64KC Dessert Best Selection 2 An anthology of love stories from 6 different authors.
The news that he was going to be a dad shocked the heck out of sexy executive Trent Crosby! But despite his doubts about Rebecca Holley--the accidental recipient of his sperm donation--Trent soon finds himself yearning for marriage and family.
Sara just moved into her dream house with Ted, but she soon walks in on Ted breaking in their bed with Karen, a notorious cheater. With Ted tossed out, Sara needs a bit of help making payments, and who knows more about the house than the person who designed it, Gavin? Taking on Gavin as a roommate helps her pay the bills and mend her heart, but who’ll take care of all the adopted animals Sara keeps trying to fill the house with?
Cassandra’s older sister has asked her to babysit her children while she goes on a couple’s vacation. She is enjoying life in the beautiful Scottish countryside when her niece and nephew tell her a strange tale of an “ogre” that lives in the mountains. Curious, Cassandra climbs the mountain and is chased away by a cold man who lives there. Benedict, a handsome but unfriendly man, perfectly fits the mold of an ogre. But Cassandra can’t help but wonder why he shuts himself off from everyone around him.
Since her brother and his wife died in a car accident, Jude has looked after his three young children. In the midst of a chaotic time with the children, her nephew goes missing. A gorgeous man brings the boy back to a frantic Jude. The man turns out to be Luca, the brother of her friend and a well-known playboy. Despite his reputation, he turns out to be a compassionate man, and Jude has to tell herself not to let herself be smitten by him. But how can she keep her distance when he asks her to marry him out of the blue?
She shared his life but not his love... What would she do? Sadie was suddenly alone in the world, and her cottage home would have to be sold. But luck was with her, for Oliver Trentham, the television screenwriter who had bought the cottage, required a housekeeper-and the job was hers! Unfortunately her heart was soon his--hopelessly so. Such a handsome man, with two small daughters, needed to remarry, but he certainly wouldn't choose his housekeeper!
While raising her daughter as a single parent, Dominique was stunned to discover that her daughter's father, Ramon, had died in an accident. She feels sad even though he was the man who left her right after she told him about her pregnancy. That feeling, however, is soon replaced with anxiety. He was from a wealthy family in Spain. She wouldn't know what to do if they were to take her daughter away. A few days later, Christiano, the head of the family, shows up at her doorstep. He embraces her as soon as he sees her and begs her to spend Christmas in Spain for the sake of his aunt, who wants to meet the daughter of her late son...
Collections of one-shots that won the monthly Hop Step Award from 1987 to 1996.