When time came to collect on a debt, he didn't care whose toes were stepped on. He might be as stubborn as one of his own untested stallions, but he knew the value of a man's promise.One glance at Dany Daguerre told Sam she had no intention of honoring her ex-husband's contract. Especially if it involved riding a spitfire horse in a proper competition. Yet Sam offered her the chance to save her ranch -- if she'd share his impetuous dream of winning. A dream Sam unexpectedly found included a faithful promise of love...

    She had been sent to expose him, but in the end she exposed only her own heart, her own vulnerability where he was concerned.She fell in love with the arrogant colonel, though she had no hope that a man of war could understand the softer emotions. Even so, she dared to dream of a lifetime in his arms, and dreams of love have a way of coming true.

    His sensual caresses awakened her to passion, and promised a glorious future in his arms. But when a heartbreaking misunderstanding drove him away, Morgan knew she had to win him back. She steeled herself to act as a provocative seductress, to tempt him to return; she sent him brilliant tropical flowers to tantalize him with memories of fevered embraces; and when all seemed lost, she wrote her love in letters twenty feet high — on a billboard that echoed the words in her heart.

    But in fact there had been one survivor, Morgan's baby nephew, and now Morgan was little Courtney's guardianHowever, Alex Hammond had also been made a guardian for Courtney. The battle lines were drawn--the handsome aloof Alex and his bitter vengeful family against a lone woman with lots of love to give....Even Alex couldn't take that away from her!

    So Luc Devereux told Tory Allworth when she came to the ancient chateau he rated.The waves crashed against the cliffs with elemental fury and inevitability--the same inevitability that had brought Tory into his life to challenge the sea for his love.

    How hard he felt against her softness. He thought she was being flippant; couldn't believe she'd leave him.Each time they touched it was like the first time. But for Piper passion was no longer enough. Married at eighteen, she hadn't known it would be like this - always waiting for a man whose work took all his interest, all his time. She hadn't known she would need something besides love - a life of her own. Well, she was going to find it, find herself. She loved Garret. He possessed her body. But now she had to leave him if she meant to survive...and once she'd gone, could she ever come back?