Melanie Schuster

Ayanna Walker's life was her job and raising her two nephews. She barely had time to remember she even had a passionate side...and didn't expect that workaholic attorney Johnny Phillips would unleash it. But when Johnny's kiss curled her toes, she knew they would enjoy a summer fling neither would forget. As soon as he met sweet, shapely Ayanna at his sister's wedding, Johnny knew she was the one. His game plan was honest: shower her with his desires, his devotion, his dreams. But could a man planning forever and a woman still planning the moment find the right time for love?

The laws of attraction…

Walking in on a beautiful woman taking a bath is a perk Todd Wainwright doesn't expect when he arrives at a friend's Hilton Head beach cottage. The dedicated Chicago surgeon is looking for some much–needed R & R. He gets that and more when he spends an unforgettable weekend with South Carolina biochemistry professor Emily Porter, who knows all about the laws of attraction…

The chemistry of love

Emily has desired Todd ever since she first saw him at her sister's wedding. Having the sexy surgeon all to herself in a romantic oceanfront setting is beyond her wildest fantasies. But once the vacation's over, she's hit with a cold dose of reality. Is the workaholic doc ready to commit? Is the chemistry between them strong enough to turn a passionate lovers' idyll into a true and lasting love?

Love in the fast lane

In the five years since Alana Sharp Dumond lost her husband, she has remodeled her life. Her vintage car company, Custom Classics, is raking in money. She owns her own home and she has top–of–the–line friends. If she misses the feel of a man's arms around her, she'd never admit it. The shadows from her past are nobody's business but her own.

Worldly restaurateur Roland Casey has had his eye on Alana for months, but and now he wants to speed up put their relationship. With his tall, muscled build and cognac–brown eyes, he's never had any trouble romancing a woman–until now. Sultry Alana keeps putting the brakes on all his moves. Roland has no doubt that he can send her temperature racing, but can he mend her once–broken heart?

Billie Phillips's beauty has made her a household name, but she's ready to quit the world of modeling and pursue her real dream of flipping houses. All she needs is the help of one of Chicago's leading real estate moguls––a man who heats up her daydreams but vows never to surrender his heart....Tall, rich and charismatic, Jason Wainwright is willing to play along with Billie––especially if it means getting her into his bed. But Billie is all business and won't even agree to a date. By the time Jason's persistence finally pays off, will he be able to convince her that no woman––except her––could ever win his heart?

Chastain Thibodaux is no longer the awkward, naive girl who had her heart smashed to pieces by Philippe Devereaux. Now the successful artist has included three oil paintings of Philippe in her prestigious gallery show––sensuous nudes painted entirely from her memory of their smoldering affair. But then her subject turns up at her opening night, in the flesh––every hard–muscled, smooth–skinned, delicious inch of him––demanding to know why she's put him on display.Philippe hasn't been in love with Chastain since she dumped him to study art in Paris. Or so he's been telling himself. But his anger over her erotic portraits is mixed with the kind of desire that heats even the coldest New York night. And he vows that by New Year's Eve he'll have the answers to all his questions and have Chastain back where she belongs––in his arms....

After trying everything from blind dates to online matchmaking to speed dating, Alexis Sharp has given up finding Mr. Right. Or even Mr. Almost Right. Until the stormy night when the South Carolina spa owner gets a flat…and a hunky stranger comes to her rescue.

Sexy, sensitive, supersuccessful Chicago chef Jared Van Buren is everything Alexis could want in a man. There's only one thing standing in the way of their budding romance–Jared isn't black.

To her surprise, Alexis discovers she and Jared aren't as different as she thinks. As desire melts their barriers, Jared vows to prove to Alexis that they belong together. When it comes to affairs of the heart, what will it take to convince the woman who fills his life with passionate poetry that love is colour–blind?

Sherry Stratton has kept her heart on ice for years. Between her pediatric practice and her seven–year–old daughter, the accomplished physician believes she has no time for romance. But every time shes around sexy chef Lucas Van Buren, her temperature starts rising.

From the moment they meet at his brothers wedding, Lucas has eyes only for Sherry. Now after months of effort, Lucas and Sherry are finally hotting up. Lucas thinks they are solid, but when someone from Sherrys past suddenly resurfaces, their delicious relationship is put to the test…

Funny and feisty true–crime writer Dakota Phillips has almosteverything she wants. She's still looking for the perfect man: very tall, very educated and very cultured all wrapped up in rich chocolate brown. So far, her insecurities about her generous curves and her independent streak have kept her searching.

Nick is a self–made mogul who works hard, plays hard and loves life's finer things. He's not perfect, but he makes Dakota feel beautiful, desirable and maybe a little too vulnerable. Dakota can't surrender to a take–charge man, and Nick has worked too hard for everything to give up control. Moving on would be easy except for a little complication called love.