Frank Carlson Library

MORE THAN SHE BARGAINED FOR… Motivational speaker Brooke Blake spent her life making other people's dreams come true, and yet she'd decided she'd have to go to a sperm bank to make her fondest dream a reality. But that was before one shattering night of passion with a slow-talking Texan rocked her world to its foundations. Then Caleb Lander, the cowboy who'd awakened unsuspected desires within her, discovered she was the outsider who'd bought his...

THE COWBOYWHO FOLLOWED HER HOME…With his whiskey-rough voice and mesmerizing eyes, Brand Lander wasn't the careless rodeo rider fiercely independent Toni Swenson needed for a one-night baby-making session. But she was powerless to resist the sexy stranger-and when the fantasy-filled deed was done, she skipped town, hoping for a tiny miracle. …Once Brand tracked his blue-eyed seductress down and learned of her quest to secure her inheritance, he...

It's 1972 and fourteen-year-old New Yorker Lizbeth Landers is sent to the sleepy town of Ahoskie, North Carolina to spend the summer with relatives. Her expectation of boredom is quickly dispelled when police sirens and flashing lights draw her to a horrible scene at the Danbury Bridge. Mr. Samuel, owner of Samuel's Lumber Yard, has driven his car off the bridge and into the river, drowning himself and his daughter. Curiously, Mr. Samuel died clutching...

An aspiring dressmaker, orphaned Starling Smith is accustomed to fighting for her own survival. But when she's offered a year's wages to temporarily pose as a wealthy man's bride, she suspects ulterior motives. She can't lose the chance to open her own shop, but she won't be any man's lover, not even handsome, infuriating Alisdair Seymour's...
To prevent his visiting sister from parading potential brides in front of him, Alisdair has decided to...

The lady's maid meets her match… Wenna Chenoweth's future is secure, until dashing Devon Courtney's illicit flirtation gets her dismissed from her job as a lady's maid. With nowhere to turn, Wenna is forced to accept Devon's bold proposal: To be his bride. To enter society on the handsome aristocrat's arm. To give him the heir he requires. It's a foolproof plan. Except Wenna finds herself falling hard for a man who can never love her for who she...