UPCOMING BOOKS

SILVER BELLS, November 2008
"A MULBERRY PARK CHRISTMAS"

Zebra

After a bitter breakup, Jillian Ridgeway’s heart just isn’t into Christmas this year.  But running into her first love, “Mac” Maguire, fills her with memories of the tender kiss they once shared…

HER BEST CHRISTMAS EVER, December 2008

Silhouette Special Edition

SURPRISE HOLIDAY DELIVERY:  EIGHT POUNDS, TWO OUNCES!

He’d have a home-cooked Thanksgiving dinner at his mom’s ranch, count his blessings, then superstar country singer Greg Clayton would go back on tour.  But when a storm stranded him alone with the very pregnant Connie Montoya, Greg delivered her holiday baby himself!

Suddenly, he’d found something that could compare to fame and fortune:  the beautiful single mother and the sweet baby girl who felt like his own.  But Greg’s life was on the road—and Connie’s past made joining him impossible.  Until a holiday miracle called love showed him how to make all Connie’s Christmas dreams come true...

IN LOVE WITH THE BRONC RIDER, June 2008

Silhouette Special Edition

When Tori took a job at the Rocking C ranch, nobody told her an ornery cowboy came with it. As a former nurse, Tori knew she could help Matt Clayton get back on his feet. The only obstacle was the injured bronc rider himself…

An accident may have ended his rodeo career, but Matt wasn't one to back down from a challenge! Now one bossy redhead was about to meet her match! But Tori was hiding something.

Would Tori's secret force her to leave Matt and the feelings he was awakening in her? Or could love work its healing magic on them both, making this a homecoming neither would forget?

MULBERRY PARK, April 2008

Kensington

Each day after work, Claire Harper jogs in Mulberry Park, hoping to find a respite from the grief that has haunted her since her young son’s death.  It’s a futile effort—until the day she finds a letter to God written by a seven-year-old girl named Analisa.

On impulse, Claire writes back, and Analisa’s letters gradually draw Claire into the companionship of other Mulberry Park regulars—all, in their own way, in need of comfort.  And as friendships grow, sorrows lift, and lives and hearts connect, each will discover just how far and how high one simple letter can reach.

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ONCE UPON A PREGNANCY, April 2008

Silhouette Special Edition

POSITIVELY PREGNANT?

Seems the halls of Walnut River General are harboring a few juicy secrets.  Is our ever-proper E.R. nurse Simone Garner getting a little bigger around the middle?  Rumors are flying that she and paramedic Mike O’Rourke have been seen in certain dark hospital corners, and that Simone is having his baby!

Sure, everyone in Walnut River knows Mike is quite the catch…the dreamy medic could restart a heart with just one look.  But is marriage on his radar?  One has to wonder if Simone would stand a chance with Mike if she wasn’t pregnant with his child.  Or does he know something we don’t?

THE WILDER FAMILY:  Healing hearts in Walnut River

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ROMANCING THE COWBOY, March 2008

Silhouette Special Edition

He'd come home

Getting a job at the Rocking C Ranch was the best thing that could have happened to Sabrina Gonzalez and her younger nephew. Until her employers suspicious son came home. Now all she had to do was keep the handsome cowboy from uncovering her secret….

…to catch a thief

Jared Clayton needed to find out who'd been ferreting funds from his adoptive mother. Her new bookkeeper was the likeliest suspect, even if Sabrina didn't look like a common criminal. The soft-spoken beauty was awfully tempting, but Jared had already been down that road. Until she showed the tough-as-cowhide Texan something he didn't even know he possessed: his tender side.

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Silhouette Special Edition

THE REBEL DOCTOR

Turning his life around, Luke Wynter had worked hard to become a doctor, to give back to the community he’d taken from years ago.  And he had been doing just fine…until Leilani Stephens snuck back into his life.  Twelve years ago she had made it clear that she no longer considered him a friend, let alone a love.  And he’d never been one to plead or beg.

Now he felt drawn to her all over again—yet felt that something was unsettled, unfinished.  Unsaid.

What had Leilani been hiding from him all these years?

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THE COWBOY'S LULLABY, June 2007

Silhouette Special Edition

THE TEXAS TWO-STEP

Conservative businessman Jake Braddock had a heart that was all cowboy--and closely guarded.  Following his stepmother's death, he learned he'd be sharing custody of his five-year-old half sister with a sexy dancer--not his notion of the ideal mommy.

Chloe Haskell had barely begun playing mother to little Brianna when she found herself at odds with stuffy Jake, who seemed determined to fight her at every turn.  But the long-legged beauty soon got under the Texan's skin in more ways than he cared to admit.  Now Jake had to decide whether he was ready to let Chloe into his heart--and help him build the family he'd always wanted...

ROCK-A-BYE RANCER, October 2006

Silhouette Special Edition #1784
ISBN: 0-373-24784-2

And Clay Callaghan was ready to provide one for her. The Texas cattle rancher knew next to nothing about caring for infants, but he’d never turn his back on his own flesh and blood.

As guardian of her younger siblings, attorney Daniela de la Cruz offered both legal and child-reading expertise. Yet it was clear this handsome cowboy needed—and wanted—more from her. Well, Daniela could never turn down a child in need.

A handsome, single father-in-training was another story—wasn’t it?

THE PERFECT WIFE, August 2006

Silhouette Special Edition #1773
ISBN: 0-373-24773-7

CARLY ALDERSON THOUGHT SHE HAD IT ALL...

Until her divorce was finalized.  She'd been trying to figure out how her carefully planned out life had gone off track--and then she met a wonderful man.  Only, Bo Conway was everything wealthy Carly wasn't looking for: A regular guy.  A carpenter.  And a smart, sexy man who took her breath away with a single glance.

Bo had learned the hard way never to fall for a society woman, the type who wanted to mold him into something he was not.  But sweet, beautiful Carly has him breaking all his rules....

CALL ME COWBOY, March 2006

Silhouette Special Edition #1743
ISBN: 0-373-24743-5

T. J. "Cowboy" Whittaker wasn't looking to be anyone's hero, but when vulnerable Priscilla Richards turned her tear-filled blue eyes on him and asked, "Can you help me uncover the secrets in my past?"...well, how could the sexy P.I. say no?

His job was simple: escort the sheltered city girl to Texas to meet the mom she'd never known, then hightail it out of there as fast as his boots could carry him. Temptation wasn't on the agenda — especially with a prim New Yorker who most definitely was not his type. But Prissy made him hotter than Dallas in July...and made him want things he'd given up on long ago....

HIS MOTHER'S WEDDING, January 2006

Silhouette Special Edition #1731
ISBN: 0-373-24731-1

HERE COMES THE BRIDE...MATCHMAKING DOWN THE AISLE!

When private investigator Rico Garcia arrived to visit his recently engaged mother, becoming involved with her wedding planner was the last thing on his mind. But his matchmaker of a mom had other ideas--and an assignment to find the starry-eyed Molly Townsend's long-lost sister.

Molly had dreamed of her Prince Charming for years--and the cynical, down-with-love Rico was the stuff of her nightmares! But as she and Rico worked together to plan a wedding, and a reunion with her sister, Molly's chance at true love seemed within reach. It was just up to Rico to close the book on a perfect fairy-tale ending....