Summer Fancy — Anne Avery

She's plain... unforgettable...

Anything but a typical female, Miss Sophronia Carter is as tall as a beanpole, fiercely independent, and the last woman in Rocky Ford, Colorado, to throw herself at a man. Tumbling down the church steps and landing atop Zeke Jeffries was an accident. So was giving the man a bloody nose and falling in love. Now Sophie hasn't the least notion how to land the town's most eligible bachelor, but one thing's for sure, whatever she comes up with is going to be a humdinger.

He's darned...irresistible...

All that quiet, handsome Zeke Jeffries wants to do is own the best watermelon farm in Colorado. All the ladies of the town want to do is get him married off. And Miss Sophie Carter wants him to take in a ten-year-old hellion for the summer, whose hard-drinking mother is the local well, you know. It's the start of a long hot season when a small boy's dreams may finally get a chance to grow, when the matchmaking in Rocky Ford creates a tinderbox of desire, and when an unconventional spinster lights a spark that can set a heart smoldering.