Meg Maxwell

Cooking up an instant family

Rancher West Montgomery thought he needed Annabel Hurley's help just with cooking lessons. But the widowed single dad required more than great culinary skills to secure custody of his young daughter. Her maternal grandparents wanted little Lucy in a more stable environment.  What could be more perfect than West's loving home…with his new wife?

Marry West Montgomery? That had once been Annabel's dream…until West had up and wed someone else. But now the cowboy needed her help — and was willing to save her family's business in return. She'd do anything to keep Hurley's Homestyle Kitchen open. Still, living in the same house with West, and adding his adorable daughter into the mix? This was surely a recipe for another broken heart.   

Short–order cook...and a baby on board!

As if meeting his birth mother and discovering he has a twin brother aren't enough to test a man, Jake Morrow's short one ranch cook. So when pregnant Emma Hurley comes looking for a job and whips up the best steak dinner he's ever had, Jake hires her on the spot. And when Emma's father demands she marry or lose her family farm, Jake stuns Emma–and himself–by proposing. 

After being left in the lurch, Emma can handle five hungry, romance–challenged cowboys. Well, except for one–the handsome rancher and Blue Gulch's most eligible bachelor–who gallantly comes to her rescue. Only now Emma's gone and fallen for her pretend fiancé. But Jake isn't looking for a forever kind of love…is he?

In a town as small as Rust Creek Falls, it would be hard not to notice the new millionaire on Main Street, even if he wasn't drop–dead gorgeous – and bachelor Autry Jones does not disappoint. However, this business–minded CEO not only shies away from commitment, he's also heading for Paris in a month. So why is he keeping company with Marissa Fuller, a young widow with three daughters?

Marissa and Autry have made a 'no–strings/just friends' agreement, but Abby, Kiera and Kaylee clearly have other ideas. Can a dedicated tycoon find happiness with a mum and her kids? We here at the Gazette are hopeful. Some contracts were made to be broken!

Just for Christmas?

Pretty and proper Anna Miller has all the makings of a respectable Amish housewife. But the outside world has always beckoned. So when a handsome FBI agent needs help caring for his infant twin nephews right before Christmas, Anna jumps at the opportunity.

Special Agent Colt Asher is surprised when an unexpected week as a hands–on uncle fills his life with meaning. It helps that the babies' gorgeous nanny is unlike any woman the lone wolf has ever known. But Anna's rumspringa might lead her straight back to her village – or, if Colt lets her, Anna might just be his Christmas wish come true…

Private Investigator Carson Ford specialises in finding people. Yet when he has to look for a mystery woman predicted to be his widowed father's 'second great love' – he's stumped! The single dad knows that's not how love works! This is an elaborate swindle…and it starts with the fortune–teller's daughter.

All Chef Olivia Mack can do is confirm that her late mother's predictions were usually true. She won't admit that she might know who the second love is – or that she is  falling for the handsome cynical Carson and his adorable son.  She always limited her 'family gift' to her cooking...could her magic secret ingredient lead to love?

Former rodeo rider Logan Grainger had finally set down roots to care for his orphaned twin nephews. He'd allowed himself to consider a future with the boys' pretty caretaker, Clementine Hurley. Then he'd discovered he was not truly a Grainger. His life in turmoil, Logan decided to break all ties with her before someone got hurt. 

Clementine was not about to let Logan keep avoiding her. His nephews are in her Christmas pageant; she has plans to foster a girl who might well be Logan's stepsister. He's been hiding from their attraction for too long. The feisty waitress is gonna show that stubborn cowboy just how much room he has to add on to his family tree…starting with her!

When an infant shows up on Nick Slater's desk with a note, this case has the detective stumped. At which point beautiful Georgia Hurley shows up in his office as well, with an explanation for why she dumped him–and sporting a baby bump that dates back to their one night together four months prior… 

Georgia knows she turned on Nick for his own good…but will Detective Daddy believe her? She offers to help care for his "temporary" baby for one week–surely the mother will turn up by then. But when the seven days are up, will they part ways and go back to their separate corners? Or will they find that a week of living as husband and wife, mummy and daddy, just made them hungry for the real thing?