Lilian Peake

Family secrets? Brett Carmichael walked out of nowhere into Lauren's life. All she knew about him was that he had gorgeous brown eyes and a long, lean body. He didn't seem to have a heart... or a past. Brett had come home after fifteen years of self-imposed exile. The last thing he had expected was to find Lauren living in his house. She was the unknown woman who had haunted his dreams for years. Lauren obviously had no idea who he was, and he certainly wasn't going to tell her!

No other man. Skylar Connor was widowed before she met the man she married by legal proxy. Now she has come to the Dakota badlands for the home and goldmine left her by her late husband. But it is a painted savage who welcomes "Lady Douglas" to the Black Hills. The handsome half-breed son of a Sioux woman and an English lord, he steals Skylar from her stagecoach ... and declares it is he whom she wed sight unseen. Now Hawk has a wife he doesn't want a sensuous vixen who ignites his rage and his desire ... a beautiful schemer he must punish with ecstasy, and let no other man claim. Series: No Other Man (No Other, #1) No Other Woman (No Other, #2) No Other Love (No Other, #3)

Katya had never forgiven Farrant for the way he had treated her all those years ago, when she had loved him and he had broken her heart. Now they met again at her sister Josie's home in Cornwall and he didn't seem to have changed. His attitude towards her was hard and cold, although he couldn't be nicer to Josie. Would she ever understand this complex and disturbing man? And why did she still care so much?

All that glitters When Jerome Dower stole her heart, her dignity and her car, Rhea suspected his brother might know the whereabouts of his wretched sibling. Though normally a woman who always landed on her feet, this time one of them actually broke and Rhea found herself Leo Dower's uninvited houseguest. And his bride. Leo's offer to make good on his brother's failed promises prompted Rhea's decision that a brief marriage with a hefty settlement might be just deserts for the Dower family. And with Leo to look at--revenge might be very sweet indeed.

He was no knight in shining armor Although Reece Denman was her best friends brother, Bella Harrison didn't trust him an inch. Confident, assured, successful, Reece wouldn't let sentiments stand in the way of a successful deal. Unfortunately, he had his eye on the small business Bella and her father were struggling to keep afloat. Reece wasn't likely to take into account her family's feelings about the shop. If only she were mistaken about him -- because Reece Denman was fast becoming an irresistible enemy!

There'd be no sentiment involved Their marriage would be a business deal only, according to Rik, but Jan couldn't help wondering. She had accepted the assignment as just another job--to track down Rik Steele and reconcile him and his father. Then she fell in love with her quarry. Rik thought she was only interested in the money she'd earn, and there seemed no way to convince him she wasn't. So what chance would their marriage have of surviving Rik's cold indifference?

Giving in to millionaire Scott Baird's sensual charms filled Kirsten's fantasies from the moment they met. Doing so, however, would confirm Scott's cynical view that women easily traded their lovemaking for cold cash. And, unfortunately, money was what Kirsten needed--to restore Tall Trees, the mansion she'd unexpectedly inherited from Scott's great-uncle, but which Scott insisted she should sell. Although he refused her a loan, Scott did offer a curious compromise--tenancy in exchange for making Tall Trees habitable. As if Kirsten needed a man she couldn't resist sharing the same leaky roof!

All she wanted was to start over. The sensational press had ripped her character to shreds, blaming her for the drowning death of her famous fiance. On an isolated Scottish island Sharon hoped to strengthen her broken spirit. There she met Calum Darwin and fell in love. Then he recognized her and demanded proof against what he'd read about her. But her side of the story could not be revealed without hurting others, and thus it must remain untold--no matter what it cost her! 'No man is an island,' Sharon had reminded Calum - to which he had replied firmly, 'This man is.' Adding, 'A woman's love is something I don't need.' And as Sharon had already vowed, after her disillusioning experience with Daryl Irwin, that never again was she going to be any man's puppet, it did seem the wisest thing was not to let herself fall in love with Calum. Especially as he persisted in believing all those lying stories about her....

H2404 Her job as pianist on a Mediterranean cruise liner should have been as much fun as work for Shona—but alas, it wasn't. True, she had been engaged as accompanist to her fiancé Calvin, an up-and-coming flute player, but his presence there was only spoiling the job instead of completing its pleasure. Certainly she wasn't as talented as he was, but she was doing her best, and he didn't have to be quite so carping and critical! Nor did Marsh Faraday, who had no business at all to be as sarcastic and fault-finding as Calvin. So why did Shona find herself thinking more about Marsh than she was about Calvin ?

Could she say goodbye again Logan Tate had walked out of Marianne's life eight years before, breaking her heart as cruely as he had broken their engagement. Now he was back--a widower, with a little girl who desperately needed a mother. "I want to marry you for my daughter's sake," Logan said bluntly. "Our relationship would be strictly platonic. I'd provide you with a home and security ...." Marianne had to decide. She could either become Logan's wife in a loveless marriage, or lose him forever.

Nicola Dean and Connor Mitchell had both curtailed promising careers in order to help their parents, so they ought to have had a lot in common. Unfortunately, they just couldn't stand the sight of each other!

All that she needed was a wedding ring Then the money would be hers, to use for a very special reason. Her late grandfather's will had put Jasmine into an impossible situation. Hadn't he visualized that she might ask any man to marry her - so long as he was free - merely to get her hands on the money? Sloan Lancaster, the brilliant writer, just might be the one who could fit into her plans. From their first meeting she found him arrogant and aloof - yet she couldn't deny that he somehow aroused desires she had never felt before....

Katrine is determined to save the village school where she teaches from closing. But she is faced with trying to convince the district Education Committee headed by the remote Lex Moran that her efforts are worthwhile.

Wedding-bell blues How did one behave when hired as a temporary fiancee? Max Mackenzie left Sally Dearlove no room for guessing--his commanding kisses established a very definite agenda for their promotional tour of New Zealand. Spending time with the temperamental, not to mention drop-dead gorgeous, author would be Sally's ticket to a hot story--and to a career in journalism. But posing as his betrothed proved more unnerving than she'd anticipated. The achingly sweet sensations he awakened in her were disturbingly real. But would Max ever forgive Sally's journalistic subterfuge--especially since his true affections seemed to lie in another woman's arms?

"I will pretend you don't even exist!" Mr. Farrant, her only neighbor, was quite indignant that his solitude had been interrupted by Anna's arrival to stay at her ex-employer's beach cottage. She knew that to stay out of this man's way would be wise, but perversely, Anna wanted him to notice her. She wanted to upset him, if he upset so easily! Never did it occur to her that she might fall in love with this chauvanistic and arrogant, moody artist -- but fall she did....

When Tracy spent a night with Brett Hardwick on the moors, it was due to force of circumstances and couldn't have been more innocent, but unfortunately the episode led to a lot of damaging gossip. So Tracey suggested to her friend Wayne Eastwood that they should become "engaged" to put a stop to it. It was a suggestion that was to create more problems than it solved...