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THE STORK REALITY
by Malena Lott
The Birth of a Mother
8 weeks--So they tell me I can expect to gain 20--35
pounds in the next 9 months, and don't even get a
chocolate martini to wash down the news? This wasn't
exactly part of our 5-year plan. First, Jake was supposed
to make partner in his law firm, I would stop traveling
so much for the ad agency and somehow we'd get our life
settled.
20 weeks--Some of those maternity clothes are cute. Who
knew? These days it's hard to tell whether the flutter in
my stomach is the baby or nerves. I'm a bit awed at the
miracle growing inside my ever-bulging belly, but I can't
help wondering: How am I going to keep working? What will
this do to our marriage? And the real kicker (so to
speak): Will I be a good mom?
32 weeks--Ready or not; only one month left to go. Time to
face THE STORK REALITY.
FIELDS OF GOLD
by Bridget Kraft
Kellen O'Roarke is out for revenge. Wealthy Jonathan
Clarke swindled Kellen's family, and when Kellen's heart-broken father died in poverty, Kellen vowed to bring
Clarke down. Now, with his plans to open a hot springs resort, he is within reach of his goal. Only one
thing stands in his way: local landowner Guin Talbot.
Guin Talbot is at a crossroads in her life. Grief-stricken
and alone since her parents' recent deaths, she is
struggling to keep the family hop farm in production, but
is on the verge of losing the land. Kellen needs access
across her property to complete his project, but doing so
will destroy her farm.
Ultimately, each must choose between all they've held dear
and the one they have come to love.
LUCK OF THE
DRAW
by Gail Link
"Life's like a good card
game--never let them know what you're holding." That was
Beau McMasters's motto. And with one lucky turn of the cards
in a high-stakes poker game, he found himself on his way to
Montana, the new owner of a local ranch and saloon. But he
was a Southern gentleman through and through, and he liked
his coffee black and his women bold, just like the new
schoolteacher in town. He knew it was only a matter of time
before the auburn-haired beauty fell to the charm of the
McMasters touch.
Miss Abigail Butler intended to keep her cards close to
her chest, and not even a honeyed Southern drawl would
make her show her hand and spill her secrets. With a
reward on her head and Pinkerton agents on her tail; she
couldn't afford anything other than anonymity. But the
golden-eyed gambler awakened her desires, and with time
quickly running out, she found he was the only one who could
help her turn the Luck of the Draw
THE LONG WAY
HOME
by Sarah Storme
Sam Calvert is the only
veterinarian within a hundred
miles of Rocky Butte, Colorado. He doesn't have time to get
involved with anyone, but when a stranger appears at the
local restaurant, he can't let her walk out into the night
alone. She isn't dressed for the cold, and the look of
desperation in her eyes has him worried.
Allie Tate has hit rock bottom. The only thing she really
wants is a home, but life won't cooperate. When she
discovered her husband cheating, she ran. Her car,
however, died in the mountains, so she's on foot without
money or a friend. She's chided into matching shots of
tequila with a redneck in a dingy bar in the middle of
nowhere until she passes out in his arms.
Sam and Allie initially butt heads over her ability to
take care of herself and earn her keep. To avoid detection
by her possessive, dishonest husband, Allie hides her past.
Sam, meanwhile, is wrestling with the fact that his
fifteen-year-old daughter, Tracy, is on the threshold of
adulthood. When Tracy arrives for the summer, their
emotional struggles kick off a series of disasters. Allie
tries to help Sam and Tracy work out their relationship
and falls for Sam in the process. But when Sam finds out
Allie's married, his world crumbles.
LADY ANNE'S
DANGEROUS MAN
by Jeane Westin
In Restoration England,
where the battle of the sexes is especially humorous and
high-spirited, a beautiful young aristocrat embarks on a
swashbuckling adventure with a dashing highwayman....
Lady Anne Gascoigne is eager to take her wedding vows--
until she discovers her devious fiance has conspired to let
King Charles II steal her virtue. To save her honor and her
life, she must flee under the protection of a notorious but
charming rake who has just escaped hanging-- only to be
captured by Anne's heart....
The illegitimate son of a powerful man, John Gilbert lives
by his wits and his sword, leading a merry band of men who
rob the rich and corrupt, then escape to a forest hideaway.
As proper Lady Anne blossoms under John's command, opening
up to the freedom and sensuality he offers, she poses a new
set of challenges for him--to stay alive long enough to
ensure her protection, earn an equal place by her side, and
convince her of his undying love....
OVER THE MOON
AT THE BIG LIZARD DINER
by Lisa Wingate
Welcome to Big Lizard Bottoms, home of the famed Lover's
Oak, where matrimony is a local industry, where you can get
hitched, book a float trip down the river, or both. Not
exactly an ideal vacation destination for a play-it- safe
paleontologist who has sworn off romance. But Lindsey
Attwood isn't on vacation. She's here on a covert mission to
help recover dinosaur tracks stolen from a localguest ranch.
If she has to pose as a horse psychology patient and make
nice with the local rancher to do it, she can handle that,
can't she?
Or maybe not. After she spends only a day at the ranch,
things are spiraling out of control. Her horse therapyhorse
hates her, she's been adopted by an enormous stray sheepdog
with an outlaw reputation, and the rancher... well, that
situation is so out of bounds that Lindsey's head is in a
whirl and she's feeling all moonstruck. Which, come to think
of it, may be exactly what she needs. After years of digging
around in the past, Lindsey wonders if it's finally time to
see what the present has to offer....
TWO LITTLE
LIES
by Liz Carlyle
FROM THE BOOK JACKET:
Once, he spurned the woman he loved. The Earl of Wynwood
was far too reckless to handle a sophisticated woman like
Vivian Alessandri. And the beautiful opera singer was far
too famous to make a suitable wife. Crushed by Wynwood's
refusal to marry, Vivianna offered her hand to another. But
now, years later, the two are face to face again and fate
has a way of playing with lovers' hearts and passion
has a way of setting them on fire.
ALWAYS TIME
TO DIE
by Elizabeth Lowell
FROM THE BOOK
JACKET:
The powerful Quintrell family of New Mexico has spent
decades in the public eye. Now the recent death of the
clan's patriarch, a former U.S. senator, has placed his son,
Governor Josh Quintrell, squarely in the spotlight as he
prepares his run for the highest political office in the
land. It is not a good time to be rattling skeletons in the
family's closets.
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