Seems like every time Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack turns over a rock, a Black Valley Rider jumps out. So when two bounty hunters arrive in Minton Hill trailing the same outlaws, Sam agrees to ride with them. Trouble is, only a drunken gambler called Tinnis Lucas knows where the gang is holed up-a dead man's land called Black Valley.
Smoke Jensen's wife Sally travels to Goth, Colorado, to open a restaurant. But there she's caught in a bloody confrontation prompted by five merciless bank robbers. With the town sheriff sent to the great beyond, and Sally clinging to life as a frontier surgeon tries frantically to save her, Smoke is filled with an all-consuming rage--bad news indeed for anyone who opposes him.
Widow Kate Blakely, who is wary of love after her failed first marriage, nonetheless falls for her new neighbor, Zachariah McGovern, after he rescues her four-year-old daughter, Miranda, from a well.
Billionaire businessman Jack Mason had devised the perfect strategy for keeping custody of his orphaned niece. He'd hire the right nanny and seduce her into marrying him. It should prove easy enough. He was, after all, irresistible. Annalise Stefano was ideal. The attractive new nanny had quickly bonded with the little girl. And Jack was anticipating their wedding night more than he'd imagined. Even so, he couldn't have predicted that Annalise wouldn't want to become his wife.
At age 30, strong-willed Madison, also known as Li'l Mama, always follows her "rules of dating". But even within the safe confines of her rules, she always seems to get herself into some kind of trouble--man trouble to be exact.
Single mother Monica Houston must keep her new job as an exotic dancer secret from her ex-husband and new boyfriend if she wants to keep her children, while fellow dancer Treasure takes in her young nephew after her sister is arrested for murder.
When a woman from his past reveals that the child he fathered with her in secret is in need of a bone marrow transplant, politician Lawrence Simmons must decide whether he is willing to risk his career and marriage to help her.
Annette Goode Davis is attempting to reconcile with her estranged husband. However, her appetite for food--and other men--has her world spiraling dangerously out of control.
When Anne Burnett is forced into a proxy marriage with Aidan Black, a dashing Scottish laird with a reputation for unpredictability, traveling to the wilds of Scotland to meet him is only a small concern. Her biggest worry is how to inform her new husband that he is married.
King explores'Sherlock Holmes's initial meeting with Mary Russell. Holmes is in a decidedly dark temper as he searches the countryside for wild bees, until he meets the headstrong young woman who will become his apprentice and eventual bride.
