Joan Kilby

A man with a child needs a home . Daniel had a young daughter with the flu and no place to live after flying to Vancouver from Australia. He thought he'd rented rooms from Karina, but Karina thought otherwise. A woman with a problem needs her space After a personal crisis, Karina had found that she was happiest living on her own, creating whimsical papier-mâché creatures and filling her house with music and friends. She was not hiding from her fears or so she told herself. A lonely child needs a family Karina couldn't say no to a sick child, though, and soon Daniel and Natalie had made their own place in her chaotic household and her heart.

"'You're being audited.' That's hardly his most winning opening line, but Rafe Ellersley isn't here to make friends. He'd promised himself--and his boss--that this audit would be different. This time, he would be the consummate Australian Tax Office investigator. Cool, detached, professional. He'd bring Lexie Thatcher, tax-dodging artisan, to justice with ruthless efficiency. No more bending the rules. It's the only way to save his job. But Lexie proves a far greater challenge than he's been prepped for. Her world is a crazy canvas of chaos and confusion, complexity and color, unlike anything he's ever known. So who can really blame a tax guy like him for what happens next"--Publisher.

How can she love him? He doesn't take her seriously! Hainesville, Washington, might not be glamorous, but it's the place supermodel Geena Hanson wants to be after she collapses on a Milan runway and has a near-death experience that sends her back into life with the promise of having a child. How can he love her? She's seriously offbeat! Dr. Ben Matthews is in Hainesville filling in for the local family physician. A man of science if ever there was one, Ben couldn't be more different from warm and intuitive Geena, his temporary receptionist. Opposites attract? Geena and Ben certainly do. The swift attraction blossoms and love looks as if it will endure. Until Ben's brother goes missing and Geena tries to comfort Ben with what happened to her "on the other side"...

Emily Lamb thought Luke Adams was attractive and powerful enough to arrange his own marriage--but when her friend Gina Harrick asked her to marry him for business reasons, Emily had her own reasons for agreeing. It was, of course, to be a temporary marriage of convenience; only Emily hadn't counted on falling in love with Luke. Nor had she suspected that the secret behind the business reasons was the fact that Luke was in love with Gina, his boss's wife . . .

What does it take to become a family? Nina Kennerly has a full life, but she's always regretted giving her daughter up for adoption and losing Reid Robertson, her first love. Now her grown daughter has found her -- with her own baby girl in tow! -- and Nina must face Reid again. Nina and Reid are determined to be there for their new family. But spending so much time together brings back a lot of complicated feelings. And complicated is not something Reid, a widower with another daughter, needs. Are Nina and Reid just dredging up the past...or are they actually making a future?

"Paula Drummond is finally back on a police force. And with so much at stake--she's a single mom atoning for an almost career-ending mistake--she's not risking anything but stellar performance. That means, regardless of whatever attraction is brewing between her and her partner, Officer Riley Henning, she will not get involved. Still, working side by side with a man as hot as Riley and not giving in to temptation isn't easy. Especially when he goes above and beyond to help keep her son safe. With all that evidence piling up, it seems as though her partner on the job is destined to become her partner in bed ... and maybe even in life."--Page 4 of cover.

"Renita Thatcher never imagined she'd see Brett O'Connor in town again--let alone in her office. Over the years, Renita has only caught glimpses of her old crush in the tabloids as Brett jet-set his way to football superstardom. Oh, who's she trying to kid? She'd followed his career religiously. And his marriage to the gorgeous, high-profile trophy wife. Ex-wife. Now Renita, the only loans officer in Summerside Bay, has something Brett wants. Just like in high school, she's in a position of power over him, but this time, she doesn't want to mess it up. Her next move is critical. Does she want revenge or does she want to surrender herself to a guy who looks even better than her best fantasy?"--Publisher.

The Courage to Try Again What do you do when your dreams for tomorrow happen today? John Forster's plans to eventually be a father hit high gear when he's granted custody of his little girl. Although he does his best, it's soon clear she needs help adjusting to this small Australian town. Fortunately, there's one person with the right skills to assist - Katie Henning. Too bad she's his ex-fiancée. Seeing Katie with his daughter resurrects John's dreams about having a family together. And the simmering attraction that still sparks when he's with Katie makes him think, maybe. Maybe he can make up for their past. Maybe he can build on what they share now. And maybe they can have that future he's always wanted.

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