Sylviana Langdon's marriage went bad from the start. She married the wrong guy, and there was no chance of ever making him right -- not for her. Divorced and dating again, she can't stop thinking about a smart guy she met a few weeks before Steve came into her life. Eric Wasserman walked away from her with no explanation back then. What would he want with an airhead artist's model now, fifteen years and two little girls later? Captain Wasserman's best buddy, Steve Langdon, saved his life and stole his girl. The career Army officer's second-in-command drops a pretty blue envelope on his desk. The handwriting isn't familiar, but the name pulls the pin on the grenade that has been in Eric's mind since he walked away from the green-eyed girl his buddy wanted. When he doesn't reply to either of the two letters and a third arrives, his ungentlemanly behavior threatens the morale of his combat support unit. For the sake of his unit, Eric takes the hit from his best buddy's wife, wondering why Steve has put her up to writing to a man she doesn't know.

Wait a Lonely Lifetime

Literature & Fiction

Verrill-Rhys, Leigh

United States

Montlake Romance

After attending TC and Eve's wedding on Christmas Eve, Nana Vancy and her cohorts, Isabel and Annabelle, are looking for two more unsuspecting victims--er, friends--to play matchmaker for. It just so happens Isabel's nephew, Henry Hanson, is visiting Erie, Pennsylvania, with his daughter. Her single nephew. Heather Rayson runs a community-based day-care program at the local retirement center that Isabel and Annabelle now live in. Heather's unsure what to make of Nana Vancy when Annabelle and Isabel bring her around, but she soon decides that the three older ladies are up to something. It takes a little longer for her to realize that what they're up to is trying to fix her up with Professor Hanson. Heather's not against the idea of dating, and she certainly loves the professor's daughter, Lissa ... but whenever she and the professor are in the same room, sparks fly as they spar. But perhaps there's a chance that the sparks aren't really from two people who can't get along, but from two people who could learn to get along very well indeed, with a little nudge from their three matchmaking cupids!

Everything But a Mother

Jacobs, Holly

Summer Raine Jackson thought she had the perfect life, until her husband's infidelity was broadcast live on a radio program. Floundering after her divorce, she takes a temporary job at her sister's parenting services company while simultaneously planning the celebrity wedding of the year. Single dad Craig Hartmann, known to his fans as wacky radio deejay Cliff Hanger, is in dire need of help caring for his rambunctious family. Pretty Summer Raine has every right to hold a grudge against him, since he aired the evidence of her former husband's affair to his national audience. Instead, she not only takes on his crazy life, she makes every day better, stealing his heart in the process. But Summer isn't looking to be a family caregiver forever. Her goal is to own a successful wedding planning business. Can Craig convince her to give up the glamour of bridal gowns and fancy catering halls for the chaos of emergency rooms, temper tantrums, and the love of a good man?

Nobody's Perfect (A Nobody Romance)

Ardito, Victoria

Can a marquis ever be 'merely a mister'? Myles Trent, Marquis of Hayden and heir to the wealthy Duke of Braughton, is soon to find out. When illness curtails his Continental tour, Lord Hayden retreats to England's bucolic lake country. Finding unanticipated refuge in the home of Everett Whyte and his charming daughter, Anne, Hayden finds that his interests--as an aristocrat and as a mere gentleman--are decidedly at odds. Some local farmers are grumbling that in the aftermath of victory over Napoleon, not all are benefiting from the peace. Aware of the disputes and discontent, Hayden hides his identity while investigating. For herbalist and healer Anne Whyte, 'Mister' Myles is simply another patient--or so she tells herself. Yet she finds the importunities of local swain Perry Wenfield more annoying than usual. And her father's trips into the countryside have assumed a mysteriously troubling aspect. Might she trust Mr. Myles to help resolve her difficulties, or does he present one of his own?

Merely A Mister

Ferguson, Sherry Lynn

Genre Fiction

It was just another dinner party until Alexandra Moreton, a ravishing auburn-haired beauty, shows up. Deverell Bromfield doesn't recognize her as the spindly legged redhead with the flyaway hair he'd known as a youth. He hasn't trusted women since Ariadne threw him over for a viscount. Can he set that aside to pursue the delightful, unpredictable Alexi? At last convinced she truly loves him, he wants to marry her, but a scandal rocks his family. His brother, Nat, is accused of murder. Alexi's father forbids the match. Deverell searches for Nat to assure himself the boy is safe. He finds him in the back streets of London, working in a warehouse. Determined to save him and win back Alexi, Deverell sets out to find the real murderer only to discover the evidence points to Alexi's brother, Lucian. She is infuriated by his pursuit of her brother. The enticing Ariadne, now widowed, reenters his life with the information he needs to prove the real murderer's guilt. Will she lure him back into her arms? Deverell is on the horns of a dilemma.

Deverell's Dilemma

Calkins, Kaye

Hart Ducaine was the love of Kate Miller's life, but he hadn't been interested in a long-term relationship with her fifteen years before. So why should she trust him now? There is no way he will ever be her knight in shining . . . she can't remember the word . . . knight in shining whatever! A professional bull rider turned rancher, Hart only has eyes for Kate, but she is one sassy piece of baggage -- even more so than back when she was a teenager and she'd first caught his eye. Trust is hard to regain once it's been broken, and neither of them are willing to take chances with matters of the heart -- not anymore. And then Kate's Cajun grandmother, Maw Maw, and some of her other relatives set a plan into motion to abandon the two on a primitive island in the bayou. No cell phones. No electricity. No running water. And no one to talk to except each other. Will they figure out what Maw Maw already knows: that fate is drawing them together and they need to learn to trust their hearts?

In Shining Whatever (A Three Magic Words Romance)

Brown, Carolyn

2013 ©Desert Rose RWA® Golden Quill Award Winner - Traditional Romance Sunnyva "Sunny" Fletcher is a firm believer in fairy tales. With the recent debt she's acquired, the hope of something magical happening in her life is the only thing keeping her going. She needs a job fast. So when Sunny learns the sexy new vacationer in town is looking for a nanny, she starts to believe she just may have a fairy godmother after all!Internet guru Sam Calloway is only in town for the summer and needs a nanny for his two small children. However, the beautiful and inexperienced Sunny is not exactly the kind of caregiver Sam has in mind. It doesn't take long for Sunny's tenderhearted and bubble-blowing ways to soon have the children--and Sam--enamored with her. She's a dream come true. But after what Sam's been through, he's stopped believing in fairy tales long ago.Sunny manages to work her way into Sam's closed-off heart, but at the end of the summer, will the workaholic dad go back to his life in New York City, or will he decide his days are much sunnier here with Sunny?

Sunny Days for Sam

Shirk, Jennifer

After a tumultuous past, Greta Kendall has focused mainly on her bridal shop, located on the first floor of her beloved Queen Anne Victorian near Aspen. For two years she's fought to save her house from Stephanie Harwood of Harwood Development, who is intent on razing her home to build a new mall. But now Greta's running out of time. The town council is about to approve the final plans for the mall. When Gray Daniels walks into her shop, Greta is immediately attracted to his rugged good looks and midnight blue eyes, until she learns he's Stephanie Harwood's fiancé. She's furious to find they've tricked her into a publicity stunt aimed at garnering support for the mall. So now her little war has a new front: Gray Daniels. If only she could also fight her growing attraction to him. A knock on the door brings a return of old danger, and Greta must now put aside her anguish over the house to discover if she's at last capable of looking the past in the eye and overcoming it -- and if she's finally free to love again.

The Gingerbread House

Carson, Nell

The Ladies' Room

A Wall Street Journal bestseller.
Secrets told in the church ladies' room are supposed to stay in the ladies' room. But that doesn't mean that what Trudy overhears there during her great-aunt Gertrude's funeral won't change the rest of her life.
Trudy has a daughter in the middle of a major rebellion, a two-timing husband who has been cheating for their entire married life, and a mother with Alzheimer's residing in the local nursing home. She doesn't really need a crumbling old house about to fall into nothing but a pile of memories and broken knickknacks.
Billy Lee Tucker, resident oddball in Tishomingo, Oklahoma, lived next door to Gert, and in her will she leaves him the funds to help Trudy remodel the old house. That's fine with Billy Lee, because he's been in love with Trudy since before they started school. And just spending time with her is something he'd never ever allowed himself to dream about.
A beautiful home rises up from the old house on Broadway, and right along with it rises up a relationship. But is Trudy too scarred from what she heard in the ladies' room to see a lovely future with Billy Lee?

After the death of her husband, professional competitive skier Brooklyn Raine has shunned the press. Living as Lyn Hill, bed-and-breakfast owner in a quaint Vermont mountain town, Brooklyn keeps a low profile and avoids any link to her former celebrity status. Now, her famous older sister has arrived with her children and fiancé in tow, and the spotlight threatens to burn bright on Brooklyn once again. 
Sports reporter Douglas Sawyer sustained a devastating loss in Iraq and no longer cares about his career, much less his future. At the insistence of friends and family, he becomes the first civilian participant in Ski-Hab, a winter sports rehabilitation program for war veterans and amputees. After he discovers that pushy Lyn Hill is actually former ski star Brooklyn Raine, his instincts sense the perfect story line to thrust him back into the journalism world. Despite interference from other skiers, the local cab driver, and Brooklyn herself, Doug is determined to chronicle the life of the former ski champ. 
But when their secrets are revealed, each will face a hard choice. Will Brooklyn and Doug abandon the easy trail to take a chance on the more challenging slope to love?

Nobody's Business (A Nobody Romance)

Ardito, Gina

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