BABY MINE Once upon a time, Abby Heller was the lovable, headstrong kid who idolized Cash Bravo. In her hero-worshiping eyes, the Wyoming rancher could do no wrong. But one urgent April night, Cash made a woman of Abby... and Abby came up pregnant. Cash cursed himself for stealing her innocence and vowed to give their baby his name. Then he'd set sweet Abby free—to find herself a better, younger mate. After all, when a man loved a woman, heartache was nothing... but honor was all. Conveniently Yours...The Bravo men's marriages may have begun in name only—but were they destined to be love matches after all?

A RING AND A BABY... To fulfill her father's will and keep her precious ranch, Megan Kane needed to marry, bear a child. Since she'd always loved handsome neighbor Nate Bravo—a maverick she couldn't tie down—her solution was simple. She'd beg Nate to wed her and bed her.... AND THEN SHE'D SET HIM FREE Meggie vowed she wouldn't cling. Wouldn't linger. She'd cherish her marriage until she got pregnant. Then she'd raise Nate's baby lovingly...and alone. But all too soon Meggie swelled with child. And she learned some promises were hell to keep.... CONVENIENTLY The Bravo men's marriages may have begun in name only—but were they destined to be love matches after all?

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FIRST COMES MELINDA WITH A BABY CARRIAGE... Pure chance brought big-city girl Melinda Bravo and rugged rancher Cole Yuma together in time to deliver his sister's newborn. But it was pure desire—baby and otherwise—that convinced her there would be no harm in pretending the baby was hers and Cole's... just for a little while. THEN COMES MARRIAGE.... And it only made sense that she and Cole also assume the roles of husband and wife—strictly for show, of course. THEN COMES LOVE! Melinda and Cole both knew that despite their mutual attraction, they had nothing in common! So why, suddenly, was each of them fantasizing about making their pretend marriage the real thing?

THINGS TO DO BEFORE THE WEDDING... 1. Pick up dress 2. Do nails 3. Divorce first husband Seems like bride-to-be Jenna Bravo had left one teensy thing undone before she accepted her nice-but-boring fiancé's proposal—divorce her first husband, Mack McGarrity. And when her former workaholic, currently gorgeous, superwealthy not-quite-ex showed up at her home one day, it turned out he had a new proposal.... ...One that Jenna couldn't refuse: to spend two weeks alone with him. If, after that, she still wanted the divorce, she could have it. On the other hand, when it came to rekindling old flames, two weeks could be a very long time....

MARRY IN CONVENIENCE... All her adult life Lacey Bravo had loved Logan Severance, but the good doctor—always hell-bent on doing the right thing—had never even made an improper advance toward her. Well, maybe one, about nine months ago. So the about-to-be single mom knew Logan would come after her, demanding marriage. It was just a question of when.... LOVE IN LEISURE? Logan knew, the minute Lacey answered the door, stomach-first, that she had to marry him. But first things first—there was a baby to be born! There'd be time enough afterward to convince her that what began out of necessity could turn into love. And to convince himself, as well....

"YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT—THE REDHEAD'S SURPRISE." His dying father's wickedly whispered words sent memories spinning in Marsh Bravo's mind.... He and Victoria Winningham learning about love in the back seat of his old Plymouth Duster. The final bout with his old man that left him hell-bent on leaving Oklahoma—and his sweetheart—behind. Now he'd returned home to hear his father's final wish. Yet in the years he'd been away, his only regret was a redhead. A woman whose secret, he soon discovered, was of Bravo blood. A woman and child who would bear the Bravo name....

Hardworking detective Dekker Smith had always been beautician Joleen Tilly's best buddy. But when Joleen fell for a rich boy's honeyed lies—producing precious but fatherless little Sam—and Sam's powerful grandparents demanded custody, Dekker proposed an astonishing a most convenient marriage! For Dekker had come into family money and was now wealthy enough to fend off any claims on Joleen's toddler. But could Joleen fend off her sudden, searing desire for her in-name-only husband? Would that unexpected heat burn the bonds between best friends? Or forge a family that was meant to be?