Danielle Baker

Kasey Corcoran lives his life in the fast lane; chasing cars is his profession, and chasing women... is one of his preferred pursuits. So when he meets Shauntelle Kendall, a bombshell with a fiery temperament and an even wilder heart, she is exactly the kind of woman Kasey is compelled to chase. Fresh out of a broken engagement, Shauntelle has sworn off men, especially the cocky--though outrageously attractive--Kasey. But when they're thrust together for a family wedding at an intimate and secluded resort in the mountains of Colorado, Shaun has nowhere to hide from Kasey... or the undeniable passion he's awakened in her. Shaun has never met a man that tests her patience the way that Kasey does, and it's not long before she realizes that there is far more at risk than she anticipated by letting Kasey attempt to tame her wild heart...

Zoey Chandler has spent the last year quaking in her boots, scared of her shadow... and the male population in general.So when Deputy Chase Manning, her brother's best friend, moves back to their small hometown after years in a metropolitan police department, she is both wary and intrigued when she realizes he shares traumas as deeply scarring as her own.In an effort to return a semblance of safety and strength to Zoey's life, Chase makes a he wants to train her in self-defense techniques to better protect her... and her infant child.But Chase has a secret; he's been offered his own proposal, one that if he chooses to accept, could very well destroy the life Zoey has fought so hard to build.

As an innocent eighteen year old, Jodi Kendall shared a single, earth shattering kiss with Texan Freeman Thorp, the devilishly handsome cowboy that worked for her father… who happened to be nearly ten years her senior. Now, as a twenty-five-year-old divorcee with a guarded heart, she holds no grand delusions when Free shows up on her front porch after disappearing for seven years, looking less like the young man she’d known in her youth, and more devilishly handsome than ever. Determined to keep her heart whole, Jodi is focused on herself; rebuilding her life and turning her bookstore into a successful shop. All too quickly, Jodi finds herself lowering walls built with boulders the size of Texas to let in the man she’d known all along was the one that held her heart, all the while fearing it’s only a matter of time before he disappears from her life again, only this time taking more than just a kiss with him.

NoelleAll she wants is a quiet, chill Christmas Eve with the family.Instead, Noelle Compton has been thrust headfirst into planning and organizing a secret proposal for her sister. And to make matters worse, she forgot the mistletoe, the key component to Beau's romantic Christmas Eve proposal.When her best friend Theo comes in wearing a full Santa suit, bearing the forgotten mistletoe, Noelle could kiss him.TheoOnly he doesn't want to stop with one chaste peck on the cheek in thanks. Oh no, Theo Collins wants much, much more from Noelle.He's waited years for this moment, and he isn't going to let it pass him by, not when he's finally got her where he wants her--under the mistletoe at last.So when she teases him and asks him what he wants for Christmas, his only answer... is her.

XanderBeing a career hotshot, a wildland firefighter, is all I've ever known. It's my greatest passion. This job is dangerous, and after watching my parents' marriage fail because of it, I knew long ago I'd never be a relationship kinda guy.All of that changes when my best friend moves his recently widowed--and pregnant--younger sister and her two kids in next door. I've been crazy about Teddy for years. So when I happen to assist in an unexpected emergency home birth for her new baby, I find myself spending more and more time near her and her kids. Teddy's heart is locked up like Fort Knox after losing her husband, and breaking down her defenses is damn near impossible... but I want to show her that I'm here to stay. For all of them.As superintendent, my duty to my crew has always been my priority. But with Teddy's heart on the line, can I give up the only life I've ever known? Or am I doomed to be honor bound and lose the only woman I've ever loved?