What happens when he’s all WRONG, but oh-so RIGHT? Let these USA Today, NYT, and bestselling authors take you on a fun romp with all the wrong men! When opposites attract, sparks fly and love abounds. Enjoy nine full-length novels and find the man of your dreams… even if he’s completely not what you expected! Barbara McMahon, The Cowboy Next Door: Mac's new neighbor, his opposite in every way, gets under his skin like no other woman. He wants to buy Amanda's property from her, but she keeps refusing. Who will give in first‑‑ stubborn Amanda or Mac and his once‑burned heart? Day Leclaire, How To Hide A Baby: With an infant niece pressed on him by his brother, Luc is forced to pretend he's married to his assistant when CPS gets involved. As lies and confusion pile up, what could possibly go wrong? Jean Brashear, Texas Deception: A plucky crusader falls for a down-on-his-luck stranger—only to learn too late that he’s the villain determined to destroy her town. Kathy Shay, Stay With Me: He swoops down in his medevac helicopter and rescues people in crisis situations without fear. But the CEO of the company doling out the grant for a new plane scares him to death. Lisa Mondello, My Lucky Charm: Meeting a devastatingly handsome surgeon who drives a Harley and has a love for Irish music makes Zoey feel like she’s found her lucky charm—until life makes other plans. Debra Salonen, The Daddy Gamble: Gorgeous, smart, sexy Kate breaks all his dating rules: no ex-husbands, no kids, and certainly not a few years older. So why can’t Rob get her out of his head? Linda Barrett, Her Picture-Perfect Family: A bubbly kindergarten teacher takes on a loner and his war dog… Karen Sandler, Loves Me, Loves Me Not: She’s a strait-laced principal who always follows the rules. He’s a free-spirited inventor who thinks rules should be broken. Can these two opposites attract & find true love? Chantel Rhondeau, Blazing Love: An emotionally wounded veterinarian assistant tries to resist the heat of a blazing hot firefighter, but she can't avoid the flames of his passion.
Authors
Bestselling, award winning author Barbara McMahon has written more than 80 novels which have sold more than 16 million copies world wide in more than fifty countries in twenty-eight languages. Known for her heartwarming, emotional stories, she excels in capturing those feelings when first falling in love. She has won or been nominated for every major award in the romance genre from a double nomination in the RITA to winning the Bookseller's Best, National Readers Choice Award and the prestigious HOLT Medallion, among others. Barbara lives in a rural county in California's gold rush country. She loves the history of the place and is involved in the county's genealogy group and historic cemetery preservation in addition to volunteering one day a week at the local Animal Shelter.
Karen Sandler adores writing characters with less-than-perfect lives, who feel deeply, but don't always share those emotions out loud. Her heroes and heroines have been through dark times, but still reach toward the light. They are always worthy of love and redemption. Happy endings, guaranteed. In addition to writing novels, Karen loves riding her beautiful Arab mare, Sashey La Fey (aka, Shey), and is an avid folk dancer. She lives in Northern California with her husband and dance partner, Gary, and two cats—ginger cat Alani and former feral Zak. Sign up for Karen's Romance & Mystery newsletter here. Sign up for Karen's Science Fiction newsletter here.
A letter to Rod Stewart resulting in a Cinderella birthday for her daughter sowed the seeds of New York Times and USAToday bestselling author Jean Brashear's writing career. A lifelong avid reader, at the age of forty-five with no experience and no training, she decided to see if she could write a book. It was a wild leap that turned her whole life upside down, but she would tell you that though she's never been more terrified, she's never felt more exhilarated or more alive. She's an ardent proponent of not putting off your dreams until that elusive 'someday'—take that leap now. Over fifty published novels later, the five-time RITA finalist and RTBookReviews Career Achievement Award winner has accumulated a whole passel of war stories to swap and loves nothing better than talking writing and books with readers and fellow writers. And she'd still take that leap, war wounds and all.
USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR, Lisa Mondello, has held many jobs in her life but being a published authors is the last job she'll ever have. She's not retiring! She blames the creation of the personal computer for her leap into writing novels. Otherwise, she'd still be penning stories with paper and pen. Her first book, All I Want for Christmas is You won Best First Book in the Golden Quill. Her books have finaled in the HOLT Medallion, and the Colorado Award of Excellence contests. In 2011 she re-released her award winning book All I Want for Christmas is You along with a re-issue of her romantic comedy, The Marriage Contract, with a new contemporary romance called The Knight and Maggie's Baby. In 2012 she reissued the first 3 books of her popular Western Romance Series TEXAS HEARTS including Her Heart for the Asking, His Heart for the Trusting and
- Born and raised in Brookings, South Dakota. Youngest of five (much youngest). A Baby Boomer who married her high school sweetheart (our lockers were side-by-side). Mother of two, grandmother of three darling princesses, dog mother of 2.5 mutts.
- Graduate of South Dakota State University with a Master’s degree in Geography and History.
- Job history: taxi driver, flax seed counter, cartographer, rural mail carrier, substitute teacher, secretary/community liaison for Merced College’s Child Development Center, bookkeeper, journalist, author.
- First sale story: June, 1999, to Harlequin Superromance. Total number of books sold to Harlequin =27.
- Honors and awards: Romantic Times BOOKreviews, 2006 Series Storyteller of the Year. Winner: Best Superromance of 2010: Until He Met Rachel. Nominated for Desert Quill in 2008.
- First book published by Tule Press, summer 2014: Cowgirl Come Home. The Big Sky Mavericks series opens Aug. 2014 with: Nobody's Cowboy.
