FRISCO JOE'S FIANCEE

Tina Leonard

Harlequin American #977

ISBN 0-373-16977-9

July 2003

Category Romance

Frisco Joe Jefferson is saddled with his absent older brother's mess: get rid of the twenty or so women who've come together to apply for the housekeeper position that Mason supposedly advertised. Joe and his ten brothers don't really want any feminine assistance, but the women sure are cute and they brighten things up. Annabelle Turnberry's a petite blonde who can't cook and a single mother with an adorable two-month-old baby, Emmie, but Malfunction Junction is no place for a woman and baby on their own. The Jefferson brothers are a family, but a family that lost their heart. With their father missing and their mother long dead, the Jefferson boys are rough around the edges. Then the storm hits and the dam bursts and the roads ice over and everyone has to stay for a few days. Annabelle nurses Joe and his broken leg and loses her heart, and despite his best intentions, Frisco Joe tumbles into love with Annabelle and Emmie. He doesn't want to let them go when the roads clear, yet how can he ask them to stay?

Holy hormones! Testosterone's in the air in Tina Leonard's delightful new mini-series, Cowboys By the Dozen. Imagine twelve rough and ready unattached brothers with hearts as big as the state of Texas desperately in need of a whole lot of loving! Be prepared to laugh at loud and to have your heart strings tugged by the Jefferson brothers as each finally meets their match. Ms. Leonard makes you laugh out loud and as the pages fly by. Frisco Joe's a wonderful hero who'll melt your heart and make you sigh as he handles baby Emmie and her mother. Especially intriguing are the ladies at the Lonely Hearts Beauty Salon and how they'll fare as Delilah battles her sister's rival Never Lonely Cut n' Gurls. And, will Mason and Mimi ever connect? This is a series to watch for as each new book hits the shelves! O, happy days, Laredo's story's up next month!