Coming home to her family's Wyoming ranch was supposed to help injured ballerina Lucy Buchanan to heal. Instead, she was getting romantic ideas about the sexy rancher next door. Not even Beck's gruff manner could stop her from being neighborly...especially when she met the grieving widower's shy young daughter.In just a few weeks, the petite dancer with the thousand-watt smile had changed the single father's life. Even before he swept her into his arms on the dance floor, Beck knew Lucy was some kind of special. Was it time to move on? To stake a claim to a brand-new future with the woman who'd worked her unique magic...and danced her way straight into his heart?

THEIR SURPRISE BABY...Three years ago, Daniel clay had left the Double-C because of his forbidden—and unfulfilled—passion for Maggie Greene. Now he'd come home a changed man. A brooding cowboy who thought he could now give only one stolen night of passion to confort the newly widowed Maggie.But Maggie was holding out for more, because that one night had left her pregnant. And Daniel's tenderness and all-consuming lovemaking had awakened wonderfully new feelings. But though his marriage demand voiced her deepest longings, Maggie wasn't accepting his proposal until came from Daniel's heart!MEN OF THE DOUBLE-C RANCH:Under the big, blue Wyoming sky, these five brothers discover true love.

AT THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHTIt's New Year's Eve, and there are five Fortunes sitting at the bar--five single, way-too-handsome Fortunes dressed in wedding attire. It's enough to make any red-blooded single girl start thinking wistful thoughts--especially about Wyatt Fortune. Still, Sarah-Jane Early doesn't bother to fantasize. There's no way that wealthy, charismatic hunk would date a plain Jane like her....ACROSS A CROWDED ROOMThey say New Year's is a time for new beginnings, and Wyatt Fortune is sorely in need of one. After some startling family news, he has vowed to sever all ties and start fresh in Red Rock. The beautiful young woman at the bar--Savannah, she tells him--is nothing more than a momentary diversion. But could this be a moment that leads to a lifetime?

A Love Worth the Risk? Psychologist Hayley Templeton prides herself on keeping a level head in life and love - but she can't get Seth Banyon out of her mind! There's something about the gorgeous security expert that doesn't add up... and Hayley can't resist getting close enough to know more. Seth has plenty of secrets that he needs to protect Hayley from - most importantly, what he's really doing in Weaver, Wyoming. He knows he should get the irresistible woman out of his system for both their sakes... but forgetting Hayley is proving the most difficult thing he's ever tried to do!

EDITORIAL REVIEW: Princess Meredith Elizabeth Penwyck had filled her fantasies with Duke Pierceson Prescott's silvery-green gaze for as long as she could remember. But then they shared a steamy kiss at a royal wedding, and the pristine princess discovered that her feelings were much more than make-believe.... Plagued by his perilous past, Duke Prescott had shielded his desire for Princess Meredith since he was a young cadet. But once her lips opened the floodgates of his passion and the truth behind his dark secrets came tumbling out, would he learn that the hole in his heart could only be healed by the princess's tender touch?

HOLIDAY STRANGER?She was beautiful, aloof...and the only thing Sawyer recognized since the accident that had stolen his memory. Instinctively, he knew they weren't strangers—not when his emotions reacted so strongly, and not when he could almost feel being intimately close to her. But what was Dr. Rebecca Morehouse hiding from him?Rebecca was denying she'd ever seen Sawyer before—and was frantic to keep the incredibly appealing Navy SEAL out of her life. Because even if Sawyer's memories had been taken, her own were all too real. After all, she had her own reminder of their very passionate encounter!MEN OF THE DOUBLE-C RANCH:Under the big, blue Wyoming sky, these five brothers discover true love.

WELCOME HOME, STRANGER After ten long years Jefferson Clay was back. But now he was a different man. Leaner. Mysterious. Pained. Something else had changed, too. The pint-sized tomboy who'd tagged along after him at his family's ranch had matured into a beautiful woman . . . Emily Nichols had been hopelessly in love with Jefferson ever since she could remember. And now this gorgeous, enigmatic man was sending her heart further into a tailspin, awakening her woman's passion as no other man could. but would Emily's love be enough to bring Jefferson's deepest, darkest secrets into the light and convince her wounded hero to stay . . . with her . . . forever?

WIFE FOR HIRE? Devilishly cool, handsome and clever, tycoon Kyle Montgomery always got what he wanted--and right now it was that Emma Valentine and her newborn pose as his wife and child. Kyle wouldn't take no for an answer--he needed an instant family to close a deal... Though Emma at first found Kyle's arrogance impossible, she couldn't refuse a trust fund for her son. Nor could she deny the sparks that sizzled between "husband" and "wife." Now that Emma was longing to soothe Kyle's embittered heart, could she turn his thoughts from business to happily-ever-after with his baby and bride?

"I do. Wait...did I?" Hometown girl Penny Garner is having a Vegas moment: waking up in bed with her teenage crush, a ring on her finger. Then there's the matter of the marriage certificate. How did that happen? The jury's out on whether it's Penny's dream come true or worst nightmare. Quinn Templeton has to wonder what they actually did that night, too. And when they get back to Weaver, Wyoming, the air force pararescueman can't just ignore the real feelings for his fake bride—especially if Penny's pregnant. Will they remember what brought them to the altar in the first place...and maybe sign up for a repeat performance?

"We believe the infant girl under our protection is your daughter."With that, rancher Ryder Wilson's world turns upside down. But he's determined to make a home for the baby his late estranged wife left on a stranger's doorstep. Local lawyer Greer Templeton is there to help, after growing attached to little Layla during the search for her daddy. It's enough to make Ryder propose a marriage of convenience. But does love factor into his Christmas promise?

"You might as well just kiss me. It's gonna happen, one way or another." Ever since those fateful words on the playground - and the resulting childhood kiss that ended in a broken nose! - they'd been besties. But four years ago, after a misguided night of passion, Justin Clay went from best friend to worst heartbreak in Tabby Taggart's book. Now he's back in Weaver, Wyoming, and the next kiss feels inevitable. But the closer they get, the more Tabby wants to run. And when she takes a drastic step to escape, it might be time for Justin to call her bluff - just like he did on the playground - and make her his bride...