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It’s not easy to impress a Dalton girl… It’s not easy being a Dalton, let alone the last unmarried one of the Texas bunch. Keziah, or Kizzy, is drained by all the family weddings, and her sisters keep trying to rope and tie her to any old cowboy in the county. To ensure this doesn’t happen, she takes off for the big city and a job as assistant to none other than the smart, savvy and sexy KC Cohen, the mortgage company billionaire who sees her as something more than a cowgirl. Knox Channing Cohen has achieved his goal—to build his own billion-dollar business from the ground up and ...

This special operative is her only chance. How can he refuse her? After a major leg wound, Special Operative Chris Paxton is about to finally leave the facility where he’s been recovering. So when he wakes up with no clue where he’s at or who’s kidnapped him, things are about to get lethal. Jersey has no choice but to find herself a bodyguard. Who better than a man sporting enough military tattoos to be his own platoon? She hopes this guy’s as badass as he looks because her family is out for blood—hers. Not only are they gunning for her, but the clock is ticking before more people...

When the new ranch hand the Daltons hire asks Cash for assistance, he's all in - until he learns it involves a Mexican daughter and a marriage license. His first instinct is to run the other direction. But he figures he needs a wife, and she needs help, so it's a damn good bargain. Maya Perez is desperate to get out of her home city and into the States, where she can make a better life. When her only living family member, her father, sends for her to come to Texas, she's met by a gorgeous cowboy and an offer of marriage.

Five brides for five brothers. At least that's the deal the Daltons have struck with their boys. Each son must marry in order to inherit a piece of the ranch they love so much. Hank Dalton yearns to run his own spread, but more than that, he longs for a woman to call his own. Paradise Valley is far from civilization, though, and that makes finding the perfect match difficult. Not many women like being two hours from a major supermarket or mall.

She’s tougher than he thinks. She’s also more vulnerable than she wants to admit… When it comes to two things—his special ops team and women—Lennon is never in over his head. But after a hot chick invites him as her date to her ex’s wedding, he’s not sure what he got himself into. He wants to see more of her—okay, all of her. Trouble is, he has no idea how to lure this evasive beauty between his sheets. From birth, Edie’s always been the underdog. Even her father didn’t claim her. All her life, she’s fought to get people to take her seriously, and in the tough field of...

A special operative is known as the weapon of mass destruction...especially to this teacher's heart... Arielle Jackman grew up as an Army brat—and then she became an Army wife. Now she’s widowed and looking for something she’s never had… roots. Back in her favorite Texas town, she’s teaching middle-schoolers, and since she and her husband never had any, she considers them all her kids. But the evenings are lonely, and Arielle’s wondering if she should get out and make some friends. Then friendship finds her again, in the form of an old childhood acquaintance, Cavanagh Wraggs. ...

She's capable of saving herself...but having a hot special operative as backup sure is nice... Avery Aarons believes it’s fate that she will die by the hand of a criminal. As a child, she hid in a cupboard while men ransacked their home. In college, she met with an attacker walking home on campus. After that, going into law enforcement is her only path to protect herself and others who can’t. She’s never felt so empowered, until she ends up in the wrong place without backup. When Jess Monet attends a CPR refresher course and runs into the sexy brown-eyed officer his special ops team ...

A hot summer fling rocked his world…and changed hers forever. Shayne isn’t sowing his wild oats—being a Boot Knocker is his life. He loves helping the women who come to The Boot Knockers Ranch, and the Montana mountains fulfill his passion for the outdoors. But there’s an opening in Texas and they want him to make the move. Then a sexy little temptress from his past shows up and leaves him spinning like a twister on the plains. Jolie thought the memories of that scorching hot cowboy were just a passing storm cloud in her sunny life. Then she saw those two little lines on a stick. ...

She can’t afford any distractions…then he comes along. Will these tough SEALs stay alive long enough to get their second chance at love? As the only female on the deep ops Blackout team, Lena Graham can’t afford to be one of the guys—she needs to be better than them. That’s why her big secret needs to remain buried along with her even bigger mistake. She can’t afford to slip up again with Overstreet, the sexy SEAL on the other Blackout team, no matter how many times the hot alpha awakens her body with his demands. But when she learns he’s in trouble—and she’s the only one ...

He knows how to sweep a girl off her feet, even ones who don’t believe in romance. With the Boot Knockers Ranch expanding to Montana, a whole new group of guys bust their butts on the ranch—and in the bedrooms. Foster has been many things in his life, but he’s never been happier than as a Boot Knocker. Turns out all his sweet-talkin’ and suave ways of his youth aren’t wasted on the ladies who visit the ranch looking to experience the sexual thrill of a lifetime. He’s charmed many a thong off a lady, though he’s never faced a tough cowgirl like Chevy. She tries to ignore his ...

He has scars and a dream. She has love and a determination to prove herself. Corporal Wydell Jackson, aka Hard-Ass, is back in his hometown of Los Vista, Texas after serving years on the battlefield. Trouble is, the town is worse than a war zone after a storm ripped through it. Wydell and his platoon buddies are determined to rebuild and bring the people back to town, but how? Since Anya Carter inherited millions and a lush estate from her grandparents, her phone is always ringing with requests to “invest” in people’s dreams. But this time her money manager has found something worth ...

After losing his best friend and CO, Matt, in combat, Brodie Bell didn't think his spirits could sink any lower. He was wrong. One look at his and Matt's storm-flattened hometown nearly levels him. Los Vista needs a leader, and as Brodie takes the weight of the world on his shoulders, he comes up with a plan. Merge the two ranches left standing, pray for a good calving season, and keep his hands too busy to get busy with Matt's sexy little sister.

When Skye steps onto the Boot Knockers stage, Booker doesn't hesitate to pull the plug. A giant misunderstanding may have ended things between them, but no way is he letting another cowboy into her bed. Once alone, their animal attraction flares back to life. But time hasn't healed the emotional wounds that still run deep. And renewing their old bond could be the biggest mistake they ever made.

If there's one thing that Damian Vince can do well, it's read women. With his trademark wink and sexy drawl, he's the most wanted cowboy on the Boot Knockers Ranch, a spa where sexually challenged women come to get charmed out of their uptight panties. He's also the ranch's bad boy - he hates to admit he's had his mug shot taken more than once. But now he's on the right path, ranching and fulfilling women's desires.

At 23, Bree Roberts is ready to sow some wild oats. The perfect place to start? The neighboring spread - The Boot Knockers Ranch, where 20 smokin' hot cowboys deliver sexual therapy to women. The problem? The entry fee is more than she's made in a lifetime. Only wanting to explore, she figures her tanned, toned legs will be her ticket to ride. Except Ty keeps kicking her off their land. Then she begins to suspect the reason why. He likes her.

Cracking codes is easy, but deciphering this hot special operative might be worth her time… Sean Knight is second in command of Knight Ops, a task force that’s quickly gaining notoriety as a top special ops force. While Sean enjoys showing off his tactical skills on life-threatening missions, he also loves coming home to Louisiana to relax and do some catfishin’… and hunting for sexy females to warm his bed. Known as one of the best in her field, Elise is recruited to help locate a missing nuclear warhead. Showing off her skills is just as stimulating as putting the special ...

Sometimes attraction isn’t enough, but it might be a start. One wild romp with a sexy stranger leads to more… When ranch hand Theo Sutton runs into a hot chick at the local small-town winery, things get more than a little wild in the back of his truck. The encounter leaves him wanting more, but he has other heavy issues weight on him in the form of a runaway kid who keeps making trouble on the ranch. But maybe Theo has a little time to spare for the beautiful widow of a bull rider, even if she only wants him to warm her bed on occasion. Sadie can’t be too careful with her heart. The ...

It takes a lot to impress a Dalton girl. And Gracie Dalton is not impressed at all with the fact she’s got to prove her ability as a cowpoke on one of the best ranches in Texas this summer. After all, she’s got the chops from years of working with her brothers and cousins on their well-known ranch. Now she’s pitted against a cocky man with a rodeo belt buckle for each day of the week—not that she’s noticin’. Hands down, Noble Watkins’s going to win a permanent position on the Blackburn Ranch. No way will he be bested by a woman, let alone one with too much sway in her hips and...

The mafia, a smuggling ring and the wilds of Alaska are no match for this special operative. But a brazen redhead might be. Elias Gasper’s known as the do-it-all guy. From HALO jumps to calming hostages, he’s on it. When he stumbles across a woman in hiding, he meets a new challenge in getting her to talk. While he’s willing to add breaking through her silence to his list of skills, fighting his attraction still needs work. Ruby Ryan is an alias, but doing anything it takes to save herself is real. She’s used to switching sides, so cozying up to a hunky military man proves easy…...

What happens when a bad boy special operative and an art nerd clash? Sparks fly… Special Operative Jake Beckett has spent his life being in the wrong place at the wrong time. After he joined the Xtreme Ops team, he thought those days were supposed to be over. But his attempt to protect an innocent hostage goes south in a hurry, and soon he’s on the run with the quirky art curator—who isn’t as quiet or compliant as he first thought. As director of a museum, Violette Ashley is entrusted to protect the fine art she curates, and she takes her job very seriously. She just never thought ...