<div>The best, plan of all&#133; Alice Wynn has nothing to lose&#151;and only fun and adventure to gain. So she agrees to impersonate her glamorous boss, Sharlayne Kenyon, who needs solitude to finish her scandalous memoirs. Jed Kilby is the bodyguard hired to protect Alice, since somebody out there will do anything to stop Sharlayne, and for the moment that&#39;s who Alice is. But Alice starts to fall in love with her unsuspecting bodyguard. And despite strict orders not to mix business and pleasure, he&#39;s falling for her, too&#133;. This is definitely not part of the original plan&#151;but maybe it&#39;s the best part of all!</div>

Trading Places

<div>THE CAMERONS OF COLORADO Finally! Another irresistible family trilogy from the acclaimed author of The Taggarts of Texas! From the bestselling author of THE TAGGARTS OF TEXAS! Comes THE CAMERONS OF COLORADO Cupid, Colorado. This is ranch country, cowboy country&#151;a land of high mountains and swift, cold rivers, of deer, elk and bear. The first Cameron came to Colorado more than a hundred years ago, and Camerons have owned and worked the Straight Arrow Ranch&#151;the largest spread in these parts&#151;ever since. The eldest Cameron son, Ben, is the one who's running the Straight Arrow these days. Ben's the best damn cowboy in the county&#151;there's nothing he doesn't know about horses and cattle. But understanding his family is a different matter&#151;especially Joe, his four-year-old son. And now there's a stranger in town. She's young, pretty as a picture&#151;and stubborn as a mule. She also has a daughter just about Joey's age. Problem is, Betsy's from California, of all the outlandish places. Ben doesn't have a hope in hell of understanding anything about her&#133;except that he wants her! For kids and kisses, tears and laughter, wild horses and wilder men&#151;come to the Straight Arrow Ranch, near Cupid, Colorado. Come meet the Camerons.</div>

Kids, Critters and Cupid

<div>He needs to get married! Rand Taggart has been swindled out of a fortune but if he&#39;s happily married by his thirtieth birthday&#151;coming up in just a couple of weeks&#151;he&#39;ll inherit a second fortune. His great-grandpa&#39;s Texas ranch. She&#39;s ready to help him out! Maxine Rafferty&#39;s sister has been implicated in the swindle and insists Rand is at the bottom of it. Loyal Maxi figures the only way to clear her sister&#39;s name is to get the goods on Rand. When he proposes a brief marriage of convenience, she agrees. The closer she is to him, the easier to find out what she needs to know. Rand gains his inheritance, and Maxi, with Rand&#39;s help, lures the real swindler into a trap&#151;leaving them free to pick up their lives where they left off. Except that Rand and Maxi can&#39;t seem to ditch each other as easily as they got hitched!</div>

Hitched!

<div>Instant family? Jessica Reynolds has a wonderful daddy. Matt Reynolds is big, strong, handsome and kind. But when it comes to girl stuff he&#133; well, he could use help! Her best friend, Zach, has a great mother. Laura Gilliam is sweet, pretty and single&#133;. What if she and Zach could get her dad and his mom together? Unfortunately there's just one problem with the young matchmakers' plan&#151;Matt and Laura find each other infuriating! In fact, the only thing they have in common is that they'd do anything for their children&#133;but they never expected that to include marriage!</div>

Parents Wanted!

<div>Katy Andrews was going to a family reunion where she knew her life just wouldn't be worth living she didn't take a man. Trouble was, all the decent men she knoew were too old, too young or too married, which left her with only one option&#133; Laid-back rancher Dylan Cole was the man Katy loved to hate. They rarely managed to be in the same room for long without arguing! Now they had to call a truce long enough to convince Katy's family that they were engaged. But then they began to enjoy their pretend relationship a little too much&#133;</div>

Fiance Wanted!

<div>THE CAMERONS OF COLORADO CUPID, COLORADO This is ranch country, cowboy country&#151;a land of high mountains and swift, cold rivers, of deer, elk and bear. The first Cameron came to Colorado more than a hundred years ago, and Camerons have owned and worked the Straight Arrow Ranch ever since. It was a Cameron conspiracy plain and simple! Maggie's extended and very opinionated family urged her to move in with Chase Britton. Temporarily, of course&#133;and only to tutor Chase's rebellious teenage daughter. What possible harm would the wealthy, sexy-as-sin womanizer be to a respectable widowed schoolteacher? Maggie was afraid to ask&#151;and about to find out! For kids and kisses, tears and laughter, wild horses and wilder men&#151;come to Cupid, Colorado. Come meet the Camerons&#133;.</div>

The Cupid Conspiracy

<div>MATCHMAKING MOMS "Take a memo, Malcolm." Lucretia always began the same way. And she always called him Malcolm, even though his name was Charlie. But this time the "boss from hell" was sounding more like the "matchmaking mother from hell," and she was making unreasonable demands on Charlie. How was he supposed to lead her spoiled-rotten daughter, Sabrina, into wedlock, against her will? It was beyond the call of duty! But&#133;it paid very well&#133;. And the lovely Sabrina had a way about her&#133;.</div>

A Royal Pain

<div>2 BRAND-NEW, FULL-LENGTH NOVELS ONE IN A MILLION Like taking candy from a baby. Not! Sophie Brannigan&#151;a four-year-old "penny pincher"&#151;is the prime suspect in the theft of a one-cent coin. Quint Sterling is hot on her trail, and that of her mother, Amber&#151;because both penny and woman are one in a million. He soon discovers he's no match for the little girl, but Amber is another story&#133; LOVE, TEXAS STYLE Even cowgirls get the blues&#133; New York lawyer Suzanne Hillsbury is looking for love in all the wrong places. So, inspired by a commercial for a Wild West getaway, she decides what she needs is an honest to goodness cowboy, one who believes in hard work, old-fashioned values&#133;and looks good in a pair of tight jeans. Sexy Brett Maxwell seems to be just the man she's been looking for. But little does she guess that under Brett's Western bravado, he's more of a city slicker than she is&#133;</div>

Ruth Jean Dale
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Books By Ruth Jean Dale (8 Books)

Trading Places

Kids, Critters and Cupid

Hitched!

Parents Wanted!

Fiance Wanted!

The Cupid Conspiracy

A Royal Pain

One in a Million and Love, Texas Style

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