Crystal Green

He was her best friend Dalton Traub’s back in his home town, opening one of his famous Rib Shacks, and the food’s not the only thing that’s delicious there! Gorgeous Dalton has definitely changed over the years. But one thing has remained constant: his secret love for the beautiful Allaire. Life didn’t work out the way these two best friends had planned, though, especially with Allaire’s disastrous marriage to his dashing brother, Dax.But given the way that Allaire looks at Dalton – it doesn’t...

THE SAUNDERS SOUND-OFF WHERE ARE THEY NOW?SAUNDERS UNIVERSITY KEEPS TRACK OF ITS NOTABLE ALUMNIRachel JamesOnce Miss Popularity and the campus «It» girl, even after surviving a difficult childhood and two dreadful adoptive parents, Rachel's future was finally looking up. Until she dropped out, opting to marry instead of graduate. Widowed too young, she's decided to remain single and save herself from further heartache. But a reliable source reported that lately Rachel's been...

THE CHIVALROUS STRANGERWhen Lacey Vedae discovered a big, brooding stranger hiding out in her isolated cabin, the enchanted Kane's Crossing town outcast soon found the soul mate she'd been searching for her whole life. But harboring a dark, shameful secret, dare Lacey believe in happily-ever-after?With her haunted eyes and air of fragility, Lacey possessed the intoxicating allure of a princess locked in a tower. But Connor Langley was here to dig up information on the nefarious Spencer...

SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY?Rebellious socialite Ashlyn Spencer craved family love. Failing that, she made high jinks a habit to undermine her clan's crippling tyranny. Which meant Kane's Crossing's new sheriff–gruff, growly Sam Reno–had his hands full with his fiercest foe's wayward daughter. Although the Fates were against them, virginal Ashlyn relished keeping Sheriff Sam on his toes and secretly ached for the brooding, blue-collar lawman.Despite Ashlyn's spitfire charm,...

Donna Byrd came west to claim her inheritance – not fall for a sweet-talking, sexy-as-sin Texas rancher!The New York City magazine entrepreneur knows exactly the type of man she wants to marry…and it’s not Caleb Granger. So why is Donna finding her resolve crumbling in the face of this cowboy’s powerful persuasion?So when CEO Caleb Fairchild marches into her life, the instant attraction to this gorgeous pinstriped man is the last thing Becca needs – especially when Caleb wants to be closer. But...

THE ULTIMATE REVENGE?Like a haunted gunslinger intent on avenging old wrongs, bitter but now filthy-rich outcast Nick Cassidy was back in Kane's Crossing, seeking retribution from the conniving golden boy who'd once framed him and drove him from town. And why not serve justice on a silver platter–by wedding his enemy's pregnant conquest and giving her baby his notorious name?But Nick's «convenient» marriage to Meggie Thornton, his angelic childhood chum, brought out...

To sheltered Elizabeth Dupres, the tanned, shirtless daredevil high atop the Ferris wheel looked like a swashbuckling pirate–handsome, debonair…basically a tempting load of trouble! A good girl like her was meant to follow in her mother's footsteps. She shouldn't want the thrill-a-minute life of the carnival–or the embrace of a gypsy prince like Carlo Fuentes.But she did.And for the first time, Elizabeth decided to risk everything she'd ever been for the woman she could become in...

THEY WERE THE TALK OF THE TOWNTwo years ago her elegant, horse-breeder husband, Matthew, had up and vanished, leaving Rachel Shane and her little girl prey to the scandalous whispers of Kane's Crossing. Then, without warning, a dusty, slim-hipped cowboy named Matt sauntered onto her ranch, professing amnesia. He looked every inch an outlaw, every inch a temptation….Matt vowed to claim what was rightfully his–his home, his family…his wife. But was he the husband who'd shattered...