Two men. Two murderers. Two demands for the promised payment of marriage. Murder, deceit, and fraud pull Lady Arin Keith between these men. Which one will bed her, claim her...own her?

Across an ocean, to another land and time, the brooch goes from hand to hand, heart to heart. As the Civil War rages, Kay Lane does what most women do—she works to keep her country home intact, struggles to manage her family's small shop and waits for word that the chaos that's invaded their lives will soon come to an end. She hopes, too, for word of the man who has claimed her heart. Marsh was one of the first to volunteer for duty, and now that he's gone Kay wishes they had married before he left. But regrets won't win a war, and as Marsh fights his battles, Kay wages her own crusade for freedom. She becomes a conductor for the Underground Railroad, using her ancestral brooch to signal the arrival of new fugitives. But will Kay and Marsh's shared love and unerring belief that freedom belongs to all be enough to shelter them through the next big battle? Gettysburg looms and the hands and hearts that hold the brooch will be forced to endure new trials. Only time will tell if freedom's touch will unite—or separate—them.

A tie to her past becomes Emma's key to her future...if she's prepared to trust her heart. Luke Reinhardt has always felt like an outsider looking in. The child of a Chippewa mother, his upbringing was one of rejection and humiliation at the hands of the pale-skins. Emma Sarris knows pain as an adopted child. Though loved and nurtured by her adoptive family, unanswered questions plague her. Who are her real parents? Why did they abandon her? An intricate silver brooch, worth far more than its weight in precious metal, is the only link to her past. When Emma's brother loses her heirloom in a poker game to Luke, Emma will stop at nothing to get it back. She will leave her fiancé, her parents, and the safety of her home, in a desperate effort to convince the handsome, mysterious stranger to return what is hers. But what will she have to give up in return?

Buckle your seat-belt. Grace McAfee Currie is on a mission—to make up for lost time, and lost love. Hoping to escape her controlling family and rekindle a romance all at the same time, she sets in motion a chain of events that spiral out of her control. WWI veteran Aidan Palmer is jolted back into life when he reconnects with Grace, the one woman he can't resist. In order to be together, this socialite and would-be preacher must outwit her ambitious brother, out-maneuver competing bootleggers, and drive into an uncertain sunset in an exciting new world.

Jamie Holland escaped the cold of Florida for some much needed rest and relaxation. With the help of a beautiful brooch, she meets sexy Dan English. Will their encounter lead to the perfect romance—or just a summer fling?

A simple gift She always wore the brooch as a constant reminder of the man she loved, and the life they never had. Now, after twelve years, she has a second chance. A twist of fate He never stayed in one place long enough to form attachments. Now, for the next two months he would battle his greatest temptation.

Claire Ballard's father has left her a family heirloom, a Celtic brooch that was lost five centuries ago. But a crime family in Scotland named Coine says it really belongs to them and they'll do whatever it takes to get it back. Liam Coine has his own agenda, and part of it is to claim Claire as his own, the brooch being an added bonus. Their families' feud makes for a fiery connection between them, but their attraction to each other fuels the flame even more. Will the brooch end up getting Claire killed by the same family of criminals who murdered her father? Or will it reunite her with her childhood crush?

If ever Jen Campbell needed a magic charm, today is the day. Lucky for her, fate lands exactly what she needs on her door step. When her best friends, Emma and Paul, ask her to be their son's godmother, she's happy to agree. Until she finds Paul's brother is the godfather. Kevin Miller, the only man she's ever loved, and the only man she can never have. Their brief relationship ended in disaster, but one look is enough to convince Jen she'll never be over him. Can she resist the Kevin who says he's confronted the demons in his past and is determined to pick up where they left off—right in the middle of a hallway during a huge party, guests be damned? More importantly, can she trust that a man as stubborn as Kevin can truly change and be all that she needs?

Vampire prince Gabriel Paseillo does not intend to get married—ever. His father has other plans which involve Venice and a brooch. He insists Gabe go and get it and insists on Gabe going to Venice to track down a brooch, which he believes will guarantee him a bride. Only he wasn't counting on finding the beautiful FBI Agent Arianna, the crime lord trying to kill her or changing his mind about marriage.

Jody is smart, sexy and stylish but none of those attributes are worth spit when you don't have a date for your cousin's wedding and know your Ex will be there with his child bride. Jody decides to hire a neighbor to be both chauffeur and escort. But what starts out as a simple business arrangement gets horribly complicated when she discovers her driver is in possession of a Celtic brooch that's an exact replica of her great grandmother's missing brooch. She asks her neighbor lots of questions but his answers just add to the mystery.