Spring Collection 2022

Jessica Hart

Meredith West thinks that she's the kind of woman that men just don't find attractive. Sensible and practical, she's always picked up the pieces after her sister, Lucy.

When an accident affecting her sister brings her to the Australian Outback, again, Meredith is there to help. But she doesn't expect Lucy's boss, Hal Granger, to become attracted to her! But no matter how much she feels for Hal, this British beauty is a city girl, and finds the Outback deeply intimidating...

Melting her boss's frozen heart…

Shy computer expert Lauren Taylor can handle any tech issue–it's the clients she finds more challenging! Especially when she realises her new boss, brooding tycoon Matt Dalton, is the first man she ever kissed…

Haunted by his parents' infidelities, Matt's mission was to save his ailing father's company, then leave. Except Lauren's compassion begins to melt his defenses. He never planned on sticking around, but another earth–shattering kiss later, could Lauren give him a reason to stay?

Barbara Hannay

Simone is determined to finally deal with the dreadful secret she's kept, and move on with her life that is until the diary into which she poured her troubled heart is lost and found by billionaire journalist Ryan Tanner.

Simone's never been able to open up, to get close, but there's something about Ryan that invites trust. Maybe this beautiful, loving man can help her find the real her. He just might be her Mr Right in a million.

Margaret Way

Marissa Devlin has vowed to protect her orphaned half–brother–even if it means becoming governess to the little daughter of dark and handsome Holt McMaster. Quickly Marissa's heart is stolen by Holt's young daughter and by the magnificent cattle baron himself!

Holt has battled with trust in the past, and his guarded heart isn't easily won. So he's surprised to find that having Marissa in his home seems like the most natural thing in the world. Is it possible that the new nanny may be the perfect wife?

He had everything he could want…but her.

Even winning Country Music Artist of the Year can't help Sawyer Landry shake his guilt over leaving Rory Callahan behind. All the fame, fortune and fans he's earned haven't relieved his regret over the way he ditched her. But all that's about to change. Because Sawyer has finally realized that everything is empty without Rory. And he's returning to Findlay Roads to win her back. Hopefully.

But Sawyer has no idea how hard it'll be. Rory's not going to welcome him with open arms. And he's about to discover a family secret that could ruin everything…

Teresa Carpenter

Rachel Adams' independent life is turned upside down when she is named guardian to two orphaned twins! It's hard to suddenly be a mum to two demanding babies, but in no time they steal her heart.

Then gorgeous co–guardian Ford Sullivan turns up. He can see Rachel is struggling to cope, and that she doesn't welcome his interference. Soon, however, they realise the only way they can do what's best for the babies is to work together. But being this close to Ford makes Rachel wonder whether stand–in mum and dad could become forever bride and groom?

Myrna Mackenzie

Carson Banick: the black sheep of the family is back – and now his family's future and fortune are in his hands. He must marry a suitable woman and provide an heir. Beth Krayton: Carson's feisty PA is determined to succeed on her own, without a man.

They shouldn't suit at all. They shouldn't even be together. But as the attraction grows between them Carson has to ask himself what's more important, saving his family or claiming Beth's heart?

Marion Lennox

An only child, Shanni Jefferson doesn't do family. But, temporarily homeless and jobless, she jumps at the offer of a live–in nanny position. How hard can it be to look after one little baby?

Pierce MacLachlan has been economical with the truth–instead of one child, there are five! He is out of his depth with the unruly yet lovable brood. But every night, once the children are all safely tucked up in bed, Shanni wonders whether family life, with gorgeous Pierce, might suit her after all.

Lucy Gordon

Intelligent, sensible Della Hadley should've known better than to embark on an affair with an Italian playboy six years her junior, but vibrant and sexy Carlo Rinucci was just too hard to resist ...

Yet Della knows that a fiery passion so quick to ignite should be fast to die out, despite Carlo's protests that their love is forever. But Carlo is Italian through and through, and is determined to win his woman – can he make Della his bride before the sun sets on their affair?

Who says history can't repeat itself?

Single mum Leigh certainly doesn't want to play the role of disapproving mother. But when her daughter runs off to New Hampshire for a boy she's met over the internet, it's a discomfiting reminder of Leigh's own past.

The problem is Sam Wallace, the boy's father, and his ridiculous notion that love conquers all. Worse still is that Sam could be a pretty darn good distraction for Leigh. But how can Leigh think about herself when her daughter is about to make the worst mistake of her life?

Grandpa Garnier used to say: Love is like a bucking bronco. It takes guts and determination to hang on, but it's worth the ride. If only Grandpa was around now to help Tyson Garnier out of this mess.

The famous football player is suddenly saddled with a very public scandal–and an illegitimate child. Tyson needs a good nanny now if he's going to salvage his career. And plain, no–nonsense Dakota Brown is the ideal candidate

Sheikh Malik Hourani, Crown Prince of Bha'Khar, is a rich and powerful man, dedicated to ruling his kingdom–but experience has made him wary of love...

Beautiful Beth Farrah has been betrothed to the Sheikh since birth, but she has a secret. She's not the woman he thinks she is...

When Taryn Webster takes a job as secretary to gorgeous millionaire Jake Nash, she is already fighting her attraction to him. Taryn is determined not to mix business and pleasure, so she tries to keep her distance.

But then Jake asks her for her help after hours. At first Taryn refuses, but she can't resist his persuasive arguments... nor his charming smile and tempting grey eyes

When I agreed to be Zach Swift's secretary, I was expecting demanding and high–flying – not seriously gorgeous and generous! I usually don't like working in an office, because of how the accident affected my memory, but with Zach it feels different. And now he's asked me to go on a business trip with him! Nine–to–five is hard enough for me to hide my feelings, and Zach's bound to guess that I'm not as perfect as he seems to think I am. And he's also mentioned he has a proposal for me. I'm meeting him for dinner – tonight!

But not Beau Stanton. Nevertheless, he's determined to be a great father to the fourteen–year–old problem child who showed up on his doorstep. And that means the end to his days as a footloose bachelor. That's not difficult, though, until he meets Nancy McGuire. Nancy has her own problems. She's a single mum who doesn't need a man like thrice–divorced Beau. Yet as the season of goodwill approaches, these two families are thrown together. In this instance can two and two ever make four?

Leslie Sanderson's brother Cal is dead, and he's left behind two children no one knew he had. Kip Webster–Cal's closest friend–and Leslie 'inherit' these secret kids. And as they form their makeshift family Leslie and Kip decide to share a house.

And that leads to other kinds of sharing, until one night before Christmas Leslie tells him about the devastating thing that happened when she was young–something she's kept secret all this time. Because in Kip, she finds the promise of safety, acceptance and love. The promise of what family should be?

Frustrated with the merry–go–round of political dinners and enforced good behaviour, Lotty Montluce is determined to try on a normal life for size. But she's completely unprepared for her new boss, Corran McKenna. The impossible, ridiculously sexy grump makes no allowances especially for secret princesses! Sick with people bowing and scraping, Lotty's fine with Corran's frowns it's his wicked grin that causes trouble! A no–strings fling with the only man who's ever seen the real, rather than the royal, her is irresistible but what will happen when her secret becomes headline news?

When Rachel Everly dumps her cheating boyfriend, he dumps her in a tiny Montana town with only her suitcase and beloved camera! Then a deep, whisky–rough voice straight out of a cowboy movie offers her a way out Shane Merritt has returned to town to sell his parents' ranch and seizes the chance to hire Rachel as his photographer. At first her enthusiasm for the dilapidated ranch bothers the taciturn rancher until he begins to see the woman who's putting the 'home' back into his homestead in a whole new light!

Helping people comes naturally to Zoe Hamilton and she has the advice column to prove it. All she wants this summer, though, is some time alone to lick her wound post–divorce. Which is fine by her surly–yet–handsome new neighbour, ex–army Captain Jake Meyers, who just wants his own peace. Jake might believe he's emotionally dead, but the pain in his glittering emerald eyes tells a very different story. And soon Zoe can't help but reach out but it will take all her courage to love a man so determined to keep his heart out–of–bounds