Jack Dakota swore his ramblin', gamblin' days wereover. It was time to settle down and make a home for his newfound son—especially since fate had dealt him a hand that included Hallie Ryan, a Western spitfire sun-kissed with true grit and glory! Though Hallie Ryan vowed to do anything to save Eden's Canyon, she hadn't counted on heart-stoppin' handsome Jack Dakota buying the ranch out from under her—then asking her to help run it. But though their partnership would save her home, would she lose her heart in the bargain?

He was at the Rancho Pintada for a wedding—and a reunion with the father and four grown brothers Cruz Declan had never known he had. Meeting Aria Charez was just a bonus. The warm, sensual architect made him feel he belonged…and made him want to share a lot more than a fleeting kiss. The tall, sexy engineer attracted Aria from the moment they met, making the perennial bridesmaid long to settle down. But the Garrett clan's long-lost brother wasn't the stick-around type, and Aria needed more than a fleeting affair. Could she afford to risk heartache with a man like Cruz? It was her turn to find out….

Locating the roots of toxic masculinity and finding its displacement in unruly culture Masculinity in Transition analyzes shifting relationships to masculinity in canonical works of twentieth-century literature and film, as well as in twenty-first-century media, performance, and transgender poetics. Focusing on “toxic masculinity,” which has assumed new valence since 2016, K. Allison Hammer traces its roots to a complex set of ideologies embedded in the histories of settler colonialism, racial capitalism, and political fraternity, and finds that while toxic strains of masculinity are mainly associated with straight, white men, trans and queer masculinities can be implicated in these systems of power. Hammer argues, however, that these malignant forms of masculinity are not fixed and can be displaced by “unruly alliances”—texts and relationships that reject the nationalisms and gender politics of white male hegemony and perform an urgently needed reimagining of what it means to be masculine. Locating these unruly alliances in the writings, performances, and films of butch lesbians, gay men, cisgender femmes, and trans and nonbinary individuals, Masculinity in Transition works through an archive of works of performance art, trans poetics, Western films and streaming media, global creative responses to HIV/AIDS, and working-class and “white trash” fictions about labor and unionization. Masculinity in Transition moves the study of masculinity away from an overriding preoccupation with cisnormativity, whiteness, and heteronormativity, and toward a wider and more generative range of embodiments, identifications, and ideologies. Hammer’s bold rethinking of masculinity and its potentially toxic effects lays bare the underlying fragility of normative masculinity. Retail e-book files for this title are screen-reader friendly with images accompanied by short alt text and/or extended descriptions.

She didn't have a cure for heartache And to Dr. Lia Kerrigan that's exactly what loving Duran Forrester and his seven-year-old son entailed. They stirred up feelings that made the pretty pediatrician long for things she didn't know existed. But how could she hope for a happy ending when everything in her experience told her this couldn't last? Duran Forrester had other ideas. The doctor had become his anchor in the storm—without Lia, Duran wouldn't have known where to start when it came to saving his sick little boy. Soon, he'd found a new lease on life for his son…now it was time to find forever in Lia's arms….

Katerina Whitcomb-Salgar's life was all mapped out, and arrogant, buttoned-up billionaire Blake McCord was definitely not on the Dallas socialite's dance card. Until one moonlit kiss changed everything. Falling for his brother's ex-fiancée was strictly taboo. Not to mention Blake couldn't afford any distractions as the hunt for the Santa Magdelena Diamond was heating up, and the survival of his family's jewelry store empire was on the line. But if there was anyone who could get him to forsake business for pleasure, it was Katie. And jetting off to the Mediterranean was just the beginning….

She couldn't go home alone…could she? That was the question prodigal daughter turned social worker Risa Charez asked herself when she returned to Luna Hermosa. Sure, she was determined to do good in the community where she'd run wild as a teenager, but facing up to her troubled past sure wasn't easy. Then along came lovable loner Ry Kincaid, who gave her hope for the future…. Ry had been blindsided by the news of his long-lost family—the six brothers, along with sundry sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews were overwhelming to this solitary wanderer. Luckily, he could turn to Risa for shelter in the storm. She was teaching him to love…which was a good thing. Because it was time for the seventh Rancho Pintada brother to take his bride.