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Come home to Shelter Valley where love lasts and families matter….Miranda Parsons is content with her life. She has a great job, a wonderful family, a lovely house. She has good friends. And she lives in a town where people know her, care about her. So what's missing?Passion–as she finds out when she meets Zack Foster.Zack's a veterinarian who's recently moved to Shelter Valley after the failure of a marriage he'd considered perfect. He still likes being with women, but now prefers his romances «short and sweet.»Randi and Zack learn what it is to feel truly passionate about someone else–and they begin to want the passion they've discovered. But to get something, you have to give something up. Can they exchange contentment for happiness–even if greater happiness means greater risk?

White Picket Fences

His Holiday Surprise is a bundle of joy!When Nolan Forte returns to Austin a year after a Christmas tryst, he is shocked to learn he’s a father. He wants to do right by his beautiful baby girl—and her sweet mum, Lizzie Sullivan. But when he reveals his real name is family background, all bets are off…

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Fortune's Christmas Baby

A second chance for JoyWhile recovering at a remote cabin, Dr. Simon Walsh stumbles across Cara Amos. Injured and left for dead, Cara is harboring dark secrets. Yet Simon can’t help falling for his mysterious patient. As her memory returns injuries fade under his gentle care, he vows to help her find her missing daughter.At The Lemonade Stand shelter, managing director Lila McDaniels is helping Cara’s estranged father, Edward Mantle, bond with his traumatized granddaughter, Joy. And his feelings extend well beyond gratitude.Bringing this family together seems impossible…luckily, Christmas is the season of miracles.

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A Family For Christmas

To trust a stranger…Sara Havens helps others. Mothers. Children. Those who seek to escape from violence. Her work with The Lemonade Stand – a unique women's shelter – also lets her forget the loss of the child who should have been hers. And when a handsome stranger strikes up a poolside conversation, it's no coincidence.Bounty hunter Michael Edison is tracking a former resident of the shelter. Fearing for the missing woman's safety, Sara joins the pursuit. But nothing is what it appears to be – including Michael. As they grow closer, Sara risks losing her carefully constructed control…

документальная литература

Mother by Fate

Sam Montford left Shelter Valley ten years ago. He's a direct descendant of the town's founder, the first Samuel Montford, and for him, Shelter Valley's expectations had become oppressive. Home had become smothering instead of sheltering.Sam returns to the town–and to his ex-wife, Cassie Tate–with a seven-year-old child. This is a complete shock to Cassie. When Sam left, he hadn't known she was pregnant. Or that she had lost their baby.Sam's back in Shelter Valley now, back to stay. But he refuses to become the man people expected him to be ten years ago. Can he be the man Cassie needs now?

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Sheltered in His Arms

Starting over…again It seems a lifetime ago that Brett Ackerman wanted to share his life with Ella Wales. He really believed he could put his abusive family history behind him…until he realized it would always be part of him. Then he pushed her away. Hard.Now Ella's back as part of the High Risk Team at The Lemonade Stand, the unique women's shelter Brett founded. And she needs his help with a family crisis. But even now, Brett can't admit he still loves her. Until one night of passion with Ella turns Brett into the one thing he fears the most–a father.

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The Good Father

Fast Fiction Romantic – short stories with a Happy Ever AfterBill Mendholson is used to being in control. As a detective, he's trained to keep his suspects, and his emotions, in check. But when the woman he loves, social worker Mary Anderson, is caught in a brutal storm with several small children, Bill fears he won't be able to get to Mary in time. That he'll never get to tell her how he feels—or discover her secret….

The Good Girl

Kirk Chandler and Valerie Simms–two people who'll do anything for childrenValerie is a juvenile court judge. She spends her days helping troubled kids–including her own fatherless twin boys.Through her sons, she meets Kirk Chandler. Kirk's given up a successful corporate career and dedicated himself to helping the children in his Phoenix community…as a basketball coach, as a crossing guard, as an adult who encourages them to strive for the best.Kirk becomes an increasingly important part of her family's life, even spending Christmas with Valerie and her twins. And Valerie discovers that she and Kirk not only share a commitment to protecting children, they share a deep attraction–and a personal connection that shocks them both.

For the Children

Business hotshot Elise Richardson is successful, beautiful, single…and her biological clock is clanging like a church bell. So independent Elise takes matters into her own hands and now she's pregnant–with quadruplets!Her business partner and best friend, Joe Bennett, can't believe she's going to be a mom–times four! There's no way he's ready for the chaos of parenthood. Being one of seven children has taught him that much.But now that Elise's doctor says she shouldn't be home alone, Joe's ready to move in. Strictly as a friend, of course. At least until Christmas…

Merry Christmas, Babies

Trusting Ryan

The Holiday Visitor

She's not who she says she is! Tory Evans is living her sister's life. Christine is dead, murdered by Tory's vengeful ex-husband, and now–for her own survival–Tory has taken on Christine's identity. Her name, her job, her new home in Shelter Valley, Arizona.He's reinventing his life. Ben Sanders is a divorced father who's come to Shelter Valley to resume the education that was interrupted years before. He's intrigued by one of his professors, the woman he knows as Christine Evans. She's smart, she's beautiful–and she's hiding something. She's also off-limits.Despite that, despite the secrecy and the danger, Tory and Ben are drawn to each other. Second chances really do exist. Especially in a place like Shelter Valley…

My Sister, Myself

WHO IS BETH ALLEN? AND WHO–OR WHAT–IS SHE RUNNING FROM?Beth only wishes she knew. Six months ago, she woke up in a shabby Arizona hotel room with no memory of her past. What she did have was a bruised face, $2,000 in cash–and a little boy who called her «Mama.»What's her real name? Is she a victim or a criminal? The child's savior or his kidnapper? Until her memory returns and she can answer those questions, Beth knows she has to hide. She's chosen Shelter Valley as her sanctuary.The town welcomed her, as it welcomes all others, and Beth has begun to fashion a new life for herself and her child. But when she falls in love with Greg Richards, her sense of sanctuary is threatened. Because Greg's the sheriff of Shelter Valley–the one man who could uncover the truth about her past, a truth that might destroy the woman she's become.

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The Sheriff of Shelter Valley

I wasn't supposed to love Nate Grady, let alone marry him. But we found a love that triumphed over all adversity–just like Jane Eyre, my very favorite heroine.I was young, bookish, naive–on the verge of entering the convent–and then I met him…. The day I abandoned my old life, the day I agreed to marry him, now seems an eternity ago. But despite everyone's objections, I fell for Nate. An older, previously married man. My first and only love. My husband.When I looked into Nate's eyes on our wedding day, the rest of the world vanished. If I was crazy for doing this, I prayed the craziness would last forever….

The Night We Met

There's something happening in Shelter Valley…Shelter Valley, Arizona, is the kind of place where everyone wants to live. Martha Moore, divorced mother of four, has spent her whole life here and can't imagine being anywhere else.But something frightening has happened, and it affects Martha and her children. It also touches David Cole Marks, the new minister in town.Martha's a woman without faith, still bitter about a husband's betrayal. And David's a minister with secrets, a past that haunts him. But they have to put these burdens aside to work together, to make a difference to Shelter Valley. And each other?

Nothing Sacred

Leslie Sanderson's brother, Cal, is dead–and he's left behind two children no one knew he had. She and Kip Webster, Cal's closest friend, «inherit» these secret kids.As they form their makeshift family, Leslie and Kip decide to share a house. And that leads to other kinds of sharing…. One night, just before Christmas, Leslie tells him about the devastating thing that happened when she was young–something she's kept secret all this time.Because in Kip, she finds the promise of safety, acceptance and love. The promise of what family should be. The promise of Christmas….

The Promise of Christmas

A brother's secrets, a brother's loveHead of security Harper Davidson is shocked when her ex's grandmother becomes the newest resident at The Lemonade Stand shelter. The suspected abuser? The woman's own grandson, Harper's ex-husband. None of this makes any sense. And yet she knows his brother, Mason Thomas, would not make these accusations lightly. For her daughter's sake, Harper agrees to help Mason uncover the truth.Clouding the investigation is the attraction that still lingers between her and Mason – a temptation Harper won't give in to again. Harper's loyalty and emotions are divided once more. And when past secrets come to light, she's not sure who to trust…

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Falling For The Brother

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cтихи, поэзия

On the outside, Arizona chief prosecutor Janet McNeil is the epitome of a driven, daring attorney who lives life by her own rules. But inside, her world is in chaos.Terrifying nightmares keep her in a constant state of anxiety. Yet saving face is imperative now that she's prosecuting a member of a white supremacy organization, a killer who wouldn't think twice about using his twisted followers to silence Janet for good.Neighbor Simon Green is the only person who isn't begging her to quit the case. Simon, an ex-police officer with dark secrets of his own, understands how vital it is to obliterate violence and hate. But when one word from the most unlikely source threatens to change their lives forever, Janet must decide what risks she's willing to take.

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In Plain Sight

Once a woman of wealth and privilege, Kate Whitehead now lives an ordinary life in an ordinary San Diego neighborhood as Tricia Campbell. Two years ago she escaped her powerful and abusive husband and became a different person. She disappeared for her own safety–and that of her unborn child.Tricia has found a measure of happiness with paramedic Scott McCall, although he knows nothing of her background, and they live as a family with her son. Then a newspaper article threatens her newfound life: her husband, Thomas, has been charged with her «murder.» Tricia must make a difficult choice–protect herself and let an innocent man go to jail, or do the right thing and save a man who could destroy everything.

Hidden

By the Year 2000: BABY!What have you resolved to do by the year 2000?Susan Kennedy's going to have a baby…by the time she turns forty. Which is in the year 2000. It's something she's wanted–planned–for the past decade. Now she's got everything she needs to go ahead. A nice home, a successful career, a loving family. Everything except for a husband.She used to have a husband–Michael Kennedy–and that's the man she wants for her baby's father. She only needs Michael's «biological» contribution, though.But then, when Susan's pregnant, she discovers two unexpected complications:1. She loves Michael more than ever and wants him to be her husband again–and a father to his child.2. There isn't goin to be one baby, but two–she's having twins!

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My Babies and Me

She can’t afford to lose this…or himThere's no way that struggling single mom Janie Young is going to lose Family Secrets. Not even to Dr. Burke Carter. The prize money and media exposure from the cooking-competition show will secure the future for her and her son, who has special needs. Sure, Burke is a talented chef with his own reasons to win, but he already has so much: wealth, a beautiful daughter, great looks…and definitely her attention. As their families become closer, Janie is beginning to care too much about him. But she can't afford to get involved. Not when everything is riding on beating him.

For Love Or Money

Bonnie Nielson's life looks perfect. She has everything she's always wanted–a husband and child she adores, a successful business, close family and friends, a town she loves. And yet she's not happy.For some unaccountable reason, Bonnie is no longer satisfied with the life she and Keith have created in Shelter Valley.She has to figure out why. And–more important–she has to fix the problem, whatever it is. Whatever it takes. Before she loses everyone and everything she loves.

Born in the Valley

This is a story for every woman who has a best friend…Bailey Watters and Koralynn Mitchell consider themselves «sisters of the soul.» Their circumstances growing up couldn't have been more different; Kora came from a wealthy, privileged family, while Bailey's home life was hard. They'd do anything for each other. «I'd give you a kidney,» they always say. There are no secrets between them–until there's one secret Bailey can't share.This is a story for every woman who's been in love.Danny Brown is the only man Kora's ever wanted, ever loved, and her marriage seems as flawless as everything else in her life. Bailey, however, doesn't want a husband. She does want a baby–but only by IVF. And the perfect donor, the perfect biological father, would be a man like…Danny.What happens when love and friendship collide?Kora might be willing to give Bailey a kidney. But what about a baby?

Tara Taylor Quinn