Seventeen-year-old Penny Carson thought she'd found her Prince Charming in Trent Taylor. With a handsome face and flashy promises, Trent was her escape from an overbearing father and a one-stop-sign town. But Penny's happily-ever-after doesn't outlast their courtship. Out of options, she resigns herself to the fate of a woman controlled by a man with no control..until a welding accident forces Trent to allow Penny to take a job.

Becky Miller, ordinary mother and wife, fantasizes about leading the life of a spy and pirate while she drives her kids around in a minivan, does the laundry and housework, and attempts to have something left for her husband.

Drew O'Connor, still broken-hearted over the loss of his betrothed three years earlier, wins a bride in a game of chance whom he plans to keep as a servant and caretaker of his young niece, but instead finds himself saddled with a woman who is argumentative, cannot cook, claims to be the daughter of an earl--and is totally captivating.

Spunky, young Ruth Priggish is on the run from an eighty-year-old suitor. Faced with the prospect of marriage to the persistent old codger, Ruth throws caution to the wind and heads for Wyoming Territory, where freedom and independence await. Her only hope is to seek help from an unwilling protector: Dylan McCall. U.S. Marshall Dylan McCall is trying desperately to get to Wyoming before winter sets in. But when he finds himself saddled with a stubborn...