Not even wild horses…Nothing could make Michele Nightingale betray the only family she's ever known. So when Adam Duran shows up–an uninvited stranger bearing bad news–at the Circle T, she wants nothing to do with him. But he insists on speaking with ranch owner Carolyn Trent.Since Carolyn's away, Mickey has to play host. She's horrified to learn who Adam is and what he wants. But the more she gets to know Adam, the more his story touches her. She finds herself torn between her loyalty to the Trents and the sympathy–and undeniable attraction–she's beginning to feel toward Adam.And then there are the horses….
Tara Hastings never meant to come to Crystal Creek. She's fled to the Texas Hill Country hoping to protect herself and her four-year-old son from the fallout of a nasty divorce.Grady McKinney's home is the open road. Born and raised in Crystal Creek, he thinks he's escaped it for good. Then an accident maroons him in the last place on earth he wants to stay.Tara's taken on the task of restoring an isolated ranch house, and she desperately needs help. Grady can do almost anything–except settle down. He also desperately needs a job. Responsible Tara shouldn't be attracted to footloose Grady, but she is. Worse, her vulnerable son adores him!
A good mother will do anything to save her child. Briana Morris is definitely a good mother.Josh Morris travels the world in search of its stories. Briana Morris's whole world is a single small farm. They met and married and divorced in little more than the wink of an eye. But together they managed to create one perfect thing–their daughter, Nealie.Now Nealie has been diagnosed with a rare and dangerous form of anemia. Her best hope for survival is a transfusion from a sibling. But Nealie has no siblings. To save her daughter's life, Briana must do the unthinkable–contact Josh and convince him to father another child.
Marie Lafayette has struggled for most of her life. So when her mother's dying confession reveals an astonishing truth, Marie walks away from her career to find answers at Fairchild Acres…where she might be the heiress to the Fairchild family fortune!But Marie can't bring herself to reveal her true identity. Her? An heiress? And to make matters worse, she's falling for racing world royalty. Andrew Preston is wealthy, handsome…and completely wrong for her. Because even as Andrew makes Marie feel like Cinderella, she knows fairy tales don't exist. And men like Andrew don't fall for women like her….
GUARANTEED PAGE-TURNERFrom the bestselling author of See How They Run and Don't Talk to Strangers comes a compelling story of drama and suspense. And a romance you won't forget!The only rule.Don't get involved. To Hawkshaw, they're words to live by. He left the Secret Service because he didn't want to take care of anyone but himself. Then an old friend asks him for a favor….The last case.A woman and her young son need a place to hide–and someone to protect them. A stalker wants her and he'll do anything to have her….The wrong woman.Hawkshaw agrees to help, but he's more than a little reluctant. Kate Kanaday's not the woman he wants living in his house. Even worse, she's got him thinking about breaking his only rule….
What if the truth doesn't set you free?Emerson Roth has one mission–protect her family by keeping their secrets. If the decision was left to Emerson, she would stop the lies and live with the consequences, but she has her sister and elderly grandparents to consider.Eli Garner has one job–uncover the truth about the Roths. And his reputation proves that he just might be able to do that. In the past, when Eli went after a story, nothing stopped him, and he has the scars to show for it. If Emerson thinks she can keep secrets from him, she's dead wrong.But what happens when Eli realizes that exposing the Roths means ruining the life of the only woman he's ever cared about?
FAMILY: YOU DON'T GET TO CHOOSE THEM!Darcy's mother and Sloan's father are in love and want to get married. But Darcy's sister is aghast and Sloan's aunt is appalled. That leaves Darcy and Sloan trying to make everyone see sense. No problem, right?But then their parents break up–thanks to a little help from the families–just when Darcy and Sloan are falling in love…. Compared to what these two go through, Romeo and Juliet had it easy!Don't miss this book by award-winning and bestselling author Bethany Campbell. It's guaranteed to be one of the funniest romances you'll read this year!
Mel Belyle has come to town, and no one's happy to see him.He's the new point man for the corporation that's trying to buy up land and turn Crystal Creek into suburbia. He's also public enemy number one, or so the Concerned Citizens have decided.Kitt Mitchell, native daughter (but quite happy to forget about that), is a reporter sent from New York. Her job? Get the notoriously tight-lipped Mel to talk. And Kitt's ambitious enough to do whatever she can to make that happen.