Katherine Holman needs a husband to inherit her father's ranch, so she snatches a man off the gallows, thinking he will leave as soon as she has the deed in hand, but Wes Merrick has other plans and sticks around to complicate her life in the best possible way.

Orderly and on-schedule business tycoon Jefferson Kennedy travels by private rail car looking for suitable candidates to fill the position of wife until his pretty new cook, the impetuous and fun loving Liz Basset, derails his plans when she serves up more than gourmet meals.

"Mom. You're still up."Jessie's mother raised an eyebrow and smiled. "Hard to break the habit of waiting for a child to come home, whether she's nine or twenty-nine. You and Heather had fun shopping?"For my upcoming fling? Jessie nodded and broke the seal on the cap of her water, resisting the urge to grab the bright pink Victoria's Secret bag out of her mother's hand. Her mother just hooked a finger around a strap and pulled a very brief lacy bra—bright red—from the tissue...

Six months after a torrid affair, a pregnant young San Diego artist unknowingly rents the apartment over her garage to the vanished father of her child: a Navy SEAL with a very specific mission.

Amanda Giles honors a deathbed promise to her brother and gets swept up into adventure and daring during the War Between the States.

So much had changed since Jennifer Williams had fled Blossom on her wedding night—except her reaction to Sheriff Trace McCabe. Sure it had been silly to think she would be in town all summer and not see him. Without even turning around, she'd recognize the low rumble of his laugh anywhere. And though she hadn't intended on exchanging nostalgic kisses on the Ferris wheel or reliving their romance—two facts were crystal clear. 1) Her feelings for him had never died and 2) It was time Trace k...

When the best-looking man she'd ever set eyes on strode into the diner, Jolie Carleton nearly forgot she'd sworn off men after her fiance jilted her. Now this sexy cowboy was asking her to live at his family ranch and look after a ten-month-old infant! Jolie needed a job, and Griff needed her—in more ways than one.Sheer desperation made Griff hire the stranded city beauty on the spot. His nephew needed a woman's care. But the longer the pretty Miss Carleton stayed, the more...

THE RANCHER…A man would have to be blind not to noticepretty, sophisticated Julie Kerns, Ferndale'snewest arrival. And good-looking Tony Grahamwas far from visually impaired. But when thefiercely independent beauty needed him torenovate her grandmother's old Victorian, hecouldn't stop the unsettling images of themliving together in the house—as a family.AND THE CITY SLICKERReturn to Ferndale? Never! Julie envisionedherself among the bright lights and bustle ofL.A. fore...

From Bestseller to…Best Father?Journal Entry No. 1: I bought Blacksmith Farm to find peace and quiet to write my next bestseller—not to spend it with a fetching widow caretaker and her baby! This blizzard has us stuck together like one big, happy family. I'll be lucky if I survive the first night.Journal Entry No. 8: I can't believe I, sophisticated city slicker Ian Miller, am enjoying this simple country life. Granted, Trish...

She'd walked away betrayed, brokenhearted...and pregnant.A year later, desperate to protect her infant son, frightened senseless by the bullets lodged in her bedroom wall, Nikki Walker was back in Joe Galtero's life. Back in his house. And hell-bent on staying out of his bed.It was a scandal that still dominated headlines: murder, embezzlement and a missing executive--Joe's prime suspect and Nikki's father. Torn between duty and honor, Joe had lost Nikki, his...

Last year, five friends made a wager to find their perfect match or "win" a date with Freaky Frederick Simmons. This year, they're going to help Rick win a woman of his own.Britney Bars. Onetime prom queen and cheer captain, teenage dream. Even now, whose heart could be more prestigious to win, especially for a man set on shedding an embarrassing past? The decade since high school has been exhilarating: the degree, the patents, the millions in revenue, the upscale movie theater ven...

Sarah Hartford always dreamed of a grand adventure. She just never expected to find it in the arms of an outlaw.When her father’s bank is robbed, Sarah doesn’t make the gunslingers’ escape easy. Putting her own safety behind those she hopes to protect backfires when she’s kidnapped by one of the escaping men. Now her only hope for survival lies with the same arrogant man who laughed at her while staring down the barrel of her gun.Colton Avery spent months planning ...