Prodigal Ranch

Rex Billings hires young widow Callie Deviner as a housekeeper to help care for his ailing father and rambling home. He only intends to run Straight Arrow Ranch temporarily-soon enough he'll head back to the city he loves. But there's something about Callie-and it's not just her delicious cooking and adorable baby daughter. Callie is drawn to her good-looking and protective boss, too, but her overbearing dad already has a new husband picked out for her. Can she stand up to her father, and make Rex see that her future lies within his arms?

A Homecoming Romance Ten years ago Ann Billings left her Oklahoma ranch behind and headed to the big city. But when her ailing father needs her to temporarily run the spread, she's back - successful, accomplished... and engaged. She's got her whole life on track - but she never planned on Dean Pryor or his gap-toothed five-year-old son. Years ago the farmer would've done anything to be noticed by Ann, and it seems nothing's changed. His feelings still run deep, and this time his boy's fallen for her, too. Now Dean faces a most daunting task: showing Ann that their little trio may not be what she'd mapped out... but it's exactly what she's always needed.

Healing Their Hearts After nursing her ill father back to health, Meredith Billings must make a decision: stay on the family ranch or go back to Oklahoma City. Problem is, the one man who could help her is the only one she'd never ask. Widowed veterinarian Stark Burns is desperate for assistance in his busy vet clinic, but his tragic past has made him wary of letting anyone into his life-especially Meri. Because falling in love again isn't part of his plan. But working side by side with the pretty nurse slowly brings his heart back to life. This might just be the second chance at happiness he's been missing...