Calhoun and Kid — Sara Orwig

Courtney Meade only meant to dissuade Jared Calhoun from shooting Ebeneezer, her son's pet hawk, when she dove over the fence and tackled him. But the gun he held went off... and wounded her furious neighbor in the foot! All the way to the hospital Jared insinuated he was going to press charges, but his teasing tone only reddened Courtney's cheeks and sent her pulse sky high.

Her resistance to the handsome yet ornery widower was weakening with every infuriating moment they spent together, and her warm feelings for his son mirrored his for her own boy. There were just too many differences between them, she was certain -- but if their sons could learn to get along, couldn't they?