Nikki Benjamin

Love with a proper stranger

THE SECRET

Gabriel Serrano had spent years trying to recover from the sins of the past. He lived quietly, raising his son, Brian until a mysterious woman appeared on his doorstep. Suddenly history came tumbling back and threatened to bury Gabriel in its wake.

Madelyn St. James was a stranger, yet she arrived staking a claim to Gabriel's house and, he feared, his soul. How much did she know about what had happened ten years ago? The quiet beauty seemed to offer salvation. But she was a temptation Gabriel didn't dare pursue .

A LOVE WORTH FIGHTING FOR

Years ago, Leah Hayes selflessly stepped aside when John Bennett fell for her vivacious stepsister. Now the man she still secretly cherished was ravaged by grief and struggling to raise his fragile little girl all alone. Unable to deny the lure of this fractured family, Leah returned to Montana over her summer break to lend a helping hand.

Although the brooding widower didn't exactly roll out the welcome mat for Leah, their close quarters ignited forbidden passions. And as the compassionate schoolteacher provided sweet solace to John's battered soul, she saw glimpses of the kind hearted man she'd always loved. Could they confront their deepest desires by summer's end or would their hopes and dreams be lost to them forever?

HE WAS SEXY, POWERFUL AND ABOUT TO PUT HER OUT OF BUSINESS!

Bill Harper had to be stopped. Eloise Vale didn't care if he was the mayor of New York he was about to cut funding to her precious birth centre! He was also her once–upon–a time lover. And being whirled into his arms at the Mayor's Ball was making the single mother of triplets almost believe in fairy tales again.

Bill might be the most powerful man in the city, but he yearned to be the only man in Eloise's life. After her three sons, of course. He would show the down–to–earth widow that there was always room for negotiation and a love that was growing stronger by the minute .

Charlotte Fagan's unsuccessful attempts to get pregnant had strained her marriage to the breaking point. Then the call came the Fagans were approved for adoption. Her estranged husband, Sean, agreed to pose as the happily married father–to–be provided that once the adoption went through Charlotte grant him a divorce. Now at least one of her dreams would come true even as another turned to dust.

Sean Fagan still loved Charlotte enough to help this last time, but after that they were through or so he resolved, until their trip to the overseas adoption agency made him rediscover everything wonderful about this woman. Would a beautiful baby girl tear Charlotte and Sean apart or bind them together like never before?

A BABY?S LOOSE IN BELLE

Simon Gilmore was back in town! And that meant trouble for Kit Davenport, who'd just gotten custody of her best friend's baby. Although he'd been strictly off–limits, Simon had always held a cherished place in Kit's heart. But what kind of father abandoned his own son?

AND THE TOWN?S PRODIGAL SON IS ABOUT TO CLAIM HIM!

A man who thought the child wasn't his. Until Simon walked into the Dinner Belle Diner and saw the spitting image of himself as a toddler in little Nathan. The only stumbling block was Simon's burgeoning desire for his son's alluring guardian. Somehow he had to show Kit that it's never a crowd when daddy makes three

The bad boy was back .

KIDNAPPED

Kari Gray had often dreamed that she'd see Alex again. In the ten years since he had walked out on her, she'd been tormented by memories, by questions without answers. Now, suddenly, Alex was back, but it was not the romantic reunion she'd fantasized. Her first love was holding her captive.

Alex Payton had a job to do. Kidnapping was not the best way to do it, but it was all he could think of to keep Kari from marrying Brandon Selby, a man hiding murderous secrets. Alex's first and only priority was keeping Kari safe. That meant keeping a level head and his heart under cover. Unearthing the past would surely destroy them both .

For four years Major Sam Griffin had stayed away from Serenity, Texas, gruffly avoiding the fact that he was still heart-achingly in love with the woman who had almost married his brother.

Now home on leave, the devastatingly handsome pilot had to face beautiful Emma Dalton again. And though there was unmistakable yearning in her eyes, Sam could never put down the roots he knew the shy librarian so strongly craved. When Sam finally had the chance to win the heart of the woman he'd always loved, could he convince Emma that her home would always be where he was?

Garden of Secrets

Evan Graham's assignment was simple: pose as a live–in gardener in order to prove Hannah James an unfit mother to help her father–in–law gain custody of her five–year–old son, Will. But the quietly beautiful widow was nothing like he'd been led to believe. She awoke emotions Evan had never felt, and before long, his undercover case took on a more personal angle .

A PRACTICAL MARRIAGE

Maybe that was all Jane Elliot's maddeningly attractive boss, Maxwell Hamilton, had to offer her, but blinded by love, Jane accepted nonetheless. And she hoped to have all the time in the world to change his mind about his "no love and certainly no babies!" policy. But then she learned that their one night of honeymoon bliss had left her in extreme violation of the rules. And a positive pregnancy test.