Trusting their hearts. Dakota Cowboy by Linda Ford After years of rejection, Lucy Hall is in no hurry to rush to her father's deathbed. Handsome cowboy Wade Miller can ride right back and tell him so. But before Wade can leave, Lucy witnesses a crime, and a killer is on her trail. Now she'll take any shelter she can find--even with her father. Yet time with Wade puts at risk one thing Lucy's always protected--her heart. Mail Order Cowboy by Laurie Kingery In post--Civil War Texas, Milly Matthews and her "Spinster Society" friends have their hands full protecting their ranches. Their only hope: mail-order grooms.

But British cavalry officer Nicholas Brookfield isn't exactly Milly's idea of a cowboy--or a man she can trust. And the more Nick proves himself as a ranch hand, the more he must hide his past from the woman he longs to make his own.