THE LONER. Young Davie Adams is all alone. Devastated, he flees his hometown of Blackburn to escape the memories of the worst night of his life. With little more than the shirt on his back he sets off on a lonely, friendless road, determined to find his father. Two people are stricken by his departure - Judy, his childhood friend who is desperate to reveal a secret she has kept close to her heart for so long, and Joseph, his grandfather, who is racked...

?Brown offers a powerful look into the world of hearing loss... a notable and groundbreaking debut by an author to watch. An empowering and satisfying romance.? -- Kirkus Reviews But on the day my world crashed down around me, Reed was there. He showed me just how loud and vibrant silence can be, even when I struggled to understand. He?s unlike anyone I?ve ever known. His soulful eyes and strong hands pulled me in before I knew what was happening....

On a remote island cursed with eternal winter, a young queen risks her own life to heal others. When a badly wounded warrior prince stumbles into her realm of ice and snow, she saves his life, and warms her heart with the joys of love.

When Julia Conrad is faced with the prospect of losing her company or marrying Aleksandr Berinksi she knows there is only one option. Marrying the Russian biochemist will keep him in the US and it's only a marriage of convenience. That is until love starts to get in the way! Jill Morrison wasn't expecting her best friend's wedding dress to be delivered to her hotel in Hawaii - especially as now, according to legend, she was destined to marry the next...

Three devilishly dashing scoundrels take polite society and three beautiful women by storm in this collection that includes 'Stolen Pleasures,' in which Sebastian Blake, an aristocrat-turned-pirate, gets more than he bargains for when the ship he captures yields a woman claiming to be his bride.

'First Impressions' finds wealthy businessman Vance Banning moving to a rural retreat, telling the locals that he's an out-of-work carpenter. The last thing he needs is a charitable neighbour - especially when that neighbour is the beautiful Shane Abbott! In 'Song of the West', Samantha Evans is on the point of giving up on her dreams. She'd never meant to call the windswept plains of Wyoming home, but her plans change when a sexy cowboy rescues her...

Each man is content in his independent life, without the responsibilities of a wife and children-until their father decides 1874 will be the year his grown sons finally marry, or they will be cut from his will. How will each man who values his freedom respond to the ultimatum? Can love develop on a timeline, or will it be sacrificed for the sake of an inheritance?.