Emily Dalton

Dear Monica,
No two people deserve a child more than you and the count. I'm giving you a baby

It's bad enough when fans confuse Maggie Stern with Monica Blake, the infertile character she plays on TV, but to leave her a baby a baby! on the doorstep

But baby Sarah's cries are real, and Maggie has no choice but to cuddle her close. Too bad little Sarah won't settle for bottle or binkie she wants the tall, blond man from next door, Dr. Jared Austin. The baby doctor.

Maggie can't fault Sarah's taste, but it seems the handsome doc has reasons of his own for avoiding Maggie and her precious package!

New Year's Bachelors

New Year's Resolution #2: Harass a Hunk!

Dylan McAllister, Salt Lake City's hottest attorney–at–law, dripped masculinity like summer rain off a hot tin roof. But when Elise Allen used an inherited ticket to the New Year's bachelor auction to buy him, she had only one thing on her mind: revenge.

Dylan had taken Elise to the cleaners in the courtroom, but a week by her side in her busy vet practice would be the perfect payback. Contending with a jealous chimp, a dehydrated tarantula and an amorous pig would surely leave even a hotshot lawyer begging for mercy if only Elise could keep her mind off his briefs.

MAYBE THIS TIME

"You saved my life, Jackson Tremain. Now make it worth living."

After a near–death experience, Teri Taylor wasn't so sure she hadn't died and gone to heaven. Waking up in the strong arms of Jackson Tremain, her high school nemesis and secret infatuation she realized he had saved her life returning the very breath he'd stolen with his kiss.

Teri knew she'd come back for a reason, and one look at Jackson's four–year–old son confirmed it. Was the happy family she saw in the portrait on the wall an image of the past or a picture of the future?

MAYBE THIS TIME
A second once–in–a–lifetime chance to fall in love.

He'd fathered her son and didn't know it. Yet!

The guy with the sexy smile staring at Cassie Montgomery from Single Men of Alaska magazine wasn't just fantasy fodder but the answer to Cassie's personal mystery. Cassie didn't regret a thing about bringing her son, Tyler, into the world except not knowing his daddy's name. Now she'd found him and she was getting her snowshoes out pronto!

Adam Baranof couldn't believe it when the one woman he'd chosen to meet out of hundreds told him she'd borne him a son four years ago. Becoming Tyler's instant daddy would be a dream come true but what would Cassie do if she learned the secret Adam kept about the night they'd met...?

Bachelor Surprise!

Upon learning a casual fling had resulted in a bundle of joy, Greg Chandler felt compelled to go under cover and find the kid–just to make sure it was well cared for.

But that was before he saw Mikelle Bennet, the sexy widow who had adopted \Jamie.\" Before he'd held his son in his arms. Before his fatherly fate was sealed…

Mikelle was suspicious of the newest guest at her Nantucket inn. The only local color he seemed interested in was baby blue! And why was a confirmed bachelor suddenly fascinated by warm bottles and baby booties?

Greg's charm and sheer masculinity stole her heart. But was it also his intention to steal her son?

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HOLIDAY HOMECOMING

Talk about the Christmas Spirit!

When Carl Merrick fell asleep at his desk on Christmas Eve, his business partner made an unexpected appearance in his dreams in baby–doll pj's and a come–hither grin! Now he was looking at Marley Jacobs in a whole new way.

By the time the night was over, Carl would have three more visitors. Miss Hathaway, his cranky grade school teacher. Uncle Ralph, the used–car salesman. And, worst of all, Stewart Cosgrove, the new guy at work with a smarmy smile and a yen for Marley. What could these people teach him? And if Marley was the reward, could he learn it by midnight?

Dear Aunt Tilly,
I've met the man of my dreams an English duke! Tall, blond, charming . So what's the problem, you ask? He's tie and tails, I'm sweats and sneakers. He's a British peer. I'm an all–American gal. Oh, yeah and I've ruined his life . What do I tell him?
Sign Me,
Speechless in Seattle

Mathilda McKinney wished she could write popular columnist Aunt Tilly for advice but she was Aunt Tilly. And Julian Rothwell, Duke of Chesterfield, demanded her as payment for the troubles her advice had caused him.

The very idea! This was America, after all. "Aunt Tilly" would tell the man where to go. But as Tilly gazed into the duke's baby blues, she heard herself give an unexpected answer .

Once upon a time

They called him the "Perfume Prince" but Philip Fairchild had never exactly seen himself as a storybook hero. But that was before he tracked down the three winners of the "most fragrant rose" contest and met their beautiful goddaughter, Aurora McBride. One look at Rorie's beautiful lips told Philip that he'd give his kingdom for a kiss even if it meant trying to pass the three tests laid out by her godmothers. After all, if he succeeded, he'd be granted knowledge of the secret to their garden and maybe even the hand of the prickly princess.

Once Upon a Kiss

Could they live happily ever after?