Kirjahaku

Olivia James and Zach Ryder were high school sweethearts, but at age eighteen, she left small-town Georgia for the bright lights and satin pointe shoes of Chicago's Joffrey Ballet. Seventeen years later, Olivia's come home for her mother's funeral, nursing an injury that could likely end her meteoric dance career. Being back home stirs up old heartache, and seeing Zach again is not on her to-do list. Her best bet is get in, get out--a week at most. Then she'll return to Chicago to rehabilitate her injury and salvage her career. But best laid plans often go astray . . .Zach has never really recovered from Olivia's departure, even though he always knew she was destined for fame, while he was destined for small-town life. Now Olivia's back and he's determined to protect his heart. But when he learns she's staying in town longer than originally planned, Zach knows they are going to have to face the past to move on. He's just not prepared for the beautiful woman she's become or the effect she still has on his heart.Small towns being what they are, Zach and Olivia are constantly thrown into one another's paths, and it soon becomes apparent they still love each other. Will they give in to their rekindled desire and seize a second chance at happiness?

Kristen McKay and Tyler Kincaide have a past--one that has left her with a bone-deep animosity for him. And a secret.After seventeen years away, Tyler has returned to his hometown of Northridge, complicating Kristen's life and dredging up conflicting emotions she'd rather not confront: the shame of that night so many years ago, coupled with the confounding and unwelcome physical attraction she has for him; the desire to keep her secret, and the guilt over doing just that.For his part, Tyler tries to renew his once-casual friendship with Kristen, but is greeted with open hostility for his efforts. He can't understand why she feels about him the way he feels about Brussels sprouts and kale--intense loathing. What did he do that was so unforgivable? And what can he do to make her view him with less distaste than she would gum on the bottom of her shoe?When they're roped into working on a project together for the town's Economic Development Council, there is no denying their chemistry. The heat between them grows into something more than sexual attraction, leaving Kristen no other alternative. She must confess her secret, even though she knows it will tear them apart. In an ironic twist, she finds she must seek forgiveness from the very man she swore never to forgive.

The path to love isn't always smooth sailing.Advertising Diva, Laura Armstrong is after Imperial Cruise Lines, the biggest account of her career and the one that will lead to the next step in her Life Plan of becoming one of the most powerful women in advertising. That winning the account will also prove her father wrong is a bonus. Sexy Southern Gentleman, Nathan Maxwell, is after that very same account, but for completely different reasons. Landing the account means a sizeable bonus just in time to save his family's farm from foreclosure-the only stable home his sister's ever known. When the two end up on the same ship in the middle of the Mediterranean for a clandestine reconnaissance mission, Mt. Vesuvius isn't the only thing that could erupt. Will Nathan sink her ship of dreams before it ever leaves port, or will the way to love be smooth sailing?

She sees a stereotypical thug. He sees a spinsterish misfit.If the Guinness Book of World Records had a category for the world's most boring life, Millie Stephens knows she would hold the record. After the plain, strait-laced personal assistant is saved by a total stranger from becoming New York City's latest traffic fatality, she has a disheartening epiphany. She needs to get a life. Determined to step out of the shadows and take a walk on the wild side, she starts Millie-style-by making a list. That total stranger, bad boy Ian Brand, could help Millie with one very important item on her list: sex. But Ian is more than the sum of his parts-and he's got some really great parts. Beneath that sexy, tattooed exterior is a man with a painful past who's desperate to both hide and overcome his disability in the pursuit of his dreams. Will Millie and Ian look beneath the surface and see there's more to each other than meets the eye?

With her would-be groom and former business partner arrested and her once-successful California real estate business in shambles, good girl Georgia MacKinnon plans to return to her hometown of Northridge. But before her return, she goes on what would have been her honeymoon and spends one wild, impulsive weekend in Las Vegas.​Enter bad boy Liam Dunbar, a convicted computer hacker turned wealthy entrepreneur who is trying to outrun his past. In Vegas for a friend's wedding, Liam comes to the rescue of a beautiful woman in a nightclub. Troubled by the sadness behind her eyes, he vows to fulfill her every fantasy, if only for the weekend.​​But all good things must come to an end. Mortified by her sordid weekend fling, Georgia does what any self-respecting good girl suffering from Sunday-morning regret does-she runs. No one needs to know. It is Las Vegas, after all . . . ​When business brings Liam to Northridge, Georgia's impulsive behavior comes back to haunt her. Concerned about her hometown good girl reputation, she persuades Liam to keep their fling a secret. Unfortunately, what happens in Vegas doesn't always stay in Vegas.

The climate isn't the only thing in Costa Rica that's hot. Lacey Sommers finds herself in the rainforests of Costa Rica in a last-ditch effort to save her job with a nature magazine. Her mission: photograph the endangered frogs of Central America. Not exactly a plum assignment for a photojournalist who's covered two wars in the Middle East, and Lacey arrives with a chip on her shoulders and something to prove. But she is still haunted by a photo assignment that almost got her killed and left her with a scar that serves as a constant reminder. Luke Hancock has been hired as the guide, driver, and pilot for a female nature photographer, and with a name like Lacey, she's bound to be a delicate diva. But her name, and all it implies, doesn't fit the woman he picks up at the airport. Tall, tanned, and muscular, no one could accuse Lacey of being delicate. Even so, Luke recognizes the pain and fear buried beneath her tough exterior, because he too hides his own emotional scars, but beneath a devil-may-care fa ade.The sexual spark between them is immediate, but it doesn't take long for their mutual attraction to descend into mutual dislike. One thing is for sure, spending two months in almost-constant company will either further ignite their animosity . . . or their passions.

Sarah Edwards is having a midlife crisis and has the shiny new Porsche to prove it. A woman who normally craves stability, Sarah now finds herself divorced, bored, and twitchy, and her contradictory actions and emotions are giving her family and friends mental whiplash. A two-week trip to England, including a week-long course on Jane Austen at Oxford's prestigious Christ Church, seems the perfect distraction from her midlife meltdown.Enter Alex Fraser, a.k.a. the Earl of Rutherford. Alex may be a member of the lucky sperm club, but he prefers to be known for what he's accomplished, rather than a fate of birth. Despite his family's disapproval, he is determined to work in his chosen profession of acting. One of England's most eligible bachelors, he has all the boyish charm of Hugh Grant, carries the polish of generations of earls, has the work ethic of his commoner mother, and playboy lifestyle notwithstanding, his deep respect for women prevents him from falling into the unforgiving category of womanizer.Sarah's rather sedate intellectual vacation takes an unexpected turn when Alex literally bumps into her in an Oxford pub. The charming, amiable, and all-too-perceptive Alex proves irresistible even to Sarah's carefully guarded heart. But when a picture of the two of them appears in the British tabloids, Sarah is spooked by the negative publicity. She returns to the states determined to put her impetuous affair behind her, come back down to reality, and return to being sensible Sarah.A year later, a presumed twist of fate brings Alex back into her life. Will Sarah walk away from love once again, or will she finally risk it all?