Jan Hamilton Powell (aka Celeste Hamilton) grew up reading romance novels, and she's proud of her 23 titles published by Harlequin/Silhouette. She loves everyday heroes, men who love their families and chase their dreams. She writes about women who are strong, independent and loyal. If she could use one word to describe her romance novels, it would be "real." By contrast, she also writes paranormal romance with her friend Leigh Neely under the pseudonym Neely Powell.

He needs a wife.
No-he needs a Saturday-night sexpot!
Shame on you!-he needs a mom for his daughter!
What single dad Mac Williams really needs is for his nosy friends and family to butt out! But he does flip through his very dusty, very little black book:
Hailey Porter: 555-9372 ☆☆☆☆☆
One Hot Number!
Yeah, but that was eight years ago. Who knows what Hailey's like now? Maybe she's nine months pregnant. Maybe she hates him! Maybe she's...about to walk through the door....