Kristi Gold

1) The Rancher and the Rose by Carolyn Zane

BLURB:

Sheikh Ashraf ibn-Saalem's gorgeous face was unforgettable.  But long lost Barone cousin Karen Rawlins told herself she'd best not forget the terms of hteir marriage deal.  They both wanted a child to love-she without gaining a controlling man, he without losing his heart.  It was simple: Make a baby and stay together-platonically-just long enough to give their child a name.

Executive Seduction by
Kristi Gold starts with Corri Harris discovering that her engagement is
over and she makes the point on the air in her cooking show.  Aidan
O'Brien, studio executive, wants to help Corri. 

Review to follow...

Excellence rating:  3 stars

Karen has recently discovered family, where she had thought she had none - she moved to Boston, and was working with her cousin who is more like a sister to her. She meets a prince (who is a friend of another of her new cousins), at a party the family throws to welcome her - the prince is entranced with her and kisses her. 

The final book in the Texas Cattlemen's Club Stolen Baby series. In this final installment the evil doctor is finally given his just rewards. In the process the last of the Texas Cattlemen's bachelor falls from bachelorhood

The teaser summary reads as follows:

Back cover synopsis

" Mallory O'Brien wanted a child more than anything. And smart,
devastatingly sexy Whit Manning was just the man for the job. Seducing
him would be a pleasure...for both of them.

A reporter goes back to her small hometown for a friend's wedding and runs into a cowboy who just happens to be not just rich but a famous senator's son. She decides an interview with him is just what her carreer needs, but before she gets up the courage to tell him, they have wild sex right in the back of his pickup.

Jack is alone on his boat off the Florida coast when Elizabeth drops out of the sky in a hot air balloon which breaks his propeller, his radio mast and leaves them stranded with a storm arriving. What's more Elizabeth announces she's pregnant but there doesn't seem to be a man in her life.