Newcomers to the Southwest usually find that their favorite landscape plants aren't suited to the hot, dry climate. Many authors offer advice on adapting plants to the desert; now Mary Irish tells how gardeners can better adapt themselves to the challenge.Drawing on her experience with public horticulture in the Phoenix metropolitan area, Irish explores the vexations and delights of desert gardening. She offers practical advice on plants and gardening practices for...

Intertwined Lives is the delightful tale of creating a very special garden in one of the most extreme climates in the inhabited world. Told with wit and obvious affection, it will appeal to anyone who enjoys the pleasures of gardening—and everyone who enjoys a well-told, true-life nature tale.

Nearly three-quarters of Texans live on the “dry side” of Texas—the South and Central Texas expanse west of I-35, which includes the Rio Grande Valley north through San Antonio, Austin, and the Dallas–Fort Worth area—that receives fewer than 40 inches of rain annually. In Gardening on the Dry Side of Texas, Southwestern horticulturist Mary Irish presents a guide to the selection and care of plants that will be successful in these and other increasingly hot and dry conditions....

Can he make this moment last a lifetime?It’s been three years since Padraig lost his wife and since then, he’s been sleepwalking his way through each day, focusing only on work and family, while hanging out with his best friend, Emmy.The sum equivalent of Emmy’s experience with relationships is contained within the pages of the romance novels she writes while sitting at the end of the bar at Pat’s Pub. That is if she doesn’t count the secret crush she’s been harbor...

Kiss me once, shame on you. Kiss me twice, shame on me…The first kiss with Landon, nurse Sunnie blames on tequila. The second on adrenaline. He did save her and her Louis Vuitton from a mugger, after all. But then the kiss goes viral and sexy cop Landon is being flooded with female attention. Now it’s Sunnie’s turn to save Landon—by pretending to be his girlfriend.It’s all fake fun and games and a few orgasms…until Landon’s ex comes back to town. Now Sunnie has to ...

Letting go isn’t the same thing as losing control.If things were different, maybe dominant Leo could date the woman he’s suddenly longing for, his free-spirited friend, Yvonne. For her, life is an adventure; for him, it’s all about work and keeping things simple so he can focus on his son.When a tragic event upends Leo’s orderly existence, he’s forced to admit he can’t do it all, and he can’t do it alone. Yvonne feels like exactly what Leo doesn’t need.

She’s tied up at work…by her boss.The last thing Lochlan wanted in a new assistant was some inexperienced, gorgeous, submissive blonde. However, a promise to a friend ensures that’s exactly what he’s stuck with.May knows she’s out of her league, not only in her new job, but with her boss. He makes her want things she’s never considered—kinky, sensual, wicked things.When trouble at home shows Lochlan more about May’s life than she wants him to see, there’s n...

Love is full of bad clichés.Falling for your boss.The widowed dad and the nanny.How did Darcy manage to find both of them in Ryder? His broken heart and wounded pride means he only sees her as an employee in his company and part-time caregiver for his son.Until another cliché surprises them both: the old broken elevator trap.Suddenly, the dark desire and overwhelming need to possess Darcy that he’s kept buried begins to break out. Can his pe...

This is definitely love. Now all he has to do is convince her.Confirmed bachelor Colm is living the good life with a thriving law practice and all the freedom the playboy has come to enjoy. Until a city-wide blackout and the greatest sex he’s ever had has him reconsidering his single status. Unfortunately, he doesn’t realize the woman of his dreams is actually his lifelong frenemy, Kelli.After a few too many drinks at a Halloween party, Kelli spends the night in th...

She’s sleeping with the enemy…Caitlyn’s life is running smoothly until she comes face-to-face with a cutthroat businessman who’s used to getting everything he wants. Problem is he wants Pat’s Pub—and he’s not taking no for an answer. Caitlyn should despise him for threatening her family’s business, but there’s something about Lucas’s dominant nature that awakens the hidden submissive inside her.What should be a run-of-the-mill real estate acquisition goes off the r...

Kiss me once, shame on you. Kiss me twice, shame on me…The first kiss with Landon, nurse Sunnie blames on tequila. The second on adrenaline. He did save her and her Louis Vuitton from a mugger, after all. But then the kiss goes viral and sexy cop Landon is being flooded with female attention. Now it’s Sunnie’s turn to save Landon—by pretending to be his girlfriend.It’s all fake fun and games and a few orgasms…until Landon’s ex comes back to town. Now Sunnie has to ...

She’s tied up at work...by her boss.The last thing Lochlan wanted in a new assistant was some inexperienced, gorgeous, submissive blonde. However, a promise to a friend ensures that’s exactly what he’s stuck with.May knows she’s out of her league, not only in her new job, but with her boss. He makes her want things she’s never considered—kinky, sensual, wicked things.When trouble at home shows Lochlan more about her life than she wants him to see, there’s n...