Contemporary

Toby worked hard to give his wife everything and Verbena loved him with all her heart. Life was good. Until someone shattered it. Enter a con artist. Now they've lost everything--home, car, boat, bank accounts, all of it. Running from town to town in one stolen vehicle after another, they can't stop. Not with him hot on their trail. He'll kill them if he catches them so Tony and Verbena keep running. Sleep and food beckon at a small sign up ahead. They have to stop. Just for a bit. Just for a bite with what little they have left. Drenched in the pouring rain, they dash inside, but what they face isn't what they expected.

Down on her luck cowgirl and sometimes bar waitress Sarah Sutton never meant to get run over in the middle of nowhere. Certainly not by the best-looking man she’s ever seen, and certainly not by the flying saucer he’s somewhat inexpertly piloting. But when she looks into Ralph Watkins’ eyes, when she feels his touch and realizes her “space alien” is about to make love to her, it’s like Sarah’s never lived before.

Claire would do anything to save the marriage she believes is faltering. Quite literally anything. Even if it means rekindling the outrageous sexual fantasies she’s never been that thrilled with. But luckily for both her and Eli, this time the fantasies are better than before. This time, the fantasies and all they entail are quite literally dazzling.

When he arrives unexpectedly in her thrift store, Anne has no clue something extraordinary is about to happen. Many somethings. And by the time she does, it’s too late. Because he’s become a part of her. A necessity to her. He’s become something she can’t live without. And then only one question remains. Can she trust him?

On their way home to Denver, Neil and Sherry never expected their flight to be diverted. They never expected the entire world to change beneath them and around them. But most of all, most important of all, they never expected everything they’d ever believed about themselves to change. So when the unthinkable happens, they’re completely unprepared for the swelter of passion that follows.

It’s just Paulette’s luck. On an early, early morning when she can least afford delays or attention, she has to run over the one man who’s out jogging in a sweat suit the exact color of the fog that’s supposed to be her cover. And once ensnared, she finds it impossible to get away. Because Kyle is keeping a secret or two himself. And they’re exactly the kind of secrets she’s most afraid of.

The island was her place. Her very special one, where she can hide in times of trouble and withstand all the storms the world can hurl her way. So is it any wonder that she's completely unprepared when this storm, the worst she's ever seen, produces a kind of trouble, a kind of danger that will change her and her island forever?

Chantal Forman had never thought about being alone. Never thought about everything she’d been missing. She’d been too busy trying to survive. Too busy trying to reassemble her life after the loss of her job and the inability to find another had reduced it to its most basic state. But then Sweetie came along. And changed everything. Because Sweetie led her to Brad.

Miles Ashton doesn't have a clue what's hit him. Survivor of the collapse of the World Trade Center and the loss of his fiancée and all his co-workers, he wasn't ready for anything to hit him. Ever again. But then he meets JoJo Hammond, would-be novelist and unenthusiastic interior decorator, on the streets of Chinatown, and nothing is the same. The old woman in the Chinatown alleyway claims the thing she gave JoJo is a love charm, guaranteed to bring the "right" people together. But Miles isn't so sure. And neither is JoJo. Because doesn't everyone know there's no such thing as a love charm?

All that stands between Marianne Mulligan and freedom is three hundred dollars. To get it, she’s willing to do anything. Anything! And the only thing standing in her way is a decidedly interesting state trooper known only as Melbourne. A state trooper who might, if she plays her cards just right, be her ticket out at last.

The door to the suite was open, and Lucie slipped inside for just a moment. Just to see how "the other half" lived. But sometimes curiosity captivates the cat. And for a little while it looks like Lucie's exactly the kind of sex kitten, handsome, mysterious Carl Henderson is out to captivate!

When Lacy Carmichael goes to Sand Creek Dude Ranch for Christmas vacation, she expects to relax and enjoy the great outdoors. Instead, she comes face to face with two old loves. In high school, she loved Matt Cooper. In college, she loved Spence Harper. Circumstances beyond their control ended their romances, but neither forgot the other. Can their love be rekindled? Can Lacy love two men at the same time? Can two men share one woman?

Lana LaRue is a call girl. Jonathan Summers is a man who wants sex without strings attached. They are the perfect couple—until Lana falls in love with Jonathan and Jonathan can’t reconcile his feelings for Lana. He begins to miss his regular Thursday appointments with Lana—believing that he can put distance between them and thus change his growing feelings for her—but sexual need overcomes his willpower to stay away. In a heated moment, he once confided his most coveted sexual fantasy to Lana. Now, necessity dictates she give him that fantasy—or lose him forever.

When Jolie O’Keefe finds herself at the wrong church, she realizes she’s stumbled into far more than the wrong wedding. Meeting Nate Webster will change not only her status as a single gal, but her long-standing opinions of herself. As for Nate, memories of the man he used to be has kept him from seeking the love of a good woman. But when Jolie sits beside him at the wedding, he realizes they’re both about to experience a healthy dose of Altar-ation.

Beautiful Interior Designer Cara Phillips is on the island of St. Thomas to rest and regain her health, but how can she relax when handsome architect Gabe Collins makes her acquaintance? He oozes sex appeal, and Cara is no prude where sex is concerned. Together, their lusty passion explodes amid the warm tropical nights and sun-filled days of the island resort.

There’s nothing more appealing then a good-looking man, and one that feels mutual attraction, and is ready to jump into bed at a moment’s notice – is delicious! When Cassie Michaels travels to Texas to inspect the ranch she has just inherited, she finds such a man – Hawk Downs, a wealthy Texas rancher with his ancestral Indian’s name, a bad boy’s sensuality, and a ravenous sexual appetite. Together they set the Texas landscape sizzling with their lusty explorations and carnal needs. But when Cassie learns there’s oil on the property she now owns – and Hawk knows of it - she thinks the Texas hunk is only having sex with her in order to get her ranch.

Silvia’s husband spends too much time tending his business ventures and not enough time tending her sexual needs so when he refuses to go on vacation with her, she boldly decides to go alone. Sunning herself on the beach, she is distracted by her own thoughts and suddenly finds herself being abducted by two men. All attempts to thwart the mishap go unnoticed and soon she finds herself far from her hotel, tied down and naked, and being ravished by two very virile males.

When Captain Tammy Albright learns Sergeants Wayne Murphy and Lyle Collins are coming to the Army base to train helicopter pilots, she thinks the two soldiers will only be there for a few months before being discharged and she will have little contact with them. But things don't always go as planned by the military--especially when two sexy men set their sights on a beautiful female officer. Tammy has old-fashioned values--but so do Wayne and Lyle--and neither man finds anything unorthodox about the coupling of two men with one woman. Will Tammy ignore her well-guarded ethics and have a relationship with the men? Has she gone too long without male companionship to pass up what they are offering her? How hard can it be for two virile solders to convince one petite woman that they have her back?

Kent Solomon succeeds at whatever he sets his mind to and the moment he lays eyes on beautiful April Malloy, he decides he wants her. He begins a strategic plan to get her into his bed, and finds April is not only captivated by his good looks and disarming ways, but capable of manifesting a few ideas of her own.

Kate Bentley has never forgotten her first love—Kent Albertson, the boy next door. Ten years have passed and Kate returns home for the holidays only to find Kent has done the same. One little faux pas brings Kent to her house—and one little innocent kiss lands him in her bed.