When Marine-turned-rancher, Cade Donovan, inherits his grandfather’s grocery store, he has no choice except to return home. A couple problems with that: 1) The small, gossiping town still doesn’t know the real reason Cade left twelve years ago. 2) For some reason, his grandfather added an unexpected detail to the will – Cade has to share ownership with Piper O’Riley. The O’Rileys and the Donovans have been at each other’s throats ever since Cade’s grandfather won the store in a poker game. And now Cade has to share his inheritance with the enemy? The gorgeous, tempting, all-grown-up enemy... After ditching two fiancés at the altar, Piper’s earned a reputation as the town’s runaway bride. Ironically, Piper is woefully inexperienced with men. Her attraction to Cade and working side-by-side with him is torture. By day, it’s non-stop-bickering, but at night, she can’t stop imagining all the delicious things Cade could teach her. With the family grudge and the secret of why Cade really left town between them, there’s no way they could ever be together. Right? The Donovan Brothers series is best enjoyed in order. Reading Order: Book #1 Her Summer with the Marine Book #2 Chasing the Runaway Bride Book #3 Head Over Heels for the Boss

Mail-order bride Edwina Ladoux is grateful for the three-month courtship period she agreed to with Declan Brodie and his four rambunctious children, but experiences a change of heart when Declan's first wife suddenly returns.

All of her life, Cadence "Cade" Williams has been lied to... With her ailing father on his deathbed, a whispered secret sends Cadence's life into a tailspin. Determined to either confirm or debunk her father's claim, she sets out on a mission to grow close to the only man with evidence to set things straight. To do that, Cadence earns a position in an elite security firm owned by her father's old army buddy, Noah "Mac" Mackinley. Mac is the only man who could hold the evidence to support her father's claims... But first, she must prove herself worthy of Mac's trust and get close enough to find the truth. Her first mission is to watch over an eight-year old girl, Harley Clark. Harley is not an ordinary girl. She's the daughter of a rock star... Despite her fragile appearance, Harley has tenacity and brilliance like nothing Cade has ever seen. To everyone's surprise-including her own-Cade forms an unlikely friendship with the beautiful wallflower. Her first assignment just became more interesting... When Harley's rock star father, Jax Clark, enters the scene, Cade can't deny the instant attraction for the self-proclaimed bad boy. Tattoos, piercing eyes, and a raspy voice that sends thousands of fans into a screaming frenzy, he's more than just a heartthrob. Worse, Jax starts to pay her more attention than she expects. She's faced with a choice-get lured in by the celebrity world and lose any chance of finding out the truth, or stick to the plan and avoid Jax at all costs to earn Mac's trust.

When Jordan Holloway, Earl of Ashbourne, agrees to keep on eye on his best friend's new sister-in-law, Annie Andrews, he is forced to take her to his country house to prevent her elopement, only to fall in love with her himself.

Amidst an ugly divorce and an even uglier scandal, Paige Kerrigan has returned to her parents' estate to hide out until things blow over. While she's enjoying a late-night naked swim, however, she's shocked to find Owen Bellamy— her family's former cute pool boy—standing poolside. Now he's all hot, grown up, and renting the Kerrigan property...and he's definitely not forgiven Paige for how she used to treat him. Once, the beautiful but spoiled Paige Kerrigan was everything Owen wanted. Now she's broke and Owen finally has his revenge...by offering her a place to stay as his housekeeper. Yet Paige isn't the person he remembers. Instead, she's far more than he imagined, and far more irresistible than is safe. But the last thing Owen can afford is to give his heart to the same woman who once broke it. Book #1 Real Men Don't Break Hearts Book #2 White Hot Holiday Book #3 Real Men Don't Quit Book #4 One Real Man

Ally Griffin is horrified to learn her new landlord is none other than the infuriating playboy Nate Hardy—the man she blames for getting her jilted at the altar six years ago. Plus, now her ex-fiancé is back in their hometown of Burronga, Australia, to marry his beautiful new bride...for real this time. Everybody's treating Ally with kid gloves, as though she's still heartbroken, but she's just fine, thank you very much. Nate Hardy is tired of his high-flying city career and bachelor lifestyle and is looking for something more real. The last thing he needs is to find himself undeniably attracted to Ally, the woman with whom he never saw eye-to-eye. But is he even capable of what Ally wants and deserves? As Ally tries to pull her life out of the rut it's fallen in, she doesn't count on Nate stirring up her emotions. A short-term fling with the resident bad boy is practically irresistible, but only if she can guard her heart... Each book in the Real Men series is a standalone, full-length story that can be enjoyed out of order. Series Order: Book #1 Real Men Don't Break Hearts Book #2 White Hot Holiday Book #3 Real Men Don't Quit Book #4 One Real Man

Children and youth, regardless of their ethnic backgrounds, are experiencing lifestyle choices their parents never imagined and contributing to the transformation of ideals, traditions, education and adult-child power dynamics. As a result of the advances in technology and media as well as the effects of globalization, the transmission of social and cultural practices from parents to children is changing. Based on a number of qualitative studies, this book offers insights into the lives of children and youth in Britain, Japan, Spain, Israel/Palestine, and Pakistan. Attention is focused on the child's perspective within the social-power dynamics involved in adult-child relations, which reveals the dilemmas of policy, planning and parenting in a changing world.