COULD A HOTHOUSE FLOWER BLOOM UNDER BURNING TEXAS SKIES? Riley Holt didn't think so. Susannah Phelps was fair, fragile... and wholly unsuited for frontier life. And being pregnant didn't help matters. What she needed was a ticket back east—or at least someone to protect her. And damned if fate didn't keep volunteering him for the job! If Riley Holt didn't want to marry her, at least he could believe in her, Susannah fumed. Running a charm school in the Wild West proved she could survive and make a place for herself out here, away from scandal. Now, if only she could stop wishing that place were at his side!

Catherine Donnelly had come to Whirlwind to care for her rebellious brother. Not to rescue the very man who doubted her sibling's innocence! But as the Texas Ranger recovered in her bed, she was forced to admit that Jericho Blue might be the one man who could save her. And make her the woman she yearned to be! Jericho prayed that Catherine had nothing to do with the murderous ambush. For once he'd apprehended the culprits, Jericho knew the only way to satisfy the fierce passion Catherine aroused in him...would be to make the innocent temptress his wife!

Josie Webster was not a born killer...but her thirst for justice could make her one. The outlaw who'd murdered her parents and fiancé had gotten off scot-free. And now the only thing standing between her and vengeance fulfilled was Sheriff Davis Lee Holt, who held her quarry prisoner...and completely captured her heart! A woman with secrets needed watching, and lawman Davis Lee Holt intended to watch Josie Webster like a hawk. Why would a seamstress need shooting lessons? Or be curious about the jail? But after nursing her for a near-deadly snakebite, he faced a much more compelling problem: he loved a woman he couldn't trust!

In fleeing her past, she found a future... Jake Ross' life changes in a day when he finds a baby on his doorstep! Then he's thrown into a spin by the quiet beauty he hires to look after his unexpected delivery. On the wild Texas frontier, everyone has something to hide - and Emma York is no exception. Jake can see that she has secrets, but the sexy rancher's sure he can take care of her...if he can only find out what she needs protection from!

Handsome rancher and hotel owner Russ Baldwin has learned from harsh experience to look twice at people. He'll never let a woman cheat him again. So when his business partner, Miss Lydia Kent, moves into town, Russ goes on alert.... Russ' dark, watchful eyes rattle Lydia. She must keep her noble, yet underground, activities—and her emotions—tightly under wraps. But it doesn't take long before Russ realizes his curvy, sweet-talkin' co-owner has hidden depths...and he's determined to uncover them!

Seven years ago Matt Baldwin's ladylove rejected him, leaving town with his hopes and dreams. He vowed never to be a one-woman man again. But now he's about to cross paths with his beautiful heart stealer…. Dr. Annalise Fine is glad to be back in Whirlwind, but she has no intention of mending fences with the sexy cowboy who branded her a liar—until she finds him beaten up in her clinic. She'll clean his wounds, but it'll take more than a bandage to fix their shattered bond….

When the woman he loved vanished without so much as a farewell, cowboy Bram Ross vowed to harden his heart. He doesn't want to trust beautiful Deborah Blue again—and she's now suspected of being an accomplice to a treacherous outlaw. Yet trauma has erased Deborah's memory of not just her supposed misdeeds, but also her passionate past with Bram. As the murky truth about Deborah's disappearance unravels, Bram must protect her—by keeping her very close….