Taken By A Texan

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Ruffan Reddy's Rules For the Ultimate Blind Date:

1. Don't crash your rig into a woman's car unless you really want to meet her.
2. Don't try to deal rationally with a woman driving a white car in a blinding snowstorm–especially if she's also dressed for a Texas picnic.
3. Don't make conversation as you both wait inside your cramped truck for help to arrive.
4. Do determine the size of her ring finger when you're still stranded on the side of the highway twenty–four interesting hours later….

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THE KEEPERS OF TEXAS

TANGLIN' WITH A TEXAN

Ranch hand Rip Morris had quite the reputation although what he really knew about women wouldn't add up to a pile of hay. So who would have guessed a lovely socialite like Miss Lu Parsons had requested the pleasure of his company for her first roll in the proverbial haystack?

The taut–bodied Texan was all set to comply with the lady's wishes. But fate and Mother Nature seemed to be conspiring against them losing their virginity. Or maybe this was Rip's chance to lose his well–guarded heart to a woman whose body and soul were his for the taking .

THE KEEPERS OF TEXAS: Every book's a keeper in this sexy saga of untameable Texas men and the stubborn beauties who lasso their hearts.","rating":"3.00","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":12857,"isbn13":"9781460867211","title":"Taken By A Texan","seo":"taken-by-a-texan","summary":"...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781460867211.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Contemporary","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027020"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"
THE KEEPERS OF TEXAS

BEAUTY'S BEASTLY CHALLENGE

She thought she'd been invited to the Keepers' Texas ranch to do her family a favour, but feisty redhead JoAnn Murray was beginning to sense a fix–up. Was she really there to tame cantankerous Andrew Parsons or to be asked to throw caution to the wind and marry the arrogant beast?

No little lady was gonna make him change his ways! Or so Andrew thought until he got a look at the beguiling beauty those blasted Keepers had sicked on him. With one pout of her pretty lips, Andrew's gruffness disappeared, replaced by a grim determination to make JoAnn see him as something other than a challenge and perhaps a potential groom?

THE KEEPERS OF TEXAS: Every book's a keeper in this sexy saga of untameable Texas men and the stubborn beauties who lasso their hearts.","rating":"2.91","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":12867,"isbn13":"9781460867327","title":"The Hard-To-Tame Texan","seo":"the-hard-to-tame-texan","summary":"...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781460867327.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Contemporary","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027020"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"
MAN of the Month

THE KEEPERS OF TEXAS

MR. SEPTEMBER

The Stubbornest Cowboy: Tom Keeper, youngest son of a proud family, and dead set against falling in love again!

His Sweetest Temptation: Shy Ellen Simpson could be just the little lady to tempt the ornery Texan into marriage. Tom Keeper could single–handedly tame a wild stallion, but get him near a woman ! The most eligible bachelor in west Texas had happily hung up his marriage hat, until sweet Ellen set foot on Keeper land. The prim beauty claimed men were out for only one thing. But Tom was determined to show Ellen that even the romance–wary could enjoy that \"one thing\" and still dream of a future together!

MAN OF THE MONTH: This sexy Keeper of Texas is Lass Small's 50th Silhouette hero!

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MR. JANUARY

Bryan Willard: Head hunk at the Coffeepot Inn
His dream date: The lovely Lily his new boss
His problem: He's in over his head!

Nothing much ever happened 'round here till Lily came along. I was happy enough running the Coffeepot Inn and staying out of trouble. But now, trouble is all I've got!

See, Lily is just twenty–three beautiful and sassy, but she doesn't know anything about the real world. And every single guy in town not to mention some of the married ones has his eye on her. Someone's got to protect her virtue. But who's going to protect me from her?

MAN OF THE MONTH: He's rough around the edges, she's smooth as silk. But opposites can attract in the most surprising ways!","rating":"3.73","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":13381,"isbn13":"9781460873458","title":"The Coffeepot Inn","seo":"the-coffeepot-inn","summary":"MR. JANUARY Bryan Willard: Head hunk at the Coffeepot InnHis dream date: The lovely Lily his new bossHis problem: He's in over his head! Nothing much ever happened 'round here till Lily came along....","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781460873458.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Contemporary","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027020"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"
JUST ONE OF THE BOYS

Chancy Freedman had grown up on the Bar Q ranch. She had learned how to rope and ride, and the ranch hands had looked out for her \"best they could.\" But they couldn't teach her the art of being a lady, and poor Chancy had made it to her twentieth birthday without learning how. And then Clifford Robertson rode into town .

Cliff was a real cowboy, with an easy, long–legged stride and a confident air. Nothing rattled this dude until the irrepressible Chancy roped him in. The virginal beauty had decided Cliff would make a most appropriate teacher. That wily wrangler was in for the ride of his life!","rating":"3.07","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":13397,"isbn13":"9781460873649","title":"Chancy's Cowboy","seo":"chancys-cowboy","summary":"...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781460873649.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Contemporary","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027020"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"
MISSION: (RE)MARRIAGE

He might be an ornery son of a gun, but never let it be said Tyler Fuller didn't love his wife. Well, ex–wife, since he'd presented her with an ultimatum she'd shockingly accepted. Now this hot–headed hubby was darned tired of spending the long, cold nights alone, so he vowed to win her back!

His mission should have been as simple as the first time he'd convinced Kayla to say \"I do.\" After all, they'd jumped right from the bedroom and marched straight down the wedding aisle. But Tyler was gonna have to learn a few things about his self–improved former bride. Like how Kayla wanted to take things slow and just how good slow could be!","rating":"3.00","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":13456,"isbn13":"9781460874066","title":"How To Win (Back) A Wife","seo":"how-to-win-back-a-wife","summary":"...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781460874066.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Contemporary","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027020"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"
WHAT ED HOLLINGSWORTH KNOWS ABOUT THE LADY IN 308:

1. She's a very slow housepainter. (What's she really doing?)
2. She keeps a pair of binoculars on her windowsill. (Who's she spying on?)
3. She never, ever flirts. (Why?)
4. She has big, hunky male friends who show up at the most inopportune moments. (Lovers?)
5. She would make a perfect bride if only she'd stop refusing to date!

Ed cam to Apartment 308 to evict his scofflaw tenant but now all he wants to do is make Marcia Phillips his own!","rating":"2.90","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":14138,"isbn13":"9781460882160","title":"The Case Of The Lady In Apartment 308","seo":"the-case-of-the-lady-in-apartment-308","summary":"...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781460882160.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Romance / General","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027000"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"
CELEBRATION 1000

SECRET BABY

The handsome stranger was Zachary Thomas, and one lust–filled night with the compelling man had left Jessica Channing one very pregnant woman! But Jessica wanted nothing to do with a reluctant groom, so she vowed to keep her baby a secret .

Memories of that night and of the mysterious Jessica were driving Zachary out of his ever–lovin' mind. So he returned to Texas to surprise her with an outrageous offer she couldn't refuse. But he was shocked to his toes when he found his unsuspecting bride on the verge of motherhood!

CELEBRATION 1000: Come celebrate the publication of the 1000th Silhouette Desire, with scintillating love stories by some of your favourite writers!","rating":"3.00","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":13950,"isbn13":"9781460879931","title":"A Stranger In Texas","seo":"a-stranger-in-texas","summary":"...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781460879931.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Contemporary","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027020"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"
MARRY ME AGAIN!

Josephine Morris hadn't seen her ex–husband in almost four years when the storm of the decade hit. Suddenly they were stranded in the last hotel room in Dallas together.

Chad Wilkins had been a master in the bedroom, and now the seducing scoundrel was intent on wooing her back into his life and his bed! He swore that he'd changed. And a horrified Jo was this close to succumbing.

Jo knew she should be strong, but how could she resist a veritable force of nature? And what would she do when her relentless ex decided he was ready to play house full–time?","rating":"3.30","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":13934,"isbn13":"9781460879757","title":"My House Or Yours?","seo":"my-house-or-yours","summary":"...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781460879757.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Contemporary","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027020"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"
MAN OF THE MONTH

MR. OCTOBER

Name: Kyle Phillips

Occupation: Cowboy and reluctant hero

Damsel in distress: Lauren Davie

Kyle had seen every manner of occurrence on his Texas ranch even a freak snowstorm couldn't rattle him. But the pretty young thing he'd found snowbound on his property was making the upright bachelor reel with ungentlemanly thoughts. Of all the luck to be stranded with such an innocent beauty .

Trapped for three days in close quarters, Kyle could feel his temperature rising. His pure–as–the–driven–snow houseguest seemed intent on making him her first conquest! What was a proper cowboy to do?

MAN OF THE MONTH: He's snowbound with an \"angel\" who's a temptress in disguise!","rating":"3.50","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":13996,"isbn13":"9781460880227","title":"The Texas Blue Norther","seo":"the-texas-blue-norther","summary":"...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781460880227.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Contemporary","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027020"}],"scheduled":[]}],"scheduled":[],"products":[]}