It's raining cats and dogs…and babies?When charismatic K-9 cop Alex Santiago shows up at Paradise Animal Clinic with a tiny grey kitten in his jacket, something inside Dr Cassie Marshall shifts. The single mum and veterinarian had been sure her plate was already full. Yet something about Alex makes her reconsider…But when Cassie learns she is pregnant, she panics. How can she handle one man, his dog, her little girl, their cat, and a baby? Her sexy deputy sheriff has made no bones about...
And daddy makes three…Men are off the cards for midwife Jessica Baxter! Juggling her career and her adorable little son Nicholas is as much as she can cope with right now. Yet when hotshot international doctor Jackson Wilson sweeps her off her feet at a wedding, Jess is unable to resist spending the night with the dishy doc! Jess knows anything long-term is out of the question—Jackson’s only in Golden Bay temporarily—but when Nicholas starts getting attached, Jess begins to dream of so much...
You can take the woman out of the country…When Ellie Nelson traded life in rural England for the big city, she left painful memories behind. Coming home to Little Dale means getting back in touch with nature and the animals that inspire her. And a local wildlife vet could even help the fledgling painter realize her dreams. Except he's the one who broke her heart.Andy Montgomery has to tread with caution. He can't put the creatures he's sworn to protect at risk. And Ellie...
He wasn't her type!Hard-working and dedicated Dr. Joanna Weston was everything she believed a frivolous playboy like her new locum, Seb Macaulay, wasn't. Every woman he met adored him, and Joanna was frostily determined to be the exception.How wrong could she have been?Little by little, Seb's warmth broke down Joanna's protective barriers and she began to fall in love with the man and the doctor she never truly knew. But Joanna was intensely vulnerable, and someone as...
All Lilah Jamison wants is a safe place to raise her son.But she inherits an entire brood when she gets a job as housekeeper for veterinarian Daniel Foster. The handsome, caring foster dad is making mother and son feel part of his extended family. But what happens when her past catches up with her? Daniel knows what it's like to feel unloved. That's why he created his own family, to give other unwanted kids a place to belong.Now he wants Lilah and her boy to be part of that. Except the...
Her Dream Man Does Not Wear A Stetson! Forget cowboys! Ever since she was a girl, India Pike has had an image of the perfect man: sophisticated, refined, and with a preference for tailored suits. But after rodeo promoter Liam Parrish came to town, she can’t stop mooning over the gorgeous cowboy and single dad.Too bad Liam’s totally wrong for her…even if the town’s matchmaker already has India saying “I do.” Liam fell hard for a «frou-frou» woman once before–and the best thing to come from the...
Polly Barrington must uncover the true nature of her new husband. Because heÂ?s not the autocratic, arrogant, controlling man she thought she married for the sake of her family. Instead, Prince Raschid is breaking down the carefully constructed barriers around her heart, leaving her nowhere to hide.Between passion-filled nights in his desert palace and glorious days beneath the sultry sun, Polly wonders if she should resist the intense attraction between them, or trust her husband with her heart...
Help: Nanny Needed! An accident has left Dr Jake Spencer to care for a two-year-old daughter he never knew existed… so he’s in need of a nanny! It’s the job Millie Spencer’s been waiting for. But when her gorgeous employer leaves her with butterflies, things begin to get complicated.The last thing Jake needs is Millie distracting him when he should be building a home for little Brooke. But he can’t deny the way Millie makes his heart pound, or how wonderfully she’s bonded with his little girl....
It isn't easy for a man to get back in the saddle after he's lost his competitive edge. But fallen rodeo star Ty Boudeau refuses to give up his shot at the World Championship. Even if it means taking lessons at a glorified dude ranch from a woman who can rope a steer better than a man. As owner of Cowboy College, Adele Donnelly makes it a rule never to get involved with her guests. Especially not a famous and footloose cowboy whose life is all about traveling the rodeo circuit.But Ty...
A companion piece to the captivating memoir GIVING UP THE GHOST by the Man Booker-winning author, this collection of loosely autobiographical stories locates the transforming moments of a haunted childhood.This sharp, funny collection of stories drawn from life begins in the 1950s in an insular northern village 'scoured by bitter winds and rough gossip tongues.' For the child narrator, the only way to survive is to get up, get on, get out.In 'King Billy is a Gentleman', the...