French Creek — Marsha Landreth

Ned Lawson, the foreman of the Rocking J, had his hands full running the spread for the absentee owner. Why he agreed to the monumental charade of pretending that Miss Alma, the madam of the town's fancy house, was the mistress of the Rocking J Ranch, he'll never understand. Why he was playing nurse-maid to Miss Alma's visiting nephew and niece, he understood; he was plumb loco. Everything was actually working . . . for a little while. But oh what a tangled web we weave . . .
There were so many complications â€" Alma didn't know that Cameron and Molly had come to borrow money to save their desperate family; Ned and Molly started making eyes at each other; Cameron was ready to marry his sister off to a local thieving rancher; and then the range war started . .