Heart Of Winter
by Diana Palmer

Woman Hater (originally published October 1987 in Silhouette Romance #532 in mass market paperback)

Everyone in the office described the boss’s mysterious older brother as wary of the female of the species—a real woman hater. He’d been burned in the past, and now was twice shy, to say the least. So when Nicole White had to travel with her ailing employer to his brother’s home in Montana, she was prepared for the worst.

What she found was a man more roughly masculine than any she’d ever met.

But Winthrop Christopher’s distrust of women ran straight to the bone. Nicki knew she should avoid him, but she couldn’t hide from the feelings he stirred in her. Could she ever teach this woman hater to love again?

If Winter Comes (originally published 1981 MacFadden Romance #268 and February 1990 in Silhouette Duets Book Three in mass market paperback - also includes Now and Forever)

Charismatic Phoenix mayor Bryan Moreland had already won the devotion of his constituents and was well on his way to getting reporter Carla Maxwell’s vote...until she found out that the hunky leader wasn’t all he claimed to be. Rumor had it the popular politician was an embezzler. It was just a rumor, Carla told herself. As a reporter she’d have to get to the bottom of it; as a woman, she wanted nothing more than to lose herself in sexy Mayor Moreland’s arms. Or was that exactly where he wanted her, for reasons other than love and seduction?

Diana Palmer's Bio

New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer, AKA Susan Spaeth Kyle, was born in Cuthbert, Georgia, the eldest daughter of William and Eloise Spaeth. She and her younger sister, Dannis, were raised in Chamblee, where Susan graduated from Chamblee High School in 1964. The family moved to Cornelia, Georgia, in 1965. Susan married James Kyle in 1972. They have a son, Blayne, who is married to the former Christina Clayton. They are both graduates of Piedmont College in Demorest, Georgia. They live in Tennessee and have a daughter, Selena Marie Kyle, born in February, 2009. In 1991, Susan returned to college and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Piedmont College in Demorest, Georgia, in 1995. She continues to work on her master's degree in history as time permits. Her first novel as Diana Palmer was published in 1979. She has over 115 novels in print. She has written historical novels as well as contemporary romance, and has produced science fiction, with her novel THE MORCAI BATTALION appearing in hardcover in 2007. Susan's hobbies are gardening, knitting, crocheting, astronomy, archaeology, and animals. She has dogs, cats, birds and lizards.