Do you remember your mother telling you when you were little that you'd never meet Mr. Right if you were spending all your time and energy with Mr. Wrong? And what about the book out a few years ago that created such a hoopla with the single crowd - He's Just Not That Into You? The two main characters in Winter Interlude either didn't heed their mother's advice or haven't read the book. Now, add into the plot that the two in question are enemies who regularly run into each other, given their current relationships. Paul Morrison, a hunky, blond, financial planner, has been putting time and...

James Morrison is a man women love. Good looking. Talented. Great fun to be with. And of course he loves women. But he has one flaw. He can't commit. Samantha Collins is determined not to make the same mistakes her mother made...no ambition, living day to day off the government and loving the wrong, loser men who only brought on more misery. Since the age of 16, she's had her life outlined better than any AAA roadmap. Her plans include marrying Charles Winthrope III and bearing Charles Winthrope IV in three years. But fate has a way of intervening and changing the best-laid plans. Sam always...

They met at a wild party and neither forgot the experience. Each came away with a completely different perception of what happened when Judith Reid, an ill at ease seventeen-year-old college student, captured Dev McAllister's attention. He succeeded in breaking through her icy demeanor, but the minute things heated up, she ran. He tried everything he could think of to get her to go out with him, only to be rejected. Finally, he admitted defeat and accepted the truth as he saw it. Judith Reid was a snob, no different from all those other women he'd met through his wealthy college roommate. In...

Disguised as a maid, Lady Penelope Lytton sails to America to escape her abusive guardian with secret plans to meet and marry her childhood sweetheart in order to regain her inheritance. US marshall Parker Davis is a self-made man who toiled as a boy in the coal mines after losing his father to those same mines. He disdains those with power and wealth, like aristocrats, who suck the life out of laborers for profit. As a special agent for President Grant, his life now revolves around ferretting out secrets. Determined to uncover Penny's, Parker decides she needs his protection. He offers...

PI Lucy Maddox, former thief, liar and have-not, spent her formative years as a runaway on the streets. She's worked hard to rise above her past, and now leads a respectable life using her survival skills in a more honest way. Yet when the reporter responsible for getting her off the streets goes missing, she risks her respectability to steal a thumb drive. Lucy believes the drive, belonging to her missing friend, holds incriminating evidence against the last person the reporter interviewed before vanishing. The same man also confiscated the drive to begin with. Unfortunately, Jack Finnegan,...

Mary Ann Murphy has become overly picky about dating since her break-up with the person she thought was the one. She has no intentions of making the same mistake again, especially when the man in question is one of her mother's set-ups. Kyle Davidson has sworn off relationships and considers himself a bad catch after his last girlfriend accused him of using his work and causes to avoid intimacy. To return a favor to a wily matchmaker, Kyle unwittingly agrees to be Mary Ann's partner when she wins ballroom dancing lessons. As the two step their way through the first class, an attraction flares...

Three couples find their way to love and happiness in these first three heartwarming stories in the California Series all set in the San Francisco Bay area. Cozy up to the fire and fall in love with Winter Interlude. Experience a flirty, sexy & fun romance on a San Franciscan night in Promises, Promises. And read about JAMES, a man women love with one flaw - he can't commit.

Guilt now rules Dillon Kane's life. He's the one who should've died, not his father's favorite son. Plus, he carries added guilt of silently watching his brother live a lie with the one woman Dillon could never forget. Lauren Kane is also no stranger to guilt. Her attraction to and dependence on Dillon during her marriage still haunts her long after her husband's tragic death, especially since her biggest wish was that her husband could be more like his brother, Dillon. Facing the man after more than ten years is the last thing Lauren wants to do. Yet when Lauren and her son are threatened,...