Stories about Indians in India and America. The story, A Temporary Matter, is on mixed marriage, Mrs. Sen's is on the adaptation of an immigrant to the U.S., and in the title story an interpreter guides an American family through the India of their ancestors.

Alvirah Meehan, teams up with private investigator Regan Reilly to solve another Christmas mystery. This time they get in the middle of a case involving a beautiful eighty-foot blue spruce that has been chosen to spend the holidays as Rockefeller Center's famous Christmas tree, and the flask chock-full of priceless diamonds that were attached to a branch by a scam artist.

The Earl of St. Merryn needs a woman. His intentions are purely practical-he simply wants someone sensible and suitably lovely to pose as his betrothed for a few weeks among polite society. He has his own agenda to pursue, and a false fiancEe will keep the husband-hunters at bay while he goes about his business. The simplest solution is to hire a paid companion. Finding the right candidate proves more of a challenge than he expected. But when he encounters...

A one-time demon hunter who has put her career on hold, Kate Connor finds herself back in business when a murderous demon interrupts her preparations for a dinner party designed to get her husband elected to County Attorney.

Boston P.I. Spenser and his redoubtable sidekick, Hawk, seek revenge on a cold-blooded killer.