Joan Kilby

When Mia Tempesta goes into labor during a snowstorm on Christmas Eve, she stumbles into Will Jackson's cherry packing shed. As a war widow, she's lost everything–her husband, her home, and her job. But when Will, a caring stranger, delivers her beautiful baby boy into her arms, she has hope for a brighter future. After being betrayed and dumped by his long-time girlfriend, Will’s dreading the holidays, but when he helps deliver Mia’s son on Christmas morning, he gains a renewed purpose in life. The beautiful Mia and her child tug on his protective heart strings and he finds himself longing to help. They fight their growing attraction–Will’s on the rebound and Mia is still grieving. Will their reckless passion end in heartbreak? Can two damaged hearts find healing and happiness? One Christmas baby might just be the miracle they need to love again.

A Baby for Christmas

A birthday card out of the blue from his estranged father sends successful Seattle marketing man Alex Chernoff on a detour to Sweetheart in search of answers about his past. A day, maybe two, to tie up loose strings and he’ll be out of there, heading for Mexico, margaritas and blondes in bikinis. Emma Stanhope is all too familiar with hot, rich, entitled guys like Alex. They never hang around for long, especially not for a Plain Jane like herself. No problem. She’s smart and logical, like any good scientist, and knows better than to lose her heart. What Emma doesn’t count on is chemistry—of the romantic kind. What Alex doesn’t count on is meeting the girl who’ll make him want to change his ways. But when he learns that he’s a secret from his father’s real family, he can’t stay in Sweetheart… even if he wants to. Will love be enough to convince Alex to stay… for good? The Starrs of Sweetheart, Montana series Prequel: Shameless Sweetheart by Roxanne Snopek Book 1: The Secret Son by Joan Kilby Book 2: Her Sweetheart Brand by Paula Altenburg Book 3: Yours Forever, Sweetheart by Roxanne Snopek Book 4: The Montana Bride by Jeannie Watt p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #323333; -webkit-text-stroke: #323333} span.s1 {font-kerning: none}

The Secret Son

Now a Hallmark Channel Original Movie With Christmas and a family showdown looming, can she find a miracle? Hoping to reunite her mother with her long-lost brother for Christmas, interior designer Hayley Stevens travels to Montana to hand-deliver a Christmas card to the uncle she’s never met. Finding her uncle is easier than getting him alone to explain her mission. Reluctantly, Hayley hides her identity to learn more about her uncle and his family, but it’s his handsome and enigmatic partner who captures her heart and imagination. Architect and builder Blake Dennison is attracted instantly to the beautiful Hayley, but he’s suspicious of her curiosity. Can she be a spy for a rival builder? He’s been burned by deceit before, but as he spends time with Hayley, he falls hard. Hayley knows she has much more at stake than fulfilling her mother’s Christmas dream, and when she confesses to Blake the real reason for her visit, his reaction is what she feared. He wants her gone. But Hayley knows how to fight for what she wants.

Long Lost Christmas

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-up 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. Are Nina and Reid just dredging up the past...or are they actually making a future?

Beach Baby

A man she can't refuse... Accountant Cassy Morris knows she's putting her heart on the line when she agrees to move in with her best friend, multi-millionaire geek Scott Thornton. The arrangement is purely business: she'll manage his nanotechnology lab and find an angel investor for his revolutionary new product. But there's a problem: she's loved him forever even though he's only ever regarded her as a friend. She'll have to harden her heart to survive their arrangement. A woman he can't resist... When Scott is named Seattle's sexiest man, the unexpected attention from women threatens to get in the way of him meeting his project deadline. Once again, Cassy steps up to the plate, this time pretending to be his fiancé to keep the women away. But a lifetime of repressed sexual tension explodes within her and before long she and Scott are entwined in a passionate affair. Will Scott be able to convince Cassy to trust his feelings and turn their fake engagement into reality?

Mad About You

Janet Dailey

Temporary Wife by Joan Kilby released on Feb 22, 1999 is available now for purchase.

Temporary Wife

Nanny Makes Three (Mills & Boon Superromance) (Single Father, Book 21)

MARRIAGE OF INCONVENIENCE Unfair exchange? Veronique Dutot and Burton O'Rourke each has something the other needs. Veronique is a talented chef, while Burton happens to need a chef for a new cooking show he's about to produce. Veronique, on the other hand, needs her visa extended so she can live in Vancouver near her former mother-in-law. Burton proposes and old-fashioned solution to their very modern problems. A temporary marriage. A marriage of convenience. Veronique accepts although there's nothing temporary or convenient about the way she's starting to feel.

Promises, promises... Maeve Arden had promised to love forever, but the marriage failed. Now, five years later, Maeve has finally found peace–peace she's promised herself to keep. The last thing she wants is a new man in her life. Her joy comes from her work–designing landscape gardens.

The Second Promise (Mills & Boon Vintage Superromance)

Self-professed nerd Maddie Maloney is an expert on jewels. Jewel thieves are another matter entirely! So when a mysterious Englishman warns her that a thief known as The Chameleon is after the rare pink diamond on display in her aunt's shop, she tells herself it's just a joke. Even if she can't get Mr. Tall, Dark and Handsome out of her mind... But Fabian Montgomery doesn't give up easily. He's everywhere she goes, convinced the thief will strike. And when the diamond does go missing—and Maddie is suspected of stealing it—he whisks her away from the police and together they pursue The Chameleon. Fabian plunges her into a glamorous world far from her humble workshop and transforms geeky Maddie into a sophisticated siren capable of espionage. Her mission: to seduce The Chameleon and steal back the diamond. But Fabian isn't telling her everything—like who he works for, and why he's so interested in The Chameleon... 86,000 words

Gentlemen Prefer Nerds

Going back to Red Hill, Australia, means coming to terms with Cole Roberts. Great. Jane Linden's high-school sweetheart had given her a child and offered her the security of small-town life...when all she'd wanted were the bright lights and a movie career. Now the town's charismatic real estate agent is a single parent himself. Not only that, it's clear Cole wants to make up for lost time with his daughter--whether Jane likes it or not. The young love they remember seems to have burned itself out. Until their kids find a way to turn back the clock.

How to Trap a Parent

Judith Bowen

La chance d’aimer, Joan Kilby Lasse de parcourir le monde pour son métier, Geena s’est posée à Hainsville pour commencer sa nouvelle vie : assistante du Dr Ben Matthews. Une situation parfaite pour elle – d’autant que Ben, très séduisant, ne la laisse pas indifférente ! Si seulement il pouvait se montrer moins distant. Un vœu qui, Geena le craint, est loin de se réaliser. Jusqu’à ce que leur combat mutuel pour sauver la vie de Tod, un petit patient courageux de neuf ans, les rapproche inexorablement... La maison sur l’île, Judith Bowen Revoir son premier amour, apprendre ce qu'il est devenu... Pour Charlotte, au départ, ce n’était qu’un défi, un pari entre filles. Mais c’était avant d’entreprendre ce voyage jusqu’à la maison sur l’île. Car lorsque Liam – impassible, mystérieux, intimidant – vient enfin lui ouvrir la porte, Charlotte comprend que, tout au fond d’elle, elle espérait ces retrouvailles avec lui depuis très longtemps...

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La chance d'aimer - La maison sur l'île

Cindy Kirk

Protecting Her Son by Joan Kilby Paula Drummond is finally back on the police force. With so much at stake, this single mum is not risking a mistake again! That means whatever attraction is brewing between her and her partner, Officer Riley Henning, she's not getting involved! Still, working side–by–side with a man as hot as Riley and not giving into temptation is easier said than done – especially when he keeps a watchful eye on her son. Perhaps her partner on the job is destined to become her partner off the job too...? Jackson Hole Valentine by Cindy Kirk When Margaret Fisher's friends were killed in a tragic accident, she suddenly found herself co–guardian of the couple's young son. Cole Lassiter was the last man she wanted to see since he broke her heart in high school, but she'd do anything to be a good mother for Charlie. Successful entrepreneur Cole still felt betrayed by Meg...and couldn't imagine sharing anything with her, let alone a son. But while adolescent wounds ran deep, so did their attraction for one another. And as they learned to be good parents to Charlie, they were also learning about forgiveness – and the power of forever love.

Protecting Her Son/Jackson Hole Valentine

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 colour, unlike anything he's ever known. So who can really blame a tax guy like him for what happens next .

Two Against The Odds

Alors qu’elle s’imaginait passer des vacances de Noël sereines en famille, Nicole retrouve Aidan et, pour elle, le choc est beaucoup plus bouleversant que prévu. Nicole a aimé Aidan, d’un amour alors sans retour... Et lorsqu’il se montre si attentionné, si tendre avec Nicole et semble la trouver séduisante, elle est submergée d’émotions. Osera-t-elle croire, aujourd’hui, au désir d’un homme qui ne l’a pas choisie autrefois ?

Les lumières de Noël

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.

Protecting Her Son

Falling in love was easy for Chloe. She met Evan, a handsome Australian doctor, and felt sure he was the man for her. But Chloe's whirlwind romance ended abruptly when Evan left to work overseas. For comfort Chloe turned to her new friend Daniel Bennett. When she discovered she was pregnant, Daniel married her, despite Chloe's feelings for Evan. More than twenty years later—twenty good years—Chloe finds herself once again torn between the two men. Daniel, with whom she's raised a daughter and shared the everyday problems and triumphs of life. And Evan, the man who—she believes—has always held her heart. Only now, after two decades of marriage and a crisis, does Chloe learn what true love is…and what it isn't.

When Love Is True

The Bull Rider's Return

All right. So Jack Thatcher has experienced deep, personal tragedy. Dr. Sienna Maxwell gets that. But how can the man drop out of life the way he has, pretending to be happy hosting fabulous dinner parties and puttering in his back shed?

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