Frank Carlson Library

He's a temporary neighbor... But will her surprise make him stay? Single mom of three Elizabeth Barnes has reason to avoid her rodeo star neighbor. She needs to protect her family after her ex's public scandal, and charismatic Dallas Maguire is only passing through. Turning to him for comfort was a onetime lapse - with unexpected consequences! Though Elizabeth can't keep hiding the truth - or her feelings - can a bachelor cowboy transform into a family...

"Young cowpokes everywhere will take a shine to this rib-ticklin' tale." -Publishers Weekly Slim Jim Watkins, like most cowboys, is a hardworkin', lasso-wieldin' cowhand. All Slim Jim Watkins wants to do at the end of a long day roping cattle is to ease out of his saddle, throw off his clothes, and take a deep snooze. But little by little, Slim Jim Watkins finds that his old way of getting ready for bed just won't do. Before it's all over with,...

Riding up to the Winged T cattle ranch to retrieve his stolen money, self-proclaimed drifter Pete suddenly finds himself--within moments of his arrival--owner of a cattle ranch and husband to a charming woman.

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...

After his father declares that the first of his sons to marry and produce a child will inherit his ranch, Rafe McKettrick finds himself beguiled by Emmeline Harding, his mail-order bride, despite the secrets he senses she hides.

Celia Remington is a single mom with a teenage daughter to keep safe and a ranch to protect. Brady Coleman is Celia's new hired hand, at least that is what he is pretending to be. In reality he is a special agent who is determined to uncover the source of the escalaating threats to Celia's ranch.

His five-year-old had accidentally set the kitchen on fire. His daughter was surly, as usual. The baby hadn't been fed yet. And his mother-aka "The Childminder"-had eloped...with a scam artist. Could it get any worse? Turned out it could. Because the annoyingly beautiful daughter of said scam artist was now at the door, batting her doe eyes at him and proposing that she be his temporary nanny while awaiting the newlyweds' return. Could he trust her...

Never again would he be burned by a city girl! No matter how sweet and loveable they seem, Lacey Gould and her niece won't win over Jay Blackhorse. Still, they clearly need his help. Lacey needs a place to stay...he has a house to rent. She's clueless about caring for the infant her sister abandoned. Jay has a talent for stopping the baby's tears. But when a dark secret from Lacey's past blows into town, will Jay's help be enough? And who will help...

At the dawn of the cowboy era, a mysterious disease threatens to derail the dreams of Texas cattlemen and their cowboys. One man vows to find a cure--and get fabulously rich at the same time. In a bold gamble, Joe McCoy builds a city in the middle.