Shirley Jump

Their Unexpected Christmas Gift

• Nov-2019
• / Contemporary Romance
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She'd given up on Christmas miracles, until one landed on his doorstep -- Vivian Winthrop is a brilliant lawyer, but family has never been on her to-do list. Until her baby niece is left at the Stone Gap Inn on Christmas Eve. Vivian is thrust i...

Their Last Second Chance

• Aug-2019
• / Contemporary Romance
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Will old secrets jeopardize their new start? Nobody in Stone Gap knows that Melanie Cooper’s perfect life is a lie. But the struggling journalist isn’t the only one keeping secrets. A decade ago, Harris McCarthy broke Melanie’s heart. Now he...

The Family He Didn't Expect

• Jul-2019
• / Contemporary Romance
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He’s only in town for a short visit -- Unless a single mom can convince him to stay? Dylan Millwright’s bittersweet homecoming gets a whole lot sweeter when the former bad boy meets Abby Cooper. But the gorgeous hard-working mother of two ...

The Secret Ingredient for a Happy Marriage

• May-2018
• / General Fiction
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The second book in New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Shirley Jump's captivating women's fiction series about sisters, secrets, and second chances. ...

Summer Love: Take Two

• May-2018
• / Contemporary Romance
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Lauren Webster has always thought the town of Paradise Key could use a little shaking up. A partner in a marketing firm, Lauren decides to turn her trip to Paradise Key into an opportunity to work with the Tourism Bureau and create a splashy media ca...

The Perfect Recipe for Love and Friendship

• Jul-2017
• / Contemporary Romance
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Bridget O'Bannon is ready for a do-over. After years of pretending she had a happy marriage and denying that she missed the friends and family she'd left behind, she's headed home to restart her life. But working alongside her family every day at the...

A Teaspoon of Trouble

• Feb-2017
• / Contemporary Romance
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Type-A chef Carolyn Henderson has walked away from her job at a trendy NYC restaurant after an abrupt family tragedy. Now, as a guardian to her four-year-old niece, Emma, and a very disobedient mutt - kids and dogs are so not her skill set - moving b...

Winning the Nanny's Heart

• Jan-2017
• / Contemporary Romance
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ADDING UP TO FAMILY Figures, not families, were her forte. Yet somehow CPA Katie WIlliams found herself accepting single dad Sam Millwright's desperate job offer to help care for his two young children. She took the job…temporarily. Because los...

Maverick vs. Maverick

• Oct-2016
• / Contemporary Romance
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All's Fair In Love And…Court? RUST CREEK RAMBLINGS Lindsay Dalton, daughter of our esteemed town attorney, is about to try her first case in the courtroom, and it's a doozy. It's David versus Goliath as Lindsay tests her mettle against mill...

Can't Get Over You

• Jun-2016
• / Contemporary Romance
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Travel back to the loveswept world of Fortune’s Island with New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Shirley Jump.His voice pierced the darkest corners of her heart. Waitress Jillian Matheson needs a life makeover. The first thing on her “...

The Firefighter's Family Secret

• Jun-2016
• / Contemporary Romance
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All it takes is one spark… A month ago, Colton Barlow was a decorated Atlanta firefighter haunted by a tragic accident on the job. Now he's taking the grand tour of a North Carolina town he's never heard of -- and being welcomed into a family h...

When Somebody Loves You

• Oct-2015
• / Contemporary Romance
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At heart, Elizabeth Palmer is a practical Jersey girl. And her life reflects that -- until everything suddenly falls apart. In a bid to change her luck, the intrepid reporter accepts a job to write a story on a reclusive quarter horse breeder in Cha...

The Tycoon's Proposal

• Oct-2015
• / Contemporary Romance
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This Barlow Brother Always Gets What He Wants Mac Barlow never met a deal he couldn't make. But this corporate shark just hit a gorgeous roadblock. Mac will do anything to acquire Savannah Hillstrand's struggling solar energy company -- even retu...

And Then Forever

• Aug-2015
• / Contemporary Romance
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Welcome to Fortune’s Island, where the only rule is to follow your heart.Love is an extravagance Darcy Williams can’t afford. She prefers the simple life, which includes waitressing at The Love Shack and avoiding temptation. But when a forbidden ...

Wrapped Around Your Finger

• Jul-2015
• / Contemporary Romance
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Maggie McBride is just one of the guys in the hard-knocks world of construction. Until she’s dared to ask Nick Patterson to a wedding, enticing her to knock down some walls -- and risk falling in love....

The Instant Family Man

• Jun-2015
• / Contemporary Romance
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FROM PLAYBOY DAYS…TO BEDTIME LULLABIES? Up till now, Luke Barlow's biggest dilemma was deciding which debutante to take to which Stone Gap social. Until Peyton Reynolds appeared on his doorstep with a four-year-old blonde moppet and a birth cer...

The Homecoming Queen Gets Her Man

• Jan-2015
• / Contemporary Romance
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Welcome Home, Meri Prescott! Roll out the red carpet -- Meri's back in town! But how could the jean-clad beauty fishing for crawdads be Stone Gap's every-blond-hair-in-place princess? It seems the former Miss North Carolina has had it with pagean...

The Sweetheart Secret

• Sep-2014
• / Contemporary Romance
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The Sweetheart Sisters are ready for some good ol' matchmaking... Colton Harper, Rescue Bay's resident physician, gave up his wild ways years ago, in exchange for a straight and narrow life. But then a one-night stand comes back to haunt him when...

Mckenna Homecoming

• Jun-2014
• / Contemporary Romance
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In ten years, a lot has changed for Alec McKenna. Since high school, he's transformed from the devilmaycare football star to a hardworking corporate executive. And now Alec the man has to answer for the mistakes of Alec the teenage rebel. So when he ...

The Sweetheart Rules

• Apr-2014
• / Contemporary Romance
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The Sweetheart Sisters are ready to give some old-school lessons in love... Rescue Bay veterinarian Diana Tuttle is a great single mom, but she has a harder time taking care of herself. Having been burned in the past by her son's noncommittal fath...

Driving Mr. Wrong Home

• Mar-2014
• / Romance
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Can a feisty four-legged matchmaker help four best friends find the romance of their dreams? When a handsome man from Gabby’s past agrees to a cross-country road trip, her master plan to re-launch her art career quickly morphs into an unexpected...

The Playboy Savored Seduction

• Dec-2013
• / Contemporary Romance
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Another laugh-out-loud love story from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Shirley Jump’s wickedly delightful Sweet and Savory Romances series. It’s the Sweetest Mess to Date When Olivia Regan bids on a sexy Boston celebrity at a char...

The Boss Courted Trouble

• Dec-2013
• / General Fiction
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New York Times bestselling author Shirley Jump takes a bow with the final novel in her addictive Sweet and Savory Romances series. Say Cheese! Blacklisted from every modeling venture in New York City, Madison Worth finds herself chasing a second-chan...

Her Secret Little Baby Bump / The Christmas Baby Surprise

• Oct-2013
• / Contemporary Romance
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The secret to mend their marriage With an aching heart, Emily Watson knows her marriage is in trouble. She wants it to work more than anything in the world, so walking away from Cole is the hardest thing she'll ever do. But one last night togeth...

Nook Fools Rush In

• Sep-2013
• / Contemporary Romance
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The Sweetheart Bargain

• Sep-2013
• / Contemporary Romance
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You can't teach an old dog new tricks--unless you're a Sweetheart Sister... The Sweetheart Sisters, a trio of sassy, well-meaning grannies (who aren't against a sip of bourbon with breakfast) are ready to dispense advice and help create happy en...

Fools Rush In - novella

• Aug-2013
• / Contemporary Romance
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A novella from bestselling author Shirley Jump. This short, contemporary romance will make you laugh and then sigh in satisfaction at the end. The story is approximately 10,000 words, so is perfect for a quick, afternoon read....

The Matchmaker's Happy Ending

• May-2013
• / Contemporary Romance
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The Matchmaker's Happy Ending: An uplifting new tale celebrating Mothers in a Million. Professional matchmaker Marnie Franklin is delighted when she finally finds a great guy for her widowed mom -- until she discovers that the man's son is none ot...

The Millionaire Tempted Fate

• Feb-2013
• / Romance
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When Angie Wilson realizes her best friend Max is planning on proposing to Miss Wrong on Valentine’s Day, Angie sets out to win his heart in ten days. From showing him her sexy side to a disastrous attempt at cooking dinner, her plan goes awry at e...

The Beauty Charmed Santa

• Dec-2012
• / Contemporary Romance
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Santa's the one on the naughty list this year!When Cole Benson agrees to play Old Saint Nick at a Boston-area mall, the former actor is desperate to regain his career. What he doesn't count on is his seeing his ex, Stephanie Taylor, working as one of...

Mistletoe Kisses with the Billionaire

• Dec-2012
• / Contemporary Romance
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Free-spirited journalist Grace McKinnon is happy jet-setting from one adventure to the next. That is, until work beckons her back home for Christmas, to Beckett's Run -- the cozy winter wonderland that contains everything she ran away from years ago,...

The Groom Wanted Seconds

• Oct-2012
• / Contemporary Romance
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What would you do to get back the love of your life?Nothing like a little breakup to remind a man why he loves a woman and what an idiot he's been. After a clunky marriage proposal, Rebecca Wilson breaks up with Jeremy Hamilton, an engineer lacking a...

Return of the Last McKenna

• Sep-2012
• / Contemporary Romance
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What happens when the hero comes home? Dr. Brody McKenna has just returned home from serving as a medic in Afghanistan, and he has one more mission to fulfill…. Standing outside Kate Spencer's sweetshop, he takes a deep breath. Going through ...

How the Playboy Got Serious

• Aug-2012
• / Contemporary Romance
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Living the life of Riley? Riley McKenna has led a charmed life-until now! Cut off from the family trust fund, he's out on his ear and fending for himself. When he applies for a job at Stace Kettering's diner, she's not impressed by his blue eye...

One Day to Find a Husband

• Jul-2012
• / Contemporary Romance
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Ellie Winston is adopting her late friend's baby… But she hits a husband-sized hump: to adopt Jiao, Ellie has to be married! Where can a commitment-phobic female find a husband in a day? Then cutthroat billionaire Finn McKenna comes to Ellie with a...

The Angel Tasted Temptation

• May-2012
• / General Fiction
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Shirley Jump dishes up a red-hot romance in the third installment of her Sweet and Savory Romances series. Exotic food and a no-strings attached hunk top Meredith Shordon’s “I-Want” list when she leaves her life behind in Indiana and heads for ...

The Devil Served Desire

• May-2012
• / General Fiction
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The second book in New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Shirley Jump’s irresistible Sweet and Savory Romances. Maria Pagliano is a woman on a diet mission. Desperate to drop a dress size before her reunion, she joins the Chubby Chums. Bu...

Family Christmas in Riverbend

• Dec-2011
• / Contemporary Romance
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A Christmas miracle: from tough tycoon...to daddy? Edward left Livia because he knew he couldn't give her the family and marriage she wanted. But when he's forced to return home to snowy, sparkling Riverbend, he discovers Livia has moved there, to...

The Princess Test

• Sep-2011
• / Contemporary Romance
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Will the real princess please stand up? Carlita Santaro has never felt like a "proper" princess, and she's finally escaped the palace for the small town of Winter Haven. Daniel is an award-winning journalist, but now, as a single dad, he's work...

The Love Lottery

• May-2011
• / Contemporary Romance
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Imagine the scene...You're running a love lottery - names are pulled out of a hat and lovestruck couples are paired off. Sophie Watson is feeling safe in the knowledge that her name isn't in there...until her name is drawn out of the hat! No one like...

How to Lasso a Cowboy

• Apr-2011
• / Contemporary Romance
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Love is in the air in Edgerton Shores -- a matchmaking love lottery! But imagine poor Sophie Watson's surprise when her name's pulled out of the hat and she didn't even put it in.... No one likes to see the uptight little beauty in a fix more than...

Midnight Kiss, New Year Wish

• Jan-2011
• / Contemporary Romance
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When the clock strikes twelve... This holiday season Jenna Pearson is taking a deep breath and returning home. Now a New York woman from her head to her red stilettos, inside she still feels like the small-town girl who ran away. Worst of all, Jenn...

If the Red Slipper Fits...

• Oct-2010
• / Contemporary Romance
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Like Cinders, gossip writer Sarah Griffin has lost a shoe! But this is no glass slipper -- it's an exclusive designer stiletto that could cost Sarah her job! Playboy CEO Caleb Lewis is no Prince Charming, but he does have Sarah's shoe. He offers the...

Vegas Pregnancy Surprise

• Jul-2010
• / Contemporary Romance
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Molly Hunter's always dreamed of finding Mr. Right and having a family. Now she's accidentally expecting! But Mr. Right's in another city -- and he's certainly not expecting to be a dad! From the second she spied him on a weekend in Vegas, Molly w...

Around the Bend

• Mar-2010
• / Contemporary Romance
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Thelma and Louise they're not. First of all, Hilary and Rosemary Delaney are not friends -- worse, they're mother and daughter. Hilary's a wayward thirty-something running from a marriage proposal, and Rosemary's her disapproving mother, a retired...

Just Married!: Best Man Says I Do

• Jan-2010
• / Contemporary Romance
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Put on your party dress, grab a glass of champagne and a handful of confetti... Here come the bridesmaid and the best man! Best man Colton St. John has his future all planned out -- until blast-from-his-past Vivian Reilly rocks up at the wedding. ...

A Princess for Christmas

• Oct-2009
• / Contemporary Romance
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Bulldozing his way into sleepy Harborside, Jake laughs in the face of the local opposition, but is stopped in his tracks by fiery Italian Mariabella Santaro. To protect the community that has treated her like a daughter and kept her secret, Mariab...

Doorstep Daddy

• May-2009
• / Contemporary Romance
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Stand-in dad for the day! Maverick writer Dalton Scott demands solitude--not a baby on his doorstep! But he can hardly shut the door.... Though absolutely out of his depth, he's amazed when he finally gets the little girl to stop crying! Then beaut...

The Bridesmaid And The Billionaire

• Feb-2009
• / Contemporary Romance
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Bridesmaid Susannah Wilson has poured her dreams into planning the trip of a lifetime. The only trouble is, her locked-up heart is being opened by a brooding out-of-towner. Billionaire best man Kane Lennox is escaping the stifling expectations of ...

Simply The Best

• Dec-2008
• / Contemporary Romance
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"This Could Be The End Of A Beautiful Friendship..." Nothing takes the sheen off a marriage proposal quite like discovering that your prospective fiance already has a wife. And for newspaper writer Alexandra Kenner, this is just the latest in a seri...

Marry-Me Christmas

• Dec-2008
• / Contemporary Romance
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Samantha Barnett would describe herself as an ordinary girl. Flynn McGranger would call her beautiful--if he weren't about to destroy her career. A rich, successful journalist, Flynn aims to write a scathing review of Samantha's little bakery. He ...

Snowbound Bride

• Oct-2008
• / Contemporary Romance
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A Christmas Eve blizzard leaves Marietta stranded in an airport with Reed Hartstone, the only man to ever break her heart. Perhaps rekindling the past may actually be their perfect Christmas present....

Boardroom Bride And Groom

• Jul-2008
• / Contemporary Romance
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Out of the office and into his arms.... For gorgeous lawyer Nick Gilbert, an after--hours rendezvous with a woman usually means a romantic dinner, not a children's charity picnic. But he's game! Especially as his date is his rather prim but intrig...

Sweetheart Lost And Found

• Apr-2008
• / Contemporary Romance
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Always the bridesmaid...is it her turn to be the bride? As the Wedding Belles' florist, Callie is surrounded by blushing brides. If only she still believed in love. Callie made a mistake many years ago. She let a good man go, and now keeps her heart...

Really Something

• Dec-2007
• / Contemporary Romance
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GETTING EVEN JUST GOT EVEN BETTER... They say you can't go home again--and when home is Tempest, Indiana, "Litter Box Capital of the World," who'd want to? Not Allie Dean. She couldn't wait to leave the place that made her feel worthless when she ...

Miracle On Christmas Eve

• Nov-2007
• / Contemporary Romance
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Dear Santa, all I want for Christmas is a family... Jessica Patterson has tried to put on a brave face, but she misses the joy that love can bring at Christmastime. Until a handsome stranger in need of a Christmas miracle touches her heart.... ...

Married By Morning

• Jun-2007
• / Contemporary Romance
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Mr. & Mrs. -- To-Be Gorgeous playboy Carter Matthews's favorite things are women and money. But the business he's inherited is broke, and his beautiful new employee seems immune to his charm.... Daphne Williams knows Carter's too rich and too...

The Legacy

• May-2007
• / Contemporary Romance
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An inheritance he never wanted... Indigo's opera house was a gift from Alexandre Valois to his wife long before the Civil War. Marjo Savoy, head of the opera house committee, is determined that the historic building will never be sold. Paul Cle...

Back To Mr & Mrs

• May-2007
• / Contemporary Romance
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The husband she always wanted -- the marriage they knew they could have... Cade and Melanie--high school prom king and queen--the golden couple! Twenty years on, the reunion's looming, and Melanie Matthews must let the world know that the dream ...

Pretty Bad

• Feb-2007
• / Contemporary Romance
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Finding The Beefcake In Cheesecake Madison Worth may be your average over-the-hill, overpaid top model, but she is not a diva. The cake throwing incident at the New York Fall Fashion Show? Completely justified. It wasn't her fault Kate Moss's face g...

Twelve Days

• Nov-2006
• / Contemporary Romance
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Of all the luck--Natalie Harris can't believe she drew Jake Lyons as her Secret Santa pal! The dreamy hunk leaves her completely tongue-tied. But with twelve days of secret gifts, sweet notes, and steamy emails to go, she just may conquer her fear an...

The Other Wife

• Nov-2006
• / Contemporary Romance
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The last person she expected to see at her husband's funeral was his wife! But having learned her husband apparently bought his engagement rings in bulk, Penny Reynolds is shocked out of her well-ordered world. She can't bring herself to hate his ...

Rescued By Mr. Right

• Oct-2006
• / Contemporary Romance
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Mr. Right on her doorstep... Victoria Blackstone has spent years caring for others, and now she's ready to change her life and put herself first. Trouble is, she's not sure she has the courage to do it alone. Noah McCarty has hit the road in an...

The Bachelor Preferred Pastry

• Feb-2006
• / Contemporary Romance
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She's Betting Everything On One Hot Dish Olivia Regan is determined to make her new pastry business a success. So what that all of her marketing plans have backfired and no one, including her own family, thinks that she can succeed. What she needs i...

The Dating Game

• Dec-2005
• / Contemporary Romance
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NOW CASTING FOR LOVE AND THE AVERAGE JILL! The Average Jill: Mattie Grant, who'd trained for a spot on a survival show but instead landed on a dating show. Mattie had never backed down from a challenge, not even one as good-looking as Bachelor #1....

The Angel Craved Lobster

• Aug-2005
• / Contemporary Romance
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Will There Be Anything Else? Meredith Shordon has spent her entire life surrounded by corn and cows in Heavendale, Indiana. Now the Boston-bound girl is ready to ditch her homegrown roots for some big-city flash. Out with the apple fritters, in w...

The Marine's Kiss

• Aug-2005
• / Contemporary Romance
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Report Card for "Student": U.S. Marine Nathaniel Dole "Teacher": Jenny Wright Skills Reading: The children have this tough soldier wrapped around their little fingers. It's obvious the children hang on his every word. What more could a woma...

The Devil Served Tortellini

• Mar-2005
• / Contemporary Romance
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All's Fair In Love, War, And Pasta For Maria Pagliano, too much of a good thing has always been a problem. Whether it's men or carbs, she just can't say no. But that's about to change. For her high school reunion, Maria's vowed to reinvent herself a...

Kissed By Cat

• Feb-2005
• / Contemporary Romance
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Rule #1: Cats have nine lives. Catherine Wyndham had used up her first eight avoiding mishaps and romantic misadventures. Now she had only one more left...and one last chance to find true love. Rule #2: Cats always land on their feet. Cather...

Her Frog Prince

• Dec-2004
• / Contemporary Romance
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Dearest Godmother, This time I'm making a match for my old school chum -- with the man she deserves! If there's ever a socialite who needed her comeuppance, it's personal consultant Parris Hammond. Lucky for me, scruffy but sexy marine biologis...

The Bride Wore Chocolate

• Sep-2004
• / Contemporary Romance
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Take one restless, slightly nervous bride-to-be, add a mystery hunk who makes a box of Godiva look bland, and mix well. A Recipe For Disaster? Candace Woodrow thinks so. She has no business even looking at another man--no matter how sinfully sex...

The Daddy's Promise

• Jun-2004
• / Contemporary Romance
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HAVING...ANOTHER MAN'S BABY Anita Ricardo had moved to town to make a home for her baby -- alone. She'd learned long ago that she didn't need anyone, not even Luke Dole, the sexy single dad she'd once fantasized about. But how could a hormonally c...

The Bachelor's Dare

• Dec-2003
• / Contemporary Romance
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To the survivor goes...the RV? That's what Claire Richards was banking on when she entered the "Survive and Drive" contest at the local mall. The forty-five-foot home on wheels was her ticket out of Mercy, Indiana. But first she had to beat out a bun...

The Virgin's Proposal

• Jan-2003
• / Contemporary Romance
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Successful rebel Matt Webster came to make peace with his past and his family. But he'd never thought that to appear "respectable," he'd become the pretend fiance of a banana-wearing store owner! Yet how could he refuse spunky Katie Dole, the woman u...