"Lifeguard Jet Carlson's heart skips a beat when paramedic Mei Chen shows up at his beachside rescue. They shared a soul-stirring connection during their teenage summer fling--and then real life beckoned. Jet doesn't want to let her go again, but his commitment-free lifestyle means he can't offer more. Mei makes it clear that isn't enough--because it's not just herself she must protect this Christmas, it's their daughter, too"--Back cover.

Can one illicit night...
Lead to the love of a lifetime?
In this Hope Children's Hospital story, senior pediatric surgeon Alice Baxter believes she'll never conceive. So is stunned to find she's pregnant after one spontaneous night with colleague Marco Ricci! She might be his buttoned-up boss but their chemistry is off the charts. And when Marco whisks Alice to his family's Italian castello she discovers he's determined to claim...

When a small-town mom… Falls for a big-city doc… Nurse Lauren Wilson is used to doctors coming and going in her Oklahoma town - and doesn't expect prestigious Boston doc Paxton Samuels to be any different. Until they're snowed in together and their sensual tension reaches boiling point! But knowing Paxton is due to leave after the festive season, can Lauren risk giving him her heart and her little boy a daddy for Christmas? "With detailed prose...

From Santa… …with love! Children's doctor Anna Maskell loves Christmas. But Muswell Hill Memorial's new locum surgeon, Jamie Thurston, hates it! So Anna makes him a deal-if she teaches him to embrace Christmas again, he'll play Santa to their little patients! But as Anna tempts him with the joys of the season, they also discover a connection neither expected. Can Jamie find the courage to give Anna what she truly needs this Christmas-his love? "…Ms....

A chance to mend her body… A doc to heal her heart? In this Pups that Make Miracles story, search-and-rescue worker Cassandra Bellow arrives at Heatherglen Clinic injured and reeling from the loss of her faithful rescue dog. But a Christmas romance with the gorgeous clinic manager, Dr. Lyle Sinclair, along with Heatherglen's adorable therapy dogs, restores Cass's lust for life. Except soon she must return to America-unless guarded Lyle asks her...

Can the magic of Christmas… …teach them to love again? In this Pups that Make Miracles story, vet Esme Ross-Wylde simply wants to offer A&E consultant Max Kirkpatrick the proceeds from her charity ball to keep his Plants and Paws therapy unit open. Until this lone-wolf doc reawakens all her senses! Dangerous ground for Esme, who's vowed never to love again… Can a week together at her castle this Christmas heal their wounded hearts? Pups that...

A festive fling… With consequences! Firefighter Ben Matthews is committed to his job above all else since his last relationship ended badly. Until he meets alluring and fiercely independent paramedic Callie Walsh! Their fiery exchanges over the project she's working on at his fire station leave Ben unable to deny their chemistry… Then Callie turns up on his doorstep-pregnant! Can some Christmas magic turn their holiday fling into a forever family?...

Zach Garrett is home from war, haunted by PTSD, trying to fit in to what has become an alien world. With the holidays fast approaching, his uncle Big Jim Garrett offers him a place on the family ranch. Zach isn't sure he's up for a noisy, boisterous Garrett Christmas ... until he meets beautiful Stephanie Gale, and all his protests go up in flames. Firefighter and EMT Stephanie Gale is ready for anything. She's got her life under control ... until...

A snowbound reunion! Tension between Dr. Ella Lockwood and former navy doc Zac Davenport is sky-high! All she can think about is how he once broke her vulnerable heart. But now she's a confident ER surgeon who'll never let him hurt her again. And being snowed in together on Christmas Eve at Manhattan Mercy reveals his last tour of duty has changed Zac, too. But that compelling spark is still there-and one more irresistible kiss is all it takes...

Roses for Christmas by Betty Neels - Eleanor not only remembered the domineering Fulk van Hensum from her childhood, she recalled how much she had disliked him. Now Eleanor was grown-up and a qualified nurse, and suddenly Fulk, a renowned consultant, was back in her life. He hadn't changed a bit-he was still dictatorial and overbearing, which was a problem, since under the circumstances she couldn't avoid him! It shouldn't have mattered that Fulk...