PROPOSE TO A RYDER?Gabriel Brant was breaking a generations-long feud by proposing to the lovely Ashley Ryder. He offered a deal that would benefit both – he'd get land to expand his cattle ranch and seven-months-pregnant Ashley would get a father for her baby. But he hadn't planned on Ashley's searing kisses shattering the walls around his heart!MARRY A BRANT? Ashley might have fan…
Justin Bond knew all about forging steel ties, but human bonds were another matter – especially when it came to winning back his wife! And with Heather agreeing to accompany him to Texas to meet his Fortune relatives, he'd reluctantly sworn to be the perfect gentleman…. But when their platonic arrangement gave way to passion, Justin learned Heather's three-month-old secret. A baby had to…
He'd ruined her father. And destroyed the only life she'd ever known.How could penniless socialite Mallory Morgan accept Gabriel Steele's charity? But Gabriel wasn't used to taking no for an answer. And the infuriatingly arrogant man wasn't above using his devastating sex appeal to get what he wanted.Gabirel intended to take care of Mallory, leaving her no choice but to su…
Rodeo rider Wyatt Sawyer was used to handling bucking broncos, not babies!So when he became guardian of his five-month-old niece, Wyatt knew he needed to hire a nanny. He just never expected that nanny to be the lovely Grace Talmadge – who was easy on the eyes and a terrible temptation to a commitment-wary cowboy's heart.Grace liked her life safe and secure, but living with her rugged boss an…
He was a man of books, all right, but Rory Monahan had no explanation for his new reaction to lovely librarian Miriam Thornbury. Something was suddenly different about her. He' d never noticed that her legs were so long… or her lips quite so full.Why, it was almost as if the sultry but sensible Miss Thornbury was trying to seduce him!Well, two could play at this game. After all, he was a scho…
There was a price to pay for her one-night stand.Five months ago Skylar Fortune had slept with the man of her dreams. Now worldly horseman Zack Manning had returned, and she was forced to tell him she was expecting his baby. Outraged at being kept in the dark, the domineering New Zealander demanded marriage.His smoldering charm wooed the pregnant plain-Jane back into his bed, but Skylar wasn'…
It was an assignment she couldn't refuse. Ultracapable assistant Sally Gregg had to take care of her boss for one week. No phones. No computers. No stress. Not an easy task considering Vince Donnelly was a workaholic a tyrant she had little use for outside the office.Then the business tycoon decided seducing his secretary would be the ultimate way to pass the time….
From nine to five, she was Amelia Beauchamp, typical small-town librarian.But when the sun went down, she was miniskirt-clad cocktail waitress Amber Champion. And she'd caught the eye of the town's biggest rake, Tyler Savage. The name said it all – and this was one Savage, «Amber» knew, who would never be interested in her if he knew who she really was. She had to keep playing the game….…
Nathan Barrister's Dominant Personality Trait: Always gets what he wants. When grumpy, rich and gorgeous Nathan Barrister arrives at the Lake Tahoe lodge, all he can think about is how soon he can leave. His one-month commitment feels like solitary confinement–until a snowstorm traps him with lovely Keira Sanders.Suddenly a thirty-day affair sounds like just the thing to pass the time–if Keir…
I, Jayne Pembroke, must have been out of my mind. Erik Randolph, Youngsville's most eligible playboy, had walked into the store where I worked, chosen a ring for his future bride – and then proceeded to ask me to marry him.And although I knew our marriage would be based more on terms of a will than love at first sight, my heart beat at an unfamiliar pace the moment I uttered "I do.” Because i…
Annie Wainright hoped teaching on an isolated Native American reservation would bring peace to her troubled soul.But that was before she came face-to-face with the most compelling man she'd ever known – a man who made it clear he didn't want her there…. John Lonebear, an ex-marine who had returned to make his home a better place, was as harsh and unyielding as the land he loved. And yet …
Years after tragedy had torn them apart, Carrie Lipton was suddenly face-to-face with Thunder Trueno…and as attracted to him as ever.Thunder wanted her out of his system, a few weeks to defuse the passion between them. How could she dare refuse? After tumbling back into bed with her ex, Carrie found herself pregnant. Thunder demanded they marry but she feared their tumultuous history would only re…
Leaving behind her celebrity career, Lauren Simpson had settled in the small town of Valle Verde, California, to pursue simpler dreams as the kind of mother her adopted son, Jem, deserved.After her last heartbreak, Lauren didn't need another man complicating her life. At least, she didn't think so…. Posing as a handyman, Cole Travis had come to town in search of the son he'd never k…
When Shelly Brockman walked into his office, Sheriff Dare Westmoreland could almost taste the sweet, steamy passion they'd once shared. Then Shelly informed him he was the father of her son, the unruly preteen he'd arrested that day, and his fantasies turned to fury! Shelly had returned to her hometown in Georgia to save her son from the mean streets of Los Angeles. Getting to know his f…
Atlanta's Westmoreland men were notoriously easy on the eyes, but champion motorcycle racer Thorn Westmoreland exuded a heat that could melt metal.Rugged and moody, he was a loner betrayed by love, a man committed to staying in control–until he met Dr. Tara Matthews. It wasn't every day that the sexiest man on earth appeared at her door, looking like God's gift in a black leather ja…