LAST-CHANCE BRIDE… Single father and marriage cynic Tucker Dennis was sure his too-romantic dad had been roped into saying «I do.» So he hightailed it down to the Blue Flamingo Motel to halt the honeymoon and talk some sense into the elderly groom. And that's where he found the bride's riled relative…Annie Summer's heart melted with happiness when she saw the blissful newlyweds – or was it at the sight of the groom's son? But sexy Tucker didn't seem to have a heart of his own underneath that muscular chest! He'd stopped believing in love and marriage long ago, yet Annie believed in him … and years of in experience were telling her to take a chance on Tucker… .
Hell-bent on revenge, navy SEAL Curt Powers set out to find the person who had stolen his heritage. But when innocent beauty Lily O' Malley turned out to be the object of his search, Curt disregarded his careful strategy and took the biggest chance of his life…Sweet Lily had never met anyone quite like Curt Powers. Rough, tough– and sexy as all get-out– he stirred desire deep in her soul. But Lily had never given her heart– or her body– to any man. Could Curt convince her that some risks were worth taking… ?
Okay, so maybe hiring a centerfold stud to remodel my home was crazy. But I, Marty Owens, practical bookstore owner, was a desperate woman, and contractor Cole Stevens was a man with muscles and strong hands and a seductive voice promising me he could get the job done fast.It made perfect sense for him to move in so he could work days and nights. But no logic can explain my wild fantasies about getting cozy with Cole in every room in the house–the bedroom, the shower, the kitchen…. Ladies, I'm in over my head with the man upstairs, but can I tempt him to repair his heart and build a home for us?
I didn't care how many sizzling fantasies the mysterious man on my doorstep sparked. Whatever Jake Smith was offering, I didn't need it, didn't want it–knew better than to even think about it! Besides, if there's one thing I, Sasha Combs Cassidy Boone Lasiter, have learned after four marriages, it's that no good comes from romantic entanglements.Still, ladies, it would be a shame to let this dark-haired hunk go to waste. There must be a woman out there–other than me, of course!–who'd appreciate Jake's chiseled physique…and mind-blowing bedroom skills. Just because the sight of the tall, tough P.I. holding a little baby melted my heart and brought out my maternal longings, didn't make him a candidate for husband number five…did it?
Secret heiress Liza Chandler didn't want the money – or the rugged millionaire who'd suddenly come into her life.But Beckett had made a vow to get the job done and he wasn't the type to take no for an answer. Especially not when he discovered that beneath Liza's plain-Jane exterior hid a passionate woman just waiting to be protected. But would Liza trust Beckett enough to take his money and let him into her heart?
Honestly, ladies, I had the perfect plan to catch a good man…until he showed up out of nowhere! With his come-hither, all-male looks, sexy stranger Kell Magee could melt the chrome off a bumper. But marriage material? Men like Kell are good for one thing–wild, scorching sex. No, I'd do much better with someone like our town accountant. Sensible, dull, he wouldn't drive me crazy with desire or have me dreaming of hot kisses all day long. The sooner Kell finds his family roots and leaves town, the better. Because I, Daisy Hunter, can't afford to lose my heart again, even if I've already lost my mind to preposterous fantasies of ditching Plan A for a very passionate Plan B!
Police detective Carson Beckett had skirted the altar as smoothly as a sly criminal avoided handcuffs.Now the time had come to settle down and fulfill his ailing mother's wish – and he was halfway there with an unofficial promise to wed his childhood sweetheart. But first he had to repay an old family debt to the last of the Chandler heirs.When his search led him to the gray-eyed, mesmerizing Kit Chandler, his usual logic deserted him. Instinctively, he changed from benefactor to protector when Kit became the target of someone else's wrath. And when tension turned to passion, Carson realized he was in deep. He would get to the altar, but with whom?
Businessman William Bradford hadn't thought wedding bells were tolling for him until he met secretary Diana Foster, who was vulnerable, alone – and just a little bit pregnant…with another man's child. His protective instincts aroused, Will did the honorable thing and proposed. But marriage was turning out to be anything but convenient for the tall, dark Texan. The passions that his new bride inspired in him soon had Will wanting to extend their temporary arrangement so that he could love, honor and cherish Diana for a lifetime!
Any woman who can make a man laugh and want to jump her bones at the same time is more valuable than rubies and pearls. – Rocky Waters, ex-hotshot journalist and unlikely heroRocky Waters first met Sarah Jones when she was a shy teenager. Now scandal had followed the senator's daughter to North Carolina, and Rocky had to warn her. Sarah fiercely guarded her privacy – and the child she secretly supported.But Rocky was just as determined to win over this sensual, spirited widow who aroused his protective instincts – and a whole lot more….