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Identifying with your captor is one thing… Marrying him is quite another!Reporter Julia Nash has waited years to join the top ranks of investigative journalists. When a business trip to Dubai reveals the key to a contentious mystery in the world of Thoroughbred racing, Julia knows her chance has arrived. But then she's caught snooping…and held in the sold custody of Lord Harrison Rochester!As long as it takes. That's what Harrison vows when he holds Julia captive at his desert estate. He'll discover what the beauty has been up to – even if the search leads to an attraction neither could have imagined. But when Julia's safety is compromised, they are faced with saying goodbye…or saying «I do.»

#1 New York Times best-selling author Lisa Jackson brings you a reader-favourite story of love, compassion and redemption.When Chandra Hill is awakened by a cry in the night, she is shocked to discover an abandoned new-born in her barn. She takes him to the hospital, but as a former paediatrician her instincts have already kicked in. Before she knows it, she's discussing options for the baby with the emergency room doctor, Dallas O'Rourke.Dallas finds himself bonding instantly with the baby—and with the intriguing woman who brought him in. And when the baby's adoption becomes national news,Dallas realises that what he really wants is a life with them both.

She was banishedCori's grandfather Salvatore Messina told her she'd never be able to make it on her own as a single mother. He threatened her–tell him the name of the father so he could ruin him, or she and her child would be cut off from the family. As the field manager of Messina Vineyards, Blake would not only lose his job, but his whole career could be destroyed. Cori couldn't do that to Blake–she still loved him. So she kept the identity of Michael's father a secret.But now she's back…for good?Almost five years later, Cori has returned to her family's winery with her young son, Michael. Her mother is dying and Cori is determined to do whatever she can for her. But Cori's also back for another reason: it's time to find out if Blake will recognize–and accept–their son.

THE SAILOR WAS EDGY, STUBBORN…AND THE LOVE OF HER LIFE.For years, Kelly Andrews had waited for her big brother's best friend to notice her. Now navy SEAL Michael Devaney was back in Boston–as her bitter physical therapy patient…but still every inch her hero. She vowed he could be whole again–with a little help from his family and her healing touch.Broken in body and spirit, Michael seemed determined to defy Kelly and his reunited kin. Although he finally gazed at her with the passion she'd always craved, Michael held himself back, saying he was only half a man. How could Kelly convince her lifelong beloved that he was all the man she would ever need?

Lauren Van Meveren's life was all mapped out. It didn't include being a temporary nanny to Seth Anderssen's seven-year-old daughter. Even if the widowed rancher was the most heart-meltingly sexy man she'd ever met, filling her head with fantasies of forever at his Sweet River ranch. But when he asked, how could she say no?All Seth needed was someone to care for his injured little girl. Someone warm and giving. Like Lauren. But how could he ignore the attraction sizzling between them? The beautiful academic was starting to make him believe in second chances. Could he give Lauren the most wonderful Christmas gift of all–love?

After quitting her high-powered job, Catherine Stanhope heads home to Pleasant, Minnesota, to rest and regroup. When she arrives at her late grandmother's house, Hope House, she finds a handsome caretaker and his adorable nephew fixing up the place. This is not what she had in mind! Catherine is thinking of selling Hope House and starting fresh.But Will's determined to honor her grandmother's wish to restore the beautiful Victorian mansion to its former glory. Can he convince Catherine that together they can turn this house into a home – and turn their partnership into true love?

Bestselling AuthorCamilla Pritchard hadn't seen Jon Campbell in nearly twenty years. Now he's shown up in her classroom posing as one of her students. His presence brings back all her memories of the worst days of her life and threatens to destroy everything she's worked so hard to build.Why is he here? Surely the successful rancher and father of four–including the most adorable seven-year-old twins–has better things to do. And why is he pretending not to recognize her? She'd have known him anywhere.For years she's seen his face in her dreams–and her nightmares."Margot Dalton's creativity dazzles…" –Bethany Campbell, bestselling author of See How They Run and Don't Talk to Strangers

When I agreed to be Zach Swift's secretary, I was expecting demanding and high-flying–not seriously gorgeous and generous!I usually don't like working in an office, because of how the accident affected my memory, but with Zach it feels different. And now he's asked me to go on a business trip with him!Nine-to-five is hard enough for me to hide my feelings, and Zach's bound to guess that I'm not as perfect as he seems to think I am. And he's also mentioned he has a proposal for me. I'm meeting him for dinner–tonight!

MAN OF THE MONTHMR. FEBRUARY The eager groom: Travis Kane, former heartbreaker of the county The very reluctant bride: Megan O'Brien, hardest-working woman in Texas The too-good-to-be-true proposal: Marry him, and save the ranch The only thing stopping Travis Kane from getting what he wanted was Megan's stubborn pride.Although he'd loved her since the day he first pulled her pigtails in the schoolyard, Megan had resisted him at every turn! Heck, she didn't even want his help in rescuing the family homestead. Well, this cowboy never met a challenge he didn't like. Because once Megan walked down the aisle, Travis wouldn't let her get away… .MAN OF THE MONTH: He's finally tying the knot – and marrying a DAUGHTER OF TEXAS!

Black sheep bachelor Tyler O'Bannon had come home, though everyone in the O'Bannon clan wondered why. Could it be he was ready to claim lovely, widowed Megan, the woman he'd once loved–and lost to another man?Megan remembered Tyler–only too well. He was the devastatingly handsome O'Bannon who had glared dangerously at her as she announced her plans to marry another all those years ago. But this time the look in his eyes was that of a man who desired a woman–and would have her at any cost! Megan knew her heart would be the price of Tyler's passion. Unless she could convince the sexy millionaire that true happiness was a wedding vow away….