Teri Clark Linden

Fleeing from the advances of gold-digging women, wealthy businessman Vance Manning reinvents himself as an out-of-work carpenter in a small, rural town where he finds himself falling under the spell of his neighbor Shane Abbott, who is a force to be reckoned with.

It starts as a prank - a way to blow off steam after a long summer at Camp Horseshoe. Among the teen counselors, tensions and hormones are running high. No wonder the others agree when Jo-Beth Chancellor suggests they scare Monica O'Neal a little... .or a lot. Monica has it coming, and no one will really get hurt. What could go wrong? Everything. Twenty years later, Lucas Dalton, a senior detective with the sheriff's department, is investigating the...

Cindy, a janitor who cleans the offices of a high-ranking executive after hours, decides to crash his company's Christmas ball, and Judy Lovin makes a bargain with her most powerful enemy to save her father's failing business.

Passions run high in horse-racing circles, but thoroughbred breeder Becca Peters keeps a tight rein on her emotions. Except when it comes to Brig Chambers. Six years after he shattered their relationship with dangerous accusations, he's back, stirring up trouble ... and undeniable heat.