EVERY SECOND COUNTS Brenna and Jabarie Beaumont have been happily married for nine years. She loves her husband and their five children, but between managing a bookstore and her family, Brenna Is starting to feel overwhelmed. Determined not to be anything like her estranged mother, she feels forced to make a choice between the business she loves and quality time with their children. As CEO of the Beaumont Corporations, Jabarie's been busy dealing with problems of his own. The hotel has been hit with economic hardship and has little choice but to lay off ten percent of its staff. But in Sheraton Beach everyone is family, and the Beaumonts are determined to find another way. With everything going on, Jabarie thinks what he and Brenna need is a weekend away. Unfortunately, getting away complicates matters in more ways than one. A BEAU FOR CHRISTMAS Dominique Wellington has been offered a job in Hawaii yet she can't accept the position or move on with her life until she finds closure with Reese Beaumont. She has been in love with the sexy doctor since childhood until a car accident changed everything. When Reese decides to visit Sheraton Beach for the holidays, Dominique gives in to temptation with the hopes of getting Reese out of her system at last. But Reese has other plans. He's got one weekend to prove to the curvaceous beauty he is all the man she'll ever need.