JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED .... Conservative Dr. Scott Hotter was a man with priorities. The first thing he wanted was to marry the "girl next door" and have the family he'd missed while growing up. The perfect wife would be fairly predictable--...
NEVER LOVE A COWBOY Fashion designer Deni Hadley had a flair for Western wear and a weakness for cowboys. But she'd learned her lesson the hard way about falling for a man in chaps and spurs. To avoid making the same mistake twice, she was determi...
MY WILD IRISH ROGUE After that corny brogue and a line chat was pure blarney, Mary Kate O'Connor vowed to steer clear of tall, dark and Irish Flynn Rafferty. She didn't intend to let any man get her into the tender trap of marriage and sway her fr...
ONCE UPON A TIME . . . Six years as a divorce lawyer had convinced Sam Knight that wedded bliss and happily ever after were merely myths he wanted no part in perpetuating. So when he discovered his Arkansas mountain fishing resort had been convert...
LOVE LESSONS Never Get Involved was Allison Kendall's motto. She'd learned the hard way that relationships could get messy, and she preferred to keep her life uncluttered. A simple existence tutoring businessmen in the social graces was enough . ....
THE TAURUS MAN Waving a red flag to tempt the Taurus man will surely send this stubborn, bullheaded hunk charging in the opposite direction. Instead, woo him gently and let him think it was his idea! ONE TAURUS MAN IN PARTICULAR Rough-and-ru...
FA LA LA LA LOVE When Matt Foxx borrowed an isolated Wyoming cabin, he expected to spend the holidays alone with his deadlines. But he was greeted at the door by a cheery rendition of "White Christmas". . . coming from the shower. Matt was overjoy...
BACHELOR BABY-SITTER Ben Ryder figured that spending a week caring for his cute little niece, Candy, would be easy as pie. Boy, was he wrong! Instant fatherhood became instant panic when the adorable toddler locked herself in the car and promptly ...
GEMINI MAN Confirmed bachelor Tom Wright was a typically fickle Gemini man. His "type" was whatever woman he wasn't with! And when Tom first met Jilly Sullivan at a local ball game, he was sure one date would be enough to dispel the attraction that f...
Reeling her in .. . Hayden Bogart had fled a scandal-ridden past for the solitude of a fisherman's life, but lately his nights seemed lonelier than ever. Reluctantly he faced the facts: he craved female companionship...and his daughter needed a mo...
Whirlwind courtship Brooke Brady landed in Emerald City, Texas, planning to start a new life. Instead, she seemed to have borrowed someone else's--namely Dorothy's from The Wizard of Oz! First a twister whisked away her car. Then she was rescued b...
Summer love Timbertop was the closest thing to a home Annie Winslow had ever known. In summers long past she'd found real happiness there--and first love. Now, Annie was determined to keep the ramshackle summer camp going. She figured she could ha...
Full-Time Father My business partners and I made a pact: No women. No flirting, no dating, no ...nothing. No problem for me. With two kids to raise by myself and my long hours, I have no time for romance. And where would I even find the kind of...
Marriage Wasn't On Their Wish List But for Honey Truman and Andy Fulbright, it was a practical solution. Both had endured messy divorces. Both were single parents. And both believed that marriage worked best based on common sense--not chemistry. ...
Would One Unlikely Kiss... Laney Fulbright: "So Jack and I shared a kiss. A fantastic kiss. But that's it. He's great if the plumbing leaks, or the car breaks down. But I need a man who wants marriage and kids. Falling for handsome, sweet-talking ...
Lauren West: Imagine, Nick Gatewood, the sexy town bad boy, gallantly rescuing me from an obnoxious male pursuer. But did he have to say we were engaged?! Nick Gatewood: It was nothing, really. Especially because I need one night of Lauren's time,...
Jingle Bells, Wedding Bells On Christmas Eve single dad Ryan Givens and his newfound son were stranded in a small Colorado town without a dime to their name. But just when Ryan saw his plans for their first Christmas crumpling faster than his son...
Recipe for a Happy New Year 1 Bachelor pilot 1 Young widow 1 Memory of a midnight kiss 1 Oversize house 6 Assorted relatives Passion, hope and love as desired In oversize house, toss together pilot and widow. Fold in memory of passi...
MARRIAGE-MINDED MILLIONAIRE? Reo Sampson was too busy making money to think about playing house. But when his pretty new assistant, Rusty Hanson, accompanied him for weekend negotiations, Reo discovered he liked - a little too much - having the se...
MAKE-BELIEVE MATRIMONY... They were married...and still almost complete strangers. Gabriel Dillard and Jessica Landers had struck a dry-eyed deal to wed in name only, for Gabe needed a wife to be eligible for a lucrative job and Jessica needed a dad...
Could This Sweet Texas Lady... Take This Stubborn Bachelor? A home, a family and a man who believed in happily-ever-after were Mariah Ashe's lifelong dream. Tony Mason was an unlikely groom -- but Mariah was about to teach the sexiest, most con...