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Is she the one who can bring new love into his darkened heart? As a new landlord, Dr Gideon Bowen is more irritating than ingratiating. Eden Berman should probably consider moving. But in the spirit of the holidays—and curiosity about Gideon and his enigmatic past—Eden offers her friendship instead. As their relationship ignites, it’s clear that Gideon is more mensch than menace. With each candle of Hanukkah burning brighter, can Eden light his way to love?

Rescued…by the brother of the (ex-)groom! Nikki Choi loves the boisterous family she was adopted into as a baby. But dreams of her own happy-ever-after are dashed when her fiancé suddenly calls off the wedding. Leave it to her BFF to come to her rescue! Evan is the perfect faux beau, offering support and making no demands. But the single dad seems intent on keeping things pretend, while Nikki is shocked to be falling wildly, deeply for her old friend…

In a work that fundamentally recasts the history of colonial America, Wendy Warren shows how the institution of slavery was inexorably linked with the first century of English colonization of New England. While most histories of slavery in early America confine themselves to the Southern colonies and the Caribbean, New England Bound forcefully widens the historical aperture to include the entirety of English North America, integrating the famed "city on a hill" of seventeenth-century Puritan New England into the cruel Atlantic system from its very beginnings.Using original research culled from dozens of archives, Warren conclusively links the growth of the northern colonies to the Atlantic slave trade, showing how seventeenth-century New England’s fledgling economy derived its vitality from the profusion of ships that coursed through its ports, passing through on their way to and from the West Indian sugar colonies. What’s more, leading New England families like the Winthrops and Pynchons invested heavily in the West Indies, owning both land and human property, the profits of which eventually wended their way back north. That money, New England Bound shows, was the tragic fuel for the colonial wars of removal and replacement of New England Indians that characterized the initial colonization of the region. Warren painstakingly documents the little-known history of how Native Americans were systematically sold as slaves to plantations in the Caribbean, even in the first decades of English colonization.And even while New England Bound explains the way in which the Atlantic slave trade drove the colonization of New England, it also brings to light, in many cases for the first time ever, the lives of the thousands of reluctant Indian and African slaves who found themselves forced into the project of building that city on a hill. We encounter enslaved Africans working side jobs as con artists, enslaved Indians who protested their banishment to sugar islands, enslaved Africans who set fire to their owners’ homes and goods, and enslaved Africans who saved their owners’ lives. In Warren’s meticulous, compelling, and hard-won recovery of such forgotten lives, the true variety of chattel slavery in the Americas comes to light, and New England Bound becomes the new standard for understanding colonial America.

Prodigal Son Called away from his law firm, Jack Hanson is the only man who can save his family’s business. He hires Samantha Edwards, they’d known each other before…so it’s no wonder there are intense sparks flying between them. Samantha may be just the woman to show Jack how to live again… The Boss and Miss Baxter Nina, I’m so sorry about your job at the office. Your dedication and charm have always made a good impression on me. So I’d be pleased if you’d consider working for me, personally, as my assistant. As a responsible single mum it would be really tough for you without work. However, there’s plenty of room for you and your adorable children in my apartment… The Baby Deal Delia McCray’s a smart, beautiful entrepreneur and Hanson Media Group is dying for her business. But she’s pregnant with a Hanson baby – after just one night with Andrew! He has to marry her – it’s the right thing to do for the family and the company. He must get her to the altar!

She would be his Circle of Gold Diana Palmer Sheltered Kasie Mayfield has met her match in the form of formidable rancher Gil Callister. She has just been hired by his younger brother as live-in secretary. She has a schoolgirl crush on her boss, but Kasie soon realises that it pales in comparison to the passion Gil awakens in her. Trophy WivesJan Colley Lucy McKinlay couldn’t help but notice tycoon Ethan Rae’s rugged good looks, but it was the mystery lurking in those piercing eyes that caught her attention. He had a reputation for getting what he wanted and right now Ethan wanted answers…and Lucy was the means to getting them. Was Ethan above seducing Lucy to further his agenda? Dakota BrideWendy Warren When Chase Reynolds came to town, Annette Owens saw a man who dared her to take a chance on love. Yet up close and personal with all that raw masculinity, the pretty widow discovered she didn’t know the first thing about seduction! Or about Chase… And though she couldn’t resist Chase’s soul-searing passion and the bachelor dad clearly needed a bride, he hadn’t promised her his love…

Dare to dream… these sparkling romances will make you laugh, cry and fall in love – again and again! Cowboy Comes Back Now that his rodeo career is over, Kade has nowhere to go but back home. He just wants to keep his head down, fix up his father’s ranch and sell it so he can afford to spend more time with his daughter. Unfortunately, after ten years he can’t avoid Libby Hale…or the way she still owns his heart. The Cowboy’s Convenient Bride Claire needs a job and she needed it yesterday. But when the single mum arrives at Pine Road Ranch, she doesn’t expect to be greeted by churlish former rodeo champ Fletcher. Turns out sexy Fletch isn’t looking for a housekeeper – he’s looking for a wife

A Bride Until Midnight Innkeeper Summer was Orchard Hill’s very own keeper of secrets. Of course, the biggest secret she kept was her own – a past life that had made headlines! So when fate deposited journalist Kyle on her doorstep, he sparked her deepest suspicions…and her deepest desires. Something Unexpected Rosemary knew she was in trouble when the handsome stranger who’d romanced her on the dance floor turned out to be her new home town’s golden boy! And they’re about to share a whole lot more than a slow dance – she’s having his baby…

Guess Who’s Back?! Her acting career over before it began and her bank account empty, Lilah Owens returned to her tiny home town, with the one thing she did have, a big secret in the form of her eleven-year-old daughter. Not five minutes in town, she ran into the unbearably handsome, born-on-the-wrong-side-of-the-tracks boy she’d left behind but never forgot.Only now Gus Hoffman was all man, owned most of the town, had a fancy fiancée and had no idea that he was a father! Gus knew the beautiful woman he’d loved and lost was hiding something – and that meeting once more at midnight, the way they used to, would reveal her secrets.But could Gus handle the truth – and his still-burning passion for Lilah?

When yet another scandal rocked the Children's Connection, it was PR whiz LJ Logan to the rescue. Sharp and sophisticated, LJ was confident he could salvage the center's battered reputation. But Eden Carter, one of the Connection's most beloved birth specialists, wasn't so sure. Stung by the dazzling doula and her criticism of his creative campaign, LJ issued a challenge: You come up with something better. To LJ's surprise Eden agreed.The one condition: LJ must care for the single mom's infant son for one week. One week? No problem. But when LJ began to play Mr. Mom, he didn't realize it was a role he might want to embrace for life….

Was The Perfect Man Right in Front of Her? Back in high school, Gabrielle had her future planned out, down to the perfect groom and the marriage proposal on graduation night. Instead, she ended up sharing one unexpected night of passion with Caleb Wells.Fifteen years later, the boy from the wrong side of town was back – now an irresistibly attractive single dad who was making Gabby wonder if she’d been given a second chance to land her Mr Right…

MARY POPPINS—P.I.?Private investigator D.J. Holden lived by the one rule she learned from her boss and foster father: Never go undercover. But when she discovered that his agency was in trouble, she accepted a job to investigate Maxwell Lotorto, the wayward grandchild of a demanding woman and heir to a grocery fortune….And became Daisy June, nanny extraordinaire.What D.J. didn''t expect was for her first undercover job to turn into something more—a passion for Max and for his family unlike anything she''d ever known. But when Max learned the truth about his supernanny''s true identity, would her duplicity ruin a chance at true love?

MAKING PLANS, MAKING FRIENDS…MAKING A BABY?Elaine Lowry is a divorcée with a plan: to have a baby on her own. Why shouldn’t she have the child she always dreamed of—the child her ex-husband is now having with his new wife! As if it’s not enough that he’s taken the house and, with it, her social standing.Enter sinfully handsome lawyer-for-the-opposing side Mitch Ryder. Feeling guilty about the part he played in Elaine’s divorce, he takes over as landlord on her apartment before it’s sold right from under her. Mitch offers himself as a daddy candidate on one condition: their marriage needs to be all business. But Mitch can’t help the tender protective feelings he has for Elaine, especially when they make love for the first time. And besides, who says business comes before pleasure?

WHEN CHASE REYNOLDS CAME TO TOWN, FOLKS SMELLED DANGER…But Annette Owens saw an irresistible man who dared her to take a chance on love. Yet once Nettie was up close and personal with all that raw masculinity, the pretty widow discovered she didn’t know the first thing about seduction! Or about Chase….For the rugged stranger was not a no-strings bachelor for shy Nettie to court, but a world-weary bachelor—with a little boy, to boot! And though she couldn’t resist Chase’s soul-searing passion, his future plans gave her pause. For the bachelor dad clearly needed a bride, but hadn’t promised her his love….Dangerous? Oh yes, he was. But how could Nettie have known the biggest risk would be to her heart?

MAKING PLANS, MAKING FRIENDS…MAKING A BABY? Elaine Lowry is a divorcée with a plan: to have a baby on her own. Why shouldn't she have the child she always dreamed of–the child her ex-husband is now having with his new wife! As if it's not enough that he's taken the house and, with it, her social standing.Enter sinfully handsome lawyer-for-the-opposing side Mitch Ryder. Feeling guilty about the part he played in Elaine's divorce, he takes over as landlord on her apartment before it's sold right from under her. Mitch offers himself as a daddy candidate on one condition: their marriage needs to be all business. But Mitch can't help the tender protective feelings he has for Elaine, especially when they make love for the first time. And besides, who says business comes before pleasure?

MARY POPPINS–P.I.? Private investigator D.J. Holden lived by the one rule she learned from her boss and foster father: Never go undercover. But when she discovered that his agency was in trouble, she accepted a job to investigate Maxwell Lotorto, the wayward grandchild of a demanding woman and heir to a grocery fortune….And became Daisy June, nanny extraordinaire.What D.J. didn't expect was for her first undercover job to turn into something more–a passion for Max and for his family unlike anything she'd ever known. But when Max learned the truth about his supernanny's true identity, would her duplicity ruin a chance at true love?

How did Audrey Griffin–a blacksmith by trade– become a wine hostess? Sure, she's all about "seizing the day," but she's a tomboy, not a booth bunny. Granted, her makeover has transformed her into a hottie–but when you're working with a straitlaced Aussie god like vintner Shane Preston, a little fashion goes a long way!Unfortunately, no-strings-attached doesn't work for Shane. Something about Audrey makes him want more from their fiery attraction–despite the fact that "commitment" leaves Audrey shakier than a horse on Rollerblades. Is she balking at love…or simply biding her time?

Sweet, shy Eleanor Lippert had had it! She now held the dubious title of oldest unmarried woman in Oakdale–and virgin, to boot. It was high time she shed her scholarly shell and unleashed the temptress within. Problem was, she didn't know the first thing about men, let alone seducing one….Heartbreaker Cole Sullivan had been away for twelve years, and boy, had things changed! The innocent girl who once had tutored him in math now was a woman in need of his help…to snare a man! He'd always admired Eleanor, but her stunning transformation was too much for any man to resist–even a sworn bachelor like him…

FROM SUMMER LOVE . . . TO FOREVER FAMILY?In all her life, Izzy Lambert has only told one lie–fourteen years ago. Now that her teenage summer love is back in town she's on a mission to cover it up. But how do you hide a gangly fourteen-year-old boy?Years ago, when golden boy Nate Thayer left Thunder Ridge, he never looked back. Izzy was from the wrong side of the tracks and they weren't ready to be parents to their unborn baby. Adoption was the answer. Now Nate's back home and seeing Izzy is like pouring gasoline on a fire that never died. But an even bigger surprise awaits him–finding out she wasn't the only one he left behind….

It only took one kiss…Willa Holmes has one rule: Don't fall in love! Love brings ties and ties bring pain, and she's had enough of that. That's why the pastry chef fled to Thunder Ridge in the first place, to live privately and bake anonymously. But then she makes a big mistake: she kisses the local sheriff. The tall, dark, incredibly sexy sheriff….No high-speed chase. That's Derek Neel's dating rule…till Willa. But the cowboy sheriff's hot pursuit hits a roadblock when he takes in an at-risk boy and Willa bucks like a frightened filly. Why is she so scared of the very things he wants most–love, family, forever? Derek isn't sure, but he knows this: Not even Willa can escape the loving arms of the law!

Marriage is in this playbook! Football champion Ethan Ladd planned to spend the off-season dating beautiful women and living the good life. Until his ailing infant nephew is thrust into his care. Despite his best efforts, social services doesn't believe Ethan is up to the task. It's fourth and long…and the offense has a loaded diaper. Time to pull out a trick play.Marry Ethan Ladd? They dated once. It was so bad, people are still talking about it. But after Gemma Gould's failed engagement, a temporary husband and baby may be the closest she ever comes to having her dream family. Gemma agrees to play until Ethan wins custody. But when he makes a play for her heart…will they score a touchdown for love?

Can friends ever be more… Jenna LeBlanc and Mac O’Shea have been friends forever so when Jenna needs a fake fiancé who better to turn to. But what happens when pretending starts to feel too real…*When Ava Lange is thrown into the spotlight to Australia's latest pin-up presenter, Ava's mortified. Not least because the man doing the arm-bending is her brother's oldest friend – and her long-time crush – Daniel Arnot!*Izzy Lambert has only told one lie in her life-fourteen years ago. Now that her teenage love is back in town she's on a mission to cover it up…But how do you hide a gangly fourteen-year-old boy?

Hoping for a fresh start, a pastry moves to a small town and gets a second chance at love with the local sheriff in this heartwarming romance. Willa Holmes has one rule: don’t fall in love! Love brings ties and ties bring pain, and she’s had enough of that. That’s why the pastry chef fled to Thunder Ridge in the first place—to live privately and bake anonymously. But then she makes a big mistake: she kisses the local sheriff. The tall, dark, incredibly sexy sheriff . . .No high-speed chase. That’s Derek Neel’s dating rule . . . till Willa. But the cowboy lawman’s hot pursuit hits a roadblock when he takes in an at-risk boy and Willa bucks like a frightened filly. Why is she so scared of the very things he wants most—love, family, forever? Derek isn’t sure, but he knows this: not even Willa can escape the loving arms of the law!

Finalist for the Pulitzer PrizeWidely hailed as a “powerfully written” history about America’s beginnings (Annette Gordon-Reed), New England Bound fundamentally changes the story of America’s seventeenth-century origins. Building on the works of giants like Bernard Bailyn and Edmund S. Morgan, Wendy Warren has not only “mastered that scholarship” but has now rendered it in “an original way, and deepened the story” (New York Times Book Review). While earlier histories of slavery largely confine themselves to the South, Warren’s “panoptical exploration” (Christian Science Monitor) links the growth of the northern colonies to the slave trade and examines the complicity of New England’s leading families, demonstrating how the region’s economy derived its vitality from the slave trading ships coursing through its ports.And even while New England Bound explains the way in which the Atlantic slave trade drove the colonization of New England, it also brings to light, in many cases for the first time ever, the lives of the thousands of reluctant Indian and African slaves who found themselves forced into the project of building that city on a hill. We encounter enslaved Africans working side jobs as con artists, enslaved Indians who protested their banishment to sugar islands, enslaved Africans who set fire to their owners’ homes and goods, and enslaved Africans who saved their owners’ lives. In Warren’s meticulous, compelling, and hard-won recovery of such forgotten lives, the true variety of chattel slavery in the Americas comes to light, and New England Bound becomes the new standard for understanding colonial America.

¿Podría negar la ardiente pasión que seguía sintiendo por aquella mujer?Su carrera de actriz había acabado antes siquiera de empezar y se había quedado sin dinero, así que Lilah Owens decidió volver a casa con lo único que tenía; el enorme secreto que era su hija de once años. Llevaba menos de cinco minutos en su pequeña ciudad cuando se encontró con el chico increíblemente guapo al que había dejado atrás, pero al que nunca había conseguido olvidar. Pero ahora Gus Hoffman era todo un hombre, dueño de casi toda la ciudad, y se había prometido con una sofisticada mujer.Gus sabía que aquella hermosa mujer a la que tanto había amado escondía algo… y que si se encontraban una vez más a medianoche como habían hecho siempre, descubriría su secreto…

Un millonario enamoradoMarion LennoxEl millonario Jackson Baird era conocido como "el soltero más codiciado de Australia", y Molly Farr tenía que cerrar aquel trato con él o perdería su empleo. Por eso lo último que necesitaba era sentirse atraída por su cliente más importante. Especialmente sabiendo que Jackson tenía fama de salir solo con las mujeres más guapas y sofisticadas.¿Qué podría ver en ella un hombre como él? Molly no lo sabía..., pero Jackson sí.Siempre a mi ladoBetty NeelsCuando el doctor Oliver Fforde se presentó en la casa de huéspedes de Amabel, a ella le causó una tremenda impresión, porque no esperaba volver a verlo.Con un hombre tan atento y caballeroso resultaba muy difícil intentar ser una mujer independiente. Pero Amabel tenía una enorme duda: ¿sería aquella sincera amistad una buena base para el matrimonio?Lecciones de pasiónWendy WarrenEl rompecorazones Cole Sullivan había estado fuera de la ciudad los últimos doce años y se daba cuenta de cómo habían cambiado las cosas. Eleanor Lippert, la muchacha inocente que una vez lo había ayudado a aprobar las matemáticas, era ahora una mujer que necesitaba su ayuda... para cazar a un hombre. Él siempre había admirado a Eleonor, pero aquella transformación habría sido demasiado para cualquiera... Ni un soltero empedernido como él sería capaz de resistirse.

A sua carreira de actriz acabara antes sequer de ter começado e, além disso, ficara sem dinheiro, portanto Lilah Owens decidiu voltar para casa com a única coisa que tinha: o enorme segredo que a sua filha de onze anos representava. Estava há menos de cinco minutos na sua pequena cidade quando se encontrou com o incrivelmente atraente rapaz que deixara para trás, mas que nunca conseguira esquecer. Todavia, agora, Gus Hoffman era um homem, dono de quase toda a cidade e estava noivo de uma mulher sofisticada.Gus sabia que aquela bonita mulher que tanto amara escondia alguma coisa… e que se se encontrassem mais uma vez à meia-noite, como sempre tinham feito no passado, descobriria o seu segredo…

¿Por qué tenía que renunciar al hijo que siempre había deseado?Elaine Lowry estaba divorciada y tenía un plan: quería tener un hijo. De hecho quería el hijo que su ex marido iba a tener con su nueva esposa. Al fin y al cabo, él ya se había quedado con la casa y la posición social.Entonces apareció el abogado de la parte contraria, el guapísimo Mitch Ryder. Culpable por su contribución al divorcio de Elaine, Mitch se ofreció como padre. Sólo había una condición: su matrimonio no sería nada más que un negocio. Pero Mitch no tardó en sentir el impulso de proteger a Elaine, sobre todo después de hacer el amor con ella. Además, ¿quién dijo que los negocios fueran más importantes que el placer?

Hay más de una manera de seducir a un hombre.La dulce y tímida Eleanor Lippert lo había conseguido. Tenía el dudoso privilegio de ser la soltera más vieja de Oakdale... y, para colmo de males, era virgen. Ya iba siendo hora de que se deshiciera de su apariencia de colegiala y dejara salir a la mujer apasionada que llevaba dentro. El problema era que no sabía absolutamente nada de hombres y mucho menos del arte de la seducción.El rompecorazones Cole Sullivan había estado fuera de la ciudad durante los últimos doce años y se daba cuenta de cómo habían cambiado las cosas. La muchacha inocente que una vez lo había ayudado a aprobar las matemáticas era ahora una mujer que necesitaba su ayuda... para cazar a un hombre. Él siempre había admirado a Eleonor, pero aquella transformación habría sido demasiado para cualquiera... Ni un soltero empedernido como él sería capaz de resistirse.

¿Qué ocurriría cuando él descubriera su doble identidad?La investigadora privada D. J. Holden siempre había obedecido una regla que le había enseñado su jefe y padre adoptivo: nunca debía aceptar misiones de incógnito. Pero cuando descubrió que la agencia estaba en peligro de bancarrota, D. J. accedió a investigar a Maxwell Lotorto, el rebelde heredero de una poderosa dinastía. Así fue como se convirtió en Daisy June, la niñera.Lo que ella no esperaba era que aquella primera misión de incógnito acabara convirtiéndose en algo mucho más intenso… en un amor hacia Max y a su familia que no se parecía a nada que hubiera sentido en su vida…