IF WINTER COMES: Mayor Bryan Moreland was the most mesmerizing man reporter Carla Maxwell had ever run into. So, when she got the go-ahead on a story investigating the possibility of funny business with the city coffers, Carla didn't find the prospect in the least amusing. After all, Bryan was begining to campaign for her heart - and he was already winning by a landslide.

NOW AND FOREVER: Lutecia Peacock was at her wits end! And it was all due to Russell Currie, the stubborn farmer who'd helped raise her, and who now refused to she that she'd grown up. Russell was the most infuriating, tantalizing, devastating man Lutecia had ever known, and she was determined to convince him that she was the woman for him - now and forever.