Jeanne Allan

The reluctant bride Quint Damian was determined to prove that his grandfather's bride-to-be was a heartless gold digger. So he tracked down the daughter she'd abandoned as a baby--Greeley Lassiter--in the hope that the young woman's appearance would stop the wedding.... He never expected Greeley to be so unlike her mother--or so gorgeous! In time, the only wedding Quint had in mind was his own. But he was going to have to convince Greeley that she wasn't just a pawn in his game if he was to get her to accompany him to the altar! HOPE VALLEY BRIDES Four weddings, one Colorado family

Susan would not be bullied into love Burke Gerard dominated everything and everyone on his Colorado ranch. He expected to dominate the young city schoolteacher who because of an accident spent two snowbound weeks in his wild territory. Susan, however, was strong-willed, too. At first she detested this powerful, primitive man whose love seemed more like lust-she scorned him and battled him. Then she came to understand him and his kind of love-and yearn for it. But, she wasn't the only one who wanted him.

She'd given in to impulse once ... Instinctively Maggie had run-run hard and run long--from Nick's Colorado mountain cabin. Hadn't she always been Maggie the dependable, Maggie the sensible, the only one in her family who never took risks? So, when she'd found herself snowed in with a handsome, enigmatic stranger and suddenly discovered what giving in to impulse was all about... ... of course she'd run! But reckless moments come at high prices. And eventually Nick would find her and see that she paid.

Seeing him awakened painful memories As a teenager Sara had corresponded with Brad Rawlins, her brother Peter's best friend in Vietnam, but when Peter was killed the link had been severed. Brad had never written again. Now he was here in Colorado, a battle-scarred veteran with bitter memories of his own, and Sara realized her love for him had been no passing infatuation. How could she make him understand, though, when to him she was still just Peter's kid sister?

Was he carrying neighborliness too far? Adam Treherne did the brave thing by catching a burglar breaking into the house next door. But this was no ordinary thief. She was pretty inept - and pretty cute! Which was an odd admission because Adam usually like his women blond and leggy. Sunny Taite was many things, but she was not a burglar. Neither was she blond nor leggy. She'd just forgotten her key. But there was no denying that her interfering next-door neighbor was an attractive physical specimen - if you ignored his personality. Tall, dark and definitely handsome, Adam was going to be hard to resist...

Adeline Johnson was prepared to do almost anything to retain custody of her four-year-old niece -- even look for a husband! Grateful to Hannah Harris for lining her up with the town's most "eligible" men, Addy became increasingly frustrated when Hannah's overbearing grandson, Sam Dawson, sabotaged every date! Sam's calculating mind at first believed that Addy was trying to take advantage of his grandmother. Then another more worrying thought hit him: could he be part of Hannah's matchmaking plans? Addy's attractions were undeniably tempting, but he had no intention of becoming a dad.

Worth Lancaster has finally finished bringing up and caring for his sisters, and his mother is getting re-married. After the wedding, he plans to see the world, no responisibilities more. No one shall stop him, not even his new attractive red headed step sister. She is a widow, and is bringing up her son on her own. She also is keeping a secret. Worth is more and more intrigued with her.

"It's simple--we'll get married." Clay made it sound so easy, Dallas thought. But marriage to a virtual stranger was a daunting prospect, even if it was the best solution to little Nicky's problems. Clay also made it clear that he expected theirs to be a normal marriage. And though Dallas didn't find him unattractive--quite the opposite--would she ever come first in his life? Dallas was no quitter, however, and although the odds were high, she had to say yes!

Sex was just a game to him, and he knew all the moves. If Denver's star quarterback, Tony Hart, was the "stuff of heroes," Erin Cassidy had yet to be convinced. He'd just caused her to lose a major stained glass commission, and now seemed intent on adding her to his personal scoreboard! And being raised in a family of football fanatics, Erin didn't intend encouraging a professional athlete with, in her opinion, an over-inflated ego. But Tony was a great strategist--on the field and off. Convincing him she wasn't interested would prove a tricky task for Erin's heart.

Need a wife to take kare of a little kid. Has to bake cookys and smile a lot. Was this newspaper ad a child's cry for help? Cheyenne Lassiter reacted instantly and discovered a love-starved little boy. His uncle, Thomas Steele, seemingly had no place in his life for family…or for love. Cheyenne's sensitive heart went out to both of them. Deny it as much as he might, the more time Thomas spent with Davy, the more he appeared to be softening toward his late brother's son. Could Cheyenne hope that this business-focused man might eventually discover he'd make fine father and husband material?

She had one month to win back her husband! Justin Valentine was a man who had everything--a ranch, smoldering green eyes, a sexy, slow smile and even a wife, Cait...but she'd run out on him two years ago. Now Cait was back--and all she wanted was a certain cowboy in her Christmas stocking. Cait was going to make this the best Christmas ever! Okay, she might not know one end of a turkey from the other, but she could learn, couldn't she? She wasn't the spoilt little rich girl she'd been when they'd married. She was going to prove to Justin that she would make a perfect rancher's wife...and the perfect mother for his children!

Routinely making decisions that have dangerous consequences, strong-willed aristocrat's daughter Celia Lytton sets in motion a series of events during World War I that have a particular impact on her family, a destitute woman, and others. (from Amazon)

Gregory Ferris was everything Stacey had ever dreamed of; strong and vibrantly male, the handsome Colorado rancher had been her childhood idol. But hose dreams belonged to the past, and Stacey know knew better: her hasty marriage to Greg three years ago had proved to be the worst mistake of her life! The time had come to put an end to it, once and for all, though as far as Greg was concerned Stacey's freedom had its price--was she really prepared to pay?

The changes had come too fast.. They'd turned Tracy's world upside down, and she was struggling to restore a semblance of normality to her life. It was bad enough that things had to change, but even worse that her new bodyguard was the dynamically attractive and incredibly arrogant Neil Charles! They sparred constantly, and Tracy could see no way she could live in the same house with a man so contemptuous of her wealthy image. Especially when she found herself falling in love with him....

Bad, bossy - and all hers! Nicholas Bonelli had bad-boy sex appeal written all over him. Not that in his battered condition - broken arm, shattered leg - he was looking for female company. What right-minded woman would actually take this surly, ill-tempered man on? Only Rachel Stuart, it seemed, who had been hired by his exasperated family as a "baby-sitter" to look out for him. It was all too easy for Rachel to feel sympathy for this obstinate though, at times, endearingly vulnerable man. Until, that was, she remembered who he was and just why she had taken the job to get close to him!

"Orphaned at a young age, Austin Teague found a loving foster home at Thunder Mountain Ranch. After four years away, he's back in Wyoming for a family wedding...with hopes to plan his own nuptials once he finds his ideal bride. Between their mutual off-the-charts attraction and easy camaraderie, it seems as if Austin and gorgeous videographer Drew Martinelli are made for each other. "--Pg. 4 of cover.

It would be tempting fate to love a man like him ... Her brother's wife had just delivered twins, so Lindsey tried to blot out the memories of her father's death and fly to Germany. If it hadn't been for the strong, sensitive man sitting beside her, Lindsey would have been in pieces by the time they landed. Cole Farrel seemed to admire her for facing her fears of flying head-on. But there was a greater fear--her fear of loving a man who, like her father, flew planes for a living.

Samantha preferred being enemies Samantha adored her brother, David, and wanted nothing to spoil his marriage to Lynda. So when his best friend, Doug, asked Sam what advice she'd give a bachelor who was head over heels in love with his best friend's wife, her reply was prompt. "Find somebody else. Somebody single." That's how she got maneuvered into a temporary engagement with Doug--a man she loathed. Other people might find the situation humorous--but Samantha was determined not to be bested by her old enemy!

Two-parent family? Allie Lassiter takes pity on the shy little four-year-old at her sister's wedding. Then she discovers who the child's father is: the man Allie has spent years trying to avoid. The man who betrayed her. The man she loved—still loves. Zane Peters. Reluctantly, Allie finds herself back in Zane's life. She gets to know him again—and Hannah, his motherless daughter. All Zane needs to win his custody battle with Hannah's grandparents is a wife. His heart sings with hope when Allie offers to marry him for Hannah's sake. Can he now make Allie his wife for real?