The Playboy — Carly Phillips

It takes a very special woman to catch a Chandler man... Meet the Chandlers--a trio of sexy brothers and the most eligible men in town ... until their mother falls ill. As her three sons gather at her side, she' makes two desperate demands: "Get married! Give me grandchildren!"

There isn't a woman in town who's immune to the legendary Chandler charm. Yet so far single cop Rick Chandler has managed to fend off the marriage-minded advances of Yorkshire Falls's entire female population. A past mistake has taught him never to put his heart on the line... until he answers the SOS of a real-life runaway bride. In spite of her pearly gown and tiara, Kendall Sutton now vows to never wed--which makes her the ideal pretend lover who can ward off Rick's legion of admirers. When their passionate charade flames into the real thing, Rick is suddenly thinking about two words that spell forever after. But will Kendall ever say "I do?" Can a woman who's had it with weddings tie the knot with the town's most popular playboy?