Heart of the West; Bachelor Auction

Enjoy this fan-favorite story of blind dates, high school reunions and unexpected romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs. Beautician Twyla McCabe was voted most likely to succeed in her high school graduating class, but a run of bad luck forced her to give up her dreams of college and a career. Now a widow with a six-year-old and essentially Dear Abby with a blow-dryer, she longs to show up at her ten-year school reunion with a date she can show off. But when her well-meaning customers arrange for her to attend the Hell Creek High School Reunion with Rob Carter, M.D., Twyla knows they've gone too far. Who would believe a woman who dyed hair for a living could be engaged to such a hunk? Originally published in 1999.

The Lost Springs Ranch for troubled boys is at stake, and it's a man's duty to give back... Bachelor #2Name: Mase LeBow, 34Occupation: Homicide detective, DenverBiggest Achievement: Living to adulthood after a too-wild adolescenceWidower Mase LeBow figures Callie Thorne's remote equine therapy ranch is the best place to protect his son. So he's determined to charm her after she "buys" him for a date at the Lost Springs Bachelor Auction. But her insistence on helping his withdrawn boy gets past his defenses... and that can't happen. Falling in love with Callie when he's the star witness in a murder trial would be a huge mistake.

The Lost Springs Ranch for troubled boys is at stake, and it's a man's duty to give back... ... So there's going to be an auction! Bachelor #4Name: Amos Pike, 34Occupation: CEO of Pike's Pickled Peppers Toy CompanyBiggest Achievement: Smiles on children's facesBodyguard Meg Loria had never before drawn such an assignment from her family's security firm: successfully bid on a gorgeous guy at a charity auction, hole up alone with him in a secluded cabin so she could protect him from his rivals without his knowledge, and then try - just try! - to keep her mind strictly on her work.

Blair Townsend didn't know the meaning of chaos until her holy terror of a nephew came to live with her. Jeffrey needed a positive role model - and Blair wasn't above buying one at the Lost Springs auction. Sexy-as-sin rancher Scott McKay looks as if he'd have no trouble teaching Jeffrey how to be a man. Except Scott seems far more interested in showing Blair how to be a woman... .

The Lost Springs Ranch for troubled boys is at stake, and it's a man's duty to give back - So there's going to be an auction! Bachelor #9Name: Chance CartwrightOccupation: RancherBiggest Achievement: Being the best horse trainer in Wyoming. Men of Chance Cartwright's caliber were hard to find, and Madison Burnes needed, wanted, was determined to have him as the spokesman for her ad campaign. Even if it meant seducing him. She'd stop at nothing - but then - she hadn't bargained on morning sickness or falling in love with her prey!

The Lost Springs Ranch for troubled boys is at stake, and it's a man's duty to give back - . So there's going to be an auction! BACHELOR #12NAME:Rex TrowbridgeOCCUPATION: Attorney, and director of Lost Springs Ranch. BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT: Becoming a wine connoisseur in rural Wyoming. Lindsay Duncan had hastily proposed a camping trip with some of the boys from the ranch, and she wanted - needed - Rex Trowbridge to accompany them. Could elegant Rex even ride a horse anymore? Could he stand to spend long days with her and six high-spirited boys? Could he stop teasing her long enough to recognize what was really simmering between the two of them - and do something about it before it was too late?