Trying Patience: New York City was the last place nature writer Patience Madrid wanted to be. She preferred the quiet and solitude of her Adirondacks cabin to the noise and bustle of the city. But her sister, Tilly, is being mysterious, and begs Patience to come and stay at her apartment while she and her husband, Terrence, are out of town. Except, when Patience gets to the apartment, she finds it isn't empty.... Jake Farr was only looking for a place...

A Cowboy's Joy Former rodeo cowboy Lonny Ellison is used to the adulation of women. But that's something he doesn't get from Joy Fuller-she doesn't seem very interested in him at all. And he and Joy seem to argue constantly. Despite their constant arguing, his sister, Letty, thinks he's interested in Joy...and Lonny figures she might be right! Can he convince Joy that marriage to the Wyoming Kid will be as exciting as an eight-second bull...