*** All places and people in this story are fictional. Any similarities or parallels to real people, places or events is purely coincidence! Enjoy reading :) *** Vince Griffin is all work and no play.Running his company takes every spare second of his life and that is the way he prefers it. He has no urge for a wife, children, or a family. That all changes when he arrives in Grant County Kentucky to do development research and meets Grace, a tired woman caring for her handicapped daughter and aging grandmother. They, and the other hardworking people in this tiny town, teach Vince that there are things other than work and that sometimes, love comes first.

A spunky, Deaf girl meets a sexy, heartbroken cowboy...Story # 5 in the Friends and Lovers Series by hmmcghee. (Restricted version available through the author's profile page and by fanning hmmcghee.)

Sally Sanborn, who insists she can do almost anything a man can do, stamps down her pride and advertises for full-time help on her chicken farm. Up shows Wilson..."Just Wilson, ma'am." He's a denim-wearing, sexiest butt to wear a pair of jeans, perfect man for the job. But he also comes with a past -- a complicated past. Yet, he works hard, and Sally likes him. As easy as it would be for her to fall in love with him, three things stand in her way: 1) He's younger than her. 2) She's been branded by heartache before and refuses to go through that again. 3) He's out of prison on parole.

Sage and Carey have only one thing in common. They've survived their cancer treatments once again...oh! And a tiny, white lie that is proving difficult to keep straight. Everyone thinks that they are in love with each other, except Carey and Sage. He believes that she is only using him to get away from her parents, and she thinks that he's using her to field the pressure to settle down and grow up. How wrong can two people be?

Companion story to Emma and Michael. Eve, the precocious roommate of Emma, cares very much for her younger brother, Carey. Against her better judgment, Clint, a doctor with demons in his soul, begins to capture a part of her heart that she doesn't want to share.

What happens when a man kisses a strange woman, all in the name of revenge and jealousy? Well, a "Happily Ever After" of course! But...don't forget to read about the rum drinks, the duct tape, a gay best friend, a stalker, a bitchy ex-fiance, more kissing, shoes, photos, raccoons, the twin sister, and all the insults, quotes and trivia one book can handle.

Mira Owens had a perfect life: loving parents, her dream job and a handsome fiance, who was one of the most eligible bachelors in the world. Despite the fact that it was an arranged marriage, she really liked him. After spending a passionate night with his fiance on his birthday, she felt so happy, but her world turned upside down when she understood that she had spent the night with no one else but his fiance's twin brother, Draco Matthews, who was the complete opposite of his brother: a real troublemaker, a party animal and an incorrigible womanizer.

One drunken day, Cassandra gets the proposal she can never refuse from the arrogant Philip Strindberg. Thrown into a marriage she never wanted in the first place, Cassandra will struggle on how to maintain her carefree attitude while trying to keep her cool whenever she is around her husband. Pranks, adventure, chores, and secrets will test their transient marriage. In the end, will there be a chance for their transient charade to become permanent?