from fictiondb: The Man You'll Marry by Debbie Macomber The bride was reluctant. The groom was too busy. The wedding? Pure magic! It was all because of that so-called magic wedding dress with its absurd legend: the first man you meet when you receive this dress is the man you'll marry. But Jill Morrison didn't want to marry a man like Jordan Wilcox. A man so obsessed with his career that his marriage would always come a distant second... Falling in love had nothing to do with it!

Robin, a public accountant, has finally purchased her dream home. Her new life is about to begin, but next to her lives a cantankerous man. His name is Cole, a handsome and intelligent but unfriendly lawyer who lives with his dog in a big mansion. After the death of her husband, Robin thought true love would never come again, but when her only son runs away from home, the two become closer and closer…

READY FOR ROMANCE Jessica is hired as a legal assistant at the firm of Damian and Evan, brothers who are well-established lawyers. Childhood friends with the brothers, she'd been infatuated with Evan at fourteen. Now all grown up, Jessica's first crush is nothing more than a girlhood memory. But Damian, who loves his younger brother more than anyone else, asks her to heal Evan's broken heart. Before long, Evan asks a flustered Jessica to be with him, much to the delight of both their parents. Except...it's Damian who Jessica is in love with now!

In the *Ai o Yakusoku Sureta Machi* (Heart of Texas) series: from fictiondb: V.1 - *Ghost Town no Bara* (Lonesome Cowboy) Everyone in Promise thinks Savannah Weston is an old-fashioned kind of woman, quietly content to stay on the family ranch with her brother Grady. But Savannah has her passions--for the old roses she loves to grow, for the children she hopes to have. And for a man named Laredo Smith. He's a stranger to Promise, a disenchanted cowboy who may just change Savannah's life. V.2 - *Kouun o Yobu Kiss* (Texas Two-Step) Ellie Frasier needs her friends. She's still mourning her father, still learning to run the business he left her -- Frasier's Feed Store, in Promise. She knows she can count on the people here for comfort and support, laughter and friendship...But now her long-standing relationship with one of those friends -- rancher Glen Patterson -- seems to be changing, turning into something else. Love? V.3 - *Machiwabita Kokuhaku* (Caroline's Child) Who's the father of Caroline's child? Everyone in Promise wants to know, but no one's ever asked -- or ever will. Maggie's five now, and Caroline Daniels has kept her silence all these years. It doesn't change how the people in this community feel about Caroline. They're protective of her and Maggie; they care. Especially rancher Grady Weston, who's beginning to realize he more than cares. V.4 - *Seibu no Princess* (Dr. Texas) They call her Dr. Texas. She's Jane Dickinson, a newly graduated physician from California who's working at the Promise clinic—but just for a couple of years. They call him Mr. Grouch. Cal Patterson was left at the altar by his out-of-state fiance, and he's not over it yet. Too bad Jane reminds him so much of the woman he's trying to forget! V.5 - *Saisho de Saigo no Love Letter* (Nell's Cowboy) Nell Bishop, widowed mother of two children, is turning her property into a dude ranch. And one of her first guests is Travis Grant, an Easterner known for his books about the West. Her kids are crazy about him—and she could fall for him herself. But it's too soon for her. V.6 - *Shukufuku no Uta ga Kikoeru* (Lone Star Baby) With a little effort, nothing is impossible. Wade McMillen might be a minister, but he’s also a man. An unmarried and very attractive one. Is it as a man that he responds to the lovely young woman who shows up in Promise, pregnant and alone? Or as a man of God? Maybe it’s both. Amy Thornton hopes to make a new life for herself and her baby, and to do that, she needs Reverend McMillen’s help, his compassion. What she wants is the love of a man named Wade…

Greg is at a loss right before Christmas. His loan applications have been denied left and right, and he’s ready to give up on life after all the mistakes he’s made. He abandoned his pregnant girlfriend in his teenage years. He coldheartedly rejected a financial plea by someone he owed his life to in his twenties. He didn’t see his mother before her death in his thirties. As he lies in the snow in despair, a bright presences shines before him. Is it an angel come to forgive all of his horrible past mistakes?

from fictiondb: She was NOT married to Joseph Rockwell! Caitlin hadn't even seen him in almost twenty years. He was now a successful Seattle contractor, who happened to be renovating the office where Cait worked as a stockbroker. But one thing hadn't changed--Joe Rockwell was still a terrible tease, telling everyone he an Cait were husband and wife. On, sure, they'd been "married" in a pretend ceremony when she was eight. She wished Joe would stop bringing that up. Couldn't he see he was embarrassing her--especially in front of her boss, Paul? She was in love with Paul. No, Joe insisted, she was in love with HIM. And on Christmas Day, he proved it....

The Lucky Horseshoe Ranch, near pepper, Texas. Cody Bailman - He's a hardworking, good looking rancher--who has neither the time nor the patience for "courtin' a woman". Fortunately--or unfortunately!--Cody's twelve-year-old daughter, Heather, is determined to teach him about romance, because she's got her eye on newcomer Sherry Waterman as the woman who's "just perfect for Dad." Sherry Waterman - She's discovering that Texan men truly are a breed apart, especially the stubborn Cody Bailman. She's definitely attracted to the man--in fact, she's darn close to falling in love with him--but she'd like a little romance first! [Taken from FictionDB]

[taken from fictiondb] THE MARRIAGE-MINDED SECRETARY Stephanie Coulter marry Jonas Lockwood, tyrant, dictator and world-class grouch? Never! But her friends at Lockwood Industries had other plans. Avid readers of romance novels, they had decided their employer was the classic lonely hero who needed a loving wife-- Stephanie. But Jonas didn't want a wife, and Stephanie wasn't about to apply for the job. Until she accompanied Jonas on softer, romantic side. That's when Stephanie set out to show Jonas he a business trip and discovered his needed more than an efficient secretary--he needed her.