Mark Barnes is certain no woman can really love a man blinded by a land mine during peacekeeping operations in Bosnia. What looks like love must be pity, he concludes. That's certainly the message he got from his ex-fiancee when he returned from his military service and became a government lawyer. So, he focusses on his job and works out. When he accidentally sits on a beautiful ex-jock blonde, Mark initially backs off, but he is intrigued by this woman who seems to accept him as simply a ...

When her aunt dies, Mindy Russell heads to the ranch in west Texas that was her aunt's final home. Aunt Lucy had been a character--once married to a Texas millionaire, she had tweeked social conventions, enjoyed life to the fullest, and, according to family legend, kept a gigolo. Mindy hopes that there's enough in the inheritance to pay her way through teaching school. When she arrives, though, she finds that the ranch manager has his own plans for the ranch, and they don't include Mindy t...

Everyone tells him he's a hero, but Russell Lyons can't remember anything. Since he lost his memory to a roadside bomb in Iraq, Russell has struggled with amnesia. Now that he's returned to Shermann, Missouri, Russell intends to retrieve his memory, to get back everything he once had. But when he falls for the woman he hires to help him find his past, he wonders if there's a better future.

Billionaire businessman Tyler Atwood knows how to solve problems--when his father left his family with nothing but debts, Tyler had to develop his business and problem-solving skills. Now he's parlayed those skills into a successful steel business, but Harvey, a golden retriever mix, is beyond his capabilities. The dog is destructive and has gone through five different trainers. Desperate, when Tyler hears about pet psychologist, Courtney Zane, he resolves to do whatever it takes to persua...

For her thirtieth birthday, Nicole d'Angre is expecting a nice present from her dominant husband--maybe a night on the town or a bit more passion and less pain than usual. Instead, he brings in an co-ed to replace her, tells her she's too old (at 30) for a male like him, and dumps her. Nicole dropped out of college to serve her master and doesn't have a clue how to create a life of her own--the only path she sees is to scheme her way back into her husband's good graces. First, though, she ...

Rick Engle had seen Jennifer Hollman, she'd been the rich girl dumping him for someone from her own background. He'd thought he had put her behind her but when he saw her working in that low-rent department store, the attraction still sizzled. When he gets her fired from her job and kicked out of her apartment, he has to take her in. Not that he minds too much.Jennifer still hurts from the way Rick had left her years before. She knows he'll laugh when he discovers her father lost h...

Troy Garrett is back from the wars. When his ex-wife died, leaving Troy with their 4-year-old daughter, Annie, ex-mercenary Troy hangs up his guns and heads to California to become a full time daddy. He's bought the perfect house on the cliffs of Malibu, and hopes that somehow he can get though Annie's anger and become the part of his daughter's life he's always wanted to be. He has given up on women for the duration--raising a girl is complicated enough, but then again, he doesn't expect ...

A Short Story - Brenda Blake the plain Jane data entry clerk secretly adores salesman Nick. But Nick and Tori, the sexy secretary, are tied at the hips. Not so tight that an argument doesn’t bust their Caribbean vacation plans. In a snit, Tori tosses her tickets to Brenda who hasn’t had a vacation in four years. So brown-wearing, ugly duckling maxes out her credit card for a new hairdo and bright clothes, meant just for the beach. Nick isn’t going to let his vacation be spoiled by his spoi...

A young woman, stranded and injured in a snowstorm, is rescued by backwoods lumberjack Jake. Jake saves Julie from hypothermia and certain death when he finds her unconscious in the snow. Over the next five days, the gentle giant cares for her and begins to win her heart.

“Readers hearts will melt as love rolls in with this one-of-a-kind story that is both hilarious and romantic. Costa’s voice is bold, refreshing and the narrative is delivered with such spunk, fans of chick-lit will squeal with delight. With characters this vivid and animated, you almost expect them to stroll off the page in this book your friends will be begging to borrow.”-Jaime A. Geraldi, The Romantic TimesThrough middle school, high school, bad dates, and an ill-advised ...

Elizabeth Foster is a young woman with a promising future. She has a perfect family in a nice neighborhood and she is getting ready to graduate from high school and begin her life. The only problem is a dark secret that she has kept hidden all her life.No one would ever guess that the quiet and shy girl has a rare sexuality. She is only attracted to men with physical disabilities. When she meets the paraplegic man of her dreams she tries to keep him from finding out the truth about...

Matt Calvin has watched Gina Carruther’s beautiful shape sway up and down the doctor's office hallway once a month for four long years, and it’s time to do something about his fascination with her. He’s not relationship material, but he doesn’t expect it to get that far. He just wants to talk to her, man to woman, and put himself out of his misery once and for all. Things never go as planned, though, and when fantasy crashes and burns into reality, Gina pays the price.Gina doesn’t ...