Texas socialite Delaney Cartwright knows she can't go through with her wedding. But she can't simply call the whole thing off. The nuptials to her nice, predictable childhood friend are the social event of the season (not to mention that her mother would freak). To fan the flames of this dying ember, Delaney abducts her fiancé for a night of passion-and grabs the wrong guy! A guy with smoldering eyes and an irresistible country-boy swagger... Ever since his ex-wife left him on their honeymoon, Detective Nick Vinetti's sworn off relationships. And despite the sparks flying between him and Delaney, there's no way he's getting mixed up with another runaway bride. But when Delaney takes her "get out of marrying the wrong guy" attempts to the next level, landing herself in danger, Nick finds himself willing to do anything to keep her out of harm's way.

Originally published in anthology Love With a Long, Tall Texan

A trio of summertime love stories based on the popular miniseries Long Tall Texans follows three strong-willed, tender-hearted inhabitants of Jacobsville, Texas--Tom Walker, Drew Morris, and Jobe Dodd--as they search for love under the hot Texas sun. Original.

A billionaire in need of a temporary wife, a vineyard owner in need of an investor fast, a wedding proposal that could save them both, but can they survive the three-month timeline? To save his Texas vineyard, billionaire Todd McCoy has to marry within three months and stay married for three months or he loses it all; the vineyard, the wine and the grape jelly McCoy Stonewall Vineyards is famous for. Not happy with his granddaddy but not willing to lose everything he’s worked so hard for, Todd’s planning on answering the challenge… Ginny Rossi loves the small vineyard and the boutique wine business she and her parents have built. Then her parents decide to retire and sell the vineyard. She has less than four months to find the money to buy them out before they sell her out. She needs a miracle. The last thing she expects is her best friend’s new brother-in-law, who grates on her every nerve, to show up with a proposal she can’t refuse…one that will be beneficial to both of them. If they can survive three months, they can both walk away with what they love most in all their world, their vineyards. If they can survive. Among the grapes and vines will they fall in love?

Saddle up for true love as New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer revisits three classic Long, Tall Texan heroes! SUTTON'S WAY Wyoming rancher and single father Quinn Sutton is raising a child he knows isn't his own. All the love left in his guarded heart goes to the boy. But when a beautiful city woman is stranded nearby in a blizzard, he rescues her and brings her to Ricochet Ranch. Amanda Callaway has her own secrets and plans to keep her distance. If only she weren't falling for her unlikely hero… ETHAN Arabella Craig was eighteen when Ethan Hardeman had opened her eyes to passion… then married another woman. Four years later, Ethan was back running his family's cattle empire. He was just as tall and handsome, but he was now divorced and embittered. Except when it came to Arabella. Living day to day with him brought back all the passion… and pain. Ethan was so near, yet he refused to loosen the reins that held back his heart. But Arabella was determined not to let him escape her again…. CONNAL Penelope Mathews spent her entire adolescence worshipping the elusive C.C. Tremayne—from afar. Until one night, trying to protect the mysterious loner from landing in jail after he drank a little too much, Penelope was forced to seek refuge in a wedding chapel—and wound up married! When C.C. realized what had happened, he was outraged. The marriage was off; he'd see to an annulment immediately. Yet the more time he spent with her, the more he realized he didn't want a divorce… he wanted forever.

Long, Tall Texans Collection Volume 2 by Diana Palmer released on Sep 11, 2017 is available now for purchase.

From the award-winning author of "My Big Old Texas Heartache" comes a romantic novel set in the charming town of Cedar Dell, Texas. Original.