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Blame It On Cowboys
Entertaining the spinster aunt of his buddy's flighty fiancee is a chore for Jake Johnson. Except "Aunty" - E'izabeth Comstock - is actually a thirty-year-old knockout with long chestnut hair... and a body that would stop a stampede! Who could blame the footloose cowboy for trying to charm Lizzy into bed? What is it with cowboys? Elizabeth's niece is about to marry one - unless she can stop the wedding. Now Elizabeth is falling in love with lean, handsome Jake. Even Pookie, her Shih Tzu, is romping madly with the ranch hands. There's no denying cowboys have their appeal. But could a wild man like Jake be roped and tamed by one determined city woman?
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After Autumn
IT CAN'T BE TRUE! her friends said when they heard that beautiful Leara Vollers had been jilted. But it was true, and Leara couldn't wait to leave Houston and put the past behind her. When the chance came to run an art gallery in charming old Santa Fe, it seemed just what she needed, except for ore thing--she was irresistibly attracted to her new boss, Jordan Payne. Was Jordan really interested in her--or just using her to promote another woman's career? Could she let herself fall in love with him and risk being hurt a second time
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The Prodigal Wife
The last time Lainey saw Gabe Patton was five years ago -- as they were exchanging their marriage vows! It had been a dream wedding...until Lainey discovered that Gabe had only married her for convenience. She was left with no choice but to run away. Now Lainey has uncovered a secret, and she's shocked to realize that she might have misjudged her husband. She still loves Gabe, and hopes they might pick up where they left off -- on their wedding night! But how will Gabe react when his prodigal wife returns?
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Mistress BY Contract
There was only one way for Mikayla to clear her father's debt to powerful tycoon Rafael Velez-Aguilera: by offering herself in exchange! She knew it was crazy -- Rafael had his pick of glamorous women, and Mikayla was a virgin.... But Rafael was intrigued by Mikayla's proposal and immediately presented her with a contract of her duties as his mistress for a year! Top of the list was sharing his bed. What had Mikayla let herself in for? Rafael was an intensely sensual man, and once he'd made love to Mikayla, he might never let her go...
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Smuggler's Love
Uncle Shamus-that con man with his underhanded ways-get his hands on her property. She wasn't going to let the last part of her inheritance be sold right out from beneath her feet. However, the longer she spent in the tiny oceanside community of Smuggler's Cove, the more Maeve realized there were certain other matters there that needed closer investigation. And the largest and most puzzling of all was lawyer Ash Corbet. He had the most infuriating habit of kissing her-without her consent.
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The Emerald Swan
Dear Reader,My new story begins on a terror-filled night when two babies-identical twin girls of noble birth-are separated. One grows to womanhood as the frail, manipulative ward of the handsome young earl of Harcourt. The other becomes an enchanting, street-smart urchin who earns her way as a traveling player on the streets of England and France.The two girls' paths might never again have crossed if Harcourt hadn't run into Miranda in the midst of an exuberant performance. The resemblance to his ward is unmistakable-uncanny, in fact...and an ambitious plot begins to take shape in Harcourt's mind.His ward, Maude, will commit herself to a convent rather than marry the love-struck king of France, who will soon be traveling to London to claim her. What if Miranda were to take Maude's place? Harcourt is confident that with the right training, the right clothes, and the right attitude, the lithe, carefree Miranda will captivate society-and the king.So begins Harcourt's breathtaking scheme to turn an ugly duckling into a gorgeous swan. But if he succeeds too well, Miranda may become something irresistible-even to Harcourt....It's a delicious dilemma and a dangerous deception...and the twists and turns surprised even me.
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Till Next We Meet
In a departure from her nationally bestselling Highland Lord series, Karen Ranney brings us another emotionally intense and passionate story that will speak to her fans.When Adam Moncrief, Colonel of the Highland Scots Fusiliers, agrees to write a letter to Catherine Dunnan, one of his officers' wives, a forbidden correspondence develops and he soon becomes fascinated with her even though Catherine thinks the letters come from her husband, Harry Dunnan. Although Adam stops writing after Harry is killed, a year after his last letter he still can't forget her.Then when he unexpectedly inherits the title of the Duke of Lymond, Adam decides the timing is perfect to pay a visit to the now single and available Catherine.What he finds, however, is not the charming, spunky woman he knew from her letters, but a woman stricken by grief, drugged by laudanum and in fear for her life. In order to protect her, Adam marries Catherine, hoping that despite her seemingly fragile state, he will once again discover the woman he fell in love with.
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An Ordinary Woman
When Rose was 4, she left America with her mother and returned to England. The following May, her half sister was born, who as she got older would race from disaster to disaster. Rose, in her quiet way, salvaged the family, held them together, and pasted over the cracks of tragedy and emotional upheavals, while at the same time fighting her own personal crises.
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An Indecent Obsession
To the battle-broken soldiers In her care, nurseHonour Langtry is a precious, adored reminder of theworld before war. Then Michael Wilson arrives under acloud of mystery and shame to change everything. Adamaged and decorated hero, a man of secrets andsilent pain, soon he alone possesses Honour's selflessheart -- inciting tense and volatile passions that canonly lead to jealousy, violence, and death.