After he is released from the Army, John Tyree plans to spend the rest of his life with University of North Carolina student Savannah Lynn Curtis, but the events of September 11 change everything.

Architect Charlie Waterston, reeling from an unexpected divorce, takes refuge in a small New England chateau where he discovers the diaries of Sarah Ferguson, the countess who first owned the house, and through her story of heartbreak and passion, learns to love again.

When a twist of fate makes Jamie Sullivan his date at the homecoming dance, Landon Carter never dreamed they would fall in love, but as he comes to realize his true feelings for Jamie, he learns of a terrible secret that will take his love away from him forever.

Savannah's chief hostage negotiator Phoebe MacNamara struggles to deal with the threats of an unknown assailant who is intent on striking fear in her heart, her agoraphobic mother and precocious seven-year-old daughter, and a local businessman who wants to pursue a romantic relationship with her.

Wealthy businessman Vance Banning, looking for a simpler life, buys a cabin in a small, rural town where he passes himself off as an out-of-work carpenter, but his cover is blown--and his heart lost--when his lovely neighbor, antique store owner Shane Abbott, keeps trying to help by finding him work.

Contains two stories of winter romance; including "Woman Hater" in which Nicole White travels to her boss's brother's home in Montana, expecting to find a cranky old man who hates women, but instead meeting a handsome, young man who she becomes attrated to; and "If Winter Comes" in which reporter Carla Maxwell investigates rumors of embezzlement in the mayor's past and begins fantasizing about the good-looking politician.

Clare Brewster, single mother running a bookstore, finds a new man in her life across the street at the refurbished inn.

Kate MacKenna, owner of a fragrance company in Charleston, South Carolina, has an extraordinary run of bad luck, prompting one of her good friends to send her brother Dylan, a Boston police detective with whom Kate has had a one-night fling, to investigate what is really going on.

Sarah Kennedy, a widow at sixteen finds herself with no one to depend on but herself, until she discovers a gunfighter near death in the mountains near her home. While nursing him back to health they develop a strong emotional and passionate bond.

Young, innocent Joy Anderson, having succumbed to passion with aspiring journalist Gabe Venture, is left with a broken heart, and a baby on the way after he goes off to pursue fame and fortune, and when he returns seven years later to find her independent and worldly, it is she who must decide whether to grant him another chance at love.