Jessica Hart
Description
Jessica Hart was born in Ghana, and grew up around Africa, she has suffered from itchy feet ever since. She has traveled by Tanganyika, South Africa, Papua New Guinea, Oman, Australian Outback, Kathmandu, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Cameroon, Algeria, USA, Egypt, Kenya, France, Belize, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Spain, Italy, Greece… many of these countries have featured as settings in her books in one way or another. She obtained a degree in French from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, where her mother continues living. After some years spent working and traveling around the world, she stumbled into writing as a way of funding her Ph.D. in medieval history, obtained in 2004, and she is now a full-time author based in York, England dividing her time between Yorkshire and Wiltshire, where her partner, John, lives. The more she writes, the more interested she is in how and why romance works, and in spite of much grumbling about the writing process, suspects she is now hooked! Jessica has written more than 50 books and is winner of the two most prestigious awards in romance writing, a RITA® award for the best traditional romance of 2005, and the coveted Romance Prize, awarded by the U.K.'s Romantic Novelists' Association in 2006, an award for which she was also short-listed in 2007 and 2009.
Books
Assignment
Nikki is always happy to baby-sit for her friend Laura's adorable twins, Zack and Anna. But now the babies' mom is unavoidably delayed -- and Nikki needs help! The babies' uncle, Seth Baxter, comes to her rescue! But the man is gorgeous -- can she really spend every minute of every day with him? It's tough, especially as Nikki is determined not to get close to anyone ever again. But playing at happy families with Seth shows her that he could be the man to change her mind...and her life....
Mistletoe Marriage
Julia Belmont dreams of being married, but she never thought it would take place in a jail to the man she hates. But being forced to the altar through trickery doesn’t diminish her feelings for the man who truly has her heart. When Garrett Rivers discovers the woman he loves has married a dangerous criminal, he is determined to save her. But can he heal Julia’s heart and awaken her deepest passion now that they’re back together? Mistletoe Marriage is a steamy 12k novella that was previously published in the anthology Unwrapped.
Contracted:CORPORATE WIFE
Patrick Farr is perfectly happy with his bachelor life, wining and dining beautiful young women. If only he could make them understand that he will never marry for love.... Louisa Dennison is the perfect PA. She's also a single mom, bringing up two very demanding kids! So when Patrick proposes, her answer is definitely no! Or is it? Patrick's offer could answer Lou's prayers -- financial security for life. But will their attempts to avoid love lead them to exactly that...?
Her Boss's Baby Plan
Single mom Martha Shaw has a gorgeous new boss- Lewis Mansfield. She's nanny to his niece and is about to spend six months on a tropical island with him and the babies! Martha quickly falls deeply in love with her sexy boss. But he seems happy being a carefree bachelor with no plans to settle down... Will Martha risk all by telling Lewis how she really feels?
A Whirlwind Engagement (City Brides) (Harlequin Romance, No. 611) Larger Print
Josh and Bella have been friends for years, but suddenly Bella is starting to see “her Josh” in a very different light. She’s falling in love! It’s confusing enough but, worse, Josh has just asked her to be his pretend fiancée. Josh needs a stand-in fiancée to clinch a business deal. Bella finally agrees to play the part but after they spend a week on an exotic island pretending to be head over hells in love, the tension becomes almost unbearable! Especially when Josh starts to wonder if his best friend is pretending at all.
Inherited:Twins!
Strong, silent Outback rancher Nat Masterman doesn't know the first thing about babies. Yet he's just become the guardian of eight-month-old twins -- and he has to go to London to collect them! Prue wishes she'd never told her English family she would be bringing a gorgeous, rugged Australian home for her sister's wedding. There is no such man! At least, not until Prue meets Nat -- and they decide to go to London together.... The Australians
The Honeymoon Prize
Freya is determined to sort out her life before she hits thirty – if only to prove to her best friend, Max Thornton, that she’s perfectly capable of meeting a suitable man! Freya has the ideal candidate in mind: gorgeous hotshot reporter Dan Freer. Max isn’t impressed – not least because Freya is staying in his penthouse. Freya has always been impulsive, but even Max is surprised when Freya decides to fake her own wedding to claim a honeymoon prize! And who, exactly, is she expecting to walk up the aisle with her?
