High-button dresses aren't made for hot Texas springs-or the burning desire Haven Anderson has for Deputy Matthew Frank... After a lifetime of friendship, Matthew and Haven are finally engaged, but he doesn't seem to share Haven's emerging passion. Feeling rejected and uncertain about her future, Haven finds herself attracted to the handsome new saloon owner, Hank Porter. Matthew holds Haven at arm's length, despite the love smoldering inside him... Matthew's father was run out of town years ago for nearly killing his mother, and Matthew fears the lack of control passion can cause. Having...

Bill McKenzie's yearly cattle drive brings more than the normal challenges... The oldest and most responsible of the rowdy McKenzie brothers, Bill is in charge of their biggest task of the season. But while wrangling cattle, he crosses paths with a beautiful red-haired woman in a tattered dress in desperate need of help. Is she as harmless as she is beautiful? Suspicions arise when the red-haired beauty-who calls herself Sparrow-withholds the story of how she came to be in the woods. All Bill knows is she's headed for Cricket Bend, where his brother was murdered a year earlier. Though he...

Deputy Jasper Tanner wants to show Callie Lee he's a real man. Jasper has been in love with Callie since she was an upstairs girl, and he was one of her whiskey-swilling clients. But when Callie remade herself as the owner of a successful saloon-the saloon where she once sold her affections-Jasper became a better man in order to win her heart. He built himself a house and a new life, and he works hard to make Cricket Bend a peaceful and decent town. Callie Lee is determined to be her own woman... After a hard heartbreak, Callie figures men aren't worth the trouble. She doesn't have time for...