Love on the Menu...Steamed Series

...because love isn't for chickens. Haunted by her traumatic childhood, forty-year-old Lindie Brewster finds a measure of peace living alone in rural Ohio with her chickens and gardens to keep her company. Living life on her own terms has gone off without a hitch, until her sexy new neighbor threatens to ruin everything. Divorcee and reconfirmed bachelor Blaine Stockwell has always had a life plan, and regaining possession of his grandparents' farm is at the top of his priority list, in addition to being a good father to his nephews. When his lawyer's generous offers don't convince the current owner to sell, a little reconnaissance is in order. Finding Lindie naked in the backyard tempts Blaine to enjoy another kind of arrangement while searching for a solution to their standoff. A no-strings affair improves both their dispositions until a more-than-business proposal and the past threaten to scramble their newly hatched feelings for each other.

...because she's in a jam. Erik Fielding is successful in every way, except his quest to find a wife. When a former lover reappears in his life, the temptation to indulge in a red-hot reunion is more than he can resist. But falling for her may cost a part of himself he hadn't counted on—his heart. Layla Krause has a promise to keep to her recently deceased mother—meet the half-sister she didn't know she had. Crossing paths with the man she'd helped through his grief in college offers an unexpected perk to spending a month getting to know her newfound sibling. The outlet he provides is balm to her body and soul. Long dormant sparks between Erik and Layla become a raging fire, but the secrets she hides could do more damage than the flames from their attraction. He'll have to sweeten the deal to get her out of a self-imposed jam.

…because she's more than a catch. Bachelor Russ Novotny is starting over—new location, new IT venture, new sports car to replace the staid sedan his girlfriend took when she left him. A swap of his computer expertise for fish to stock his lake lands him in a different kind of hookup, one that does wonders for his wounded ego. Divorcee Lee Anne Terrell is happy to indulge in a no-strings affair with her handsome computer geek while she gets to know her newfound half-sisters and opens Reel Time Bait and Stock. Unfortunately, her biology degrees didn't prepare her for the unexpected evolution of hot-and-heavy sexual attraction into heart-stopping love. But an ocean stands between them when they share their true feelings. He won't settle for less than marriage and she's vowed never to marry again. The most important catch of his life may prove impossible to reel in, even when she's already taken the bait.