Tricky curves ahead After three years of grieving, it's finally time for widow McKenna Wellington to take that long-awaited road trip...though her adventure isn't meant to include Parker Fordum. The stodgy, set-in-his-ways economics professor is the last person McKenna wants to accompany her across 2,400 miles of defunct highway. But her late husband's friend has his own reasons for signing on. And Parker's surprising McKenna in all sorts of good ways. Somewhere between Chicago and LA, an unlikely friendship blooms, turning a cross-country trip into something more. But what awaits them at journey's end?

Will he be the last bachelor standing? Wedding planner Diana Greer still believes in happily-ever-after. She's just given up finding her own dream man. Until an internet dating site matches her up with her ideal mate. Too bad he's someone she already knows.... In college, Scott Thomas was the big man on campus--arrogant and full of himself. So why is one kiss from the high-flying bachelor making Diana's toes curl? A failed trip to the altar has cured Scott of believing in storybook endings. So he's stunned when someone meets his unattainable requirements for romance. The brainy bookworm he knew has morphed into a beautiful, desirable woman. But Diana isn't ready to trust him. And then Scott unveils his secret. Now Diana wonders if she'll forever plan strangers' weddings and never her own....

She's all he ever wanted Wedding consultant Renee Hart is finally ready to take the plunge...as creator of an innovative bridal magazine. Her own dreams of happily-ever-after were shattered when Carter Hampshire broke off their relationship without warning. Newly relocated to the Big Apple, Renee discovers that her former lover—more charismatic than ever—is now also her greatest rival. Carter came home to New York to oversee his family's publishing empire. Finding out the woman who got away is working for the competition—in his own building, no less—doesn't deter him from his new mission. Four years ago, he thought he was doing the right thing by letting her go. Now all he wants is a second chance. But when the media-frenzied launch of Designed for Brides leads to accusations of industrial espionage, could Carter lose Renee again—this time forever?

Erika St. James has seen both the best of life and the worst of it. Losing the only parent who loved her unconditionally when she was twelve, she fled to a man who became a dear friend and one who taught her to run a multinational corporation. However, he didn't teach her to how to find good relationships — especially the man-woman kind. On his death-bed he tells her a secret, one that brings Michael Lawrence in to again upset her life.Michael Lawrence, a traumatized attorney, has turned his back on the law and escaped to a solitary life in the Maryland mountains. Discovering he is heir to a fortune, he can only claim it if he returns to the city and works with Erika St. James, the beautiful new president of a multinational corporation. While his thoughts of her stray from the boardroom to the bedroom, someone else has plans to make him pay for past deeds. And Erika is the pawn he'll use to force Michael into his crosshairs.If they survive, will they be able to love again?

Lisa Russell wasn't a make lemonade kind of woman when it came to life's little surprises. Her plans were to re-decorate her empty-nested house and find a man. Having to accept custody of a three-month old granddaughter she didn't know she had, threw those plans into turmoil...Judge Rhys Baldwin had gone stag since losing his wife eight years ago. A chance meeting with an attractive woman in a department store showed him he was still attracted to women. However, his grown children didn't accept the changes in their father's life. It's up to Lisa and Rhys to find a way to blend their love and their families.

Sandra Rutledge has been in front of cameras most of her life. She longs for the quiet existence of a university professor. A PhD candidate in mathematics, she's at the family cabin in the Pocono Mountains when she finds Wyatt Randolph, the missing junior senator from Pennsylvania, bleeding to death on the road. Saving his life puts hers in danger. Attracted to the senator, she's appalled when he accuses her father of treason. Together they set out to find the truth.Wyatt Randolph's best friend was killed for a cache of diamonds. His death set off a chain of events that go all the way to the White House. It's up to Wyatt to discover what the stones entrusted to him do and why people are willing to kill for them. With the reluctant help of Sandra Rutledge, the daughter of the man Wyatt believes holds the key to the entire project, the two of them fight to find the truth and stay alive in the process.

Catherine Carson didn't think there was an ideal man for her. And the last one she would have picked for the job was Jarrod Greene. He'd been a thorn in her side since she was a child, but he'd also been with her when life was at its roughest. Convincing him to be her husband proved an easier task than stopping herself from becoming his wife.Fed up with her meddling family, Catherine has the perfect plan...make a deal with a nice, unexciting guy, who would agree to marry her for six months, then divorce. And she knew her childhood friend Jarrod Greene was just the perfect man for the job–until he sparked a completely unexpected desire. Now, Catherine must discover what she really wants to find...everything she's ever dreamed and a future with Jarrod.

Homes, and families, aren't restored overnight Jason Kendall grew up being treated like the poor relation he was. And after a devastating betrayal, he fled under a cloud of scandal. Now he needs a place to raise his four-year-old adopted son, and Kendall Farm is the only home he's ever known. The problem is, his old homestead has a new owner.  Kelly Ashton sank every last cent into restoring the Maryland horse farm. Hiring the handsome engineer would be a huge mistake. But after five years away, Jace, the prodigal son, is back. To fight for his little boy's future. And Kelly could lose the home she loves…unless she and the single father can create a new one together.**

FROM NURSERY RHYMES...Tough, rugged carpenter Digger Clayton was good at avoiding his past--he stayed far away from kids and pretty women. Until nursery school teacher Erin Taylor offered him a job he couldn't refuse, in a sweet, sexy voice that took his breath away...and tempted him to fight for a future--with her.TO FAIRY TALESErin loved children, but she'd long ago given up on having a family of her own--until she hired Digger to renovate her day-care center. Now, one breathtaking smile at a time, this brawny builder was reshaping her heart. Could she convince him to try his hand at happily ever after?