All the gossips in Ranger Springs were talking about the runaway bride who'd just come to town. And how she'd caught the eye of sexy police chief Ethan Parker. They'd all seen his car parked outside her house the first night she was in town. And after watching the two embrace on the front porch, nobody believed for a minute that he'd just come to check on some wayward raccoons! No, it seemed as if sweet Robin Cummings had caught the eye of this true-blood Texan who'd never quite made it to the altar. How could everyone in town help but start working on The Bachelor Project...?

When Cassie McMann first visited Brody's Crossing, she fell in love with all things Western, so left behind her prim-and-proper life, and moved to Texas. Dancing into the arms of rodeo champ and good-time cowboy Charlie Yates at a friend's wedding seems like a fine way to prove she's now a true-blue Texan.Texan...and pregnant!While the circumstances aren't ideal, Cassie is determined to raise her baby alone. But that's not going to sit well with her straitlaced family, and they're coming to visit. Charlie is happy to agree to a temporary arrangement, changing his status from bachelor to daddy and husband-to-be. It's only until Cassie's family leaves town.But Charlie's starting to think less about temporary, and more about forever. Because he can't get his mind off a cute little cowgirl he wants to call his own!

Note To Self: A Steer Is Not A Pet...I, Greg Rafferty, must not be of sound mind anymore. Why else would I bid on--and win!--little Jennifer Jacks's prize-winning bull, um, steer? It could have something to do with her doesn't-look-oldenough-to-be-a-preteen's-mom mother, the woman behind our successful Ms. Carole's cookies. I was expecting The Brady Bunch's Alice, not a blond, blue-eyed goddess in denim. And I know Carole is keeping something big from me. I wonder why such a beautiful woman is so publicity shy? She won't become the spokeswoman for my family's struggling business, but I think some kisses might persuade her to tell me her secrets and let this longtime bachelor become the daddy and husband the lovely Jacks ladies need!

Texas is a long way from Oregon, but Amanda Allen isn't planning to make her stay in Brody's Crossing permanent. All she wants is to meet the brothers she only recently discovered she had and head back out—mission accomplished. But what to do about Leo Casale? The tempting Texan is doing his level best to make her feel right at home.Leo is completely captivated by the stranger with secret! written all over her. He wants to help her, but Amanda refuses to confide in him. Does she have to be so stubborn and independent?Things are happening way too fast. Suddenly, Amanda has a whole new family to get to know, including a certain irresistible charmer who's making her believe that she belongs here, too!

Her son is dying and the doctors give him no hope, but Erina O'Shea prays for a miracle. When she appears in a strange man's bedroom, she knows it is the miracle, but what kind of strange miracle would bring her to such a strange world—a world that she soon learns is her future. Brought forward from 1896, Erina must cope with modern attitudes, modern miracles, and the incredibly handsome Grant Kilby—a descendent of the very man who got her pregnant and then abandoned her.Grant Kilby thinks he has heard just about every story, but this jumbled tale of time travel and miracles just about takes the cake. Still, baby Colin is seriously ill and Grant knows that no one else will help Erina. And perhaps it isn't a lie—maybe the stress of being a single mother with a desparately ill baby has driven her into believing that she is from a simpler time. He certainly can't believe that his grandfather got her pregnant. Not that he knew the man, but surely...In some ways, the modern world is a...

Love, Marriage...Baby?Plus-size model Jodie Marsh knows she wants these things--in the future. But when she becomes pregnant after a wild weekend with confirmed bachelor Travis Whitaker, she has to get married now to save her professional image as America's Girl Next Door.To her surprise, Travis agrees to marry her, but on one condition--he doesn't want a marriage of convenience. He wants to make their relationship real. So Jodie's got the baby and she's got the man. But will she find the first part of the equation--true love?It looks as if Jodie just may get what she wants--albeit in the wrong order!

A Crash Course--In Fatherhood!Deep in the heart of Texas, Ranger Springs is the perfect place to start over. Kate Wooten and her young son aren't the only newcomers in town--Luke Simon has just moved into the ranch next door, along with his menagerie of rescued animals. A former Hollywood animal trainer and stuntman, Luke is ready for some peace and quiet. But instead he's getting the surprise of a lifetime: the eight-year-old daughter he didn't know he had.Determined to turn his house into a home for his little girl, Luke knows he can't do it alone. Kate doesn't want any complications in her life, but this bachelor needs her help to turn him into a good father in just two short weeks. She reluctantly agrees to whip him into shape--now, if only she can resist his charms!

WELCOME TO RANGER SPRINGS, TEXASC'mon down to the Four Square Cafe. The food's hot, and the gossip's hotter!Love is BlindFolks in Ranger Springs know Gray Phillips is the perfect blind date--they just can't persuade the gallant, sexy entrepreneur to date the same woman twice! Then Dr. Amy Wheatley's father gets in cahoots with the town matchmakers to fix up Amy and Gray--and rumors of a steamy kiss witnessed in the wee hours of the morning go flying. Now they're officially an item, and everyone's buzzin' about an engagement. Except there's a sizzling tension between them, a yearning in Amy's eyes and--can it be?--fear in Gray's. Have these two conspired to fool us all...and only fooled themselves?The Way We Met...and Married: a funny thing happened on the way to the wedding

Christmas Cheer In A Small Texas TownNo sooner has Scarlett, a hairstylist from Atlanta, Georgia, shouted, "California, here I come!" than her clunker of a car breaks down. There are worse places to be stranded than Brody's Crossing, especially when hunky local James Brody is dying to show her how they celebrate the holidays in their quaint Texas town. James can't believe this far-out redhead was planning on spending Christmas without her family. Especially when family means so much to him--it's why he moved back home. He knows there's no way he can keep a big-city girl in a place like this for long... but can he keep her here long enough to explore the feelings growing between them? Maybe so, because even though Scarlett promised herself she'd be in Los Angeles by the New Year, she's becoming more Texan by the minute!

When the Prince of Belegovia deserted his royal tour of Texas to take an impromptu holiday with a blond waitress, his PR coordinator needed to do some serious damage control. Desperate, prim-and-proper Lady Gwendolyn Reed hired rodeo star Hank McCauley--a dead ringer for the roaming royal--to stand in until the prince's return. But would Lady Gwendolyn be able to tame this willful Texan into the picture of dutiful decorum? Or would Hank seduce the stunning aristocrat into letting down her hair...and more?

Is Kerry Lynn Jacks's unborn child heir to the Belegovian throne? That's the rumor around the Ranger Springs water cooler. When Prince Alexi of Belegovia visited the small town a scant few months ago he was captivated by the spirited beauty. Seems their brief affair has resulted in a little secret of gigantic proportions.The fate of a country's monarchy now rests on Kerry's answer to Alexi's question: "Will you marry me?" But is the marriage one of convenience or something more? Perhaps from the seeds of a royal scandal, this couple will harvest the bounty of unending love....

Billionaire bachelor Wyatt McCall left some unfinished business behind when he skipped town fifteen years ago. Like Toni Casale, his former love. Now Brody's Crossing's take-charge mayor, Toni is already putting Wyatt to work for the holidays. But does the bossy blonde know she still takes his breath away?Wyatt is still sexy, still gorgeous--and still pulling those outrageous stunts that made him famous in high school. If she doesn't watch out, Toni will fall for Wyatt all over again. But it may already be too late. Because this time around, the Texas troublemaker is planning something that could reunite him with the woman he loves--and give their hometown a Christmas they'll never forget!