Christine Rimmer Books in Order

Rachel Davis keeps her business, family, childhood home, and relationship with Kane Walker carefully separate. When Kane arrives at her Sierra retreat and charms her grandmother, he challenges the boundaries she relies on to protect her life.

Cassie Alden's old crush returns as a wealthy businessman determined to acquire her café. Believing Reese Falconer's attention is part of his business strategy, she prepares to resist him, even as their past attraction complicates her resolve.

Caitlin O'Neill has rebuilt her life since an unpleasant encounter with Jake Strand and wants nothing more to do with him. Jake has also changed, but renewing their acquaintance means confronting old judgments and an unexpected attraction.

Facing the possible loss of custody of his nephew, Casey Clinton asks childhood friend Joanna Vail to marry him. Their practical arrangement soon tests the boundaries of friendship as desire and deeper feelings complicate their shared commitment.

Abandoned at the altar, bookseller Lorna Smith takes her honeymoon alone and tries a more daring persona. Lawyer Adam Gantry sees her as a seductress, leaving Lorna uncertain how he'll react when he discovers her everyday self.

Caught in a snowstorm, wealthy Burnett Clinton finds help from Frannie Lawry. Believing she'd reject his privileged identity, he presents himself as Ned St. Charles, creating a deception that complicates the warmth and attraction developing between them.

Maggie Durrant returns to Northern California after her brother's death to settle family affairs. Meeting MacEvan Manero brings the possibility of love into her homecoming, but both face a difficult path toward opening their lives to each other.

Slow Larkin returns to Nevada City with his daughter eleven years after Violet Windemere rejected him. The former troublemaker still wants the now-respectable attorney, forcing them to confront old feelings and the history that once kept them apart.

At thirty, quiet Juliet Huddleston decides to become more assertive, taking charge of the town's midsummer festival. Pursuing a fling with longtime friend Cody MacIntyre becomes part of her transformation, surprising both him and everyone around her.

A night of passion changes Joe Tally's friendship with Claire Snow, but he retreats behind his bad-boy reputation. When Claire faces an unjust accusation, she needs his help, forcing them to confront their feelings and an unexpected pregnancy.

After rejecting Jordan McSwain's proposal, Eve Tanner agrees to pose as his wife at a family gathering, with her children completing the illusion. Pretending they're married rekindles attraction while unresolved hurt threatens to derail their arrangement.

Delilah Jones wants to be seen as a sophisticated career woman rather than another member of her rowdy family. The return of longtime enemy Sam Fletcher challenges that ambition, bringing a man as unruly as her brothers into her life.

Eden Parker restores the Jones family's rundown saloon, but lumberjack Jared Jones insists his damaged heart isn't another renovation project. Her determination and growing affection challenge his guarded outlook, with his family taking an interest in the outcome.

Respectable Regina Black refuses to be seduced by notorious bachelor Patrick Jones. An afternoon at Sweetbriar Summit unsettles her convictions, however, and his unexpected marriage proposal forces her to reconsider what she wants from the man she distrusts.

Independent Cat Beaudine has no intention of marrying or becoming a mother. Daredevil Dillon McKenna wants a family, and an unexpected baby complicates their attraction as he tries to convince Cat that she belongs in his future.

Widow Heather Conway and her celebrity brother-in-law Lucas Drury are drawn together by concern for his runaway son. An unexpected pregnancy turns their night of passion into a larger challenge, testing the hope growing between them.

Talk-show host Nevada Jones dispenses advice about love while believing romance is for other people. Chase McQuaid, the man she has never forgotten, challenges that view as he tries to persuade her to take a chance on him.

After ten years as Price Montgomery's housekeeper, Faith Jones decides to leave rather than keep hiding her love. Her departure finally makes him notice her differently, but she needs more than an employer's determination to retain useful help.

Evie Jones longs for marriage, children, and a settled home, but those wishes have remained out of reach. Erik Riggins and his existing family offer new hope, challenging her to believe the ordinary life she wants might be possible.

Adora Beaudine agrees to marry motorcycle-riding Jed Ryder to help him gain custody of his little sister. Town gossip threatens her respectable reputation, while her attraction to Jed makes their supposedly practical arrangement harder to explain away.

Abby Heller becomes pregnant after a night with rancher Cash Bravo, the man she's long adored. Cash offers a temporary marriage to protect their child, but his conviction that she deserves someone younger conflicts with her enduring love.

Natalie Fortune's plans for a fresh start collapse when a broken leg leaves her stranded. Neighbor Eric Dalton and his young son enter her disrupted life, making her question whether accepting his offer means another mistake or a new beginning.

Sinclair Riker arrives at Sophie Jones's ranch intending to take her land by any means necessary. His attraction to the trusting rancher challenges that purpose, while Sophie must decide whether the man she wants can become someone worth trusting.

Nurse practitioner Lee Murphy has sworn never to become involved with a doctor, but working with Derek Taylor tests that promise. When his attention seems personal, she must decide whether breaking her rule could lead to something lasting.

To meet the conditions of her father's will and keep her ranch, Megan Kane must marry and have a child. She turns to neighbor Nate Bravo, whom she's always loved, despite his resistance to being tied down.

Rancher Zach Bravo proposes a marriage in name only to widowed mother Tess DeMarley, hoping to avoid another heartbreak. Tess accepts for her daughter's sake, but living together makes both reconsider the limits of their practical arrangement.

Billy Jones refuses to consider marriage or children until a baby resembling his family arrives on his doorstep. The woman accompanying the child fascinates him, challenging both rules and the carefree life he's determined to preserve.

Pediatrician Veronica Powers prefers order in her personal life, but hospital administrator Ryan Malone attracts her despite his chaotic household. His three children and inquisitive mother-in-law challenge her guarded heart and settled opinions about marriage.

Widow Jenny Brown's longtime friend Nick DeSalvo asks her to teach him how to become a family man. Her daughter welcomes the idea, but Jenny finds the lessons changing how she sees the man she thought was only a friend.

Melinda Bravo and rancher Cole Yuma meet while delivering his sister's baby. Pretending the newborn is theirs seems harmless at first, but the makeshift family and their mutual attraction raise questions about how temporary the arrangement should remain.

Pregnant Lacey Bravo refuses to marry simply because a baby is on the way. Dr. Logan Severance wants to make her his wife, but she needs him to show that his proposal comes from love rather than obligation.

Jenna Bravo accepts a sensible fiancé's proposal before remembering she never divorced Mack McGarrity. Returning to resolve that unfinished marriage brings her face-to-face with the first husband who could complicate the future she thought she'd chosen.

This collection brings together Wagered Woman, Man of the Mountain, and A Home for the Hunter. Oggie Jones plays matchmaker for three of his children, whose romances challenge their assumptions about the people and futures they want.

Billionaire Jonas Bravo has guarded his heart since his little brother's kidnapping. His determination to protect his young adoptive sister brings him close to her guardian, Emma Hewitt, challenging the emotional defenses built around his family's losses.

Marsh Bravo returns to Oklahoma to hear his dying father's final wish, reopening memories of the sweetheart he left behind. Victoria Winningham has a child connected to the Bravo family, forcing Marsh to confront his regrets and responsibilities.

When powerful grandparents demand custody of Joleen Tilly's young son, her detective friend Dekker Smith proposes a protective marriage. His newly inherited wealth makes the plan possible, but unexpected attraction threatens the boundaries of their long friendship.

Social worker Hannah Miller tells businessman Cord Stockwell that an infant is his daughter and becomes the baby's temporary nanny. Their growing attraction complicates the household arrangement as Cord considers marriage and Hannah resists becoming personally involved.

This collection follows Cash, Nate, and Zach Bravo in The Nine-Month Marriage, Marriage by Necessity, and Practically Married. Pregnancy, an inheritance condition, and family responsibilities lead the three men into practical marriages that test their resistance to love.

Celia Tuttle has fallen for her boss, Aaron Bravo, despite knowing his resistance to marriage. When she confesses her feelings and resigns, she must find a way forward beyond her familiar role as his assistant.

Jane Elliott wants to avoid the kinds of men who have complicated her life before. Her attraction to Cade Bravo challenges that resolve, raising questions about whether their desires can fit the future she wants.

Jillian Diamond plans a Christmas cabin getaway without a man, while Will Bravo wants to escape the holiday altogether. Sharing their retreat forces the two to confront an attraction neither included in their plans.

An abandoned baby interrupts Flynt Carson's Sunday golf game and brings nanny Josie Lavender into his life. As they care for the infant, his painful past and doubts about deserving happiness complicate their growing connection.

Three romances follow debutantes preparing for a Lone Star Country Club ball. Jenna, Mary, and Frankie face different obstacles to love, with cowboy dreams, attraction to a neighboring lawyer, and differences in wealth shaping their choices.

Princess Liv Thorson returns to America carrying a secret from her night with Prince Finn Danelaw. An unexpected pregnancy gives their brief encounter lasting consequences, forcing them to consider what becoming a family would mean.

Prince Eric Greyfell believes his future belongs with Brit Thorson, but she has questions about the marriage expected of them. Secrets and uncertainty complicate their royal connection as they try to understand each other's intentions.

Princess Elli Thorson has built a life in California when Hauk FitzWyborn arrives to bring her home. Her father's marriage plans clash with the attraction between Elli and the man charged with carrying out his orders.

A night together leaves schoolteacher Lynn Taylor and lawyer Ross Garrison facing rumors in Whitehorn, Montana. Ross announces their engagement, but Lynn must decide whether his offer reflects real affection or merely a sense of duty.

Starr Bravo's summer affair with rancher Beau Tisdale has an approaching deadline: her return to New York. When she discovers she's pregnant, she wants more than a temporary romance but struggles to reveal what has changed.

Mayor Molly O'Dare is pregnant, and Tate Bravo keeps insisting they should marry. Her attraction to him doesn't settle her doubts about his controlling approach, while a meddling mother adds pressure to their already complicated relationship.

Scarred after an assassination attempt, Valbrand has withdrawn from others and focused on revenge. Dulcie Samples visits for a royal wedding and reaches toward him, but he doubts she could love the man beneath his mask.

Two romances follow Bravo women facing unexpected marriage complications. Jenna discovers she never divorced the husband she thought she'd left behind, while Lacey's pregnancy raises questions about whether a doctor's proposal comes from obligation or love.

Magazine editor B.J. Carlyle needs a cover story about her former lover, adventurer Buck Bravo. His condition is two weeks together in the Sierra Mountains, complicating her professional ambitions and a pregnancy she hasn't told him about.

Lori Lee Billingworth concealed a twin swap that changed her relationship with Tucker Bravo years earlier. Their renewed attraction now brings the deception, and his unknown connection to her child, into the path of a possible reunion.

Bartender and singer Phoebe's ex-husband dies in a suspicious hit-and-run, leaving several wives and a pregnant widow behind. She joins private investigator Rio Navarro to investigate, while their friendship develops an attraction that complicates their partnership.

A mock mail-order bride wedding leaves librarian Katie Fenton paired with businessman Justin Caldwell. When snow strands them together, the unfamiliar groom becomes harder to dismiss, and unexpected attraction complicates what began as a joke.

Lifelong friends Angie Dellazola and Brett Bravo marry expecting a practical partnership grounded in respect. Within a week, unexpected passion challenges their plan, leaving them to reconsider what they actually want from their new relationship.

Daycare owner Cleo Bliss becomes involved with executive Fletcher Bravo when his daughter needs care. His practical approach to marriage offers a possible future together, but Cleo's hidden pregnancy complicates an arrangement meant to avoid emotional obligations.

Megan Schumacher has always been the dependable one, living over her sister's garage and helping others. A job revamping Greg Banning's marketing brings unexpected attraction, but he's barely divorced from her best friend, making romance difficult.

Marcus Reid returns to Hayley Bravo late in her pregnancy after their separation. As Christmas approaches, she must decide whether their reunion can offer the love she needs rather than a relationship driven by responsibility alone.

Ten years after Brand Bravo abandoned Charlene Cooper, a baby in her care draws them back together. Questions about the child's parentage reopen their history, while Brand's interest in reconciliation challenges Charlene's memories of their failed relationship.

Rancher Grant Clifton is pursuing a new direction in business when he begins seeing longtime family friend Stephanie Julen differently. Her work as his ranch foreman brings them together, but familiar assumptions complicate their unexpected attraction.

Kelly Bravo's former lover returns after nine years, now known as entrepreneur Mitch Valentine. A photograph of her daughter raises questions he can't ignore, forcing Kelly to confront the secret connecting him to her child.

Crystal Cerise's affair with her best friend's brother, private investigator Tanner Bravo, leads to pregnancy. His practical marriage proposal offers a solution, but she must weigh that arrangement against her hopes for a relationship built on love.

Hotel executive Taka Hanson and assistant Shelly Winston develop an attraction complicated by her life as a single mother. A secret she must keep and corporate sabotage threaten both their relationship and the businesses surrounding them.

After her boyfriend abandons her, Tessa Jones finds an injured stranger in a Sierra blizzard. His lost memory leaves his identity uncertain, while their growing connection makes the prospect of discovering his past increasingly complicated.

Veterinarian Mercy Cabrera and Luke Bravo share an attraction dating back to their teenage years. Working together over a prized horse brings those feelings into focus, but a feud between their families threatens any future they might build.

Matt Bravo and Connie Lonnigan have a daughter from their earlier relationship, and another pregnancy changes their situation again. As Christmas approaches, they face the possibility of reconciliation and the challenges of becoming a family together.

Gabe Bravo approaches widowed Mary Hofstetter about buying her ranch, then helps when her baby arrives. Staying to support mother and child draws the committed bachelor into a household that challenges his plans for remaining unattached.

After a long relationship ends, Marnie Jones leaves for Texas and meets Jericho Bravo. Their attraction offers a fresh beginning, but his reluctance to marry complicates her chance of finding a more lasting relationship.

Assistant Zoe Bravo agrees to pose as mogul Dax Girard's fiancée despite his policy against workplace romance. Their supposedly manageable arrangement becomes complicated by real attraction and the prospect of a baby neither planned for.

Teacher Tori Jones clashes with hotel magnate Connor McFarlane over his purchase of a local resort. A pretend engagement meant to help him gain custody of his son brings them closer and complicates their initial hostility.

Housekeeper Irina Lukovic faces deportation to her war-torn homeland when Caleb Bravo offers marriage as a solution. Accepting could protect her future, but she wants a genuine partnership rather than a marriage that exists only on paper.

To deflect his mother's holiday matchmaking, Travis Bravo recruits oil-rig friend Samantha Jaworski as his pretend fiancée. Her makeover changes the way he sees their friendship, and unexpected attraction makes their temporary arrangement harder to manage.

Donovan McRae survives a mountain fall but struggles to find purpose after nearly dying. Abilene Bravo is determined to reach him, challenging his withdrawal and opening the possibility of hope and love in his changed life.

Elena Cabrera Bravo and Rogan Murdoch intend their relationship to remain temporary and uncomplicated. Pregnancy and family expectations upset that plan, while both struggle to admit the feelings that could make a lasting commitment possible.

Oil businessman Ethan Traub relies on assistant Lizzie Landry, but she plans to return to Texas and open a bakery. Her approaching departure makes him reconsider their relationship and whether he can offer more than work.

Marriage-shy rancher Jace Traub and runaway bride Joss Bennings enter a marriage of convenience. Their friendship offers a practical foundation, but growing romantic feelings challenge the terms of a partnership neither expected to become something more.

A fling between Prince Alexander Bravo-Calabretti and Princess Liliana of a rival royal family results in pregnancy. Pressure to marry brings duty and private feelings into conflict as they consider a future neither originally planned.

Prince Rule travels to America to meet attorney Sydney O'Shea, the mother of his toddler son. Required by Montedori law to marry or lose everything, he proposes while keeping secrets that could complicate their unexpected attraction.

Princess Arabella brings her best friend's son to Montana to meet rancher Preston McCade, who does not know he is a father. Sharing Christmas gives her time to judge his readiness and confront their unexpected attraction.

Bowie Bravo returns after years away just as Glory Rossi is about to give birth to another man's child. Ready to raise both her children and marry her, he must rebuild trust with the woman he once abandoned.

Princess Rhia is reunited with former love Marcus, now assigned as her bodyguard, who insists their different stations keep them apart. An unexpected pregnancy forces them to confront whether marriage should be built on duty or love.

Sheltered Lucy Cordell asks Prince Damien of Montedoro to teach her about romance and seduction. He agrees to protect her from less trustworthy men, only to find his own feelings making the arrangement increasingly complicated.

Princess Alice is drawn to a handsome stable hand, then discovers Noah Cordell is a wealthy American seeking a royal bride. Before agreeing to marry him, she demands the honesty and emotional commitment he has kept guarded.

Kindergarten teacher Willa Christensen is stranded overnight in a barn with cowboy Collin Traub during a devastating storm. Their old kiss and her lingering resentment complicate the attraction neither can easily ignore.

Princess Aurora's longtime crush, rancher Walker McKellan, serves as her bodyguard at a family Christmas wedding. He insists they remain friends, but a snowstorm strands them together and threatens the boundaries he has maintained.

Lottery winner Nate Crawford hides his new wealth while dating nurse Callie Kennedy in Rust Creek Falls. Their growing relationship is complicated by his secrets and the risk that discovering the truth could change her feelings.

Princess Genevra and new Earl Rafael DeValery seek comfort together after his brother's death, leading to an unexpected pregnancy. Rafe has loved her for years, but she must convince him their future means more than consolation.

Texas nanny Lani Vasquez ends her affair with Prince Maximilian, fearing heartbreak across their social divide. The widowed father is determined to reconsider that decision after she wins his children's affection and awakens feelings he thought safely guarded.

Carter Bravo proposes a practical Christmas engagement to business partner and best friend Paige Kettleman. She secretly loves him and hopes their trial arrangement can become a real marriage, despite his reluctance to risk his heart.

After banker Dalton Ames ends their affair, Clara Bravo tells him she is pregnant but refuses marriage solely for their baby. He must overcome the wounds of his recent divorce and prove he wants a lasting family.

Single father Quinn Bravo hires recently divorced Chloe Winchester to decorate his home, intending to keep their attraction casual. Her painful past and growing affection for his young daughter challenge both their plans to avoid emotional commitment.

Childhood friends Jordyn Cates and rancher Will Clifton wake after a wedding celebration to discover they have married without remembering the ceremony. Their unexpected arrangement gives them a chance to explore whether friendship can become a lasting partnership.

Widowed Ava Malloy proposes a holiday fling to CEO Darius Bravo, who has wanted her since high school. His connection with her daughter and desire for a future challenge Ava's determination to avoid another devastating loss.

Addie's grandfather wrongly believes attorney James Bravo fathered her unborn child and pressures them into marriage. Addie agrees to soothe her ailing grandpa, but their supposed temporary arrangement awakens feelings neither can easily dismiss.

Billionaire Carson Drake pursues Tessa Strickland in Rust Creek Falls, where she is determined to avoid another heartbreak. An unexpected night together tests the defenses of two people reluctant to commit.

Elise Bravo accepts a live-in assistant job with eccentric former soldier and thriller writer Jed Walsh, bringing along her cat. Their attraction challenges his rule against involvement with employees and his dislike of her furry companion.

Runaway bride Cami Lockwood escapes her controlling family and stumbles into Garrett Bravo's mountain retreat. Pretending their arrangement is a romance helps him evade his mother's matchmaking, but genuine feelings threaten the boundaries of their convenient fiction.