What not to expect when you're expecting…Becca Thomas is thrilled to be pregnant, even though it means bringing up her baby alone. At thirty-eight, this may be her last chance to have a child. And she doesn't expect to see Aiden Rodas again–doesn't think that a freewheeling younger man like him would even want to be a father.WrongAiden may live the life of a devil-may-care wildland firefighter, bu…
Detective Nick Cantello has just lost his partner to a bullet–one that was meant for him. All he wants is to find the people responsible. What he gets is a «babysitter»–one who comes with a dog.As part of the canine unit, Lara Nelson is used to having a four-footed partner. So she's unprepared for her latest assignment–guarding another cop.Together, Nick and Lara must find the killer. Only when th…
Like the bold hawk that had flown by her window, the Native American called Skyler was a mystery for Windy Hall. He was only to stay for the summer, a temporary housemate who'd be gone once September came. But even knowing that Sky was bound to move on, Windy couldn't stop her need to lose her innocence to this man who claimed he'd never had any.For a brave loner whose destiny was still unknown, f…
LOVE ON THE RANGEWith nerves of steel and a physique to match, Seth Ketchum took his job as a Texas Ranger very seriously. When he returned to his family ranch to investigate a murder, he was all business–until he encountered Corinna Dawson, the beauty who had mesmerized him since high school.Determined to discover true love, Corinna instead found herself a single mother with her heart in tatters.…
A SHAM MARRIAGE…When a near-fatal accident landed loner Jack Slade in the hospital, Abby had only claimed to be his wife to keep her promise to him. Besides, Jack needed her, and she was determined to stay until he was healed. But would her heart recover when it was time to leave?THAT WAS ALL TOO REALJack knew better than to get involved with elegant Miss Abigail Pierce. For their marriage was onl…
HER UNDOINGRoyce Lawler was dark and mysterious, movie-star handsome and dangerously seductive even when flat on his back. And prim and professional Merrily Gage was supposed to live alone with this man, tending to his every need as his private nurse? She didn't stand a chance.But then, neither did the single dad. Because Merrily was too good at what she did, too easy to like, to want…to need. Yet…
They're on a collision course–againRancher Tripp McGraw knows that only the big ranches will survive in southwest Colorado, and he's determined to buy the Circle C, a ranch that adjoins his own. If he wanted to, he could foreclose on a loan and force Kaley Cotter to sell her spread to him.Newly divorced, pregnant by her ex-husband, Kaley has just returned to the Circle C, a ranch her family has he…
Her sheikh, her prince…her pretend husband?Prince Adan Mehdi isn't normally one to back off from a beautiful woman, but there's something so pure about American heiress Piper McAdams that it seems like the honorable thing to do. Piper believes in his good intentions until his supermodel ex shows up with their baby! Still, Piper agrees to show Adan the parenting ropes and pretend to be his wife unt…
WHERE WERE HER CHILDREN?They were gone like a flash in the night. Now Kirsten Laurence was desperately searching for her precious three. And her only recourse was to elicit the help of Detective J. D. Ryder–a man with whom she'd shared a past and from whom she still kept a very special secret!Though every instinct screamed not to become involved in Kirsten's plight, J.D. could not turn his back on…
CHARMING, CONFIDENT, SEXY…AND A HEARTBREAKERThat's how rancher David Major remembered his ex-love Kim Winchester. Romance had budded between them in high school, but ended abruptly when Kim moved away without even saying goodbye. Now she was back in his life, and though she was still strikingly beautiful, he wasn't ready to put his heart on the line again.When she'd returned home to Colorado after…
Three Weddings and a FamilyOn the road to happily-ever-after, a long-lost family is found!COULD THIS SWEET TEXAS LADY…A home, a family and a man who believed in happily-ever-after were Mariah Ashe's lifelong dream. Tony Mason was an unlikely groom–but Mariah was about to teach the sexiest, most confirmed bachelor in Pleasant Rest, Texas, what love was all about!TAKE THIS STUBBORN BACHELOR?Tony was…
YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT–THE REDHEAD'S SURPRISE.His dying father's wickedly whispered words sent memories spinning in Marsh Bravo's mind…. He and Victoria Winningham learning about love in the back seat of his old Plymouth Duster. The final bout with his old man that left him hell-bent on leaving Oklahoma–and his sweetheart–behind. Now he'd returned home to hear his father's final wish. Yet in the …
When Paul Bouvet buys the old Delaney mansion, everyone in Rossiter, Tennessee, wonders what the big-city pilot is really after in their backwoods town. But Paul can't reveal what he hopes to find in Rossiter. If people learn the truth, his task will be even more difficult. In fact, the good citizens may even run him out of town.Then he hires Ann Corrigan to help restore his new property and finds…