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All it takes is one careless encounter. She's lonely, he's reckless-it's a fatal combination. Passion and duty collide in Medieval Scotland. Maggie Munro is widowed, barren, and a burden on her resentful uncle. Still grieving the man she loved and lost, she expects to never feel passion again. But then she meets a charming warrior at a king's council at Inverness. Maggie doesn't realize it, but her life is about to get complicated. ...

Based on the novel from Nicholas Sparks, a young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.

Call me Mrs. Miracle: While working in the toy department of a family-run department store in New York City, Mrs. Miracle seizes the opportunity to connect Holly, who is searching for the perfect robot for her nephew, with Jake, the store owner's son. Mrs. Miracle: Practical advice from his new housekeeper helps Seth Webster, a widower with six-year-old twins, rebuild his life after the loss of his wife.

The town of Big Whisky people try to lead a quiet life. Sheriff 'Little Bill' keeps heavy-handed order. Then a couple of cowboys cut up a whore. Unsatisfied with Bill's justice, the prostitutes put a bounty on the cowboys. The bounty attracts a young gun billing himself as 'The Schofield Kid, ' and aging killer William Munny. Munny is a widower trying to raise his two young children. Farm life is hard and Munny is no good at it. He calls on his old...

In a remote area of Northern Kenya, activist Tessa Quayle is found brutally murdered. Tessa's companion, a doctor, appears to have fled the scene, and all the evidence points to a crime of passion. Members of the British High Commission in Nairobi assume that Tessa's widower, their mild-mannered and unambitious colleague Justin Quayle, will leave the matter to them. Haunted by remorse and jarred by rumors of his late wife's infidelities, Quayle surprises...

The Outlaw's Angel The last thing bounty hunter Bobby Morgan expects after a stay in a small Dakota town is to wake up in a dirty jail cell accused of a crime he didn't commit. When a preacher's beautiful daughter provides a means for escape, he takes it. On the run with his feisty hostage, Bobby swears to her he means her no harm. Lessons of the Heart Spinster schoolteacher Ruth Blackburn has accepted her fate. She's not meant for love,...

After years of feeling lost, Lord Beckman Haddonfield agrees to restore a relative's estate in an effort to gain some purpose. As time passes, much at Three Springs isn't adding up and a dalliance with the shy and beautiful housekeeper might reveal much more than Beckman ever hoped for. Sara Hunt is enjoying the attention she's receiving from the estate's handsome visitor but knows his affection would die should he ever uncover her horrible secret....

"Scenes from a life. Ever since losing his wife, high school teacher Kôhei Inuzuka his daughter Tsumugi alone. But what once seemed like an impossible task has become possible, as Kôhei's friendship with his student Kotori has led all three of them to discover the delight of food and cooking. But when Kôhei has a health scare of his own, their hard-won happiness will face its greatest test ..."--Provided by publisher.

When city girl Tara Kendall moves to the spread next door, ranch owner and widower Sheriff Boone Taylor finds his peace and quiet jeopardized by this woman who needs his help in learning the lay of the land.

This collaborative book, by nine international authors, offers comfort and counsel to men and women journeying through the first critical year of grief following their spouse's passing. Men and women who have lost a spouse share their wealth of first-hand knowledge of "walking through the Valley of the Shadow of Death" to the other side of hope. They explore such subjects as: -Is it okay to cry? -I forgive. -Fear not! -Sing when...