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THE NEXT BEST THING
HQN February 2010

Lucy Lang isn't looking for fireworks...

She's looking for a nice, decent man. Someone who'll mow the lawn, flip chicken on the barbeque, teach their future children to play soccer. But most important... someone who won't inspire the slightest stirring in her heart...or anywhere else. A young widow, Lucy can't risk that kind of loss again. But sharing her life with a cat named Fat Mikey and the Black Widows at the family bakery isn't enough either. So it's goodbye to Ethan, her hot but entirely inappropriate "friend with privileges" and hello to a man she can marry.

Too bad Ethan Mirabelli isn't going anywhere. As far as he's concerned, what she needs might be right under her nose. But can he convince her that the next best thing can really be forever?

 

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TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE
HQN February 2009

When Grace Emerson's ex-fiancé starts dating her younger sister, extreme measures are called for. To keep everyone from obsessing about her love life, Grace announces that she's seeing someone. Someone wonderful. Someone handsome. Someone completely made up. Who is this Mr. Right? Someone...exactly unlike her renegade neighbor, Callahan O'Shea. Well, someone with his looks, maybe. His hot body. His knife-sharp sense of humor. His smarts and big heart.

Whoa. No. Callahan O'Shea is not her perfect man! Not with his unsavory past. So why does Mr. Wrong feel so...right?

 

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"Just One of the Guys"

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JUST ONE OF THE GUYS
HQN, August 2008

ISBN: 0-373-77299-8

ISBN 13:  978-0-373-77299-5

Being one of the guys isn’t all it’s cracked up to be…

So when journalist Chastity O’Neill returns to her hometown, she decides it’s time to start working on some of those feminine wiles. Two tiny problems: #1 — she’s five-foot-eleven of rock-solid girl power, and #2 — she’s cursed with four alpha male older brothers.

While doing a story on local heroes, she meets a hunky doctor, and things start to look up. Now there’s only one problem: Trevor Meade, her first love and the one man she’s never quite gotten over — although he seems to have gotten over her just fine.

Yet the more time she spends with Dr. Perfect, the better Trevor looks. But even with the in-your-face competition, the irresistible Trevor just can’t seem to see Chastity as anything more than just one of the guys…

 

 

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CATCH OF THE DAY
Winner, 2008 RITA Award!

HQN October 2007

ISBN: 0-373-77224-6
13-digit ISBN:  978-0-373-77224-7

Sparks will fly, but this catch of the day could be the dish of a lifetime!

First Date a la Maggie

Take one lovelorn diner owner (me)
A generous helping of nosy local gossips
A dollop of envy at married sister's perfect life
A splash of divine intervention (my matchmaking priest)

Combine ingredients and add one strong-but-silent lobsterman with a hidden heart of gold.

 
 

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FOOLS RUSH IN
HQN November 2006

ISBN: 0-373-77109-6
13-digit ISBN:  978-0-373-77109-7

Millie Barnes is this close to finally achieving her perfect life…

Rewarding job as a local doctor on Cape Cod?  Check. Cute cottage of her very own?  Check. Adorable puppy suitable for walks past attractive locals? Check!  All she needs is for golden boy and former crush Joe Carpenter to notice her, and Millie will be set.

 

But perfection isn’t as easy as it looks—especially when Sam Nickerson, a local police officer, is so distracting. Sure, he needs a friend after being dumped by Millie’s fortune-hunting sister, but does she really need to enjoy his company that much? He is definitely not part of her master plan.  But maybe it’s time for Millie to start a new list…