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Agreeing to marry a woman he does not love in order to claim her oil shares, a determined man is unaware that his wife of convenience truly wants him and hides a secret fear that threatens to destroy her.

Eccentric neighbor, loyal friend, and totally innocent tease, impish Elissa Dean was exactly what Kingston Roper needed-to get him out of a romantic bind, that is. His sister-in-law's intentions were anything but sisterly, and King had to produce a make-believe lover to run interference. Sweet Elissa fit the bill nicely. The act seemed foolproof… until seeing Elissa in his bed heated King's blood and holding her filled him with unbearable longing....

Cole Whitehall asked Lacy Jarrett to wait for him. But after the war, he returns to the rambling Whitehall cattle ranch a changed man, the promise of lasing love replaced by a cold, hard distance. And Lacy yearns to reignite the unquenched passion they'd once shared. Unwittingly compromised into marriage, Cole refuses to let Lacy get too close - but still, she longs to learn the secrets the handsome Texan harbors in his heart. Tormented, she won't...

"Once-burned Todd Burke had no intention of getting hitched to anyone. Having one temperamental female under his roof was enough. Still, his rodeo-riding daughter was crazy about Jane Parker - and secretly, Todd was, too. But no way was this hot-tempered hot-blooded Wyoming man giving in to the equally hot-tempered, hot-blooded cowgirl from Jacobsville, Texas. He'd keep telling himself he didn't want Jane Parker, no matter how tempting she was"--...

Luke Craig: The elusive bachelor. He won't be lassoed--until the most infuriating lady he's ever met careens into his life... Christopher Deverell: The man on the move. An ambitious reporter is about to break the story of a century--unless he can stop her. Guy Fenton: The rogue. With a bad-boy reputation, he's beyond redemption. Until a prickly publicist vows to bring him to his knees.

"After a devastating flood orphaned Noelle Brown, she thought her handsome and charming benefactor, Andrew Paige, could be the man of her dreams. So why did his steely-eyed older stepbrother, Jared Dunn, make her heart race and her breath catch in her throat? Desperado turned lawman, Jared had come home to Fort Worth, Texas, ready to leave his dangerous past behind. The green-eyed, feisty young woman his stepbrother had taken in wasn't the gold digger...

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 ranch'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...

"Dr. Louise Blakely didn't want to love Jeb Coltrain. They were supposed to be partners, running the Jacobsville medical clinic together, but instead, he treated her like the enemy. And yet when Lou tells Jeb that she's leaving, he shocks her by proposing! It wouldn't be a real marriage, of course ... at least, that was Jeb's intent. Then he started to get to know Lou, to let down his guard to her warmth and caring, and everything changed. After so...

"Plain-Jane assistant Eleanor Perrie underwent a stunning transformation in the hope of making herself irresistible to the man she adored--her boss, Curry Matherson. Her miraculous makeover unleashed an awareness between them, but Curry was a die-hard bachelor. Winning him over would be no easy feat. Eleanor was determined to follow through with her plan no matter the obstacles, because in the end, she knew all her dreams rested in the hands of Curry"--Publisher....