He's supposed to be building up walls...Not tearing hers down! ER nurse and single mom Sarah Schaffer is always helping others—even on vacation. When the town of Hatchet Lake needs her help after a horrific storm, Sarah jumps in, even while she's planning her next move with her young son. What she's not prepared for is her intense connection with sexy army medic turned contractor Desmond Torres. Sarah doesn't do commitment, and she's always on the move, so short-term is all she can offer him. But the more time they spend together, helping the town and at her best friend's ranch, the more Desmond seems to break down the walls around her heart. Will she be able to get disentangled in time to shield herself—and her son—from the inevitability of heartbreak?From Harlequin Special Edition: Believe in love. Overcome obstacles. Find happiness.Hatchet LakeBook 1: Lightning Strikes...

Elizabeth Hrib will have readers racing to the finish line when a Manhattan architect's attempts to win over her office crush set her on a collision course with a personal trainer who's got all the right moves. Lydia McKenzie is not a runner. Not even close. But in her quest to be taken seriously at work—and catch the eye of her office crush—she signs up for the New York City Marathon as part of her architectural firm's outreach program. Now she just needs to avoid making a fool of herself. Thankfully, she knows how to outsource. Personal trainer Luke Townsend is definitely a runner, and he's exactly what Lydia needs to get in shape: experienced, motivational, funny, kind, well muscled... And when he and Lydia bond over her redesign of the Manhattan Youth Center, a place near and dear to Luke's heart, their training time intensifies from hitting the pavement to hitting the sheets. Still counts as a workout, right? Suddenly, everything Lydia...

Something lurks in the shadows between life and death.A terrible accident brings sixteen-year-old Casey Everett's life to a halt—literally. Pulled from the water, Casey is rushed to the hospital and miraculously revived. But her sudden return to the living is shadowed by the drowning of her best friend, Liddy.Overcome with grief, Casey returns home for the summer only to find the memories of the accident won't let her go. Shadow-drenched nightmares. Whispers in the back of her mind. Her friend's screams. Casey thinks she's losing it... until she watches a boy fall from the sky. Red—an angel fallen to earth to regain his wings—takes her to Limbo, a place that exists somewhere between the living and the dead. Now, in order to save her best friend, Casey must learn to walk these mysterious and dangerous paths or else risk losing Liddy's trapped soul to something worse than death.Action-packed and emotionally powerful like big-...

Warning: Stormy weather ahead...He's betting on friendship.She's banking on love. Recently single, livestock vet Kate Cardiff is tired of risking her heart. So when an emergency calls her home to her family's struggling ranch, Kate is ready to help—and definitely not looking for love. It's dislike at first sight when she meets temporary ranch hand and storm-chasing photographer Nathan Prescott. He says he can win her over, but Nathan lives in the moment, not for the future. If Kate opens her heart to someone who lives on the edge, will taking the risk lead to another heartbreak...or a new beginning?From Harlequin Special Edition: Believe in love. Overcome obstacles. Find happiness.Hatchet Lake Book 1: Lightning Strikes Twice