Nikki Rivers

Love at First Kidnapping

After mistaking the diaper delivery lady for a baby–snatcher, single dad Bently Pierce then decided feisty Raine Rogers would make a perfect nanny. After all, she was a whiz with his baby daughter, and her saucy smile and knockout legs had definite daddy appeal!

Raine's hands were already full running her business–but she could make time for the adorable baby whose every coo and gurgle stole her heart. If only being a baby–sitter was all this baby's sexy dad desired of her….

THE BIRCH BEACH BARK
Early Edition

Sexy Stranger Found In Local Girl's Bed!

And it wasn't just any stranger Rachel Gale woke up to, but "the helicopter hunk," worldly TV reporter Marcus Slade. He'd mistaken her room for his at her inn and discovered her secret: the spinsterish Rachel had a fondness for sinful lingerie!

Marcus was allergic to small towns like Birch Beach, but he couldn't resist seducing Rachel. And although he told himself it was time to go, he found excuses to stay. Was "the helicopter hunk" about to come in for a permanent landing in Rachel's backyard?

THE ULTIMATE Seduction

One man who will change her life forever!

Charlotte Riesling counted on predictability, her 9–to–5 life and her soup–for–one. But change was underfoot and its name was Jacob.

He'd scaled walls, tormented waiters and created scenes throughout San Francisco just to be with her. Then he surprised her with presents and enchanted her with a world she'd never known kisses she'd never experienced. And for the first time, Charlotte wanted to be with a man this man. But there would have to be rules: No last names. No past. No future. Except Jacob wanted more than the here and now he wanted her forever.

He's every woman's fantasy, but only one woman's dream come true.

Suddenly a Family

"He wants me?"

With ice blue eyes, silver–streaked hair and a diamond–studded ear, Edmund Winters was one magnificent male. And Ann Madison had only one question for him why was he interested in her? Eddy was a man of the world, with expensive tastes and no commitments. Annie hadn't had a date in years unless of course you counted meat loaf dinners with her ten–year–old son!

But in gallant fashion, Eddy swept Annie off her feet. He even charmed her kid or was that vice versa? Annie wanted nothing else than to revel in the fantasy of this man's affections and have her son enjoy some guy bonding. But Eddy wasn't husband or father material or was he?

You can't give to others…until you give to yourself!

With Christmas only twelve days away, supermom Abby Blake is going on strike. Sure she loves her grown daughters and their families, but do they all have to be so…well, needy? Having made her stand, Abby's not about to let anything–or anyone–stop her. Especially her sworn enemy–alpha male extraordinaire Cole Hudson.

Abby convinces him to fly her to Chicago on his private jet for a little R and R. But Cole's got other plans–a surprise detour to Paris. And thanks to a luxury suite, a fabulous shopping spree and enough sparks flying between her and Cole to light up the Eiffel Tower, life is definitely looking up for Abby. Maybe this "strike" should grow into a year-round holiday….

Sometimes Reality Bites…

Lauren Campbell thought she knew where she was going. After dropping her son off at college, she'd have four years to live out her dreams and plan the future. But she'd been so living in denial, spending her days baking cookies, cleaning the house and going to PTA meetings, that she missed the fine print on her divorce. Now she's about to go from empty nest to no nest because her ex's support has ended!

From dressing as a milkmaid at the local grocery to working on window displays, Lauren struggles to make lemonade out of lemons. But a strange thing happens along the way. This "temporary" life starts looking more appealing than the life she's built in her fantasies….