A Ranch, a Ring and Everything — Val Daniels

Reluctant bride....

Samantha Yeager: unemployed teacher, seeks a job for the summer.
Mark Chandler: wealthy rancher, doesn't intend to help her out.

But Mark has reckoned without his grandmother.

Elizabeth Chandler is just as stubborn as Mark, and she likes Samantha. When Mark discovers that Elizabeth has offered Sam a job on his ranch he hits the roof! He knows Samantha is just a gold digger, out to get everything she can, and he's determined to get her off Chandler land in record time. To Samantha's delight, Mark's methods of persuasion include kissing her every chance he gets. When he asks her to marry him, though, Samantha knows it's only to stop Elizabeth leaving her the Chandler ranch. Sam forces herself to say no, but her heart is crying, "Yes, yes, yes!"

Hero: Mark Chandler
Heroine: Samantha Yeager