Heartstrings

WANTED: TALL, DARK-HAIRED, BLUE-EYED MAN TO SIRE GENIUS CHILD. PRIZE: $100 IN GOLD When bluestocking bookworm Theodosia Worth resolves to bear a baby for her childless sister, she decides an advertisement is the most practical way to find a father. Leaving behind the comforts of Boston, she travels west in the hope of striking a business-only arrangement with a likely candidate. Hired gun Roman Montana gallops into the dusty Texas town on his silver steed, not knowing hes been hired to guard the luscious body of a golden-haired, whiskey-eyed beauty with plenty of book smarts but without a lick of common sense. Roman is forced to protect the infuriating womanand her infernal parrotfrom the lechers who respond to her ad. Roman may not be a genius but hes smart enough to realize hes the only true candidate for the job of the stud who can make all of Theodosias dreams come true. By proving hes up to the task, he just might earn a prize more precious than goldTheodosias heart.