Heart of the West
Cathy Gillen Thacker · Day Leclaire · Gina Wilkins · Heather MacAllister · Judy Christenberry · Jule McBride · Lynn Erickson · Margot Dalton · Muriel Jensen · Ruth Jean Dale · Vicki Lewis Thompson
Latest release: July 1, 2013
Series
11
Books
About this ebook series
The Lost Springs Ranch for troubled boys is at stake, and it's a man's duty to give back…
Bachelor #2
Name: Mase LeBow, 34
Occupation: Homicide detective, Denver
Biggest Achievement: Living to adulthood after a too-wild adolescence
Widower Mase LeBow figures Callie Thorne's remote equine therapy ranch is the best place to protect his son. So he's determined to charm her after she "buys" him for a date at the Lost Springs Bachelor Auction. But her insistence on helping his withdrawn boy gets past his defenses…and that can't happen. Falling in love with Callie when he's the star witness in a murder trial would be a huge mistake.
Bachelor #2
Name: Mase LeBow, 34
Occupation: Homicide detective, Denver
Biggest Achievement: Living to adulthood after a too-wild adolescence
Widower Mase LeBow figures Callie Thorne's remote equine therapy ranch is the best place to protect his son. So he's determined to charm her after she "buys" him for a date at the Lost Springs Bachelor Auction. But her insistence on helping his withdrawn boy gets past his defenses…and that can't happen. Falling in love with Callie when he's the star witness in a murder trial would be a huge mistake.
COURTING CALLIE
Book 2 · Sep 2012 ·
5.0star
The Lost Springs Ranch for troubled boys is at stake, and it's a man's duty to give back…
Bachelor #2
Name: Mase LeBow, 34
Occupation: Homicide detective, Denver
Biggest Achievement: Living to adulthood after a too-wild adolescence
Widower Mase LeBow figures Callie Thorne's remote equine therapy ranch is the best place to protect his son. So he's determined to charm her after she "buys" him for a date at the Lost Springs Bachelor Auction. But her insistence on helping his withdrawn boy gets past his defenses…and that can't happen. Falling in love with Callie when he's the star witness in a murder trial would be a huge mistake.
Bachelor #2
Name: Mase LeBow, 34
Occupation: Homicide detective, Denver
Biggest Achievement: Living to adulthood after a too-wild adolescence
Widower Mase LeBow figures Callie Thorne's remote equine therapy ranch is the best place to protect his son. So he's determined to charm her after she "buys" him for a date at the Lost Springs Bachelor Auction. But her insistence on helping his withdrawn boy gets past his defenses…and that can't happen. Falling in love with Callie when he's the star witness in a murder trial would be a huge mistake.
BACHELOR FATHER
Book 7 · Oct 2012 ·
5.0star
The Lost Springs Ranch for troubled boys is at stake, and it's a man's duty to give back…
…So there's going to be an auction!
Bachelor #3
Name: Zeke Lonetree, 31
Occupation: Ranger, U.S. Park Service
Biggest Achievement: Reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone National Park
New York fashion editor Katherine Seymour thought a retreat in Yellowstone would be just the break she needed. But she hadn't planned on falling into a rushing river…or being saved by a sexy Ranger…or having his child nine months later! But when her boss wins her a date with Zeke Lonetree at the Lost Springs Bachelor Auction, she's forced to fess up…and introduce the man to his baby girl.
…So there's going to be an auction!
Bachelor #3
Name: Zeke Lonetree, 31
Occupation: Ranger, U.S. Park Service
Biggest Achievement: Reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone National Park
New York fashion editor Katherine Seymour thought a retreat in Yellowstone would be just the break she needed. But she hadn't planned on falling into a rushing river…or being saved by a sexy Ranger…or having his child nine months later! But when her boss wins her a date with Zeke Lonetree at the Lost Springs Bachelor Auction, she's forced to fess up…and introduce the man to his baby girl.
HIS BODYGUARD
Book 8 · Nov 2012 ·
5.0star
The Lost Springs Ranch for troubled boys is at stake, and it's a man's duty to give back…
…So there's going to be an auction!
Bachelor #4
Name: Amos Pike, 34
Occupation: CEO of Pike's Pickled Peppers Toy Company
Biggest Achievement: Smiles on children's facesBodyguard Meg Loria had never before drawn such an assignment from her family's security firm: successfully bid on a gorgeous guy at a charity auction, hole up alone with him in a secluded cabin so she could protect him from his rivals without his knowledge, and then try—just try!—to keep her mind strictly on her work.
…So there's going to be an auction!
Bachelor #4
Name: Amos Pike, 34
Occupation: CEO of Pike's Pickled Peppers Toy Company
Biggest Achievement: Smiles on children's facesBodyguard Meg Loria had never before drawn such an assignment from her family's security firm: successfully bid on a gorgeous guy at a charity auction, hole up alone with him in a secluded cabin so she could protect him from his rivals without his knowledge, and then try—just try!—to keep her mind strictly on her work.
IT TAKES A COWBOY
Book 9 · Dec 2012 ·
5.0star
Blair Townsend didn’t know the meaning of chaos until her holy terror of a nephew came to live with her. Jeffrey needed a positive role model—and Blair wasn’t above buying one at the Lost Springs auction. Sexy-as-sin rancher Scott McKay looks as if he’d have no trouble teaching Jeffrey how to be a man. Except Scott seems far more interested in showing Blair how to be a woman….
HITCHED BY CHRISTMAS
Book 10 · Jan 2013 ·
0.0star
Luke Lydell, former state cop, current cowboy and part-time private investigator, was supposed to be Claire Buchanan’s joke bachelorette gift from her four sisters, her bridesmaids—a last hurrah before her Christmas wedding to wealthy rancher Clive Stoddard. But Luke wasn’t laughing. Growing up an orphan dumped on the steps of Lost Springs Ranch for troubled boys, he’d always wanted Claire, a rich rancher’s daughter, for his own. So this time, he’s playing for keeps….
THE RANCHER AND THE RICH GIRL
Book 11 · Feb 2013 ·
5.0star
The Lost Springs Ranch for troubled boys is at stake, and it’s a man’s duty to give back…
After eight years of always doing the right thing, wealthy widow Jessica Fremont is ready to rebel against her mother-in-law’s upper-crust interference into how she’s raising her son. Nine-year-old Sam desperately wants to be a cowboy—to his grandmother’s horror—and Jessica’s going to help him. So she bids on gorgeous rancher Matthew Winston, who inherited his struggling spread, a home for retired circus animals. Jessica is hoping he’ll show Sam the ropes. Except, she’s about to discover that Sam’s not the only Fremont with a weakness for cowboys….
After eight years of always doing the right thing, wealthy widow Jessica Fremont is ready to rebel against her mother-in-law’s upper-crust interference into how she’s raising her son. Nine-year-old Sam desperately wants to be a cowboy—to his grandmother’s horror—and Jessica’s going to help him. So she bids on gorgeous rancher Matthew Winston, who inherited his struggling spread, a home for retired circus animals. Jessica is hoping he’ll show Sam the ropes. Except, she’s about to discover that Sam’s not the only Fremont with a weakness for cowboys….
SHANE'S LAST STAND
Book 12 · Mar 2013 ·
0.0star
The Lost Springs Ranch for troubled boys is at stake, and it’s a man’s duty to give back…
Dinah Hoyt was chosen by the good citizens of Bushwack, Colorado, to “buy’’ former Bushwack resident Shane Daniels at auction…and then talk him into using his celebrity as a bull rider to save the Old Pioneer Days festival. Everyone knew that she and Shane had once been close. But no one knew exactly how close, or what had come of that teenage love affair…not even Shane. And if Dinah had anything to say about it, he wasn’t going to find out!
Dinah Hoyt was chosen by the good citizens of Bushwack, Colorado, to “buy’’ former Bushwack resident Shane Daniels at auction…and then talk him into using his celebrity as a bull rider to save the Old Pioneer Days festival. Everyone knew that she and Shane had once been close. But no one knew exactly how close, or what had come of that teenage love affair…not even Shane. And if Dinah had anything to say about it, he wasn’t going to find out!
A BABY BY CHANCE
Book 13 · Apr 2013 ·
5.0star
The Lost Springs Ranch for troubled boys is at stake, and it's a man's duty to give back…
So there's going to be an auction!
Bachelor #9
Name: Chance Cartwright
Occupation: Rancher
Biggest Achievement: Being the best horse trainer in Wyoming.
Men of Chance Cartwright's caliber were hard to find, and Madison Burnes needed, wanted, was determined to have him as the spokesman for her ad campaign. Even if it meant seducing him. She'd stop at nothing…but then…she hadn't bargained on morning sickness or falling in love with her prey!
So there's going to be an auction!
Bachelor #9
Name: Chance Cartwright
Occupation: Rancher
Biggest Achievement: Being the best horse trainer in Wyoming.
Men of Chance Cartwright's caliber were hard to find, and Madison Burnes needed, wanted, was determined to have him as the spokesman for her ad campaign. Even if it meant seducing him. She'd stop at nothing…but then…she hadn't bargained on morning sickness or falling in love with her prey!
THE PERFECT SOLUTION
Book 14 · May 2013 ·
0.0star
The Lost Springs Ranch for troubled boys is at stake, and it's a man's duty to give back…So there's going to be an auction!
Bachelor #10
Name: Flynn Morgan
Occupation: Security expert
Biggest Achievement: Sticking to the straight and narrow
Flynn Morgan's weakness is damsels in distress, and Jane Dearly is that. Not only does she need his security services, she needs a man to drag her away from her laboratory now and then. Her guardians decide he'll make the perfect birthday gift, but Jane is more interested in Flynn as a subject for her latest experiments with…love potions!
Bachelor #10
Name: Flynn Morgan
Occupation: Security expert
Biggest Achievement: Sticking to the straight and narrow
Flynn Morgan's weakness is damsels in distress, and Jane Dearly is that. Not only does she need his security services, she needs a man to drag her away from her laboratory now and then. Her guardians decide he'll make the perfect birthday gift, but Jane is more interested in Flynn as a subject for her latest experiments with…love potions!
RENT-A-DAD
Book 15 · Jun 2013 ·
4.8star
The Lost Springs Ranch for troubled boys is at stake, and it’s a man’s duty to give back…So there’s going to be an auction!
Bachelor #11
Name: Russ Hall
Occupation: Architect
Biggest Achievement: Not getting caught at the altar.
Why in the world had Melissa Bright bought a bachelor? Between running a business and caring for her daughter, she barely had time to breathe. And what would Russ Hall do when he found out she had a baby? He’d expect candlelight and romance. Instead, he’d find bottles, diapers—and a little girl who would bring this bachelor to his knees….
Bachelor #11
Name: Russ Hall
Occupation: Architect
Biggest Achievement: Not getting caught at the altar.
Why in the world had Melissa Bright bought a bachelor? Between running a business and caring for her daughter, she barely had time to breathe. And what would Russ Hall do when he found out she had a baby? He’d expect candlelight and romance. Instead, he’d find bottles, diapers—and a little girl who would bring this bachelor to his knees….
BEST MAN IN WYOMING
Book 16 · Jul 2013 ·
5.0star
The Lost Springs Ranch for troubled boys is at stake, and it’s a man’s duty to give back…. So there's going to be an auction!
BACHELOR #12
NAME:Rex Trowbridge
OCCUPATION: Attorney, and director of Lost Springs Ranch.
BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT: Becoming a wine connoisseur in rural Wyoming.
Lindsay Duncan had hastily proposed a camping trip with some of the boys from the ranch, and she wanted—needed—Rex Trowbridge to accompany them. Could elegant Rex even ride a horse anymore? Could he stand to spend long days with her and six high-spirited boys? Could he stop teasing her long enough to recognize what was really simmering between the two of them—and do something about it before it was too late?
BACHELOR #12
NAME:Rex Trowbridge
OCCUPATION: Attorney, and director of Lost Springs Ranch.
BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT: Becoming a wine connoisseur in rural Wyoming.
Lindsay Duncan had hastily proposed a camping trip with some of the boys from the ranch, and she wanted—needed—Rex Trowbridge to accompany them. Could elegant Rex even ride a horse anymore? Could he stand to spend long days with her and six high-spirited boys? Could he stop teasing her long enough to recognize what was really simmering between the two of them—and do something about it before it was too late?