Karen Templeton

Deanna Blake is stunned at the loss of her estranged father--and inheriting half his ranch. In a strange twist, the other half goes to Josh Talbot ... her former crush and one of the many sources of trouble between Dee and her dad. Not to worry. The single mom-to-be hates this place, steeped in reminders of the past she's still trying to leave behind. She'll sell her share now and ensure a comfortable future for her unborn child. Except Josh can't...

A ranch for the runaway bride
Weeks before her wedding, Emily Weber walks away from her planned society shindig and her cheating fiancé—straight to her cousin's New Mexico ranch. Everyone's advice: Emily's got to work it out of her system, and her childhood acquaintance—all six feet of dark good looks—is just the guy to help.
Colin Talbot recognizes someone on the run from their life. Hell, the rootless photojournalist...

Neighbor, handyman and...husband? One woman finds her heart's desire right in her own backyard in award-winning author Karen Templeton's newest addition to her popular miniseries Jersey Boys!
He's just a friend! is the mantra pregnant Laurel Kent lives by while pretending not to stare at sexy Tyler Noble, the gorgeous neighbor who's been all-too-kindly playing Mr. Fix-It in her house. After all, she needs the help more than she cares to admit—her...

BABY, BE MINE!
Kevin Vaccaro just found out he was a father...of a five-month-old!He'd put up a hell of a fight to overcome his troubled past. That wasnothing compared to the battle he was about to wage for his child'sfuture.Julianne McCabe had no intention of giving up her sister's child—thechild she loved as her own—without a fight. Yet that was before Kevinstarted bonding with his daughter. Before he awoke feelings that madethe grieving...

In the space of a few hours, thirty-year-old Ginger Petrocelli had gone from bride-to-be to bride-who-never-was. So here she sat, alone in her cramped apartment, wedding crinolines askew, drowning her sorrows in a hundred-dollar bottle of Veuve Cliquot, when her doorbell rang. And her trip to hell in a handbasket was about to escalate.
At the door: Nick, Ginger's "first." Only, he's a police officer now, and he wants to find out what she knows...

Which raised a whole host of questions for Mercy Zamora—because when hometown boyBen Vargas shot out of town ten years ago, healso left Mercy behind. And though she had ledthe chorus of no strings/no wedding bells/nobabies, ten years can change a girl. If only it hadchanged her feelings for him...
And as for Ben—he'd had his reasons for leaving,but Mercy had never been one of them. And sohe was home—at least for now. And...

There weren't many things a man felt he could count on, but Darryl Andrews had always been sure of his place in the world, with his wife, Faith, by his side. They'd been just kids themselves when they married, but now, five children later, he thought they'd seen it all. And then the tornado hit. They were grateful to have survived. Still, things didn't seem right.
Could their rock-solid marriage actually be faltering? Suddenly Darryl was sure of...

Maid of honor at her cousins' double wedding is as close as Blythe Broussard plans to get to tying the knot again. But Wes Phillips refuses to take "I won't" for an answer. The widowed Maryland congressman is passionately campaigning for a date with the once-burned D.C. designer. And Wes's eleven-year-old son just joined the race.
Getting reelected isn't as important as winning Blythe's trust and convincing the guarded beauty to take a shot at...

A MARRIAGE TO FIGHT FOR...
For years, Nancy Shapiro had a secret crush on gorgeous, wealthy Rod Braden, but Nancy knew she had nothing in common with the strong, silent, single dad. Until the night she offered him a little coffee and kindness—and they wound up making a baby!
Responsible Rod was prepared to offer his home and his name to Nancy. But he never anticipated that his bride would blast through all his defences....

At thirty-one, widow Galen Granata was a veteran of such an unhappy marriage that she had never dared to long for what every woman dreamed of. Like a man to love...and children. So she'd built a wall around herself that no one had even tried to penetrate.
Until Del Farentino. And then Galen found herself face-to-face with the enormously attractive widower—and his deaf little girl. Wendy might not be able to talk in the conventional way, but...