Book excerpt: His Convenient Marchioness - Elizabeth Rolls After the loss of his wife and children, the Marquess of Huntercombe closed his heart to love. But now he must marry to secure an heir, he's determined that the beautiful, impoverished widow Lady Emma Lacy should be his... Emma has vowed never to marry for money and must refuse him. But when her children's grandfather sets to steal them away from her, she has no other option: she must become the marquess's convenient bride! The Mistress And The Merchant - Juliet Landon The new mistress of her late uncle's estate, Aphra Betterton longs to hide away and forget the man who betrayed her. So when handsome Santo Datini arrives to make amends for his brother's duplicity, he's the last person Aphra wants to host! Italian merchant Santo is on a secret mission that no beautiful, proud maiden will disrupt. But with their temptingly close quarters generating scandal, can Santo win Aphra's trust - and her heart? The Prairie Doctor's Bride - Kathryn Albright Raising her son alone, penniless Sylvia Marks has had enough of being the subject of town gossip. But when her son is seriously injured she'll do anything to save him - even kidnap handsome Dr Nelson Graham! Nelson knows what he wants in a wife and gun-toting Sylvia Marks isn't what he had in mind...but as the two of them are forced together he realises she's exactly what he needs!