Three couples find places to call home—and potential love—in this trio of romantic novellas set in Western communities.Midnight Sons and Daughters by New York Times –bestselling author Debbie MacomberThere's something special about Alaska—and about the town of Hard Luck. Scott O'Halloran grew up there; he's been away for years, but now he's back. To stay? Everybody's won...

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. Sh...

HOME ON THE RANCHJudith Bowen has a "talent for spinning a powerful story."—Catherine SpencerWestbank RanchWest of the Blue River, WyomingFraser McKenna is the owner of Westbank Ranch. Strong, too silent, a still-grieving widower.Martha Thomas is the woman who comes to stay.Martha's at loose ends, her job "downsized" out of existence. She's a city woman driving through the western states, l...

A secret marriagePhoebe 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.A family secretLewis 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.

A very persistent young man dreams of making his hero his dad in MOM AND MR.VALENTINE by Judith Bowen.

At their last reunion, they all accepted a challenge: look up your first love. Find out what happened to him, what kind of man he became. Since Zoey’s spending the month before Christmas back in her oldhometown-Stoney Creek, in British Columbia’s interior-she decides she’ll take the opportunity to search for Ryan Donnelly, the boy she’d loved with all the passion in her teenage heart.Zoey ends up visiting the Donnelly ranch, and she discovers that Ryan-who’s still single-

A man with a wild child. A secret childWhen Eva Haines first comes to remote (and supposedly deserted) Liberty Island, she has the uncanny feeling that someone’s watching her-and she’s right. A small wild-looking child with a huge black dog has been following her around. Eva, who’s spending a few weeks on the island to deal with an elderly relative’s estate, is puzzled. Who is this little girl? Where did she come from?Eva finds out soon enough. Fanny is the...

AN IRRESISTIBLE CHALLENGECilla Prescott has one priority in her life-her preschool in Glory, Alberta. It's rewarding work and she loves it, but it leaves little time for romance, which is just fine by Cilla.Not so fine for rancher Jeremiah Blake. Jeremiah has decided to take courtship and marriage more seriously, and he's convinced Cilla is the woman for him. Now he just has to convince Cilla…. But this cowboy is up for the challenge-even ...

MEN OF GLORYThe 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 J...

MEN OF GLORYA cowboy town in a cowboy country.This is a place a woman could love.These are men a woman could love!She's pregnant-and she's his brother's wife-to-beShe 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, ...

MEN OF GLORYA cowboy town in a 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 s...

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....