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Completely Smitten : "Haley Foster had lived her entire life in a box. Guided by her preacher father and the residents of her tiny hometown as to what to do, what to wear and even who to marry, she'd lost herself along the way. But no more. Now she was going to live on her own terms and do all the things good preachers' daughters didn't do. Starting with Kevin Harmon."--P. [4] of cover. Hers for the Weekend : "Piper Jamieson needed a date with no...

Some Like It: Hot Family practitioner Cary Rupert wants Nora Chilton so badly he can barely keep a hold of his stethoscope. Now heś out to prove that when it comes to loving her forever, heś just what the doctor orderedŒ́ Playing Doctor: Dr. Axel Dean likes his women with sensual moxie, not virginal innocence. But when Libby Preston wont́ take no for an answer, Axel is more than willing to administer the cureŒ́ He Sees You When Youŕe...

A collection of three stories about love and knitting. In Twenty-First Wish by Debbie Macomber, ten-year-old Ellen hopes that her adoptive mom, Anne Marie, will fall in love with Tim, her birth father, who's recently entered their lives. In Susan Mallery's "Coming Unraveled," Robyn Mulligan returns home to run her grandmother's knitting store and meets handsome T.J. Passman. And in Return to Summer Island by Christina Skye, after a devastating accident,...

Two stories in one volume Bonus story by Marie Ferrarella entitled Finding happily-ever-after. Ready for marriage (℗♭1994) "Three years ago, Mary Jo Summerhill fell completely and utterly in love with Evan Dryden. But she was a kindergarten teacher, and he was a Boston blue blood with political ambitions. His family said she was not the right kind of wife for Evan. Mary Jo agreed--she didn't belong in his world. So she lied, and broke his heart....

"Golden sand, pounding surf, a sense of endless possibility-and four unforgettable stories of love, friendship, and second chances ..."--P. [4] of cover.

Archangel Gabriel and his three mischievous Prayer Ambassadors--Shirley, Goodness and Mercy--lend their celestial aid to three needy Christmas cases. Harry Alderwood, 86, prays that his increasingly forgetful wife, Rosalie, will agree to move into assisted living before he dies. Meanwhile, nine-year-old Carter Jackson begs God for a dog, even though his mother and father tell him that they can't afford to keep a pet, while Beth Fischer's mother prays...

Family court judge Olivia Lockhart becomes front page news when she refuses to grant a divorce to a naval officer and his wife after the the death of their baby, and discovers the lives of her family and friends to be increasingly complex.

Dr. Libby Drake is sensible and practical. To her more adventurous sisters, she's always been the "good girl". Certainly not the kind to attract the attention of a genius like Ty Derrick - until a tragic accident leaves the handsome biochemist at her mercy. Acting on her uncanny ability to heal, she stirs in the reawakened Ty his own long-suppressed desires for the woman who saved his life. But he's not the only man with designs on Libby Drake. Her...

Four bestselling authors channel the wit and wisdom of Jane Austen - had she believed in reincarnation and vampires ... Mary Balogh's Almost Persuaded reunites former lovers from beyond the veil. In Northanger Castle by Colleen Gleason, an obsession with Gothic novels prepares a young woman to destroy the undead. Blood and Prejudice is Susan Krinard's contemporary New York City vampire version of the classic story; and Janet Mullany's Little to Hex...

Illustrations and easy-to-read text celebrate the bonds of love that connect us all.