Sometimes Ian Furchess hates being the Duke of Wolffhampton. Like when he has no idea how to pay for his ancestral castle, which costs more to run than some small countries. Or when his grandmother pressures him to marry—preferably someone rich and titled. Ian hadn't even wanted to be a duke. So when a beautiful American tourist lands on his doorstep, Ian is caught between his duty and his desire. He knows Daisy Wexler has her own agenda, one that could be the ruin of a duke. And yet, Ian has had his fill of duty. It's time to indulge his desires….

Holt Perry was a man on the run. But when he stopped for supplies in the small town of Buffalo Hollow, he found a family in even more desperate straits than him. Lizzie Tate's father had fallen ill several months ago, leaving the running of the store and the care of her little sister to her. Now winter approached, and their fuel supply was dangerously low. Holt promised to help the Tates, but as he spends time with Lizzie and her family, he finds himself wanting something more impossible than freedom…a place to call home.

Hip Porterman always expected he'd have the wife, the kids and the white picket fence. But that was before the Army and the PTSD, before falling in love skipped him over and left him a recovering drunk and Willing, Montana's go-to guy when somebody needed a hand. And that's exactly what Sarah Winslow needs: a hand…or at least a tow, after her car ends up in an ice-filled ditch in her last-minute attempt to escape the holidays for Mexico. How ironic that two people so committed to avoiding Christmas end up finding the true meaning of holiday cheer in each other, playing Santa one long, snowy Christmas Eve.

Can you fall for a man you've never met? Head nurse Helen has a secret. Every day for the past six months, she's been falling ever so slightly in love with a stranger. She knows that he catches the 7:02 train to London with her. She knows he has gorgeous green eyes. And she knows it's not an accident that their eyes meet so often across the crowded train aisle. She just doesn't know his name… But one morning, Helen's world collides with her perfect stranger and her life is turned upside-down. Aiden Danaher is even more irresistible once they start talking, and as for when they start kissing…Helen simply doesn't want to stop! But surely you can't fall in love with someone you've only just met?

Mari Madison wants only two things for Christmas: to help her mother win the town's annual holiday decorating contest and to reinstate her good-girl reputation so that she can start her business on the right foot. Then across the street she spots the best-looking Christmas package she's ever seen…and realizes it's Declan Cole. The man who ruined her reputation in the first place. The man who's sure he's going to win the contest. So sure that Mari and Declan decide on a bet. If she wins, her spot on the nice list is guaranteed. But if he wins…he gets to prove that naughty is nice.

Believing she's unlikely to ever have any man offer her marriage, unconventional Lady Chloe Albright impetuously seizes the chance of a pretend engagement with Lord Christopher Fellingham, Earl of Twyford. Having loved Kit for years, she's learnt to carefully hide the pain of knowing that she is no more to him than his friend's studious little sister. But should she now put her research skills to good use and try some experiments in love? At turns kissed, flirted and argued with, Kit doesn't know whether he is more amused, annoyed or —dare he admit it?—aroused by Chloe's unexpected attention. Suddenly he's wishing that their pretend engagement could become the real thing!

The one that got away? If asked a week earlier, tycoon Jack Strauss would have said he'd made his peace with the past. But one glimpse of his first love, Angela Mancuso, and he knows he's been lying to himself. He needs to make amends, but will Angela even want to see him again? Angela has never forgotten her brief romance with Jack—or the dark days that followed its ending. Now he's back, she must decide whether to let him back into her life…especially when she realizes he still has a hold on her heart!

Copyright © 2012 by Harlequin Books S.A. Three weeks. That's all the time Penelope Hart has left as the White House Social Secretary. And all the time she has left to convince her boss, First Lady Ramsey, to write her a glowing recommendation letter. Which means she has to stay in the first lady's good graces-and stay far away from the first son, Kellan Ramsey. Only Kellan has no intention of staying away. He's waited years for the chance to be with Penelope again and he's not going to waste a second, let alone three weeks. He's convinced this is their time...but will Kellan's executive pursuit cost Penelope her dreams?

A second chance for love… When determined and successful marketing director Brooklyn Hathaway moved to San Francisco, she swore to never return to her hometown of Chicago. Especially if her rival and former flame, irresistibly sexy Wyatt Lexington, was still living there. But when her best friend announces that she is getting married to Wyatt's best friend, and asks Brooklyn to be her maid of honor, she decides to put the past aside and head home. Years ago, Wyatt and Brooklyn's office romance blazed hotly through the hallways of Plush Media. And when they both were up for the same promotion, Wyatt chose business over pleasure, chasing the gorgeous Brooklyn far away. Now paired with each other and tasked to host a series of wedding celebrations, in conjunction with Elite Events, their passion flares up once more. Will Brooklyn and Wyatt be able to forgive the past and trust each other again? Will they be able to claim their second chance at happily ever after…together?

DOES NOT DATE LAWYERS…NO EXCEPTIONS! From the moment the sexy stranger in the designer suit walked into her small-town café, Francesca Sacchetti felt the instant pull of undeniable attraction. Past heartbreak taught her that Gabe Palermo could never be the soul mate she was searching for. Then why did she just steal a kiss from the charismatic corporate attorney, initiating an affair that can only end in disaster? Gabe lost Francesca once, but the woman who got away isn't getting away again…even if he has to pursue the elusive Tuscan beauty halfway across the world! But Gabe will have to convince Francesca—and her opinionated Italian family—that the proposal in his back pocket is only the beginning. Because this bachelor has his heart set on a forever kind of love… And don't miss the next installment of THOSE ENGAGING GARRETTS by award-winning author Brenda Harlen! Garrett Furniture heiress Jordyn Garrett doesn't believe in happily-ever-after—no matter what her love-struck relatives tell her! Can sexy restaurateur Marco Palermo convince her that some people are destined to be together—and that forever is the right path for them? Look for THE BACHELOR TAKES A BRIDE, on sale September 2015, wherever Harlequin books and ebooks are sold.