
For vibrant Christine Ludan, the six months apart from her husband has been a dark time. But now dynamic Jesse Ludan, Milwaukee's controversial reporter, is coming home. Christine yearns for their lives to flow together once again, just as th...
Dena Klein remembered people by what they ate. Richard Klein produced hit TV programs. She didn't mind a bit that he was the famous one, while her extraordinary skills with kosher French cuisine were hidden in the kitchen. Their life together was utt...
Cady Densmore's love for her husband Rafe never dimmed. Not once in the months he lay paralyzed and she struggled to fulfill his seat in the Senate. Not once during the dangerous surgery that restored him. Not once on the long campaign for his re...
When bestselling author Glory Mathers married handsome Wade Wilson, an out-of-work actor, all the gossips shook their heads. In those early days in New York City, she was the breadwinner and mother to their three children, while Wade struggled with h...
Kate Remington felt deeply fulfilled. She loved her home, her career, and most of all her husband, Adam. But when the doctor suggested she get pregnant, she began to recognize hidden longings... Suddenly, she yearned to have Adam's child, the ult...
It looks like the perfect solution to Linny: she needs work, her lawyer husband needs a secretary. She's sure that being at Wes's side by day... and in his arms by night... can only improve their marriage. Though at first Wes heartily disapproves of ...
Jenny always considered her marriage to art dealer Lloyd "Mister" Heath the epitome of wedded bliss. But after nineteen years and six beautiful children, she fears domesticity is dulling their romance. Hoping to rekindle their faltering passion, J...
Jenny loved Larry's sun-bleached hair, his dazzling smile, his love for the sea--and his love for her and their children. Their marriage of fifteen years was as solid as the rock-hard muscles that enveloped her in the most intimate embrace each night...
Beth's heart ached for Joe--stubborn, lovable Joe. Why couldn't he understand she had needs that not even he and the children could fulfill? Joe yearned for Beth--sweet, sexy, capable Beth. Why was she suddenly discontented with the joyous life they'...
Katie Fitzmorris loves Brian, the king of the Irish stage, who chose her as his American queen. For three years his rapt pupil, she now has a chance to star in films�"and become his equal partner. But in Hollywood, Katie feels more than oceans se...
Who would have thought the Dauntless Duncans, dynamic attorneys with a limitless passion for law... and each other... would quit their careers? But, being free spirits, when Don and Meg inherit a houseboat, they abandon all cares and move to Key West...
Dauntless news reporter Eleanor Dancy and handsome senator Bram Foremost make the ultimate "odd couple." Her liberal views challenge his conservative policies; his common sense tempers her zeal. But their passion is as steamy as their politics are st...
For ten years Megan and Jay Crawford have pursued demanding careers -- and taken passionate delight in their love for each other. Now, starting a family seems the perfect way to enhance their already deep and unyielding bond. But months later, Meg...
Erica McCrery is worried. After nine years of marriage, Kyle seems to be slipping away. It began with his father's death, with the move back to his Wisconsin birthplace, and his decision to return to the family woodworking business. Erica joyf...
They married too young, and now five years later, with two children and a huge mortgage, Marcie's husband wants to sow his wild oats. The kids aren't returnable. No one will buy the house. So Thad wants a divorce... Marcie tries to underst...
At their preposterous first meeting, he was that creature so beloved of fortune tellers: a tall, dark, and handsome stranger. She played the part of a Regency Hoyden: his Lady Laughing Eyes. Predictably, their courtship was wacky and wonderful. But t...
For richer or for poorer ...So far it had been "poorer," but with ardent loving and boundless laughter, Joe and Vicki Beck had shared three years of triumphs and sorrows. Now they're offered a dream come true: instant wealth and staggering success in...
During twelve years of marriage, Andrea and Sam Duncan have happily survived Andrea's challenging medical career and Sam's success as a baseball superstar. Their lively home is filled with love -- for their preteen daughter, Sam's rollick...
Caren Ashley loved the stark beauty of winter days in Russelton, Ontario. But even more, she loved coming home at night to her husband Tate. Curled up next to the fire, they discussed his painting and her pottery, and went to bed early, where their p...
It was a perfect love story: Socialite Clea Witherspoon fell madly in love with dashing magnate Mitch Bottington. They married and live happily ever after ... until Mitch began to spend all his time at the office. Lonely and bored, Clea begins wri...
Linda was a successful playwright when she met Tom Beaumont -- yet she left Manhattan and moved to his birthplace without a second thought, settling happily into the gracious life of New Orleans society. She knew it was what Tom wanted... But thre...
For Caroline, a college professor of Yankee stock, nothing is more exciting than her husband Ben Rothschild's polished old-world charm and heady financial success. Each night, she still aches for him, deeply, sweetly. But when academic politics im...
Caitlin and John Matthews shared something special -- a crackling quick wit and heady, sensual chemistry. But when Cait's cousin needed her in Belfast, and the State Department called John to the world's hot trouble spots, they parted...thoug...
After her terrifying ordeal in the Middle East, Cassa Welles is coming home. A tall, dark beauty, she has a fervent love for the country whose freedoms she has been denied -- and a heart-stopping ache to feel Dan's arms around her once again. He ...
For five years Adelina Kildaire has been happily married to ruinously gorgeous Samuel Grady. But when Addy's helper, Mis Pru, finds a man and moves to Tahiti, she leaves Addy to cope with her design business alone. Now, two children, a pregnant model...
From the first, Mark and Emma sensed something vibrant and intoxicating between them. Now, newly married, their careers as child psychiatrists continue to flourish while their love deepens. At work Emma's a maverick, but at home Mark curbs her outrag...
Lily and Tom Langdon's lives are as closely entwined as two grapevines grafted onto a single stem. Together they happily run the Pennyroyal Vineyard and adjacent dinner-theater -- joint labors of love--and raise their teenage children--offspring from...
A whirlwind courtship, an impulsive marriage -- shy, cautious Susan would never have dreamed herself capable of such madness. But she couldn't resist "Viking" Griff Anderson's infectious laughter...or his heart-stopping caresses. It w...
Since their impulsive marriage, Kaye and Jake Corrigan have been ecstatically happy. She's the passionate woman he searched so long to find; he's the man of honor and good humor she desired. After seven months, Kaye still glows in Jake's ...
In the office they're frosty colleagues, exchanging heated words and cold stares. No one suspects they dash home to each other... to share fevered embraces and deep kisses. After all, company policy states: NO FRATERNIZING BETWEEN EMPLOYEES. But ...
Kristin married mild-mannered Grey Hamilton for his quiet strength and warm sensitivity--and because, in private, she discovered a man of masculine authority and virile self-control. But now his sudden reluctance to start a family... and a series of ...
As their three teenage daughters reach for independence, Meg and David Alexander are thrilled to be freer from parenting. Now Meg can finish her education and join David on business trips. Now they can indulge in playfully spontaneous lovemaking. Now...
Samantha and Joel Loring are perfect companions and enthusiastic lovers, with a boundless zest for life. But the realization that Joel's latest video game invention has been stolen by his best friend leaves Joel reeling...and Sam, a private detec...
For vivacious actress Carrie Frazier, the chance to star in a Broadway musical directed by her sexy, sophisticated husband, Dylan, is a dream come true. But Dylan also plans to produce the show--a tremendous financial risk. Carrie revels in making...
Theirs was a fairy-tale courtship: handsome tycoon Max Randall fell in love with painter Vicki Carrolton's self-portrait and vowed to make the real woman his wife. Now, after one year of conjugal bliss, Vicki has blossomed as both woman and artist, w...
Movie-star handsome, impossibly sexy, tormentingly tender: Hank Lewis is everything Carol wants in a husband. It's the influence of Hank's mother, Maggie, she could live without. Breezing out of her fifth marriage, Maggie chooses to "recuperate" a...
When Liz sees a blond bombshell throw herself at John, she's forced to reflect on her marriage. Has she become supermom at the expense of being superwife? Is John more emotionally involve with his patients than he is with her? Determined to pr...
Once, they'd been young, idealistic, and in love. But in trying to save the world, they'd lost each other... Now, seven years later, Jennifer Ellis needs her husband Richard's testimony in a crucial court case, and suddenly he's back in her life. ...
Each had known...and lost...a perfect love, and neither expected a second chance. But that was before pretty, new mother Bet Valentine clouted rugged Louisiana rancher Jake Calloway with a mop...and convinced him she was the perfect candidate for a s...
Bett and Zach work hard to preserve their private paradise -- a 200-acre farm rich with clover and violets, lush blossoms, the scent of honey, the hum of bees. Together they delight in the fruits of their labor...and in each other. Bett is Zach's...
Professor Andrew Everest's quiet strength, distinguished gallantry and dashing good looks draw Carrie like a flower to sunlight. Her uninhibited spirit and celebration of life fire Andrew's passion. Though their marriage shocks their friends ...
For Cindy and Trevor Brooks, marriage means sharing midnight kisses, champagne bubble baths, a six year history, two inquisitive children, and a love whose strength continually catches them by surprise. Life is rich and rewarding... yet something's m...
Rugged, indomitable Craig Hamilton is everything Sonia could want in a husband. She admires his strength and integrity; he cherishes her liveliness and wayward humor. Nothing can upset the perfect balance of their love -- until the night a romantic s...
Tall, loose-limbed, slightly rumpled, sometimes boyish, always sexy, Gail Peabody's husband, Tyler, is truly unique. He does crossword puzzles in ink. Quotes poetry for every occasion. And makes glorious love to her. He's as solid as New Engl...
Popular high school sweethearts Maddy and Clark married young and immediately faced hard times. But adversity only strengthened their bond. They thrived on the old-fashioned values--family, faith, and, above all, love ... Then Maddy writes a jingl...
For Carol and Dan Ross, love knows no bounds. Romantic, impetuous, mercurial, Carol is devoted to her strong, steadfast husband. Dan keeps her anchored in reality -- except when they're both soaring on the wings of ecstatic lovemaking. Then Ca...
Heart-stoppingly handsome, charming, brilliant -- Steve Weston had his pick of women, and Gayle still can't quite believe he chose her. As they embark on challenging Ph.D. programs, she vows to prove herself worthy of her husband's love... ...
He's her Ozark "outlaw" -- the lean, mean singer whose loving puts her on top of the world. She's his "mighty midget" -- the petite powerhouse who's charts. Dana glories in her dual role as Jedd Harnett's cool-headed m...