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How seriously does Cal take his marriage vows? And How important is Promise to Jane? Is there hope for a reconciliation--in time for Christmas.

Newcomer Annie Applegate is looking for peace but finds a great deal more. She agrees to marry a widowed veterinarian for the sake of his children -- and discovers that marriage can lead to love.

Father's Day: Robin Masterson's ten-year-old son, Jeff, figures he needs a dog more than anything in the world. And there just happens to be one right next door! But the friendly black Lab belongs to Cole Camden, the "unfriendliest" man in the neighborhood. Still, Jeff persists ... and soon his mom and Cole are looking at each other in a whole new way. The courtship of Carol Sommars: Peter Sommars is fifteen, and what he needs is a little more independence....

In "Lonesome Cowboy," Savannah Weston pursues disenchanted cowboy Laredo Smith; and in "Texas Two-Step," Ellie Frasier leans heavily on her friends for support, until her relationship with rancher Glen Patterson deepens into love.

When a single mom becomes an "empty nester," she spreads her wings to rediscover herself -- and her passions -- in this heartwarming novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. Jenna Boltz's life is at a crossroads. After a messy divorce nearly twenty years ago, she raised her two children on her own, juggling motherhood with her beloved job as a Seattle intensive care nurse. Now that Paul and Allie have gone to college and moved...

"Navy Wife: Lindy Kyle flees to Seattle to weather a broken heart but is unprepared for a roommate like Rush Callaghan. Strong, sensitive and sexy, the temporarily dry-docked naval officer is everything she's ever dreamed of in a man…and in a husband. Though they are swept away on a tide of passion, Rush holds duty to his country above all else. When he has to return to service, does Lindy have the courage to be his wife?" "Navy Blues: Despite...

The Christmas Basket: More than ten years ago, high-school sweethearts Noelle McDowell and Thomas Sutton planned to elope--but then he jilted her. This Christmas, Noelle is home to celebrate, and she and Thom discover they are still in love. Now only the decades-old rivalry between their mothers stands in the way of a second chance together. Let It Snow: When Shelly Griffin’s plane is rerouted due to weather, she’s stuck sharing the...

Rich Manning and Jamie Warren have always been friends--and nothing but friends. However, that changes when she asks him to father the child she so desperately wants. Rich agrees--if she'll marry him. Because he thinks their Marriage of Inconvenience could become a real marriage instead. Paul Manning, a grieving widower with three small children, turns to Leah Baker for help and comfort. When that comfort begins to grow into something else, Paul...

Love 'n' marriage: Sometimes love's right there in front of you. As Stephanie Coulter discovers, sometimes you find it in the most ordinary places--and what could be more ordinary than the office? Stephanie, who works as an assistant at Lockwood Industries in Minneapolis, is temporarily assigned to the boss--Jonas Lockwood himself. Jonas lives up (or down!) to his reputation as a tyrant, dictator and grouch. But Stephanie's colleagues, romance readers...