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Die Bestsellerautorin Dakota Laurens ist sich sicher, dass die wahre Liebe nur in ihren erotischen Liebesromanen zu finden ist. Bis sie eines Tages unverhofft einen attraktiven Arzt kennenlernt, einen echten Helden. Die Schriftstellerin ist fasziniert von Dr. Walter Eddy, und er von ihr. Als er sich aber von heute auf morgen nicht mehr bei ihr meldet, will Dakota ihn so schnell wie möglich vergessen. Das Schicksal macht ihr jedoch einen Strich durch die Rechnung: Walt hatte sich nur distanziert, weil er ein früheres Erlebnis noch nicht überwunden hatte.

Melanie Bartlett? Die startet beruflich mal richtig durch! Das dachten alle in River Bend, als Mel zum Studieren nach Kalifornien ging. Zehn Jahre später sieht das leider anders aus. Abgebrannt kehrt die Single Mom zurück, mit ihrer süßen Tochter Hope im Schlepptau und ohne Idee, wie es weitergehen soll. Aber River Bend nimmt sie mit offenen Armen auf: Ihre besten Freundinnen Zoe und Jo sind für Mel da, in Miss Ginas B&B-Pension findet sie nicht nur eine Unterkunft, sondern auch Arbeit.

Vor einem Jahr hat sich Karen darauf eingelassen, einen Hollywoodstar zu heiraten, um die Gerüchte über dessen Privatleben zu zerstreuen. Seit ihrer Hochzeit mit dem berühmten Leinwandhelden sind ihre Schauspielkünste gefragt: Die zierliche blonde Schönheit spielt die Rolle der glücklichen Ehefrau. Jetzt steht das Paar vor der Scheidung und Karen wird fünf Millionen Dollar kassieren - als Entschädigung für das Jahr an der Seite des Stars.

Monica Mann widmet ihr Leben, um anderen zu helfen. Nach einem verheerenden Erdbeben und einem Tsunami in Jamaika meldet sie sich freiwillig als Krankenschwester für Ärzte ohne Grenzen. Durch ihre methodische Art schafft sie es, selbst im größten Chaos einen kühlen Kopf zu bewahren. Bis sie auf den barfüßigen und unglaublich attraktiven Trent Fairchild trifft. Als Hubschrauberpilot führt er ein kleines Tour-Unternehmen auf seiner Wahlheimatinsel Jamaika.

Die junge Mary ist eine hervorragende Therapeutin mit ausgeprägter Menschenkenntnis. Sie durchschaut die meisten Männer sofort und weiß, dass sie sich nur auf sich selbst verlassen kann. Bis der charmante Sonnyboy Glen wieder in ihr Leben tritt. Der reiche Pilot hatte zwar schon viele Frauen, doch scheut er sich davor, eine ernsthafte Beziehung einzugehen. Zwischen ihnen knistert es gewaltig.

Carter Billings: Der rotblonde Carter Billings lässt mit seinem hollywood-tauglichen guten Aussehen Frauenherzen höher schlagen. Doch nur ein solider Familienmensch kann die Wahl zum Gouverneur von Kalifornien gewinnen. Als Wahlkampfhelferin holt er sich die Partnervermittlerin Eliza Havens ins Bett. Eliza Havens: Eliza freut sich für ihre beste Freundin, die einen wohlhabenden, liebevollen Ehemann gefunden hat. Aber dessen bester Freund, Carter Billings, bringt sie um den Verstand.

No one drives in New York City. Everyone knows that, including California transplant Rachel Price. But that doesn't stop her from driving into the city. From Connecticut. Every single morning. Rain or shine...or snow. When she runs the charismatic and good-looking Jason Fairchild off the road, their immediate spark is met with bad timing. There is also one tiny little detail: Jason is her boss. And a woman as intelligent and dedicated to her career as Rachel knows not to date her boss.

Her life is missing the love… When Katelyn “Katie” Morrison attends her brother’s wedding, the glamorous hotel heiress wonders if she’ll ever find “the one”... especially when she sees her sexy-as-sin ex, Dean Prescott. While attending his best friend’s wedding, Dean can’t stop staring at Katie’s sinful curves. He swore he’d never repeat the mistake of falling for her. Learning that Katie has a newborn, Dean knows there’s more going on than Katie admits.

Romance author Dakota Laurens believes that happily-ever-afters exist only between the covers of her sexy novels. But to her surprise, she finds a real-life hero when she meets a handsome emergency room doctor. The outspoken author feels an instant and intense attraction to Dr. Walt Eddy, and the feeling is mutual. When the globetrotting doctor pulls a disappearing act on Dakota, she's prepared to write him off... until fate brings a blindsiding twist to her story.

Can a sexy pilot's dazzling smile melt the Ice Queen? Monica Mann has made it her life's work to save lives. After an earthquake and tsunami hit the shores of Jamaica, she volunteers her trauma skills with Borderless Nurses. Calculating and methodical, she creates order out of whatever chaos she finds…. Until she finds the perpetually barefoot, impossibly masculine Trent Fairchild.

Waitress and single mom Jessica “Jessie” Mann is practical to a fault. Even if she had time to date, which she doesn’t, she’d be determined to provide her son with a more secure upbringing than the one she had - and that would mean a husband with big bucks. When Jack Morrison - a sexy-as-sin, seemingly broke customer with a cowboy hat and a seductive grin - tries to flirt with her, she shoots him down.

Mary Kildare knows how to read people. It's both why she makes a great therapist and why she refuses to trust the average bachelor. Staying fiercely independent has been her primary relationship strategy - until wealthy playboy pilot (and commitmentphobe) Glen Fairchild reappears in her life. After a yearlong teasing tug-of-war, Mary and Glen test the waters of attraction, only to find that their physical chemistry runs deeper than flirtation.

Some kids inherit a family business; Jo Ward inherited a badge. Once voted Most Likely to End Up in Jail, the town wild child has become sheriff - hell-bent on uncovering the truth about her father’s mysterious death. Life is quiet in rustic River Bend, but Jo longs for something beyond her small hometown and the painful memories it holds. All that keeps her sane is the support of her best friends, Melanie and Zoe.

Myra, a medieval virgin druidess, flees five hundred years into the future in order to escape death at the hands of a cursed witch, landing in the arms of a handsome but cynical twenty-first century cop. Officer Todd Blakely knows Myra is hiding something, but he can't resist her innocent charms. Destiny throws them both into a world of intrigue and mysticism. Can Todd be the true white knight she needs? Or will magic and the winds of time tear them apart?

Zoe Brown may have been voted Most Likely to Never Leave River Bend, but the paper-thin walls and suffocating air of her family's double-wide trailer were not what she wanted for her life. Other than BFFs Melanie and Jo, the only thing that kept Zoe sane during high school was her boyfriend, Luke. She didn't just leave, she escaped - turning her back on the shame of her black-sheep siblings and imprisoned dad. Now a celebrity chef in Dallas, she can afford all the things she never could have growing up.

Voted Most Likely to Succeed, Melanie Bartlett ended up anything but. The down-on-her-luck single mom wants a complete do-over - is that too much to ask? With her family long gone from River Bend, strong, independent Mel is as surprised as anyone to end up in the quaint small town she once called home. But with her friends, Jo and Zoe, by her side, and a comfortable room at Miss Gina's quirky bed-and-breakfast, she just might have turned the corner on a new life.

For her own safety, modern day, single mom, Lizzy McAllister is forced to bow to the medieval men who surround her when she's thrust back in time to the sixteenth century against her will. When Lizzy finds herself trapped in time with Fin, the one man she finds both irresistible and maddening, she agrees to combine forces with him to rid Scotland of the evil witch, Grainna.

On a fateful night in Las Vegas, FBI agent Leo Grant is working on a critical detail in a high-profile child prostitution trial when a beautiful woman jumps into the path of a bullet meant for him. Little does Leo know that the woman is Olivia, an ex-assassin who is seeking redemption one good deed at a time. One minute, Olivia is lunging in front of Leo on the Vegas Strip. The next, she’s waking up in the hospital in a haze of pain with no memory of her past, her enemies, or even her own name. 

As an employee of MacBain Securities and Solutions, Claire Kelly can certainly hold her own. Armed with an impressive set of covert skills, she’s more than prepared to tackle any job that comes her way...except one involving Cooper Lockman. Cooper and Claire used to work together before his feelings for her sent him packing to Europe for six long years. But now he’s back and determined to ignore the still-smoldering heat that lingers between them. Their current mission: go undercover together at a California high school to root out the mastermind behind a prostitution ring.

As the only female civil engineer in her department, Grace Hudson needs space from men. Her last love interest traumatized her in ways she never saw coming; with that behind her, she is determined to focus on her career. Even so, a little flirting with a handsome stranger over coffee can’t hurt, right? In their short interaction, Grace dazzles Dameon Locke. But he’s focused on his newest development project and keeping his company afloat after his biggest investor pulled out.