DIANA PALMER

She has to work with her ex, but he doesn’t have to know she still loves him! Bett, a Broadway actress, was scammed out of all of her money by her former manager. She sees a casting call for Girl in a Dark Room, a play with painful memories for her, but being broke and desperate for work, she decides to audition. The screenwriter for this play, Edward McCullough, was Bett’s first love and the man who abandoned her for fame and more experienced women. When they reunite six years later, she pretends to be a woman who’s willing to use a man with talent and fortune—she doesn’t want him to know that she’s still a virgin…or that she’s still hopelessly in love with him…

If she can’t be with the man she loves, Keely can at least help his brother follow his heart. Keely secretly admires Boone Sinclair, a rancher eleven years older than her, but he treats her like a child and gives her the cold shoulder. Meanwhile Boone’s brother has asked Keely to pretend to be his girlfriend. He wants her to help him hide his real relationship, a relationship Boone strongly opposes. Keely decides to help Boone’s brother, and now she's caught Boone's eye as he wonders why she’s suddenly fallen in love with her childhood friend.

He is looking at me as he never has before… At thirty-four, Blake Hamilton was an arrogant lady-killer determined to keep his heart free. But to Kathryn Mary Kilpatrick he was a guardian stricter than the father she'd lost. She tried to rebel in the arms of another man…until a furious Blake promised to teach her a lesson she'd never forget, plunging them both into a fiery passion that was dangerously close to love!

Teddi is a student paying her way through college by modeling. She dreams of becoming a teacher one day. People around her sometimes misjudge her, assuming she lives a life of idle luxury. Her best friend Jenna has invited Teddi to her family ranch in Canada to spend the summer there, which sounds appealing…except that she doesn’t want to see Jenna’s brother, King. He makes biting remarks when he sees her. Why does her first love despise her this much? She wishes she could just hate him…

Noreen is a nurse who has never been loved. She secretly loves Ramon, a heart surgeon, but he seems to have a vendetta against her. She has no idea if the throbbing pain in her chest is because of her chronic heart condition or, in fact, her broken heart. One day, she falls seriously ill, and the surgeon who operates on her is none other than Ramon! He finally learns about Noreen’s feelings, but is it too late for him to mend her broken heart?

Wynn’s first love was McCabe, her guardian and a trustee for her parents’ estate, but her feelings were unrequited. Despite her lingering love for him, Wynn eventually became engaged to another man. However, after McCabe is seriously injured on the job, Wynn must take care of him. And it’s not long before McCabe’s wild charms are on full display!

I want to bring the light back into his dark, closed heart! In the same collision that killed her mother, Dana’s face was scarred for life. To cope with the pain and suffering, she accepts a live-in nursing job for a temporarily blind man. Gannon has been swamped in anger since the day he lost his sight, but Dana’s determined to bring the light back into his dark, closed heart! And once his heart awakens, who knows what future it might find?

Kenna works at a law office in Atlanta, where she has a terrible crush on her boss, Denny. But Denny’s already seeing a stunningly beautiful woman. His brother, Regan, however, doesn’t think too kindly of her boss’s new lover and is determined to break them up. And so he approaches Kenna and tells her his plan. He’s going to buy her a heart-stopping wardrobe, get her makeup done and help her ditch the glasses she hides behind so she can catch Denny’s eye. But what will Kenna do when she starts to develop feelings for Regan instead?

Merlyn is fed up with men who approach her with an ulterior motive—to get to her father’s money. So she makes a deal with her father that he won’t force her to get married if she can live for a month without revealing her identity. Bravely accepting the deal, she moves out and lands a job as a live-in assistant to a novelist. The only problem is that she and her employer's banker son, Cameron, fight like cats and dogs. Then one incident changes the dynamic of their relationship…

The shrewd attorney Hawke is known in legal circles as the devil. For the young reporter Siri, he's someone to keep an eye on. Years ago, she pined for the man who was her father's business partner. Hawke always treated her like a child...but Siri is now a grown woman! When she's offered an exclusive scoop on the case that Hawke's working on, she heads down to Panama City, Florida. There, she and the man she still wants find they're staying in a hotel suite together! Hawke's gaze feels different than before... Is this what being seduced feels like?

【A story by New York Times bestselling author becomes a comic!】Eleanor is crushed when she learns that her boss, Curry, whom she has always longed for, has no interest in her as a woman. Especially when she has been working so hard for him. So when her good friend Jim offers her a new job, Eleanor decides to give up on love and leave her boss. The moment she turns in her resignation, Curry unleashes an onslaught of cruel, insulting words. Yet when Eleanor fights back, she’s shocked that Curry responds with an intense, deep kiss!

He seems so cold and arrogant, but he’s the only one who believes me… Belinda, a lawyer, is running a summer camp for troubled teens. Luke runs the Craig Ranch next door and is enraged when he catches one of Belinda’s students trying to steal his cattle. After sorting out the issue, Belinda and Luke become friends, and before long, they’re sharing a passionate kiss! Luke is convinced that Belinda is the one for him and will do anything to put a ring on her finger, while Belinda, scared of love, tries to resist the hottest cowboy she’s ever known!

Will Abby find a way to capture Calhoun’s attention and his heart? Abby was raised in the great state of Texas and will soon turn twenty-one. But because of her guardian, Calhoun Ballenger, she’s romantically inexperienced and has never had a boyfriend. He’s been like a big brother to her ever since both of her parents died, but he’s also well-known in town for being a playboy. Still, to Abby he’s the perfect person to fall in love with. However, he’s never seen her as anything but a little sister, and no matter how old she gets, he always treats her like a child. She’s going to have to find a way to prove to him that she’s a grown woman!

His toying with me out of revenge is maddening and yet so seductive… After her wealthy rancher father’s bankruptcy, Shelby was forced off her family’s property. Then Justin, a man she’d never been able to forget after their difficult breakup, turned up. She asked him if he’d come back to gloat at the now penniless former rich girl who dumped him due to his poverty, but she couldn’t hide the anxiety beneath her words. He surprised her with his solution: “We should get married.” She knew his proposal was born out of a desire for revenge, but why couldn’t she reject him?

His toying with me out of revenge is maddening and yet so seductive… After her wealthy rancher father’s bankruptcy, Shelby was forced off her family’s property. Then Justin, a man she’d never been able to forget after their difficult breakup, turned up. She asked him if he’d come back to gloat at the now penniless former rich girl who dumped him due to his poverty, but she couldn’t hide the anxiety beneath her words. He surprised her with his solution: “We should get married.” She knew his proposal was born out of a desire for revenge, but why couldn’t she reject him?

Part of Rawhide and Lace Series 1. Rawhide and Lace 2. Unlikely Lover

Jillian was in a fix. A clause in her uncle’s will stipulates that unless she marries the town’s police chief, Theodore Graves, she will forfeit her ranch, which is her home. Jillian has known Theodore since she was little. She likes him. But the idea of marrying him, when they haven’t even dated, is too much. Jillian is twenty-one years old, but she’s never been in a romantic relationship with a man. In fact, she lives with the terrible memory of nearly being raped when she was a teenager by a man her uncle had hired to do odd jobs. Can Jillian overcome her fear of men to become a bride one day?

Even though popular romance novelist Margie has almost no experience when it comes to love, she writes under the pen name Silva, who is reputed to have had many lovers. Her real identity is a secret kept from the media. One day, she learns that Cannon, the elder brother of her sister's fiancé, is opposed to their marriage, so she calls him up. He informs her that the son of a plutocrat and a poor girl are a poor match. In order to convince him otherwise, Margie visits his villa in Florida, but can she resist his charms? And what will happen when he finds out that she writes the “pornography” he looks down on?

Anna's nineteen, and she's had an unrequited love for Evan for two years. But the thirty-four-year-old Evan treats her like a child and doesn't respond to her attempts. Even that wouldn't make Anna give up on him, though, until one day when Evan comes to a party with his former lover! "Am I really that much of a bother to him?" Anna makes the decision to cut herself off from him. But, noticing how her attitude has changed, now Evan is the one with his heart in turmoil!

He offered a girl like her the job… Sparks fly the moment Kasie Mayfield arrives at Gil Callister’s sprawling Montana ranch. Never in her wildest dreams does Kasie imagine that her formidable new boss might sweep her off her feet with his potent charm. Before long, she falls in love so deeply that her heart aches. But how does he feel? The enigmatic rancher is impossible to read, but can Kasie convince the hard-edged widower that a circle of gold belongs on her finger forever?

The five dreamlike days I spent with you changed me forever… While on a skiing vacation, veterinarian Poppy is kidnapped when she’s mistaken for an entertainment reporter. Her captor takes her to a cabin, where a blizzard snows them in, trapping Poppy with the stranger. But he’s really the famous rock star Hank Shoeman. Poppy’s unmoved by his fame, which intrigues Hank and ignites a passionate fire between them!

He offered a girl like her the job… Sparks fly the moment Kasie Mayfield arrives at Gil Callister’s sprawling Montana ranch. Never in her wildest dreams does Kasie imagine that her formidable new boss might sweep her off her feet with his potent charm. Before long, she falls in love so deeply that her heart aches. But how does he feel? The enigmatic rancher is impossible to read, but can Kasie convince the hard-edged widower that a circle of gold belongs on her finger forever?

This love is a ruse. I must not take it seriously… Eccentric neighbor, loyal friend and total innocent Elissa was exactly who Kingston Roper needed to get him out of a romantic bind. His sister-in-law’s intentions were anything but sisterly, and King had to produce a make-believe lover to run interference. Sweet Elissa fit the bill nicely. The act seemed foolproof…until seeing Elissa in his bed heated King’s blood and holding her filled him with unbearable longing. As the fantasy threatened to become reality, King was torn—did he desire a woman he could not touch? Would he touch a woman he dared not love?

If she can’t be with the man she loves, Keely can at least help his brother follow his heart. Keely secretly admires Boone Sinclair, a rancher eleven years older than her, but he treats her like a child and gives her the cold shoulder. Meanwhile Boone’s brother has asked Keely to pretend to be his girlfriend. He wants her to help him hide his real relationship, a relationship Boone strongly opposes. Keely decides to help Boone’s brother, and now she's caught Boone's eye as he wonders why she’s suddenly fallen in love with her childhood friend.