A Shocking Crime... Single mother Jennifer Sinclair had no way of knowing she shouldn't trust the kindly nurse who took her newborn daughter away for routine tests. She had no way of knowing that her baby had just been kidnapped - that she might never see her again. Only moments before, Jennifer's world had been serene and complete for the first time. Now she was helpless, unable to do anything but hope...and pray for miracles. Jaded detective Kane Madigan struggled to ignore the haunting anguish in the young mother's eyes. His job was to bust a notorious kidnapping ring, period - yet he found himself wanting to hold Jennifer, to comfort her, to see her smile. His mission had taken on new meaning - just as time was running short.

Fleeting Fatherhood Widower Bromley Culhane had fallen utterly, irrevocably in love - with his adopted newborn daughter. Tiny Katie made his world complete...until Brom discovered she'd been kidnapped. Shattered, he'd returned the infant to her frantic mother, certain nothing worthwhile would ever fill his empty days and hollow heart again. Katie's pretty aunt, Julia Sinclair, wrapped herself in vibrant colors and a breezy attitude to conceal her dark secrets. No one suspected her inner torment...no one except Brom Culhane. Julia played her usual carefree, flirtatious games with him, but Brom sensed that she was desperately hiding something. Afraid to risk their hearts on intimacy, Julia and Brom never intended to get too close, and they certainly never intended to fall in love...

Just Passing ThroughNik Sinclair needed a temporary accountant, and Sara Santangelo was a temporary kind of woman. Never mind that when he said day, she said night. Nik could put up with anything for a few weeks, including a maddeningly feisty and footloose employee. But Nik soon suspected that Sara wasn't fancy-free after all - she was running from something. He was far too busy to care...so why was he longing to soothe Sara's wounded soul - and capture her gypsy heart? Sara wanted Nik as much as he wanted her, but life had taught her that nothing wonderful ever lasted. Love, like Christmas, was merely a few fleeting moments of joy. And Sara's feelings for Nik meant only one thing: it was time to move on....

Under his wing...The assignment - protecting a witness to a brutal murder - was the toughest of Detective Graham Redhawk's career. Because the witness was Caitlin Cassidy, the woman who'd long go decided that a half-Navajo renegade like him wasn't good enough to spend her life with... At the same time, he was entangled in a bitter custody battle for his adopted son. And his only hope of winning was a marriage - in name only - to this woman he couldn't stop loving...