Lilly The Plain One. Lilly The Brain.
Lilly, who had far too much pragmatism to court dreams of wonder. And here she was, tormenting herself with the touch and smell and sound of the very kind of man sheâd built those walls to protect herself against.
Pretty girls could expect to see an answering spark in the eyes of a man like Ethan. Lovely women with deep, melting eyes and the kind of figure that seemed poured over a perfect frame and set to movement with the wind.
Lilly hadnât been poured. Sheâd been built.
Thank heavens his eyes were closed again.
That way he couldnât see the tears that wouldnât dissipate. This was so stupid, Lilly thought. She knew better. Sheâd known so much better her whole life that sheâd structured everything so she wouldnât even be tempted.
Tempted to fall in love with a man she could never have....
Dear Reader,
Hey, look us overâour brand-new cover makes Silhouette Desire look more desirable than ever! And between the covers weâre continuing to offer those powerful, passionate and provocative love stories featuring rugged heroes and spirited heroines.
Mary Lynn Baxter returns to Desire and locates our November MAN OF THE MONTH in the Heart of Texas, where a virgin heroine is wary of involvement with a younger man.
More heart-pounding excitement can be found in the next installment of the Desire miniseries TEXAS CATTLEMANâS CLUB with Secret Agent Dad by Metsy Hingle. Undercover agent Blake Hunt loses his memory but gains adorable twin babiesâand the heart of lovely widow Josie Walters!
Ever-popular Dixie Browning presents a romance in which opposites attract in The Bride-in-Law. Elizabeth Bevarly offers you A Doctor in Her Stocking, another entertaining story in her miniseries FROM HERE TO MATERNITY. The Daddy Search is Shawna Delacorteâs story of a womanâs search for the man she believes fathered her late sisterâs child. And a hero and heroine are in jeopardy on an island paradise in Kathleen Korbelâs Sail Away.
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KATHLEEN KORBEL
lives in St. Louis with her husband and two children. She devotes her time to enjoying her family, writing, avoiding anyone who tries to explain the intricacies of the computer and searching for the fabled housecleaning fairies. Sheâs had her best luck with her writingâfrom which sheâs garnered a Romantic Times Magazine award for Best New Category Author of 1987, the 1990 Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Romantic Suspense and the 1990 and 1992 RITA Awards for Best Long Category Romanceâand with her family, without whom she couldnât have managed any of the rest. She hasnât given up on those fairies, though.
To Jill Marie Landis, Mahalo nui
And to Ethan.
Thanks for going through all this
to make me feel better.
Prologue
Noah Campbell was ready for a hot bath. Heâd just spent the past four days convincing a large herd of cattle that they really did want to head up to higher pastures, and he was exhausted. He was also filthy, bruised, battered, and happy as hell to be home.
âThis sure ainât Hollywood, is it, boss?â his foreman asked as they guided their weary mounts across the Bitter River.
Lifting his hat to wipe the sweat from his forehead, Noah grinned like a kid. âThank God for small favors.â
Not that Noah minded his other job in Hollywood. After all, being the worldâs number-one box-office draw under the name of Cameron Ross provided him with the cash to run his ranch the way he wanted. Heck, it had provided him with the ranch in the first place. But it also made it tough to escape to his real home without hordes of paparazzi trailing him.
To that end, heâd sent his cousin Ethan in the opposite direction the way he always did, so the press, long since taught to see the movie star Cameron Ross in Ethan Campbellâs similarly rugged features, would follow and record. Noah, slouched in his saddle with a four-day growth of beard and an urgent need of a bath, could relax.
âWhen you due back?â Hank asked.
âBeginning of next week. After I take Dulcy to the doctorâs.â
Dulcy. His wife of eight months, who was even now eight months pregnant, tied to the house and testy as a mare with a burr under her saddle. Until the last month, Dulcy had run the ranch single-handed. She still wasnât happy about not being allowed to join in the drive, but the doctor had been adamant. Whether Dulcy liked it or not, neither her physician nor her husband was going to let her wrangle cattle up in the high mountain meadows when she could barely fit in her saddle.