
Luke Chisum spent most of his life running from his past. Now a family crisis has brought the former River Bluff daredevil home. Home to the small-town girl he still loves--and the secret that could tear them apart again. Sixteen years ago, Luke d...
THIS NEW DEPUTY DIDN'T EXPECT HIS FIRST CASE TO INVOLVE A WEDDING AND A FUNERAL Deputy Sheriff Nick Rogers found out small-town life meant adjusting to two things--gossips and Laney Cavanaugh. And neither was much help in solving a bridal shower m...
“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 handso...
She'll Run the Ranch--and Her Life �" Her Way! Rebecca Carrigan is determined to run an alpaca ranch in the middle of Texas cattle country, and succeed on her own! What she doesn't count on is constant interference from Trevor McCabe, the bossy r...
Celia Remington is a single mom with a teenage daughter to keep safe -- and the family ranch to protect. She can't believe her luck when Brady Coleman answers her ad for a hired hand. He's lean, fit and obviously not afraid of hard work. But Brady...
SHE HAD THE KIND OF SECRET NO WOMAN COULD KEEP... When Josie O'Malley found herself pregnant, she knew her father would surely mete out the Texas law of the West -- and shoot the no 'count before he'd demand a shotgun wedding. What her dad didn't...
She Was Very, Very Good! Running from relationships was a surefire way to get caught in the marriage trap -- and ragged on by his brothers. But no matter what those rascals said, Tex Jefferson wasn't afraid of intimacy -- or good girls. And to pro...
When she was a lovestruck teenager, Taylor Stevens bared her soul to Mitch Rafferty. But instead of sweeping her into his arms, the tortured rebel with the bad-boy blue eyes told her she kissed like a little girl. Mortified, Taylor shoved Mitch into ...
That Man's Only Interests Were Boots, Babes and Beds! A love-'em-and-leave-'em cowboy was not what Nina Cakes wanted when she asked for a muscular man to help move her heirloom bed. After all, it was a cowboy who had gotten her sister into trouble...
Wild Horses Couldn't Drag Him To The Altar Again With one bad marriage under his belt and a little girl by his side, Jake Montgomery solemnly swears that he doesn't want another wife. Until a femme fatale in a wedding dress shows up snagged -- lik...
Certainly he had been bewitched by women before, but for rancher -- and single father -- Matt Harte, this was the last straw! Because of his daughter's shenanigans, he'd gotten roped into planning the annual Valentine's Day dance. And his partner in ...
She'll Marry Who She Wants-- Or Not At All! Susie Carrigan needs help--fast! With her family playing matchmaker, she can think of only one man to turn to. Rancher and caring vet Tyler McCabe has always been there for her--anytime she needed a broa...
Linc Ketchum hadn't been a pussycat before the fire at the T Bar K burned his hands, but now he was next to impossible. And he knew no woman would put up with him, especially not Nevada Ortiz, the so-called nurse that Linc's cousin had sent to take c...
“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...
SURPRISE, COWBOY... YOU'RE A DADDY! Rancher Ry McDermot was pretty tight-lipped about the tot he'd brought home. So, the only thing Tallie Shanahan knew for sure was that he needed a temporary nanny. And she was powerless to resist strong, sexy ...
"You Haven't Dated a Real Cowboy Till You've Been a Jefferson's Girl." The only good things she'd ever gotten from a cowboy were her daughter and her son. And rodeo gypsy Olivia Spinlove had vowed she'd never again let an elusive, sexy cowboy corr...
Can Best Friends Become Best Lovers? As teenagers, Amy Carrigan and Teddy McCabe made a solemn vow to each other: If they didn't find their soul mates by thirty, they'd start a family...together. Now, with everyone around her having babies, Amy is...
She swept back into town. No longer plain, awkward Hannah Morgan -- now she was sophisticated Dr. Morgan! But one appreciative look and a toe-curling kiss from Dev Hart sent her right back into a teenage swoon. Maybe he'd finally noticed she was a wo...
Once, rancher's daughter Addie Gentry loved a cowboy with all her young heart -- and she gave herself to him completely. But, despite his ardent promises, Deke Larrabie rode off into the sunset, unknowingly leaving Addie with child.... What sc...
They said he had striking looks -- and Nicolette Saddler certainly felt that something had struck her straight in the heart when she first locked eyes with Dr. Ridge Garroway. But Nicolette had had her fill of good-looking, sweet-talking men and ...
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...
Welcome to Twin Oaks -- the new B and B in Cooper's Corner. Some come for pleasure, others for passion -- and one to set things straight... Check-in: Radio talk show host Emma Hart thought Twin Oaks was supposed to be a friendly inn, but fellow gu...
From Head-To-Head... Taylor O'Quinn and Jeremy Carrigan always clashed over hot-button issues. But when they didn't see eye to eye on an important career choice, their cherished friendship ended. Taylor left Texas to pursue a lifelong dream and Je...
She'd traveled to Texas for two things: A real cowboy and a baby... And her e-mail buddy, Archer Jefferson, fit the bill. From his jeans to his hat to his crooked smile, the man was more cowboy than Australian stuntwoman Clove Penmire had bargaine...
MARRIAGE...VEGAS-STYLE 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 goi...
TO LOVE A TEXAN Sweeter than the sugarcane on her father's Louisiana plantation, Anne-Marie Duveuil had been taught to avoid cowboys like Cordero Sanchez at all costs. But something about the handsome Texas horseman tempted her to take a crazy...
Out of the mouths of babes... After a decade away, Greer Bell is returning to Loveless County, hoping for a reconciliation with her family -- one that includes their acceptance of her nine-year-old daughter, Shelby. Thanks to the local land-grant pr...
"Speak now or forever hold your peace...." But how could upstanding rancher Griff Corbin speak up? He and Reb and Julia Sennett -- Reb's bride-to-be -- had been best friends since birth. So even if he'd loved Julia in stoic silence...
When Chicago sophisticate Clair Fletcher hit rough-hewn Elk Creek, Wyoming, seeking custody of her orphaned nephew, she thought she'd landed on another planet. And when she confronted rancher Jace Brimley, the mountain of a man who'd given his all...
Camila Walker has spent years overcoming rumors and gossip to build a better life for herself and her twelve-year-old daughter, Jilly. Then Tripp Daniels, rodeo star, returns home demanding answers about Camila's relationship with his brother and, mo...
"That Bride on the Run Is Just Begging To Be Slowed Down." -- Bandera Jefferson When Holly Henshaw, wedding planner extraordinaire, left her no-good fiance at the altar, she decided then and there: no more true love. Adventure, excitement, freedom...
THE CITY GIRL -- AND THE RUGGED OUTBACK CATTLE BARON The wilderness at the heart of the Australian Northern Territory was no place for delicate city beauty Samantha Langdon. Cattleman Ross Sunderland wouldn't have agreed to act as guide if h...
Not the Present He'd Expected This Christmas Three weeks. Gabe Miller's marriage ended in divorce so fast it had hardly begun. Which is why he couldn't quite believe his luck--or his "ex"--when she returned a few months later with the news that le...
Mirror Image? Dr. Dex Montgomery was all business. And Ty Cooper had to remember that, if he wanted people to believe he was his identical twin brother. But when the rugged rancher met sophisticated Dr. Jessica Stovall, mixing business and pleasur...
IT'S BUSINESS -- AND PERSONAL After real-estate mogul Alan Barrett first laid eyes on Lisa Sanders, he couldn't keep the intriguing-- and much younger--office manager from his mind. When Lisa was tapped to assist with a lucrative deal, the sparks be...
Welcome Home, Cowboy As head of guest services at Bear Creek Ranch, it's Natalie Forrester's job to make everyone feel welcome. But from the moment they meet, it's former rodeo champion Aaron Reyes who makes her feel special. The widowed cowboy...
HELP! Footloose cowboy Jake Meredith was perfect at rabble-rousing and rodeo riding. But when instant parenthood befell him, he was scared spitless of failing as a father for his tiny orphaned niece and nephew. Where to turn for help? YOU'VE GOT A F...
All He Wanted Was the One Woman He Couldn't Have Artist, rancher, bull rider, Crockett Jefferson has always been a man of strong passions. So when he finds himself thinking passionately about the one woman he shouldn't -- Valentine Cakes, the moth...
Smart women stay away from cowboys... Taking a teaching job in a desolate corner of Idaho was Kate Steele's way of making sure her in-laws didn't turn her son, Danny, into a shiftless bronc buster like his father. Except in the middle of nowhere she...
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 ...
Unconditional Love, Yes -- But Not Surrender Ex-rodeo rider JD Gonzalez may be a poor Texas rancher, but he's not dumb. He knows that money can't buy love. So when Josephine Delaney arrives in Brandt's Corner and announces that her motherless nephew...
FIRST COMES BABY... 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 to...
Do you believe in magic? He may be a grown man, but daredevil Last Jefferson is running away from home. Yet in escaping his own family, he runs right smack into another! Esme Hastings casts a spell under the big top as sexy magician Poppy Peabody...
What self-proclaimed loner and rootless orphan Mary McHale couldn't anticipate, when she arrived at Towbridge Ranch for the winter, were the feelings her new surroundings stirred deep within her...a mysterious deja vu unlike anything the relentlessly...
BUSINESS OR PLEASURE? He's the last man in the world she should even be talking to. But Rachel Kerrigan needs rancher Luke McCloud's help -- despite the fact that their families have been feuding for as long as the Hatfields and McCoys. To get bac...
The Kay Ranch near Alta Colorado Erin MacKenzie considers herself a candidate for the Dumped by Cowboys Hall of Fame. Especially since she was stood up by rodeo cowboy Abe Cockburn, the father of her baby daughter, Maeve. And then there's anot...
From the moment he first saw his son, ranchman Dylan Greer knew the baby he'd adopted was his in every way that mattered. And no one--not even the beautiful, strong-willed cop who claimed she was the child's mother--was going to change that. Collena ...
The Ride of His Life...Four Years Late Mimi Cannady had no regrets. Spending that night with the cowboy had been the right thing to do -- their beautiful daughter was living proof. And since the word commitment used to make Mason Jefferson buck like...
Outback heir seeks convenient wife... Sought-after bachelor Linc Mastermann is used to women falling at his feet. But past experience has taught this handsome sheep baron that women aren't to be trusted. Daniela Adami has come to beautiful Bri...
Cupid, Meet Your Match Judd Foster is the perfect new project for Moon Valley's resident do-gooder, Erika Dunn. After serving in Special Ops, Judd has returned to his family's ranch, seeking solitude to overcome the traumas he's endured. But sweet...
The last man on earth...was how Nikki Petersen saw the cowboy who'd broken her heart four lonely years ago. Suddenly, Cully Bowdrie was the only man who could help her. But when the guarded man walked into her little sister's hospital room, Nikki saw...