Tiny ruby-throated hummingbirds weighing less than a nickel fly from the upper Midwest to Costa Rica every fall, crossing the six-hundred-mile Gulf of Mexico without a single stop. One of the many creatures that commute on the Mississippi Flyway as part of an annual migration, they pass along Chicago's lakefront and through midwestern backyards on a path used by their species for millennia. This magnificent migrational dance takes place every year in Chicagoland, yet it is often missed by ...

Keeping his son close… Keeping her closer!Laurel Peters’s whirlwind affair with tycoon Xander Xenakis shattered the moment he accused her of getting close to him to steal priceless jewellery. When the arresting Greek refuted her innocence, she walked away carrying her pride, the truth—and his baby…Once he discovers he has a child, Xander’s fury knows no bounds. All these years apart haven’t dulled the maelstrom of emotions...

Bound by his baby!Perfect for fans of: Billionaire Accidental pregnancy Marriage of convenience–Having watched his father lose everything to a woman, Italian billionaire Vincenzo Giansante has spurned romantic relationships. Naturally when one-night stand Siena claims she’s carrying his child, he insists on a paternity test. And when it’s positive his powerful, primal reaction shocks even himself. He demands marriage to...

To have and to hold For convenience…or desire?To restore her beloved, crumbling family palazzo, Eleanora is forced to persuade her sister’s ex-fiancé, billionaire Sanzio, to buy it. But he has his eyes on a greater prize in return—Eleanora as his bride!For Sanzio, their union is a chance to teach her grasping family a lesson and, in the meantime, Eleanora’s aristocratic lineage can open doors. Yet as his shy trophy wife’s fiercely passionate natur...

Mills & Boon novels were Julia James’ first “grown up” books she read as a teenager, and she's been reading them ever since. She adores the Mediterranean and the English countryside in all its seasons, and is fascinated by all things historical, from castles to cottages. In between writing she enjoys walking, gardening, needlework and baking “extremely gooey chocolate cakes” and trying to stay fit! Julia lives in England with her family.

A forbidden attraction To the mysterious valet…With nowhere else to go, penniless Sofia Guaro has been the guest of her brother’s grand British in-laws, feeling stifled. Her only escape is sneaking out to explore London with the family valet—broodingly handsome Josiah Meadows.Josiah gets drawn back into his criminal past when he is forced to take one last mission to retrieve a painting from Cornwall—and Sofia won’t be left behind! He must resist hi...

Trapped with the crown prince… and his to command!Nothing gets past palace guard Ada’s professional defences. Not even her…attraction to her commanding officer, Prince Ikem. Until his tiny nephew needs protection, and they’re trapped together in royal opulence for days on end, leaving nowhere to hide from her tortuous longing for her handsome boss’s touch…Ikem has always hated the duty thrust upon him. But after his brother’s untimely death, he mus...

Her body can’t forget himIt’s horribly clear Calanthe is still susceptible to Nikos’s potent brand of masculinity. But, even so, the Greek’s shocking proposal leaves her breathless. Because whilst agreeing to be his bride is the only way to help her ailing father, it feels as if she’s walking back into the lion’s den…

He’s proposed to protect her…But she has a surprise of her own!Tia is horrified when imposing Anatole Kyrgiakis sweeps back into her life demanding marriage. Six years ago he left her heartbroken—and no matter how fiercely she craves him she won’t make the same mistake again! But Tia is bound to this powerful Greek by more than just passion… Does she dare confess to the biggest secret of all?

She saw something she shouldn't have…Now they want her dead.Someone is trying to silence Emily Chastain…permanently Placed under former marine Mustang Ford's protection, she needs to figure out why someone is trying to kill her…and how to contain her unlikely attraction to Mustang…

The price of becoming his: Total surrender!Lycos Dimistrios played his way from desperate poverty to enormous wealth at poker tables across Europe. It’s, therefore, by ruthless judgement not luck that he wins an opponent’s Provence estate, and everything in it—including breath-taking natural beauty Arielle Degrange. He immediately resolves to take possession of her too…Arielle has no such determination to become Lycos’s mistress. Her beloved home might be his, but that does...