Everybody's Hero

The Men of Mayes County #4

by Karen Templeton

He could handle raising his orphaned little brother. He could handle his demanding career. But what Joe Salazar couldn't handle was this quirky little town where people actually cared. People like Taylor McIntyre. She had worked wonders with his heartbroken little brother, but she scared the hell out of Joe. Because no kindergarten teacher he'd ever met before could make him hot with desire just by looking at him. Could make him want things he had no business wanting -- not when the only way Joe knew how to live was by putting duty before desire....

Genres: Contemporary

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

As the mother of five sons, now grown, Karen loves to write about real people dealing with the drama (and humor) of everyday life. Over the past fifteen years, Karen has written nearly 50 books for Harlequin/Silhouette and Red Dress Ink, and three of her Special Edition titles (A Mother's Wish (2009) Welcome Home, Cowboy (2011) and A Gift for All Seasons (2013) have won the RITA award, the romance industry's top prize for published authors. In addition, her November 2014 title, Santa's Playbook, earned the Romantic Times Gold Seal of Excellence, out of the hundreds of releases reviewed by the magazine for that month.

She is very active on Facebook, as both Karen Templeton and her full name, Karen Templeton Berger, running giveaway contests whenever she has a new release... or just feels like it. Or you can reach her via her website at www.karentempleton.com, which contains recent news as well as excerpts from both current and backlist titles.

Reviews

[Sherri Bryant · Rating 1 out of 5]

Meh...Not my kind of book at all.

[Sue Perkinson Hawkins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great story

[Susannah Carleton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great story, terrific characters. I love this book. Even on the sixth or seventh read, it's as riveting a tale as the first time I read it.

[Alisha · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.6