One last chance? Returning from the front lines, Corporal Joe Madden clutches his divorce papers. After a series of heartbreaking fertility problems, he knows his once perfect marriage is set for the final curtain. It might be three years since Ellie has seen her husband, yet his power to make her heart race is just as strong. But he's only passing through, and all that's needed is her signature.... Until the rain begins to fall on Karinya Station and there is nowhere to escape. Could a Christmas peace treaty and a magical few days bring the sparkle back into their marriage?

A bindup of three previously published stories. Includes: Second Chance With Her Soldier, The Husband She'd Never Met and A Surprise Reunion.

Can a chance reunion... Rekindle an old flame? Heart surgeon Sloane Manning and army doc Carter Holmes were the perfect couple. Until Carter walked away, leaving Sloane heartbroken. Determined to finally move on, Sloane heads off for a desert vacation, only to find Carter’s there, too! He’s still as ruggedly gorgeous and irresistibly charming as she remembers, but there’s a pain in his eyes Sloane must uncover before they can recapture what they once had...

Friends reunite For a second chance…at love Air force veteran Marcus Bryant lost his best friend, Cassie Brooks, when he joined the military. Now she’s a columnist after a story—and reconnecting with Marcus will help her get it. Decorating for their high school reunion will give her the inside scoop. And the advertising will help Marcus’s new landscaping business. But could the fresh start he’s craving most be with Cassie? USA TODAY Bestselling Author From Harlequin Heartwarming: Wholesome stories of love, compassion and belonging. Veterans' Road Book 1: A Soldier Saved Book 2: The Dalmatian Dilemma Book 3: The Doctor and the Matchmaker Book 4: Her Holiday Reunion Book 5: Second Chance Love

Second Chance With Her Soldier - Barbara Hannay Returning from the front line, Corporal Joe Madden clutches his divorce papers. After a series of heartbreaking fertility problems, he knows his once perfect marriage is set for the final curtain. It might be three years since Ellie saw her husband, yet his power to make her heart race is just as strong. But he's only passing through and all that's needed is her signature...until the rain begins to fall on Karinya Station and there is nowhere to escape. Could a Christmas peace treaty and a magical few days bring the sparkle back into their marriage? The Outback Nurse - Carol Marinelli Sister Olivia Morrell started her new job in the outback with some trepidation. She'd wanted to get away from it all but, in isolated Kimjong, there was only one doctor and by all accounts Dr Clemson made a moody and difficult boss! Clem began to suspect his new nurse had come to town to get over a broken heart. But that didn't prevent his attraction to her! Perhaps if Olivia had to learn that not all men were unreliable, he could be the one to teach her...

Sizzling days of danger... Introducing the K-9 Ranch Rescue series Devastated after her father's murder, Amber Belott wants to keep his legacy alive by saving his K-9 ranch. Her first move? Hiring Evan Colluro, a former military K-9 trainer, who impresses--and attracts--her. If only she weren't his boss...and his past didn't trouble him. Evan joins Amber in investigating. But when chaos erupts, it threatens all that's drawing them together.

Of all the ERs in all the world, he had to walk into hers... Thirteen years back Beck Braxton enlisted in the Army and left town, but not before asking his girl to wait for him. She didn't. Now he's part of the elite L.A.P.D. SWAT team and he needs a skills refresher course before he deploys next month as a National Guard Medic. Because of his crazy SWAT schedule, arrangements are made with the head ER doctor from St. Stephen's Hospital to accommodate him. But there's something suspiciously familiar about the drab nurse he's assigned to. January Stewart gave up being that bubbly, carefree girl who'd fallen in love with her high school bad boy when she was forced to make a painful decision all by herself. Thirteen years later, drastically changed by life both inside and out, she goes by the name Jan Ashworth and is harboring a huge secret. She has also been assigned to work with Officer Braxton. He may soon realize she's the girl who broke his heart while he was deployed, but he doesn't know the half of it. Now forced to work together, the ER nurse with every last bit of twinkle and glimmer erased, and Beck, the former wild child turned police officer, must face their past and remember that special feeling that once sizzled between them. She owes him the truth. He wants to get even. But that old chemistry keeps messing up their plans.