Lovely model, Gypsy Gaynor, is stranded after a photo shoot when the helicopter that dropped her off on a deserted island with only a floor-length mink cape, a red bikini, and a silk scarf crashes. Injured and unconscious, Gypsy finally awakens to find a sweet little boy named Kevin tugging at her toes and calling her Mother.He takes her home to the cabin he occupies with his taciturn father, artist Lance Saunders who tells her they are all stuck there for the next month until his friends return to pick him up. Gypsy can do nothing to save herself, but she soon sees a serious problem between father and son and, with nothing else to occupy her time, sets out to learn the reason Kevin’s afraid of his daddy, and why Lance believes there’s nothing he can do about it.Within days, she realizes she’s having a wonderful time with six-year-old Kevin, as well as developing an interest in Lance, though he warned her at the outset not to do so.Lance, for his part, finds Gypsy annoying, outspoken, interfering and incredibly tempting, mink cape, red bikini and all, however much he tries to hide that from her and from himself.As she sets out to “fix” the problem between him and his son, he discovers her methods work—sometimes—but that even the failures do nothing to stop the determined Gypsy from plying her magic and making him want things he’s better off without, things he knows he doesn’t deserve.Will the love in Gypsy’s warm heart be enough to heal the emotional injuries life has dealt both father and son? Upon their return to civilization, it appears not… Until Little Matchmaker Kevin takes matters into his own hands and goes off on an adventurous, potentially dangerous solo search for Gypsy.

Has the world's most devout bachelor just met his match?Dedicated playboy Max McKenzie is used to being hotly pursued by any single female within striking distance. But a newspaper ad seeking a male for a long-term commitment intrigues him. And the woman who placed the ad captivates him even more . . .Jeanie Leslie isn't looking for Mr. Right. But when her scheme to help her sister meet her dream man backfires, the career consultant is confronted by a sensual stranger who tempts her to change her bachelorette ways. Will giving in to her growing desire for Max end in heartbreak for both of them? Or have a confirmed bachelor and a woman who refuses to marry—for love or money—finally met their perfectmatches?

Photographer Liss Tremayne unexpectedly inherits one third of Whittier Ranch and grabs the chance to make a better life for herself and her two little boys. The catch is, she must stay there for one year. So must Kirk Allbright, illegitimate son of the late Ambrose Whittier. Worrying about how he’s to cope with a city-girl gives Kirk cold shivers. Contemporary Romance by Judy Griffith Gill; originally published as Dangerous Proposition by Bantam Loveswept

She's a beautiful mystery—one he's determined to solveFrom the surreal moment he catches the beautiful blond in mermaid clothing on his fishing line, Mark Forsythe knows his life will never be the same. Her name is Gillian Lockstead, and her passionate kisses tell the single father that she's as lonely as he is—but she remains tantalizingly out of reach.   After her marriage ended in tragedy, leaving her to raise her children alone, Gillian never expected to find love again. Until Mark reeled her in. Is the handsome widower too good to be true? Will the secret Gillian harbors derail their relationship before it gets off the ground? And can a romance that began as a gift from the sea turn two families—and two hearts—into one?