Mills & Boon American Romance
Note To Self: A Steer Is Not A Pet…I, Greg Rafferty, must not be of sound mind anymore. Why else would I bid on–and win!–little Jennifer Jacks's prize-winning bull, um, steer? It could have something to do with her doesn't-look-oldenough-to-be-a-preteen's-mom mother, the woman behind our successful Ms. Carole's cookies. I was expecting The Brady Bunch's Alice, not a blond,…
Marrying a stranger!Rancher Wade Garrett's mailorder bride showed up with a boulder-sized bump on her forehead, an unrecognizable ID and a case of amnesia. Rachel O'Riley didn't know who she was–or that she'd agreed to a marriage in name only! But much to Wade's delight she didn't want a pretend marriage. Rachel wanted Wade to be a real husband to her, and he fell for…
WELCOME TO RANGER SPRINGS, TEXAS C'mon down to the Four Square Cafe. The food's hot, and the gossip's hotter!Love is BlindFolks in Ranger Springs know Gray Phillips is the perfect blind date–they just can't persuade the gallant, sexy entrepreneur to date the same woman twice! Then Dr. Amy Wheatley's father gets in cahoots with the town matchmakers to fix up Amy and Gray–an…
This Teacher Is Learning Her Lessons!Ais for AdventureWhen schoolteacher Leah Morris tries to conquer the big city, she's thinking of her career. Except instead of a job, what she lands is one unforgettable encounter with a mystery man….Bis for BustedBack home a few weeks later, she discovers her enigmatic lover is none other than the town's new obstetrician, and now the gossips are busy…
One Hard-Luck Baby Had the Whole Town Abuzz…When Liam McAllister, Lord Roderick, returned from England after twenty years, he landed on Dr. Allie Lockwood's doorstep–with an abandoned baby boy! The townfolk knew the score: the playboy aristocrat had become a devoted widowed dad yearning for a son–and their dedicated, divorced hometown doc hungered for the children she couldn't have.Sure,…
A Bridesmaid Thirteen Times Over. But Never a Bride?A painful betrayal drove wedding dress designer Sylvie Shea out of New York City to her North Carolina hometown. Now she outfits the town's brides and secretly works on her own wedding dress–one Sylvie thinks she'll never wear.Her family–and practically all the citizens of Briarwood–have made it their mission to find Sylvie a husband. A…
Point Of No Return–Or Starting Point?A bet brings Cain Stone–or Stone Cold, as they call him in Las Vegas–home for the holidays. But after a few days of skiing and reminiscing, he plans to leave Silver Creek and all its painful memories of life in an orphanage behind him for good.Then he runs into Holly Winston.The little girl who used to yell at him to stay off her mountain has grown into a gutsy…
A Real Hero Needs…The neighbor made Connie Simmons see red. An irresponsible party animal with the kind of magnetism that made her knees shake, he was mostly an irritation–with a generous dollop of temptation mixed in. But because he rescued her child from a fire and got hurt, it was only neighborly to call a truce.…The Right Time And PlaceDetective Hale Crandall had spent months wondering how to …
A Miracle Cure For Lonely HeartsWorking in a small town was the easiest way for Dr. Sonya Vega to outrun her unhappy past, not to mention the sleepy little place fitted in perfectly with her dream to give at least one needy child a home. What she wanted now was the support of the town's citizens, but how could she get that when the prickly publisher of the local paper–a man who got under her …
Weddings were her business…When she began her bridal consultant business, Meredith Baxter expected to coordinate bouquets and bow ties, not receive a billionaire's surprise proposal! Her latest customer, wealthy bachelor Adam Morgan, was the catch of the century. But why was he asking her to make such an important commitment? Why was he so desperate for a wife?Finding a bride was his!Any woma…
THE BOY WHO GOT AWAY WAS ALL MAN NOWOnce Melissa Richardson had been the most popular girl in school and Charles Avery had been the shy brain with a hopeless crush. Now Melissa was alone, pregnant and in need of a job–and her new employer was Charles Avery!Melissa's shock at seeing Charles again was matched only by her mortification at the attraction he roused in her. Her former admirer had g…
Place this quilt upon your bed and in one month you shall be wed…Pregnant and alone, Maddy Potter knew marriage wasn't in her near future–certainly not to Pete Taggart. The rude, arrogant–and she'd admit, protectively sexy–rancher would never ask her! Just because the handsome widower rescued her from a blizzard and she'd slept under his heirloom quilt for two nights did not mean an…
All the gossips in Ranger Springs were talking about the runaway bride who'd just come to town. And how she'd caught the eye of sexy police chief Ethan Parker.They'd all seen his car parked outside her house the first night she was in town. And after watching the two embrace on the front porch, nobody believed for a minute that he'd just come to check on some wayward raccoons! …
Home Is Where The Heart(Ache) Is…Six years ago she left Pleasant Valley to follow a dream…and now she's back, knee-deep in a nightmare. With her parents' marriage on the rocks, her grandmother at her wit's end and the man she once loved–and left–looking better than she remembers, Merrilee Stratton feels nothing but heartache.Although veterinarian Grant Nathan hasn't forgotten t…
IN LOVE WITH THE BOSS…AND PREGNANT WITH HIS BABY!Irony didn't begin to describe it! Natalie Winford, secretary for an infertility clinic, had become pregnant after one night of lovemaking with her sexy boss, Dr. Patrick Barr. Natalie planned to keep her baby's paternity quiet, not wanting to pressure the good doctor into an obligatory declaration of marriage. But trying to remain aloof a…