Wilde Girls

Lucy Richeson has her life all planned - sort of. Her summer job as a lifeguard will take her through until the fall, when she wants to attend the Art Institute. But, unfortunately for Lucy, she's currently living under Aunt Stephanie's roof, and her strait-laced aunt has other ideas. To avoid being forced into pharmacy school, Lucy accepts her best friend Chloe's invitation to spend the summer working on her uncle's huge ranch in central Florida. Feeding horses doesn't sound too hard, and the pay is a lot better than at the city pool. Nicholas Wilde is sick and tired of the women in his family playing matchmaker. Every summer it's some new girl, and none of them have half the appeal as that cutie who thought she was rescuing him from drowning when he dove for the ring he'd dropped to the bottom of the pool that day. Plus, Cynthia Thompson is around the ranch a lot these days. He doesn't need any more complications. Imagine their mutual shock to discover that not only is the lifeguard now one of his ranch hands, but also none of the guest quarters were available and she's sleeping in the bedroom right next to his. It isn't long before Lucy suspects Chloe and her grandmother are behind the setup, and she wants the heck out of there. But there's no quick escape from the remote ranch, and she's quickly falling in love with the beautiful scenery and the people - some of them. Still, the hunky Nicholas surely won't give Lucy a second glance, as long as elegant Cynthia is at the ranch. Plus, Lucy doesn't want to give up her dream of art school. Will there be any chance that the spark between them can ever become a flame?

Margie Walker might be slightly accident prone. Although the man at the bank whom she nearly strangles with her purse strap would likely call her homicidal. Her fiancé, the straight-laced lawyer Tyler Bonaguide, is the man she set her cap for 10 years ago - now he's the handsome gubernatorial candidate. All she wants is for the wedding to go smoothly so she can claim her inheritance and settle into the upscale life she was groomed for. Rancher Alex Wilde is in Tampa to catch up with the elusive and beautiful Brittany, stop her marriage, and save his land, and the last thing Margie wants is to get caught up in the middle of this stranger's problems. But smack in the middle is where she finds herself, as he demands that she give him a ride to the pier and Brittany's cruise ship, where this other woman is most likely to be married at sea right after it sails. A less-likely pair there never was, and Margie can hardly be blamed for Alex's recklessly driving her Jaguar off the road. But there's her own kind-hearted streak in helping with his quest to catch the ship, long after she knows she should instead be racing home to Tyler. Then again, this might be her final adventure before settling into marriage and life as Florida's first lady. A torrential downpour, a plane crash, a Bahamian marketplace, a runaway donkey cart…and there's more.… Will this mismatched pair survive the streak of disasters that befall them, and will a gumball-machine trinket prove to be the blast-from-the-past that tells Margie true love just may have a chance?

Jessa Wilde fell in love with Adam Gray years ago, when he was a teenage ranch hand at her grandfather's ranch, Wilde Acres, and she was a gawky eleven-year-old. But with a losing hand of poker, her grandfather's prize stallion went to the Grays, and the two families have been feuding ever since. Jessa doesn't know the reason behind the feud, she only knows that her heart has never belonged to anyone but Adam. Adam Gray doesn't realize, that afternoon when his Jeep won't start, that the gorgeous young woman offering him a lift is someone he should have recognized. The ride home hits a bump when Jessa's car breaks down and a hurricane hits, forcing the pair to spend a night together in the only shelter around, an old abandoned barn. Passing the time by playing a few hands of poker seems harmless enough, the bets are simple twigs and straws. Until suddenly the stakes get higher, and when Adam figures out, he's been set up the feud is likely to escalate into an all-out war. Choosing between the grandfather she has always adored and the man she's pined for most of her life, Jessa finds out-well, it's complicated.