Frank Carlson Library

A SMALL TOWN. A BIG SURPRISE. Handsome, strange men are not on Violet Summer's radar-especially ones sitting in her diner in too-new cowboy gear. She'll eat an old boot if Sam Michaels is a real cowboy. Nope, there's a reason Mr. Phony Cowboy and his teenage daughter are here in Rodeo, Montana…and she'll find out the truth. Sam just wants to get back to New York. He doesn't need complications, like the gorgeous diner owner who irritates and intrigues...

A FAMILY HOUSEWARMING… Visitors are rare at widower Michael Moreno's Rodeo, Montana, ranch. When Samantha Read and her two sons turn up, seeking shelter in a snowstorm, his kids are ecstatic. Michael is less enthusiastic. Sammy's sophisticated city vibe seems out of place in his country home. But even he can't deny that the bubbly beauty lights up the whole house. Though Sammy doesn't know much about ranching, she recognizes an aching heart when...

HE'S CALLING IN BACKUP As the law in Rodeo, Montana, Sheriff Cole Payette can handle just about anything. Taking in his orphaned niece and nephew, though, puts him out of his depth. Grief-stricken himself, Cole turns to bar owner Honey Armstrong. Cole's longtime crush on Honey has always made him tongue-tied, but now she's the only one he can ask for help. Honey is shocked by Cole's request. He rarely says two words to her and now he needs her...

She needs a favor. He needs a bride. Langston Carr is back in her hometown Marietta as the temporary event planner for the Graff Hotel. The first event on the calendar is the society wedding that should have been her big day with her loving groom, so when rodeo cowboy Bowen Ballantyne swaggers into the hotel, all hard-bodied and chivalrous, she thanks him the way any single woman needing to salve her pride would - she kisses him. Bull rider Bowen...