Frank Carlson Library

When Laurie Spencer said "I do," she never realized she'd be trading one pair of shackles for another-until her husband's unexpected death leaves her with an opportunity to escape her controlling family for good. Determined to be independent, Laurie approaches sexy rancher Jared Smith with an offer she hopes he can't refuse. Jared's determined to make it in Texas, but with the local banker turned against him, it looks like his dream may be slipping...

"A Stranger to the Rescue Colby Blaine has been a loner his whole life. And he isn't about to change now. But that doesn't mean he can ignore people in trouble. When he rides up to an inexperienced wagon train under attack, he doesn't hesitate to jump into the fray. It's only after the raid that he really lands himself in hot water... Naomi Kessling is certainly grateful to Colby for saving her family and agreeing to lead their train to safer territory....

"Carla Reece had never met anyone more infuriating in her life. The blond giant who swaggered up to her door had no right to take over half her ranch-no matter how stupid her brother had been gambling it away in a high-stakes poker game. Her new foreman claimed to be some foreign royalty who promised to leave in a year. Still, a year was way too long to spend with a man who made her madder than a wet hen and weak in the knees all at the same time....

"The Randolph brothers are known as a wild, unruly bunch. Carving an empire out of the rugged Texas land, fighting off rustlers, they're unwilling to change their ways until oldest brother George Randolph lays down the law. George wants to bring his brothers in line and put his ranch in order, but he needs to find someone strong enough to help him. Rose Thornton is penniless and desperate, and will do just about anything to keep going. It's going...

When he is forced to return home due to the terms of his father's will, Rafe Jerry, a hardened soldier, must deal with the family ranch, and with the widow who betrayed him.

When a Western cowgirl meets a British lord, they discover that loving in Texas is as wild and free as the Lone Star state itself.

The freedom of the range, the bawling of the longhorns the lonesome night watch beneath a vast, starry sky- they got into a man's blood until he knew there was nothing better than the life of a cowboy ... except the love of a good woman. Matt's rough-and-tumble childhood had taught him to size up a situation at a hundred paces. And to end his standoff with respectable society he knew he had to take a wife. Ellen agreed to act as a mother for the two...

Colorado Territory, 1872: It was about as rough-and-ready as the West could get, a place and time almost as dangerous as the men who left civilization behind, driven by a desire for land, gold ... a new life. Boulder Gap: It was a false-fronted, one-street town where the only way a fellow could find a decent woman was to send away for her. Tanzy: When she first caught sight of the man she'd come west to marry, her was galloping after a gang of bandits,...