Pamela Bauer

The bridesmaid is pregnant

The stuffy air in the church and her queasy stomach are a bad combination, especially since Krystal Graham is trying to hide her condition particularly from Garret Donovan, the groomsman assigned to escort her down the aisle. The groomsman who just happens to be the father of her baby.

Unfortunately, once the "I do's" are over and the newlyweds are on their way, Krystal knows she's in trouble, and she tries to make her exit before she embarrasses herself. But that's the least of her worries. Garret's a smart man and a doctor. What's she going to do once her secret is out?

So much for peace and quiet

Brendan Millar wants to spend a quiet summer in the woods of northern Minnesota. He has a difficult decision to make whether or not to become a priest and he needs time alone. But that isn't going to happen. Not when Dani Taylor, a beautiful woman with questions of her own, arrives.

It's impossible to ignore Dani and soon Brendan isn't sure he wants to. Then, as if Dani isn't enough of a complication, his teenage niece shows up. She's a runaway a pregnant runaway. And the baby's due any day.

Things aren't turning out the way Brendan planned. But he still has to come up with an answer. Does he choose the path he's spent most of his life following or take a chance on Dani? And what about the baby?

FAMILY MAN

LOCAL MAN IS HERO

Thirty–five–year–old Tyler Brant saved the life of popular TV personality Kristen Kellar when the small plane they were travelling in crashed into the St. Louis River near Hibbing, Minnesota.

Brant single father of a six–year–old daughter was not available for comment.


Tyler Brant has no intention of speaking to reporters. And while he's happy that Kristen Kellar is recovering, he wishes she wouldn't keep telling people he's a hero. All he wants is to put the crash behind him, get on with his life, spend more time with his daughter.

Still, he can't forget the beautiful woman he'd carried from the wreck. Unfortunately, Kristen's big news and Tyler has reason to stay away. But he hadn't counted on Kristen's determination to thank him in person. And he hadn't counted on his little girl's growing attachment to her.

He certainly hadn't counted on falling in love .

There's no turning back once Paige makes a colossal mistake that could cost her the best friend she's ever had. How can life possibly stay the same for her and Justin after they spend one passionate night together? If only her fiancé hadn't run off with another woman. And if only Justin hadn't been there to comfort her when she'd been so utterly vulnerable....

But now she's pregnant and Paige can't turn back the clock and things couldn't get any more complicated. Because this innocent little baby puts a whole new spin on the term "just friends."

MAIL ORDER GROOM

"WHAT YOU NEED IS A MAN!"

No, Hannah Davis corrected her meddlesome aunt. She needed a hand not the rest of the man who came with it! A burly, able body to tend the acreage not a tall, sexy stranger in a Stetson, who looked at her with doe–brown eyes that melted her soul.

WHAT SHE GOT WAS A COWBOY!

Hannah couldn't believe that her aunt had actually advertised for this cowboy. True, he liked her son and his dog and he did make her long for someone to share the big house during those long, lonely nights . That is, until she discovered the real reason he was on her land – that old biddy aimed to have her legally wedded and properly bedded!

Truly a Merry Christmas!

Merry Mattson has come a long way in her life–from poor and unwanted child to successful musician.

One of her few ties to childhood is her continuing friendship with Holden Drake. He'd been not only her best friend but the first boy she fell in love with; now he's a wealthy and decidedly cynical divorce lawyer in California. Out of long habit, Merry visits Holden every Christmas–although they both insist that Christmas means nothing to them.

This Christmas is different, though. Because Merry's engaged and she won't be joining Holden in California. Holden's convinced that she's making a mistake–and he decides to join her in Minnesota instead.

Only thirty days till Christmas...

Sara Richards had one month to save the sleepy hamlet of Christmas, Minnesota, from extinction and one month to save herself from Joe Gibson. The man who'd fuelled her schoolgirl fantasies was home for the holidays, and everyone in town knew there was unfinished business between her and Joe.

Joe was more desirable than ever. Just the sight of him made Sara hot all over even in the midst of a Minnesota winter. The townsfolk all 272 of them decided to play matchmaker, and Sara wondered how her heart was going to make it till Christmas....

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WEDDING DRESS
FOR SALE
Size 7, never worn. It's a masterpiece. He wasn't. Call Annie at 555–7255.

After breaking her fourth engagement, Annie Jamison had a mountain of debts, a heal of white lace and a shoe box full of mementos. Why not sell the dress? She obviously wasn't destined to wear it anyway! But when the Bargain Shopper switched her phone number with an ad for a vintage truck, Annie had some choice words for the conceited oaf who called himself The Pick–Up Man.

In the flesh, Mr. Pick–Up was gorgeous, sexy, with a body to die for. Unfortunately, he was also her first ex–fiancé the only man she truly ever loved. Oh, and one small thing: He wanted to buy the dress for another woman!