Sarah had worked with Hugo van Elven for a long time, and she was astounded when he suddenly proposed to her.
Sarah Dunn and Hugo van Elven were married for the wrong reasons. Even if it was just a marriage of convenience.
They were both recovering from unhappy love affairs. Sarah was looking for comfort and companionship; for Hugo marriage was a social necessity.
Serious complications set in when fate swept unexpectedly through their...

When Gina Tait and Brad Harding spend ninety minutes stuck in an elevator together, neither can deny an intense physical attraction. Neither can they deny that in the real world, their ambitions and life views are polar opposites. Despite a constant, nagging desire to stay in contact, Brad and Gina agree nothing could ever come of a relationship between an ambitious city girl and a laid-back widowed father from a small country town...

Gretchen Waller arrives at the remote estate, Mill Hollow, eager to begin her job as assistant to handsome author John David Honeycutt. Amid the snowbound wild of the haunting north woods she finds deception and danger as John's investigation into his family's history stirs up dark secrets- secrets which have already led to murder. Drawn to John, Gretchen soon takes up his quest to uncover the truth. Can they solve the crime before the killer strikes...

Spinster Addy Coblentz fears she'll never marry, so her parents hire the new matchmaker who has moved to their Amish community of Seven Poplars. But Addy doesn't just want a match. She wants love. While some of her potential suitors are perfectly fine, only one man catches her eye. Gideon Esch is everything Addy's looking for: strong, kind -- and handsome. But he's only a poor hired hand who can never give her family the stability they want. With...

Bold widow Johanna Yoder stuns Roland Byler when she asks him to be her husband. To Johanna, it seems very sensible. She has two children, he has a son. Why shouldn't their families become one? But the widower has never forgotten his long-ago love for her; it was his foolish mistake that split them apart. This could be a fresh start for both of them. Then she reveals that she wants a marriage of convenience only. It's up to Roland to woo the stubborn...

Ellen Beachey's dreams of being a devoted Amish wife and mother are finally within her reach. But she didn't expect she'd have to choose between two brothers. Golden-haired Micah has a heart filled with adventure and a ready smile. Serious but gentle elder brother Neziah is a devoted and caring father of two. But Ellen and Neziah share a heartbreaking past that might prevent any hope of a future. Ellen never imagined an arranged union as a way to...

"Gatlinburg, Tennessee, 1881. Wherever Caleb O'Malley goes, trouble follows, and trouble is the last thing Rebecca Thurston needs. But when Caleb appears -- gravely wounded -- at Rebecca's Smoky Mountain cabin, she can't turn him away. His life depends on her kindness, but she never anticipated it would lead to an unwanted proposal. Caleb never forgave himself for the accident that ended Rebecca's engagement and destroyed her life. He doesn't want...

Having refused the man her parents chose for her, Miriam Jacobson travels to Europe with her physician uncle, acting as a companion and secretary in his research. When her uncle dies, Napoleon's war with England prevents her return home. Seeking safe passage, she becomes involved in a scheme to smuggle gold to Wellington in Spain, accompanied by two attractive men, both of whom detest her - and each other.

Marian Ware's future seems settled. For two years she's been engaged to a naval lieutenant, due home within weeks. But before she weds, Marian accepts her cousins' invitation to join them in town for the social season. Marian will be relied upon to provide sensible company to her impulsive younger cousin Katie who has been relishing her debut. And the dashing Lord Sidley's return from the war has created a sensation...

Bringing her daughter to the one place she feels safe, single mother Marianna Romano returns to Fairhaven, Washington, to start a new life. Marianna accepts a job as live-in caregiver for the ailing grandmother of Alex Jameson, the man she secretly loved as a teenager. A big city workaholic, Alex doesn't seem to realize how much he needs family - or love. But the holiday season and one fatherless little girl start pulling at both Marianna's and Alex's...