Cathy Gillen Thacker Books in Order

Savannah McLean recruits business rival Brendon Sloane to help her become president of her family's construction company. Their arrangement soon becomes a struggle over control and attraction, with Savannah resisting a man who wants romance without the commitments she demands.

Detective Tom Hennessey meets teacher Merritt Reed over his nephew's grades and notices the sorrow she hides. His concern draws them together, but the daily dangers of his police work revive her fear of trusting a cop with her heart.

Doctor Maggie Connelly meets attorney Jeff Rawlins when he brings an injured boy to her emergency room. Their attraction grows as they try to restore the child's memory and uncover the dangerous secrets surrounding his mother's death.

Stylist Colleen Chandler arrives at filmmaker Lyon Haggerty's hotel room to cut his hair and finds him difficult to resist. His interest turns a professional appointment into an intimate encounter, challenging her efforts to keep their relationship within its original boundaries.

Single mother Eileen Garrett is attracted to her son's Little League coach, Ross Mitchell. His affection for Teddy and interest in her suggest the family she wants, but Eileen must decide whether she can trust his promises of love.

Gwen Nolan reunites with Daniel Kingston twelve years after he left their Kentucky town. Their attraction remains, but Gwen's secret about their child complicates a second chance with a man whose ambitions once took him away.

Reporter Susan Trent wants a television career in the city, while sheriff Steve Markham prefers his quiet mountain community. Townspeople keep bringing them together, making distance difficult when their attraction clashes with incompatible plans for work and home.

Jake Shannan distrusts his brother's widow when she arrives at the family ranch, claiming she knew nothing about them. His children and father welcome Christy, but Jake struggles to reconcile his suspicions about her motives with his growing attraction.

Lindsey Halloran accepts work on Maui, then discovers Ben McCauley wants her involved in a vendetta against a business rival. She secretly plans to outwit him, but their attraction makes carrying out her counterattack more complicated than expected.

Marine captain Dave Talmadge finds his composure challenged by Mollie Devlin, a playful twenty-eight-year-old officer candidate. Her pranks and his attraction to her complicate military discipline, putting the career he has built at odds with his personal desires.

Single parents Travis and Holly depend on each other to manage four preschoolers and daily domestic emergencies. A shared kiss challenges their agreement to remain friends, raising the possibility of a different family arrangement as Christmas approaches.

Carlys arranges to have a baby with Jason O'Leary, who will offer support while she raises the child. Pregnancy brings them closer than planned, making their practical understanding more complicated as Carlys begins to see him as a romantic partner.

Reporter Jessica Lowell suspects her friend's apparent suicide conceals a murder linked to Washington's political circles. With photojournalist Mark Gallagher, she retraces the dead woman's research for a revealing novel, unaware that a killer is following their investigation.

Matt Donovan invites his parents, his brother's widow Elyse, and her three children to share his Dallas-area ranch. When he and Elyse fall in love, a hidden family secret threatens the household he hoped to bring together.

A search for Doug Maitland's missing father leads amusement-park manager Marianne Spencer to a dead intelligence officer. She and Doug must navigate false clues and hidden enemies while determining whether his father is fleeing foreign agents or American justice.

Pediatrician Sarah Macintosh becomes guardian to three children after her best friend's death and finds family life harder than treating patients. Attorney David Buchanon helps her face their adjustment problems, while questioning whether the unsettled household can become a home.

Private detective Lynn O'Brien identifies the anonymous donor behind a friend's pregnancy, then unexpectedly meets him. Her attraction to Jack Taggart grows as circumstances repeatedly bring them together, but the confidential information she holds makes romance difficult.

Linda Harrigan opens a daycare center to build an independent life, with banker Ross Hollister supplying capital and support. Their closeness is threatened when a crisis brings out his controlling protectiveness, challenging the freedom Linda hoped her business would provide.

Mike Harrigan plans a foster ranch for boys, but justice of the peace Diana Tomlinson wants to preserve her town's familiar order. Three unwanted boys bring their opposing aims into focus, forcing both adults to reconsider what the community needs.

Accused of malpractice, Boston doctor Hilary Morgan takes temporary work at an Appalachian clinic while awaiting trial. Her partner Rick Burnett helps her adjust to resistant patients and limited facilities, but their relationship complicates the choice of where she belongs.

Mystery writer Tom Harrigan wants a family, but a conflict with his baby son's surrogate mother threatens that dream. Court-appointed guardian Cynthia Whittiker becomes part of the struggle, challenging his competitive outlook as personal feelings enter an already difficult situation.

A five-year-old disappears during a school skiing trip at a Colorado resort, reviving teacher Leigh Chandler's fears from an earlier ordeal. She and the child's uncle, doctor Rick Morgan, search together as cold weather and hidden danger close in.

Zach Anderson learns from Laura Matthews that their babies were switched at birth twelve years earlier. As they try to protect the children and the bonds already formed, growing attraction complicates a family situation with no easy answers.

Bridal consultant Amanda Stratton must plan a wedding with Ethan Holbrook, the bride's father and Amanda's first love. Working together revives desire and painful memories of the night he failed her, challenging the distance she has maintained for years.

Chase Barrister returns to Texas after his father's death and confronts his longstanding attraction to his stepmother, Hope. Secrets she has kept to protect her young son complicate the reunion, putting family loyalty and romantic desire in conflict.

Musician Josh Donovan still draws inspiration from Libby Forsythe, the childhood friend who abandoned their planned escape together. Her return revives their attraction, but he fears letting the woman behind his songs become part of his life again.

Anne Haynes's work locating birth parents uncovers a secret involving a powerful New Hampshire family. John Westfield tries to stop her investigation from damaging his home and political career, but their attraction makes his campaign against her increasingly personal.

Travis Westcott tries to defend his ranch when his sister-in-law Rachel claims it as her future. His attempt to distract her through attraction becomes harder to control, turning their dispute over property into a struggle over what each really wants.

Emma Wilson mistakes returning Navy man Joe O'Reilly for an intruder, bringing them face-to-face after twelve years. Their attraction survives the separation, but Emma's secret that he has a son makes his pursuit of another chance difficult to answer.

Cosmetics heiress Caroline Lord hires Rick Cassidy to pose as her fiance and impress her family and directors. His success creates new complications when she learns he isn't the caterer she assumed and wants a real marriage.

Dillon Gallagher takes in his friend's widow Hayley and her baby, expecting help around the house in exchange. Renovations and small-town gossip lead to a temporary marriage, but living as a family begins to challenge his plans to remain a bachelor.

Robyn Rafferty lures playboy Nick Wyatt into a trip, then takes him at gunpoint to Mexico. Keeping him hidden is essential to her plans, but his attempts to seduce his way to freedom complicate the kidnapping and her resolve.

An infant left in a Valentine's basket forces playboy Alec Roman to search for its mother. Jade Kincaid helps him adjust to caring for the baby, but their growing attraction is complicated by the missing woman's unresolved identity.

Lawyer Susan Kilpatrick takes the murder defense of attorney general Jake Lockhart, hoping the high-profile case will advance her career. His refusal to discuss the evidence and attempts to seduce her leave her questioning both his innocence and her judgment.

Heiress Jenny Olsen sets out through mountains, a swamp, and Las Vegas to learn whether her late husband stole her fortune. His friend Chaz Lovgren accompanies her, but protecting Jenny becomes complicated by the feelings he has long concealed.

After accidentally drinking a love potion while looking at Remy Beauregard, Jill Sutherland becomes desperate to find an antidote. Their search through the bayou brings them closer, while skeptical Remy wonders whether the attraction needs any magical explanation.

Four romances explore marriages arranged for unconventional reasons. In Cathy Gillen Thacker's contribution, Meg Winthrop returns to Texas after five godchildren ask her to intervene in their father's romantic plans and become the mother they want.

Cop Grady Nolan faces two women claiming to be his baby's mother, including his former wife and Jenna Sullivan. His attraction to Jenna clashes with conflicting evidence, turning the search for the truth into a complicated family and romantic puzzle.

New doctor Zach Grainger is caught in a compromising situation with Sunny Carlisle, although she was helping him. The town refuses to believe their explanation, and his plans to leave without a wife collide with an enforced wedding.

Gretchen O'Malley shares a passionate night with Matt Hale while snowbound at a Colorado ranch before Christmas. An unexpected pregnancy follows, and Matt hopes to turn their brief encounter into the lasting marriage he already wants.

Charlotte Langston struggles to save her family's estate from foreclosure. Her new caretaker Brett Forrest proves an irresistible distraction, but his concealed identity complicates the attraction just as Charlotte needs to concentrate on securing her home's future.

After a baby is left with him, Jack Roark seeks out Rebecca Lindholm, the Amish woman he believes is the child's mother. She denies both motherhood and love for him, leaving Jack to untangle an unexpected family mystery.

Concierge Joanie Griffin finds a toddler left with a note but no clear explanation. When her former boyfriend Steve Lantz returns, the baby's cry of Mommy leads him to assume fatherhood, complicating their reunion and the child's uncertain origins.

Cody McKendrick has withdrawn into ranch life since Callie Sheridan vanished shortly after their elopement. His uncle's unusual inheritance conditions require him to remarry his runaway bride, forcing them to confront the hurt that still divides them.

Trace McKendrick's uncle arranges a reunion with Susannah Hart, the woman who once walked away from him. Both now have children, but the possibility that one of her sons is his makes their renewed attraction far more complicated.

Advice columnist Patience McKendrick wants a baby, but her uncle's will pairs her with cowboy Josh Colter. His strangely familiar manner recalls the fiancé who left her at the altar, raising questions she cannot dismiss despite her attraction.

Maggie Porter arrives at Jake MacIntyre's ranch looking for a cowboy husband and becomes nanny to his twin nephews instead. Jake offers to help her find a spouse, even as her growing attraction points directly toward him.

Attorney Cisco Kidd has helped millionaire Max McKendrick arrange other people's romances. Suddenly drawn into a whirlwind engagement of his own, he finds Gillian Taylor irresistible but must discover why his anxious bride is so eager to marry.

A fertility clinic mix-up connects expectant mother Kate Montgomery with doctor Michael Sloane, who learns he is her baby's father. As Christmas approaches, two strangers must decide whether unexpected parenthood can also lead to a shared life.

Neil and Ellie Cavanaugh have long wanted a child, but pregnancy arrives as their careers pull them apart. With arguments replacing closeness, they must rebuild their marriage rather than expect their much-wanted baby to solve its problems.

Ryan McCoy invents a fiancée, then finds teacher Grace Tennessen and seven schoolgirls seeking shelter during a blizzard. Grace agrees to play his bride-to-be, but their convincing attraction makes the pretend engagement difficult to keep under control.

Tad McFarlane marries Abby Kildaire after a whirlwind weekend and has no doubts about their future. Abby is less certain, and an approaching baby forces them to resolve the practical questions their powerful chemistry has left unanswered.

Emily Bancroft fears losing custody of her baby when a blizzard brings her close to single father Edmund Fairfax. His marriage proposal offers security, but accepting means deciding whether their growing attraction can sustain more than a convenient arrangement.

Stranded in a blizzard while still wearing her wedding gown, Nora Hart Kingsley encounters Sheriff Sam Whittaker at a roadside stop. Forced to wait out the storm together, they discover an attraction that challenges Nora's interrupted wedding plans.

Rancher Travis McCabe promises to look after single mother Annie Pierce and her triplet sons. His reliability makes him an appealing father figure, but Annie needs to know whether his devotion comes from duty or a desire for her.

Shane McCabe resists his mother's matchmaking, while Greta Wilson has always wanted him. Determined to prove they are unsuitable for each other, they take their resistance to an unlikely extreme: a marriage that may expose feelings neither can ignore.

Dani Lockhart discovers she has married her enemy Beau Chamberlain, though neither can remember the night involved. With pregnancy adding urgency, they must reconstruct what happened and confront an unexpected bond neither had planned to make.

Doctor Jackson McCabe returns to his family's Texas ranch with no plans to marry. Lacey Buchanon wants him to remain in Laramie for professional reasons, but their attraction transforms her attempt to persuade him into something much more personal.

Oilman Wade McCabe is intrigued by Josie Lynn Corbett Wyatt, who works alongside men on the rigs and wants no part of marriage schemes. His attempts to uncover her softer side spark arguments, attraction and questions about her guarded past.

Madison Burnes wants rancher Chance Cartwright as the face of her advertising campaign and pursues him through a bachelor auction. Her determination brings unexpected intimacy, pregnancy and feelings that complicate what began as a calculated business plan.

Dani Lockhart never intended to marry Beau Chamberlain, yet a marriage license says they did. Unable to recall their wedding night and facing an unexpected pregnancy, the pair must unravel the mystery while reconsidering their long-standing hostility.

Seven years after their youthful romance was shattered by tragedy, Jake Remington proposes to Jenna Lockhart. His lavish courtship is difficult to resist, but Jenna suspects he wants something beyond love and must decide whether to trust him.

Widower Sam McCabe struggles to hold his family together while raising five sons. Grief counselor and longtime friend Kate Marten moves in to help, offering a chance to heal that also asks them to risk loving again.

Meg Lockhart has kept the existence of Luke Carrigan's son secret since their brief encounter. When Luke remains close by and their attraction revives, she must confront the truth that could transform both her son's life and her own.

Kelsey Lockhart marries Brady Anderson to preserve her family's homestead, treating the arrangement as a practical bargain. Her hesitation on their wedding night reveals an unexpected vulnerability, complicating Brady's assumptions and their plans for a businesslike union.

Charleston bachelor Chase Deveraux is unsettled by his best friend Bridgett Owens's engagement ring. Feelings for the family housekeeper's daughter challenge his determination to avoid commitment, while his troubled romantic history makes another risk difficult to take.

Shipping executive Mitch Deveraux considers marrying Lauren Heyward as part of a merger with a rival company. Their growing attraction makes the business arrangement increasingly personal, forcing him to decide whether he wants the deal or a real marriage.

Designer Maggie Calloway turns to her friend Dr. Gabe Deveraux for help having a baby. He proposes a secret marriage, but their arrangement brings long-hidden feelings into the open and complicates the boundaries they expected to maintain.

Amy Deveraux agrees to care for her infant godson while his mother travels, sharing the task with his uncle Nick Everton. Their differences complicate the arrangement, but playing parents together makes Amy wonder whether they could become a real family.

Josie Lynn Corbett wants to work alongside millionaire oilman Wade McCabe as a business partner. He seems determined to give her a Cinderella transformation instead, leaving Josie to defend her ambitions while their attraction complicates his expectations of her.

Three romances follow men drawn into unexpected fatherhood and questions about their babies' mothers. An abandoned infant, an Amish woman's denial and competing maternity claims turn the search for family answers into tangled opportunities for love.

Widow Kristy Neumeyer is raising twin daughters while struggling with a deteriorating waterfront resort. Developer Connor Templeton arrives with business ambitions, but helping her restore the property draws him toward a family connection he never intended to pursue.

Two Christmas romances pair unexpected parenthood with a mysterious temporary Santa. A fertility clinic mix-up links Kate Montgomery and Michael Sloane, while shop worker Brandi Ogilvie struggles to understand the man charming her customers and colleagues.

Daisy wants to discover her roots, but Jack Granger has spent years protecting the Deveraux family's secrets and obstructing her search. Their growing attraction places his loyalty to her father in conflict with her need for the truth.

Hockey player Joe Hart returns seven years after his romance with Emma Donovan ended bitterly over her family's connection to his team. Their secret marriage still binds them, forcing both to confront old misunderstandings and a possible second chance.

Divorced parents Meg Bassett and Brody Taylor each raised one of their twins apart. Five years later, both families unknowingly move to Seattle, where the children's friendship exposes their hidden connection and brings the former couple's unresolved love into focus.

This collection pairs Make Room for Baby with Mummy by Surprise. In the first romance, Tad and Abby's impulsive wedding leads to an approaching baby, forcing them to settle practical questions their whirlwind attraction left unresolved.

Two romances follow Deveraux siblings navigating unexpected routes toward family. Gabe and Maggie enter a secret marriage to have a baby, while Amy and Nick discover attraction as they share responsibility for caring for an infant godson.

Mechanic Hannah Reid undertakes a secret mission that reveals a side her hometown rarely sees. Her friend, sportscaster Dylan Hart, suddenly notices her differently, then overhears a suspicious conversation that gives him another reason to stay close.

Newly recognized as a prince and heir, Jalal travels to Ontario and becomes determined to win Clio Blake. Clio resists both royal expectations and a man whose troubled past unsettles her, despite the attraction growing between them.

Lily Madsen wagers that she can seduce a television celebrity visiting Holly Springs, hoping to shed her reserved reputation. Her friend Fletcher Hart intervenes, making his own bet that he can redirect her attention toward him instead.

Widowed baker Janey Hart is raising her son and trying to avoid another reckless romantic mistake. Meeting professional athlete Thad Lantz challenges that resolve, while memories of her earlier elopement and the town's gossip complicate their attraction.

Doctor Riley McCabe finds three small children left in his care and assumes nurse Amanda Witherspoon arranged a prank. His retaliatory marriage challenge unexpectedly becomes real, leaving them newlywed guardians facing Christmas responsibilities and an attraction neither planned.

After three years working in Hawaii, Ashley Hart returns to Holly Springs to try to repair her marriage to Cal. Their attraction survives the separation, but secrets on both sides threaten a reunion they cannot take for granted.

Two romances explore complicated marriages: Dani Lockhart cannot remember marrying her enemy Beau Chamberlain, while Rebecca Littlewolf's agreement with rancher Zach Whitelaw threatens divorce unless she becomes pregnant. Unexpected feelings complicate both couples' attempts to control their arrangements.

Party planner Noelle Kringle arrives in Laramie with her young son and draws Deputy Kevin McCabe's attention. The widowed mother's attraction is mutual, but secrets from her past make a relationship with a lawman seem impossible.

When her friend's wedding falls apart, maid of honor Laurel McCabe becomes the unexpected substitute bride. Cade Dunnigan needs a marriage before midnight to preserve his business inheritance, but their practical arrangement soon creates much more personal complications.

Successful businessman Lewis McCabe hopes to romance his longtime crush Lexie Remington when she returns to Laramie. She mistakes his interest for a request for professional styling, so he accepts a makeover to keep her close.

Will McCabe travels to New York to bring Samantha Holmes home for her estranged brother's wedding. She agrees reluctantly and intends to leave quickly, but renewed ties to Laramie and her growing attraction to Will complicate that plan.

Hannah Callahan brings an adopted daughter home from Taiwan with help from her friend Joe Daugherty. Watching the traveling writer bond with the baby raises hopes for a family, if Hannah can persuade him to stop moving on.

Rebecca Carrigan plans to establish an alpaca ranch in Texas cattle country without anyone's help. Neighbor Trevor McCabe keeps interfering, convinced that the man courting her has ulterior motives, while Rebecca questions Trevor's own reasons for getting involved.

Childhood friends Amy Carrigan and Teddy McCabe once promised to start a family together if neither found a partner by thirty. As that deadline approaches, a practical wedding offers the possibility of motherhood and unexpectedly deeper feelings.

Susie Carrigan asks her friend, veterinarian Tyler McCabe, to help fend off her family's matchmaking. Pretending to be a couple puts their friendship at risk, especially when Tyler realizes he cannot bear to see her marry someone else.

Rancher Rafferty Evans offers shelter to pregnant Jacey Lambert during a November storm and unexpectedly helps deliver her baby. Mother and daughter bring warmth to his household, but their eventual departure threatens to reopen the widower's fragile heart.

Novelist Taylor O'Quinn returns to Texas and encounters Jeremy Carrigan, the friend she left behind seven years earlier. Their old disagreement still matters, but the doctor and rancher now wants a future that goes beyond their former friendship.

Claire Olander takes responsibility for her orphaned niece and nephew while struggling to preserve the family ranch. Banker Heath McPherson offers ideas to improve its finances, then discovers a growing attachment to the twins and their determined guardian.

Single father Dan Kingsland hires pregnant chef Emily Stayton to bring order to his household. As affection grows, her plans to reclaim her family's peach orchard and pressure from an ex-fiancé complicate the possibility of joining their families.

Neighbors Travis Carson and Holly Baxter rely on each other as single parents, keeping romance outside their friendship. A powerful kiss changes that understanding, just as his daughters launch a Christmas search for a mother and her ex returns.