What do you do with your life if you peaked at age 12?  If you're Annie Raye, numbers whiz and former Black Jack champion, you try to be like everyone else, with a normal job, forgetting your past.  Which would be fine if you hadn't married an embezzler and had to start all over in a new town applying for a new job and needed to pass a background check conducted by a tall, sexy stranger who doesn't realize you're no trouble at all.

The Best-Kept Secret
Book #4 of the Single...With Kids Series
May 2007
Harlequin Superromance
ISBN 0373714165

What do you do when your big career break might lead to your best-kept secret getting out?  If you're Rosie DeWitt, political guru, you might be willing to take that chance...

Once Upon a Christmas
Anthology with Brenda Novak, Melinda Curtis, Anna Adams
November 2006
Harlequin Superromance
ISBN 0373713800

Three wonderful stories about holidays past, present and future...

The Night Before Christmas by Melinda Curtis

Think Scrooge had it bad?  Simon Castle has to be in Las Vegas by Christmas morning or he'll miss the chance of a lifetime...or will he?

Back to Eden
A Little Secret
April 2006
Harlequin Superromance #1340
ISBN 0-373-71340-1

The fourth book of the Hot Shot series opens with the fire in Expectant Father making one last run at a group of Hot Shots.  Rachel Quinlan, an air tanker pilot contracted to dump fire retardant over blazing forests, is called in to help battle the blaze.  In base camp, Rachel is reunited with Cole Hudson, the guy she's had a crush on since he dated her sister in high school. 

But Cole left her sister in a bind eleven years ago and now Rachel doesn't want Cole to know that the rambunctious girl she's raising is his, because if he comes back to Eden, he just might leave with more than Rachel's heart.

Courage is Easy, Love Takes Time (A Little Secret)

Expectant Father
9 Months Later
September 2005
Harlequin Superromance #1301
ISBN 0-373-71301-0

4 stars from RT BookClub!!

In the third book of the Hot Shot series, Becca Thomas is thrilled to be pregnant, even though it means bringing up her baby alone. At thirty-eight, this may be her last chance to have a child. And she doesn't expect to see Aiden Rodas again - doesn't think that a freewheeling younger man like him would even want to be a father.

Aiden may live the life of a devil-may-care wildland firefighter, but he's not going to walk away from his responsibilities, no matter how unexpected they are. His challenge now is making Becca see that their child needs them both. An even bigger challenge will be to make her realize that this expectant father has fallen in love with a certain mother-to-be!

It's not what they're expecting!

The Family Man
Twins
November 2004
Harlequin Superromance #1241
ISBN 0-373-71241-3

In the second book in the Hot Shot series, part-time caregiver, Thea Gayle, is left to care for two young girls who've been abandoned by their father. She turns to the man who is the only family the twins have - their uncle, Logan McCall. But is Logan - a wildland firefighter who is never home - up to the job? Thea has to know because she won't leave the twins with someone else who is going to let them down.

Logan's been in a slump ever since his sister died. The biggest mistake of his life was allowing his nieces to be taken away, all because he thought he couldn't raise them on his own. He's going to try to make it right this time, by giving the girls - and Thea - the happiest home he can.

Getting Married Again
9 Months Later
February 2004
Harlequin Superromance #1187
ISBN 0-373-71187-5

4 stars from RT BookClub!!

Jackson Garrett is a Hot Shot, one of an elite team who fights forest fires. More than once he's saved the lives of the people on his crew. And more than once, Jackson knows, the reason he's made it out alive is Lexie - his one true love. It's always been a relief that he could go home to her. But now she doesn't want him back.

All or nothing?

Lexie Garrett doesn't feel as if she ever had a husband. With Jackson always away, she's raised their daughter alone. During one last night of bliss before she finalizes their divorce, she becomes pregnant. Lexie loves Jackson - she has no doubt about that. But will he be there for her, the way he says he will? This time and forever?

Michael's Father
A Little Secret
January 2003
Harlequin Superromance #1109
ISBN 0-373-71109-3

A Holt Medallion Winner and a Golden Quill Finalist for Best First Book!

She was banished!

Cori's grandfather, Salvatore Messina, told her she'd never be able to make it on her own as a single mother. He threatened her - tell him the name of the father of her child so he could ruin him, or she and her child would be cut off from the family. As the field manager of Messina Vineyards, Blake would not only lose his job, but his whole career could be destroyed. Cori couldn't do that to Blake - she still loved him. So she kept the identity of Michael's father a secret.

But now she's back...for good?

Almost five years later, Cori has returned to her family's winery with her young son, Michael. Her mother is dying and Cori is determined to do whatever she can for her. But Cori's also back for another reason: it's time to find out if Blake will recognize - and accept - their son.

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