The last thing I can remember is the rough hands that grabbed me from behind and the rank scent of the cloth that was forced over my face. I hear my captors saying that they’re keeping me as a hostage. Until they no longer have a use for me. Then there’s pain, a feral roar of rage, and the world disappears.

I’m stuck in New York after ma agent makes a bloody mess of an otherwise good endorsement contract for a sports towel company, and this crazy American holiday–Thanksgiving–is in two days. The invitation to spend it in Mendon, Massachusetts, with the Jacoby family is about as appealing as rotten haggis. As far as I can tell, Thanksgiving is about stuffing yerself silly, watching pathetic American “football,” while fighting with relatives ye only see once a year. If I wanted that last one, I’d head back to Scotland, where we dinna need a holiday to be salty to each other. Ma firm answer is nae. Until I remember Amy is part of the family. Suddenly, I’m available.

He’s a special operative with a bleeding heart for the innocent. She’s a desperate kidnapper determined to save her family. They’re both fighting the desire that explodes between them, even as he chases her down to bring her in.

What happens when the only person you ever trusted betrays you? Hope Daniels was my friend. My confidant. Right up until the day she stabbed me in the back and cost me everything. My family. My fortune. My legacy. My siblings hate me, the family estate is falling apart, and my father’s murderer is still out there. My only ally is Hope, the one person I know I can’t trust. Except this Hope is different from the girl I knew. For one thing, she’s not a girl any more. She’s a woman. I want to hate her. I absolutely don’t want to want her. But I do.

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Margaret Haselden knows how it feels to be alone in the world, which is why she takes in the scrappy stray terrier she finds rummaging through her rubbish bins. Despite her best efforts, the little dog proves more than she can handle, especially when it bites the prized bulldog of the sternly handsome Edward Cherrill, Duke of St. Lawrence.

Not everyone flees a steamy back seat session without an explanation but that’s how my new single mom life starts out. I don’t expect to see that guy again. All he knows of me is that I’m new in town and freshly divorced, not that I have four kids and have zero interest in dating. Yet who do I find coaching my son’s third grade football team? My random hookup, Holden Barron, looking even better in broad daylight.

He’s next in line to RULE the Irish Mafia. She’s off limits, an outsider. But, when trouble lands her at his feet, he takes the opportunity to have what he truly wants—her.

Fredericka “Fred” Klein has a simple plan: stay in Blue Falls, Texas, for a few months, heal from heartbreak, search for work, and save up money to move back to New York. Then breeze back into the city with a great job and a new life plan, ready to show her ex—and everyone else—what she’s made of. Like the Punisher, but, you know, without all the violence and eternal vengeance.

When Mia Tempesta goes into labor during a snowstorm on Christmas Eve, she stumbles into Will Jackson’s cherry packing shed. As a war widow, she’s lost everything–her husband, her home, and her job. But when Will, a caring stranger, delivers her beautiful baby boy into her arms, she has hope for a brighter future.

Can widow Katarina protect both her battered heart and her beloved B&B from the property developer passing through her small town?