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Comment Shannon, créatrice d’un célèbre personnage de dessin animé, aurait-elle pu imaginer se retrouver au centre de son prochain épisode ? Prisonnière dans un château isolé au cœur d’une montagne. Captive d’un amour sans espoir. Sera-t-elle envoûtée… ou deviendra-t-elle envoûteuse ? Jonathan, le ténébreux ermite, sera-t-il libéré de son passé d’un coup de baguette magique ? Et si la vie, parfois, ressemblait à un conte de fées ?

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JONATHAN -- A Mysterious Phantom Whose Pain Only She Could Heal...

He'd practically kidnapped her and taken her to his isolated mountain castle to help his disabled daughter, but what was the truth behind the legend of Jonathan Dream, the dashing playboy who'd vanished into the shadows after building an empire? Artist Shannon Summers had fought hard to preserve her own privacy, but sensed that Jonathan had deeper scars and darker secrets that beckoned her to him.

A Highwayman Who Came to Her at Midnight

His lips tasted of danger and darkness, and Shannon was flooded with desire for this fierce man who insisted he tarnished everything he touched. Jonathan had torn her away from her safe world and enveloped her in wildfire, but once she'd breached his sanctuary, he knew he could never let her go. Ensnared by the dreams they'd woven, could Shannon bring the man she loved back to the world?

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In this tender and seductive tale, a man with a tortured soul may have just found the one woman who can heal him.

Shannon Summers has no idea why she’s been summoned to the grand mountaintop estate of a very rich and very reclusive man. She only knows it has something to do with the character she created as an advertising agency artist, a character who is now the cartoon star of one of the hottest children’s programs on television. She has no interest in being swept up in the magnetic draw of the former international playboy Jonathan Dream—but fate has other plans.

Twice before in his life, Jonathan had allowed himself to care about someone, and each time tragedy had occurred. Now his scarred face is his punishment, the North Carolina mountains his sanctuary. Jonathan only invites the artist into his secret space to help cheer his young daughter. But the frisson of desire that rolls through him when he lays eyes on Shannon shakes him to his core. Could a woman who wants nothing to do with Jonathan’s fame and fortune find her way into his heart—and bring him back into the world?

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At the secluded mountain castle of Jonathan Dream to help the playboy's disabled daughter, artist Shannon Summer fights hard to preserve her privacy while Jonathan fights equally hard to invade it

Prise dans un hold-up sitôt arrivée au Texas, Cory est soulagée quand un Texas Ranger, pur et dur, la place sous sa protection. Elle n’en a pas moins envie de garder son indépendance si chèrement acquise. Rester dans une ville de province pour y assumer la succession d’une parfumerie ou accepter un poste clé dans une grande agence de publicité californienne, tel sera le dilemme de l’ambitieuse Cory. Holt tentera tout pour la retenir mais, trop viril, trop macho, il n’a aucun atout pour la séduire. A moins que...

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A romantic comedy featuring the first of three Berringer brothers (Texas Ranger Holt) and with just enough suspense to up the action. Sensual.

Cory Bright planned to stay in Austin, Texas, just long enough to dispose of the perfumery she'd inherited before she headed to California and a big time ad agency job. With her hair in home perm rollers and a terrible craving for a Moon Pie, she made a quick dash to the store down the street. Who knew that so much could happen in five minutes? Only one Moon Pie was left in the box; she and a tall hunk in a white cowboy hat reached for it at the same time--and she didn't intend to let go...until a couple of robbers burst into the store and bullets started flying. And wouldn't you know that she was the only person who got a good look at the bad guy who escaped? And wouldn't you know that a reporter plastered her name and a gosh-awful photo on the front page of the paper for all the town--and the robber--to see? When the robber's menacing threats came, wouldn't you know that Texas Ranger Holt Berringer (the white-hatted hunk) was determined to appoint himself Cory's protector? Not that she minded too much. He was, after all, a real hottie. But she hadn't counted on the chemistry between them being potent enough to blow off the roof--and a big hole in her plans.

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The Handsome Desperado ...

Holt was bigger than life, with sin-black eyes, movie-star teeth and a white Stetson that proved this Texas Ranger was definitely one of the good guys! When Cory dashed into the store for a Moon Pie, she ran smack into the middle of a holdup ... and right into the arms of a long, tall lawman who didn't want to let her go! Holt adored the spitfire who refused to hide from threats on her life, but he was determined to cherish and protect her until she began to like it... and he was just the man to teach her how. Cory shivered at the promise of wildness beneath the calm, thrilled when the tall, brawny man with a silver star and a taste for chocolate-covered strawberries loved her tender and tough, but she feared Holt was too much like her macho brothers who'd always tried to run her life. Holt knew how to be patient, but once Cory proved to herself she couldn't make it on her own, would she be brave enough to choose what she truly wanted?

Lorsqu’il fait la connaissance de Christina, personnage au caractère de feu, Nick a aussitôt le coup de foudre. Au premier de ses regards, la jeune femme se sent fondre, mais sa méfiance est plus grande encore. Car enfin, s’il était tout charme au-dehors et sans personnalité véritable, comme son ex-mari, qui l’a autrefois laissée seule pour élever son fils ? Moralité : la prudence s’impose.

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Chris Ponder was a spitfire, a dynamo with a temper and a tow truck -- and Nick Russo wanted to feel her flames erupt beneath him. One sizzling look from Nick's bedroom eyes made Chris's insides turn to tapioca, made her want to flirt with the danger he represented, but what did she need with another handsome charmer who was all flash and no substance? Her ex-husband had kept her dependent, then left her alone to raise his son. Nick was so powerful, so good-looking -- why wouldn't he take no for an answer? She didn't belong in his life or in his bed, she was certain of it.

Still Nick teased, and she sparked, but she doubted she was woman enough to keep him... until a moonlit night ended with a dance of seduction that filled her with wonder. But trying to keep his beloved safe meant caging a tigress, and Chris rebelled at Nick's protective demands. Could he make her see he yearned not to control her but to cherish the woman he adored?

Qui à Corpus Christi ne connaît les grands yeux bleus de Sally Larkin, présentatrice de la météo sur une chaîne de télévision locale ? Leur clarté est légendaire. Mais alors, pourquoi ce subtil changement de ton lorsqu’ils croisent pour la première fois le regard de braise du grand journaliste Ken Hoaglin. Est-ce simplement parce que ce bel aventurier des ondes incarne son idéal professionnel ? Orages et tempêtes n’ont aucun secret pour Sally. Mais cette fois, n’est-elle pas menacée d’un genre très différent ? Ce qui est sûr, c’est qu’il y a de l’électricité dans l’air…

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KALE -- A Sexy Devil Who Liked the Taste of Danger -- and Her Lips...

Worldly, rugged foreign correspondent Kale Hoalin expected Little Miss Sunshine when he met his television station's weather reporter, but Sunny Larkin was a sassy surprise whose smile kindled enough sparks to start a bonfire! Intrigued by her enthusiasm and her rare talent, Kale wanted to mold her against him, savor her passion, and revel in the attraction that flowed between them potent as a riptide.

A Wizard Whose Touch Made her Wanton

He made her heart beat like rolling thunder, stroked her until she was wild with longing, but Sunny struggled to make Kale understand that his respect for her work meant as much as the magical pleasures they shared. Kale had never meant to fall in love, convinced his destiny lay in faraway places -- but Sunny made him yearn to open his soul to hers. Could her rambling man believe in the kindred spirit he'd found?

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Struck by lightning as a child, Sunny Larkin awoke with an uncanny ability to predict the weather. A bolt of a different sort hit her again when, dangling out of a fourth story window by a mini-blind cord, she looked up into the eyes of Kale Hoaglin, TV network stud and heir to KRIP, the good news station in Corpus Christi, Texas, where she worked.

The minute he grabbed her hand and hauled her inside, Kale could almost smell the ozone and feel the air crackle as he pulled the fresh-faced slip of a weather reporter against him. Although he developed a potent yen for her, this cute little blond was too young, to naive for a jaded correspondent whose work took him to the cesspools and battlegrounds of the world. As soon as he got this crazy station back on track, he'd be gone. But maybe he'd underestimated Sunny--her abilities and the power of her heart and her dreams.

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Intrigued by his network's sexy weather reporter, Sunny Larkin, foreign correspondent Kale Hoaglin has trouble winning her heart after he learns that she is completely devoted to her career.

Rejeté par les milieux scientifiques qui l'avaient d'abord porté aux nues, le Dr Neil Larkin se retrouve du jour au lendemain sans avenir. Amy Jordan, le sourire aux lèvres et le cœur sur la main, vole à son secours.

Ensemble, ils vont découvrir le talent mystérieux du jeune docteur, un talent dont la magie leur ouvrira les portes de Las Vegas et, qui sait ? celle du bonheur...

Le séduisant, mais trop sérieux, homme d’affaires Daniel Été débarque un beau matin à Galveston pour arracher sa grand-mère à ce qu’il croit être une maison de fous. C’est là qu’il va rencontrer la romantique Tessa Cameron, qui va d’abord le surprendre par la façon dont elle joue de la cornemuse… Elle l’entraînera dans une folle chasse au trésor et il partagera toutes ses fantaisies. Mais Tessa pourra-t-elle le persuader que leur amour est ce qu’il rêvait depuis toujours ?

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Homme d’affaires débordé, Daniel Été est venu à Galveston avec la ferme intention de sauver sa grand-mère d’une foule d’excentriques. Il tombe alors sous le charme de la ravissante Tess Cameron, lorsque des ennuis de santé le contraignent à changer son rythme de vie.

Tess sait que personne ne saurait mieux ni ne prendrait plus de plaisir qu’elle à aider ce bourreau du travail à lâcher prise.

Acceptera-t-il ?

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If you like colorful characters…there is a houseful of them in this story. Daniel Friday has come to Galveston determined to discover why his grandmother has moved from her exclusive retirement facility into an aging mansion with a bunch of kooks, including the off-beat Tess Cameron. Even more confusing is why was Dan, a workaholic CEO, so drawn to this tall free-spirit with the warm, bubbling laughter?

When circumstances conspire to keep Dan in Galveston, he finds himself lulled by the laid-back lifestyle of the old town and falling head over heels in love with Tess. And she with him. Even the talk of joining in the hunt for privateer Jean Laffite’s buried treasure seems less strange than he would have imagined. Can the siren song of Tess’s bagpipe and the sweet whisper of her lips lure him from the mountain of family responsibilities he’s determined to fulfill? Or is it time for him to cut loose and live the life that he always dreamed of?

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Handsome workaholic executive Dan Friday comes to Galveston to rescue his grandmother from a houseful of eccentrics, but he is distracted by Tess Cameron, a tempting young woman who wants to teach him to "stop and smell the roses"

Épouser un millionnaire ! L’idée a fusé comme une boutade, mais après tout pourquoi pas essayer ? Irish en a assez des fins de mois difficiles. Et puis, à écouter son amie Kim, faire un riche mariage est simple comme bonjour : il suffit de s’envoler pour le Texas, où l’on a que l’embarras du choix parmi les richissimes célibataires.

Sauf que, même au Texas, tout le monde ne roule pas en Rolls et n’a pas un train de vie des héros de "Dallas"… "Pourquoi faut-il justement que je tombe sur un saltimbanque fauché", soupire Irish quand elle rencontre le trop séduisant Kyle Rutledge, sculpteur, sans le sou, mais bourré de charme et irrésistible d’humour. D’un côté, les rivières de diamants, les croisières, les dollars… De l’autre, la vie de bohème, mais l’amour fou.. Entre les deux, le cœur d’Irish balance !

La journée ne pouvait pas commencer plus mal pour Need Chisholm jusqu’à ce que surgisse devant lui Kate Miller, une femme au charme envoûtant mais seulement de passage dans la petite ville texane. Need réussira-t-il à retenir la belle étrangère ? De son côté, Kate saura-t-elle voir derrière l’assurance et la force apparentes de Need toute la fragilité dont se nourrit l’amour ?

Stanley Webb est un démon au regard bleu qui sait reconnaître au premier coup d'oeil une femme en fuite. Anna Jennings ne possède pas un sou, et guère plus d'espoir, quand elle entre dans la boutique de ce pirate pour y troquer sa montre de diamant afin d'échapper à un mari dangereux. Elle se trouve rapidement entraînée dans une vie de rodéos, dansant des nuits entières au rythme des guitares texanes.

Psychologue à la quarantaine épanouie, Maya n’a que faire des avances d’un homme plus jeune qu’elle. Et quand une passion irrésistible les rassemble enfin, elle ne peut se livrer totalement à Wick, lui révéler les secrets qui la rendent si vulnérable. Seul l’amour pourra l’aider à surmonter ses craintes et libérer la femme qui sommeille en elle.