The Home Stretch — Karen Percy

Oh, for a man with staying power!

The chances of tie McLean finding Mr. Right in Pinetop, California, were as remote as the small mountain town itself. She couldn't get fired up over any of the locals, and a fling with a summer tourist lust wasn't her style.

But when Dan Faraday came to town as temporary vet, Cassie knew she'd met her man. A shared love of horses soon led to the sharing of other, more intimate pleasures. But Cassie had only one rule for her man: when he put his slippers under her bed, they were there for good....