Women Who Dare (Various)

It's a Classic Battle of Wills... Kate Bainbridge is hopping mad. Someone's set fire to the old logging mill that her grandfather won in a game of gin rummy and bequeathed to his only granddaugther. And the man in charge is being singularly unhelpful. Manager Locke Martyn has no time to teach the new owner - a city woman, who knows nothing about logging - how to run a mill or how to deal with the eccentric locals in Gracious Boon, Oregon. He thinks Kate should simply stay where she belongs - in L. A. - and forget about the place. Of course, Locke hasn't met Kate - yet!

Starr Lederman. She was named after the Christmas star. She's a woman who knows her own mind and heart, a woman who values family and family traditions. So she's determined to giver her almost-adopted daughter, SeLi, the most wonderful Christmas possible. SeLi, who's nine years old and wise beyond her years, knows what she wants for Christmas. A dad. Which means a husband for Starr--whether Starr wants one or not! In fact, SeLi's already got a man picked out. Now she's going to wish extra-hard on the Christmas star, and the name she'll whisper is Clay McLeod. Clay McLeod. He's a rancher with a soft spot for children and animals. He believes in family. But he's not interested in marriage--especially to a woman as headstrong as Starr. A woman he believes is having an affair with his brother. His married brother. At Christmastime, though, things have a way of working out.