Frank Carlson Library

After she leaves her high-pressure job to live with her aunt on a Montana ranch, Abigail Jones, working as a nanny for Wade Ryan, the ranch's owner, begins a relationship with him, but Wade's first priority is to protect his daughter and keep his past a secret.

Searching for a home on the range, a rancher finds death under the cottonwoods. Samuel Wilders tried to love farming. But after years of roping cattle, this cowboy found it impossible to settle down on the Nebraska plains. With his young wife and children in tow, Wilders sets out for Montana - where the sky stretches farther than the eye can believe, and a man needs only a little water to ranch. One day, he leaves his family behind under the shelter...

"Only one pair of boots--and the cowboy wearing them--can get Annie out of the mess she's in. Annie Wilkerson is Moose Creek's premiere horse trainer and equine columnist for Montana Living. Money is tight as she tries to put her kid-sister through college and provide for her young nephew. When Annie's column is cancelled, she's given first shot at a new lovelorn column--and she can't afford to turn it down. Only problem is . . . Annie's never been...

Returning home to his family's ranch, cowboy Sam Monroe meets new housekeeper Penny Cash, who takes an instant dislike to him, until he proves his worth when trouble comes calling, in a volume that includes a novella by A.J. Pine.

Jake Matheson can't get Hannah Ashton out of his mind and he can't wait to take over the reins at his family's ranch either. Too bad Hannah is about to leave town and his father, Holt, has no intention of retiring. In fact, he's issued an ultimatum--convince Hannah to wed in thirty days or forget about ever running the ranch. Jake would do just about anything to keep her in Chance Creek, anything but mess with their birth control. Hannah has never...