The Man for Her

Cottonwood Lake was so calm, it looked like glass

So why did Nate feel as if he was at the center of an out-of-control storm? Sarah. Here on his doorstep. The last person he'd ever expected to see was his ex-wife-with a child, no less. And then to hear her say those four incredible words, "Will you marry me?"

But Sarah has to have a life-threatening operation and there's no one to care for little Matty but her. And that's why Nate grudgingly agrees to go along with her plan. Against his better judgment.

After all, what happens if Sarah survives?

Wyoming rancher Nick Reynolds was Dacy Fallon's first love, the man she could never forget. They'd been just seventeen when life had taken them on separate paths. Now, fate had brought Dacy back to town-and she was determined to reclaim her man.

It starts when Natalie Briggs runs into her ex-husband, Josh, at their high school reunion. A romantic dance leads to a kiss...and a kiss to a blissful night of lovemaking. Then Natalie gets the shocking news. She's finally going to have Josh's child--twenty-five years better-late-than-never!

Her adopted daughter is excited about becoming a big sister. Josh's teenage sons don't know what to think. And her former mother-in-law is full of maternal advice... before Natalie even gives birth!

Starting a family was what Josh and Natalie always wanted. But when Natalie couldn't conceive, their marriage unraveled. Now they've been given a miraculous second chance. Life has just gotten more complicated--will the second time around be sweeter?

FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD…

To save her nephew from the clutches for his abusive "father," Kristen Monroe would do anything. But even she hesitated at Luke Hollister's door-for despite her adolescent crush on him, he'd been in love with her late sister. And she was about to drop a bombshell on him….

Luke Hollister found it impossible to believe he was the child's father, but he knew his feelings didn't matter. Luke's first goal: ensuring Cody's safety. If only Cody's lovely aunt weren't making him wish for things that could never be….

He was a man of adventure, the epitome of masculinity, and he had swept the girl next door off her feet one incredible night-and made her a woman. But Marco Esposito didn't think he was the home-and-hearth type of man that Sophie Morrell deserved…so he walked away.

But he never forgot her.

Rachel Hawkins has always wanted to be glamorous. She wants to wear designer suits, paint her nails and work for a dynamic, demanding man who might just fall in love with her. When she gets herself a job as Grant Mallett's secretary, she thinks her dream can come true. She has the suit, the job-now all she needs is her boss! Only, he's already lined up another bride….

Devon Grayson thought her estranged husband had died seven years ago in a fiery plane crash-until she saw him on television! And though the stranger she confronted looked and sounded like her Geoff, he had no memories of their shared-and troubled-past. Still, Devon had to bring the prodigal husband home for the holidays when she learned someone wanted him dead.

And soon she was experiencing a Christmas miracle beyond her deepest longings. Because a flicker of love still shone in his eyes. And now, without his memories, she was determined to make him stay…for love alone.

Will a small-town solution work for a big-city girl?

After her son is seriously injured in a car accident, Julie Matthew wants two things: for him to regain his health and for her family to return to normal. What a shock when she learns that Russell, her husband, sees normal as a rut. His solution? To move their family from Vancouver back to the tiny rural town in Saskatchewan where he grew up.

It's for the sake of their child, he claims, and a guilty conscience leads Julie, who loves big cities, to go along with his plan. But once in Chatsworth, she begins to suspect that Russell has his own interests at heart. Especially after she sees him and his former girlfriend together at the school where they'll both be teaching.

And that's not the only surprise her husband has for her!

Whose baby is he?

Three months ago, Isabel Baker's life came crashing down after her husband confessed he'd fallen in love with another woman-her sister-and that they'd had a child together.

Then tragedy strikes, and Isabel's sister and husband are killed, leaving baby Tony with just her sister's husband, Ben. Now Isabel is faced with a terrible decision. Telling the truth would mean taking Tony from the only father he's ever known, but how can she possibly lie?

She's shocked to discover that Ben doesn't have any such qualms. He's determined to keep what remains of his family intact-no matter what. Which is why he's trying to convince Isabel that together they could make the perfect parents for Tony….