Alex Banning anxiously awaited the birth of his male heir to carry on the Texas family ranch. A Banning boy had been part of the bargain with his wife of convenience, Daphne. But then Daphne not only had triplets, she had three girls wrapped in ruffles, white satin and lace! Suddenly this tough-guy cowboy was in over his head with three newborn daughters and a "marriage" to Daphne that seemed more than an arrangement.
Is the reason why you proposed to me, so that I would have your child? Did he ask me to marry him because he thought I could sire a lot of children? And I'm not even sure if the marriage is going to work... Daphne overheard the conversation between her husband Alex and her father-in-law, and even though she had just found out she was pregnant, she ran back to her parents' house and one-sidedly sent them divorce papers. However, shortly after giving birth to triplets, Daphne was taken back by Alex, and he declared that he would be "the kind of husband you'd never want to leave" by two weeks after their anniversary...
Cowboy Seeks Wife, Lover, Mother Rancher Reed Drummond needed a wife quick if he wanted to be a daddy to a darling baby girl, so her persuaded the town spinster Ann Forrester to be his temporary bride—and lover. Reed told himself he didn't need a permanent wife, but one night in Ann's bed and Reed was hooked! Ann's touch drove him wild, and she was much better at being a wife and mother than he'd ever expected. Trouble was, he'd always thought the baby was all the family he needed. Now that he knew he needed Ann, would she agree to take on one stubborn cowboy and his baby—forever?
MATCHMAKERS' OBJECTIVE To get our beautiful but stubborn, about-to-turn spinster relative, Noreen Cartwright, off the shelf! THE CANDIDATE Parker Walden—the sexiest man Rockwall, Texas, has ever seen! COMMENTS I'm a family man and a loving father who wants a mother for my four-year-old daughter—and a wife for myself. To boot, I was instantly smitten with Noreen: her strength and honor, her devotion to her family and her land. And can the woman ever fill out denim! I plan to convince her to let me love her. I'd be obliged if you'd give me your blessing. REACTION FROM NOREEN No one bothered to ask me! Sexy Single DADS
Being a superhero on screen doesn't make you man enough to be a little girl's daddy. Breaker Thompson is one of Hollywood's hottest action heroes. Six-three, square-jawed, and with dimples to die for, he could have anyone he wants. But what he needs is a whirlwind romance with a girl-next-door to make the press forget about his latest bad behavior. Ashby Lauer is a painfully shy librarian who's been working up the nerve to step foot in Clover City's best fetish club for months. On her first night she's approached by a huge star with the chance of a lifetime: play the role of his hometown sweetheart. Brae will do anything to cement his place on the A-list, and bashful but beautiful Ashby agrees to his scheme under one condition: that he teaches her everything she was hoping to learn at Hive. As things heat up behind the scenes, will their faux-mance turn real? Or will Brae's pride and silver screen dreams mean Ashby ends up collateral damage as Brae is targeted by shadows out for vengeance? Ashby's Action Hero Daddy is the first book in the Bright Lights Little Darlings series. It takes place in the glitter and glam world of celebrities, and in Clover City. It stars a wide-eyed innocent with a spine of steel, and a sexy leading man who's determined to save the day and his little girl.
The notorious Lizzie Borden investigates a brutal axe-murder that’s strangely reminiscent of her own alleged crimes in this “entertaining” historical novel (The New York Times). It has been thirty years since a Massachusetts jury acquitted Lizzie Borden of brutally murdering her father and stepmother. Now, at the start of the 1920s, she’s an aging spinster living a quiet, secluded life by the New England seashore. Young Amanda Burton has heard all the stories, but nothing can dissuade her from spending time with the lonely old woman next door who shows her card tricks and smells of cigars. At age thirteen, Amanda’s been left to her own devices during a rather dull and swelteringly summer-long family vacation, and Miss Lizzie is the perfect distraction. But when Amanda stumbles upon her own despised stepmother’s corpse, the brutal crime seems eerily similar to a certain double axe-slaying in Fall River three decades earlier. Naturally the whole town immediately suspects Lizzie. The local police, though, are open-minded enough to consider Amanda’s brother and father to be viable suspects as well. To help her young friend and clear her own name (again), Lizzie must sharpen her sleuthing skills to find a fiendish killer with an axe to grind.
