Men from Jacobsville, Texas, are a different breed--they are men of iron, forged to long-lasting steel under the hot Texan sun. And tough to convince in matters of the heart....

TOM WALKER: Elysia Craig thought he was a love-'em-and- leave-'em type of guy, when in reality once love lassoed his heart, he could never let go....

DREW MORRIS: The faithful widower didn't know what hit him when Kitty Carson landed as his assistant. Calamity

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"Risking his neck is all in a day's work...Tough and relentless, Cord Romero lives for the adrenaline rush that comes with being a mercenary for hire. But this time the job is personal. Having barely survived a murder attempt from an elusive enemy, Cord is determined to neutralize his foe--the head of a multinational corporation that fronts a child labor ring. In order to get closer to his target, Cord joins forces with the Lassiter Detective Agency,...

He was strong, charming and set in his ways. She was shy, unassuming and achingly innocent. Together, next-door neighbors Jordan Powell and Libby Collins were like oil and water. Yet when Jordan made it his personal crusade to help Libby hold on to her beloved homestead, everyone in Jacobsville knew it was just a matter of time before wedding bells chimed for these sparring partners. And if truth be told, the taciturn rancher wouldn't deny the exquisite...

Hoping to destroy a drug cartel operating south of the border, DEA agent Rodrigo Ramirez disguises himself as an itinerant laborer to take a job on Gloryanne Barnes' farm, but his growing attraction to his fiercely independent employer could endanger hismission.

Jason and Gracie have been inseparably good friends until a moment of sudden passion pulls them asunder, and Gracie comes to realize that Jason will never see her as anything more than a younger step-sibling. It takes Gracie being kidnapped, Jason saving her, an interferring other woman and Jason almost dying before the two lovers conquer their fears of intimacy and admit their total love for each other.

Ever since DEA agent Alexander Cobb had given Jodie Clayburn a Texas-size brush-off, they'd been sworn enemies. But eight years later, an undercover operation brought them back together again. This cynical Long, Tall Texan couldn't believe the baby-faced schoolgirl was now an understated beauty who electrified his senses and his heart. Or that she'd help him crack the drug-smuggling case that threatened all of Jacobsville. Tantalized to the core,...

Constantly in the middle of trouble, be it during roundup or at Jacobsville County dances, Harley Fowler always seems to emerge unscathed. Then he meets Alice Jones, a top-notch investigator who is trying to solve a murder involving the one family Harley doesn't want to talk about about; his own.

Tall, lean and headstrong, FBI agent Kilraven lives by his own rules. And one of those rules is keeping his hands off Jacobsville's resident sweetheart, Winnie Sinclair, no matter the temptation. Shy and innocent, Winnie couldn't handle a man like him - a merciless man with a haunted past. And this small Texas town may hold not only the woman he fights to resist, but the answers to a cold case that is very personal to Kilraven ...

Simon Hart had sworn off romantic entanglements forever. But every man had a weakness, and his was the beautiful, beguiling Tira Beck. He thought the bubbly socialite was a shameless flirt with a cavalier attitude about marriage--until he learned she'd secretly saved all her love for him.

Against his will, Simon became entranced by her glorious presence, her every gesture tempting him like a sweet, beckoning caress. Still, he knew she

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Penelope Mathews had spent her entire adolescence worshipping the elusive C. C. Tremayne--from afar. Until one night, trying to protect the mysterious loner from landing in a Mexican jail after he had drunk a little too much, Pepi was forced to seek refuge in a wedding chapel--and wound up going one step further by emerging as Mrs. Connal Cade Tremayne!

When C.C. realized what had happened, he was outraged--the last thing he needed was a shy

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