Terry McLaughlin

The bachelor, the babe… and the baby It could be a screenplay – except this is no film. Producer Burke Elliot really is snowbound in a remote Montana cabin with his glamorous star. He’s here on a mission – to convince Nora Daniels to sign a contract and return with him to Hollywood – and nothing is going to stop him. Not even Nora’s nappy-wearing bundle of joy. But the radiant actress and the unexpectedly sweet baby are wreaking havoc with his carefully laid plan. Could the tough businessman be losing his heart to a family?

Charlie Keene has poured everything she's got into running her father's concrete company, and now her brother wants to sell. Worse, handsome acquisitions specialist Jack Maguire's arrived in town...and he wants to buy. Charlie's worked too hard to let the family firm go.One delicious dance and an even more surprising dinner later, all bets are off, as Charlie draws Jack into her Carnelian Cove world. But what does he really want--her or her company? And can Charlie ever trust a man in love if she can't trust him in life?

Addie Sutton's stained-glass window business may be this close to bankruptcy, but she won't give up, even if it means she'll have to see Devlin Chandler again. All right, so she's still in love with the bad-boy heir to the Chandler estate. Though Addie's too smart to go after a man she knows isn't right for her, especially with the tangled history between them.But Dev's intent on pushing the envelope. He's always been attracted to the former housekeeper's daughter and wants to see where their relationship could lead. Addie tells him where—to heartbreak. Can he convince her that special something between them is worth taking a chance on?

All architect Tess Roussel has ever wanted is to open her own design firm. She gets the chance when she returns to California and wins a coveted waterfront project. It's the contractor hired for the job who's got her distracted. John Jameson Quinn isn't her choice. And definitely not her type.Tess doesn't go for brooding bad boys-especially one who isn't shy about going after what he wants. And he wants Tess. Never mind that he's got a scandalous past to overcome. A daughter to raise. A boss-Tess-and a town to answer to. Quinn follows his own drumbeat. Only, now Tess is starting to hear it, too. Because he's good. And they're good together.Her design. His construction. Can they build a love to last?