Summaries Part One [1-50]

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1. A Man of Means   CLAIMED FOR FIC AND ART
Mark had seemed far out of her reach. Dana had fallen in love with him - yet how could a seventeen year old hold the interest of such a mature successful man? Though his marriage proposal was a surprise, she eagerly accepted and asked no questions. But Mark let her know that theirs would not be a normal relationship. Bitterly she pondered why he had married her. Then one day he cruelly told her, "I was blackmailed." Her happiness and her pride were at stake, and Dana refused to remain a mere pawn in her own life!

2. Bed, Breakfast and Bedlam   CLAIMED FOR FIC
Lulled into a false sense of security: Janet Gallen knew Bea McNair's scheme to open a bed and breakfast - more a "dignity house" for her ailing friends - miles from nowhere in the Ozarks was impossibly mad. But it was such a noble scheme... No wonder she soon forgot Bea's having mentioned "poor little Lucas," who wanted his mother to face up to her heart condition and retire to Little Rock. A son who "might be a little annoyed" but who would come around. Then Lucas McNair descended upon them like a wrathful God come off his mountain to hand out retribution--with Janet as his primary target...

3. A Small Slice of Summer
Fate Stepped In: Letitia Marsden had decided that men were not to be trusted. Then she met Dr. Jason Mourik van Nie, and he changed her mind. Learning to trust again wasn't easy for either of them. This time, Letitia vowed, there would be a happy ending. Then Jason got the wrong idea about one of her male friends. Could a chance meeting set it right? Surely fate wasn't going to let a simple misapprehension stand in the way of true love?

4. About That Man
Daisy Spencer's Name Is on Everybody's Lips: How could the sensible daughter of Trinity Harbor's self-proclaimed patriarch have taken in the boy caught hot-wiring her car? Whether the boy is a modern-day Huck Finn or not, Trinity Harbor is in an uproar. But for Daisy, guiding the orphaned ten-year-old is easy, an escape from her own tragic past. She can ignore the town's nay-saying. The only real obstacle is... that man.That man is the boy's uncle, Walker Ames, a tough D.C. cop who sees his unexpected nephew as his last chance at redemption. Soon he's commuting to the charming fishbowl of a town, where everyone assumes he's seduced Daisy - their best Sunday-school teacher! But to Walker, Daisy is a disconcerting mix of charming innocence and smart-mouthed excitement in a town that's not as sleepy as it looks.

5. Accidentally Yours
WANTED: Single mom seeks billionaire's pocketbook to fund dying son's research cure. Will seduce if necessary. Blackmail is not out of the question. Miracles welcome. WANTED: Cynical billionaire seeks working mom with a heart of gold for PR campaign to improve his standing in the community. Must be willing to attend social events. Anyone looking for love need not apply. It seemed like the perfect match... until the unthinkable happened.

6. Acquiring Mr. Right   CLAIMED FOR FIC
Brilliant and beautiful executive Krista Aquilon was shocked when the struggling appliance company she'd slaved over for years was sold in a surprise takeover bid. And even more surprising was her new billionaire boss, corporate raider Lance Carrington. Decisive and dominant, ruthless businessman Lance always put his work first. But as impressed as Lance was with Krista's sharp financial mind and innovative ideas, there was another reason he couldn't get his newest employee out of his mind. What sizzled between him and Krista was more tantalizing - and complicated - than any white-knuckled negotiation. Now it was up to Lance to make sure things weren't strictly business…

7. Afterglow
What do Chelsea Lattimer and David Winter have in common? Aside from both being single, attractive and successful - absolutely nothing! She’s an outspoken, free-spirited romance novelist. He’s a physician, with a blue-blood pedigree and all the proper seriousness of his profession. But there is this incredible chemistry that won’t go away. And when David decides to mold himself into one of the heroes in Chelsea’s novels, they discover they actually do have something very magical in common….

8. Along Came Trouble   CLAIMED FOR FIC AND ART
Sheriff Tucker Spencer has seen some action... but finding an almost-naked woman asleep in his bed leaves him speechless. Especially because this same woman, Mary Elizabeth, broke Tucker's heart six years ago by marrying a charismatic Virginia politician, a man who's just been found shot dead. Mary Elizabeth needs Tucker's help. Needs him, period. But along with her return comes all the town gossip about their reunion romance. Even his father, who can't manage his own love life, is determined to "impart his wisdom" regarding theirs. Tucker's not listening to any of it. He just needs to clear Mary Elizabeth's name. But in the end, he'll confront a mystery even more confusing than murder: how the heart makes room for forgiveness and a new start.

9. Autumn of the Witch   CLAIMED FOR FIC
It was to save her father from ruin that Stephanie had married Santino Ventura and gone to live with him in his castle in Sicily. Santino had made it clear that he had not married her because he wanted a real wife, but a companion for his small daughter - but why, oh, why had he done it at all?

10, Bitsy's Bait & BBQ   CLAIMED FOR FIC
While Emma Collins wonders who in their right mind would use her hard-won divorce settlement to purchase a bed-and-breakfast down in the Ozarks, her free-spirited sister Katy fantasizes dreamily about how this move to a small town will be just the thing for her six-year-old son, Josh. And, as usual, Emma is right. But it is not until they drive to Warbler Lake, Missouri, to take over Bitsy's B&B that they realize just how right she's been. In this part of the country, B&B stands for Bait and BBQ! The girls know little enough about running a bed-and-breakfast, but a bait-and-BBQ? With their money and futures sunk into a run-down, roadside rattletrap, the girls have no choice but to roll up their sleeves and get to work. But as they settle in and get to know the difference between fatheads, night crawlers, mealworms and shiners, no one is more surprised than they are when they actually get the place up and running. But trouble is brewing. Katy's ex-husband is having second thoughts about the custody arrangements for Josh, and he fully intends to get him back. With the prospect of losing the little boy, the sisters face another challenge, only this time it's Katy who proves that she, too, can solve a problem.

11. Call Up the Storm
"There’s a wild streak in you." Felicity had reason to remember her grandfather’s words when David Holle entered her life. She knew all about his womanising, and being the descendant of a legendary sea witch, she vowed to repay him for the way he had broken her friend’s heart. But Felicity became tangled in her own black spell. By the time she fell in love with him, he knew her as a cheat, unworthy of his trust - and his love.

12. Carnal Innocence   CLAIMED FOR FIC
In the small town of Innocence, Mississippi, days are long, nights are fragrant, and secrets are hard to keep. But when a brutal killer starts claiming the lives of the town's most attractive women, lifelong neighbors are forced to wonder if the culprit is a stranger lurking in the bayou. Or someone right next door. Burned out by a whirlwind career, world famous concert violinist Caroline Waverly arrives in Innocence looking for a little peace and some time to think. She hopes that a stay at her late grandmother's house - the one with a covered porch just made for soft summer nights - will provide the tranquility she needs. But Innocence has something else to offer Caroline: handsome, charming Tucker Longstreet. Tucker is known for keeping his romances short and shallow. But one look at Caroline, and Tucker realizes that she is unlike any other woman he's met. The coolly reserved Caroline feels an unexpected thrill at his ardent advances. But when she discovers a third murder victim in the murky waters behind her home, her summer liaison threatens to become much more. Because there's just one small problem with her new romance: Tucker is the leading suspect in the killings.

13. Catch a Mate
Jillian Greene is always getting caught in the act - it's her job! Working at Catch a Mate, Jillian gets paid by suspicious wives to smile, flirt and prove that no man can be trusted around the opposite sex. But she never gets physical - until a heart-stoppingly gorgeous male walks in.... Marcus Brody has just been hired to test female fidelity. But the last thing Jillian needs is a partner... especially an infuriating, irresistible man who's got her fantasizing about tearing off his clothes!

14. Cutting Loose   CLAIMED FOR ART AND FIC
Jane thinks nothing can make her lose her cool. But the princess of propriety blows a gasket the night she meets the contractor restoring the Wolcott mansion. Devlin Kavanagh's rugged sex appeal may buckle her knees, but the man is out of control! Jane had to deal with theatrics growing up - she won't tolerate them in someone hired to work on the house she and her two best friends have just inherited. Dev could renovate the mansion in his sleep. But ever since the prissy owner spotted him jet-lagged, exhausted and hit hard by a couple of welcome-home drinks, she's been on his case. Yet there's something about her. Jane hides behind conservative clothes and a frosty manner, but her seductive blue eyes and leopard-print heels hint at a woman just dying to cut loose!

15. Deadly Gamble   CLAIMED FOR FIC
Mojo's got an uncanny knack for winning at slots, but her home sweet home is Bad-Ass Bert's Biker Saloon. She'd love to go undercover with an irresistibly hot cop, but he's got baggage as big as his biceps. Mojo survived a mysterious childhood tragedy, but she's never quite figured out who she really is or how to get on with her life. Now the wisecracking Mojo is seeing ghosts - the ectoplasmic kind - and turning up baffling clues to her real identity. And she'll need all her savvy and strange new talent to keep someone from burying her - and the truth - for keeps.

16. Dream of Winter
Anything had seemed possible then... There was a time when Sophie had felt very differently about champion skier Karl Brune. But that was three years ago; then she had been eighteen years old and dazzled by the charm and reputation of a man of the world. Now, Sophie had returned to Switzerland's beautiful Schillenberg mountain, as nursemaid to her cousin Flora's child. With the glamorous Flora possessively claiming all Karl's attention, it seemed as if Sophie's youthful dreams would remain just that!

17. Errant Bride   CLAIMED FOR FIC
Antoine de Mericourt was going to turn Sylvie into a great star of the ballet - which was why he had married her. He had no intention of allowing the marriage to become a real one - but what about Sylvie's feelings?

18. Fatal Deception
Norrie had fallen disastrously in love with Bruno Denton four years ago, when he’d taken over her father’s newspaper. Unwittingly she’d given him everything he’d wanted - her body, her soul and the information he’d needed to destroy her father. Now that she’d succeeded in rebuilding her life, she couldn’t bear to sit idly by as history repeated itself - not when Bruno was trying to take control of more than just a newspaper. He was also trying to take control of her little nephew, as if he thought the boy belonged to him.

19. Father Material   CLAIMED FOR FIC AND ART
One night of loosened inhibitions and Natalie Simmons's world has come completely unraveled. It must have been the experience of the whitewater rafting. Or maybe it was the result of being dumped and on the rebound. Either way, she let down her guard - and now she's pregnant with a stranger's baby! A stranger who is a thrill-seeking river guide, a nomad beholden to no one. What does Evan Murphy know about settling down or being a father? They couldn't be more wrong for each other, which is why Natalie is so determined to go it alone. But Evan's got other plans....

20. Forest of the Night
Sally knew she'd never trust again! Painful memories of a shattered dream haunted her. It was still so hard to believe - betrayal by her fiance and her best friend!  Pride told her that she must get away somewhere, somehow, to recover. And Sally had grabbed at the only chance available. She had practically blackmailed Adam Burgess, writer and TV personality, into giving her a job. They disliked each other, but even so, she would show him she was no quitter! And if he could handle the steaming jungles of the Amazon - so could she!

21. From Waif To His Wife
A mousy music teacher, Maisie's hardly a seductive siren. But her lack of worldliness turns her life upside down, and, abandoned and alone, she knows she has to confront the man who deceived her… Rafael Sanderson is rich, successful and a master of marriage avoidance. He's never seen Maisie before, but she seems to think she knows him. And even though it's his rule never to get involved, this time he's compelled to make this waif his wife!

22. Garden of Scandal    CLAIMED FOR ART
Laurel Bancroft has lived for years as a recluse, isolating herself from a town that has branded her a murderer. But now, convinced people have finally forgotten, she is ready to resume her life.Then Laurel meets Alec Stanton. Hired to help redesign her garden, Alec is a stranger with a mysterious past. Though more than ten years younger, Alec is exactly what Laurel needs: intelligent, talented, passionate.But as their relationship grows, so does a dangerous threat against them. Someone wants Laurel to return to her seclusion and give up her younger lover - someone who hasn'tt forgotten that night so many years ago.

23. Goblin Court     CLAIMED FOR FIC
The whole village was consumed with curiosity about the newcomer Robert Challenger, who had moved into the Manor, and Lucy Wild was just as interested as the rest of them. But she become more than a little disturbed when she discovered the truth about him....

24. Goblin Hill
Only after the tragic deaths of her adoptive parents, did Faith learn the whereabouts of her real father. She could not rest until she had gone to New Zealand in search of him. But the real problem, she soon realized, was her father's grim stepson Gareth Morgan, who could not forget the family scandal - or forgive Faith for it!

25. His Brother's Gift
It was a call that changed Will Rubens's life. The rugged Alaskan bush pilot had just learned he was his nephew's biological father. And the bearer of this shocking piece of news was a remarkable, irresistibly attractive woman named Savanna Stowe.Savanna had come to Starlight to bring father and orphaned son together. But did the sexy loner have what it took to raise a uniquely gifted child? The longer she spent with him, the more Savanna realized that Will had special gifts of his own. Now the compassionate social worker had a secret wish: to become a real family together - the one she and Will had always dreamed of...

26. His Reluctant Mistress   CLAIMED FOR FIC
Lord Leo Aikenhead - renowned rake, skilled seducer and expert spy - has finally met his match. For opera singer Sophie Pietre may have the voice of an angel, but she will be no man's strumpet - no matter how handsome he is! But these are dangerous times in Vienna, with betrayal and deceit round every corner. Sophie's tempted by his offer of protection and - she can no longer deny it - even more tempted by the offer of a place in his bed….

27. Hot Property
Just one short season ago, major league center fielder John Roper had it all: the looks - and personal life - of a sports hero and the public's adoration. But this hot property's lucky streak has run out. After a World Series disaster, fans diss him, shock jocks mock him and his dysfunctional family hassles him for money he really can't spare. Now it's up to him, and Hot Zone publicist Amy Stone, to get his life back on track. Amy finds it's easier said than done. What with the constant intrusions of his nutty family, a crazed fan playing stalker, and Roper's refusal to put his own needs first, she's starting to think that life in the fast lane isn't all it's cracked up to be. But when the two retreat to a secluded lodge, the sexy center fielder throws Amy a curveball - one she never saw coming....

28. Jinxed
Their relationship began with a bang. Whoever said that playing with toys all day was child's play had never worked for Stephen "the Iceman" St. Clair. Kit knew he didn't approve of her as his toy company's new head of Testing and Research. So she was ready for a chilly reception after the unfortunate explosion in the lab. But she wasn't ready for the bizarre chain of mishaps that proved she was jinxed. Just as she wasn't prepared for the storm of reaction that proved Stephen St. Clair was more like a volcano than an iceman when it came to dealing with her.

29. Kiss of Death   CLAIMED FOR FIC
In the secluded guesthouse of a lavish California estate, Whitney Marshall has finally found a refuge…a place to heal after the painful end of her marriage. Until her newfound peace is shattered by the arrival of the property's distractingly handsome heir, Adam Hunter - and she finds herself drawn into a deadly game of danger and desire. Adam Hunter needs Whitney's help to prove that his uncle - the estate's original owner - was murdered. But as the two begin begin to unearth the truth about Cal Hunter's shadowy past, it's Whitney's own life that is suddenly on the line. Because someone someone nearby thinks she knows too much…

30. Lake of Silver   CLAIMED FOR ART
Roland Pagel was a dynamic man who always got what he wanted. And it appeared he wanted Clarissa - which suited her very well. But the glamorous Simone was still very much on the scene. How dared Roland resent Clarissa's friendships with other men when he made no secret of the fact that he had not given up other women?

31. Lawless
Five years ago, Judd Dunn, a hard-edged Texas Ranger, put Christabel Gaines's father behind bars - where he belonged. But Judd's involvement in Crissy's life was far from over. With their jointly owned ranch on the verge of bankruptcy, Judd wed her in name only, vowing to save their land, and vowing to ignore the sexual tension between them. Now, just when Judd decides to release Crissy from their sham of a marriage, he is blindsided by a bloodthirsty foe who is setting the stage for unspeakable evil by preying upon Judd's greatest weakness - his wife. No longer a starry-eyed schoolgirl, Crissy's a smart, fearless woman with unfulfilled desires. And she will do anything in the name of love - including taking a bullet for her husband.With their very lives at stake, Crissy and Judd must confront their darkest demons, their new rivals and their deepest desires - and face up to a mutual destiny they cannot outrun.

32. Lawman   CLAIMED FOR FIC
When San Antonio FBI agent Garon Grier buys a ranch in Jacobsville, Texas, the strong, silent loner is hoping to mend some broken family fences. He's not looking for love. Grace Carver grew up in this quiet Texas town, but because of her troubled youth, she's never married - hadn't even thought about it...until Garon. These unlikely allies are brought together by the most difficult case of Garon's career: hunting an escaped child predator whose former victims are all dead. All except one. Now a desperate lawman and the woman who is the lone survivor of a madman's twisted rampage have one chance to put the past to rest....

33. Logan's Island   CLAIMED FOR FIC AND ART
Helen had inherited an island off the coast of Brazil - jointly with a stranger, Jack Logan. Its name - Island of Storms - just summed up the wildly antagonistic relationship that promptly developed between the two of them!

34. Lucky Charm   CLAIMED FOR ART AND FIC
Long ago, as revenge on a Corwin who stole her son's fiancee, a witch proclaimed an eternal curse that every Corwin male who married for love would be destined to lose his woman and his fortune...Derek thought he could outsmart the long-standing Corwin curse by breaking up with Gabrielle, his first love - and marrying someone else. Now, divorced and broke, all he has left is his teenage daughter and a healthy respect for ancient sorcery. But then Gabrielle returns, determined to defeat the curse and rekindle their passion. But will her stubborn streak and her unwavering love be the lucky charm Derek so desperately needs?

35. Mail-Order Bridegroom    CLAIMED FOR FIC
Husband wanted. Faced with bankruptcy, Leah Hampton needed a husband - fast. Despite her advertisement, it looked like Hunter Pryde was the only option. Their marriage would be strictly a business arrangement. She would get a man to run the business and he would get... Well, Leah was determined that Hunter wouldn't have her heart - not that he wanted it, anyway. He'd made that perfectly clear eight years ago. And Leah was too smart to fall for the same trick twice, wasn't she?

36. Make-Believe Engagement. CLAIMED FOR FIC
Husband for Hire! If walls could speak, what tales of passion, adventure and intrigue would they tell? Bride's Bay Resort: a luxurious playground with a colorful past and a romantic present! Generations of Jermains have catered to the rich and famous at their exclusive, family-owned hotel. Check in each month as love unfolds at Bride's Bay. Taylor Daniels had long been striving for the vice presidency of her father's firm. Now, if she could gather some in-depth research on Bride's Bay Resort, it was within her grasp! THE PLAN: to go under cover. But she needed an insider, someone who'd help her meet the right people without attracting suspicion. A temporary fiance. Luckily, fate arrived in the form of JT Richmond. He'd do anything for a quick buck. Perfect! THE MAN: JT Richmond knew that the notorious Daniels Corporation meant trouble! Well, he was going to stick pretty close to Taylor...and she'd offered him the ideal way to do it. But had JT said "I do" to a perfect stranger, only to find he wanted more than a make-believe bride?

37. Man of the Wild
Emma wanted to escape the pain of a shattered romance. A game reserve in South Africa seemed about as far from the scene of her unhappiness as she could go. But once there, she promptly got involved with the unnerving Stewart Bristow. Would she ever manage to find peace of mind?

38. Manhunting
Kate Svenson may be a dynamite businesswoman - but after three failed engagements, she's decided she's hopeless at romance. What she needs is a Business Plan to help her find Mr. Right. The Cabins resort is ripe with eligible bachelors, all rich and ambitious - just her type. But they're dropping like flies, and after fishing Kate's latest reject out of the swimming pool Jake Templeton is convinced that Kate is nothing but trouble. Especially for him. A man who's sworn off ambition and a woman hanging from the top of the corporate ladder don't have much in common. But in that unpredictable territory known as the heart, anything can happen...

39. Marrying the Major   CLAIMED FOR FIC
Guilt Tore Away At His Soul… Surrounded by callous fortune hunters, beautiful Emma Fitzwilliam despaired of ever finding a man who truly loved her. Until she came face-to-face with the man who’d once been the object of her girlhood fantasies. Returning from the Peninsular War, Major Hugo Stratton was nothing like the lighthearted young man Emma remembered. Scarred and embittered, his reputation in tatters, Hugo believed he had nothing to offer her. But as she caught glimpses of the man she once knew and felt the heat of his desire, Emma knew otherwise. Though it wasn’t until a desperate situation forced Hugo’s hand in marriage that Emma got her chance to discover if that were true. But what would it take to bring back to life the man she’d never stopped loving?

40. Midnight Magic   CLAIMED FOR FIC
If she'd only known how it would end.... Unhappily, Maxine agreed to her stepfather's plan. Only her sense of debt to him had persuaded her. With a fatalistic sense of disaster, she set out to charm Nick Reming out of his interest in the land her stepfather wanted. Her first meeting with this devastating man made her painfully aware of her limited experience. Maxine's instinct was to run; then, foolishly, she fell in love with him. What would happen when he discovered her real identity?

41. Mr. Strictly Business
Mr. February: Gabe "the Pirate" Piretti, business mogul. Vital Statistics: Rich, ruthless - and relentless! Mission: Win back the one who got away. Though she'd escaped him once, Gabe Piretti hadn't forgotten Catherine Haile's sharp mind and curvaceous body. His plans to reel her back into his life - and bed - were already brewing when she asked him to help save her ailing business. He'd use her desperation to get what he wanted - Catherine. But what would happen when he had to make a choice between business and oh-so-seductive pleasure?

42. Murdered in Conard County
They can only solve the perfect murder If they work together. After a shot rings out in the night, park ranger Blaire Afton knows her hard-won serenity is in jeopardy. But when she’s faced with a murder with no motive and no clues, US forest ranger Gus Maddox agrees with her suspicion that this is no random crime. With their shared military past, Blaire and Gus become close. But will their need for each other hinder their quest for justice?

43. Music on the Wind
When Lyn without experience took up the hotel job in the country, the clerk at the agency had told her not to worry. "Commonsense, that's all you want...and the man sounded desperate." But Lyn found that it was quite one thing to control the hotel and quite another to do the same thing with her heart - where "the man who sounded desperate" was concerned ...

44. Mutiny in Paradise   CLAIMED FOR FIC AND ART
Paradise was not quite perfect... Suddenly, heartbreakingly orphaned, Deborah & her young brother, Chris, were swept under the protective wing of a man who had once loved their mother. But when they reached their new home in northern Australia, the two of them were unprepared for the hostility they met... especially from Eve, a widow with designs on their guardian. And then, of course, there was the intensely attractive, but overbearing Cal McGovern, whom Deborah began to find irresistible...

45. My Lady Angel
Was Lady Angelina Penrose some grasping harpy? Or the beautiful widow longing for love that others saw? The Earl of Penrose wanted to think the worst. But when he learned otherwise, Frederick doubted he could ever make amends for their unfortunate introduction. Until he spotted Angel at a ball that could ruin her reputation…and he felt honor bound to save her! Abused by her late husband, Angel had come to the risqué ball for a little harmless flirtation. And she found it with a mysterious stranger known only as Max. But even under the spell cast by Max’s gentle kisses, she sensed there was something disturbingly familiar about her masked lover….

46. Night Fever
At the tender age of twenty-four, Rebecca Cullen found life much too complicated. She worked a full-time job, raised her two teenage brothers, supported her retired grandfather and tended to their Georgia farm. When her troubled brother Clay was arrested on drug charges, Rebecca's life suddenly began to come apart at the seams. The last thing she needed was the district attorney on the case to be arrogant, rude - and the handsomest man she'd ever seen. Word on the street was that Rouke Kilpatrick was notorious for his hard line against drug dealers. He used whatever means necessary to prosecute them. But Rebecca's brother was innocent. And when the antidrug Rourke began to sympathize with Rebecca and her family, she couldn't help but acknowledge her sizzling attraction to him. As passions flared between them, innocent Rebecca dared to hope that her narrow world might finally be opening up to include someone like Rourke - sophisticated, sensual and exciting. Every time she was with him, she felt like Cinderella at the ball. All she wanted was to feel his arms wrapped around her, his strong body pressed up against hers. But is the man she's falling in love with just using her to pursue a drug dealer? Now Rebecca will have to decide which is stronger: Rourke's passion for the law - or for her.

47. No Place Apart
Christopher Hetherington was very annoyed. He'd come to the quiet Cornish cottage to convalesce in peace, but soon found that his nearest neighbors, the Digbys, were anything but quiet. Unruly, too, particularly young Judy. Well, he'd be firm with them. Then he discovered that Judy had an especially beautiful young stepmother...

48. Noonfire
Rory's mother had brought her up to believe that all men were ruthless, selfish and dangerous. Now Rory was alone, and the first man to come into her life - the dynamic Rian McCallum - seemed every bit as dangerous and dominating as her mother had declared. And Rory was in no state to defend herself against him.

49. Overnight Male   CLAIMED FOR FIC
Is there any mission more dangerous than a hot one-night stand? In the world of international espionage, Lila Moreau is as tough as they come. But she's finally ready to trade in her secret double life for domestic bliss. That is, after she takes care of one last vendetta: to bring in rogue agent Adrian Padgett before he unleashes disaster. But to find him and his band of merry hackers, Lila must infiltrate small, snooty Waverly College. All while breaking in her sexy new partner, Joel Faraday. Sounds like a challenge - even for a superspy.Soon Joel starts to distract her in more ways than just the professional. And he's determined to lure Lila into the most impossible mission of all...love.

50. Promise. Texas   CLAIMED FOR FIC ART
Some of the people in Promise are from old ranching families - like the Westons and Pattersons - folks who arrived in the Hill Country more than a century ago. And then there are newcomers like Annie Applegate, who's looking for peace but finds a great deal more. She agrees to marry a widowed veterinarian for the sake of his children...and discovers that marriage can lead to love.In Promise, everyone's life is a story! The people here, like people everywhere, experience tragedies as well as triumphs, sorrow as well as joy. This town, like towns everywhere, has its share of secrets. But - whether times are good or bad - you're never alone in a place like Promise. And as Annie Applegate knows, that makes all the difference.