Julie Kistler

He'd Been Blacklisted By Baby–sitters Everywhere

Single dad Alex Thornhill could manage multimillion–dollar deals, but he couldn't manage his own children…nor could anyone else! What his two little girls needed most was a mommy. What Alex needed was a fantasy wife.

Setting his sights on Sabina Charles–the glamorous, bestselling author of The No–Fuss Guide to Parenting–Alex vowed to woo and wed her. But while Sabina was the image of serenity and grace, it was her shapely assistant, Meg, who caught his eye.

But if Alex couldn't even get a handle on his feisty daughters, how on earth was he gonna get his hands on the fiery Megan Kaczmarowski?

The Wedding Party

Anything can happen at a Bellamy Wedding

Can a fake fiancé become a real husband?

Bridesmaid Lizzie Muldoon had resolved to go stag to the weekend–long Bellamy society wedding. Except her "well–meaning" friends, poor planning, and a big secret had Lizzie hooked up with a fake fiancé!

But groomsman Joe Bellamy stood head and shoulders above other men, a real man amid a sea of impostors, and he had Lizzie wishing he was the real thing. He believed in truth, honesty, simple virtues. So why was this stand–up guy "pretending" to be Lizzie's lover as if he meant business?

Is he...the one?

Name: Thomas Michael \Tripp\" Ashby
Age: 34
Status: S.T.U.D. #2
Occupation: Jock

What was a STUD to do? Tripp Ashby actually had more women than he could handle!

Thanks to his matchmaking mom's personal ad proclaiming his supposed desire to marry, strange women were turning up naked in his shower, breaking into his cabin, car–jacking him–and driving him nuts!

Bridget Emerick had bailed him out before, why would she mind doing it again? Sure, she was engaged to be married, and she couldn't stand his mother. But how could she possibly resist a little dress rehearsal–especially with him as the groom?

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The Socialite and the Bad Boy

Lockett Kensington, pampered and rich, faced the spectacular society wedding of the year–her own. She had more than a case of cold feet–they were numb! Taking the most direct route, she gathered up her skirts to descend the trellis from her bedroom window, when she fell into the waiting arms of the original rebel–Antonio Ryan, her ex–husband.

As a teenager, she'd married Ryan to spite her dad, so she thought. But as Ryan rescued her in her prenuptial hour of need, dark eyes snapping and leather jacket gleaming, she wondered what it would mean to climb onto his motorcycle…and back into his life.

How to cause a scandal? Throw out the rules...

Quiet, mousy Jordan Albright never makes any waves, not even with her staid fiance. But she loves teaching her popular course–Scandalous Women 101. Then suddenly, she travels back through time to 1893 into the arms of Chicago department store heir Nick Tempest! Soon Jordan is creating a scandal of her own...

But while Nick can't keep his hands off the sexy, free–spirited Jordan, she's worried about returning to the future. Can he really believe she's been sent to save him in the nick of time?

MORE THAN MEN

His senses were all–powerful

Caught in a cave–in, photojournalist Lucas Blackthorn was buried in a labyrinth under an ancient palace. When he emerged, he'd developed super–acute senses. He kept them secret, but they made the world outside Blackthorn Manor almost impossible to bear.

Only Lucas's childhood crush, Gilly Quinn, was determined to lure Lucas from his lair. But she had another project, too to clean up her dangerous neighbourhood. And when that landed her in hot water, a mysterious crime avenger magically appeared!

Gilly quickly began to fall for "Nightshade," her sexy rescuer and to wish that he and Lucas could be one and the same man. And then suddenly she began to suspect her crazy wish was more than a fantasy.

mummy doesn't know a great catch when she sees one!

Tim like to play with me and tells mummy she's beautiful.

He's gallant, just like in romantic stories. But mummy just wants to get rid of him. What is she afraid of?

Tuesday

Kally Malone used to have her life firmly in control. But now Tim's obsidian eyes and quick kisses in the kitchen made her all jittery and if she were honest, made her feel alive. And her daughter, Tuesday, seven going on thirty, had a mission: to make Tim part of their family as the daddy. But Kally didn't know if she was ready for a husband!