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Winner of the 1985 Seal Books First Novel Award and of the Books in Canada First Novel Award To Mrs. Hopper, Yoshi Takahashi may be just another name from her daughters’ past, but for Jean and her sister, Colette, he stands for much more. Years ago, Mr. Takahashi moved into their Toronto neighbourhood and sent the adolescent lives of Jean and Colette into a tailspin. They weren’t content merely to befriend the Japanese pianist – in their infatuation they sought to mirror his life as closely as...

One night during the midsummer toward the end of July, 1963, just several weeks before Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his «I Have a Dream» speech from the Lincoln Memorial and about four months before President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, a young American high school graduate awoke from his slumber to see a waking vision of his girlfriend sitting at the foot of a cross cuddling a baby boy. Two weeks later he was astounded by a very unexpected vision of an enthralling, beautiful,...

"She had a voice like an angel, smooth and complex as a twenty-year-old single malt, rich as thick cream. Everyone who heard Olivia sing felt as if she could see right into their souls, that her songs were meant for them alone. This was the magic her artistry conjured. In earlier times, she wouldhave been put to death as a witch. Such was the talent of Olivia Saint." Meet Andy Curran, drummer in a struggling jazz trio. When a distinctly odd street person sings at an open mic night at the...

The past has its place…in the past! Innkeeper Shay James has been telling herself for a decade that she's over her ex-fiancé, Jonah Cedar. But now the Chicago attorney's come home to care for his ailing grandfather, reawakening powerful feelings–along with painful memories. Shay can't afford to repeat history.At twenty-two, Jonah couldn't wait to trade his secluded Alaska hometown for big-city success. Shay was supposed to share that dream. Yet even with unresolved issues...

FOR HER SON'S SAKEMallory Brenner's life was in a tailspin. Her son, Nick, had been diagnosed with a fatal disease and his best hope of survival was Dr. Kent Berger, the one man Mallory never expected–or wanted–to see again. For more than ten years Mallory had kept Nick's paternity a secret and now, to save her son, Mallory would continue to keep it. Still, the more time the two males spent together, the harder Nick fell for his newfound hero…and the more Mallory realized how much...

The last man she’d consider marriage material…Just when wedding planner Vonni Hunter has given up finding a husband of her own, along comes breathtaking Dane Camden. He wants Vonni to plan his grandmother’s wedding and then work for the Camden conglomerate. While bad blood goes way back between their families, Vonni just might let this man persuade her to do anything! No matter how lost he gets in Vonni’s beautiful eyes, Dane has no intention of making this offer more personal. But behind the...

“Holy Smokes. I'm A Father.”Sabrina McKinley broke Jonas’s heart when she left him for another man. Then the eldest Callahan brother gets the surprise of his life when he sees her again…holding his son. Even at six months, his bouncing baby boy was wearing the legendary Callahan smile!Which means Sabrina has got to marry him, even if Jonas has to drag her to the altar. Sabrina’s been head over heels for the hunky cowboy doctor since the day she first came to Rancho Diablo, but it’s always...

Taylor Shepard has come to Cadence Creek to organise her brother's Christmas wedding. Organising such a special event might be a little bit stressful – but she can't deny she's swept away by the town’s holiday charm… and by brooding rancher Rhys Bullock.Loner Rhys has been burned far too many times in the past. He's sure he has city girl Taylor all figured out – she'll be hightailing straight back to the city in a few days! But as the snow starts to fall, Rhys and Taylor...

TOO MUCH TO LOSESurgical resident Sheila Lindstrom’s career is right on track, until a handsome bull rider lands on her operating table and smack in the middle of her carefully planned life. As a patient, Brady Sawyer is strictly off limits; but as a man, he’s hard to resist.Brady knows a death-defying cowboy with a four-year-old son isn’t part of Sheila’s plan, but he can’t stop thinking about her…and it’s obvious the feeling is mutual. He’s also determined to get back in the arena, and she’s...

A BAD BOY WITH A GOOD HEARTWidow Skye Larkin will do anything to save her ranch, even if it means accepting help from bad-boy bull rider Tyler Hayward. But he and his penchant for partying are to blame for her late husband’s financial indiscretions, which got her into this mess. She might be attracted to the dark, dangerous cowboy, but putting her trust in another rodeo man is unthinkable.Ty knows he shouldn’t be surprised that Skye isn’t convinced he’s changed. He wants to prove that beneath...

Annie Shaw thinks her boyfriend, Michael Harding, died in a brutal attack nine years ago. Little does she know that Michael has been forced to live undercover with an assumed identity….Now the danger has lifted, Michael is free to pick up his life and reveal himself to the woman he loves–and the child who doesn't know about his father. He can only hope that if he gives Annie time, she'll fall in love with the man he has become….

A million reasons to say «I do» Athena Howard can't believe she did it. In an outrageously large wedding dress, she climbed out the window and escaped The Wedding of the Year and the fiancé who lied to her. And she fell……straight into Luca De Rossi's arms! It must be fate. Luca has just two weeks to marry and meet the terms of his grandmother's will. The cutthroat businessman offers Athena one million pounds to become Mrs. De Rossi in name only, unless the allure of his new...

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...

Rachel Cotton has high hopes for her cruise through the Kimberley region – surely this will be relaxing…But gorgeous shipmate Finn Kinnard seems intent on stirring her up! Finn might claim to be a heartbreaker, but Rachel soon discovers that there is much more to this man than meets the eye…

A Bride for The Island Prince Prince Alexius will do anything to help his four-year-old daughter learn to speak – which is why the intensely reserved royal finds himself opening up to bubbly speech therapist Dottie. She’s a breath of fresh air in the palace, and motherless Zoe blossoms in her care – as does the reluctant attraction Alex feels towards his new employee! The Last GoodbyeAlly knows the settling kind when she meets him. And Tyler is definitely one. Ordinarily this...

Trisha August is determined to be independent and will do anything–well, almost anything–for enough money to set up her own business. She can't believe her luck when hotshot Lassiter Dragan promises to give her a loan….But there's a catch–she has to become his temporary «wife» for the Christmas holidays!Lassiter has sworn that he'll never make himself vulnerable through love. So a convenient, temporary wife seems the perfect solution to enhance his business image. Only, living as...

Melting her boss’s frozen heart…Shy computer expert Lauren Taylor can handle any tech issue that comes her way – it's the clients she finds more challenging! Especially when she realises her new boss, brooding tycoon Matt Dalton, is the first man she ever kissed…Haunted by his parents’ infidelities, Matt’s mission was to save his ailing father’s company, then leave. Except Lauren’s compassion and sparkle has begun to melt his defences. He never planned on sticking around, but another...

This rich rancher needs his assistant for business and pleasure! Only from USA TODAY bestselling author Maureen ChildAndi Beaumont has a dilemma: she’s wedded to her job, when she really wants to wed her boss, Mac McCallum. The only solution: quit and save herself from heartbreak. But Mac isn’t having it.The Texas Cattleman’s Club stalwart has weathered many storms, including a recent attempt to destroy his ranching business. He can’t let Andi get away. So he comes up with a plan to get closer...

Falling for the rebel… After being jilted by her boyfriend, Marnie was determined never to stay in one place too long. But from the moment she arrived in Texas and clashed with sexy Jericho Bravo, she was finding all sorts of reasons to stay put. Too bad the rugged loner couldn’t say the same. Or could he?Jericho was making Marnie believe in second chances. Was the proud, wary rebel willing to risk his heart? Because he already owned hers…

Iced-in at the airport, cradling the kicking, squealing infant daughter he'd only just discovered, Jackson Powers was fresh out of patience. And now he'd hooked up with fellow strandee Hetty Reynolds, a woman who didn't fit into any of his neat pigeonholes. A woman who spoke softly and sang husky off-key lullabies to a stranger's crying baby…with eyes the color of rainwater and a body created for love. He needed a survival guide to family–and personal relationships–fast!...