Three-year-old Missy thought her new neighbor had all the right stuff. Nick Barry was handsome, fun and even she could see he liked her new mommy. So why couldn't he be their daddy? Jennifer Carpenter had her hands full with adopting Missy and her two sisters. While the Texan next door doted on the girls, she knew Nick was in the fast lane to fame and fortune. Why would a sexy bachelor want a ready-made family? Besides, she wanted to become a mommy, not a Mrs. So what was it about Nick that proved irresistible—to the girls…and to her?

From the moment Jonathan Davis rang Diane Black'sdoorbell, mistaking her for his blind date,she knew the sexy developer couldn't be more differentfrom her. He squired around gorgeous, flirty, dim-witted Dallas socialites, not modest investment bankers likeher. Still, the man made her heart flutter under her pin-striped suit as it hadn't in years. John was many things—a millionaire, a player, a catch. But he'd never be a husband. For him, "marriage"equaled "mistake." Diane might be the quintessentialforever kind of woman, but he was confident he couldavoid that trap. That is, until he kissed her. And then, of course, there was the matter of the baby….

The last thing Lauren McNabb wanted was another childto care for—not after she'd raised her six siblings.The last thing Jack Mason wanted was another woman tocome into his daughter's life, then leave. But when Jackshowed up to renovate her Yellow Rose Lane apartmentwith his three-year-old in tow, Lauren fell for little Ally—and the handsome carpenter. But he didn't want"The Shark," as she was known in legal circles, aroundhis child. Lauren was certainly beautiful, and after yearsof being alone, he thought kissing her felt like heaven.But could the workaholic attorney go back to her busycareer and still be a mother…as well as a wife?