“The Sweetest Taboo” is the first story. Sonya Morrison realizes that Mike Kelly wants her just as she wants him but she knows it can never be. She does not do vanilla and he does not do chocolate. But Sonya and Mike are in for a surprise as they learn that The Sweetest Taboo may be the only way for them.

“Cupid’s Bow” brings back into the world of the Madaris Family with the tale of Kimara Stafford and Kyle Garwood. Kimara has always had a crush on Kyle until one Valentine’s Day he broke her heart announcing his engagement. Now years later, an cynical Kyle and Kimara are thrown together by a Cupid who planned their romance to a T.

The final tale is “Perfect Moments.” Parnel Cabot lost his wife and never intended to marry again. His two twin daughters are enough for him. Rose Woods offers to care for his girls while he is working and then makes a proposition that would solve all his problems. It should be business but chemistry has a way of exploding at the odd times.

Brenda Jackson pens such delicious characters. Mike, Kyle and Parnel are sexy, competent and dedicated men. Their woman are the same. Too bad they needed so much work to make them realize it. As Brenda takes us through their trials and tribulations, we can’t help but cheer with them and cry with them. Forever Mine will be forever yours after you pick it up.

Anna and Joe Putts have just been blessed with a beautiful baby daughter, Joanna. But with the gathering clouds of war oppressing all of their lives, the young couple soon realize that there may be a chance that little Joanna may never know her own father as he has just enlisted to fight in the War. Although sad that her husband has had to leave her and their child behind to fight the faceless enemy, Anna soon realizes that life has to go on for her and Joanna, so she decides to roll up sleeves and carry on with her life – with a little help from her friends, of course!

Her neighbours, Rosie and Queenie take Anna and her child under their wings and start to regard the Putts as members of their own families. But both women have got problems of their own. Rosie is concerned about what effect the war will have on her children and grandchildren; whilst Queenie has got even more pressing problems. Not only have two of her grandchildren been evacuated to the countryside, but the man she truly loves is fighting in the War and there’s a chance that he might never come back to her.

Queenie never thought that she would be the kind of woman who would have an affair, but when her ungrateful husband had pushed her once too often, she had found herself seeking solace in the arms of another man: Paul Tramner. Paul had begged her to leave her selfish husband behind and go to live in Canada with him, but her responsibilities and her loyalties had kept her in London. However, when she had last met Paul, she had realized that she wanted to spend the rest of her life by his side. But having gone off to war, Queenie worries that she’ll never see him ever again…

As the women of Dason Street worry whether the ones they love will ever return, the enemy gets closer and closer and they can’t help but wonder whether, this time, they will survive this damned war.

It’s One of Ours is an engaging wartime saga written with plenty of warmth, wit, grit and heart. Joan M. Moules has a lovely writing style which immediately draws you into her story and once you read the first page of It’s One of Ours, you’ll find yourself unable to stop!

Miss Claire Carrington is not like the other young ladies of the ton. Forthright, independent, stubborn and keen to challenge anyone who says that women are inferior to men, Claire’s outrageous views and lack of concern with her appearance and with frippery and trivialities make her a breath of fresh air with the many gentlemen of the ton, who are bored to tears with the innocent and frail Misses they are expected to marry!

Andrew Tyson, the Marquess of Blagdon, is one such gentleman who is sick to the back teeth with overbearing mamas pushing their suitable daughters in his direction and begging him to marry them! As if that wasn’t enough, his mother and his sister are always keen to point out that he isn’t getting any younger, and that it’s about time that he got married and started a family – with somebody suitable, of course!

But Andrew would rather die than spend the rest of his life tied to a woman who drives him insane, so he comes up with a plot to keep his family off his back and the matchmaking mamas at a safe distance: a pretend engagement. However, he has first got to find an unmarried young lady who will agree to his proposition, and when he hears Miss Carrington furiously turning down a marriage proposal, he realizes that he’s finally found his pretend fiancée!

Claire immediately agrees and hopes that her pretend engagement would keep some of her more persistent suitors away from her and from protesting their undying love to her.

But the more time Claire and Andrew spend together, the more they realize that maybe marriage is not such an awful proposition after all – especially if they were married to one another!

The Singular Miss Carrington is a delightful Regency that is full of wit, charm and heartwarming romance. Amusing, enjoyable and spellbinding, The Singular Miss Carrington is a historical romance written with plenty of style and flair by one one of the best-loved writers of Regency romance: Barbara Hazard!

Life for the Shaw family is anything but easy. They live on Amber Street, only a minute step up from the slums, and they are constantly struggling for money and trying their hardest to make ends meet. But despite all their financial struggles, their love for each other never falters. However, when tragedy strikes, they realize that they’ve got to pull together or else fall under.

With her mother pregnant, her father developing an alcohol addiction and her grandmother, Ma Shaw, constantly interfering, eldest daughter Kat Shaw realizes that it’s up to her to keep the family together, with a roof over their head and away from the workhouse. But despite all of her hard work and struggles, Kat falls behind with the rent and decides that the only solution open to her is to plead with her landlord to give her more time to get the money together.

Luckily for her, her landlord, Andrew Pitt, accepts and a friendship blossoms between the two of them. Andrew may belong to the upper echelons of society, but he’s strangely drawn to this poor girl from the slums, and the more time the two spend together, they more they realize that they are falling passionately in love.

Against all odds, Andrew and Kat realize that they’ve got a future together and begin to make plans to get married. But just when Kat thought that she had finally found the happiness which she so desperately craved, an enemy from her family’s past returns – and he makes it quite clear that he wants Kat to be his mistress!

Will Andrew let the woman he loves slip through his fingers? And will Kat have to sacrifice her heart for the sake of her family?

Alexandra Connor sure knows how to pen a terrific saga and The Watchman’s Daughter is a captivating tale of passion, secrets, heartbreak and sacrifice by this outstanding storyteller whose novels keep saga readers everywhere spellbound!

Tender, harrowing, gripping and moving, The Watchman’s Daughter is a riveting Northern saga you will not be able to put down!

In the Cornish town of Porthinnis, Devlin “Devil” Varcoe, is a well known smuggler who has spent most of his life putting his neck on the line on the high seas as he fetched the contraband which the people in his small town so desperately depended on. Although, Devlin is well aware that if he got caught with illegal goods he would have to endure the hangman’s noose, he’d rather be braving the torrid sea then living alongside his avaricious brother Thomas, who loathes him with every fiber of his being.

But although Thomas Varcoe detests his brother, there’s one woman who loves Devlin unconditionally: Tamara Gillis. Wild, wanton and high spirited, Tamara may appear to be a young lady of loose morals, but she only wants one thing – and that’s to be Devlin’s wife. But a marriage with somebody like Devlin is out of the question for she is the daughter of one of the town’s most prominent citizens. However, that doesn’t stop Tamara from succumbing to Devlin’s seduction and spending a night of passion with him. But even though Devlin’s body desires Tamara, his heart belongs to another woman: Jennifer Trevanion.

But Jennifer has got neither time nor incilination to think about romance. Her father’s addiction to brandy leads to his death and to her destitution, and with no money or home, Jennifer realizes that she must leave behind the comforts of polite society in order to survive. When Devlin realizes that Jennifer is no longer a member of the privileged classes, he offers her his help. But Jennifer makes it quite clear that she can never be his for her heart belongs to another man.

Devlin begins to make plans to set sail for a new smuggling operation, hoping to forget about Jennifer and Tamara. But Devlin soon realizes that he has to tread carefully for a sworn enemy of his is on his trail and plotting his downfall.

Has Devlin left it too late to claim the one woman he loves?

Jane Jackson always writes with plenty of flair, intelligence, style and sensitivity and Devil’s Prize is certainly no exception! Fast-paced, romantic, moving and evocative, with Devil’s Prize, Jane Jackson once again proves herself to be a storyteller of outstanding prowess who possesses the ability to tell a thrilling, powerful and passionate story that readers will not want to forget!