Retired FBI agent Jason Windover had a new assignment—to keep five-foot-and-feisty redhead Meredith Silver out of trouble. Jason was an old hand at charming the fairer sex, and he figured a little sweet seduction would keep Merry suitably distracted. But electrifying kisses and tempestuous loving soon had the sexy bachelor determined to make Merry his on a permanent basis. Now if he could just convince her that he was ready to give up his playboy ways for good....

The last obstacle entrepreneur Jared Dalton needed between him and a fifteen-million-dollar bet was a woman with a grudge. He knew their long-ended affair was the reason Megan Sorenson refused to sell him her ranch. Determined to get back into her good graces, Jared sought Megan out…and discovered her son. Their son. Now Jared would need more than his surefire charm and seductive smile. For this woman and their son were priceless. And this Dakota daddy would stop at nothing to make them his own.

Struggling hotel owner Laurel Tolson had had enough of wealthy, arrogant men who thought their money could buy anything and anyone. But then tycoon Chase Bennett swept into her little Montana town and made her an offer as enticing as it was indecent. He'd more than match the price of her entire hotel—if she'd be his mistress for just one month. The idea was shocking, scandalous, yet strangely seductive. But soon she realized that sharing Chase's bed could never be enough. She wanted to share his life, forever….

She ran away with the Groom… Too bad she wasn't the Bride! No one was more shocked than Trae Andrelini when her best friend left wealthy Rhys Paxton standing at the altar on his wedding day. Trae was determined to find out what really went wrong—so she joined forces with stick-in-the-mud Rhys to find the runaway bride. As she and Rhys raced across the country, Trae was surprised to learn that the man she once found boring was anything but…. And jilted Rhys was equally stunned that Trae's infuriating, tempestuous, spontaneous zest for life was tempting his own heart!

[BookStrand Contemporary Romance, HEA] Ruthless and Passionate! Santo Ricci is not a man to cross without consequences and this time, the Italian has seduction on his mind. His plan is simple: threaten, punish, and humiliate. But that was before he met the delectable journalist in person. He is intrigued and attracted to her defiance. Suddenly, he must choose between his need to bed her and keeping his promise to his ailing father. Alluring and Defiant! Skyler Wright may be innocent but she's no shrinking violet. Her career is hanging by a thread and she needs the "Ricci scoop" to save it. Her refusal to back down sets her on a collision path with ruthless billionaire playboy, Santo Ricci. Can she resist his skilful campaign to seduce her while upholding her ethics ...? ** A BookStrand Mainstream Romance

Women to Watch WHEN THE CAT'S AWAY…Cass Appleton had the ideal live-in companion—until someone makes off with her favorite feline! Desperate to rescue poor Crudley from the kit-napper's clutches, Cass enlists the help of a wealthy widow—and the woman's sexy-but-skeptical godson. WILL THE LOVERS PLAY? The lovely Ms. Appleton stirs far more than suspicion in Gabe Preston's jaded heart. Still, the millionaire ex-cop isn't about to trust any female. To prove she's up to something, he keeps her under surveillance. But Gabe soon discovers Cass is no conniving crook. In fact, she would make a purr-fect wife—if he were a marrying man…. For classic tales with an exciting twist, dazzling debut author Patricia Seeley is our Woman to Watch….