Melanie has been a beauty pageant mother for many years now and when her first daughter, Holly Anne, won four pageants in a four-month-period, she felt that she hit the jackpot. Then, when she had a second little girl, named Carol Anne, she soon started dreaming of having two beauty queens for daughters, but it wasn't until she was able to enter Carol Anne into the Little Miss Westchester pageant in early 2031, that she finally realized that she didn't just have one, but two Little Miss P

Susan Smith was a typical, middle-class, American mother of three children, working as a secretary for a major corporation, but what her husband, the narrator, and family doesn't know is, she is also a secret, double agent for the CIA, who goes on a mission to bring in drug smugglers, and terrorists, but she must leave her life behind, and take her sons, to complete her disguise as a single mother of two, young sons, leaving her six month old daughter, Carol Ann, with her husband, leaving her husband guessing if she will ever be back, and why she ran off, i

Seven short stories about the spirit of Christmas, from a little girl who wants a most special gift;a family of her own, to a little boy who also has a special wish;his parents getting back together/not getting a divorce, to a special locket that goes missing after a little girl, whose grandmother gave it to her for Christmas, one year, dies, to a family who gets into an accident during a Christmas Eve snowstorm and just barely survives when they reach a motel that may, or may not be owned by "the Jolly Old Elf"

Many times children have been born on the same day even if they are in no way related, but rarely are they born at precisely the same time at the same hospital to two different mothers, but that was the case with Amanda Thompson and her close-friend Sarah Smith, who had little girls born at the exact same time at the same exact hospital on July 16,2016 and not surprisingly, not only are the two Mommies close friends, but their two baby girls quickly become BFF's: Best Friends Foreve

The perfect romcom read for fans of The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren and The Hating Game by Sally Thorne . . . On an anonymous online dating app, LittleMissPerfect meets HotAussie007 and it’s love at first click. In real life, a smart but spiky woman in STEM, research scientist, Dr Eden, meets a laid-back Aussie marketing manager, Finn, at the big pharma company where they both work in California. They're forced to compete for special projects funding, and both their jobs are on the line. Eden just wants to win at science and in life. It's not happening! She can't stand Finn's too-cool-for-school, nice guy act, or his delectable forearms that keep invading her space. While Finn is stupidly attracted to Eden, when she's not telling him off, he isn't free to pursue her. He's stuck in the worst position in his professional life, and doesn't see a clear way out. He can't tell her the whole truth about what's going on at work or in his personal life. . . or it could all blow up in his face. When they realise the truth about their online alter egos, dating is off the table. Can they ignore their inconvenient attraction, and work together to take down their unethical boss? Or will intense rivalry cause their IRL work lives and online love lives to collide and explode like a science experiment gone wrong? Note: Dating Little Miss Perfect is an updated take on You've Got Mail for lovers of online dating romcoms, with added science, cupcakes and old movie references! This new release from award-winning author Cassandra O'Leary is a stand-alone contemporary romance novel of approximately 97,000 words. Praise for Cassandra O'Leary's novel Girl on a Plane: 'Cassandra O'Leary's writing is captivating' — Readers' Favorite 5 star review 'A sizzling, emotional read that's perfect for pool, beach or sofa!’ — Phillipa Ashley, bestselling author ‘Fasten your seat belts . . . Girl on a Plane is a charming debut that’s sure to fly high.’ — Amy Andrews, USA Today bestselling author ‘Girl on a Plane is a charming debut that has everything I love about romance – sizzling chemistry, real-life emotion and a swoon-worthy happily ever after!’ — Stefanie London, USA Today bestselling author 'Cassandra O’Leary is a fresh new voice in romantic fiction. Sexy, saucy, full of humour and warmth.' — Michelle Somers, RuBY (Romantic Book of the Year) Winner, Romance Writers of Australia ‘A flight delay has never been so sexy! Prepare to laugh – and cry – as you read this charming romance.’ — Victoria Purman, bestselling Australian author

Melanie Smith was a former beauty queen and super-model who always dreamed of having a daughter to follow in her beauty queen footsteps.When she finally gives birth to a daughter after her first two babies were boys, Melanie is ecstatic beyond words and starts entering her daughter, named Holly Anne, in beauty contests.It isn't until Holly Anne enters her first beauty pageant;Little Miss Westchester and wins, however, that Melanie finally realizes that she has been raising Little Miss Perfec

Amanda Smith is a gorgeous career-woman who wants her daughters to follow in her super-model footsteps, but when she hires four professional photographers to take pictures of her youngest, Carol Anne, to send to top modeling agencies, the photographers end up being con-men who kidnap their daughter, and hold her for ransom, seeing how rich the Smith family is, but the kidnappers have bitten off more than they can chew and end up having to chase Carol Anne around the city, in a hilarious adventure through the streets of New York, before Miss Kristin Moore comes to Carol Anne's rescue and takes the little tyke in, after she gets lost on the

Good-girl-gone-bad Presley Richardson is running straight from the altar to a sinfully sexy rebound in USA TODAY bestselling author Stefanie London’s third Close Quarters story! Bolting from the church half-naked was not part of the official wedding program…until I learned my husband-to-be was marrying me only for his father’s approval. How was I to know my incredibly hot getaway driver was the groom’s evil stepbrother? Or that diving into his sleek black Mercedes would be the first step on my journey to the dark side? Wealthy executive Sebastian Foster is a bad decision waiting to happen—all hard muscles, square jaw and eyes that strip me bare. But I’m done being the good girl, done following the rules. It’s time to give up my perfectly planned life and embrace my inner siren. Soon Sebastian is my sexy sidekick at Melbourne’s most exclusive nightclubs. Dancing burlesque for him makes us both crave a night of sensual sin. I’m starting to think this forbidden rebound may lead to something much deeper. But when I learn he’s hunting for information about my ex, I can’t help wondering—is he just another ambitious man using me to get ahead? Take control. Feel the rush. Explore your fantasies—Harlequin Dare publishes sexy romances featuring powerful alpha males and bold, fearless heroines exploring their deepest fantasies.

Every family has their family traditions when it comes to the holidays and especially the holiday of Christmas. For Suzanne and Bill, ever since they became parents, that included decorating their "humble abode", and putting up their massive Christmas-tree. As their family grows, with the birth of their daughter; Elizabeth, son; Oliver and their twin daughters; Candace and Carol Anne, so do their traditions, adding new ones along the way; ones that they'll cherish until the end of time.

To twelve-year-old Molly Nathans, perfect is: —The number four —The tip of a newly sharpened No. 2 pencil —A crisp white pad of paper —Her neatly aligned glass animal figurines What’s not perfect is Molly’s mother leaving the family to take a faraway job with the promise to return in one year. Molly knows that promises are sometimes broken, so she hatches a plan to bring her mother home: Win the Lakeville Middle School Poetry Slam Contest. The winner is honored at a fancy banquet with white tablecloths. Molly is sure her mother would never miss that. Right...? But as time passes, writing and reciting slam poetry become harder. Actually, everything becomes harder as new habits appear, and counting, cleaning, and organizing are not enough to keep Molly's world from spinning out of control. In this fresh-voiced debut novel, one girl learns there is no such thing as perfect.