HOME ON THE RANCH

"Jan Freed writes with spice and flair! An exciting new voice in contemporary romance." ??? bestselling author Susan Wiggs

The H&H Cattle Company, near Gonzales, Texas

Scott Hayes???He's the owner. Scott's a hardworking cattleman who's got a reputation with the ladies. Not that he has any time for womanizing these days. Fact is, Scott's putting in twenty-hour stretches, now that H&H is down to one hired hand. And the word around these parts is that H&H is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.

Margaret Winston???When Scott calls her a princess, he doesn't mean it as a compliment! Still, Maggie has a few choice names for Scott, none of them pretty. That's because Maggie knows Scott from the old days and there's bad blood???and a good horse???between them.

HOME ON THE RANCH

Jan Freed, a former bank vice-president and advertising agency executive, is proud to write in a genre that presents a hopeful view of life without diminishing its hardships. Since publishing her first Harlequin Superromance in 1995, she has won a Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award, the East Texas RWA Texas Gold Award, the Lake Country RWA Top Ten Favorite Award, and has been nominated for the prestigious RITA Award three times. Her books have appeared on the Waldenbooks and USA Today bestseller lists, and her 2-in-1 Limited Edition with LaVyrle Spencer is still a Doubleday Book Club alternate selection. Jan lives with her husband and two teenage children near Houston, Texas.