The Rancher's Hand-Picked Bride

The Rancher's Hand-Picked Bride
Elizabeth August

Gwen Murphy, once the girl from the ranch next door, owed her aging Apache neighbor big-time. But deploy her private-investigator skills to a find a wife for Morning Hawk's greatgrandson? And move into his home to do so? Dang it! For years, virile Jess Logan had stirred feelings celibate Gwen wanted no part of.Once under Jess's roof–and his amused masculine scrutiny–Gwen did her best to procure him a spouse. Or did she? For Texas heat scorched her whenever Jess was near, melting her lifelong icy grudge against men. Finally she saw her heart could be whole, if only she could find the courage to let Jess claim her as his woman.

“That’s Gwen Murphy standing there, Jess reminded himself. She’d rather slug a man than kiss him.

But with her hair all sleep mussed and her curves in that old cotton robe that showed more leg than he guessed she was aware of, she looked sexier than any woman in the flimsiest negligee.

“You’re still here,” Gwen grumbled.

“I told you I’d see you through your recent loss.”

“Not necessary,” Gwen replied. But, suddenly light-headed, she slumped against the doorjamb.

Jess reached her and lifted her into his arms. Her robe opened more, and he realized she was wearing little or nothing under it. Arousal threatened again.

Gwen yanked her robe around her and rasped, “Put me down.”

He must be crazy to be attracted to her, Jess thought. He liked his women soft and sweet.

While tangling with Gwen…would be like tangling with a cougar!

Dear Reader,

Spring cleaning wearing you out? Perk up with a heart-thumping romance from Silhouette Romance. This month, your favorite authors return to the line, and a new one makes her debut!

Take a much-deserved break with bestselling author Judy Christenberry’s secret-baby story, Daddy on the Doorstep (#1654). Then plunge into Elizabeth August’s latest, The Rancher’s Hand-Picked Bride (#1656), about a celibate heroine forced to find her rugged neighbor a bride!

You won’t want to miss the first in Raye Morgan’s CATCHING THE CROWN miniseries about three royal siblings raised in America who must return to their kingdom and marry. In Jack and the Princess (#1655), Princess Karina falls for her bodyguard, but what will it take for this gruff commoner to win a place in the royal family? And in Diane Pershing’s The Wish (#1657), the next SOULMATES installment, a pair of magic eyeglasses gives Gerri Conklin the chance to do over the most disastrous week of her life…and find the man of her dreams!

And be sure to keep your eye on these two Romance authors. Roxann Delaney delivers her third fabulous Silhouette Romance novel, A Whole New Man (#1658), about a live-for-the-moment hero transformed into a family man, but will it last? And Cheryl Kushner makes her debut with He’s Still the One (#1659), a fresh, funny, heartwarming tale about a TV show host who returns to her hometown and the man she never stopped loving.

Happy reading!

Mary-Theresa Hussey

Senior Editor

The Rancher’s Hand-Picked Bride

Elizabeth August

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Books by Elizabeth August

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Ready-Made Family #771

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A Small Favor #809

The Cowboy and the Chauffeur #833

Like Father, Like Son #857

The Wife He Wanted #881

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* (#litres_trial_promo)Haunted Husband #922

* (#litres_trial_promo)Lucky Penny #945

* (#litres_trial_promo)A Wedding for Emily #953

* (#litres_trial_promo)The Seeker #989

† (#litres_trial_promo)The Forgotten Husband #1019

† (#litres_trial_promo)Ideal Dad #1054

† (#litres_trial_promo)A Husband for Sarah #1067

The Bridal Shower #1091

* (#litres_trial_promo)A Father’s Vow #1126

* (#litres_trial_promo)A Handy Man To Have Around #1157

The Rancher and the Baby #1187

* (#litres_trial_promo)The Determined Virgin #1229

Paternal Instincts #1265