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When Winning the Jackpot Isn’t Enough—Can Love Be Their Biggest Victory? In the Kissing Oaks Billionaire Brothers box set, three captivating stories of love, secrets, and second chances unfold. Adrian and Madison’s Fake Engagement Adrian Landry, fresh off a Powerball win, needs a no-strings-attached date for the rodeo ball season to dodge the women chasing his fortune. Enter his old friend, Madison Benton, a high-powered lawyer eager to return home to Oakdale, Texas. Madison proposes a deal—she'll be Adrian's date if he helps launch her legal start-up. What starts as a business ...

A Christmas Blizard, Four Second Chances, One Unforgettable Holiday Collection Coming Home for Christmas brings together steamy holiday romances where snowy storms, second chances, and Christmas magic kindle the spark of love. When a snowstorm halts Olivia Miller’s holiday plans, rancher Lucas Peterson offers her refuge—and together, they discover that life’s greatest gifts often come through unexpected storms. Emma Miller’s reunion with billionaire Theodore White, an old high school friend, sparks a chance to mend old wounds and ignite a long-buried love. After a spark-filled night...

Secrets, Lies, and a Matchmaking Ghost The Burnetts of Texas can trace their lineage back to Eugenia Burnett who died a hundred years ago. Now she’s back as a meddling spirit determined to get her stubborn grandsons to fall in love. Will her modern descendants believe in a matchmaking ghost? They sure will when she’s done with them, if they refuse her schemes.

Lipstick and Lead Series Books 1-4 Forced to become bounty hunters. These girls always get their man! The McKenzie sisters, Meg, Annabelle, and Ruby find themselves orphaned, alone and about to lose the homestead. See the three women's journey's as they use their weapons and wiles to find love, happiness and discover family is all that matters. Desperate In 1880 Zenith, Texas, the McKenzie sisters, Meg, Annabelle and Ruby must find a way to support themselves after the death of their father. They have three options; marriage, women's work or... following in their papa's footsteps.Deadly ...

Will the Bounty Hunter Catch the Billionaire? Brittany McKenzie, ex-military sniper, comes from a long line of bounty hunters. The night her cousin Jennifer marries, she has a one-night stand with a gorgeous unknown man who piques her interest. Back at work when she goes on her next assignment, she can’t believe his face stares back at her. Billionaire Mark Davis has been framed for embezzlement and is determined to clear his name. The only obstacle is the blonde bounty hunter, who he spent one glorious night in Vegas with, doesn’t care what he thinks. Can he convince her of his ...

The Bodyguard, The Actress, and the Matchmaking Ghost Texas billionaire Tucker Burnett keeps his international acclaimed security business and personal life separate even when he’s protecting the world’s most beautiful women. When his client is almost killed, he takes her to the only place where he knows she’ll be safe – his family’s ranch – and hopes his ancestral ghost behaves herself. Kendra Woods is the biggest star in Hollywood, but she’s got a secret. Someone wants her dead. When her handsome bodyguard whisks her away to the boonies, she’s more than a little miffed. ...

Can Cupid Cure Not Only a Disease, But a Heart as Well? In the quirky town of Cupid, where superstitions and secrets intertwine, Dr. Tempest Tangier, a no-nonsense veterinarian, finds herself on a collision course with Kyle Lawrence. Challenged to fulfill a daring bet involving dancing naked around the Cupid statue at midnight, Kyle is a man who scoffs at the notion of true love and has no time for forever after. Amidst the crazy eccentric town, life takes an unexpected turn when Tempest arrives to investigate a potential cattle epidemic. She quickly realizes Cupid’s mysteries hold more ...

Nothing says bad judgement like trying to prove a superstition true… In the heart of Cupid, Texas, where love and whimsy entwine, Taylor Braxton and her daring friends embark on a playful quest to test the age-old Cupid superstition on Valentine’s Day. Fueled by laughter and a few bottles of wine, Taylor sheds inhibitions and embraces the daring notion that love might just be an arrow away. Sheriff Ryan Jones, accustomed to quirky calls in the peculiar town of Cupid, never anticipates a midnight encounter with the enchanting Taylor Braxton—stripped of inhibitions and challenging fate ...

The Billionaire Needs a Fake Engagement. Since he struck it big with the Powerball, Adrian Landry has been dodging women. Only problem is that he needs an escort for the rodeo ball season, one without any expectations. And when he gets what he wants, it backfires on him, big time. Accomplished lawyer Madison Benton yearns to return home to Oakdale, Texas, and abandon her high-powered career. When she learns of Adrian's predicament, she proposes a deal. She will be his date for the season if he assists her start-up legal firm. No strings attached. Is it possible for two people to pretend to ...

The Cowboy lost his memory and the wanderer longs to forget her obligation. Jacob Burnett knows the danger of the rodeo. He’s witnessed many a cowboy flying through the air, but this is his dream. He’s going to win or die trying. And dying is a possibility when he’s thrown from a bull and hits his head. Hannah is living her best life as a runaway. With no job, her home is a ragged old camper visiting every nature reserve before she must return to New York City and fulfill her commitment. Everything has been great until the night she rescues a cowboy who can’t remember his name. ...

Valerie Burrows is running from a wedding, her attorney fiancé, and the law. Pampered Valerie takes a bus to nowhere, where she learns her cash and credit cards have been stolen. Left with only her designer clothes and luggage she takes on a new identity and must learn to be self-reliant. She swears off men, especially attorneys, only to find the one man who refuses a one night stand and wants a relationship.

Five Charleston women desperate for marriage minded men and the chance to rebuild their lives after the Civil War answer an ad in the Grooms Gazette. Charity Kingston has to get out of Charleston or face life working in a brothel. But the past follows her to Angel Creek, Montana, revealing her Irish temper and the brothel owner’s demand for payment of her debt.

Two worlds collide, when a conservative cowboy saves a zany journalist. In the heart of Cupid, Texas, where the clash between tradition and quirkiness is as fiery as love itself, an unlikely duo is about to rewrite the rules of romance. Meet Jim Lawrence, a rugged cowboy with a staunch disbelief in superstitions and a penchant for a black-and-white world. Forced into a bizarre bet that involves dancing around the Cupid Statue at midnight, he never imagined it would lead to saving a spirited journalist, Shadow Wilson. Shadow, on a mission to unravel the secrets of the fabled Cupid Statue, ...

Can a Matchmaking Ghost Heal Two Broken Hearts? Tanner Burnett served his country well in the Iraq War. Now he’s returned home with a badass case of posttraumatic challenges. The least little noise has him taking cover. So when a ghost starts talking to him, he thinks she’s just another PTSD hallucination. After graduating culinary school in Boulder, Colorado, Emily Young became the newest rising star in the world of the culinary arts. Yet, two years after her husband’s death, his memory still haunts her. Needing a fresh start, she takes a job at the Burnett Ranch in Texas. Only ...

Bad Girls Have More Fun Unjustifiably branded scandalous by the newspaper society columnist, Sadie King tries to embrace her new identity to show society she is above such piddly gossip. She will wear her "bad girl" badge with pride, chin held high. At least until young businessman Levi Griffin decides to see just how salacious she really is. Since rescuing a naked Sadie from a vicious prank, Levi Griffin hasn't been the same. The woman is tempting and he can’t seem to walk away from her innocent smile and bewitching eyes. His mother, the local gossip writer, continuously berates the ...

A bride with secrets. A groom with a past. A love tested by lies. When a factory fire leaves Katie Maverick jobless and desperate, she makes a bold choice—become a mail-order bride. An unexpected marriage offer from vineyard owner Daniel O’Malley seems like the answer to her prayers. But there’s a catch: Daniel didn’t place the ad. His business partner did, hoping a wife might silence the town’s whispers that Daniel was responsible for his first wife’s mysterious death. Reluctantly, Daniel agrees to the arrangement, thinking Katie might help him restore order in his life and put...

Come Spend Christmas with the Burnetts Joshua Burnett is the next Burnett the family ghost is ready to match. But he's been keeping secrets from the family. Secrets even his ghostly great-great-great-great-grandmother doesn't know. Maybe he's a womanizer for a reason until life delivers him a surprise he never saw coming. Kayla Scott has lost everything she’s ever wanted in life. When she interviews for a nanny to the Burnett family, she gets an unexpected job opportunity – taking care of Joshua’s baby daughter. Being forced together every day is bringing up emotions she'd long given ...

Wade Ketchum is searching for his only surviving sibling when he finds a ready-made family. Rachel Cooke is stranded on the Oregon trail with three orphans and a rebellious sister, until gambler Wade Ketchum rescues them. The hardened cowboy is searching to find his long lost brother, is out of cash and has no time for a praying spinster. When Rachel runs out of options, she makes a deal. Wade must pretend to be her husband and help her reach Oregon. But somewhere along the trail, pretending becomes real. Can she help Wade realize that he still has a heart capable of love? What Reviewers ...

Can the Bad Girl be Tamed? Nellie Robinson’s sharp tongue and scheming ways have done more harm to the debutantes in Fort Worth, Texas, than even the newspaper's scandal-loving social columnist. But when Prince Randolph Schmidt comes to town, she is determined to become his princess. But not everything is as it seems. Pinkerton agent Daniel McClintock is no Prince Charming, but neither is shyster Randolph Schmidt who cons women into believing he will take them to his kingdom to be his queen. Looks like he’s found his next mark—Nellie Robinson. When Schmidt leaves town with her trust ...

A legacy to protect. A love worth fighting for. A cowboy who won’t let go. Wealth, legacy, and love—Desiree Burnett has spent her life safeguarding the family empire, never letting emotions cloud her judgment. But when a devastating accident shakes the foundation of her world, she’s forced to confront the one thing she swore she’d never risk—her heart. Sterling Rylan walked away from the brutal world of professional bull riding haunted by tragedy and determined to leave his past behind. But when his estranged father drags him back for one final ride, he finds himself on a ...