Summer Romance

A surprise wedding present!

Two months ago Kate McDermot had left for Las Vegas a levelheaded virgin — and returned with a marriage certificate and a baby on the way. Experience had taught her Brady Brown would feel trapped by the news that he was going to be a father. So in her baby’s best interests, she’d wait to tell him until after they dissolved the union.

But the more time she spent with her ‘temporary’ husband, the harder it became not to reveal the truth hidden safe within her — and the feelings hidden in her heart.

She was a woman on the run...

Shattered by her fiancé’s betrayal, Lauren Taylor fled California and her society engagement. In a small Texas town, she found a place for herself in the gentle arms of rancher Cole McAdams. He was as honest as the day was long...and as guarded.

He’d given her shelter from the storm.

Cole had enough problems keeping his ranch afloat and raising his daughter alone. He’d trusted a woman once and been burned, and he knew that Lauren had secrets of her own. But in a time of crisis, could this cowboy find the courage to put the past behind him and finally embrace a future...with her?

Hailing from Hollywood, Hope was young, rich, beautiful — and all wrong for hard-as-granite Wyoming rancher Jake. So how dare she claim that visiting rough-hewn Sunshine Gap made her feel at home? How dare she flaunt her fashionista charms at him, as if he were the only man for her?

Hope made Jake mad enough to spit nails. Worse, she set his pulses jackrabbiting. Sure, her smile was pure as a mountain sunrise, her daring kisses sweet as wild honey. But what was Jake to do with a woman like Hope? Stampede her off — or lasso her? Either way, Jake knew he was in for the ride of a lifetime...

Young widow Beth Conroy had long ago vowed never to lose her heart again. She spent all her time caring for her son, who had been in a wheelchair since the accident that killed his father. Then Kevin won a trip to the ranch of his bull-riding hero, and soon Beth’s world was turned upside down by the sexy rodeo star!

Jake Dixon had never met a mother as overprotective — or as beautiful. Beth’s devotion to her son troubled his heart, as did the sadness in her eyes. All he wanted to do was kiss her troubles away, but when Beth learned that Jake was running from his own demons, she put her attraction on hold. Could the handsome cowboy heal Beth’s wounded heart and make them a family?

Dearest Godmother,

You said all I must do to regain my youth is play matchmaker for twenty-one couples. Well, it’s harder than you made it sound! Luckily, I’ve only got six more to go.

Take my latest attempt: ex-ugly-duckling Jackie Hammond and sexy rancher Steven Rollins. There’s sizzle between these two strangers — even I can see it — but Jackie just found out that Steven’s one-year-old cutie is biologically hers. (How? You’d have to ask the fertility clinic.) I can’t blame her for wanting two weeks with a child she has to give up, but how can I make Jackie see that she should fight for the little girl — and the one man who makes her feel beautiful?

Merry

Heck, the whole town knew that the impossibly charming cowboy was so irresistible to females, he would never settle down. Until a sweet, petite city gal visiting Hickory Bluff suddenly proved irresistible to him. Problem was, Candace Thompson’s past offenses were unforgivable to Josh’s big, beloved clan. So what to do with the hunger he felt for the one woman who should never be his?

Once an ambitious reporter, Candace had sacrificed love and friendship on the altar of her career. Until a life crisis guided her to change her ways, to visit Oklahoma long enough to right her past wrongs. But would falling for Josh ruin her well-made plan, or could this sexy cowboy be her very own dream come true?

Foe...or fiancé?

Karen Hanson’s oldest friends, the Calamity Janes, urged her to sell her struggling ranch and pursue her lifelong dreams of travel. But the only bidder for her land was brooding, enigmatic Grady Blackhawk — her late husband’s worst enemy. How could she sell the land to him? Then Grady set out to prove that he wasn’t the scoundrel Karen thought him. Spending time with her drop-dead handsome adversary might cost Karen a lot more than her ranch. Because Grady was becoming less interested in claiming her land...and more intent on claiming Karen herself!

From Wyoming renegade...to the greatest dad of the west?

Cameron Wade reveled in the solitude of mountain vistas and cloudless Wyoming sky. He was a man of the land, but his life was about to be invaded by three ornery kids and their single mum, Patricia Erhart. His bachelor instincts urged him to run but this lady had something he wanted — his old family ranch. So, to get close to the lovely widow, he had to risk his own heart...

Courting Patricia, Cameron was shocked to find himself wanting to be the perfect father to her kids — and win over the wary rancher for real. Could this ready-made family show the lonesome bachelor that being Wyoming born and bred, could lead to being a dad...and to wed?

Family for a year...or a lifetime?

Both wanted a home — the same home! So lonely widow Lucy Donovan and Rusty Sheffield struck a yearlong bargain. Lucy promised the cash to save the cowboy dad’s beloved ranch, and he’d let her stay at her old house with him and his niece. And when the year ended, so did their partnership. Right?

Well, not if Lucy could help it. She’d come to recapture her happy childhood — but Rusty was making her glad she was a woman. Soon, Lucy didn’t want to go anywhere — except down the aisle!

In love with the sheriff.

From the moment little Ariel popped her head over the fence in search of her lost kitten, Margo Haynes was a goner. She’d come to Laramie, Wyoming, to start a new life...alone, but now some red-haired moppet and her imposing sheriff dad were making Margo wish for the happily-ever-after she’d given up on.

Riley Corbett was a good man, with a good heart–and good-lookin’ to boot. And though Margo found herself drawn to his strength and unassuming sensuality, she knew she had best keep her distance. Because a woman with her sordid past could only spell trouble for this lawman she loved...

Cage Buchanan hated her. The proud rancher might have hired Belle Day out of sheer desperation, but she was determined to help heal his injured daughter. Now here she was, installed at the Lazy-B Ranch, tring not to respond to this ornery, overbearing, incredibly arousing man.

First comes baby...then comes marriage?

Shayla Morrison’s mission was to unite a rambunctious baby boy with the rugged cowboy who was his closest kin. But one look at long, tall Turner MacLeod and Shayla decided to stick around. After all, what did a rough-and-tough rancher know about babies? Then again, what did a sensible woman like Shayla know about sharing close quarters with a mysterious Montana man?

Shayla should have hightailed it back to her ho-hum life. Then the sound of a child’s laughter — and the sparkle in the cowboy’s eyes — had her whistling the wedding march. But could she turn the brooding bachelor into a forever husband?

The rich rancher’s daughter and the hired hand.

Bright lights, big cities and a brazenly unfaithful fiancé had fatigued Anna Murdock Sanders and left her longing for home. So she returned to the Bar M, swearing off men forever! But then she met Miguel Chavez...

The dark, dangerous cowboy sneered at her cool composure. Pronounced her a pampered debutante. And somehow ignited a white-hot desire innocent Anna had never known. She hungered for his kisses, yearned to bear his name...and his child. But what would it take to earn the respect — and love — of this man of land?

Mr and Mrs...for the moment.

Theirs was a whirlwind wedding — but Jake and Taylor Cassidy’s marriage hadn’t lasted much longer than the honeymoon. Now the sexy but tight-lipped rancher needed his pretty wife — who was not yet ready to be one — to come home again and ‘pretend’ they were just as happily married as the day they’d said ‘I do’.

Problem was, every time Jake gave her a make-believe kiss, Taylor truly felt like a blushing bride again. And she could swear there was some new feeling simmering in her strong, silent cowboy’s eyes. Could it be her hard-hearted husband was finally ready for the happily-ever-after she was dreaming of?

First-time father!

Sworn bachelor Luke Farraday’s stubborn resistance to help or friendship — least of all from a woman — had been an infuriating puzzle to Shannon Kelleher since their first prickly meeting. Until Luke’s sister left him temporarily in charge of his tiny baby nephew!

To her amuesement, the usually independent tough guy was helplessly out of his depth — and desperate for Shannon’s assistance. As she taught the reluctant ‘father’ to feed and change little Cody, Shannon noticed a change in Luke. His defenses were melting — just like her heart. And slowly his story began to emerge...

Stand-in mummy!

Stephie had had enough. Everywhere she turned, Logan Ford loomed. First he accused her of flirting with him and then he had the audacity to suggest she was meddling, when all she wanted was to help little Jess. She pitied the little girl, having such an overbearing father. And then she had to eat her words — because she had to spend the next five weeks with him. How would she do it?

He was heaven-sent...

Jake Stoner, with his devil-may-care smile and coolly assessing eyes, seemed the answer to Gwen Ashton’s prayers. But had she been too impulsive in hiring a complete stranger to help on her ranch?

Dreaming of a real home for herself and her young niece, Gwen recognised Jake was unlikely husband material. He was a drifter, a man who needed — wanted — no one. He’d said he would stay for as long as she needed him — could she persuade him that her need was forever?

A trail of missing women leads him right into a killer’s trap.

When his twin sister disappears, Navy SEAL Logan Russell’s search for her leads deep into the woods, where he finds her best friend in the clutches of a masked assailant. Sheriff Isabelle Sinclair is determined to solve Lisa’s mysterious disappearance the night of her last rodeo — and someone will do anything to keep her from digging too deep. When crucial evidence links Lisa’s case to a string of barrel racers who’ve also vanished, Logan and Izzie fight against the clock to track down a suspected serial killer. But when he sets his sights on Izzie, can they outsmart their enemy before both Lisa and Izzie end up dead?

Exposing a smuggling operation could uncover dangerous secrets.

As veterinarian Erika Gunderson races to save her horses from a burning barn, she is assaulted ? and left for dead inside. Newly hired ranch hand Daniel Fowler comes to the rescue just in time. Little does Erika know that Daniel is an undercover ATF agent, investigating gun runners operating in the isolated Montana wilderness ? and considers her a potential suspect. When they unearth a body on the ranch and Erika?s father mysteriously vanishes, hidden family secrets begin to emerge. With more than just their lives on the line, they?ll need to risk everything to take down the smugglers and expose the truth.

Nothing will stop this K-9 from shielding an innocent little boy.

When Iowa state trooper Jaysa Camerota and her K-9, Remy, discover a scared boy trapped in a car wreck, they narrowly survive the gunfire that follows. With an unknown assailant closing in fast and the nonverbal child struggling to communicate, Jaysa is forced to accept help from her ex-fiancé, social worker Ender Hammett. Soon it becomes clear that young Trevor is harbouring perilous secrets ? and that someone will do anything to have him silenced. When Ender?s past becomes the key to exposing a killer, can they unravel this lethal plot...or is survival out of reach?