It had taken Jake Remington seven years to propose to Jenna Lockhart, but who was counting? Theirs had been puppy love when they were kids, pure and sweet. But tragedy had shattered their perfection. Now Jake was all man and determined to have his wedding night with Jenna.Except Jenna was nobody's fool. Jake wanted something only she could give him. And while it required rock-solid willpower to ignore Jake's masculine appeal and million-dollar courtship, it was darn near impossible to deny his offer of marriage. Would Jenna finally become Mrs. Jake Remington by default…?
Dani Lockhart had always fantasized about her wedding day…walking down the aisle and giving her hand in marriage to the man of her dreams–just not to her enemy, Beau Chamberlain! But apparently that's exactly what she did…and couldn't remember.Sure Beau was movie-star handsome and lived by a value system that would stand the test of time. From work to lovemaking and everything in between, he followed the all-or-nothing rule. And he intended to find out exactly how his name and Dani's ended up on a marriage license–and just how Dani could be expecting his child!
It's Not Who You're Running From…sitter for his kids, he'd beg her to return and marry him, and they'd all live happily ever after. That was the plan.Trevor Kincaid. He was everything her old lover was not—adventurous, always up for a challenge and with no qualms about having a fling. As soon as Isabel proved her point, the levelheaded Kansas girl would kiss the dangerous mountain man goodbye and resume her safe and predictable life. Or so she thought.
A thunderous crack of the auctioneer's gavel and $350 later Emily Holmes «owned» Bachelor #46, all six gorgeous feet of him! T. J.Kirkpatrick was going to have to pony up more than dinner and a movie, though. Emily needed a husband–her inheritance depended on it. T.J. insisted that he was no spousal specimen, but if being «married» meant playing newlyweds, then he'd happily masquerade as Emily's man. The charade proved all too real, for T.J.'s kisses made her heart race–and time stand still. And now that she'd unexpectedly fallen madly in love with her «husband,» she intended to get them going…going…gone–right to the preacher!
Socialite Sonya Patterson's dreams of the perfect wedding turn into a perfect nightmare when her fiancé leaves town with her pride–and her money! If not for her two best friends and her bodyguard, John-Michael McPhee, dispensing you-deserve-better advice, Sonya wouldn't have had the courage to go in search of the no-good con man.Keeping the situation a secret from her ailing mother is certainly a challenge, but it's the road trip with her sexy protector that's the real exercise in restraint. After all, long days and small spaces are bound to give a girl ideas….
The Creedence Creek had once been a bustling cattle ranch…until Ms. Eve Terry bought the place out from under foreman Ryder Quinn and turned it into baby central. Who could blame Ryder for being so distressed at seeing his beloved rugged landscape overrun with cooing, two-legged tots?The new boss lady was so dedicated to making her day-care business flourish…and so danged dangerous to Ryder's usual cool facade, he figured his only recourse was to bet the ranch Eve wouldn't last six months in the Arizona heat. Happily, she agreed to the wager, knowing she could outlast the most dedicated cowboy…and hoping she could convince this particular wrangler to fill some of those cradles with their very own cowpoke babies!
As a boy, Kent Coleman Landover played «K.C. Cowboy and Countess Anna» with the housekeeper's daughter, Anna Delaney. As a man, Kent drove himself to the head of his own financial empire. On the brink of worldwide expansion and an in-name-only marriage, amnesia made Kent believe he truly was K.C.–and he began desperately searching for his countess…Anna had never forgotten the young man who'd captured her heart so completely. But she hardly expected to see the billion-dollar bachelor her her doorstep…proposing! On doctor's orders, Anna agreed to play the part of K.C.'s bride, knowing she had to make him remember he was practically pledged to another–and wishing she could become Kent's real-life countess even after her fantasy's clock struck twelve.
"Who's been sleeping in my bed?"A simple question, yet Cliff Swain knew his reaction to the slumbering beauty couldn't be easily explained. After all, he hadn't looked, let alone thought twice about a woman in years. And here, temptation lay in his bed, her tousled hair spread across his pillow…Tasha Reynolds had come to Montana to repair a broken heart and to cook and clean for Cliff. The deputy dad had an opening, allowing Tasha and her daughter to make a temporary home on the Double S ranch. Only, Tasha hadn't dreamed what she would find in this cowboy's embrace…and couldn't conceive leaving behind…
When the Prince of Belegovia deserted his royal tour of Texas to take an impromptu holiday with a blond waitress, his PR coordinator needed to do some serious damage control. Desperate, prim-and-proper Lady Gwendolyn Reed hired rodeo star Hank McCauley–a dead ringer for the roaming royal–to stand in until the prince's return.But would Lady Gwendolyn be able to tame this willful Texan into the picture of dutiful decorum? Or would Hank seduce the stunning aristocrat into letting down her hair…and more?
When Ty Harrison signed up to sponsor Carolyn Sheppard's barrel-racing career, he knew he was in for a bumpy ride. The diminutive rodeo star had a reputation for being a firecracker and was as independent as they came.So he wasn't too surprised that she practically had to be roped and tied before she shot a commercial for his company's boots.But not even the photos and the PR people had prepared him for the real thing. And when he finally did corral Caro, he was totally smitten. A herd of wild horses couldn't drag him away, because the competition for her heart was one he planned to win….