Joan Hohl

Such arrogance! Nurse Becca Jameson spent months side by side with Dr. Seth Andrews in a tiny, understaffed, under-funded African hospital. He was bossy, gorgeous, brilliant...and she'd fallen for him, hook, line and scalpel. Now back in Philadelphia, he had the nerve to make this outrageous proposal...how could he? And how could she refuse?

She could share his home, but what about his heart? Lissa Cavender had dealt with her share of crazy clients in the past, but Jared Stone astonished her. He had not gotten anywhere with her by telephone, so he just showed up one night at the class she taught at the Rhode Island School of Design. She knew it was he and not an ordinary student by the way he sat in the back of the room, taking in every word she said, and the attention she felt for him was so immediate that it was actually frightening. So when he approached Lissa after class and asked her to redesign his family home, she couldn't help but be interested. But when she found out that he was Jared Stone of the Stones Rhode Island, she wondered why he was so fascinated with her.

Thorne's Way Valerie Jordan felt that her own life had ended with the death of her fiance, but she was wrong. Life -- and love -- beckoned to her once more in the person of Jonas Thorne. A man of moods, of bewildering arrogance and stunning tenderness, he made her his wife. His kisses gave her breath; his touch lit a fire in her, and with firm determination he led her into a future brighter than any she had ever known Thorne's Wife Valerie Thorne loved her husband with passionate devotion. When they'd first met, Jonas's bewildering moods and stunning tenderness had breathed new life into her. Now, three years later, Valerie felt a deep desire to be his partner and his equal in every sense of the word. A brilliant, dynamic businessman, Jonas faced few unsolvable mysteries -- except his wife. But after Valerie led him on a merry chase of discovery -- and self-discovery -- a tragedy threatened to part them forever. Suddenly the tables were turned. Jonas needed her more desperately than ever. Valerie would have to summon all her strength to lead them into a future brighter than they had ever dreamed possible!

Mr. December Who? Luke Branson - the most sinfully seductive devil ever to tempt mortal woman. Where? The stark, sun-scorched mountains fo West Texas. With? A fiery passion for heavenly Selena McInnes. Why? He'd finally met his match! Luke never lost his cool, and he always got his woman. But all that seemed about to change. Selena had blazing green eyes, a red-hot tempter and a sultry style that drove Luke wild. He meant to have her - but the raven-haired adventuress was a force to contend with. So what was a smitten rogue to do? Answer: Unleash the full power of his devastating charms...

From Brooks Peters' blog: An Open Book "The story of Gaylord Le Claire, a curly-haired effeminate youth from Cotton, Texas who powders his face, decorates his room with satin curtains, wears silk underwear and dreams about seducing the star of the local high school football team. It’s the stuff of dreams, all right, a gay romance at a time when such things simply didn’t exist. And yet, it still strikes a chord of yearning and insouciance that is remarkable in its forthrightness."

MR. JUNE The Memorable Man: Adam Grainger had never met the beautiful woman named Sunny until now, yet she claimed they knew each other intimately. The woman he forgot: Strong, tough men from Wyoming didn't forget women they'd been involved with - it was the code of the West. Their supposed passion: She did seem privy to his every desire... If Adam Grainger had ever made love to Sunny, let alone ever seen her, he would have remembered. The lovely lady had delusions of a love that had never existed. Yet Adam couldn't deny she had impossible knowledge of his innermost soul...

MR. JANUARY Wolfe Wedding: Whoa! It's not me, Cameron Wolfe, FBI agent known as the "Lone Wolfe," who's getting hitched. I'm not the marrying kind. It's my brother--the youngest of four who's tying the knot. Cameron's Date?: To unwind before the big family affair, I'm vacationing in a cozy cabin with sexy Sandra Bradley. If all goes well, I'll invite her to the wedding. So?: All went well enough for a little Wolfe to be on the way. And now Cameron and Sandra are on their way to a Wolfe wedding--a wedding Sandra wishes were her own! MAN OF THE MONTH: Will the biggest, baddest Wolfe say "I do" in a very special quadruple wedding ceremony?

BIG BAD WOLFE: Undercover cop Eric Wolfe's binoculars steamed up every time he watched suspect Tina Kranas. SHADY LITTLE LADY: With a two-bit hood for an ex-husband and drug-dealing neighbors, Tina was probably as guilty as she looked. Eric Wolfe knew Tina's bra size, bedtime and how she liked her eggs -- without ever having spent the night. She was a suspect, and Eric knew EVERYTHING about his suspects. But was Tina really a criminal? One way to find out was for Eric to stop watching her and start wooing her....

THE FIRST BIG BAD WOLFE BROTHER Rookie cop Jake Wolfe would have to huff and puff to break down Sarah Cumming's door. The sexy professor with the big brown eyes was scared, and Jake found it mighty suspicious that she didn't seem to feel safer in a police officer's arms... Jake was six feet four inches of solid muscle, and a gentleman to boot, but Sarah had to resist him. Though a caring cop was exactly what she needed, she couldn't risk their lives by telling Jake the truth. But how long could Sarah keep quiet when Officer Wolfe had very seductive ways of making her talk?

NO MAN COULD TAME HER REBELLIOUS SOUL... She was as wild as the rugged Wyoming Territory of her birth, all woman, primal and exciting, a platinum-haired enchantress who dressed and rode like a man. No one had ever threatened Jessica Randall's independence -- until the stranger called Segundo led her into the uncharged world of the senses, compelling her to trust, to yield, to love with a passion she never knew she possessed. NO WOMAN COULD RESIST HIS SENSUAL CHALLENGE... He stared at her with turquoise eyes glittering with blatant sexual hunger. Here was the girl Duncan Frazer had dreamed of in his years of exile, grown to glorious womanhood, a woman he vowed to possess. He couldn't afford to reveal his true identity any more than he could resist the challenge to a game of hearts. A game he was determined to win....

MR. AUGUST Convenient Husband: Jasper "Main" Chance--over six feet of lean, muscled trouble--who had a few things a certain beautiful, broke farm girl desperately needed ... Disgruntled Wife: Stacy Hunsberger--a woman with a ranch to run, bills to pay, absolutely no money and a dry-eyed deal to marry a man who didn't love her... Passionless Marriage? Not if these two shared a bedroom! Jasper "Main" Chance wasn't the type to settle down--heck, one place and one woman had always bored the Texan to tears. But when he suddenly inherited half of Stacy Hunsberger's financially needy farm, Main instantly became the marrying kind. Oh, he had his reasons, and the fact that Stacy was a smart-mouthed, stubborn redhead who needed a chance didn't hurt any....