Meredith Ashe thought her heart was broken when Cy Harden's family ran her out of town as a scared teenager, penniless and pregnant. Now, stronger and wiser, she's back, but this time as the poised, powerful head of a multinational corporation--and she's planning a hostile takeover of Harden Properties.Cy doesn't know the secrets Meredith is hiding, and she has no intention of telling him. She plans to let him think she's the same shy girl he abandoned...

Rugged as an oak, moody as a thundercloud, rancher Callaghan Hart awed women and intimidated men. So how could one scrappy little redhead nearly bring Callaghan to his knees? Easy! Tess Brady, the rancher's new housekeeper, was soft and sweet. Her youthful innocence drew him like a moth to a flame. But there was no way Callaghan would ever consider marriage, and a casual fling was out of the question. Somehow, he had to resist her no matter how tempting...

As a young secretary, Ivy McKenzie fell hopelessly in love with tycoon Ryder Calaway. But the searing passion that sizzled between them--and Ryder's cool rejection--sent innocent Ivy running. Now, five years later, Ivy discovered that Ryder's magnetic virility was still as daunting--and harder than ever to evade. For years, he'd waited for her, longed for her. Now she was free, and Ryder's patience was at an end. Given this precious second chance,...

Rancher Big John Jacobs offers a marriage of convenience to the sheltered heiress of a railroad tycoon in "The Founding Father," and in "Justin," a man grieving over a broken engagement is reunited with his former fiancée.

Merlyn Forrest Steele couldn't refuse the offer work for a living for one month, and her father would stop his clumsy matchmaking attempts. Maybe she'd somehow find a man who had eyes for her, not her bank account, and meanwhile, she could prove she was no dilettante heiress. So it was ironic that the first man to penetrate her defenses in her new life would be the one who was looking for just that. Not that she'd have the sardonic, arrogant Cameron...

J. B. Hammock played by his own rules, and rule number one was never settle down. He treated his women well, but with a no-strings detachment they all accepted. But sweet Tellie Maddox hovered about like a gossamer butterfly, always trying to take care of him, always caring about him. It was enough to make a confirmed bachelor take drastic measures.

1) When Erin Scott left Ty Wade, she'd vowed never to return. Because of him she'd wrecked her car, her career and lost their baby. And now Ty wanted her back. 2) Mari Raymond's matchmaking aunt had pulled a fast one. She'd tricked oilman Ward Jessup into inviting her young niece to his rancha̮nd persuaded Mari to accept the invitation and help the elderly rancher write his memoirs.

"Man of Ice: After a less than magical one-night stand, cynical Dawson Rutherford needs the help of the woman he considers seduced him. Barrie Bell, still reeling from their encounter, is ambivalent about aiding his scheme. She's kept a secret from Dawson...one that could free them both to love again! Heart of Ice: Knowing she dislikes him down to his arrogant bones, Egan Winthrop invites Kati James to his ranch to research her next novel. He assumes...

In "The Last Mercenary," Micah Steele is forced to pick up his gun once again when a woman from his past is kidnapped by his sworn enemy, and in "Matt Caldwell: Texas Tycoon," Matt Caldwell, the most-sought-after bachelor in Jacobsville, only has eyes for his mysterious new employee.