Each and every one of us has the ability to effect change?to make our world a better place. The dedicated women selected as this year's recipients of Harlequin's More Than Words award have changed lives, one good deed at a time. To celebrate their accomplishments, some of our bestselling authors have honored the winners by writing stories inspired by these <I>real-life heroines.</i><P>We hope <I>More Than Words</i> inspires you to get in touch with the real-life heroine living inside of you.<P>In Carly Phillips's <I>Compassion Can't Wait,</i> two high school sweet hearts are reunited years later, as if by fate, and discover that if you believe in yourself and each other, anything is possible.<P>Donna Hill's <I>Someplace Like Home</i> tells the story of how one woman's dream becomes reality, as three special people learn that it's never too late to form a loving family.<P>In Jill Shalvis's <I>What the Heart Wants,</i> an honorable man must learn to forgive himself to regain the trust of the ded icated teacher who is the love of his life.