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If The Stick Turns Pink... - Carla Cassidy

Melanie Watters wanted a baby badly, so she proposed marriage to the most confirmed bachelor in town - her best friend, Bailey Jenkins. In return for getting Melanie pregnant, frustrated pageant judge Bailey could escape the clutches of the town's tiara-hungry single women.

They had agreed to divorce after Melanie became pregnant, but playing house with Bailey soon stirred deep passions in her, and things quickly got complicated. Could their friendship survive this marriage of convenience unscathed?

From Best Friend To Bride - Jules Bennett

Therapist Megan Richards provides her patients with expert counsel...but she can't remedy her lifelong love for her best friend, Police Chief Cameron St. John. Megan doesn't want to confess her feelings and risk their closeness...even if it means finding the happiness she's always longed for.

Cameron keeps citizens safe for a living, but he can't protect his heart from Megan. He's always steadfastly been by her side, but as a buddy. Until he realises that his feelings for her are anything but friendly - and that by declaring himself, he might lose her friendship, but gain so much more.

A Wife For One Year - Brenda Harlen

To claim his trust fund and launch a new career, Daniel Garrett needs to be married...and no one can tick all the ‘wifely' boxes like Kenna Scott. And since she's his best friend, the celibacy part should be a piece of (wedding) cake! Or so Daniel thinks...until he hears the words that make him freeze: ‘You may kiss your bride'. One official kiss has the former confirmed bachelor reeling. Will it be the end of an era for the two best friends, or will a surprise pregnancy make the two become three...for keeps?

How many blondes does it take to bring the bad guys to justice? Only one, if you're talking about gutsy Cassandra Newton. She'd put worse criminals behind bars than the street thugs she now dealt with as a Kansas City cop. But her life as a secret agent was behind her–until Kane McNabb showed up. The agency needed her to take down a suspected drug lord with a weakness for leggy blondes. It was no mistake they'd sent her former partner and lover to persuade her. After all, she owed him. But after this, she and Kane were even–because no one gets Blondie for free....

More Than Words: Bestselling authors & Real–life heroines

Each year, the Harlequin More Than Words award is given to three women who have worked hard to change people's lives for the better. Inspired by their accomplishments, three bestselling authors have written stories to honor these real–life heroines.

In Just Joe, Stacy Donovan is willing to do whatever it takes to save her charity, Bounties from the Gardens. Families in need are counting on her organization for fresh fruits and vegetables. Running the charity has always been Stacy's dream, and if winning a local dance competition will keep her dream alive, that's what she'll do.

After years of being consumed by work, Joe Carpenter has discovered a new passion: giving back to the community. He's started to volunteer at Bounties from the Gardens, and he's falling for the beautiful, dedicated Stacy. But Stacy is so focused on looking after her charity, she might miss the fact that Joe is just the person to watch over her heart.

Look for all three ebooks inspired by real–life heroines: Good Neighbors by Sheila Roberts, Just Joe by Carla Cassidy and Light This Candle by Cindy Dees. Visit the Harlequin More Than Words website at www.HarlequinMoreThanWords.com or your favorite ebook retailer to download these free novellas today.

Enjoy a classic story of love and danger by New York Times bestselling author Carla Cassidy, available as an ebook for the first time!

Libby Weatherby was aware that her jealous ex–husband had hired private detective Tony Pandolinni to follow her. In fact, she got a kick out of evading him…until she discovered that Tony wasn't the only one on her trail. Someone desperately wanted the mysterious locket she'd found in her pawnshop – someone who would stop at nothing to get it.

Tony knew he had no business getting involved with this case, but he was suddenly fiercely determined to protect the independent Ms. Weatherby. Never mind that her slightest touch made him tremble and wish that he'd never sworn off women…

They'd been brought together for all the wrong reasons. Would they live long enough to make all the right moves?

Lexie Forbes had come to Kansas looking for answers, but all she uncovered was a killer on her trail. Still, the FBI agent wasn't about to give up on her desperate search for the truth behind the suspicious death that sent her reeling even if no one in the small town was talking. No one except sexy rancher Nick Walker

Read this classic romance by New York Times bestselling author Carla Cassidy!

Seized by vise–like contractions, Colette Connor prayed she wasn't going to deliver on the Connor ranch doorstep. With no recollection of who she is or how she got pregnant, she has nowhere else to turn. Only the knowing eyes and the incendiary kisses of stranger Hank Cooper disturb her more.

With the keen instincts of a professional bodyguard, Hank had anticipated Colette's arrival. But he wasn't prepared for her amnesia–or the baby. While her missing memories might help protect her from a killer, they're defenseless against Hank, who is the only man who holds the answers to all her questions…and more.