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Texas oilman Shane Bartlett had come to Matchmakers to find a wife, and proprietress Cassie Averil was going to see that he got one. But for her scientific, step-by-step formula to work he had to give up his antiquated notions about love and passions. Cassie's strategy was a fool-proof combination of planning and psychology -- but she never counted on the chemistry between them whenever she and Shane were together. Her compatibility charts plainly showed that no-nonsense businesswomen and leisure-loving cowboys were all wrong for each other, but Shane wouldn't listen to her. And as desire exploded between them, Cassie realized that love had a logic all its own.