Teresa Carpenter

Royal wedding planner Lindsay Reeves's first encounter with best man Zach Sullivan is when he sits on the wedding dress! But when preparations reach crisis point, Lindsay is forced to call on the infuriating playboy for his help. But Zach's good looks, charm and cynicism about marriage become more of a distraction! In the business of happy-ever-afters, jaded Zach might just be Lindsay's toughest client yet!

A distraught father walks into the newsroom of the Boston Herald asking for help in locating his missing daughter, a beautiful commercial artist named Robin Benedict. The publication of her photograph sets in motion a murder investigation that leads to the arrest of one of her former lovers. But nothing is quite what it seems. Benedict is actually a high-paid prostitute in Boston's Combat Zone. The suspect is the eminent anatomist Dr. William Henry James Douglas who, it is learned, has been embezzling funds from his laboratory at Tufts University to support his costly entanglement with Benedict. Pulitzer Prize-winner Teresa Carpenter brilliantly reconstructs one of the most fascinating murder investigations in years -- one which threads its way through many levels of Boston society. We watch a respectable man as he moves from the rarefied, cloistered world of academia into the shadowy recesses of Boston's red-light district, the Combat Zone. We watch as the city's newspapers, stirred to a fever pitch of competition, render the young prostitute a nearly mythological figure. Finally, we watch engrossed as a prosecutor puts together the puzzle, piece by piece, hoping to prove that murder was committed even though the body cannot be found. Is Robin Benedict really dead? If so, was it Dr. Douglas who killed her? As it considers these questions in riveting detail, Teresa Carpenter's work becomes a study of obsession. Not just one man's obsession with a prostitute, but an entire city's fascination with dishonor and the elusive search for beauty. - Jacket flap.

Writings culled from the archives of libraries, historical societies, and private estates have been assembled to offer a view of the iconic metropolis of New York. Includes excerpts from the writings of Henry Hudson, Mark Twain, Thomas Edison, Andy Warhol, and many others

Yuletide Baby Surprise When Princess Mari invades Dr Rowan Boothe’s hotel room, he has no desire to become involved in his old adversary’s latest predicament. Until they discover an abandoned baby and Rowan needs her help! Yet, even as they draw closer, how long can their Christmas escape last? Maybe This Christmas…? Christmas Eve always reminds Gemma of her husband, paediatrician Andy Baxter. It was the day she first fell in love and also the day her heart broke. But now her tiny niece needs urgent medical care and the only man she trusts is Andy. Could this Christmas finally bring them back together? The Sheriff’s Doorstep Baby Michelle wants to sell her late father’s house - but sexy tenant Nate won’t leave! And when Nate’s adorable baby cousin is left on his doorstep, Michelle can’t help but offer to help. Nate and Michelle have never known what family is…until one Christmas changes everything!

If only the society beauties jostling for the bouquet, hoping to become Mrs. Garrick Rylance, knew that the dashing best man in question has eyes for only one woman…. Bridesmaid Zara was his friend, his lover—but that was five years ago, before she flew to the city and out of his life, and Garrick cordoned off his heart. So now, seeing Zara again, Garrick is wary. But there's one thing he's certain of—he won't let her run this time!

"When Dani Collins is nominated to run for mayor she immediately refuses! A single mom and hair salon owner, she's too busy ... But sexy mayor Cole Sullivan makes it clear that he's intrigued by his potential opponent--and that he knows just how to press her buttons. Dani refuses to let Cole charm her the way he charms everyone else--especially her daughter!--so why does she suddenly accept his challenge? The race is on, but will it end at the podium or ... the altar?

"If it isn't bad enough that Savannah Jones has succumbed to the old cliche of falling for her boss, now she's expecting his baby! Everyone knows that gorgeous, dynamic Rick Sullivan is a confirmed bachelor, wedded firmly to his work. So, convinced there's no happy ending for her, Savannah tries to resign quietly. Only, Rick won't let her go, for reasons he doesn't fully understand, and she won't marry him out of duty. It's stalemate! Unless this brooding boss can let go and tap in to his inner doting daddy"--Publisher.

She's left to cope with twins...Rachel Adams's independent life is turned upside down when she's named guardian to two orphaned twins! It's hard to suddenly be a mom to two demanding babies, but in no time they steal her heart! ...And their stand-in dad!When gorgeous co-guardian Ford Sullivan turns up, he starts to take charge. Rachel realizes it's best for the babies if she and Ford work together. But being this close to Ford makes Rachel wonder whether stand-in mom and dad could become forever bride and groom....

Nanny Katrina is charged with the care of the newly orphaned heir to the Kardana throne. Working alongside the handsome Prince Regent Julian, Katrina is desperate to keep the secrets of her past under lock and key.

A biography of Arlyne Brickman, who became a government informant on the mob to protect her daughter. She was also recruited to assist in the prosecution of the Colombo Family.

Her million-dollar mystery man… Sheriff Grace Delaney's last case is a handsome stranger suffering from amnesia. She agrees to help him uncover his memory, but when his identity is revealed as multimillionaire playboy Jackson Hawke, Grace must swap the safety of her small town for the bright lights of Las Vegas and pretend she's his latest conquest! Grace soon finds herself falling, not for the millionaire, but the man she's come to know. But when Jackson's memory returns, will he forget her…or make her dreams a reality?