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Sarah Jessup is supposed to be taking some R & R. A former hacker, she's now legit as a member of the crack HotWires team, investigating computer crime on Uncle Sam's dime. Taking her first real vacation in years means leaving the laptop–and handcuffs–at home. Or so she thinks.After one too many run-ins with sexy Logan Sullivan at the beach, Sarah is ready to indulge in a fling. Until she accidentally discovers he's a renegade cop on leave working a cold case–one involving an Internet sex scandal. Is Logan just using their relationship for cover? And how's he going to react when Sarah pulls out her own police badge?

Dana Morgan has said to hell with security, her ex-lover and her old life. Now she's out for adventure, eager for the unpredictable and determined to prove she doesn't need a man.Just as well, as her instincts warn her that it's dangerous to need anything at all from the ill-tempered leader of this expedition. Or his thirteen-year-old sidekick.Nick Petrie enjoys his difficult reputation. It keeps people at bay. So why isn't it working with Dana or even that young kid, Daniel, his faithful, if unwanted, assistant?While Dana tells Nick to his face that he's a «royal pain,» privately she has to admit he's the most exciting man she's ever met. Unfortunately, Nick swears tehre's no room in his life for love. And that goes double for Daniel.Dana's taking the chance that they're wrong.

Even on a tropical getaway, a girl's got to watch out for the sharks…Think working for a leading international shoe company sounds like a dream job? Not if you're Amelia Parker, an overworked, downtrodden temp working for Bellagio, Inc.'s grande dame, Lillian Bellagio. But things are looking up for Amelia. She's just been given the assignment of accompanying Ms. Bellagio to her estate in the Keys. Trading pumps for flip-flops and a cell phone for a conch shell—could be worse, right?Especially when life on the island includes her very own mystery man—one Jack «The Shark» O'Connell, dashing venture capitalist. He dares Amelia to use this time to do something wild: drink a hurricane, go skinny-dipping…have an affair with a dangerously attractive man. Now Amelia will have to decide whether to step into that glass slipper.

OBSESSION…?Sage Matthews's fascination with hacking into computers and creating bugs got her into deep trouble. Just ask special agent Ian Chandler, who handcuffed the fiery redhead–and has been monitoring her every sexy teasing move since.POSSESSION…?Ian has now formed his own crack crime-busting team–The HotWires. His first case? None other than Sage, fresh off probation, but seemingly up to her old tricks. Ian's hot on her tail, but his plans backfire one sultry steamy night.REDEMPTION…?He tangles with Sage between the sheets–breaking every rule in his personal code of honor. And he's about to break a few more as his gut instinct tells him she's been framed again–and only he can prove her innocence….

Ariana Karas is feeling restless – and an affair with a sexy stranger sounds like just the cure.Maxwell Forrester is about to marry one woman…and can't stop lusting over another. When Max finds himself captivated by exotic Ariana at his own rehearsal party, he knows he's in trouble. Especially when he wakes up the next morning to find her in his bed – hours after his wedding should have occurred!Though with Ariana in his arms, it's hard to have any regrets…until he discovers he was deliberately set up. Together, Max and Ariana search for the truth. Only, they never dream it will leave them both exposed….

PREGNANT WITHOUT A GROOM She was pregnant, alone – and achingly beautiful. So what could an honorable cowboy like Zach Calhoun do but offer her a job while she waited for her baby to be born? He was a loner – and irresistibly sexy. So why would Mallory Phillips, a woman who had sworn never to open her heart to a man again, agree to share a home with Zach?Mallory was a vulnerable mother-to-be who needed a strong, true man like Zach. And the desire that Zach felt for her as he watched her blossom with child was like no other he'd ever felt. But could this brooding cowboy see himself as a future father?

Diego Laremos had never forgotten the last night he'd spent with Melissa Sterling five years before. She'd fled their home after a bitter dispute, hoping to escape their unhappy marriage.He hadn't forgiven her for leaving, though he'd hated himself even more for driving her away. Seeing Melissa again had renewed his hope for a possible future together…Melissa had felt the same way, but she'd lied to Diego in the past. Now she had to prove to him that she was indeed his love–his ENAMORADA–and that the truth could set them both free…to love again.

Date With an Angel Luisa was drawn to Zachary West. It was more than a nurse's compassion for her patient that moved her, it was the man himself: temperamental, courageous and so very desirable. WHen she discovered it was her father's car that had cause Zachary's accident, she was drawn even further into his life.For Zachary, healing – both physically and emotionally – would take time. And Luisa wanted to be there with him. But did he want her? She was fighting a rival she could neither see nor understand, a woman who haunted Zachary's dreams. A woman he could not forget… .

How does a family just disappear?Alexis Mission returns to her parents' house for Thanksgiving and winds up in the middle of a mystery. The house is locked, the turkey's in the oven–burned to a crisp–four places are set at the table and not one member of her family can be found.Sitting in the shadows is a man claiming to be a government agent. Gabriel O'Rourke wants her to believe what can't possibly be true. He wants her to go with him. He wants her to trust him. But that's not what Alexis wants.Too bad she has no other choice. Gabriel is the only one who can tell her what's going on–even if everything he says sounds like a lie.

A NEWFOUND FAMILY…Suddenly, divorced dad Gabe Lawrence was more than a part-time father…. He and his adorable girls were now a full-time family! Seeking advice on raising his six-year-old twins, he turned to Dr. Sabrina Moore–noted expert on kids.Gabe thought the good doctor's theories were a little off. So to bring her research back to reality, he invited Sabrina to observe his fledgling family and get to know his daughters.But Sabrina was more than Gabe ever expected–her eyes, her smile and the funny thing she did to his heart…where had that come from? He would bet his newfound daddyhood that her research shouldn't include distracting him with her kisses…or making him fall in love with her! Should it?

Welcome to Crystal Creek, TexasIf this is your first visit to the friendly ranching town in the Texas hill country, get ready to meet some unforgettable people. If you've been here before, you'll recognize old friends…and make some new ones.The principals pregnant…Lucia Osborne knows that her condition–she's about to become a single mother–will have the townfolk of Crystal Creek gossiping. And some members of the school board will use her «mistake» to have her fired.Lucia is also aware that hiring cowboy Jim Whitley to teach the difficult seventh graders is going to get her into more trouble. But when she sees how the kids respond to Jim, Lucia knows he's the right man for the job. Could he also be the right man for her…and her child?

A stalker has destroyed Christie Pratchett's life. He's stolen her job, her friends and her freedom. The police can't help her, the private detectives are useless. She's done everything she can to save herself, to stop the madman. Nothing has worked. From out of the shadows comes Boone Ferguson, a soldier who's under the radar, a man with a secret that could cost him his life.He's going to train Christie to become a warrior…and his lover. Together, they're going to risk it all, on the street and in the bedroom.