Located on the thirteenth floor of the Dallas Grand Hotel, the cattleman's suite is the chosen site of Julie Drithers' not-so-happy engagement party. Her father, a once wealthy but now almost bankrupt Texas oilman, has rented the old suite again to celebrate his daughter's engagement in the same place and manner that he had celebrated his own engagement thirty years earlier. Only this time, the engagement is the father's idea, not the bride's. Through the calculated wedding of his daughter to Matt Snooker, the son of his best friend and founder of the industry's leading pipe and rigging company, Mr. Drithers hopes to save his own ailing oil company and avoid disaster. However, he gets more disaster than he can handle when Bobby, Julie's true love, sets out to rescue his one-and-only. Drithers' problems seem small compared to Julie's wrath when she learns of the deception played upon her. Add an untimely pregnancy, two clumsy villains, a hotel staff from hell, and the recipe for comedy is complete!

The battle of the sexes rages on in Royal, Texas! Three classicTexas Cattleman's Club: The Showdown stories from New York Timesbestselling author Brenda Jackson, USA TODAY bestselling author KathieDeNosky and Robyn Grady. Millionaire Heiress, Maverick Playboy by Robyn Grady For successful architect Daniel Warren, designing the new TexasCattleman's Club is an exciting challenge. And so is getting to knowfiery Texas heiress Elizabeth Milton. But a carefree affair is allthey can have…or is it? Temptation by Brenda Jackson Millionaire security expert and rancher Zeke Travers always separates emotion from workuntil a case leads him to Sheila Hopkins—and the immediate, scorchingheat between them. Suddenly, Zeke is tempted to break the rules… In Bed with the Opposition by Kathie DeNosky Unexpectedly becoming a father to his infant niece must have scrambled Brad Price's brain. Becausehe's suddenly attracted to his longtime rival, Abby Langley. SoonBrad's electrifying kisses weaken Abby's resolve to seize control ofthe Texas Cattleman's Club. Is the only winning strategy completesurrender—to passion? And be sure to pick up Texas Cattleman's Club: The Showdown, volumeone, featuring: One Night, Two Heirs by Maureen Child The Rebel Tycoon Returns by Katherine Garbera An After-Hours Affair by Barbara DunlopAvailable now from Harlequin Desire.

She might not know it, but these three things bringJessica Tennant to Mokhani Station and the notice ofcattleman Cyrus Bannerman. What Cy wants to knowis if there's another reason for her presence. Somethingthat has to do with his father's strange behavior… For her part, Jessica wonders if coming to Mokhani wasa good idea. Working for the Bannermans might makeher career, but this family—with the exception of Cy—just doesn't seem right. As for Cy, he could be morethan all right if it weren't for the fact that he insists onassuming the worst about Jessica!There's no one like Margaret Way when it comes to writingabout Australia—or the passions of the human heart!

The Horton Foote Review is the scholarly journal of the Horton Foote Society, which is dedicated to the study of the life and work of the great American dramatist. Having received two Academy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and the National Medal of Arts, Horton Foote is one of the most important living figures in the American Theater today. The six scholarly essays in this first volume of the journal are by scholars from diverse fields of learning and explore the importance of Mr. Foote's work (both stage and film) to the American literary tradition, with an eye for the importance of American drama during the twentieth century. The journal will appeal to anyone who believes in the power of drama as a sustaining influence in society. Contributors include: Richard A. Lusky, Robert Donahoo, Laurin Porter, Elizabeth Fifer, Meredith Sutton, and Gerald C. Wood.

The seven one-act plays in this collection were first performed in the New Plays Festival at Gardner-Webb University in 2004. The Festival is an initiative of the theater program at GWU dedicated to developing new plays and encouraging early-career playwrights. Different Dialects is a dance-inspired exploration of a married couple's journey into mid-life. Equal Opportunity Employer is an eccentric tale of mayhem and madness in the life of a talent agent. Good Help employs a film noir motif to spoof the end of the world. Around the Horn is a tale of second chances played out on the baseball diamond. Seaglass is an existential comedy about two bums on life's journey to find meaning. Doctors Like Boats is a riotous comedy of wit and dialogue set in a Doctor's office. The Translation explores the human aspects of privacy invasion in a new age of terror and electronic surveillance.

Rugged Australian Tom Hocking’s reputationis legendary throughout the Outback—as abreaker of horses and a wooer of women. Sowedding planner Chas has made up her mindto keep out of his way while she organizes hissister’s wedding. But there’s nowhere to hide at the Hockinghomestead. And from the get-go theirs is alove/hate relationship as Chas tries to resistTom’s intoxicating good looks. She’s gotfar too much to lose to place herself at thiscattleman’s command!

Reece Weston had never held a baby until the night he saved pregnant Jess Cassidy during a raging storm and delivered her tiny daughter Single mom Jess has never forgotten her rescuer. So, when her baby is a few months old, she seizes the chance to repay the favor. Cattleman Reece is usually content with the silence of the Outback--shutting out emotions, distractions. But with the woman who's been haunting his dreams in his homestead, and her adorable daughter uttering Da as her first word, his resolve starts to crumble....