Short Stories/Novellas
Always a Bridesmaid by Cindi Myers She's sworn off weddings… After two failed relationships and six stints as a bridesmaid, Stephanie Ludlow is convinced she's man-poison. So when her hormones point due south to her sexy—but not so charming—new landlord, she can't help the sparks that fly. It's a good thing she's declared a strict "no sex" policy, because Mike Brubaker might as well have "it's not happening" tattooed across his delectable chest. He's sworn off love… Spurned single dad Mike has learned the hard way women are the source of all evil and should be avoided at any cost. And that definitely includes his gorgeous new tenant. But when they're thrown together in the wedding party from hell, both will stop at nothing to fight the heat building between them. Giving in is not an option for either of them. May the best man—or woman—win.
Two orphaned children wrapped in a crazy quilt bring together a lonely Texas ranger and a rebellious young woman. After running away from home at 16 to follow the wrong man, Alison Mitchell is determined to do the right thing and take care of her sister's children. But Texas Ranger Jack Drake only wants the perfect family for the two orphans in his care -- the kind of family he never had but always wanted. Like the patches of a crazy quilt, Alison and Jack, broken by past hurts, will come together to make a beautiful whole.
After years in the city Kate Randolph has come home to take care of her ailing father, only to find local cowboy Jace Carpenter in charge of her father’s ranch. Jace isn’t sure what to make of Kate, but he’s dealing with big changes in his own life since his family ranch was sold. Can a prodigal daughter and a restless cowboy turn the bad hand life has dealt them into a winning combination?
Newly divorced mom Sheri Wallace isn’t looked forward to Christmas in her new home in what was once her family’s summer cabin. She and her daughter, Bri, are trying to make a fresh start, but it’s tougher than Sheri anticipated. Her handsome but grumpy neighbor isn’t making things easier. Ever since his wife and young son died a few days before Christmas four years ago, rancher Chris Drake has hated the holiday. But Sheri and Bri might just be the best Christmas gift a lonely cowboy ever received.
Deserted by her husband, Lady Clarissa Delaware has opened her home as a respite for ailing gentry, but her newest lodger is a mystery man who seems far too interested in her. Will dangerous intrigue and forbidden passion unite Viscount Adam Kendrick and Lady Clarissa in a bond sure to cause scandal?
All Elizabeth Matthews wants is to start a new life with her two boys in booming Ouray, Colorado. But when Marshall Garrett Nichols shows up at her door a few weeks before Christmas, 1890, Elizabeth wonders if she’ll ever be able to outrun her old life. Garrett is out to catch a killer and recover a stolen fortune, but learns, from Elizabeth, how to take the tattered pieces of a trouble past and stitch them into something beautiful.