The Unexpected Wife

Lucas O'Reilly did things his way...and as founder and mayor of Thunder Canyon, he answered to no one-and liked it that way. Except lately, now that he owned one of the bigger spreads, and richer mines, under the wide Montana sky, he'd been thinking a wife would be nice. Maybe an agreeable little woman to brighten his house-and warm his bed.

A mail-order bride would be one special delivery, he decided. But what he got instead was a surprise package with a firecracker inside named Miss Jennifer Alston. Sassy and opinionated, she was not what he'd expected-but exactly what he needed, in spite of himself!

Choose A Man Or Be Left Behind!

So said the code of the West for women alone on wagon trains. But newly widowed Jessica Beaumont had a baby on the way, and what kind of man would willingly take on another man's child? Apparently the rugged, handsome kind, for wagon-train scout Finn Carson staked his claim on her early…and swore never to let go!

Finn Carson Was An Honest Man

who honestly wanted Jessica Beaumont to cherish and love forever. But would this fetching beauty accept him if she discovered his connection to the danger stalking her? Or would their chance at happiness be lost before it was truly found?

Secrets and lies made poor references, Linnea McConaughy knew. But her survival depended upon keeping her past hidden, especially from her employer, rancher Will Tucker. True, he'd shown her kindness, even tenderness, but could he ever accept her shameful past-and another man's baby?

Will Tucker did not like surprises, and Linnea McConaughy was not the sturdy, past-her-prime widow he'd expected to manage his household. Instead, she was a tiny slip of womanhood desperately seeking a place to belong. Yet much to his growing surprise, that place seemed to be in his home-and his heart!

THE WAY WEST FOR RACHEL SINCLAIR LED STRAIGHT DOWN THE AISLE

And into the arms of a man she barely knew! But Cord McPherson had taken her and her brothers in when trouble struck along the trail. And Rachel believed in her heart that this marriage of convenience would grow into a bond more precious than gold.

An instant family wasn't something Cord McPherson had planned on acquiring, but the sight of Rachel protecting her brothers told him she was plenty strong enough to be his bride. And he was good and ready to make their promise to each other last a lifetime.

Rosie Stanton climbed on a west-bound train to answer his ad for a wife and mother, everything she wants to be.  But Tom Harris lied.  He doesn't want a wife, merely a mother for his two abandoned children and a cook and cleaner for his ranch.  Betrayed once, he's vowed never to let another woman into his heart.  Sexy Rosie upsets all his plans and threatens to invade his scarred heart.  How will he maintain his vow to keep his hands off her as she charms his children, his cow hands, his life?

And Johanna Patterson was the kind of woman who could make him leave the past behind. But how would he ever convince this reclusive spinster to open up her heart to him and his boys?

It seemed to Johanna that she had always been alone. Until the day that Tate Montgomery turned up at her farm with a ready-made family, and an offer that would change her life forever.

After the death of her husband, Hannah Sawyer swears that she will never again allow a man to have control over her life. Working as hard as any man, Hannah struggles to run her prized ranch on her own, but mounting debt and numerous accidents put Hannah in danger of losing the property she has worked so hard to keep. Her only option is to marry a man she barely knows and trust that he is not as cruel and controlling as her late husband.

Colton Kincaid dreams of starting a new life and putting his bounty hunter past behind him for the sake of his three-year-old son. Marrying Hannah seems like the perfect way to do that. The two strike a deal. Their marriage will be mutually beneficial, Hannah will get the help she needs to keep her ranch running, and Colton will get a mother for his child. Neither of them counted on the mounting attraction they would feel for one another. Caught up in a whirl of passion and danger, Hannah and Colton discover they have to rely on one another. But can they learn to trust each other before the dangers of the past pull them apart?

Re-issue. Approximately 100,000 words. Sensual content.