Up against a Wall

They make a deal to get married, for the last three months of her life. Just before her 18th birthday, the doctors tell Emily she has three months to live. Not much time to complete the bucket list she's had since she was 12. The first item is the hardest - "Get married" - so she turns to the only man she knows who can help.

The complete Rip Cord trilogy, including The Reunion, The Weekend, and The Ever After.

What would you do for a friend? What sacrifice would you make? This is the issue facing Gail Henderson when her best friend, Crystal Al Jabbar, asks her to be a surrogate for her and her husband, Rashid, using Gail's own eggs. Further complicating her decision is the loss of Gail’s husband and toddler son in a fatal car accident, two years earlier. After much contemplation, Gail reluctantly agrees. Her decision sets off a chain of events none of them could have anticipated.

Sunshine Parker didn't walk away from Tender Root, he ran. Joining the rodeo let his body be beaten by broncos for money, instead of his father for free. After an injury forces him to return to his hometown, he heads to the Long Ranch, the one place that's always accepted him. Melody Long is Long Ranch's first cowgirl in 100 years. With brothers and cousins always looming in the background, Melody had given up on dating long ago.

Nina Wallace is your typical American woman. A divorced mother of two, she draws strength from her faith in God. Fellowship with her church family keeps loneliness at bay. If, sometimes in the deepest dark of night, she wished a pair of strong, male arms held her tight, she suppresses the desire. Nina has been there, done that, and still bore the scars from her last disastrous relationship. As a result, she's more than content to wait on God to send love her way.

From the author of Constant Craving comes a hilarious story about a woman who feels obligated to care for everyone, a sexy Marine who wants to make his first love his forever bride, and a fake wedding proposal that changes everything. Kate Cooper has come home to Paradise Beach to help her mom recover from surgery. After all, who else is going to run the family's tiki bar? A few months on a Florida island won't hurt, even if her memories might. Then Damien Hastings, her high school crush, walks into the bar one night. He's stunning. Intense.