Wedding

She's all work and no play. He's an expert at fun. Their romance could be the biggest game of all. Paul Monroe thinks the best way to a woman's heart is through her funny bone. But not everyone in his antique toy business appreciates his playful attitude. After his assistant resigns, he hopes a talent agency can find the perfect replacement. But when he meets the agency's beautiful straight-laced boss, he makes it his personal mission to flip her frown upside down. Bette Wharton can't afford to lose a client. So when she notices the high turnover rate for assistants sent to a local toy shop, she rolls up her suit sleeves to get to the heart of the problem. But the no-nonsense businesswoman may have finally met her match when she squares off against Paul's office shenanigans. Working side-by-side, Bette starts to let her hair down… and let love in. With both businesses on the line, can Paul and Bette learn to fuse their leadership styles and their hearts? Prelude to a Wedding is the first book in a charming contemporary romantic comedy series. If you like quirky characters, magnetic chemistry and light-hearted antics, then you'll love Patricia McLinn's irresistible love story.

Always the best of friends ... can they become the best of lovers? Michael Dickinson is delighted to be best man at his friend's wedding - but there's one complication. Tris Donlin is a bridesmaid. He's wanted her for longer than he cares to remember, bu

The last bachelor meets his match ... Grady Roberts' best friends have found loves to last a lifetime and watched their brides come down the aisle to take their vows. Now he wonders when - if - it will be his turn. He has it all - good looks, intelligence, fortune, and success. Everything except the close family he's longed for since a lonely childhood. Leslie Craig is human – she feels Grady's attraction…and his loneliness. She's developed a knack for helping people with problems and sorrows without ever revealing her own. But Grady, with an unnerving perception, doesn't fall for that. How long can a woman hold out with a man like Grady pursuing her? When Grady discovers the secret of Leslie's private tragedy, he has to confront the reality that this time he might not be able to have it all.

The Toughest Mission of His Career... Her The Christmas season isn't looking great for April Gareaux. Her job is uninspiring, her engagement is off, and she has nowhere to live. Certainly her family would take her in, especially Leslie and Grady Roberts and their circle of friends who have become her extended family. But it's time she stops relying on them. Then comes an extraordinary offer – spend the holidays in Washington, D.C., with King Jozef of Bariavak as his possible long-lost granddaughter. Even more extraordinary is the man behind the offer and the one who will be beside her through the coming weeks, diplomatic security agent Hunter Pierce. This is the last assignment Hunter would pick. Determination and grit have moved him beyond his past in Bariavak. Yet, here it is standing in front of him again, refusing to be ignored. … Just like his reactions to April. How can he fight what he's feeling when they're together all the time? King Jozef has known tragedy in his life. Now, comes this lovely young woman bringing joy to his holidays. How can he resist dabbling in some royal matchmaking? Wouldn't it be delightful if he could give April a Christmas gift she will never forget…? Her Prince for a Lifetime.

The Coach and the Professor Carolyn Trent's logically mapped journey to reaching the top of her field as a professor of English is hijacked the day she becomes academic adviser to the Ashton University men's basketball team. The hijacker is C.J. Draper, the team's new coach. C.J. never lets adversity stop him – he'd never have gotten this far if he did. He's not about to start by letting Professor Trent derail him. If he chooses to rattle her ivory tower it's just for the fun of seeing the fiery woman beneath the marble-cool exterior... isn't it? In this game of love, will anyone win?

A Princess? No Way Katie Davis is a perfectly ordinary young woman living a perfectly ordinary life in small-town Wisconsin … isn't she? The most interesting thing about her is that she works for the men's basketball office at Ashton University. If she considers the biggest perk of the job being around assistant basketball coach Brad Spencer, that also makes her ordinary, because what woman wouldn't feel that way? So these people coming around saying she could be the long-missing granddaughter of the King of Bariavak have to be wrong … don't they? Brad has a real soft spot for Katie. She stirs his protectiveness, his penchant for the underdog, and, possibly, certain other reactions he's not about to indulge. So he's going to do his damnedest to make sure Katie gets all that she deserves, including the crown that might be her right … even though it means Her Royal Highness will never again look at a basketball coach from Wisconsin like he's the king of her heart.

Can a Cowboy and a City Girl Find Common Ground in Wyoming? To Wyoming ranch foreman Tucker Gates, the only good owner for the Double Bar X was an absentee one. That's how it had been for ten years. And then came divorcee Jenny Peters. Bringing her two whining, spoiled kids and her city-bred fairy-tale views of life – and love – in the West. Jenny wasn't going to let Tucker scare her away from the new life she wanted to build for herself and her kids. No matter that he could be as hard as the mountains around them. No matter that she found totally unexpected comfort from his rough strength. But what next? Because Tucker Gates was a lot of things, but he was absolutely clear that he was not a family man.