She wanted an exclusive Penny Thurston had a nose for news, and Joe Jackson was IT. An interview with him would be her ticket out of Palookaville, into the Big Time. Unfortunately, when it came to reporters the reclusive cartoonist had no sense of...
Farell and Ward...together again When divorce battered Kate Ward's ego, she took comfort in potatoes. Now she was not only alone, she was overweight and frumpy, too...and feeling very sorry for herself. Still, she clung to the fantasy that one...
She was a hard woman to love Juliana Robinson was ambitious. A cutthroat real-estate agent, her motto was Nice Guys Finish Last. Nice guy Ben Ware was an ex-cop whose determination to grow avocados was standing between Juliana and a fat commission...
"Anybody but Annie Page!" Newspaper publisher Nick Kimball needed a society columnist; Annie had the necessary contacts. But he didn't like her any more than he'd liked her late husband, Robert. According to Nick, Annie was a ...
Marry rich! That's what widow Mimi Carlton wished to do as she blew out the candle on her birthday cupcake. Once, she'd married for love, but with an eleven-year-old son to raise and an estate of $837.67, it was time to get practical! She ...
Hell's Bells, Texas .. . 2,506 nice folks and a few old grouches. When Meg Taggart first saw that corny sign, she'd been a bride, enchanted by her cowboy husband, Jesse, and her new life. Now, after a five-year estrangement, Meg and Jes...
HE WAS NO COWBOY! Trey Smith--Footloose and fancy-free. A Yankee who didn't give a damn what people said about him. Rachel Cox--The proper small-town librarian knew from bitter experience that her reputation mattered. Everyone in Showdown. T...
It's a time that brings friends, families and lovers together -- and it's a time that can tear them apart... She's planning to ask her husband for a divorce -- during Thanksgiving dinner! A private dinner, for two ... But as things tur...
The Monarch Ranch and the Crazy Ace, near Addison, Wyoming. Jim Trent -- Addison County's favorite son. A rodeo superstar, he's the new owner of the Crazy Ace Ranch. He's a classic man of the West -- easygoing on the outside, all steel...
Accustomed to celebrating each anniversary of her failed marriage at the hotel where she honeymooned, a young woman runs into her ex-husband with his new bride-to-be, and quickly becomes the other woman....
THE CAMERONS OF COLORADO Cupid, Colorado. This is ranch country, cowboy country--a land of high mountains and swift, cold rivers, of deer, elk and bear. The first Cameron came to Colorado more than a hundred years ago, and Camerons have owned and ...
CUPID, COLORADO This is ranch country, cowboy country--a land of high mountains and swift, cold rivers, of deer, elk and bear. The first Cameron came to Colorado more than a hundred years ago, and Camerons have owned and worked the Straight Arrow ...
THE CAMERONS OF COLORADO Cupid, Colorado. This is ranch country, cowboy country--a land of high mountains and swift, cold rivers, of deer, elk and bear. The first Cameron came to Colorado more than a hundred years ago, and Camerons have owned and ...
Lark Mallory was a runaway bride. Jared Wolf was just the man to catch her! When Lark realized Wesley Sherborn was the wrong man for her to marry, she ran away from her wedding. Somehow, she ended up sleeping in Jared Wolf's bed and, when he ...
"Friday's child is loving and giving." It began simply enough, when Trace Morgan hired Hope to organize his sister's engagement party. But when the bride-to-be asked Hope to plan the wedding as well, then things got complicated--Te...
Flower girl magic makes its way into the life of Rosemary Hancock, a divorced mother whose transformation turns a lot of heads, including her estranged husband's....
What's good for the gander is good for the goose... When Ivy Conrad found her husband, Jack, obviously scratching his seven-year itch, she refused to listen to any lame excuses. Instead, she vowed to even the score! Taking their anniversary cr...
Her five-year-old secret... On a holiday of a lifetime, youthful Jenny Wolf had pretended to be sophisticated beyond her actual experience and had fallen madly in love with a man beyond her wildest dreams. But the dream had ended abruptly and Jenn...
"Take a memo, Malcolm." Lucretia always began the same way. And she always called him Malcolm, even though his name was Charley. But this time the "boss from hell" was sounding more like the "matchmaking mother from hell," and she was making un...
He bet breakfast in bed that he was irresistible ! As soon as Brooke met Garrett she knew he was a charmer. Women probably just rolled over when he petted them, much the same way her cats, traitors all, had responded to him. The best thing for ...
Ready, Steady, Married! Can Dara Linnell marry a complete stranger? In a word, yes! She needs a husband to get away from her bossy, manipulative grandfather. And Zane is perfect for the job -- he's young, free and single. So what if she's ...
The way Carrie Duncan saw it, she had two choices, She could either marry Hank Brady as planned, or kill him. Unfortunately for him, cool logic prevailed, and she did neither, But now, four months later, thrown together with Carrie as attendants at H...
Cupid, Colorado. This is ranch country, cowboy country. Land is important -- family and neighbors are, too. You get to really know your neighbors here. Like the Camerons, for instance... The Camerons first came to Cupid more than a hundred y...
WHO IS THAT HERO FOR HIRE? NICHOLAS CHARLES: He's flattered to be summoned for a meeting with his elusive boss, Samantha Spade. But flattery turns to annoyance when she won't tell him whose body he's supposed to be guarding! CORRINNE LEBLANC: S...
Name: Cody James Age: 30 Occupation: Rancher Looking for: A wife and mother for my children The Yellow Rose Matchmakers claimed to be able to match any woman with her Mr. Right. And Emily couldn't deny that the man she'd been matched w...
LIKE TAKING CANDY FROM A BABY. NOT! Sophie Brannigan -- a four-year-old "penny pincher" -- is the prime suspect in the theft of a one-cent coin. Quint Sterling is hot on her trail, and that of her mother, Amber -- because both penny and woman are ...
Instant family? Jessica Reynolds has a wonderful daddy. Matt Reynolds is big, strong, handsome and kind. But when it comes to girl stuff he...well, he could use help! Her best friend, Zach, has a great mother. Laura Gilliam is sweet, pretty and si...
It's fifty years since the Lyon family of New Orleans ventured into what was then an exciting new business--television. Despite objections from some in the family, Margaret Hollander Lyon believed it was the wave of the future. . .and the past fifty ...
The Lyon Legacy: Family means everything... and family depends on love. EVERY FAMILY HAS ITS SECRETS, AND THE LYONS HAVE MORE THAN MOST. Sharlee is the black sheep in the Lyon family fold. When she finished college her parents and grandpa...
Every Man Has His Price! Lost Springs Ranch was famous for turning young mavericks into good men. So word that the ranch was in financial trouble sent a herd of loyal bachelors stampeding back to Wyoming to put themselves on the auction block! ...
Desperately seeking eligible male! Katy Andrews was going to a family reunion where she knew her life just wouldn't be worth living if she didn't take a man. Trouble was, all the decent men she knew were too old, too young or too married, ...
IT WASN'T CALLED HARD KNOX FOR NOTHING! When the Keene triplets pulled up stakes and moved to Texas, they had no idea what they were getting into. The dude ranch they'd inherited was a wreck, plus, the townsfolk were downright hostile toward "that...
There was only one hitch to the Keene triplets' idea for a "women's only" week at the Bar-K Dude Ranch. Simon Barnett -- a stubborn MAN, who took one look at Toni Keene and decided he wanted the full Dude Ranch experience... immediately. When she sai...
BEAUTY Of course, Niki Keene had followed her sisters to Hard Knox, Texas--the Keene triplets were inseparable. And yes, she helped run their fledgling dude ranch. But when the townsfolk entered her in the Queen of the Cowgirls contest, she had to...
Once bitten, twice shy Cat person Emily Patton doesn't like trendy lawyer Michael Forbes and his perfect good looks. She doesn't like his ugly dog, either. So how she ended up with the mutt in her backyard and Michael as a permanent dinner guest is ...
Counting sheep only made her nights more restless... Oh-so-serious Thalia Mitchell is back in Shepherd's Pass, pretending she hadn't tried to seduce animal crusader Luke Dalton the last time she'd seen him...wrapped in a plastic shower curtain. But ...
Alice Wynn has nothing to lose -- and only fun and adventure to gain. So she agrees to impersonate her glamorous boss, Sharlayne Kenyon, who needs solitude to finish her scandalous memoirs. Jed Kilby is the bodyguard hired to protect Alice, since...