Senorita Isabel Moreno always has a plan, as an accomplished and intelligent lady should. But a brutal attack shatters her ambitions to leave the little town she hates. With the outlaw still on the run, Isabel finds herself alone and adrift-bringing the fugitive to justice is the only thing that will restore her peace of mind and faith in herself. Even if she is suspicious of this marshal's motives in hunting him. US Marshal Sebastian Spencer is as coldly determined as the criminals he tracks. He's spent years perfecting his iron self control-perhaps the most important work of his life....

As far as her illustrious old California family is concerned, no man is good enough for beautiful Catarina Moreno. She's been obedient through all the years of waiting, but now she wants a little excitement before her inevitable spinsterhood. When a handsome American cowboy rides onto her father's rancho, Catarina sees her chance-as long as she doesn't get caught and dishonor her family. Jace Merrill's worked thirteen years to earn a ranch of his own and prove his all-too-respectable father wrong. He only needs to work a little longer on Senor Moreno's ranch for his hard work to pay off-as...

Sheriff Joaquin Obregon has spent the last year in a mountain sanatorium, recovering from an assault that cost him his fiancee and livelihood. He hates what his life has become but can't seem to find a way to break free. Until a nurse who never liked him decides to make his resurrection her mission. Mary Margaret McCallahan spent a childhood in the slums of New York-being a respected nurse at the most famous sanatorium in California should be ambition enough. But Mae has even bigger dreams, ones that require her to head for the lights of Los Angeles. Before she goes, she's determined to rouse...

Francisca Moreno was born to rope and ride on the rancho she loves. But she can't escape her mother's attempts to lace her into the corset of propriety. So she makes one last grab for a grand adventure-and lands square in the path of the one man who's never thought of her as anything but a pest. Felipe Ortega is friendly and open to everyone he meets-and attached to no one. Loss has taught him that love can shatter a man. He's spent half his life ensuring his best friend's little sister never breaks her neck doing a man's job. But when Franny stows away on a dangerous hunt for a cougar...

Houston, Texas, 1961 The race to the moon is on, and engineer Eugene Parsons has two enemies: danger and distraction. Nothing is more distracting than his attraction to the brilliant, beautiful computer scientist on his team, but he's determined to overcome it since he needs her to help America win. Charlie Eason is used to men underestimating her. It comes with being a woman in engineering, but it's worth it to join the space race-even if she can't figure out what's behind the intense looks one tightly wound engineer keeps sending her. But life isn't as unemotional or predictable as code,...

Houston, 1962 Anne-Marie Smith wanted normal: a loving husband, two beautiful kids, and a well-kept house. But when she catches her husband cheating, she decides that normal isn't worth it. Now in a new city with a new job, she's trying to find her new normal-but she knows it doesn't include the sexy playboy astronaut next door. Commander Kit Campbell has a taste for fast: fast cars, fast planes, and even faster women. But no ride he's ever taken will be as fast as the one he's taking into orbit. He's willing to put up with the prying adoration of an entire country if it will get him into...

A Fly Me to the Moon Holiday Set A Midnight Clear Annapolis, Maryland, 1948 Frances Dumfries is the perfect admiral's daughter. She runs the household, hosts the parties, and never falls for the midshipmen surrounding her. Having fun or putting herself first is definitely not on her schedule. And she doesn't want anyone-particularly not a man too handsome and kind for his own good-to point that out. Midshipman Joe Reynolds sympathizes: Ever since he tumbled headlong into love with Frances, life hasn't been much fun. With only so much time until he ships out from the Naval Academy, he's...