Cuando la mejor amiga de Pia O’Brian murió, ésta esperaba heredar a su querido gato, pero, en lugar de eso, Crystal le dejó tres embriones congelados. Pia no creía que estuviera preparada para la maternidad. Sin embargo, dispuesta a cumplir el sueño de su amiga, decidió convertirse en madre soltera… y ese mismo día conoció a un hombre guapísimo y sexy.Raúl Moreno, un famoso ex jugador de fútbol americano que se había criado en una casa de acogida, era ahora más rico de lo que podría haber imaginado nunca y dirigía un campamento para los niños necesitados de Fool’s Gold. Aunque después de su última relación había decidido olvidarse de las mujeres, no podía sacarse de la cabeza a la dulce y sexy Pia… y le propuso un descabellado plan.

Durante la adolescencia, Molly Anderson se había enamorado platónicamente del atractivo Dylan Black, a pesar de que era un joven demasiado rebelde y sólo tenía ojos para su hermana Janet. Pero antes de marcharse de su ciudad natal con el corazón roto, Dylan le había dado a Molly el anillo de compromiso rechazado por Janet y le había prometido llevarla a correr una aventura algún día. Bueno, como todo su mundo se había venido abajo de repente, Molly decidió buscar a Dylan y aceptar su ofrecimiento.Dylan siempre había sentido debilidad por Molly. Entonces, ¿por qué no pasar unos días con ella y divertirse sin lazos emocionales de por medio? Después, los dos habían prometido seguir su camino. Pero eso fue antes de que Molly despertara su deseo y conmoviera su alma cínica con su valor callado. Tal vez algunas promesas estaban destinadas a romperse…

Cuando la mejor amiga de Pia O’Brian murió, ésta esperaba heredar a su querido gato, pero, en lugar de eso, Crystal le dejó tres embriones congelados. Pia no creía que estuviera preparada para la maternidad. Sin embargo, dispuesta a cumplir el sueño de su amiga, decidió convertirse en madre soltera… y ese mismo día conoció a un hombre guapísimo y sexy.Raúl Moreno, un famoso ex jugador de fútbol americano que se había criado en una casa de acogida, era ahora más rico de lo que podría haber imaginado nunca y dirigía un campamento para los niños necesitados de Fool’s Gold. Aunque después de su última relación había decidido olvidarse de las mujeres, no podía sacarse de la cabeza a la dulce y sexy Pia… y le propuso un descabellado plan.

Izzy has always been the fearless Titan sister. But when an oil rig blows up, leaving her barely able to see, her sisters find themselves as concerned by her emotional withdrawal as by the possibility that the explosion was no accident. Are the mind games their long-lost brother Garth has been playing turning physical? Or is someone else out to get them?When her sisters enroll her in a survivor training camp, Izzy is not happy. Nick, her instructor, is determined that she won't be left in the dark. In more ways than one. But if he tells her the terrible truth behind why he's helping her, he'll never see her again. Unless they're both willing to take the biggest risk of all.

Dangerous GamesJamie Sanders was finally turning her back on her secret life as a government agent to search for who she really was – as a person, and as a woman. But first she had to take on one final mission. She was determined to help the man who had made her into a lethal killing machine – the man who had also awakened the woman within her…But as she rescued Zach Jones from his foreign captors and tried everything in her power to heal the wounds that scarred him, inside and out, she had to accept what she'd been hiding from for years – that he was what she'd been searching for all along.

"Responsibility" should be Nicole Keyes's middle name. After all, not many people would sacrifice their lives to run the family bakery and raise a younger sibling. But with Nicole's twin sister now blissfully married and her younger sis turning out more femme fatale than girl-next-door, super reliable Nicole is getting sick of putting everyone else's needs first!Enter Hawk. The deliciously sexy former NFL player offers Nicole a taste of the freedom she craves. Hawk may know the way, blindfolded, to her sweet spot, but Nicole's not about to let him get close enough to break her heart. Of course, she might not have a choice in the matter if Hawk's past keeps getting in the way of their present…

Don't ask Claire Keyes. The twenty – eight – year – old piano prodigy has never had a regular boyfriend, much less a real romance. Her music career has left little room for friends or family – which is just part of the reason she hasn't seen the family bakery or her two sisters in years.But now Nicole is sick, and Jesse is AWOL. Despite the fact that Claire can't boil water, she's determined to play caretaker. Connecting with her sisters tops her to – do list.along with falling in love, or at least in lust, for the first time.Ruggedly sexy Wyatt just might fit the bill. Although he keeps saying that he and Claire come from entirely different worlds, he lights up hotter than a bakery oven whenever Claire is near. If this keeps up, she just might sweet – talk him into her bed.and her life.

Jesse Keyes has done some serious growing up. With a steady job and a vibrant four-year-old son, Gabe, she's in a far better place than when she left Seattle five years ago.pregnant and misunderstood by almost everyone in her life.Now it's time to go home and face her demons. But her sisters, Claire and Nicole, aren't exactly impressed with the new and improved Jesse. And then there's Matt, Gabe's father, who makes it clear that he never wants to see her again despite the lust that still smolders between them.Jesse doesn't know if she can make up for all the mistakes of her past. But the promise of sweet nights with Matt might just give her the extra incentive she needs to make it worth the trouble…

After three romantic flame-outs in a year and a restaurant career going nowhere, Dani Buchanan needs a fresh start. She goes looking for her biological father, but never expects to find a senator running for president. As his long-lost 'love child,' Dani could seriously derail the election- something his handsome campaign manager Alex Canfield isn't going to let happen. Dani isn't about to let Alex run her life, no matter how tempting she finds him-and Alex isn't going to allow Dani to melt his cynicism, no matter how close he has to get. The last thing either of them wants is love, especially with scandals brewing and family trouble on the way. But Dani and Alex are forced to trust each other, and when trust turns to passion, the potential for disaster is only a tabloid scandal away.

Cuando Dani Buchanan decidió encontrar a su padre biológico, no esperaba descubrir que éste fuera un senador que optaba a la presidencia del país. Dani podía poner en serio peligro la elección del senador, algo que su atractivo hijo adoptivo y director de campaña, Alex Canfield, no permitiría que ocurriera. Ella tampoco iba a dejar que Alex dirigiera su vida, por tentador que le encontrara.Ninguno de los dos quería enamorarse, sobre todo teniendo en cuenta el escándalo y los problemas que eso supondría para la familia Canfield, pero finalmente se vieron obligados a confiar el uno en el otro y, en cuanto la confianza se convirtió en pasión, el escándalo estuvo servido.

USA Today bestselling author Susan Mallery returns to the idyllic setting of her sensual Marcelli sisters trilogy – California wine country, where love and laughter flow, and where an unlikely couple discovers the one thing their hearts hunger for most: a place to call home.The rebel of the Marcelli family, Joe never joined his sisters Katie, Francesca, and Brenna in running the winery business. Instead, he chose a life of military service. But now that this handsome, headstrong former Navy SEAL has received a new, undercover assignment – protecting none other than the commander in chief's daughter – he finds himself stationed back at the California vineyard he defiantly left behind. First-daughter Darcy Jensen has been placed in hiding at the Marcelli Winery after surviving a kidnapping attempt… and now it's Joe's job to keep the fearful, fiery beauty out of harm's way. Begrudgingly, Joe heeds his presidential order – until "babysitting" Darcy proves to be the greatest pleasure he's ever known. How can Joe protect Darcy from danger, when he's falling dangerously in love? And can Darcy trust that Joe's intentions are true – when no one else's have ever been?

A smart, independent woman with a gorgeous four-year-old son, Mia Marcelli lost her one true love. Four years ago, while working undercover for the CIA, she watched Diego, the father of her unborn child, perish before her very eyes – crumbling the world around her. But one morning she awakens to find Diego lying next to her, alive and well with an unbelievable confession: he is really Rafael, Prince of Calandria, and he had been working covertly on the same mission when they met – his death had been staged. Utterly stunned, Mia is wary and delighted – she may have suffered a broken heart, but her breathtakingly handsome lover is back to reignite the passion that existed between them. Little does she know that Rafael has returned to give his newfound son a proper upbringing back in Calandria – even if it means seducing Mia into marriage. But when Rafael finds himself truly falling for this luscious beauty, he must decide between his royal duties and the woman who has claimed his heart.

Her daddy said the Darbys were dirt… But to young Katie Fitzgerald, the sun rose and set on rugged Jack Darby. Jack was her childhood hero, her secret teen beau. But he hadn't loved her enough to leave their feuding families behind, and blinding heartbreak had led her into another man's arms-and 11 years of loneliness.When Katie returned to the ranch next door, emotions tore through Jack like a Texas twister. Anguish over her youthful betrayal, tenderness for her shy son-and a hunger so deep it hollowed him out. But hadn't 11 lonely years taught him he was a fool to love a Fitzgerald?

For the Marcelli sisters of California wine country, the season is ripe for romance!Francesca Marcelli married at eighteen – right on schedule, according to her warm, colorful family, who have always said a beauty like Francesca need never worry about finding love. But a few years later, finding herself on her own with a wide open future ahead of her, she pursues her educational passions – with a risky experiment that takes her straight into the arms of playboy CEO Sam Reese. Delighted by Francesca's interest in a no-strings relationship, Sam suddenly finds himself needing her outside the bedroom when a secret from his past lands on his doorstep. But Francesca soon has a secret of her own to tell – a bombshell that will force the diehard bachelor to show his true colors. Are there "I do"s in Sam and Francesca's future? Only if she can persuade him that home truly is where the heart finds happiness.

FROM ROYAL NANNY TO PRINCESS BRIDE?Dedicated teacher Kayleen James was determined to safeguard the future of her orphaned students-even if it meant defying Prince As'ad of El Deharia himself! But the seductive ruler stunned her by offering to adopt the three little girls. On one condition…Suddenly As'ad was a single father in desperate need of a nanny, and Kayleen was the only woman for the job. Soon the palace was in an uproar-all because of the spirited redhead. Losing his heart wasn't part of the arrangement, until Kayleen showed the honor-bound sheik what he'd been missing. Could he convince her that she belonged in his exotic desert kingdom as his princess-and his wife?

Maggie Collins had come to the exotic kingdom of El Deharia to restore Prince Qadir's antique car…not to get married. The no-frills mechanic had been burned by love before, and marriage-even to a seductive sheik-didn't top her agenda. But then Qadir made her an offer she should have refused. It was meant to be a temporary engagement…until Maggie discovered she was pregnant. Now Qadir was honor-bound to give Maggie and her child the protection of his name. He never expected her to sweep him off his feet. Would there be a royal wedding after all?

A party planner extraordinaire, Katie Marcelli loves her big, boisterous family – even when their chronic matchmaking drives her crazy! In the Marcelli household, fine wine and good food are as celebrated as true love, so when her eighteen-year-old sister announces her engagement, Katie promises her the perfect wedding. There's only one hitch: the father of the groom, Zach Stryker, who is adamantly opposed to his son marrying so young. Now, despite her instant attraction to the handsome, arrogant attorney, Katie must approach with caution: Zach, who hired Katie for a major fundraiser, holds the fate of her business in his hands – and how can she trust a man who is willing to break her sister's heart? It will take a passionate battle of wills to determine if wedding bells will ring for a Marcelli bride, and to unlock the deepest desires – for family, love, and home – inside a strong-willed man's heart.

Siempre se había sentido enormemente intrigada por aquel palacio… y por el príncipe que vivía en él.Nadie podía negar que el príncipe Murat era un hombre misterioso, poderoso y muy inteligente, pero Daphne Snowden quería que su futuro esposo tuviera algo más. Quería a alguien que no sólo la viera como la mujer que le daría un heredero al trono. Alguien que la respetara. Alguien que la amara.Y sin embargo, no podía aplacar el deseo y la curiosidad que sentía por él…Aunque Murat había cambiado con el paso del tiempo, ella seguía sintiendo un profundo interés por el único hombre que había amado en su vida. Pero, ¿obedecer sus exigencias y casarse con él? ¡Jamás!

No tenía nada en contra de mantener una relación sin ataduras, pero su corazón no tardó en pedirle algo más…Stephanie Wynne era una mujer acostumbrada a vivir a toda velocidad, hasta que el agente del FBI Nash Harmon se alojó en su pequeño hotel… y despertó sus fantasías. Cuando por fin se besaron de verdad, Stephanie decidió poner algunas reglas. No había ningún problema en compartir sensuales conversaciones de cama, pero ni hablar de amor…Parecía que nada podía sorprender a Nash hasta que aquella mujer le hizo perder el control; le enloqueció las hormonas… y el corazón.

El empresario Ryan Bennett había accedido a hacerse pasar por su primo en una cita a ciegas. Desde el momento en que vio a Julie Nelson hasta el momento en el que debería haberle dicho adiós, Ryan estuvo cautivado por aquella mujer y no pudo evitar invitarla a compartir su cama. Después del apasionado encuentro, Ryan confesó su verdadera identidad y trató de convencerla de que lo que había entre ellos era real a pesar del engaño inicial, pero Julie no estaba dispuesta a hacerlo. Ahora lo consideraba un enemigo…Pronto daría a luz al hijo del enemigo…