Bravo Family

BABY MINE Once upon a time, Abby Heller was the lovable, headstrong kid who idolized Cash Bravo. In her hero-worshiping eyes, the Wyoming rancher could do no wrong. But one urgent April night, Cash made a woman of Abby...and Abby came up pregnant. Cash cursed himself for stealing her innocence and vowed to give their baby his name. Then he'd set sweet Abby free-to find herself a better, younger mate. After all, when a man loved a woman, heartache was nothing...but honor was all. Conveniently Yours...The Bravo men's marriages may have begun in name only-but were they destined to be love matches after all?

A RING AND A BABY. To fulfill her father's will and keep her precious ranch, Megan Kane needed to marry, bear a child. Since she'd always loved handsome neighbor Nate Bravo--a maverick she couldn't tie down--her solution was simple. She'd beg Nate to wed her and bed her. AND THEN SHE'D SET HIM FREE. Meggie vowed she wouldn't cling. Wouldn't linger. She'd cherish her marriage until she got pregnant. Then she'd raise Nate's baby lovingly--and alone. But all too soon Meggie swelled with child. And she learned some promises were hell to keep. CONVENIENTLY YOURS: The Bravo men's marriages may have begun in name only--but were they destined to be love matches after all?

RIGHT BRIDE. Lovely widowed mother Tess DeMarley had "perfect wife" written all over her-but rancher Zach Bravo had lost at love once before. So he proposed an arranged marriage. And he knew that it would stay just that-because Tess was a one-man woman, all right. Too bad Zach was the wrong man! WRONG GROOM? If you'd asked Tess DeMarley what man she'd always dreamed of having down on one knee proposing marriage to her, Zach Bravo might not have been her first choice. But now that he was her husband, she began looking at him in a new light-and wondering if her "in name only" spouse could possibly be turning into her dream man....CONVENIENTLY YOURS: The Bravo men's marriages may have begun in name only-but were they destined to be true love matches after all?

FIRST COMES MELINDA WITH A BABY CARRIAGE... . Pure chance brought big-city girl Melinda Bravo and rugged rancher Cole Yuma together in time to deliver his sister's newborn. But it was pure desire - baby and otherwise - that convinced her there would be no harm in pretending the baby was hers and Cole's... just for a little while. THEN COMES MARRIAGE... . And it only made sense that she and Cole also assume the roles of husband and wife - strictly for show, of course. THEN COMES LOVE! Melinda and Cole both knew that despite their mutual attraction, they had nothing in common! So why, suddenly, was each of them fantasizing about making their pretend marriage the real thing? CONVENIENTLY YOURS: The Bravo family's marriages may have begun in name only - but were they destined to be true love matches after all?

THINGS TO DO BEFORE THE WEDDING... 1. Pick up dress 2. Do nails 3. Divorce first husband Seems like bride-to-be Jenna Bravo had left one teensy thing undone before she accepted her nice-but-boring fiancé's proposal--divorce her first husband, Mack McGarrity. And when her former workaholic, currently gorgeous, superwealthy not-quite-ex showed up at her home one day, it turned out he had a new proposal....... One that Jenna couldn't refuse: to spend two weeks alone with him. If, after that, she still wanted the divorce, she could have it. On the other hand, when it came to rekindling old flames, two weeks could be a very long time....

MARRY IN CONVENIENCE... All her adult life Lacey Bravo had loved Logan Severance, but the good doctor--always hell-bent on doing the right thing--had never even made an improper advance toward her. Well, maybe one, about nine months ago. So the about-to-be single mom knew Logan would come after her, demanding marriage. It was just a question of when.... LOVE IN LEISURE? Logan knew, the minute Lacey answered the door, stomach-first, that she had to marry him. But first things first--there was a baby to be born! There'd be time enough afterward to convince her that what began out of necessity could turn into love. And to convince himself, as well...

THE MAN WHO HAD EVERYTHINGIf ever there was a living embodiment of all that money could buy, Jonas Bravo was it. But the gleaming facade hid a legacy of loss. For though Jonas had been to the manor born, the kidnapping of his baby brother had yanked the rug out from under him - and taught him always to keep his heart padlocked. Until two females produced the key... One: baby Mandy, Jonas's adoptive sister, whose custody he was determined to get. And two: Emma Hewitt, her lovely guardian. Clearly the two were a package deal, and clearly Emma was daring the Bravo billionaire not only to hope but to dream - of getting back everything he'd lost that long-ago winter night... and thought he would never see again.

All I want for Christmas: 1) A good bottle of champagne 2) A free-range turkey 3) A cozy snow-covered cabin. With that list, lifestyle columnist Jillian Diamond was making a statement about what she didn't want for Christmas--a man. Of course, one happened to come along with said cozy snow-covered cabin--and he was a sight for sore eyes, even if Christmas wasn't exactly his favorite holiday. Will "Scrooge" Bravo was well-known for his antipathy toward that most wonderful time of year. And all he wanted for Christmas was to be alone. Then into his den of solitude walked beautiful, miniskirt-clad Jilly. She hadn't been on his Christmas list, so why was he so tempted to gift-wrap her, put her under his tree... and join her there...

As editor of Alpha, the ultimate men's magazine, B. J. Carlyle is out to prove to her father, the publisher, that she's got what it takes to become editor in chief, even if it means swallowing her pride and getting her ex, Buck Bravo, for December's cover story. Landing the bestselling author, adventurer and man of the hour is a coup; the competition would kill to get the exclusive. But Buck is insisting that B.J. spend the next two weeks with him in the Sierra Mountains and write the story herself. B.J. agrees, but she's not going to tell Buck she suspects she's pregnant with his baby. B.J.'s out to get her story .She doesn't need Buck thinking she's out to get her man.

Can he embrace the child he never knew he had? Nine years ago, Kelly Bravo and Michael Vakulic went their separate ways he to a new name and a new life, she to a family she never knew she had. And then Kelly comes across an tantalizingly familiar photo in the newspaper. Her long lost Michael has reinvented himself as Mitch Valentine, multimillionaire entrepreneur. As for Kelly, she's got a new name too mother! And a little girl with Michael's eyes... How can she tell him the truth? How can she not?