Harlequin Love and Laughter — Multiple Authors

• Aug-1996
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HIS FATAL FLAW His problem, Mitch Cudahy told himself yet again as he hung upside down in a tree rescuing a cat, was that he always had to be the hero. Which was fine on the job, but he had to learn to leave his work at the fire station. Maybe he...

• Aug-1996
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DATES FROM HELL Or at least that's what date number 867 -- and the other 866 -- felt like to Temple Burney. She'd promised her grandmother she'd make one last attempt to find Mr. Right, but she might as well have added or die trying! A...

• Sep-1996
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FOR HOLDEN MASTERS, ONE WAS ENOUGH So having Taylor Angel constantly underfoot was more than any happy-to-be single man could bear. But if he wanted to get his career back on track he'd need Taylor's medical expertise. Only Ms. Know-It-All was dri...

• Sep-1996
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THE LAST THING NINA NEEDED WAS FRED... She was beginning life fresh -- new job, new apartment. No husband. All she wanted was a puppy. A happy, perky puppy. Instead she got Fred. Part basset, part beagle, part manic-depressive. Nina loved ...

• Oct-1996
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He wasn't about to be hog-tied! Wyatt Logan, champion bull rider, isn't ready to settle down. But from the moment he spots Charity Webster's cute little behind stuck in his aunt Nora's doggy door, he knows he's going to end up eating dust. Then...

• Oct-1996
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What's good for the gander is good for the goose... When Ivy Conrad found her husband, Jack, obviously scratching his seven-year itch, she refused to listen to any lame excuses. Instead, she vowed to even the score! Taking their anniversary cr...

• Nov-1996
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Alan Magnus didn't believe in miracles... But his daughter finally liked one of the nannies! In fact, Deanna insisted she had wished for Misty (Elf of the Morning Mist), and Alan had to admit there was something different about this nanny.... ...

• Nov-1996
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She's an adventure just waiting to happen... First night on the job baby-sitting his Uncle Rocco's P.I. business and Tony Farentino gets a client. He's not supposed to take clients but, hey, she's offering big money. And she's ...

• Dec-1996
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Ho! Ho! Ho! Hollie Winslow loved Christmas! If she had her way, Christmas would be celebrated year-round. All she had to do was sell one last house--to get the annoyingly sexy Noel Hawksley out of her hair--and then she could enjoy the holidays in...

• Dec-1996
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She wanted Santa and she wanted him bad. Because Santa had messed up! The department store St. Nick had promised Jeanne Trent's son everything on his Christmas list, but the struggling young widow couldn't possibly afford to buy that much--even if...

• Jan-1997
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Whose bed was she sleeping in! The setup: To her horror, magazine editor Belle Martens discovered it wasn't all a bad joke when she woke up naked next to an equally naked rival editor, Darryl Horak. Why, she loathed the arrogant male chauvinist--a...

• Jan-1997
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Claire Morgan -- femme fatale? Alec Mason had a hard time imagining Claire as a hot babe, until he began masquerading as her fiance. And fighting off her potential suitors! He and Claire were supposed to be working together to get the inside st...

• Feb-1997
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THEY'RE COUSINS...IDENTICAL COUSINS Theresa Jean -- T.J. -- Cochran might look like her cousin Theresa Joan, but that's where the similarity ended. Theresa Joan was sexy, vivacious; T.J. was...practical. Theresa Joan was the kind of woman men trippe...

• Feb-1997
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Wanted: Single women of any age to take part in a four-week clinical study. Ellie Sutherland wasn't exactly desperate...yet. But after fourteen months, five days and two hours of being without a man, she was getting pretty close. So when she had a...

• Mar-1997
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“Take a memo, Malcolm.” Lucretia always began the same way. And she always called him Malcolm, even though his name was Charley. But this time the "boss from hell" was sounding more like the "matchmaking mother from hell," and she was makin...

• Mar-1997
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The aliens have landed? UFOs? Little green men? Local reporter Ciel Landry didn't believe in any of the nutty stories flying around town. She knew it was the heat making everyone act crazy -- until she met Jack Cooper and got a little crazy herse...

• Apr-1997
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The Game of Matchmaking The players--Maureen O'Malley and Bridget Kingsford Two mothers with marriage on their minds--for their kids. Little do they suspect that they have done their work too well.... The pawns--Daniel O'Malley and Rose Kingsf...

• Apr-1997
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A Recipe for Disaster Begin with a sleepy small town. Add Hannah Hart, a whimsical caterer who can't cook. Include a host of eccentric townspeople. And a nefarious crime ring. Bring to a quick boil. Then throw in Chance McCoy, secret agent...

• May-1997
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'Til Baby Do Us Part! Marriage, baby, divorce. It was a very simple plan, biological-clock-obsessed April Hanson decided. She'd had it with bad dates and broken hearts! She'd considered the old fertility-clinic route, but a single, pre...

• May-1997
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Accidents and Catastrophes Follow Sonny Chapin... So falling off a mountain, straight into the arms of the man of her dreams, wasn't all that unusual. Knowing her luck, however, she feared it was too good to be true. It was. Because Trace Whitt...

• Jun-1997
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What Mother wants... How far would her mother go to get her married off? That's something Julie Cochran hopes she never finds out. But when Ida Cochran arrives on her doorstep with two-year-old Aaron beside her, Julie can already read the headlines:...

• Jun-1997
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The Fiancee Test How does the bride-to-be react to: - the gift of a very-well-endowed fertility god? - the fact that the groom's best man is a FEMALE? - the stripper at the bridal shower? This is what adventurous, unconventional Riley Pa...

• Jul-1997
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A pregnant woman had stolen his identity! After months overseas, New York Times journalist Max Tremaine returned--only to have the door of his brand-new suburban home opened by a sexy pregnant stranger. Apparently, the curvy redhead had been livin...

• Jul-1997
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Darcy's devilishly determined decree: The goal: To rid her family's company of all interlopers! The plan: To learn the business from the ground--oops!--the bottom up! The problem: An outrageously sexy stuffed shirt who stood in her way! Darcy...

• Aug-1997
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Polly Predictable! When Ali Kozinski realized that her neighbors knew her gardening schedule -- weed the tomatoes on Saturday, carrots Sunday -- she knew it was past time for a new and improved Ali Kozinski! Especially after sexy photojournalist K...

• Aug-1997
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Russell Harrington used to be a mild-mannered English professor. He's always followed the rules--even his engagement to a proper, nice woman was considered appropriate. Until... THE BACHELOR PARTY! He ended up riding off into the night on the bac...

• Sep-1997
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Lizzie's Bed Queen Elizabeth slept here-or at least that's what the rumors about the famous bed at Longley House claim. Matchmaking Betsy Martin just has this feeling that if she could get her son and Lady Elizabeth Longford together and horizontal ...

• Sep-1997
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Augustina Fairchild knew that if she didn't find a husband soon all the good ones would be gone. Then she'd never get out from under her matchmaking grandmother's thumb. Enter Jed Kelley -- her passport to freedom, her license to run w...

• Oct-1997
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How to lose your virginity... At twenty-eight, getting down and dirty should be real simple -- except if you're a good girl from an excruciatingly small town. Why, Hannah Jansen even lives with her father and helps him run the local hardware ...

• Oct-1997
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Woo or Walk... Wanda Rockman wanted her husband back. Not that he'd actually left. He'd just become a stick-in-the-mud, married to his work. Nevertheless, she had a plan to retrieve the man she'd fallen in love with. Unfortunately, Wanda's sche...

• Nov-1997
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A Cruise on the Titanic, anyone? A holiday on a houseboat. To Andi Lombard, it sounded like the perfect way to spend some time with her pregnant little sister Nicole, before the big day. She hadn't counted on getting stuck on the Moby Dock of houseb...

• Nov-1997
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From Bad... On her thirty-second birthday wealthy socialite Sandra Duval discovered she no longer lived a charmed life. First, another guest at a charity fund-raiser wore a more spectacular, more outrageous hat. The mayor snubbed Sandra. And then sh...

• Dec-1997
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A Christmas Elf? It happened to Josh Larkland every year. He'd be happily running his multimillion-dollar company, when the whole world would just go...nuts. It meant only one thing...Christmas! Not that Josh really minded Christmas -- h...

• Dec-1997
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Santa wears a skirt? Noah Spenser felt like a fool sitting on Santa's lap. But his seven-year-old daughter, Mindy, had insisted. However, when he noticed that this Santa had padding in unexpected places, he wasn't so anxious to leave. Especially w...

• Jan-1998
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How do you spell “terror”? K-I-D-S! Smart, savvy career woman Jo Montgomery had nothing against kids -- she just didn't want any. So when she found herself stuck taking three little darlings to the most important meeting of her career, she wa...

• Jan-1998
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Romance was for fools... And CEO Matthew Kent was anything but. So what was he doing in Arizona as half owner of a shop devoted to romance? He blamed it all on his aunt. The silly woman had thought he wouldn't be happy until he was married, so she...

• Feb-1998
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How do you spell “disaster”? W-I-F-E At least, that's what Alan Parish thought. Getting dumped at the altar saved him from making the biggest mistake of his life. From now on, it was the single life for him! And since he'd already paid for his h...

• Feb-1998
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Cinderella? In his search for the perfect woman, Steven Jackson had dated lots of candidates, but no one had quite fit the glass slipper. Then, while he was on vacation, his Cinderella came crashing through the ceiling of his hotel room, captured hi...

• Mar-1998
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Too Sexy for him... "Chicago's Sexiest Bachelor," Jason Knight, is a successful assistant D.A., not a pinup! But women are forever hitting on him--even in the courtroom. Nevertheless, Jason plans to Stay in Control. Until Heather Grayson...

• Mar-1998
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The ingredients for sexual chemistry... One feisty brunette Caterer Carly Westin's love life held no sizzle. Then while serving a romantic dinner for two, she witnessed a crime of passion. Suddenly her bland-as-tofu life was filled with spice w...

• Apr-1998
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Princess, the poodle, had a perfectly glorious life, a dog's life in fact.... Until that annoying bulldog, Jake, moved in next door. Jenny McNeill had a perfectly glorious life, a life every successful woman might dream of, until that irritatin...

• Apr-1998
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What are friends for? 1. Stealing your husband Sarina Mann had no friends. She just couldn't risk it. Not after her former best friend ran off with Sarina's husband on their wedding night! 2. Being there when you pay them Sarina took the saf...

• May-1998
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Meanwhile, back at the ranch... Deedee Emerson had escaped the family farm, but in her haste to escape her wealthy, mismatched fiance she dived--wedding dress and all--through the first open window she saw. And that window belonged to Garth Gentry...

• May-1998
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She went out on a limb... How did she get into these messes? One minute Joan O'Leary, unsuspecting accountant to the mob, was witnessing her boss's demise. A minute later, to save her own skin, she'd confessed to the crime herself. After all, jail w...

• Jun-1998
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Bland and beige! Where was the woman Deputy U.S. Marshal Ryan Knight had once loved? Courtney Delaney had become...beige! Now she wanted a husband and 2.4 children. Gone was her spontaneity, her desire for excitement--and her desire for Ryan. Cour...

• Jun-1998
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THE WILD, WILD WEST. WHERE MEN ARE MEN... Sweet-talkin', sweet-kissin' Jackson West has quite a way with the ladies -- and a reputation to uphold. So when the sexy cowboy wagers he can seduce Purity, Miracle Mountain's newest celebrity, he quickly...

• Jul-1998
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Objective--To stop Lynn Morgan's feuding parents from filing for divorce. Approach--Introduce a tattooed, leather-wearing hell-raiser as their prospective son-in-law. The man for the job--Lawyer Tony Russo. Lynn's parents would join forces t...

• Jul-1998
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The cowboy and the city slicker To Hannah Nelson the idea of roughing it meant using her gold charge card rather than Daddy's platinum one. Now, however, she had bad guys on her trail and she was forced into exile hiding out at the ends of the ear...

• Aug-1998
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Her Little Problem Everyone in Hooperville knew Rita Lynn had been jilted by the father of her baby. Gossips and matchmakers were driving her crazy, trying to find a solution "regarding Rita." His Big Problem Nate Morrow--big-city divorce lawyer...

• Aug-1998
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She was really unlucky in love. So, when Lucky Myers came across a gorgeous cowboy swimming in the buff, she didn't know what to do--run or enjoy the show. And when he asked her to spend time on his ranch, she was floored! That is, until the sexy ...

• Sep-1998
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Anastasia Knight knew better than to fall for a straight-arrow like David Sullivan. Why, he'd even believed she was trying to swindle his sweet grandmother! He was the one at fault-he didn't spend enough time with the dear woman. And Anastasi...

• Sep-1998
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GREAT TV LOVERS First Luke and Laura ran away with our hearts. And we never doubted that Desi loved Lucy. But can John and Margaret stop fighting long enough to say "I do"? Margaret and John--coanchors, adversaries...husband and wife? N...

• Oct-1998
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Butler Erin Jones hadn't expected a dusty, dirty ranch to be her next assignment, but she wasn't one to shirk her duty. She would straighten out cowboy Tyler Morris's life even if it killed her - or him! The first thing Erin did was knock Tyler off h...

• Oct-1998
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Always the best man... As Drake Hogan watched his good friend tie the knot, he was thrilled to be the best man and not the groom. Drake was determinedly happy as a single guy--until beautiful, free-spirited Lulu Lewis burst into his life. Before h...

• Nov-1998
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Tall, dark and handsome... The last thing she wanted--a hero! When Livvy Ravenwood's daughter wished for a knight in shining armor to come to their rescue, Livvy hadn't expected the wish to come true quite so dramatically! But the next thing sh...

• Nov-1998
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Not another Monday! Lucy Moore loved Mondays. She'd lost three pounds, unearthed forgotten money and been promised a promotion at the library. And in Nick she found the rough, tough and gorgeous sidekick she needed for her paring plan to prove her br...

• Dec-1998
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Right Stork, Wrong Address! Found: One Baby under Christmas Tree Hallie St. John knew her way around babies--she'd practically raised three stepsisters--but finding one under her Christmas tree had her stumped. She discovered that the little...

• Dec-1998
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Cindy Warren's making a Christmas list... 1) A good haircut 2) A great report from Mr. Stanton the corporate hatchet man sent to evaluate the Chandelier House and Cindy 3) A drop-dead gorgeous man. Hotel guest Eric Quinn will do nicely. ...

• Jan-1999
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Snatched! Bride-to-be Cathy Seymour refused to let abduction keep her from the altar -- even if her kidnapper was the hunkiest guy this side of Brad Pitt. She intended to get back to her stable banker fiance, by hook, crook or via a tiny bathroom ...

• Jan-1999
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Life as she knew it was over... Losing her ex-husband was painless -- except for the legal fees -- but the apartment...! Sunny O'Brien, the original Cosmo girl, moving to a cabin in Vermont? Not likely! She'd pack up the dog, head out i...

• Feb-1999
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READY... Career-driven Blake Donovan planned to score big time at the annual management retreat and become the new V.P. AIM... Then Eloise Periwinkle blew into the retreat on a breeze, knocking Blake right out of his polished wing tips. Who ...

• Feb-1999
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Rachel had had it with Valentine's Day No wonder she and her other single girlfriends call it Black Sunday! The pressure of being a couple on Valentine's Day can send people over the edge. As a therapist she knows all about it. So Rachel d...

• Mar-1999
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Murphy Brown meets June Cleaver? Up-and-coming ad exec Laura Sloan loves her single, child-free life just the way it is. So what's she going to do when she finds an adorable, abandoned baby boy in her office and her first love, gorgeous Grant Magu...

• Mar-1999
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All her life, Brenna O'Shay has dreamed of being a cop. So she sets out to prove herself--and Nathan Fox's case is the perfect opportunity. The last thing Nathan wants is a bodyguard, so he hires petite, curvaceous, gorgeous Brenna. He thinks havi...

• Apr-1999
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How to turn ho-hum into hot! When freelance writer Mabel Ivey is offered a full-time job at Real Men magazine--the magazine dedicated to helping women find real-life heroes--she jumps at the chance. She's not sure whether to be complimented or ins...

• Apr-1999
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Don't get mad, get even Tess Ryan considers herself an expert on broken relationships--her sister's, that is. But even Tess can't believe Lucy's obsessive plan to take revenge on her last boyfriend. Why, she's talking about painting the poor guy's...