Sweet Life in Seattle

A cheating husband. A mistress thirteen years older... It's about to get real!Bakery owner Natalie is shocked when her husband announces he's leaving her for another woman on their fourteenth wedding anniversary. She can barely believe it's happening. Humiliated and angry don't quite sum it up. Natalie stays strong for her daughter, but it isn't easy. Enter her wild sister and pragmatic business partner. The two of them convince Natalie to do a makeover, and in a crazy move, she changes her mousy hair to a brilliant blonde.Meanwhile, she's trying to expand her Seattle bakery but faces an obstacle with her annoyingly handsome landlord.Women usually love astronomer Anthony Novello. The one exception is his new tenant, Natalie. He's never met a woman more difficult. But when Anthony returns from a telescope observing run, he observes something that's not celestial. An attraction between him and Natalie.Sparks fly as he convinces her to go out with him. She has her doubts. But to their surprise, the relationship grows deeper than they expect.When her husband realizes the giant mistake he's made and comes crawling back, Natalie has to choose.Is her year of living blonde over, or is this the start of a new and much sweeter life?Warning: Contains one hot astrophysicist, a curvaceous and stubborn heroine, steamy sex scenes, a villainous ex-husband, his crazy cougar mistress, and the story of how, when opposites attract, sometimes they fall in love.

After five years without a word, her husband has finally decided to come home.Wedding cake baker Blair Thomas loves her life. Her business is thriving, her Seattle condo has a great view of the water, and her refurbished convertible Mustang "Isadora" is the coolest car ever. She barely even thinks about that jerk she married five years ago. The one who abandoned her after four months of marriage. The one who left a note on her pillow saying, "See you later, babe."Seriously, who does that?So what if she was once obsessively in love with him. He's her best friend's older brother and for years he barely knew she was alive. At least she's over him.Definitely over him.The problem is Blair never got around to divorcing him and after five years of traveling the world--Nathan "Road" Church--has finally decided to come home. He arrived on her doorstep this morning, and now he's in her bathroom taking a shower. The nerve! Oh, and did I mention he's still hot? Blair doesn't know what to do.The jerk has returned.Warning: Contains one sexy jerk, a heroine with obsessive-compulsive disorder, cursing and swearing, steamy love scenes, and references to a part of the male anatomy that doesn't crow like a rooster - but certainly rises in the early morning.

She's a free-spirited artist. He's a surgeon who needs a wife.Lindsay West is more than satisfied with her life. She enjoys men, but she enjoys her freedom even more. Why would she marry again? Marriage is like agreeing to eat the same boring meal for the rest of your life.No, thanks.Giovanni Novello isn't like other plastic surgeons. While his colleagues are getting rich doing facelifts and boob jobs, he's traveling to the most dangerous places in the world, helping needy children. Some people even call him a saint.Lindsay would call him something far less flattering. After an ill-fated one-night stand, she hopes she never sees "the saint" again.Except to her astonishment, Giovanni shows up on her doorstep one evening and tells her he needs a wife.Too bad. He can ask someone else.But after she's robbed and all her savings are stolen, she finds herself desperate.Maybe even desperate enough to marry the saint.Warning: Contains one insufferable surgeon who's sexy as hell, a heroine who plays poker and curses too much, steamy nights in Berlin, ...and a love story between two people who help each other heal from their difficult pasts.