Lumberjacks and Ladies Work Together to Build America Struggling to remain independent in the 1800s, four women reluctantly open up to help from lumberjacks—and love. All That Glitters by Candice Sue Patterson 1851—Maine Winifred finds herself running the family lobstering business when her father and brothers join the California gold rush. Will she stubbornly reject help from a local lumberjack? Winter Roses by Pegg Thomas 1865—Michigan Elizabeth cooks for a logging crew, determined to escape that life for something better, until reoccurring gifts capture her attention. Will she follow her dreams—or her heart? Not for Love by Naomi Musch 1881—Wisconsin Widowed, Maggie seeks a husband—in name only—from the logging camps, but the man who answers her letter is a surprise. Can she open her heart to love again? Undercover Logger by Jennifer Lamont Leo 1890—Idaho Carrie will not sell her timberland and allows the banker’s nephew to sign onto her logging crew to ferret out the reason she is losing money at an alarming rate. Will truth be revealed to her forlorn heart?

He left the MMA ring - vowing never to turn back.He shut the door to society - until she walked in and turned everything around. HUGH MADDOX: I've had enough of the crap that goes along with being a pro MMA fighter.After what happened that night - I can't stop replaying every damn minute in my mind.I vowed to leave the hell hole I built for myself and never turn back.Living in the woods in a reclusive cabin was just what I needed and I was doing just fine for years.Then in walked Sam.Poor little spoiled city girl. Run home to daddy before you get hurt little lady.She was the last thing I needed in my life - at least that's what my brain told me but my lower half had...conflicting feelings.I take pride in my ability to restrain myself - but her presence has me pushing my boundaries. SAM WASHINGTON: After catching my a## hole of a boyfriend with another girl - I had enough and was ready for an escape.Taking a story at work that would send me deep into the woods may have been a rash move - but then again it landed me into the arms of the sexiest specimen I've ever laid my eyes on.Mysterious. Rugged. And oozing with sex appeal.His touch ignites a passion in me that I never even knew existed.While my ex couldn't find a G spot if it hit him in the face, I have no doubt that Hugh knows just how to use the wood he's packing.The only problem is I know the secret he has kept locked up for years and I don't think he wants anyone to find out.

From 1911 to 1920 Dorothea Mitchell operated her sawmill and eventually built, what she fondly referred to, her 'bungalow', where she and her mother and sister lived. By 1921, though, Mitchell (now 44) made the decision to retire from the lumber industry and join her sister Vera and Mother in Port Arthur where they had moved the previous year. In the winter of 1921-22, Dorothea Mitchell took courses at the Business College in Port Arthur, and, by the summer of 1922, had achieved enough proficiency that, while staff was on vacation, she was given the task of teaching courses. While teaching, she used her newly earned credentials and took a variety of jobs working as a bookkeeper and checker for local businesses and the CPR freight office in Fort William. It was while working as a bookkeeper that she met Fred Cooper, a local bakery owner. In the winter of 1929 he approached Mitchell to help organise an amateur cinema society. In April 1929 they formed the Port Arthur Amateur Cinema Society, the first such amateur film group in Canada."- from ://www.ladylumberjack.ca/dorothea_mitchell.html.

City slicker Ami Jordan was just dumped by her back-stabbing boyfriend, has no job prospects, and can't find a decent cup of coffee in the entire state of Vermont. The last thing she needs is a sexy, bearded lumberjack complicating her life. Even if he's smart, talented, and has the hottest ass she's ever seen. Tree house builder, environmental champion, and Bulldog owner Marcus Anderson has no patience for flatlanders with an attitude. But when landscape designer Ami Jordan shows up at his log cabin, he suddenly develops a hankering for a high-maintenance city gal. Now his house looks like a jungle, his recycling is in disarray, and his libido's on fire. He's a lumberjack in love.