Overcoming her Ex-factors took perseverance...She was an ex-wife, ex-lawyer and soon-to-be ex-owner if her restaurant didn't turn around. To top things off, Margo Evans' ex was getting married again. What if her two children preferred their new stepmom? But all was not lost. A new lunchtime regular, Robert Brooks, seemed likely to add some spice to her life - or he would if a single mom hadn't recently left him standing at the altar, wrenching away the child he'd begun to love. Could Margo coax the conservative banker to swallow his fear of women with kids? And show him to a table for four?

What single mother Nora Clark knows about style would fit on the head of a pin. Yet with her identical twin begging her to cover her job as a personal shopper, she wriggles into her sister's clothes and does what she has to do. But backtracking on her borrowed stilettos seems like the smarter move when her sister's new 'client' turns out to be a surgeon at the hospital where Nora works in real life. The attraction between Nora and Erick is undeniable, but what will happen once he discovers the truth about her lies? Singles—with Kids Is it really possible to find true love when you're single—with kids?

What's a single father to do when his twelve-year-old daughter is caught shoplifting a box of expired condoms? Derrick Cavenaugh sure doesn't know, so the ex-all-American football star turns to Bailey Greenwood for help, but she's got troubles of her own.... Bailey is struggling to keep her grandmother's bed-and-breakfast, her home, from being swallowed up by taxes and the bank. She doesn't have time to help Derrick, but she can't refuse his daughter. The more time Derrick spends with Bailey, the more he respects her, the more he wants her. He's failed so much already, but he's determined to win Bailey.

What if your son's grandmother calls, wanting your help? The problem? The woman doesn't know she's a grandmother. Rosie DeWitt is a savvy political consultant and devoted single mother. When Vivian McCloud gives her the career opportunity of a lifetime—to be campaign manager for her son, Hudson—Rosie is torn. How can she work with Hudson and hide the truth? That she'd had an affair with his brother—and her son is a McCloud by blood if not in name? As the campaign heats up, Rosie discovers she's falling for Hudson—but how can their relationship go anywhere when her secret lies between them?

After Selena Milano adopts sixty pounds oframbunctious puppy, her disorganized household startsto fly apart at the seams. Though her twelve-year-oldson, Drew, worships the carpet Axel chews on, theirneighbors threaten to get them evicted if their four-legged demolition derby isn't brought under control. Enter dog-Svengali Jack Quinn, the animal behaviorist charged with bringing discipline to their bohemianexistence. First he trains their dog, then he charmsDrew. Next the headstrong single mom gets an out-of-character urge to invite the handsome Quinn into herhome for dinner and maybe a little more. Can this bethe end of her precious independence?