Unlikely Lover
by Diana Palmer

New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer crafts a heartwarming cowboy romance of mistaken identity, opposites attracting, and matchmaking mixups in Unlikely Lover.

Mari Raymond's wily matchmaking Aunt Lillian has convinced her that she needs to travel to an elderly oilman's ranch to help with his memoir. But when Mari arrives at Ward Jessup's ranch, she finds he is anything but old and unwell. The sparks fly when Ward realizes that the sad and vulnerable young woman Lillian told him about is hardly a helpless girl. Once they realized they've been tricked, it's too late. The two couldn't be more different, and they're decidedly not looking for love, especially not with each other. But they can't fight the power of Cupid's arrow...and Aunt Lillian's wily ways.

Originally published December 1986 in Silhouette Romance #472 and reissued numerous times.

Diana Palmer's Bio

New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer, AKA Susan Spaeth Kyle, was born in Cuthbert, Georgia, the eldest daughter of William and Eloise Spaeth. She and her younger sister, Dannis, were raised in Chamblee, where Susan graduated from Chamblee High School in 1964. The family moved to Cornelia, Georgia, in 1965. Susan married James Kyle in 1972. They have a son, Blayne, who is married to the former Christina Clayton. They are both graduates of Piedmont College in Demorest, Georgia. They live in Tennessee and have a daughter, Selena Marie Kyle, born in February, 2009. In 1991, Susan returned to college and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Piedmont College in Demorest, Georgia, in 1995. She continues to work on her master's degree in history as time permits. Her first novel as Diana Palmer was published in 1979. She has over 115 novels in print. She has written historical novels as well as contemporary romance, and has produced science fiction, with her novel THE MORCAI BATTALION appearing in hardcover in 2007. Susan's hobbies are gardening, knitting, crocheting, astronomy, archaeology, and animals. She has dogs, cats, birds and lizards.