The kiss was desperate, passionate, leaving Kelly Hampton no alternative but to smack the sinfully sexy cowboy who'd taken liberty with her lips. Didn't matter that Pete Crawford was her best friend's brother. Didn't matter that he'd handpicked her to foil a fortune-hunting femme fatale's advances. Pete was a cowboy, and Kelly had the broken heart and fatherless baby boy to prove that cowboys couldn't be trusted. What if Pete doted on Drew, becoming the dad her child had never known? What if he proved to be more a gentleman during their "pretense" than anyone she'd ever known? The irrefutable truth was that neither of them intended to wed...ever. Then Pete kissed her again....

It was her smile that caused all the trouble. Yep, ranch foreman Rob Hansen was sure he never would have agreed to be Melissa Kennedy s counterfeit fiancé if she hadn t given him one of her killer smiles. And now that he found himself "engaged" to her, he was determined to keep as much distance as he possibly could from the lovely foster mom. He was no home-and-hearth kind of man. So Rob would resist her delicious meals, comforting arms...dimples...smiles...passionate embraces.... Yeah. Right.

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JED KNEW MEN AND HORSES. AND HE UNDERSTOOD A LITTLE ABOUT WOMEN. But born illegitimate, a lifelong loner, what the cowboy didn’t understand—would probably never understand—was families. Which meant that the attraction he felt for rich, pretty rancher Beth Kennedy was just that. Attraction. Nothing more. There was no future in it—no house with flowers, no cradles filled with sweet-smelling babies. So Jed vowed he’d train Beth to be the best rodeo rider she could be. Then he’d move on down the road. Alone. Unless he’d just found a place to call home . . . THE CIRCLE K SISTERS: An unexpected inheritance changed their lives—but would love be the ultimate reward?

A REAL-LIFE FAIRY TALE Like her very own knight in shining armor, rancher Joe Crawford emerged from the mist to rescue Anna Pointer from a desperate situation. Widowed and raising two children alone, Anna could not refuse Joe's offer of assistance, though she was determined to ignore her attraction for the wealthy bachelor. A man of few words, Joe had always kept to himself. But Anna claimed to see beyond his beastly demeanor, giving this solitary man hope that a happily-ever-after was within his grasp ... if only he dared to risk all that he was and become the prince this beauty believed him to be.

Caleb Crawford, a wealthy Oklahoma rancher and revered citizen, finds his life and marriage spinning wildly out of control when the pregnant girlfriend of his illegitimate son arrives in town, forcing him to reveal the truth about a long-ago indiscretion that now threatens to tear his family apart.

HOW TO LASSO A BACHELOR... In Michael Crawford's "Five Year Plan," marriage came dead last. Even if he wanted a wife, it wouldn't be the slender blonde who arrived at the Circle K claiming to be the long-lost granddaughter of the late childless owner. Though Michael suspected Dani Langston of staking an unfounded claim on his loved ones, her blue-eyed innocence won over his family. Like a saddled bronco he suddenly found himself a roommate, a co-worker—and a pretend fiancée! Dani's fire-and-ice personality knocked the confident Mr. Crawford off balance. One minute he wanted to kiss her, the next, run and save his hide. But the Crawford family "Cupids" had their own ideas....