FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD No one seemed to believe how much widowed Turner Mitchell's little girl meant to him. No one but enigmatic Claire Spencer. His daughter's godmother offered to help him fight for custody, but Turner feared her maternal motives were simply a smoke screen, concealing explosive secrets.... Claire had made a promise: to look after her best friend's daughter -- not get involved with the child's tempting and hardheaded father. But no matter how infuriating he was, Turner set her soul on fire. Yet Claire had to keep her mind clear if she was going to help him .... and stop the truth from coming out.

FAMILIES FEUD ON NEW YEAR'S EVE...A GIANT AVALANCHE STRIKES...TWO ENEMIES ARE TRAPPED IN A SNOWBOUND CABIN...When fate stranded them together, Anne Parker fought her attraction for roguish Brad Irving. She couldn't possibly want this scoundrel-her father's sworn enemy, breaker of hearts. Until...uh-oh! She'd just made love with the one man in the world she shouldn't have. Yet never in her life had she felt such fierce desire as she felt now for Brad. And soon a baby was on the way... Would their child be raised a Parker or an Irving? Or was this finally the truce they were looking for?

A Lover from Another WorldCorie Trenton knew next to nothing about the mysterious man she'd found lying unconscious, nearly on her doorstep. And he seemd to know scarcely more about himself, just his name and a few tattered memories that incredibly--impossibly--spoke of a bloody battle more than a century in the past....But she had to help him make his way in his strange new world, even though his every word, his every touch, made her tremble--with fear and with desire. Because it was becoming clear that some powerful force was determined to destroy this man--and a newfound love that longed to vanqush time....

CRIMES OF THE HEART U.S. Marshal Blake Foster should have seen it coming. Despite all his best efforts, all his hard-earned experience, he'd fallen into the oldest trap in history. He'd let suspect Gail Stevens get under his skin...and into his dreams. Now he had to figure out what he was going to do about it. There was no use trying to ignore it any longer. He was finding it damn near impossible to keep his hands off her. Yet he had a job to see through. No matter how much Gail heated up his blood. No matter how much he wished he didn't have to go through with it. Because whatever happened, he was going to get burned, but good.

Ginny Matthews had a six-foot-one-inch, compelling reason to stay away from Gold Peak, Oregon: A long and lean cowboy by the name of Cully Black. But when her beloved foster parents were brutally murdered, Ginny knew she had no choice but to return. Facing her past -- and long-buried feelings for the handsome sheriff who still owned her heart -- was harder than she'd anticipated. The long months of hiding had taken their toll and Ginny could feel a presence lurking in the shadows. Watching. Waiting. And soon, she became a killer's next target. She'd have to once again place her trust in Cully, the only man who could keep her alive. But was his protective embrace part of his official duty...or something more?

A FORGETFUL WIFE? When Valeri Richmond awoke in the arms of rugged Nathan Thorne, all she knew was that she was compellingly attracted to the sexy mercenary whose mission was to bring her back to a husband and children she did not remember. But after Nathan brought her "home," he knew they'd been set up. Her "husband" welcomed her back with a shower of bullets and a demand for information that the pretty amnesiac could not recall. Now Nathan had a new vow: to one day claim Valeri as his own.