Bachelor Dad

When small town city attorney Garrett Miles meets the four-year-old daughter he’s never been given the chance to get to know and learns she is coming to live with him—permanently—he turns to single mother Libby Carter for help. But he soon learns that not only does parenting require more work than he’d ever imagined, but that Libby has a dark and dangerous past.

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The Maverick's Reward

It's been almost twenty years since Tucker O'Brien left the Rocking O Ranch at the age of fifteen, and the only reason he's returned, physically and emotionally scarred, is to get to know the son he never knew he had. But once Shawn graduates from high school, Tucker plans to leave...until he meets Paige Miles, Desperation's new doctor, who forces him to take an honest look at himself and makes him want to risk becoming the man he's always wanted to be.

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The Reluctant Wrangler

As the new housemother and riding instructor at a ranch for troubled boys, Nikki Johannson hopes to meet the brother she’s never known. Working with Mac MacGregor, the wrangler—a man who doesn’t seem to know how to deal with the boys or with her—is more than she'd bargained for .  But as they grow closer, she finds herself leaning on Mac’s strength and the kind and giving heart he keeps hidden from everyone.  Even so, she can’t tell him that she’s been deceiving him and their employer.

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The Lawman's Little Surprise

When second-grade teacher Trish Clayborne returns home after a six-week promotion tour for her first children’s book, she suspects she may be pregnant and hopes she can persuade her former fiancé, Sheriff Morgan Rule, who broke their engagement and cancelled their wedding, to at least be friends.  But when she tells him they’re expecting a baby, she must decide if she he's still the man she wants to marry, raise a family and spend her life with.

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Bachelor Cowboy

When a carefree rodeo bull rider Dusty McPherson is sidelined with an injury, his only goal is to return to his adventurous life—until he meets strong-willed Kate Clayborne, whose stable life has suddenly hit a bump.  Together, they must learn that stability and adventure might be strange bedfellows, but when love enters the mix, anything can happen. 

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The Rodeo Rider

While taking a needed break from her career after a case has gone wrong and to attend her best friend’s wedding, Jules Vandeveer, an emotionally exhausted juvenile court attorney and child advocate hopes to make a decision about the course of her future. But when she meets bronc riding rodeo cowboy Tanner O'Brien, who has a fear of abandonment, the two of them must learn that caution and the past must be dealt with before they can take a chance on love, the greatest prize of all.

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Family by Design

Christmas is looking bleak for Becca Tyler and her three young children. Money is tight for this single mom, and the house where they live has been sold to a new owner, meaning they must move. Throw in an encounter with the guy Becca heartlessly dumped in high school, and not only Christmas but life seems to be handing out lemons. But when Nick Morelli offers her a job, everything begins to look better. As far as Nick is concerned, what Becca doesn't know won't hurt her.

National Readers Choice Award Finalist 2008

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His Queen of Hearts

Bride on the Run

She'd run from her fairy-tale wedding and with the help of a stranger she was now holed up in a remote location, trying to catch her breath.  But Carly Albright knew it was only a matter of time before her past caught up with her...

Mysterious women with secrets were tempting, but Devon Brannigan planned on resisting the urge to get closer to Carly.  He'd done his good deed in rescuing her and had offered his protection.  There were plenty of things in his past that gave him no right to get closer to Carly.  No reason to care for her.  And still, how could he resist her?

The Truth About Plain Jane

He was no Prince Charming

Marriage had never been a priority for Trey Brannigan.  The Triple B Dude Ranch always came first--until he found himself distrated by a certain guest of the female variety.  But why was the obvious beauty hiding her good looks beneath those frumpy clothes and glasses?

She was no ugly ducking

Sent undercover to review the ranch, Meg Chastain knew this was her last chance to prove herself a top-notich reporter.  So, although Trey and his smolering gaze were tempting, she had to resist.  If she let him persist with his potent seduction, the only story she'd get would be the one about a cowboy who lassoed a young woman's heart.

A Whole New Man

A place to call home

Hank Davis had spent his whole life going from place to place, never putting down roots. So he knew the move to Kansas City was only temporary. Then he met image consultant Lizzie Edwards. In two short weeks she was able to transform his rugged blue-collar appearance into manager material. Still, it was her charming personality and farm-fresh looks, not to mention her precocious four-year-old daughter, that truly captured his heart. Problem was, promising Lizzie a future wasn't something this live-for-the-moment man knew how to do. But when an incredible gift left him with an unexpected legacy, would Hank allow this little family into his life, and finally find a place to call home...?

A Saddle Made for Two

Just one kiss...

Cowboys! Ellie Warren had met enough arrogant men on the rodeo circuit to last her ten lifetimes. She had plans—and they didn't include a hard-bodied, blue-eyed distraction named Chace Brannigan. But with just one kiss from the bronc-riding champion, Ellie knew her lonely heart threatened her neatly laid plans....

As Ellie slipped from his protective embrace, Chace had an overwhelming feeling of needs aching to be fulfilled. But he had promises to keep, and a woman had not place in them. yet something about Ellie's solitary goals made him long for things unspoken. Perhaps together they could design a saddle made for two...?

Rachel's Rescuer

A sheriff, a snowstorm and suspicious ex-in-laws
were hot on Rachel's heels...

So the single mom desperately needed santcuary for her six-year-old son—and all her secrets. Luck had led her to a remote ranch—but a blizzard stranded her with brooding, black-clad cowboy Lucas Callahan. Rugged and masculine Lucas seemed downright resentful of soft, vulnerable Rachel and hero-worshiping little Cody. Still, something tugged at Lucas, for he offered them protection—and even a marriage of convenience—to keep their pursuers at bay.

Out of options and already falling in love, did Rachel dare dream that the grudging, generous rancher who'd given her refuge—and his name—might one day offer her his hard, hungry heart?

National Readers Choice Award Finalist 2001