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In the *Proposal no Yukue* series: 1) *Heart no Himitsu* 2) *Itoshikata ga Wakaranakute * 3) *Kuchizuke wa Amai Wana*
Caroline is offered a job as a nanny by Matthew Callan, the only man she's ever loved and the father of her daughter. Unfortunately, Matthew blames her for the death of his brother, Tony. Even though Matthew might find out her real identity, Caroline takes the job anyway, so that she can finally be close to her daughter. Source: Harlequin
[Taken from FictionDB:] Brad Lancing may be a successful businessman, but he has a bad reputation where women are concerned. Joanne Winslow is determined that her sister isn't going to become just another statistic on Brad's list of conquests -- even if it means she'll have to become his mistress herself! Fortunately Brad is happy for Joanne to be his pretend mistress -- for now! But Brad seems to be playing hard to get, and Joanne's starting to realize it's time to take matters into her own hands. And then the burning seduction she's imagined happens for real....
From Gaku Gaku Animal Land: Lilly White falls asleep after biting a suspicious-looking apple. And now the youkai of flowers has some not-so-welcome advice to Black on how to solve this situation.
Pairing: Kotetsu x Barnaby From Silver Lining: It's New Year's Eve and Barnaby wants to follow Japanese tradition on the holiday night while Kotetsu would rather spend the night at home and in bed.
Loris was standing alone at a party—her fiancé, Mark, had gone off to dance with another woman just because she was late. So when a stranger asks her to dance, she takes his hand without a thought. Perhaps dancing with this blond, green-eyed, handsome man will make Mark jealous… Loris, emboldened, asks the man for a kiss only to have him refuse her! Rejected by two men in one night, Loris feels mortified—what has she done to deserve this? Will she ever find happiness?
When an ice storm left professor Lucy Guerin stranded in rural Arkansas, she was forced to accept shelter in the secluded home of woodworker Richard Banner. Handsome as sin and twice as grumpy, Banner was not quite what Lucy had envisioned when she'd added "eligible bachelor" to her Christmas wish list. But his awkward kindness - and a rare smile that warmed her insides - were more than she'd bargained for. And his reluctance to open his home - or his heart - to anyone was a challenge she was ready to face. Wasn't Christmas the season for miracles? Well, Lucy would entice Banner to slip under the mistletoe with her... and then she'd tempt him with a love he could believe in.
Handsome but cynical Ethan was hardly a believer in Aislinn Flaherty's special "gifts." And despite her attraction to him, the full-time cake maker/part-time psychic vowed to ignore Ethan. Really. Until she started having "feelings" about his long-lost brother. Deep down, she knew she could reunite Ethan with the relative he was sure was gone forever. If only her feelings for Ethan were just as reliable...