Baby dreams / Jo Goodman In Jo Goodman's THE BABY DREAM, a stranger named Jake may unlock the secret of Annie's birth . . . and her lover's heart. Edina and the baby / Hannah Howell Hannah Howell's "Edina and the Baby" brings together an independent lady, a proud lord, and a lost baby in this exciting tale of abduction and desire. Lullaby of love / Carol Finch Carol Finch's LULLABY OF LOVE sweeps us back to old South Carolina where a by-the-book military man hires Hannah Rothchild as a nanny for his baby niece. Daughter for John / Phoebe Conn In Phoebe Conn's A DAUGHTER FOR JOHN, Melody captivates a suitor —- but will he leave her once he learns that Maribelle isn't her baby sister, but her own child? Where dreams come true / Barbara Benedict Barbara Benedict's WHERE DREAMS COME TRUE sends Meg McCleary to Ireland to find an abandoned baby and meet the Prince Charming of her dreams. Wanted, a husband and father / Jane Kidder And in Jane Kidder's WANTED: A HUSBAND AND FATHER, a widow gets a stand-in husband —- until her baby turns this "strictly business" union into a surprising romance. Teddy bears and carousels, shining eyes and glowing smiles - nothing else fills us with sweeter joy than a baby. Now six of today's top romance authors deliver six new bundles of joy - six original love stories in which baby makes three . . . and makes for the most unpredictable, irresistible romance!
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To find characters to illustrate my first family saga, I cut out models from the Sears catalogue. I was in fourth grade, but it was a start. In seventh grade I wrote a melodrama about two orphan sisters, one of whom was pregnant. There was also a story about a runaway girl with the unlikely name of Strawberry and one about mistaken identities and an evil blind date. My supportive, but vaguely concerned parents, sighed with relief when I announced I was going to write children's books. They bought me an electric typewriter and crossed their fingers, but somehow PASSION'S BRIDE came out. No one was really surprised. I graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a major in biology and a minor in chemistry and some notion that I would do marine research. Years of competitive swimming didn't help me anticipate seasickness. A career change seemed in order. I began working with adolescents and families, first as a childcare worker and later, after graduating from West Virginia University with a master's degree in counseling, as a therapist. I am currently the executive director of a child caring/mental health agency and find my work and my writing often compliment each other. One grounds me in reality and the other offers a break from it.
