Cal Blake's ranch, the Rocking Bar S near Glory, Alberta, is doing pretty well, and Cal's pretty content with his life ... but he's been thinking maybe it's time he got married. Then, one fine September day, he meets Nina O'Shea O'Sullivan on the road to Glory. She seems to be attracted to him, and he's sure attracted to her. They begin exchanging letters ... and the following spring, their long-distance romance leads to marriage. The rancher brings his new bride home to Glory, but there's something he doesn't know about Nina, something her letters didn't tell him. She's not exactly who he thinks she is! That summer, when she leaves, there's another thing she doesn't tell him: she's pregnant.

MEN OF GLORYAdam Garrick is an ex-rodeo cowboy, now divorced, and owner of the Double O Ranch. Out of nowhere, he receives a letter from Caroline Carter, the widow of his closest friend. He hasn't seen Caroline in years-but she's coming to visit him, bringing her five-year-old adopted daughter, Rosie.The adoption was arranged by her husband, and Caroline has never known the name of the biological father.But Adam knows. Rosie's his daughter. Can he keep this secret? Should he?A cowboy town in cowboy country. This is a place a woman could love. These are men a woman could love!

The town of Glory—a good place to go for Christmas! Calgary lawyer Honor Templeman makes a shocking discovery after her husband's death. Parker Templeman had another wife—and two children! They lived in the small ranching community of Glory, and the children have apparently been left in the care of their uncle. Honor's determined to look into that situation. His sister, Sylvie, and Parker Templeman are dead, and Joe Gallant has no intention of handing over their children to Honor—no matter how attractive her finds her. Because neither love nor law will induce him to break the promise he made to Sylvie. But...if Honor married him, she could have a relationship with the kids. They'd be a family. They'd do family things—like ball games and school concerts...and Christmas. A cowboy town in cowboy country. This is a place a woman could love. These are men a woman could love!

A cowboy town in cowboy country. This is a place a woman could love. These are men a woman could love!Virginia Lake left town more than a decade ago - after a memorable night with a man her parents forbade her to see. Lucas Yellowfly, they said, was a troublemaker. Off-limits. Half-Native American and from the wrong side of town, he wasn't good enough for Dr. and Mrs. Lake. But now...everything's changed. Now Lucas is a successful lawyer in Glory. Practically a pillar of society. And now Virginia's back, a single mother with a five-year-old son. She's looking for a job - and Lucas finds he needs someone with exactly her qualifications. Because he's always been half in love with the doctor's daughter. He's finally got the chance to convince her that this man from Glory will make a good husband...and a good father. Her reasons for marrying him might have more to do with need than with love, but things can change. Who knows that better than Lucas Yellowfly?

She met Jesse Winslow at a cattle show. They had a brief affair—and now Abby Steen is pregnant. Jesse, a rancher from Glory, Alberta, offers to marry her, and Abby accepts. She leaves her home in South Dakota to come to the Lazy SB, jointly owned by Jesse and his brother, Noah. But while Jesse might have good intentions and lots of charm, responsibility isn't his strongest trait. That's always been Noah's department. So when Jesse takes off—just abandons his bride before the wedding—Noah marries her instead. Their marriage might be for the sake of her babies—twins!—but Abby and Noah soon discover they haven't made such a bad bargain. Because love that starts the slowest often lasts the longest….

Cowboy goes a-courtin' Jeremiah Blake is a true man of the West: a hardworking, straight-talking rancher. He's got his priorities all figured out—and marriage isn't one of them. He likes women, no mistake about it, but not on what you'd call a permanent basis. Cilla Prescott's arrival in Glory provides him with a brand-new challenge. But Cilla has her priorities figured out, too. She says she's not interested in romance-or in him. She's just opened a preschool; she doesn't have time for men. Jeremiah aims to change her mind. He's decided to take dating and courtship more seriously, decided that maybe he should get married, as everyone's been telling him for years. Now he has to convince Cilla that she's the wife for him! Even if it takes a bachelor auction and some conniving by an old friend to do it....

Born In A Small Town by Debbie Macomber\\Judith Bowen\\Janice Kay Johnson released on Aug 25, 2000 is available now for purchase.

Phoebe Longquist and Lewis Hardin got married on impulse, without a fancy wedding, without family, without fuss. Phoebe wants to keep things quiet and uncomplicated...for a while, anyway. Lewis would rather not deceive their families. But he'll do it if she really wants...for a while, anyway. He might be a Glory boy made good, but he's also an ex-con and hardly what Phoebe's parents have in mind for their daughter. Then Lewis learns something shocking about his own family, about who he is. And it makes him take stock of what he has.