SUDDENLY... Fatherhood! Or close enough, anyway. Wealthy banker Nicholas Garvey was stunned to learn he was now the legal guardian of a niece he hadn't known he had. But the bigger surprise was the child's beguiling nanny, Carlinda Donnelly, a woman who effortlessly made him yearn for the unexpected pleasures of hearth, home... and heartfelt love! He called her Lin - a nickname short, sweet, even innocent. But Carlinda Donnelly knew Nicholas Garvey's...

Jake McPhersonNEEDED A BRIDEHe was a Civil War veteran, wounded in body and soul. And when his wife died unexpectedly, he retreated from life, craving only solitude and his happy memories. But his young son needed a mother's love and guidanceeven if Jake wanted no woman himself. So who better to choose than the town's spinster schoolmarm?Alicia MerriweatherWANTED SO MUCH TO LOVE She had come to warn Jake his son was running wild. But she stayed because...