Vermont Valentine

by Kristin Hardy

Published 31 January 2006

"IN EVERY GENERATION OF TRASKS LIVES ONE MAN BORN TO BE ALONE...."

And Jacob was clearly his generation's representative. Because while his brothers sought their livelihoods-and loves-elsewhere, he knew he had to stay where he belonged. Where he was needed. And where eligible women were as rare as an eighty-degree day in January...

And then came a possible danger to his beloved family farm. The bearer of bad news? A petite, gorgeous, non-stop talker named Celie Favreau. And though captivated by Jacob's rugged good looks and piercing blue eyes, she had to stay on track. She'd come to warn of a threat to his trees.

The threat to his heart was merely incidental....


Under The Mistletoe

by Kristin Hardy

Published 29 November 2005

HE GAVE NEW MEANING TO THE TERM TURNDOWN SERVICE

The devastatingly handsome manager of the Hotel Mount Jefferson, Gabe Trask, was all too eager to offer a wide array of amenities to Hadley Stone when he thought she was just a holiday guest. But once he learned that she was really there as a representative of the cost-cutting management company that had just acquired his hotel, Hadley expected Gabe to really be on her case. And he was-just not in the way she'd imagined....

For Gabe knew that despite all her down-to-business, cost-cutting talk, Hadley was a romantic at heart-one whom he was inexplicably finding hard to resist. And he could see in her eyes that the feeling was becoming mutual. Now all he had to do was convince her to check her business instincts at the door-and focus on the personal....


Where There's Smoke

by Kristin Hardy

Published 25 October 2005

ONCE BURNED...

If Sloane Hillyard's invention saved the life of one firefighter, it would be worth everything-even if it was too late to save her own brother. But her biggest hurdle lay ahead: To convince sensual, skeptical Captain Nick Trask to give it a chance-without getting burned herself....

As for Nick, he could walk into a burning building, no problem. But the inferno that Sloane ignited presented a different type of challenge. Still, he was up for it. Now all he had to do was convince Sloane it was possible to enjoy the warmth of the fire...without getting consumed by the flames....