Lindsey Brookes

After countless attempts to speak with the owner of the retreat for troubled teens she runs on the outskirts of Lone Tree, Montana, Caitlin Myers resorts to kidnapping Brandon 'The Ogre of Lone Tree' Barnes in a desperate attempt to change his mind about turning Stoney Brook into a vacation resort for the wealthy. Retired rodeo star, Dalton Barnes, gets the surprise of his life when he's abducted by a soft-spoken female with a 'gun' and taken to the retreat his family owns. He soon learns she's kidnapped the wrong cowboy by mistake. She wanted his brother. Things go from bad to worse when a late spring snowstorm strands them together at the cabin. But it's during their snow-in that Dalton learns why Caitlin has gone to such lengths to save Stoney Brook. Having had issues with his older brother himself and a not so happy past, Dalton promises to do what he can to help her.When confronted Brandon tells Dalton he'll hold off on his plans for the retreat, but only if Dalton agrees to stick around and help run it. Keeping his promise to Caitlin, Dalton agrees and what starts out as a common goal to turn the troubled teens' lives around that summer ends up turning theirs around as well. Can a man who has always avoided putting down roots and a woman with a deep-seated fear of abandonment hang on to the happiness they've found together? Or will the past return to threaten their newfound love?Love, laughter and a heartwarming read...

Kidnapped Cowboy

Capturing the Cowboy's Heart

From the moment Bethany Warner was born, Sheriff Tanner Montgomery was on the run. And he was only four at the time. Their mothers' matchmaking efforts finally ended when Bethany's family moved away. Now, ten years later, she's coming back to Ruby Creek and his mother is up to her old tricks again.Tanner is happy with his life just the way it is. No emotional entanglements. No wife or child to worry about leaving behind if something should happen to him in the line of duty. Then Bethany returns, all grown up and sexier than sin. Now he's on the run for a whole new reason. Growing up, Bethany idolized Tanner. He was the HERO OF HER HEART. But to him she'd been nothing more than a tag-a-long little kid. Too tall, too thin, with unruly curls and teeth she could whistle through.That was then. Now she's coming back to Ruby Creek, a successful, confident businesswoman, and no longer the ugly duckling she had once been. Can Bethany convince Tanner to give love a chance? And if she does, will it be everything she had always dreamt it would be?

Hero of Her Heart

Operation Date Escape

Being Italian and being sexy is supposed to go hand in hand, but somewhere along the line twenty-six-year-old Angelina Rossi's genes forgot their Italian love goddess heritage. She's tired of relationships that fizzle the moment things start getting hot. At this rate she's never going to experience the big 'O', proving her ex-boyfriend and co-worker at Sunset Travel right - there's no thawing the 'Ice Princess'. Thirty-year-old business executive Trey Landers isn't surprised by much his best friend and neighbor, Angelina Rossi, throws his way. But this time she throws him one hell of a curve ball. She not only wants him to accompany her on a business trip to Las Vegas and pretend to be her lover in front of her ex-boyfriend, she wants Trey to give her lessons on seducing a man. A man of his word, Trey's fevered kisses in front of her ex has the ass regretting his decision to break up with her. Not that she'd ever go back to him. How could she after experiencing such passion in Trey's arms? If only what happened in Vegas didn't have to stay in Vegas. Or did it?

Only in Vegas

Loving Ellie

Chase Reynolds donated to a sperm bank years before while working on the police force, having no idea that a few months later an injury would leave him unable to father his own child. Now divorced and working as a private investigator, he's about to find himself facing a past he'd just as soon forget. When Shay McDaniels learns that her father has been receiving threatening letters, she heads to the resort he owns in the Keys, hoping to convince him to bring in the police. He stubbornly refuses, telling her that bad publicity of any sort could hurt his business. Chase has no idea that the young woman he meets on the beach, the one whose son is determined to 'catch his mommy a man', is James Lansing's daughter and grandson. The background check he's done on James Lansing has his daughter currently living in Miami. So when he catches glimpses of her talking to James, even hugging him, she moves to the top of Chase's suspect list. For the first time since her divorce, a man succeeds in stirring Shay's passion. But more importantly, he makes her son smile. Unfortunately, Chase Reynold's constant proximity to her father stirs her suspicion as well. When James Lansing invites both Shay and Chase to join him in the private dining room, they discover each other's true identities. Then Lansing informs Chase he's to become his daughter's personal bodyguard until the situation with the threats is taken care of. Being thrown together twenty-four hours a day is the last thing Chase wants, considering the growing feelings he has for Shay. Distraction can make a man careless. But he accepts, determined to protect her and her son with his life.Shay finds herself falling for her 'bodyguard', a man determined to keep his heart at bay because he believes she deserves a man who can give her more children. Can she convince him he really is her happily-ever-after? Or will secrets uncovered succeed in tearing them apart?Humor...Romance...A touch of suspense...A story to warm your heart and make you laugh!

Hooked on You

A Little Bit of Sugar

All work and no play just like his father had done leaves Brandon Barnes, the 'Ogre of Lone Tree', on the outside looking in when it comes to those around him. A man whose trust has been broken, leaving his heart guarded. Megan McKinney, determined to put her painful past behind her, ends up stranded in Lone Tree, Montana. Love is the last things she's looking for, but she soon finds herself falling for the gruff, unsmiling cowboy who rescued her. Now it's her turn to rescue Brandon - from himself. So she sets out to teach him that life is meant to be enjoyed, not just lived. And that sometimes true happiness is only a smile away. (If you missed Book 1 in the Captured Hearts Series, check out Kidnapped Cowboy for Dalton's story. Both books can be stand-alone reads)

Captive Cowboy

Ellie Sanders is pregnant and alone. Carrying a child she'd conceived the one and only time she'd lain with her closest friend, Jarrett Tanner. A man she'd agreed to marry for the sake of their child. A man she'd loved, but not as he'd deserved. And now he was gone. Lucas Tanner returns home to settle his younger brother Jarrett's estate only to discover his brother left behind a very pregnant fiancee. Having lost his own wife and their baby she'd been carrying years before, he's bound and determined to stick around and make sure Ellie's child makes it safely into the world. Even if it means facing the ghosts of his past. Struggling financially and emotionally, Ellie is torn between keeping her baby and giving it up for adoption. She wants to give her child the chance she never had - to be raised by two loving parents. If only she could make Lucas understand. And, if only she wasn't falling for a man with no heart left to give. Lucas finds himself wanting more. Wanting Ellie. But what if he gives in to his deepening feelings and loses her, too? One fears abandonment. The other fears loss. Can Ellie and Lucas put their painful pasts behind them and finally find true happiness? Or are the emotional walls they've built up around their hearts too strong to tear down?"

There are some things a man can't change. My bein' a babe magnet for one. . . --Jimmie Joe Johnson Fact is, just about every single female in Possum Hollow, Alabama--along with most of the attached ones--has enjoyed my services. And not just as an auto mechanic, if you know what I mean. With me, women know exactly what to expect. A sweet ride, and no promises. But even a manwhore has rules. Like stayin' away from Baylee Jean Brown. As teenagers, Baylee Jean and I were hot and heavy. Then her Aunt Callie Rae warned me off, sayin' I'd never be good enough. Seeing as the women in Baylee Jean's family all have witch blood, and I figured Callie Rae was fixin' to do something unmentionable to my man parts, I agreed. But now suddenly, Baylee Jean--smart, sexy, wild--is all over me. She wants me bad--hell, who doesn't? But, if there's one woman who could bring a hound dog to heel, it might be her. . . "Irreverent, bawdy, laugh out loud funny. The most hilarious book I've read in years--maybe ever! In fact, I'm pretty sure this book is the reason the term "ROFLMAO" was invented. If you combined Jeff Foxworthy's humor and Jason Stackhouse's good looks and libido, you'd end up with Jimmie Joe Johnson, one smokin' hot hound dog and one hilarious read!" --New York Times bestselling author C.L. Wilson "The most hilarious book I've read in years--maybe ever! --C.L. Wilson Lindsey Brookes has penned numerous award-winning adult and young-adult fiction stories. Some of her contest successes include winning Harlequin's Great American Romance Novel Contest and being in the finals of the American Title III competition put on by Dorchester Books and Romantic Times. She is also a four-time finalist of RWA's prestigious Golden Heart contest and has been in the finals of or won more than 75 RWA chapter-writing contests with more than a dozen manuscripts. She's married to her childhood sweetheart, her very own hero, with whom she has two beautiful daughters. Lindsey is a longtime member of the Romance Writers of America, and is coeditor of "Market and Industry" for RWA's bimonthly newsletter. 80,000 Words

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