#1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood returns with a novel of family drama, suspense, and—of course—romance. Peyton Lockhart and her sisters have inherited Bishop’s Cove, a small, luxurious oceanfront resort, but it comes with a condition: The girls must run the resort for one year and show a profit—only then will they own it. A graduate of a prestigious French culinary school, Peyton has just lost her job as a food critic. Out of work and in a bad place personally, a year doing something completely different sounds wonderful. There are countless challenges and too many people who want to stop the sisters from succeeding. Among them are Peyton’s contentious cousins, who are outraged that they didn’t inherit the resort, as well as a powerful group of land developers who have been eyeing the coveted beachfront property. It’s soon apparent to Peyton that their efforts are being sabotaged, but she refuses to let the threats scare her—until she’s nearly killed. She calls on her childhood friend and protector, Finn MacBain, now with the FBI, and asks for his help. He saved her life once; he can do it again.

When she spies a naked man on her terrace, buttoned-up Dr. Janet Hunter is flabbergasted.Her meddlesome, matchmaking mother has been listening to her wacky astrologer again! Mom's convinced that if she's not a grandmother within the next eighteen months she'll never be one, so she's throwing one inappropriate guy after another in her daughter's path. But this stunt is beyond the pale!Add to that, Janet's best friends, Lacy and CeeCee, are getting married, and they keep yammering on about true love when Janet's convinced that she'll never fall for such romantic hooey. Then, on the morning she's running late for her very first day on the job as a full-fledged pediatrician, she finds a very handsome man, sans clothing lurking among the wrought iron furnitureCould things possibly get any worse? You bet they can! To her dismay, she discovers that her sexy visitor is none other than her new colleague, Dr. Gage Gregory, and while he does have a good excuse for his...

Joe thinks of himself as "The Flash", a hotshot basketball player who knows the coolest moves. The other members of his team aren't as impressed. Joe spends too much time trying to wow the crowd, and not enough time helping the team. At tryouts for the freshman team, Joe is quickly cut. He needs to stop fooling around and prove he has what it takes to stay in the game.

New York Times Bestselling Author His carefully crafted identity... Is about to go up in flames! After an attempt on his life, Jonathan Canterbury IV chose to let the world believe he was dead. Then Tammy Ingles discovers that the firefighter she knows as Ethan Sommerly is really the heir to an epic fortune. He doesn't know what scares him more: the fact that his new lover can expose his secret, or the intensity of his need for her...From Harlequin Romantic Suspense: Danger. Passion. Drama.Feel the excitement in these uplifting romances, part of the Hotshot Heroes series:Book 1: Red HotBook 2: Hot AttractionBook 3: Hot SeductionBook 4: Hot PursuitBook 5: Hotshot Hero Under FireBook 6: Hotshot Hero on the EdgeBook 7: Hotshot Heroes Under ThreatBook 8: Hotshot Hero in Disguise

Handsome devil Michael Parker is up for a big promotion at Barrett Software in Honey, Texas. The last thing he wants is to volunteer at the senior citizen center, but his boss insists. Truthfully, he would rather waltz with a rattlesnake than spend his days with seniors, but this promotion means everything.Peppy Casey Richards loves her life as the director of the Honey Senior Citizen Center. On second thought, maybe she's not completely happy. Not now that she's forced to spend time with this handsome, but madly infuriating, hotshot executive.Casey and Michael mix about as well as cats and dogs, but with a little help from senior citizen matchmakers, they soon discover that oh, yeah opposites really do attract…but can they find common ground when everything they hold dear falls apart?Handsome Hotshot is the fifth book in the Handsome Devils series by Lori Wilde and Liz Alvin.

New York Times Bestselling Author He could handle the heat... Until he met her The moment he starts investigating a series of threats against the Huron Hotshots, Patrick "Trick" McRooney becomes a target. And everyone on his new team is a suspect. Firefighter Henrietta "Hank" Rowlins gains his trust when an assailant takes shots at her and Trick. As alluring as she is strong, she's a woman he could fall for. But his desire for her might become a distraction that imperils them both!From Harlequin Romantic Suspense: Danger. Passion. Drama.Feel the excitement in these uplifting romances, part of the Hotshot Heroes series:Book 1: Red HotBook 2: Hot AttractionBook 3: Hot SeductionBook 4: Hot PursuitBook 5: Hotshot Hero Under FireBook 6: Hotshot Hero on the EdgeBook 7: Hotshot Heroes Under ThreatBook 8: Hotshot Hero in Disguise

I don’t remember a time I didn’t love Crenshaw Bennett.I tried to deny it, but my feelings grew deeper.I thought he could never love me the way I love him.I was wrong—outrageously, deliriously, and beautifully wrong.One innocent kiss changes my life forever.Suddenly, Shaw is mine.Loyal, devoted, and the most loving man on this Earth.Together, we create an explosion of fiery passion, devotion, and chemistry I never knew was possible.All of my dreams are within reach, but I should have known it was too good to be true.The past always catches up to you, and I’m left staring at my worst nightmare.Faced with the unthinkable, I am forced to choose between the man I love and a past I cannot change.Shaw’s fighting like hell to prove we can have it all, but can I find the strength to be the woman he needs?

Subject: Captain Luke "Solo" Carnes.Current Status: On temporary assignment.Mission: Public recruitment and saving his ex's tail!Obstacle: He wants much, much more than that...Sara Weston, an Air Force Captain herself, needs a pilot for her recruitment program, and fast. And she's found the perfect candidate. Top gun pilot Luke Carnes is qualified, charismatic and available. Problem #1—he's ridiculously hot. Problem #2—he broke Sara's heart years ago...But she'll be professional. Just as long as she's never close to him. Never under his gaze. And never in his bed.Then again, never is a long, long time...

Jenna Mittelstadt has never forgotten the boy who wrote her a letter every week starting at the age of ten. But it’s been years since she stood him up on their first-and only-attempt to meet face to face. Her world fell apart that day, and she never told him why. So when her sister Ellie drags Jenna to a pancake breakfast honoring firefighters who’ve been working the Northern Minnesota wildfires, she doesn’t expect to run into a sexy, smoking-hot fireman wearing the friendship bracelet she made all those years ago. Chris (Kit) Evans spends his summers battling fires, but there’s no fighting the instant heat between him and his childhood pen pal. He was crushed when she suddenly disappeared into thin air eight years ago… and finally meeting her seems like a miracle. Unfortunately, Jenna can’t get past the tragedy that took all the adventure out of her, while Chris can’t bear to see her drift through life another moment. So now the blaze-fighting expert must do everything he can to make Jenna catch fire…for her hopes, her dreams…and maybe even for him. The fire season may be almost over, but sparks are about to fly…

The FIRST mystery in the Talba Wallis series. “Wanted: Hotshot P.I. with super-human skills.” Confirmed grump Eddie Valentino placed the ad. Hotshot twenty-something Talba Wallis knew exactly how to answer it. And thus was born the dynamic duo of New Orleans private detection, one cynical, sixty-five-year-old Luddite white dude with street smarts, and one young, bright-eyed, Twenty-First century African-American female poet, performance artist, mistress of disguise, and computer jock extraordinaire. In Louisiana Hotshot, their job is to hunt down a sociopath and pedophile who’s molested the fourteen-year-old daughter of their client, hangs out in the sordid byways of the rap and recording industries, and has more powerful allies than a Cabinet member. In her personal life, Talba faces another mystery, one so frightening no one will help her investigate. But she knows she won’t sleep till she solves it—and the truth will change her forever.

For the second time in her life Clancy Jones had awakened at a murder scene—this time with the murder weapon in her hand. To the untrained eye, she looked mighty guilty. But to private investigator Jake Hawkins, she still looked good. Desire for Clancy had always burned inside Jake; so had anger. Ten years ago Clancy sleepwalked onto another crime scene and her testimony had put Jake's father behind bars. Now Jake didn't know if he wanted to prove his seductive client's innocence—or guilt. Previously published.

Advanced Reader Copy of HUNG

-a Firehawks Hotshot romance story- Heavy equipment driver Sheila Williams got blown up one too many times. The Army kicked her loose for that idiot reason. How the hell she ended up in a tourist town for the holidays makes even less sense. Hotshot Randall Jones fights wildfires for a living. The adrenaline fits him like a fire in the forest. They both feel the heat in a Hotshot Christmas.

"You are in the valley now, Modetse, but one day you'll come out on the mountain," is what Mama Zuma tells him, but having been brainwashed by the horror of the Lord's Resistance Army what chance can Modetse ever have of truly finding himself again, or rescuing his little sister Thandi?

As CEO of Fong Investments, I'm a busy man. In fact, my family claims I'm an obsessive workaholic, and when they force me to take two weeks off, I have no idea what to do with myself.While brooding over an espresso, I meet Courtney Kwan, a biomedical researcher who savors the little things in life. And, suddenly, an idea strikes me—I will pay this woman to teach me how to enjoy my vacation from work.Soon, I find myself doing crazy things like baking cookies, reading for pleasure, buying a phallic cactus, and falling in love. But Courtney is dealing with some serious issues of her own, and I fear that when I return to work, I won't be able to give her what she needs, and I'll lose her forever…