Tycoon David Falcon needed a wife. Not someone to actually marry, but a superefficient, multitasking woman who'd keep his household humming along smoothly. Single mother Valerie Sinclair seemed the ideal candidate. Until an evening out led to an unexpected kiss. Organizing the businessman's hectic life was one thing. Wanting to share his life wasn't part of the deal. But once Valerie got a taste of being David's girlfriend—even for just one night—how could she go back to being his stand-in spouse?

Businessman Noah Falcon was gorgeous. This fact had not escaped Tricia McBride, even though she was busy caring for his four children. In fact, since she started working for him, the attraction between them sizzled like water hitting hot oil. Yet though she was living steps from his bedroom, relations between Noah and Tricia had to stay strictly business. He was her boss, after all. Plus, in three months, she was moving to another city. So what if her feelings for the sexy single dad—and her attraction to him—grew stronger every day? She was leaving. But four adorable, scheming children had other plans.…

Marry one of her clients? Never in a million years would Denise Watson have considered such a proposition. But tycoon Gideon Falcon needed a wife—a real wife—to clinch a business deal. And he had decided only Denise would do. His terms were The marriage needed to be legally binding, and it would be over once the holidays were. He'd never touch her. Except…keeping things strictly business with the physical temptation between them soon proved impossible. Had that been part of Gideon's plan all along?

Becca Sheridan was desperate. The high-powered businesswoman had lied herself into a corner, and now she had to hire someone—in a hurry—to pose as her husband! Handsome and charming, Gavin Callahan was just the sort of man her overprotective brothers might imagine she'd marry—and the sizzling attraction between them would make the deception all the more believable. When he decided to put his medical career on hold, Gavin let himself be persuaded to take the "job" of Becca's pretend husband. And despite the fact that his employer was clearly puzzled as to who he really was, the good doctor found himself falling for her, hard. It almost made him want to apply for the job of groom again…for real this time….

Marcy Monroe is a woman with her priorities straight—school and career first, then a husband and children. And to pay her tuition, she takes a job as a housekeeper for a professor—and soon realizes that her new boss might prove to be a distraction from her goals. A very tempting distraction… Eric Sheridan is ready to start a family…as soon as he can find a suitable wife, that is. And his sexy, if career oriented, employee is most certainly not the kind of woman he had in mind! Still, keeping close quarters with independent Marcy soon wrecks Eric's ideas about what he wants for his future…and an unexpected night of passion has the professor wishing he could hire Marcy's services on a permanent basis—as his Mrs.!

Shana Callahan had long ago given up wishful thinking. A single mom with a checkered past, she knew to be grateful for small gifts. And what Landon Kincaid had given her was far more than that. His unexpected job offer had provided her with so much—a good income, a safe home for her child and the opportunity to start anew in Chance City.She'd insisted on keeping things strictly business, but the more she got to know her charismatic boss, the harder it became to be his "almost wife." The town gossip was almost unbearable, but even worse was fighting the longing she felt for Kincaid. Would their December tryst ruin everything…or grant them the ultimate gift?