by Linda Markowiak (1999)
Young, alone pregnant Ten years ago, eighteen-year-old Rachel Penning could only stand and watch as the cops arrested the boy she loved and sent him to prison. If only she'd had the courage to give him an alibi. Now Jake Monroe's out on good behaviour and Rachel is his parole officer. Jake the man is very different from Jake the boy. He's strong, tough, angry and determined to clear his name. And this time no matter what anyone says Rachel's going to help him. For his sake, for her sake and for the sake of their ten-year-old son
Diane Farr
After a tragic loss, Celia Delacourt accepts an unexpected holiday invitation -- which is, in fact, a thinly veiled matchmaking attempt. For the lonely Celia and a reluctant young man, it turns out to be a Christmas they'd never forget.
Carolyne Aarsen
Handsome but restless Rick Ethier had no use for the stuffy family business, but when his grandfather laid an interesting proposition at his door, he found it hard to say no. If Rich could bring a faltering magazine around to profitability within a year, he'd be free to pursue his true interests. But Rick found an unexpected obstacle in Becky Ellison, the previous owner's daughter and the current editor of the magazine. Though she loved her job, she had yearned to write fiction - until a very negative review of her first published book - by Rick Ethier - had quashed that dream forever. Had God crossed their paths to give them both a new direction?
Marion Ekholm
"She had a crush on him when she was a teen and Roger was in college ... and made his life miserable as only the friend of a guy's kid sister can. Years later, Emmy Lou returns to Phoenix, divorced, with an asthmatic little boy at the center of her world. Grieving the death of his wife, Roger reluctantly asks her for help with his young twins and teen daughter who's proving as difficult to handle as Em used to be. Just as they finally begin to find happiness together, a career move comes between them--because it affects Em's child, whose welfare means more to her than ... anything."--Page 4 of cover.
Suzanne Simms
THE MAN: Rugged private investigator Mathis Hazard. THE MISSION: Pose as the estranged spouse of beautiful hotel owner Desiree Stratford--for investigative purposes only, of course. POSSIBLE COMPLICATION: Inability to keep his mind--not to mention his hands--off said Desiree. As soon as the once-reluctant detective Mathis Hazard got a look at lovely Desiree Stratford, he suddenly became a lot more eager to get to the bottom of all the weird goings-on at her hotel. And what better way to proceed than to pretend to be Desiree's husband? Yes, he knew what a tough job it would be--it would probably take twenty-four-hour-a-day, one-on-one surveillance. But hey, a man had to do what a man had to do.... Hazards, Inc. - 4