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This book is the first in the series "The Taken" but is loosely connected to a previous series. In Kathleen's book Secret Agent Sam Samantha married Cory Pearson who was searching for his four "lost" siblings, who were separated from him after an unspeakable tragedy claimed their parents. Wade is one of the brothers.

Wade Callahan was a police dectective in Portland, Oregon. He was trying to catch a serial killer who had killed six times already.

Tierney Doyle was an empath and the police had asked her to join in the search. She is able to pick up feelings of people involved in crimes.

This is the second book of the series. The first book was Another Man's Baby which came out in March 08.

Jennifer Rose is a teacher. She is divorced from a man who has only negative things to say about her and she has issues with her weight and has trouble believing in herself.

Nick Tulane is estranged from his supersuccessful family and is considered the black sheep of the family. He has a secret that has kept him seperate from them. He also has a son who shows signs of the same problem.

Fiona Murchison was a single mother and a paramedic in Lakeview, Central Otago, New Zealand. She had been married to Al Stewart a celebrity racing driver who had been killed while racing leaving Fiona a widow and their son, Sam, fatherless.

Nick Stewart was Al's younger brother who had left home after Al and Fiona married. He had become a surgeon and worked for Medecins sans Frontieres or Doctors without Borders. He was going to be temporarily working as medical director at the hospital where Fiona worked. Neither knew the other was there.

Ally Rogers was a celebrity designer in Los Angeles where she has a thriving business. Her mother live in Chicago and the two have a rocky relationship that has become a chilly, formal civility. Ally traveled a lot in her business.

Dr. Jake Fox is a headstrong psychiatrist who had befriended a group of senior citizens one of which is Estelle - Ally's mother. Jake was not a tactful person.

This is the first book of six based in Prairie Springs, Texas and Fort Bonnell. This series is about returning soldiers and helping the innocent victims of war.

Caitlyn Villard become an instant mother to five year old twins, Amanda and Josie, when both her sister and brother-in-law die in combat leaving her as their guardian. She has to move from NYC to Prairie Springs. Her mother has been caring for the twins while their parents were overseas, but it has been to much for her and she is tired and worn out.Steve Windham is the army chaplin for soldiers and their families stationed at Fort Bonnell which is next to Prairie Springs. As chaplain he feels he has the responsibility to help Amanda and Josie as well as Caitlyn.

This is the first in a new six book series by six different authors and is a sequel to "Family Business" a miniseries from a few years ago.

Tom Holloway was offered the job of CFO of TAKA-Hanson's new hospitality division. Before he took the jobe he had to tell Helen Taka-Hanson of his criminal past. He had worked on Wall Street right out of college and had been convinced by his mentor to pass certain "tips" to big clients. He had spent six months in jail as a result and his mentor was never charged with anything. Because of his record he had lost a lot of chances for top jobs. Helen hired him anyway.

This is the first book of the series about three brothers who find love where they least expect it.

David Falcon needed a housekeeper and an administrative assisstant who would live in a cottage on his property. He and his brother owned Falcon Motorcars which custom made cars for the very rich mostly foreign customers.

This book is a sequel to Marie's book, Mother for Hire, published in 1989 as a Silhouette Romance. In it Bryan Marlowe was a widower with four boys (a set of triplets and a single) who needed a nanny. Kate was a child psychology student who took on the job and ended up staying as wife and mother. The boys are now grown up and on their own.

This is the last book in the series. To find out where the series began read my previous review of The Billionaire and His Boss.

Gray Hunt had to find himself a wife but had no idea where he could look for one when he ran into a suitable candidate (literally). He was out jogging when he came over a hill and saw a girl squatting in the path tying her shoe. The path was too narrow to go around her and he couldn't stop because of his momentum.

This is the third book in the series. The first two came out in 2007 and since I read them then I can't review them. Each of the four of the books tells the story of one of the Hunt brothers. Harrison Hunt was the CEO of HuntCom and after his heart attack he was determined to make his sons find someone to marry and to have children. He issued an ultimatum to his sons: "You have a year. One year. By the end of that time, each of you will not only be married, you will either already have a child or your wife will be expecting one." Also the women must marry them without knowing who they really are. Furthermore all had to agree because if one refused they all lost. If they refused he would sell off HuntCom piece by piece.