“I CAN’T GIVE YOU AN HEIR,” THE BROKEN CONSERVATOR WHISPERED—BUT THE MAFIA BOSS SAID ONE WORD, DEFIED HIS BLOODLINE, AND MADE HER HIS ONLY FUTURE

Part 1 The first thing Elena Marlowe heard after her name was announced was Grant Mercer laughing. It was not a loud laugh. Grant was…

The first thing Willow Lancaster heard that Christmas Eve was not music, laughter, or the soft magic of snow against the window. It was the…

Part 1 Blood reached the white line painted across the trauma-room floor before anyone admitted they had lost him. Dr. Malcolm Vane stepped away from…

THE LITTLE GIRL CLUNG TO A MAFIA BOSS AND BEGGED FOR HELP – THEN SHE WHISPERED THE ONE NAME THAT TURNED HIS PAST INTO WAR…

I THOUGHT MY BLIND DATE STOOD ME UP UNTIL THE WAITRESS WAS FIRED FOR BRINGING HER BABY – THEN SHE SAID MY NAME IN FRONT…

I WAS THE WAITRESS HIS FIANCÉE SLAPPED IN PUBLIC — THEN HE SAID MY BROTHER’S NAME LIKE MY FUTURE ALREADY BELONGED TO HIM   The…