Zeke Coulter, who has no intention of getting married, moves next door to Natalie Patterson, a sexy divorcée with two troubled kids, a bizarre extended family, and a philandering ex-husband involved in shady business dealings, and after her twelve-year-old son vandalizes Zeke's property, he takes it upon himself to instill a sense of responsibility and self-worth in the children, help Natalie gain confidence and trust men again, and seduce her.

Dear Reader,
 
It's always wonderful to return to a favorite place. That's how I feel about Bittersweet, Oregon, the fictional setting for my 1990s trilogy, Forever Family, now collected here in one volume with a new title—Envious! I'm delighted to revisit Bittersweet in the company of Bliss, Katie, and Tiffany—three women who've just discovered they are half-sisters . . .
 
Bliss Cawthorne is...

"Left for dead, Larson Jennings, returns home badly burned. His obviously pregnant wife Kathryn is losing their ranch. Disfigured beyond recognition to most, Larson is determined to save his family"--Provided by publisher.

"After a two-year drought, the Kerrigan ranch is dry as a bone and as dusty as a honky-tonk bible. On the brink of ruin, Kate Kerrigan hires the rainmaker Professor Somerset Lazarus, who promises salvation--in the form of a deluge. Kate is desperate enough to try anything. But when four angry gunmen show up, ready to lynch the phony rainmaker for swindling them out of their money, the Kerrigans have to choose sides fast--before the bullets start to...

Rancher Travis Thomposon, entrusted with the lives of three children after the deaths of his brother and sister-in-law, places a personal ad for a mail-order wife, and finds himself falling for librarian Mary Warner, who answers his ad and changes his life.

Mormon elders in the town of Cottonwoods pressure the widow Jane Withersteen to remarry so that her lands and herds will remain in their control. Gradually they frighten away most of her cowboys, and rustlers steal away her cattle, but the gunfighter Lassiter stands by her as the inevitable confrontation draws near.

Clay Bell's ranch is threatened by a speculator who wants to harvest timber from the land where he grazes his cattle.

After a man guns down a greedy, overbearing rancher in self-defense, Smoke Jensen and his posse come to his defense when the rancher's goons aim to string him up.

Shortly after the man known only as Cotton signs on as the sheriff of Doubtful in Wyoming Territory, a range war erupts between the ranchers and the homesteaders. While most lawmen would be scared off, Cotton plans to earn his pay.