Three months have passed since Steve Compton's last visit to Crystal Falls. Now he's back, but far from pleased about it. Convinced there is more in the air than clean living, he's a journalist on the hunt for a story that'll launch his career into the stratosphere.Zoe Nickles loves the small-town atmosphere, the people, and most especially the great hiding places in Crystal Falls. She's heard rumors about the magical aura in the tiny town, and when her powers come to fruition one June night, she knows the whispers are true. She's the Tooth Fairy—with a sexy new look!But there's a problem: a nosy reporter is on Zoe's trail, with just enough street smarts and cynicism to thwart her ability to practice her newfound skills. Can she convince him Cristal Falls is harmless before he tells the world about the town'sunique quality, or will Steve blab the news, putting Zoe and all the paranormal residents at risk?

The Fury of a Storme (The Storme Brothers, Book Six)

Nothing found in the sands of Egypt is as valuable as the treasure of the heart.Crispin Herrick, the newly minted Duke of Litton is anxiously awaiting his first mission as a King's agent. Until then, a dig in the King's Valley he's sponsoring occupies his time… until he chases down a criminal at the Antiquities Museum. Once he catches her, he's shocked and delighted to discover she's the same woman he flirted with in London a year ago, but now she's as skilled in lying as she is in keeping secrets.Miss Juliana Barrington lives under an assumed identity in Cairo, exiled there when her last mission for the Crown went catastrophically awry. All she wants is to redeem herself by finding a powerful relic before her enemies can, but when her path crosses that of the handsome ex-pawn broker, she can't help but panic. No matter how her heart twinges, mixing desire with duty is a horrible idea.Crispin and Juliana join forces to find the pieces of the Staff of the Gods, allegedly belonging to Moses himself. Danger dogs their footsteps while romance flickers to life as the days go by, and when the trail leads to a mysterious tomb in the Valley of the Kings, treasure hunting evolves into running for their lives. Staying ahead of disaster is critical; evildoers and death are powerful foes, but hard-fought victory might bring happy endings… if they can survive long enough.

When an engagement of convenience turns into something more, what path will they choose? Oliver Stuart Colborne, the Duke of Scarborough and a man of mixed heritage, needs a false engagement post haste. A parcel of unentailed land, held in his maternal grandmother's name and potentially harboring Roman ruins, can be his if he marries within two years of taking the title... and he only has a month left. He wants that treasure if only to follow in his revered father's footsteps. The Honorable Marjorie Grace Fitzgerald, daughter of the deceased Viscount Highmore, has just been left at the marriage altar by her fiancé for scandalous reasons. Her reputations is in tatters, and the family name is running to rack and ruin from her younger brother's careless vices. After stumbling upon an advertisement in the paper by a duke looking for a duchess, she answers it hoping for rescue from the mess. If she can't have love, she wants respectability. As...

There's no such thing as perfection but being stuck in the Scottish Highlands with a shot at a dream comes close. Caelan Stewart—Lord Everly—only son to the Earl of Breckenridge, is in Scotland on a hunting holiday, but when an accidental tumble on a hike gives him a badly sprained ankle and injures his wrist, the remainder of his holiday looks dull... until two red-haired scamps play Halloween tricks on him while he's preoccupied by their attractive mother. Widowed two years and still battling grief, American Clara Snyder needs a distraction. Spending several weeks on an estate in the Highlands that will end with a lavish ball on All Hallows Eve might be just the thing. She barely settles into life there with her two small children when an intriguing Scotsman literally falls at her feet... and feelings she thought long dead come alive again. As Caelan fills his time by bedeviling the intriguing widow and planning a...

Sometimes, the road to romance is littered with intrigue, harrowing danger, and wild shock. The year is 1818 and Theodosia Netherton—Lady Ballantyne—is wintering in the sunny climes of Italy in an effort to protect her health as well as to visit her brother. Widowed for three years, she has no interest in a new romance, but when a horrific emergency leads her to the doorstep of a handsome, former Bow Street Runner with wide shoulders and a mysterious scar, she might just change her mind. Mr. Hudson Ridley is in Rome for the warmth and relative obscurity. Retired at the age of eight and thirty, the last thing he wants is to become embroiled in a kidnapping plot that involves an attractive widow and her missing son. Yet he was the best in the retrieval business in his prime, and she did have hauntingly unforgettable eyes as well as a smile that could make a man do wicked, stupid things. In the quest to hunt the people...

Running into the arms of a handsome, powerful laird will either be her greatest folly or a profitable gamble. Donovan Ewan Campbell-Ainsley, Earl of Hollandbane, and the current sitting Laird of Lyon Castle is not best pleased when scandal lands on his doorstep in the form of a pretty but long-in-the tooth woman trailing nothing but tittle-tattle. Though he's half-Scottish and lives in London, he spends the summers and autumns at his castle in the Highlands for reasons he wishes to keep to himself. Yet she's in immediate danger, and he's nothing if not a gentleman. The Honorable Emma Radcliffe is no stranger to scandal, but when she can't go through with her nuptial ceremony, she flees the church. Who cares if it's her third broken engagement? When a friend encourages her to hide in Scotland, that's when the trouble really begins. The moment she lays eyes on the laird, she knows he'll be the perfect man with whom to keep her father, family, and her angry fiancé at bay. It takes next to no time to hatch a haphazard plan: they'll pretend an engagement. It will silence his family's blather for him to find a bride as well as remove her from immediate responsibility. There's one problem: neither of them expected to actually like the other. As the days go on, the fiction grows larger until desire can no longer be denied, but unless they both come to terms with why they're hiding from the truth, a happily ever after between them will be forever out of reach.

In this collection of sweet romances, you'll find four novellas that make up the Home for the Holidays series. First in the series is The Folly of Caroling. Griffin Ivy, Earl of Hollingsworth, has been summoned to Ivy Castle, in the heart of Warwickshire County. He's terrified of taking the title of duke soon, and he'd rather bury himself in books until he meets his father's nurse, Nora. When Miss Nora Ridley is told to draw the earl out of his shell during the holiday season so he'll feel more comfortable at social events, she balks at the odd request. It would it mean she'd need to play at being someone she's not, but then she meets Griffin and her perspective changes. Ivy Castle is big enough to provide a respite from responsibilities and an opportunity for quiet talking. The magic of Christmastide helps to usher in love, but a little white lie and societal differences threaten to tear the couple apart unless they both take a leap of faith together....

When a scandalous rumor sweeps society, what's a girl to do except behave even more improperly to match her tattered reputation? Edward Marlowe, 5th Duke of Lockwood, has struggled to put his time in the war behind him. Tired of hiding within the halls of the Rogue's Arcade club, when he attends a society event with the intention of perhaps charming a lady into his bed, he's caught off guard as a petite beauty in a hurry, plows into him, tumbling them both to the floor, seconds before she begs for his help. When Miss Juliet Gillingham finds a diamond broach the size of a pigeon's egg in a hollowed-out book at her father's book shop, she's curious. Though her mind spins a few tales about its origin, three days later, she's branded as a brazen jewel thief in the papers. She didn't commit the crime, and she certainly won't pay the penalty, especially if she can enlist the assistance of a handsome war hero who happens to be a duke... and a former thief...

Sometimes lift takes a sharp left turn when you're expecting a rightTala Henderson's Native American roots play an important part in her life. When her family pressures her to give up the one man she could love, the pain she feels makes her realise she can no longer afford to let anything, even her culture, determine her destiny.Craig Wordell's world comes crashing down when Tala breaks off their relationship. A small town boy who makes it, he never forgets, or forgives, the one who got away. He wants one more chance, and tracks her down on the day of her sham wedding.Fifteen years of passion cannot be denied but when a simple misunderstanding threatens their tentative trust, it will take acceptance and love from both before they come to terms with the fact that life can take some surprising turns.

Guarding the Widow Pellingham (Willful Winterbournes, Book Four)

A Second Summertime Courtship (The Hasting Sisters, Book Two)