Karen Rose Smith

#2

"I want this marriage," Cody assured her. Her high-school heartthrob -- blue-eyed, broad-shouldered Cody Granger -- was back in Birch Creek, making Lauren MacMillan feel 16 again. That is, she felt like an awkward, overgrown virgin still smitten with the sexy star quarterback who'd left her longing for love that could never be hers. But this time Cody -- now a busy doctor and single dad desperately seeking a mom for his adorable daughter -- proposed! Lauren had waited an eternity for this moment, this man and motherhood. But if she became Cody's bride strictly for convenience, would she still ache endlessly for his love?

#3

By-the-book lawyer Ben Barclay didn’t make mistakes--especially not one-night-stand mistakes. So when he learned that his lone reckless act with a beautiful stranger had lasting consequences, he was determined to do the right thing.And that meant marriage.When Sierra Girard learned she was pregnant, she didn’t expect Ben to be part of her life. So she was stunned at his insistence that they be husband and wife--if only for the sake of the baby. But even cautious Sierra couldn’t deny the smoldering embers of attraction that burned bright. It was a fire that could almost be mistaken for true love....