Judy Christenberry

• Jul-2011
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REFUSING GABE'S PROPOSAL WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO And Katie hasn't regretted her choice once in the past ten years. Gabe went on to law school and a brilliant career, and she took care of her family, put her siblings through college and even open...

• Dec-2008
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The hardheaded, dyed-in-the-wool cowboy had been called many things...but could he ever be called husband and daddy? With her newborn and toddler in tow, struggling widow Elizabeth Ransom stepped onto the Ransom Ranch looking for the family she'd ...

• Nov-2008
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Hank Ledbetter's bachelor status was downright legendary in the state of Colorado. And with every member of his family finding true love--three weddings in one year!--Hank was the lone holdout on the Lazy L cattle and dude ranch. Then city slicker An...

• Aug-2008
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From housekeeper to bride! When sexy Brad Logan hires Sarah Brownly, he doesn't expect his once quiet home to be filled with a rabble of kids and a housekeeper he can't keep his eyes off.... With Brad as her boss, Sarah's never felt more secure. B...

• Jul-2008
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"How Do You Feel About Marrying A Cowboy?" When Pete Ledbetter's granddad decided to find Pete a wife, the bachelor had no choice but to find a decoy bride--to--be. For help with his scheme, he looked no further than his family's Colorado dude ran...

• May-2008
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From city girl...to country wife! Jenny has distant, happy memories of her long-lost dad, and has finally gained the confidence to find him. Only one man stands in her way: the aloof and brooding Jason Welborn--her dad's business partner. And ...

• Apr-2008
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"Move Over, Cowboy!" Jessica Ledbetter had worked too hard on her family's Colorado dude ranch, the Lazy L, to roll over and play dead when Jim Bradford showed up as the new manager. The former power broker from New York City was darkly handsome i...

• Jan-2008
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When John Randall swerved to avoid a broken-down car on a deserted Wyoming back road, the cowboy never dreamed he'd find a beautiful woman inside. But like a knight without his steed, the rancher came to her rescue. She was, after all, alone...and ab...

• Dec-2007
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Tempting the tycoon out of the city... just in time for Christmas! Sally Rogers's family store is the heart and soul of the small town of Bailey, and she's working all hours to keep her business afloat. So when city slicker Hunter Bedford arrives,...

• Nov-2007
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One snowy Christmas, wedding bells ring! Penny Bradford has inherited her family ranch, but she has no idea how to run it! So she hires rugged rancher Jake Larson to train her up and show her the ropes. Jake thinks it will be easy--he'll run t...

• Aug-2007
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Devoted Single Dad Seeks Perfect Mom The last thing Lauren McNabb wanted was another child to care for--not after she'd raised her six siblings. The last thing Jack Mason wanted was another woman to come into his daughter's life, then leave. But w...

• Jul-2007
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He'd come for his son... With one glance Nick Logan knows Abby's little boy is his son -- and now he wants the chance to be a father to Robbie. Though Nick sent her away once, Abby vows he won't get his way this time. She has no in...

• May-2007
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"I'll Never Marry!" From the moment Jonathan Davis rang Diane Black's doorbell, mistaking her for his blind date, she knew the sexy developer couldn't be more different from her. He squired around gorgeous, flirty, dim-witted Dallas socialites, no...

• Feb-2007
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Step into a world where family counts, men are strong and true to their word -- and where romance always wins the day! Jason Barton wants Rosie's ranch, and with his sexy square jaw and steely glare, he always gets what he wants. Rosie Wilson...

• Jan-2007
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"I Found Our Daddy!" Three-year-old Missy thought her new neighbor had all the right stuff. Nick Barry was handsome, fun and even she could see he liked her new mommy. So why couldn't he be their daddy? Jennifer Carpenter had her hands full with...

• Nov-2006
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Her Christmas wish list: a family to belong to! Workaholic attorney Richard Anderson's life was turned upside down when he became guardian to his orphaned nephew. He tried his best, but it was up to Molly Soderling, the boy's beautiful nur...

• Oct-2006
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She Was Home for the Holidays... But jewelry designer Melissa Randall had no intention of staying in Rawhide, Wyoming. The sassy sophisticate had a life in Paris--one that didn't include a meddling, matchmaking family or the sexy, sloe-eyed deputy...

• Sep-2006
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Cowboy dad in need of wife! Recently widowed rancher John Richey had sworn off women, but he'd do anything for his baby daughter--even remarry. After all, little Betsy was crying out for a mom, and he needed help. His foreman's niece seemed the pe...

• Jul-2006
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What could come of a little harmless flirtation, anyway? It wasn't as if she wanted to be a bride, after all. And maybe it will give Shelby Cook some answers about the mystery man who has been corresponding with her beloved Aunt Kay for the past fift...

• Jun-2006
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To Vanessa Shaw nothing is more important than family, especially since her recent reunion with her long-lost brother and sisters. So when she's asked to counsel a troubled teen, she puts everything into restoring her charge's sense of security -- wh...

• Feb-2006
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MAY THE BEST MAN WIN... For Julia Chance and Nick Rampling, chasing after her mother and his father was more than a search for eloping lovers; it was an exercise in frustration. Of all partners, how did a jet-setting millionaire get stuck with a p...

• Jan-2006
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The Last Barlow? David Buford/Barlow has finally found his long-lost family, but the joy he feels at being reunited with his brother and sisters is complicated by his growing feelings for his "cousin" Alexandra Buford. Will Alex ever be ab...

• Dec-2005
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SHE'D SAVED HIS LIFE... When Jess Randall dragged a critically wounded man into her car, she had no idea he was a wanted whistle-blowing DEA agent. All she knew was that Steve Carter needed help -- help she could only find at her family ranch in Rawh...

• Oct-2005
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PRIVATE INTERVIEW WITH SEXY TEXAN AUTHOR Q: Dr. Alex Myerson, is it possible to overcome heartbreak and find that special person meant just for me -- er, I mean you? A: Read Making the Most of Life, Tabitha Tyler, and you'll have your answer! I...

• Sep-2005
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4 Months + 5 Months = Baby! As good as accountant Jim Schofield was with figures -- he could count back and tell when Teresa got pregnant -- he was bad with words like commitment and marriage. But when the stubborn Texan realized he was going to be ...

• Aug-2005
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Accustomed to hiring and firing in a snap, Pete Scholfield was at a complete loss when it came to finding a wife. So why, when he engaged Ms. Thomasina Tyler to relocate his business, did he find himself considering her for another role? Sure, the ch...

• Jul-2005
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Coming Home... Ever since he was a kid and his orphaned family split, sending him into foster care, Captain James Barlow knew he was a jinx to anyone he loved. He'd hidden out safely in the marines...until a detective found him and most of his sib...

• Apr-2005
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HE'D HIRED THE WRONG WIDOW! Ranch hunk Hank Brownlee wanted only two things from his new housekeeper -- companionship for his grieving father and some stick-to-your-ribs country cooking. What he got was something altogether different. The "matron" ...

• Mar-2005
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They had nothing in common. Except one night... That magical night was everything model Rachel Barlow had ever hoped for. But in the morning, J. D. Stanley was gone, and he'd taken her heart with him. Rachel knew she'd never see him again...until...

• Sep-2004
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Surprise Family From the moment Rebecca Barlow starts her job at a law firm, she knows she's in for a lot of surprises. Especially when her new boss unexpectedly turns out to be her first love -- her son's father. Now she not only has to reveal th...

• Apr-2004
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HOW TO LASSO A BACHELOR... In Michael Crawford's "Five Year Plan," marriage came dead last. Even if he wanted a wife, it wouldn't be the slender blonde who arrived at the Circle K claiming to be the long-lost granddaughter of the late childless ow...

• Jan-2004
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A saga about second chances for a woman bent on discovering a lost heritage while battling an attraction for the man who holds the key....

• Dec-2003
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A Match Made in Rawhide From the moment she meets the new sheriff, Dr. Caroline Randall knows her homecoming is a mistake. Not only does he arrest and cuff her at their first meeting, Mike Davis matches her feisty attitude. After years, Caroline's...

• Oct-2003
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RANDALL HONOR demanded that Jim Randall help the only woman to break his heart. Patience Anderson's child's life was at stake -- so Jim swept back into her life, secreting her and her son high in the mountains to protect them from a dangerous enemy. ...

• Sep-2003
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SHHH. IT'S A SECRET... No one ever had reason to speak ill of the Crawfords. The wealthy Oklahoma ranchers were the cornerstone of Lawton society. But with the arrival of a stranger in town, rumors soon spread of an affair, an illegitimate child a...

• Aug-2003
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A REAL-LIFE FAIRY TALE Like her very own knight in shining armor, rancher Joe Crawford emerged from the mist to rescue Anna Pointer from a desperate situation. Widowed and raising two children alone, Anna could not refuse Joe's offer of assistance...

• May-2003
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Another Match Made in ... Cactus Suddenly a single mom and a ranch owner, city girl Suzanne McCoy needed help in a hurry when the matrons of Cactus, Texas, came to her rescue. Their solution -- Ryan Walker, the best rancher in town and a single pa...

• Apr-2003
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THE BABY GIFT He was rich, he was handsome...and Nicholas Avery was going to be a daddy! When Andrea Avery realized that her whirlwind marriage to the business tycoon had resulted in a bundle of joy, her protective instincts told her to keep the chi...

• Feb-2003
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LSCC Guest Member: Rich, talented architect Joe Turner Social Status: The last eligible bachelor of the Texas Turners Method of Seduction: Convincing someone to be his wife shouldn't be a problem...even if it's only temporary Thanks to some past...

• Dec-2002
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Randal Rescue Gruff as a bear with a thorn in his paw, cantankerous loner Russ Randall simply didn't need the aggravation of playing hero to a stranded lady and her adorable toddler. Yet the code of honor held by all Randall men wouldn't allow him...

• Oct-2002
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Army major Billy Colton falls for a beautiful -- and uninvited -- guest. But before he can convince her that he's a settle-down kind of guy, he must save her from masked intruders! SWAT team leader Kurt Hoffman is fatefully reunited with his ex-wi...

• Aug-2002
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Privilege was granted to one, poverty to the other. Identical twin brothers, separated at birth, are finally reunited in this Randall family saga. Gabe Randall struggled his entire life to own his Wyoming ranch, and it cost him the love of sweet J...

• Jul-2002
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A RANDALL THROUGH AND THROUGH One look at lovely Victoria Randall, and Dr. Jonathan Wilson knew he was headed for a showdown. She was sexy, smart and she lived right next door. Would the sassy singleton succeed in putting a wedding rope around his...

• Apr-2002
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The Randall Saga Continues... Trapped like a hog-tied calf in a greasy spoon, champion bull rider Rich Randall had no choice but to accept the help of pretty diner waitress Samantha Jeffers to get himself, and his broken ankle, out of the one-hors...

• Feb-2002
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The kiss was desperate, passionate, leaving Kelly Hampton no alternative but to smack the sinfully sexy cowboy who'd taken liberty with her lips. Didn't matter that Pete Crawford was her best friend's brother. Didn't matter that he'd handpicked her t...

• Dec-2001
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UNWED HEORESS EXPECTING TRIPLETS! Austin, Texas But the identity of the father is hush-hush. Although expectant mother Briana McCallum has fiercely guarded her secret, rumor has it that she had met someone on a trip out of town almost eight month...

• Nov-2001
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Hugh Blake, soon to become stepfather to the Maitland clan, has produced three high-performing offspring of his own. But at the rate they're going, they're never going to make him a grandpa! There's Suzanne, a work-obsessed CEO whose Christmas spi...

• Oct-2001
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To: Jen, Lauren, Julia, Maggie From: Sharon Davies Date: 10/01 RE: Due Date: 7 months! Remember my dream man? The one I met when trapped in the elevator? Well, he's back -- and he's our new client! The moment I heard his voice, I knew J...

• Sep-2001
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"I'M NO BLUE-BLOODED PRINCESS...I'M THE MOTHER OF YOUR CHILD!" Something critical was missing in Liza Colton's life. Burdened by fame and catastrophic family secrets, she'd sought refuge in Saratoga Springs to heal. Then Dr. Nick Hathaway appeared ...

• Aug-2001
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The Randalls are back! A new generation will discover the meaning of family...and the power of love. Though not a Randall by blood, rodeo star Toby Randall had always been fiercely loyal to his adoptive family. And his desire to never disappoint ...

• Jun-2001
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The matchmakers of Cactus, Texas, are back -- and all the single folk better beware! Everyone was convinced that Diane Peters and Jeff Hausen were perfect for each other. Everyone but Diane and Jeff, of course. She was a carefree career girl with bi...

• May-2001
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He promised to watch over her -- day and night Jake Maitland, FBI agent and black sheep of the Maitland clan, had finally come home. And he had a whole lot of trouble on his tail... Camille Eckart was Jake's latest assignment. He'd been chos...

• Apr-2001
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Ryan Nix knew all too well the joy of parenthood -- and the pain of loss. So he vowed never to let himself feel anything again. Until he looked through a nursery window to find his name listed as the father of Emma Davenport's newborn baby girl! What...

• Mar-2001
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Quick -- check the phone book under "Groom"! Independent lady Elise Foster didn't want a husband -- but she was desperate for a fiance. To pacify her marriage-hungry family, she had to find a hunk she could pass off as her man-in-waiting. Then the p...

• Dec-2000
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NEWS FLASH: TYLER PLAYBOY DATES ...A SINGLE MOM?! Rumor has it that our resident attorney Quinn Spencer has been offering Molly Blake more than legal advice these past cold winter nights. Does this sandy-haired stud, who has broken hearts all over...

• Oct-2000
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Spending the night with a sexy, bossy cowboy had not been Lindsay Crawford's idea! But when a storm left her snowbound with gruff Gil Daniels, she had to be practical. And though his kisses made her quite warm, nothing happened! Trouble was, Linds...

• Sep-2000
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Terms of a Ten Million Dollar Texas Wedding (Excerpt from Granny Dawson's will) Stop furrowing your brow, Gabe! Don't like the change to my will? Didn't think you would. But someone had to bring you to your senses. You can be so s...

• Aug-2000
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Man was the strong one, Logan thought. Woman the nester, who needed to be protected. But not Abby Kennedy. Tonight, she hadn't needed him to wait up for her. To be there when she got home. To listen to the events of the evening. He had been the o...

• Jul-2000
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A SUDDEN ENGAGEMENT. It was her smile that caused all the trouble. Yep, ranch foreman Rob Hansen was sure he never would have agreed to be Melissa Kennedy's counterfeit fiance if she hadn't given him one of her killer smiles. And now he found himse...

• Jun-2000
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JED KNEW MEN AND HORSES. AND HE UNDERSTOOD A LITTLE ABOUT WOMEN. But born illegitimate, a lifelong loner, what the cowboy didn't understand--would probably never understand--was families. Which meant that the attraction he felt for rich, pr...

• Apr-2000
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Every Man Has His Price! Lost Springs Ranch was famous for turning young mavericks into good men. So word that the ranch was in financial trouble sent a herd of loyal bachelors stampeding back to Wyoming to put themselves on the auction block! ...

• Mar-2000
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She needed a husband--fast. He just wanted a few home-cooked meals. Let the great Texas wedding bargain begin! It was desperation that had Megan Ford proposing to solitary rancher Rick Astin. She promised to pay handsomely for an in-name-only marr...

• Dec-1999
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"I'll be the daddy..." After he saved her life, hard-headed cowboy Matt McIntyre became the personal caretaker of Dr. Elizabeth Lee and her unborn child. For she might soon deliver the winner of Bison City, Wyoming's millennium baby contest. But a...

• Aug-1999
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Marriage and Babies for this Cowboy? Mac Gibbons sure knew marriage was not for him--no matter what the matchmakers of Cactus, Texas, had to say! So the determined bachelor put his plan into action: He and new town doc Samantha Collins pretended t...

• Jul-1999
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The Baby Is His! The minute Alexandra Logan made a grand reentrance into Cactus, Texas, Tucker Langford sensed a change. Seems that though Tuck could never forget the woman who'd stolen his heart, she couldn't remember him. Nor how she got pregna...

• Jun-1999
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The cowboy is about to be a daddy! What happened to the Determined Bachelor of Cactus, Texas? Melanie Rule, that's what! Once Spence Hauk discovered that their one night of passion was about to produce a baby in a few months, he found himself hap...

• May-1999
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COWBOY DADDY? Cal Baxter never put women and his mother in the same sentence - till he got wind of The Bet. Seems the first ladies of Cactus, Texas, had a hankerin' for grandkids - and they'd stop at nothing till they turned their four sons into f...

• Mar-1999
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Susan Greenwood had expected a tip, not an offer of marriage! One very run-down diner and three beautiful, independent sisters. Baby sister Susan is still getting used to the fact that she has two sisters she never knew about. Now, wealthy rancher ...

• Feb-1999
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HAVE BABY, NEED WIFE When Josh McKinley appeared on Maggie O'Connor's doorstep with a baby in his arms and an irresistibly helpless expression on his face, Maggie's maternal--and womanly--smarts wouldn't let her turn him away. But that one good de...

• Jan-1999
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New York computer whiz Alison Carter has no intention of repeatingher mother's mistakes. Mom's failed marriages to men with whom she had nothin in common had convinced Alison to search for a man who;s her astrological match. So what's she doing in ve...

• Jan-1999
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Kate O'Connor is desperately trying to revive her late father's luck at The Lucky Charm diner by converting it into a catering business. Only one problem stands in the way of her dreams: money. Desperate, she appeals to wealthy socialite businessman ...

• Dec-1998
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Dear Santa, Please bring me a train and a horse. The horse can sleep in my bed. Oh, and a daddy! He can sleep in Mama's bed. Your friend, Brady Evans Stand-in Santa Sam Crawford knew all about horses, but what he knew about kids could fi...

• Oct-1998
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IT TAKES TWO... Earthy rancher Lucas Boyd desperately wanted a son, but not the emotional risks of love. So where to find a surrogate "mother" to carry his child? Local librarian Susannah Langston secretly ached for a baby. But she didn't think a...

• Sep-1998
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Only marriage could strike fear in a cowboy's heart! In tight jeans and a dusty Stetson, Griffin Randall looked every inch the cowboy. But unlike his new cousins, no way were his boots taking him down the aisle! The Randall men schemed to get G...

• Jul-1998
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He's my dad -- the World's Most Eligible Bachelor! Ever since Grandma, the dowager duchess, told everyone on TV that my dad was in America looking for a wife, unmarried ladies chase him everywhere. We're trying to get to my uncle'...

• May-1998
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The cowboy was six feet of rugged maleness and animal magnetism.... When Liz Caine agreed to be a pretend princess for a week's stay at Lord Peter Morris's Montana ranch, she didn't know what he looked like in tight jeans and a Stetson pulled down...

• Nov-1997
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Once upon a time... Tucked way out in the woods, runaway Jessica Barnes found a tiny cabin after she wrecked her car in a freak snowstorm. There was nobody home, so she rested in a downy chair that was too big, ate some leftover macaroni and chees...

• Apr-1997
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THE TEMPERATURE'S RISING... Dr. Susan Kelly returned home eager to start a medical practice and enjoy a more relaxed, uncomplicated life. But she didn't realize how little had changed in the dusty west Texas town since she'd left so many years be...

• Mar-1997
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WORDS OF LOVE Here she is, writing an "Advice to the Lovelorn" column for a major Fort Worth newspaper, and Deborah Townsend can't even solve her own problems of the heart. Certain she can never recapture the passion she felt with her ...

• Feb-1997
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How to match a matchmaker... Redheads raiding his bunk, blondes batting eyelashes, brunettes bearing food...One by one they came after Jake Randall. Now, Jake had been known to stare down a charging bull at three paces, but these husband-hunting f...

• Jan-1997
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The Cowboy Was Hog Tied! One minute there were no women on the Randall ranch and the next Brett Randall ws in knots over two! Brett chose his rightful place behind two of his married brothers, but when he snuck back home to share his news, he g...

• Nov-1996
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This cowboy had no intention of being a groom... Until he found out he was going to be a daddy! But by then, Janie Dawson refused to marry him. Women! None of the four Randall brothers ever did understand them, and Pete was no exception. But w...

• Oct-1996
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A Wyoming winter without women! Jake Randall couldn't let his brothers go through another one. So he did what any self-respecting big brother would do-- he brought them himself! From the minute she stepped foot on the ranch, Megan Chase saw fil...

• Apr-1996
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"Hey, mister! I got money--and I need a daddy! "I know Mommy says we're just two girls on our own and we don't need no boys. But...I kind of told Teacher that my daddy would talk at show-and-tell. Do you think $3.67 is enough to bu...

• Dec-1995
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Dear Santa, I'm just a simple cowboy who wants a housekeeper for Christmas. What I don't want is a wife! But ever since my ranch hands placed an ad, I've been up to my neck in wives. There are lots of desperate women in Wyoming --- you...

• Apr-1995
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Could an expectant mother really forget who fathered her baby? When Caroline Adkins woke in a hospital bed with amnesia, she received startling news-she was pregnant! She couldn't remember one single night of passion ... yet three different men we...

• Oct-1994
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MAN WANTED: Intelligence, sense of humor and compassion a must! Good body a plus! For no-strings-attached assignment. That about described the perfect man for Kelly Abbott's secret mission. But Mr. Right had to have one more all-important qualific...

• Mar-1993
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SHE CAME INTO HIS HOME -- AND INTO HIS HEART... Nicholas Danvers wanted an experienced governess -- not a timid slip of a girl like Susannah Brown. To complicate matters further, the auburn-haired beauty arrived on his doorstep with an infant in t...

• Feb-1992
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A PASSION FOR MATCHMAKING... AND FOR LOVE Vivacious Georgina Debigh spice up a quiet country life with elaborate matchmaking schemes. In fact she had two fetching ladies in mind for her handsome brother and her scholarly, widowed father. So when...

• Nov-1991
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Decked out by her greedy stepmother in order to attract a titled husband, Emma is certain that she wants nothing to do with any man interested in her outer appearance, until she meets Richard Fairchild, who is less shallow than he seems...

• Feb-1991
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A HEART UNMASKED BY LOVE It was a daring, desperate gamble -- hiring a perfect stranger to impersonate her long-lost cousin. But the headstrong young beauty Katherine St. Cloud had no choice. Unless she located a male heir -- immediately -- her ...

• Aug-1990
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The War Was On It was not the type of story Elizabeth Broadhurst usually covered, but when the call came from her editor, she couldn't say no. Wealthy entrepreneur Jason Harmon had been secretive and camera shy for ten years. Now that he had agr...

• Oct-1988
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MURDER MOST FOUL When that dissolute scoundrel, the "honorable" Edward Montgomery, was found lying in a pool of blood, suspicion fell on his comely widow, Allie. True, the gentle beauty had every reason to hate her odious husband, but was ...