protected for years soon drives them apart, but not before she catches an up-close, personal glimpse of him exerting the dominant control she's heard rumors about.

Disguised as Beth Archer, Princess Bethany takes her stallion to Cade Saunders's ranch where she begins to fall for her irresistibly handsome host, but will he still want her wearing a crown instead of a cowboy hat?

Fury is all Elle St James feels when she looks at the man she once thought of as family. Apollo Savas has mercilessly destroyed her father's company, but she holds the last little piece! Elle is determined to stop the stepbrother who is both sensual fantasy and darkest enemy. But their forbidden desires give way to one illicit night that leaves untouched Elle pregnant.