Ordered by his sponsor to clean up his image as the quintessential playboy, NASCAR driver Roberto Castillo asks pretty actress Mallory Dalton to date him for appearances only, but his plan backfires when he falls for her. Original.

From the Outside

Literature & Fiction

Brenna, Helen

United States

Harlequin Nascar

Rachel Murphy always puts family first. Well, sometimes family and work—as a female NASCAR engine specialist, she has a lot to prove! She's got no time for romantic entanglements. Besides, having been orphaned at a young age, she's had enough abandonment to last a lifetime.For mountain-climber-turned-sportscaster Payton Reese, risk is what makes everything worthwhile. That is, until an encounter with Rachel makes Payton compromise his "play hard, don't get tied down" rule. Suddenly he finds himself strangely captivated by a beauty in coveralls…and wanting to teach her a thing or two about living life for herself!But how can he be what she really needs…without changing his course?

Peak Performance

Jake Rawlings has been searching for the Spanish galleonConcha his whole life. And he's paid a heavy price.Suddenly he's saddled with Annie Miller, a marinearchaeologist who claims she can take him to it.Annie has her own reasons for going back to the Concha. Before their sudden deaths, her parents found theSantidad Cross—an artifact—on board. Since then thecurse of the Santidad Cross has ruined her life. Now shewants to bury the cross at sea—and her bad luck with it.As they set sail for the Bahamas, maybe the real treasureis staring them in the face.

Treasure (Harlequin Superromance, No 1403)

Harlequin Superromance

Maggie Dillon has never relied on anyone. She raised her two sisters and built a successful computer business all on her own. So when she's forced to hire Nick Ballos to negotiate an important contract with the Greek government, she's prepared to dislike him on sight.Unfortunately for Maggie, Nick gets under her skin. Plus, her gorgeous new hire is definitely hiding something. And it soon becomes apparent that Nick has his own reasons for taking the job. Is Maggie ready to trust this man, who lives by his own code of honor?And when it comes time to choose between his quest for justice and a future with Maggie, will Nick make the right decision?

Finding Mr. Right

First Come Twins

Photojournalist Noah Bennett has been running from himself forever. Covering war zones around the world has kept him away from his mistakes and, more important, from Sophie Rousseau, his high school sweetheart. But he's never forgotten her. He's returned to idyllic Mirabelle Island to heal, to finish his latest book…and to face Sophie again. Months after Noah escaped the island for college, Sophie married his older brother. Now a widow with teenage twins, Sophie will do whatever it takes to speed Noah's recovery and get him off her island. Before the only man she ever loved breaks her heart again.

Next Comes Love

Street-smart city girl Erica Corelli spent the three best days of her childhood on Mirabelle Island. Now her sister has disappeared and Erica's on the run with her six-year-old nephew. The boy's father, an abusive Chicago cop, will stop at nothing to get his son back. Erica can only hope this unforgettable island paradise is a safe place to hide. Garrett Taylor, the island's chief of police, takes one look at Erica and thinks, Trouble. The mysterious, sexy kind that disturbs a man's peace and instantly complicates the simple life Garrett came to Mirabelle to find. But no matter how hard he tries, he can't keep his mind—or his hands—off Ms. Couldn't Be More Wrong for Him.

Bestselling horror novelist Jamis Quinn hasn't written a word since Natalie Steeger moved in next door. Mirabelle Island has been his peaceful refuge for the past four years. Now he can't concentrate. Not with that sexy, Goody Two-shoes running a summer camp for disadvantaged kids giving him the wrong kind of ideas.Natalie always pictured hermits as grouchy old geezers. Her famous hermit neighbor has grouchy down pat. He's also got tall, dark and handsome going on. The No Trespassing signs Jamis hangs on his property are a joke. But the one on his heart is a little harder to ignore. Looks as though she'll have to up her game to get past it.

Then Comes Baby

Along Came a Husband

Missy Charms just got the shock of her life. The man she thought was dead has turned up on her doorstep.Her ex-husband--Jonas Abel.Four years ago, Missy Charms fell hard for Jonas. But his FBI job always came first. Missy only wanted--still wants--a home and family. Jonas isn't husband material, not even close. And now his latest undercover mission has trailed him to Mirabelle Island. With both their lives on the line, Missy knows she's been fooling herself. She loves Jonas as much as she ever did--maybe more. His return also means finally admitting the truth: she can't lose him again....

The Moon That Night

Kate Dillon has never met a man worth his weight in packing peanuts. Maybe she's simply too stubborn, too independent and too much of everything men don't want. Just when she's decided that Mr. Right doesn't exist, James Riley crashes back into her life. Ten years ago Riley barely noticed her, but she was certainly aware of him! Body like a Greek god. Mind like a steel trap. Heart of stone. And nothing has changed. Or so this professional soldier would like her to believe. As Kate is pulled into a crazy adventure with Riley and his daughter, she sees he's more than a heartless fighting machine. He's denied himself everything—and has everything to give. Now to make him admit it!

The Pursuit of Jesse

Sarah Marshik is happy planning other people's weddings, but she has no intention of planning her own. Instead, she's focused on turning her first house into the home she's always wanted for her and her son. Unfortunately, the only person for the job is Jesse Taylor, a sexy-as-sin man with a dark past. As tempting as Jesse is, Sarah's determined to resist him…even if he's too close for comfort every day.The longer he's in her house, the more it seems he belongs there. Somehow the renovations are making room for the three of them—together. Is she really ready to prepare her own walk down the aisle? Because something tells her he deserves a second chance.

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