SUDDENLY A SINGLE DAD

FROM PLAYBOY COWBOY TO...DADDY?

Fill-In Father...and Husband

Lone Star Midnight Despite the pressure, Shane McKay refuses to indulge his mother's fantasy of having all three of her sons married to the three Reynolds sisters. Even if Shane and the gorgeous Megan are the last holdouts. That is, until one summer storm forces them into the barn...and into each other’s arms. But with parents matchmaking, brothers and sisters interfering, and the gossips of Coldwater speculating, Shane and Megan have no choice. So they put on a PDA that will have the whole town talking for years to come! Leaving Shane and Megan to wonder if there's some serious substance to this sizzling hook-up. Hot Texas Sunrise Cleo Delaney will do anything to keep her promise and raise her best friend's sons, even if it means telling a little white lie to the state to keep them. So Cleo turns to the only person she can trust to help her - her first love, Judd Laramie. If he fosters the three boys in name only, she'll do all the heavy lifting. It's a foolproof plan...but she never imagined that the feelings they once shared would return. With a vengeance. Texas deputy Judd Laramie is stunned by Cleo's request. Being a dad - even on paper - is the last thing this cowboy needs right now. But no one knows better than Judd how much these brothers need Cleo's protective love. What starts as a simple lie becomes so much more, and soon it’s clear Judd needs Cleo and the family they've created as much as they need him. Now he'll do whatever it takes to win Cleo's heart and claim the future they all deserve. Sweet Summer Sunset Rodeo rider Nico Laramie may not have a squeaky clean reputation with the women of Coldwater, but there are rules he doesn’t break. No bullies. No married women. And definitely not his best friend, Eden Joplin. So what exactly is Nico thinking, kissing Eden in front of her jerk ex-husband? Eden has secretly been writing a sex-advice blog called ‘Naughty Cowgirl,’ but her divorce killed all her sexy inspiration. Then, when her gorgeous best friend kisses her in a way that makes her toes curl, suddenly Eden’s mojo is back! Now something deep and long-denied is happening between them. Something that could destroy their friendship...or finally prove that this time it’s the real deal.

Though protagonist Buck Duane is a rough-and-tumble outlaw, he has a heart of gold and takes it as a point of pride that he has never killed an innocent man. Will Buck see the error of his ways and forge a new path for himself? Read Zane Grey's powerful tale of redemption to find out.

Lone Star Daddy After battling a serious illness, Grace Cameron realizes one thing: her son needs his father.

"But what's he want me for?" demanded Duane. "To insult me again? I won't stand that twice.""He's got a fever that's rampant in Texas these days, my boy. He wants gun-play. If he meets youhe'll try to kill you."Here it stirred in Duane again, that bursting gush of blood, like a wind of flame shaking all hisinner being, and subsiding to leave him strangely chilled."Kill me! What for?" he asked."Lord knows there ain't any reason. But what's that to do with most of the shootin' these days?Didn't five cowboys over to Everall's kill one another dead all because they got to jerkin' at a quirtamong themselves? An' Cal has no reason to love you. His girl was sweet on you.""I quit when I found out she was his girl.""I reckon she ain't quit. But never mind her or reasons. Cal's here, just drunk enough to be ugly.He's achin' to kill somebody. He's one of them four-flush gun-fighters. He'd like to be thought bad.There's a lot of wild cowboys who're ambitious for a reputation. They talk about how quick they areon the draw. They ape Bland an' King Fisher an' Hardin an' all the big outlaws. They make threatsabout joinin' the gangs along the Rio Grande. They laugh at the sheriffs an' brag about how they'dfix the rangers. Cal's sure not much for you to bother with, if you only keep out of his way.""You mean for me to run?" asked Duane, in scorn."I reckon I wouldn't put it that way. Just avoid him. Buck, I'm not afraid Cal would get you if youmet down there in town. You've your father's eye an' his slick hand with a gun. What I'm most afraidof is that you'll kill Bain."