Wendy Warren

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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…

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...

A Bride Until MidnightInnkeeper 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 UnexpectedRosemary 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...