The marriage of convenience plot is familiar to many readers of romance. What lifts this far above the average is the intensely realistic portrayal of the hero. He is totally human, multi-dimensional, and so real he jumps off the pages and into our hearts. The reader lives his dilemma and, while he makes mistakes, he learns from them and is changed by his relationship with the heroine and by his love for her.

Julia Cavanaugh has never left New York. But in 1889, the young woman rides the orphan train west to deliver the girls in her care to new families. After Julia's final stop in Montana, she plans to kick the dust off her heels and head straight back east. But upon arriving in the remote town of Lonesome Prairie, she learns to her horror that she is also supposed to be delivered-into the hands of an uncouth miner who carries a bill of purchase for his...

Do you have an idea for a romance story but don't know where to start? How to Write a Romance Novel will show you how to get ideas, shape them into a story that's unique and filled with memorable characters. It also covers two crucial aspects of the genre, emotion and sexual tension. Learn how to write an eye-catching cover letter and synopsis. Plus, there's a chapter devoted to the ever-growing electronic market and a resource section listing magazines...

A toddler and his teddy bear illustrate a young child's happy side, sad side, silly side, mad side, and more! Babies and toddlers will feel loved all over when they hear this declaration of adoration and affection! The book is in English and Spanish. It has sturdy cardstock pages and a padded cover with rounded corners for safe handling by little ones. Caroline Jayne Church was a bestselling author and illustrator. Some of her bestselling...

"Magic is fading from Wales--choked off by King Offa's Dyke, the enemy earthworks that spans the entire border. Even the dragons have disappeared. And now an attack is imminent. Prince Taliesin would love to watch magic die. Prince Dafydd fears it, and the throne. But when their father promises the crown to whichever son can destroy the dyke and restore magic to Wales, the brothers are forced into an uneasy rivalry. Ffion works hedgewitch magic for...

Sadie Spencer has learned that in life, as well as in food, sour balances sweet. Returning to her hometown of Hershey with a five-year-old daughter, she manages to rise from the ashes following the death of her husband and the passing of her mother and the dissolution of her career as a TV chef. She opens a restaurant and looks forward to savoring the sweet side of life-until a handsome Russian entrepreneur arrives in town, apparently intent on opening...

The Return of Rafe MacKade. Ten years after disappearing from Antietam, Maryland, the bad boy has come home. Cleaned up and successful now -- though still dangerously god-looking -- Rafe MacKade sets the town on fire...and tongues wagging. Not even lovely newcomer Regan Jones is immune to his charms. Though Regan claims not to want to get involved with a rebel, Rafe's pretty sure that the reaction to their sizzling kisses suggest otherwise... The...

Still in shock over the loss of custody of her daughter, jazz pianist Carolee Burns has resorted to stlking just to get a glimpse of her. With her first yearly four-week visitation coming up, she's filled with anxiety and worried that if whe says the wrong thing, her ex will yank her priviles away. Max Wolf feels privileged to be able to hear Carolee play at the only venue she appears at these days and he doesn't believe the rumors and innuendos...

Disaster strikes a wagon train en route to Texas, leaving 18-year-old Abby in charge of the survivors, all children younger than her. After an attempted kidnaping, the others convince her to disguise herself as a boy. Initially reluctant, Abby soon realizes life on the trail is much easier without bulky skirts. The disguise allows her to do things as "Abner" she couldn't do as Abby. It's intoxicating. Disfigured by fire as a child, Manny, a young...