Theresa Michaels

Object: Matrimony So ended Erin Dunmore's advertisement in the Walla Walla newspaper. Unless she found a husband quickly, Erin would face a lifetime of unwed motherhood. She prayed daily that her ad would be answered by a man who could fulfill her long-desired dreams of home, family and love. Mace Dalton needed a wife, all right. But his secluded ranch was hard on women, and his rambunctious kids had driven away more housekeepers than he could count. A wife would be bound to him by law--his law. For Mace had enough of home and family, and love was something strictly from the past. . . .

Widow Catherine Rose Hill had vowed she would never again answer to a man. But when a stuffy hardheaded banker with sexy eyes challenged her hard-won independence with soul-binding kisses, she wondered if her freedom was worth the price. Gregory Michael Mayfield III's obsession with making a name for himself had cost him his health and his happiness. And his forced exile at Catherine's country farmhouse was supposed to bring him peace and privacy, not passion in the arms of the fiesty widow.

I CLAIM, I HOLD ... The motto of Clan Gunn had ne'er rung more true for Jamie Gunn than when first he drew the Lady Gilliane de Verrill into his arms. Aye, he knew then the bone-deep truth of it. She was for him ... and no other! Lady Gilliane had escaped being wed to a decadent Norman, only to face a new danger in the form of Highland warrior Jamie Gunn. Tanist for his clan, Jamie lived by his sword. And Gilliane was terrified --- of losing him and never again hearing the singing in her blood his very presence roused!

Kenny (Kee) Kincaid is one of those fellas that just can't help being a hero. He's been one since he was orphaned with another little boy when their parents were killed on a trip West. They are the two little boys who rescued Logan Kincaid in this author's story, ONCE AN OUTLAW. Kee just cannot refuse to help anyone in trouble - after all weren't all the Kincaid men raised like this? So, when he hears a woman's frantic screams - he rides to the rescue. Right into the path of adventure with Isabel, a mysterious beauty who is not the only one seeking her grandfather's old gold mine. Kee and Isabel will come near death as they search for the gold using her 'special' map. They also scorch the pages with some sensual tension along the way and like the other Kincaids, once Kee is bitten by love he won't give up until he claims her.

Dhu Micheil, the Black Laird of Clan Gunn He was a man of dark temper and legendary passions. And Seana MacKay was bounded to him by a terrible promise that none dared break�until the fates decreed she finally meet the man behind the legend. Seana nic MacKay, the Bartered Treasure of Clan MacKay One look at the innocent Seana, and Michaeil was bewitched. For never had there been a lass more bonnie. Yet she was his blood-sworn enemy�and destined to be the instrument of his final vengeance against the Clan MacKay.

While his parents work and his babysitter sleeps, Theo wishes on a shooting star not to be alone, and soon the old ornaments he found have come to life.

Chad Michalski is just doing his duty when he pulls over Tessa Howard for speeding. But from the moment the vivacious blonde strolls into traffic court, the widowed cop knows he's headed for trouble. Especially when she enrolls in the Lakewood Citizen's Police Academy, where he can keep a stern eye on her...and attempt to resist her much-too-tempting charms.Tessa has always admired a man in uniform. But the sexy lieutenant's by-the-book attitude could derail their relationship before it picks up steam. That's when Tessa, who's working hard to support her six younger siblings, decides it's time to show Chad what it really means to protect and serve. And maybe even land the lawman in the process!

To the lawman, she was the greatest danger of all....Did he steal her heart -- or did she give it away?A newcomer to Forlorn Valley, Emily Spoon vowed never to lose her family or her land again. Here was the future. Uncle Jake and the boys could go straight. She could set up her own dressmaking business. But her dreams for a fresh start turned to dust when a stranger accosted her, demanding to know the whereabouts of the Spoon gang. Heaven help her, Emily had never seen a man so handsome. Only later did she learn his name: Clint Barclay, the sheriff who'd destroyed her family -- and now threatened her resolute heart....Clint Barclay rode off, unable to forget the rifle-toting, icy-tongued beauty from a family of outlaws. Emily Spoon swore they'd gone straight, but Clint knew better -- he'd jailed the Spoons before and knew he'd do it again....Then one stunning, burning kiss at a dance changed everything. Suddenly Clint realized that he'd found the only woman he'd ever really wanted -- but he couldn't have her ... not unless he was willing to sleep with the enemy for the rest of his life....From the Paperback edition.