"Tormented by the guilt of his past, Thirio Skartos hides in the shadows of his Alpine castle. He's deprived himself of the wild pleasures he used to crave. Until Lucinda Villeneuve makes it beyond his imposing steel-reinforced door. Wedding planner Lucinda must persuade the superrich recluse to hire her. It's the only way to reclaim her rightful place in her father's company. But when a storm leaves her stranded, she has no choice but to stay......

Hugo the pigeon, the park warden of a small Parisian park, tries to coax a mysterious Somebody, the only one who never opens the windows for his visits, to come out to enjoy the park and make new friends.

Tiring of his temporary solitude while his wife and children are away visiting relatives, J.W. Jackson accepts a job tracking down the stalker of a reclusive man who is being harassed for not wanting to sell his valuable home property.

"Elín Jónsdóttir lives an isolated existence in Reykjavík, Iceland, making props and prosthetics for theatrical productions and Nordic crime flicks. In her early seventies, she has recently become fascinated with another loner, Ellen Álfsdóttir, a sensitive young playwright and illegitimate daughter of a famous writer. The girl has aroused maternal feelings in Elín, but she has also stirred discomfiting memories long packed away. Because their...

"New attorney Anelise is mortified when she's splashed across the headlines as Nicolas Causcelle's latest fling. She's forging her career on her own merit--not by dating the boss! But when reclusive billionaire Nic suggests a fake arrangement so the media loses interest, Anelise steps into the CEO's world and sees a side to him no one else has... Can she heal his guarded heart?" -- Page [4] cover.

"'I did not want her here...' Recovering from a near-deadly accident, Renzo Camaro retreated to his Côte D'Azur estate. Nothing breaks through his solitude. Until the arrival of his new housekeeper stirs dormant desires... 'It was past time I moved on...' Jessie Burton took this job to get closure. Yet bitter and broken Renzo is changed from the playboy who gave her one eye-opening night then abruptly left. He still drives her wild with want! But...

Irene Baindor shows up at the offices of a respectable law firm in London after having disappeared twenty-six years ago after her wealthy husband cruelly treated Irene leaving her without most of her voice and memory. The mystery of Irene's disappearance and her life are revealed.

Former TV evangelist Joy Miller's reclusive life is disturbed when three people from her past are killed an she is contacted by an old enemy.

It's Only Fake 'til Midnight: "Dash Gilbert's sister awakens from a coma believing he's married to her doctor--and his ex--Elle Monroe. Dash convinces Elle to pretend to be his wife, for his sister's sake, in exchange for a new hospital wing. Though their arrangement is strictly business, their attraction is all pleasure. But Dash is cynical about love and Elle mistrusts her feelings. Can a pretend romance become a real thing?" -- Page [4] cover. Trapped...

"Sally Gunnar has withdrawn from the world. She spends her days alone at home, reading drugstore mysteries, polishing the doorknobs, waxing the floors. Her only companions are a vase of godfish, a garden toad, and the door-to-door salesman who sells her cleaning suplies once a month. She broods over her deepest regrets: her blighted romances with self-important men, her lifelong struggle to feel at home in her body, and her wayward early twenties,...