


Cole asks her to marry him, purely as a business arrangement. They reminisce about their teenage days, when Diana was the daughter of wealth and Cole was a stable hand. Remember When, by Judith McNaught (Pocket Books, $24): Romance blooms like wildflowers deep in the heart of Texas as the very lovely magazine publisher Diana Foster and multinational business tycoon Cole Harrison meet at the very “in” event of the social season, the “White Orchid Ball.” He sees Leah and senses he has met her before. A stranger named Wyatt Holloway shows up, looking for treasure in the hills outside the town.

The photographer’s daughter is all grown up as the widow Leah Kirkland, trying hard to make a name for herself as a portrait photographer. Next stop, the local bank, for an unauthorized withdrawal.Ĭut to Eternity, Colo., in 1904. Portraits, by Stef Ann Holm (Pocket Star Books Historical Romance, $5.99, paperback): Members of the Loco Boys gang have their portraits done in September 1887 by a photographer in Telluride, Colo., and his little daughter who is helping him. (The second book, Holding the Dream, featuring Kate, is due out next month). The three are the best of friends, close as sisters. The other two young women are Kate Powell, orphaned at a very early age and taken in at Templeton House, and Laura Templeton, to the manor born. The first book centers on Margo Sullivan (whose mother was the housekeeper) and Margo’s dreams of becoming a world-famous actress/model, until scandal intervenes. It is once again time, dearest readers, to deck the halls, hit the malls, bake if you do, shop till you drop and, then, if you have some time left over for either a delicious cup of hot chocolate or a wonderful soothing cup of tea, pick up one of these delectable tomes of romantic fiction.ĭaring to Dream, by Nora Roberts (Jove, $6.50, paperback): This is the opening installment of a planned trilogy, telling the story of three young women from different backgrounds who all grow up in the grand estate called Templeton House.
