Urban cowboy

SHE HAD STOLEN HIS HEART

Though she was his next-door neighbor, fellow single parent Alexandra McBride Talbot was vivacious and irrepressible. She was also, admitted Nolan Larson, beautiful, sexy, the best friend he'd ever had -- and scared to death of anything that smacked of commitment. She'd been down that road before and found it wanting. Nolan wasn't too sure about happily-ever-afters, either. But for Alexandra, he'd prove that romance and friendship could coexist. After all, what were neighbors for? A small-town single mother learns that sometimes the person you've been searching for is right in front of you.