When Samantha Harrington attends the local rodeo, she doesn't expect to wind up in jail. But that's precisely what happens when she tries to stop a drunkard from abusing his horse. At least she isn't alone. Tucker Coulter, a handsome local veterinarian, comes to her defense-and is arrested too. The charges are dropped, but Sam's troubles have only started. Her champion quarter horses are falling ill and the culprit is poison.
Five years ago, Laura Townsend's life was nearly destroyed when a head injury impaired her ability to use language and forced her to abandon a brilliant career. Her vivacious spirit intact, she has found a great new job at an animal clinic-and a handsome new boss who fills her heart with longing. Now he's moving heaven and earth to convince her they belong together, but since she can't fulfill all of his needs, shouldn't she love him enough to walk away?
The year is 1889, and Rachel Hollister hasn't set foot outside her house in five years. Ever since a savage attack left her family dead, she's cordoned herself off from the outside world, afraid to let anyone into her home-or into her heart. But now trouble has appeared on her doorstep-and suddenly she has no choice but to let a handsome rancher enter her well-guarded existence.
A man of honor, Ace Keegan returned to No Name intending to avenge his stepfather's murder. But when his calculated anger damages the good name of his dead enemy's daughter, Ace vows to make amends by marrying the flame-haired Caitlin. For secret pain, insecurity and cruel innuendo cannot dim the proud spirit of the woman they wrongly call "Keegan's whore." And Ace is determined to nurture with patience and love the light his lady Caitlin guards in her damaged heart... until it blazes with the power of a thousand suns.
About to lose her young daughter as the result of the devastating child custody case, a young widow transforms herself into Meredith Kenyon, and, with her child, escapes the clutches of her abusive late husband's manipulative father. Fleeing across America, Meredith runs straight into the arms of Heath Masters, a lonely lawman - whose soulful eyes could be her one hope for salvation.
