Baby Bet: MacAllister's Gifts

A ROYAL AWAKENING. Born a triplet-and eternally uncertain of her individual identity-Alice MacAllister avoided family gatherings like the plague. Until duty demanded she attend a two-week wedding party, complete with visiting royalty. There, Alice met handsome, irreverent royal Brent Bardow, who tickled her funny bone, seduced her out of her shell and almost made her believe she could find herself in his blue, blue eyes. Well, what the heck? For two short weeks they could laugh, love and ignore the future they'd never have. But running out of time, Alice couldn't help wondering what it would be like to be this magnificent man's royal bride....

THE SINGLE MOM AND THE SEXY M.D. Mark Maxwell, now standing before hischildhood sweetheart Emily MacAllister, was a dropdead-handsome,successful doctor. Certainly no match for a single mom with twentypounds to lose and clothing that resembled a walking rummage sale. Awoman who lacked the confident poise to move in his sophisticatedcircle… At least, that's what Emily thought until Mark gathered her inhis strong embrace. His tender kisses melted away all her insecuritiesand emboldened her with a womanly desire. Emily wanted to believe thatall things were possible. But would her fourteen-year-old secret costthem this second chance at love?

COURTING CAROLYN. Adoption specialist Carolyn St. John had given up on ever holding her own baby. For Carolyn knew the handicap that distanced her from others barred a future for her and any man. And then she met Ryan Sharpe. The architect was blatantly masculine, sexy and downright irresistible. As a member of the extended, loving MacAllister family, Ryan seemed to have everything he needed. Including his pick of gorgeous women. But his passionate pursuit of her and his searing kisses told Carolyn that he wanted only her. Dare Carolyn believe he'd still want her when he learned her secret?

FIRST COME TWINS... THEN COMES MARRIAGE? Caitlin Cunningham was about to make the most heart-wrenching decision of her life. Thanks to a bureaucratic mix-up at the Chinese orphanage, this fiercely independent single mom had to choose between two orphaned sisters. The situation seemed hopeless. Until another solution presented itself - marrying fellow traveler Matt MacAllister! The temporary marriage was supposed to solve her dilemma, but it left Caitlin more conflicted than ever. A man as driven by his work as Matt MacAllister could never be a family man. And yet his kisses and quiet strength told Caitlin that Matt was a man worth fighting for. Could she now make Matt see that he'd never find fulfillment... without her by his side?

AND DADDY MAKES FIVEEvery woman at the Fuzzy Bunny Day Care Center secretly longed for handsome David Montgomery to look their way. But there was only one female in the single dad's life - his little girl, Sarah Ann - until he lost his memory in an accident and winsome mother of two Patty Clark made him an offer he couldn't refuse. Between her three-year-old and her infant daughter, Sophia, Patty never had a dull moment. But how could the day-care worker turn her back on this irresistible father and his adorable child? Having a man like David around the house was setting off the kinds of erotic sparks that made this single mom long to turn a temporary arrangement into a family for life - .