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The Wife Next Door

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Wed Thy Neighbor?
David Barclay adored his grandmother, even if  she was getting a little senile. According to the doctor, David should play along with her misconceptions, no matter how outlandish. Which was fine- until Granny got the notion he was married to his gorgeous new neighbor!
Lauren Wills had heard of love at first sight,  but this was ridiculous. Still, she could think of worse fates that "honeymooning" with her handsome "husband". Once their make-believe marriage began, Lauren  and David found pretending to be in love amazingly easy. The hard part  was convincing themselves that they weren't...     ISBN 0-373-19011-5

Wife in Name Only

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Judith Anderson: One half  of Anderson & Anderson Advertising:
“I had big ideas for this  agency- and one them included Luke Anderson. The man was insufferable as a teenager. He’s unbearable as a business partner. Now I have to pretend he’s my husband!”
Luke Anderson: The  Other  Half:
 “We’ll win a major account if  we convince this rich Texan that we’re newlyweds. Should be a breeze, except for  one thing- we despise each other. But all this sweet talk  and neck-nuzzling is  putting the wackiest notions into my head. About Judith.  And me. And  marriage.”  ISBN 0-373-19035-2

Unwilling Wife

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Double Take
Suddenly Will Spencer was  seeing his children’s nanny in a whole new light. She was more vibrant than he’d  ever realized and more desirable than he’d ever dreamed. Had the perfect woman  been right under his nose all along?
Double Trouble
This wasn’t the first  time  trading places with her identical twin had landed Erica Brant in a mess.  But it  was the first time she’d fallen in love. Will was everything she’d ever wanted.  But eventually, her sister would be back to claim her rightful place in the  Spencer household- and in Will’s heart. Leaving Erica with nothing but a new  brother-in-law. ISBN 0-373-19063-8

Weekend Wife

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Bachelor in Need
Tyler Newroth, an up-and-coming executive, was the reluctant object of his new female supervisor’s  desire. But Ty had had an idea that was guaranteed to put a damper on his brazen  boss. A gorgeous, too-good-to-be-true secret weapon…
 Instant Wife to the Rescue
Big-hearted Emily Brant never  could say no. Now she was married to the best catch in town. Posing as Tyler  Newroth’s loving wife was easy… too easy. In fact, the only hard part was hiding  her very real feelings for her make-believe husband…. ISBN  0-373-19082-4

Bachelor Blues

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The Bachelor Next  Door…
Single mom  Lark St. Clair was starting a new life for herself and her daughter, Molly. Her  gruff new neighbor, Cole Richardson, presented a surprising twist in her plans.  For it seemed mischievous Molly was sticking to Cole like glue. And  everywhere  that Molly went… trouble was sure to follow.
 ...Meets Molly and her Pretty  Mom
Cole was a  confirmed bachelor and for good reasons. But the more the handsome loner claimed  he didn’t need the girls next door, the more he realized he was lying to  himself. For how could any man with a heart ignore a little darlin’  like Molly,  and how long could he resist a woman as desirable as Lark?   ISBN  0-373-19093-

The Cinderella Inheritance

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"Congratulations, Cynthia Noble.  You've just  inherited a multimillion dollar estate. What are you going to do with your  sudden fortune?"
Inheriting the home of her former employer was  a miracle for the near-bankrupt struggling student. Yet her sudden windfall had  come with an unexpected price. Namely Rick Wingate, whose family should have  rightfully inherited Cynthia's new estate, and who was convinced this
instant  heiress was up to no good.
 Cynthia knew she should consider Rick her enemy, but she could only see him as a man determined to protect his family, a man whose very touch shot fireworks through her body. And suddenly, no monetary gift held as much allure as the hope of becoming Rick's Cinderella bride... ISBN 0-373-19636-9

The Baby Factor

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Surprise Mommy!
Having a baby wasn't on her agenda. But when  Elaine Lewis discovered she was pregnant, she know she had a lot to learn before  the stork arrived. Baby bottles and diaper bags were as unfamiliar to Elaine as  a reliable guy. So where could this single mommy-to-be go for help?
 Spectacular Daddy!
 Husband material he was not, but Elaine's handsome employee, reporter Brent Clark, knew all about the babies. He kindly offered Elaine his expertise. And while the two joined childbirth class and decided on baby names, she discovered that Brent enjoyed playing daddy. But would this bachelor ever consider taking Elaine as his wife?
ISBN 0-373-19127-8

Marriage in a Bottle

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She’d opened  one ancient bottle and moments later a sexy stranger named G.T. was promising to  grant her seven wishes. So single gal Hayley Douglas happily asked her own  private genie to find her the perfect mate- and soon discovered he’d been right  beside her all along.
 G.T. was  everything she’d always dreamed of in a husband… except available. For her  handsome fulfiller of dreams would disappear at the stroke of midnight, unless  Hayley could find a way to use her very last wish to make marrying G.T. a  reality!   ISBN 0-373-19170-7

It's Raining Grooms...Hallelujah!

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What a Proposal!
Prudence Mackelroy had prayed  for a husband every night, dreaming of love, marriage… everything brides
and  grooms did. And now her upcoming wedding was the talk of the town. Imagine her,  formerly known as “Miss Priss the Preacher’s Daughter,” to become Trent Tanner’s  wife!
  Of course, it was too good to  be true. Caught in a “compromising position” with Prudence, Trent had
done the  honorable thing and proposed. But the man had ulterior motives for wooing his  bride-to-be. Prudence only hoped love would lead him down the  aisle. ISBN 0-373-19205-3

How to Hook a Husband and a Baby

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The  Plan: Plain Jane Wendy Wilcox vows to get married before her 30th birthday.
The  Catch: She’s only months away from her deadline, and there’s not a single  suitable guy in sight!
The  Solution: Beg hunky neighbor Travis Donovan to give her some guy-grabbing  advice. Then, after transforming herself from ugly duckling to swan, do whatever  is necessary to get the sexy bachelor
daddy to propose!
ISBN 0-373-52029-8

Single in Seattle

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First Date: It rains.  You’re  wearing too-high heels and pantyhose that don’t fit when your 48-hour
Superbra reaches its 49th hour.
Second Date: He gets pulled  over for speeding. The cop who gives him a huge fine also happens to be
your  jerk of an ex-fiancé! Finally, you meet his family. He’s already encountered  your lovable but nutty mother, but what will his parents think of you? ‘Cause so  far, you’ve done everything wrong with the man who could be Mr.  Right!
ISBN  0-373-52021-2

Of Royal Blood

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From the Desk of Luc Dumont, Head of  Security
St. Michel Day 12

Still no sign of any missing heir. Must speak  with Queen Simone about the longing looks her granddaughter, the beautiful  Princess Marie-Claire, is giving that aristocratic Sebastian LeMarc.
He seems to  worldly for her innocence, but the protective and personal touches he gives her  leads me to believe something is brewing between them... I see how  he watches  her as she laughs with sisters- and the way she looks at him as he dances with  others. But is the budding relationship true enough to withstand rumors that  Sebastian's ties to the royal family might be stronger that we think? ISBN 0-373-19576-1

                         THEM BRUBAKER BRIDES!

 Miss Prim's Untameable Cowboy

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“No  little Miss Prim is gonna tame me!”  –Bru Brubaker
She’d been  hired to teach a Texas millionaire some manners. But image consultant Penelope  Wainright never expected to be working with a long, tall drink of water like Bru  Brubaker- a man perfectly content being an ornery
working-class wrangler. He  swaggered, teased, even kissed her without warning, and refused to apologize!  Bru made Penelope madder than a wet hen, but he also sparked her hidden  passions. That was when she learned there was more than one way to tame a  cowboy. ISBN 0-373-19248-7

His Brother's Intended Bride

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“I never met a woman I couldn’t have… then I met my brother’s intended bride!”
–Buck Brubaker
She had to land a wealthy Brubaker bachelor, so Holly Fergusson pretended to be engaged to  one.  But it wasn’t her “fiancé” who made Holly hot and bothered- it  was his  brother! Buck, the “I’ll never settle down in my life” Stetson-toting, ride-the-range cowboy, had become the man of her dreams. But Holly was bound by a promise not to reveal her single status, and the honorable Buck wouldn’t dare touch his brother’s intended bride. Would he? 
ISBN  0-373-19266-5

Cinderella's Secret Baby

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“My wife is  nine months pregnant?” –Mac Brubaker  
It was a fairy  tale come true for shy kitchen maid Ella McCloskey. For when millionaire rancher  Mac Brubaker whisked her away for a secret wedding and secluded honeymoon, she  thought she had found her prince. But circumstances soon had Ella heading for  the Texas hills, and not even stopping to pick up her glass slipper. The  Cinderella bride thought she’d put all her dreams of happily ever after behind  her. Until Mac showed up… just as soon as she was about to give birth to his  secret baby! ISBN 0-373-19308-4

The Rich Gal's Rented Groom

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"Call me a pampered princess  and I’ll swat you with my pearls." – Patsy Brubaker

  She was the only daughter of  proud and prosperous Texas family, but poor Patsy just couldn’t find a husband.  Well not in time for her high school reunion. And definitely not in time to give  her those two brilliant children she’d claimed to have. Luckily, the rich gal  was never without a plan. Patsy would simply convince rugged foreman Justin  Lassiter to pose as her weekend groom. She’d just have to be sure not to really  fall in love with that marriage-resistant cowboy! ISBN 0-373-19339-4

Johnny's Pregnant Bride

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“Some little  filly claims I fathered her baby.  Hmm. Not a bad idea!” –Johnny  Brubaker
  
She arrived at  the Brubaker mansion demanding retribution. Johnny Brubaker could do right by  Miss Emmaline Arthur. But the plain Jane quickly realized Johnny wasn’t her  baby’s father. Why, she’d never even laid eyes on the, tall drink of water  before! Now the unmarried mom-to-be would become the talk of the town. Luckily  the honor-bound cowboy saw that sweet Emmaline deserved to be cherished, and her  child deserved a name. So she became Johnny’s pregnant bride… and wondered if  she’d ever be his in more than name only!
  ISBN 0-373-19402-1

The Millionaire's Waitress Wife

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Why, that  pretty diner waitress didn’t know who he was, which was just dandy for Dakota  Brubaker, of the filthy rich Texas Brubakers. Just as he’d been about to ask  sassy Elizabeth out, she’d proposed to him. Something about pretending to be her  dearly beloved just to shock her interfering family. She’d be willing to pay  Dakota- seeing how he was such a dusty cowboy obviously in need of quick cash.  Yup, this charade would certainly mean some fun for the millionaire turned  working-class wrangler… if he didn’t throw his heart into the  bargain!
 ISBN 0-373-19482-X

Montana's Feisty Cowgirl

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It had taken one second for  ranch foreman Montana Brubaker to realize Syd Mac, gruff cowpoke, was
really  Sydney MacKenzie, all woman. The feisty female had corralled herself a position on the Brubaker’s Texas spread… and was now Montana’s blushing new bunkmate. Mr.  Eligible Wrangler figured he’d play it cool and spend the summer learning the  truth about Sydney’s true agenda. Except the excitement of sharing a rather  small cabin with the all-too-desirable cowgirl was proving a little too hot for  this Brubaker bachelor. ISBN 0-373-19488-9

Tex's Exasperating Heiress

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She was the most exasperating  little lady he’d ever set eyes on. Charlotte Beauchamp,  with mile-a-minute  mouth and engaging enthusiasm, had whirled into Tex Brubaker’s life like a wild  Texas tornado. It had begun when she inherited a million-dollar pig, a porkly  problem that animal behaviorist Tex agreed to take on. But dealing with the  precocious, pretty heiress was another matter entirely. The Brubaker bachelor  know he’d better watch his back, or he’d find himself agreeing to so much  more… ISBN 0-373-19494-3

                                          The Coltons

Taking on Twins

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Passion Blinded Me Once, but NOT Again!
When the Colton investigation let to Keyhole,  Wyoming, Annie Summers realized the safe life she'd built had just
been blown  apart by the reappearance of one man- Wyatt Russell! Once, she'd loved him with  every fiber of her being. But when Wyatt had left to pursue his ambitions, she'd  been brokenhearted. Now, widowed with twins, the struggling single mom refused  to believe in Wyatt's passion-filled promises and let the hotshot D.C. lawyer  back into her life. But had the time finally come to act on the dream she'd long  suppressed? ISBN 0-373-38711-3


Novella

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Multimillionaire Ian Rafferty saves the life of  maid of honor Juliet Cosgrove but is later wounded. When his fierce pride takes  a tumble, Juliet decides to show him that he's her man, in every  way.  ISBN 0-373-48478-


Novella

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Legend has it that the famous Colton family sapphires shine brilliantly on on the the women who are meant to be Colton brides... Meet three powerful and sexy Colton men who  face the challenge of finding the right women- the brides of their hearts.   ISBN 0-373-48444-5


                            INSPIRATIONAL TITLES

Three Weddings and a Giggle

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Lexie’s grandmother, Opal, and  Opal’s best friend, Eunice, two octogenarian daredevils, have outdone
  themselves! They’ve bought a monstrous motor home, sight unseen. What’s more, they plan to drive the beast from Montana to their Seattle home. So Eunice’s obnoxious grandson, Jake, goes along. Soon they’re all on the wildest ride of their lives-a ride God uses to teach Jake and Lexie what’s really important in life.
ISBN 1-57673-656-3


                                  AKA: Suzy Pizzuti

Say Uncle...and Aunt

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Busy executive-type Sean Flannigan hadn’t planned on taking time off from work. But the unexpected break comes just in time for him to watch his nine-month-old niece, CarlyAnn, during his sister’s two-week business trip.

The only glitch is:  Sean has  no idea how to care for a baby. Neither, to his chagrin, does his beautiful new  neighbor, the equally busy female-executive type Julia Evans-though,  ultimately, the two have a lot of fun trying to figure out which end to diaper  and which end to feed. But what will happen when it’s time to give the baby  back? Can Sean and Julia go back to the rat race and life as usual? Or are their  hearts ready to Say Uncle… and Aunt?  ISBN 1-57856-044-6

Raising Cain...and his Sisters

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Stuck in the semi-reclusive  life she’s built for herself, Olivia Harmon is still recovering from the tragic  loss of her husband and daughter five years ago. Though she loves her job at  Vermont’s Department of Tourism, she longs for something more-so she asks her  landlady, Hattie, to pray for a little volunteer work for her to do.
 Things don’t work out exactly  as she had planned, however, and soon Olivia finds herself bursting out of her  carefully built cocoon to undertake the nurturing of three rambunctious street  children. Even her heart seems to be out of control, causing her to fall for  Zach Springer,  the handsome handyman who rode a mudslide right into her sunroom. Can a woman so accustomed to self-imposed solitude adjust to a new life, a new love, and the new challenge of raising Cain and his sisters? ISBN 1-57856-141-8

Porch Swings and Picket Fences

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As children, they were best friends. Now that their paths have crossed again at  the Victorian duplex once owned by their parents, Lucy Burns and Trevor Bacon  are determined to find soulmates for each other. And it may take the world’s  most disastrous series of blind dates to convince then that friendship is truly  the best foundation for romance. ISBN  1-57856-226-0