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THE ANGEL OF DEVIL'S CAMP 3/2003 ISBN 037329249X A widow before she'd even been a wife - Mary Margaret Hampton was in big trouble! Lonely loggers. One genteel lady. A dangerous combination, Tom Randall thought. He was trying to run a business, not a tea party! And if obstinate Meggy Hampton didn't hightail her moonlight and magnolias back south, the sweet sparks she was igniting would make the camp - and his passion - explode like the Fourth of July!

THE COURTSHIP 6/2002 ISBN 0373292139 A bargain with the devil?... Temporarily displaced Southern belle Jane Charlotte Davis was desperate to make enough money to return home. So when town banker Rydell Wilder, a Northerner through and through, offered her a loan to start her own business, she jumped at the chance. Even though the man was too handsome - and too interested in her - for her peace of mind... Once, Rydell Wilder had been the new, poor boy in town. Now he had the wealth and the means to get whatever he wanted. And what he wanted more than anything was Jane. But did he have a prayer of turning their business deal into a marriage contract?

THE LAW AND MISS HARDISSON 11/2000 ISBN 037329137X Crazy Creek, Oregon, had never seen a lady lawyer before, much less one like Irene Hardisson -- and neither had Clayton Black, Texas Ranger. In fact, it had been over a year since he'd caught the scent of anything sweeter than gun powder. He was on the trail of a killer, and it had suited him just fine -- until now... Fortunately, the lady liked games, and after a few hands of poker, Irene and Clayton discovered they had more in common than they thought. And what started as a mission for justice was quickly turning into a mission of the heart...

LOST ACRES BRIDE 11/1998 ISBN 0373290373 A cattle drive was no place for a city girl... But Serena Hull was no wilting townish miss, Carleton Kearney realized. She was a woman with a fiery spirit, who could easily warm the winter in his soul. Yet was he ready for a springtime with a woman who dared to dream? She didn't want to let him into her heart... But Carleton wasn't like other men. And Serena was drawn to the straight-talking loner, even though everything about him warned her to keep her distance.

PLUM CREEK BRIDE 8/1999 ISBN 0373290748 Erika Scharf had always followed her heart... Now it had led her to America, and a tortured man with a motherless infant. But would the widowed Dr. Jonathan Callender ever recover from his grief? Whatever drove him had died with his young wife - or so it seemed to Jonathan Callender. He knew only that nothing mattered anymore - until the day a German whirlwind disguised as the very determined Erika Scharf charged into his life - and made his heart live again.

THE SCOUT 11/2003 ISBN: 0373292821 Expecting the unexpected was an army scout's job. Still, Major John Montgomery never anticipated finding love along the Oregon Trail. But Constance Weldon, outspoken, courageous and possessed of a quiet beauty completely at home under the wide Western sky, was like a balm from heaven to his wounded soul…! She'd promised her dying father she'd drive their wagon west, and Constance Weldon was always and forever a woman of her word. Though keeping that word had proven to be difficult, even dangerous, when her selfish younger sister regularly refused to pull her weight. And when the younger woman set her sights on John Montgomery, the only man Constance had ever dared desire, Constance had finally had enough…!

WESTERN ROSE 3/1996 ISBN 0373289103 The schoolmarm needed a lesson.... And Jake Bannister was just the man to teach Sally Maguire a thing or two. Especially if it would win him the grassland he needed to save his ranch. But would staying after school get him more than he'd bargained for? Jake Bannister had good hands.... They were strong and capable. Rancher's hands that could break a horse yet gentle even Sally's firebrand temper. Still, she wasn't about to allow any man to corral her dreams. Especially one so determined to test the limits of her patience!

WILDWOOD 7/1997 ISBN 037328974X In Wildwood Valley, Trouble Wore a Badge....enticingly pinned to Sheriff Ben Kearney's broad, muscular wall of a chest - and Jessamyn Whittaker was determined to find a way around it. But how could she, when just looking at the man put her at a loss for words? The day Jess Whittaker stepped off the stage, Ben Kearney knew he was in for a hell of a ride. The woman had not only inherited her father's nosiness, but boasted her own special talent for trouble - and a real knack for dragging him into the thick of it!

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MISTLETOE MARRIAGES 11/1994 ISBN: 0373833091 Anthology featuring the following: Rendezvous by Elaine Barbieri: Two displaced Southerners come to realize that Christmas will never be right again until they are together forever....The Wolf And The Lamb by Kathleen Eagle: As the Christmas season approaches, a spinster, her two stepdaughters and a Metis Indian scout discover they have become a family....Christmas In The Valley by Margaret Moore: Married to a Welsh miner, Kitty Maude doesn't realize what it means to be married until the Christmas she decides to leave home.....and Keeping Christmas by Patricia Gardner Evans: An itinerant seamstress brings the spirit of Christmas into the lives of a crusty rancher and two abandoned children.

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SEASONS OF LOVE 8/1995 ISBN: 0061082864 Includes Winter Moon by Elaine Barbieri - Judd McBain was a widower, certain he would never love again. Then one winter day he met the beautiful new schoolteacher. Accustomed to speaking her mind, she could be very irritating...but she was capable of sparking a fire in his frozen heart that could melt even the iciest Vermont lake; Gentle Rain by Evelyn Rogers - In springtime, the most unexpected things can blossom. But love was unlikely between twenty-one-year-old Daisy Abernathy, who was preparing to leave her Tennessee home for the big city, and Nathan Keene, a moonshiner as sour as the mash in his still. It could only be a miracle of nature; Summer Storm by Karen Lockwood - Half-Mexican, half-Irish Rose Milligan was as hardy as the wild Texas flower that shared her name, unwilting even under the heat of a scorching summer spent as a ranch house's cook. But how would she hold up under simmering undercurrents of passion for the boss's son?; and Golden Harvest by Lori Copeland - Missouri farmer Aster Harris had known true love with her husband, and didn't even dream of it happening again - especially not with handsome, silver-tongued traveling salesman Dane Gordon. But in the autumn, a most bountiful harvest awaited her...a harvest of love.

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SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING BLUE 6/2000 Anthology featuring: Elaine Barbieri's Something Old; Constance O'Banyon's Something New; Evelyn Rogers' Something Borrowed; and Bobbi Smith's Something New.

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CAPTIVE ECSTASY 1980 ISBN: 0505522241 From the moment Amanda laid eyes on the Indian imprisoned at the fort, she felt compassion for him, but she never imagined that she would soon become his captive. At first the lovely young colonial was terrified of the dark stranger, but then she saw the proud and gentle man beneath the savage. And in his arms she discovered passion beyond her wildest dreams. But their rapturous bliss would meet its tragic end when two men from Amanda's past came to rescue.

CHASTITY(Dangerous Virtues) 1/1998 ISBN:0843943394 Chastity, Purity, Honesty--They were the qualities she'd been raised to respect. Chastity Lawrence headed West to find her long-lost sisters of the same names...How was a respectable woman to reserve her reputation when a charitable impulse stranded her with a wounded man and a doctor's strict instructions to remove the patient's trousers? Chastity had never seen a naked man before, but she was about to get an eyeful. The hard-muscled stranger had a body to die for, but it was the pain in his blue eyes that kept her from leaving Reed Farrell....Posing as a man of God and his devoted wife, they traveled together into Indian territory...he hunting a ruthless killer, she searching for Purity and Honesty.

EAGLE 1/1999 ISBN: 0843944692 In the days of Indian unrest and cavalry wars, the Cheyenne leader known as Gold Eagle walked the plains determined to defend his adopted people from the Army's injustice. His flowing blond hair and powerfully muscled golden body struck fear in the hearts of men. Yet the hard planes of his chiseled warrior's visage and his immense strength belied his wounded heart. Living among his enemy in disguise, he found the one thing that could soothe his tormented soul: Mallory Tompkins, a stubborn, ambitious newspaperwoman with hair like the blazing sunset and eyes like the brightest emeralds. Her passionate kisses tore his world asunder, and stirred a desire that threatened to destroy all he knew. But where fate had united them, deceit would destroy their bliss, unless they could forever join their love, their souls, their destinies.

HAWK 12/1999 ISBN: 0843946466 'How can you stand to let him touch you, Eden? He's an Injun!' Those were the hateful words Eden's father flung at her when he tore her from the arms of her beloved. Young and idealistic, she believed passion would overcome the obstacle of her lover's Kiowa heritage; instead, the hatred and prejudice of two cultures at war forced them apart. 'Her arms cling to you and your heart answers, but the woman will never be yours.' Such was the shaman's prediction about the beautiful girl he'd once adored, but Iron Hawk refused to believe it. Eden's betrayal might have sent him to the white man's jail, but her smooth, pale body would still be his. A hardened warrior now, he believed her capture would satisfy his need for revenge; instead, her love would heal their hearts and bring a lasting peace to their people.

HAWK'S PASSION 8/2006 ISBN: 0843956372 Four children abandoned in an orphanage. Two missing parents. One man whose hatred had divided a family, whose duplicity ended in murder, inextricably weaving all their lives together in a web of lies that only time could untangle. Jason will do whatever it took to bring down Simon Gault, the corrupt shipping magnate. The supposedly upright citizen had betrayed Galveston during the war, causing untold deaths. But even more disturbing was his twisted desire to seduce innocent Elizabeth Huntington. No matter how determined she was to make her own way in the rowdy, war-ravaged city, Jason swore he would protect the daring young beauty from Gault, help find her missing family and then win her heart. RR@H's Novel Thoughts

HAWK'S PRIZE 11/2006 ISBN: 0843956380 Drew... He was the last of the four siblings to return to Galveston, the first to admit he was in over his head. Stranded in a high-priced bordello because of a wounded leg, Drew found himself being nursed by a woman of mystery. Sensual lady of the night or innocent angel of mercy, she keeps her identity secret. But as he was reunited with his brother and sisters, and the wrongs of the past were righted, one thing became clear: Tricia Lee Shepherd was the other half of his soul, the only person who could make his future shine bright. RR@H's Novel Thoughts

HONESTY(Dangerous Virtues) 10/1996 ISBN: 0843940808 When the covered wagon that was taking her family west capsized in a flood-swollen river, Honesty Buchanan's life was forever changed. Raised in a bawdy Abilene saloon by its flamboyant mistress, Honesty learned to earn her keep as a cardsharp, and a crooked one at that. Continually searching for her missing sisters, she found instead the last person in the world she needed; a devastatingly handsome Texas Ranger, Sinclair Archer who was sworn to put cheats and thieves like her behind bars...

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MIRANDA AND THE WARRIOR 7/2002 ISBN: 0060011343 Miranda: The only child of a U.S. Cavalry major, Miranda Thurston has grown up in a watchful, overprotective household. So even after the major's repeated warnings of Cheyenne raiding parties on the Western frontier, Miranda never believes she is in danger -- until a Cheyenne warrior captures her. The Warrior: Respected by the Cheyenne, Shadow Walker has earned his reputation as a warrior. At first, he is dismayed to find that his captive is just a girl -- a girl worth little in his vengeance against the military. But he comes to realize that she is not just a girl, but a headstrong woman. And even as she defies him at every turn, he wonders if she may be worth something to him in a way he never expected. As captive and captor, Miranda and Shadow Walker grow closer, and soon uncover feelings they had thought impossible. But would they risk everything they once held dear -- for each other?

MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD 9/1992 ISBN: 0821753010 Forging a new life on the rugged, restless frontier is a difficult and daunting challenge for the lovely, and lonely Carolina, yet nothing is more terrifying than the day her wagon train is attacked by a savage Indian tribe. Left vulnerable, shaken, and unable to remember anything other than her own name, Carolina fears she is destined to die beneath the burning sun of the desolate, unforgiving Dakota prairie. Salvation arrives in the form of Drake McNeil. An unlikely hero, the dark-eyed, frontier drifter has come to the Black Hills of South Dakota in search of gold and other elusive riches. Carolina is an unexpected find: a jewel as precious as any Drake has come to unearth. As for Carolina, as they make their way back toward civilization, she realizes she has no choice but to place her trust in this handsome, yet oddly stirring stranger. Yet with her past still hidden in the shadows, and her future as perilous as the Black Hills that surround her, can Carolina surrender her heart to something as dangerous and illusive as love?

NIGHT OF THE WOLF 10/2007 ISBN: 0843958529 Though her father had lost his life pursuing the dream of striking it rich in Arizona, Johanna is determined to succeed where he had failed. Instead, she comes close to losing her virtue on the trail west. Rescued by a dark-eyed, dangerous-looking stranger, she has no choice but to hire him to drive her wagon. Wade Mitchell, she discovers, is hiding something. But then, her mother had raised her on secrets, and now Johanna has one of her own: her powerful attraction to the rugged gunman. Wade can claim her body and soul if he will just give her his heart. RR@H's Novel Thoughts

NIGHT RAVEN 6/2000 ISBN: 0843947233 From the moment of his birth on a black and starless night, it was clear Night Raven was not like the rest of his people. With his fierce golden eyes, he saw a vision of the future that tormented him, drove him to seek vengeance against the white man. Famed for his fearless exploits, sought after by the women of his tribe, he had sworn to show no mercy to the enemies of the Apache. ... He saw her first in a dream, a woman with hair of shimmering gold and eyes of brilliant blue. Captured in battle, he was stunned when she appeared to doctor his wounds, even more shocked by the traitorous longing she roused in him. But when he managed to escape the fort, sweeping her onto his horse as hostage, he refused to give in to his wildfire yearning. She, too, would know the torment of unfulfilled passion, he vowed, for she was his enemy. But with each tender touch of her lips to his, Night Raven found his resolve slipping, until captor became hostage and vengeance changed to mercy with the triumph of love.

PURITY(Dangerous Virtues) ISBN: 084394272X 7/1997 Purity, Honesty, Chastity -- they were all admirable traits, but when they came in the form of three headstrong, spirited, sinfully lovely sisters, they were dangerous virtues....The second installment of the Dangerous Virtues series follows the romantic adventures of the second of the orphaned Buchanan sisters--Purity, who falls in love with a half-Indian Adonis called Pale Wolf while searching for her sisters.

RENEGADE MOON (HALF-MOON RANCH) 7/2003 ISBN: 0843951788 Somewhere in the lush grasslands of Texas hill country was a place where the sun had once shone on love and prosperity, while the night hid murder and mistrust. There, three brothers and a sister fought to hold their family together, struggled to keep their ranch solvent, while they awaited the return of the one person who could shed light on the secrets of the past. No sooner had he rescued spitfire Glory Townsend from deadly quicksand than Quince found himself trapped in a quagmire of emotions far more difficult to escape. His homecoming after five years tracking renegades hadn't changed his father's drinking, lessened his rivalry with his brother or resolved the mystery surrounding his mother's death. But those issues felt like easy going compared to the shaky ground he traversed with Glory. Every time he looked into her flashing green eyes he felt himself sinking deeper. Maybe it was time to stop struggling and admit that only her love could save him.

SIGN OF THE WOLF 2/207 ISBN: 0843958243 It was an eerie howling in the night that only she could hear. As always, tragedy soon followed. This time, Letty Wolf would obey the teachings of her Kiowa heritage and bring back to New York her three estranged daughters…before it was too late. Raised in fancy Eastern boarding schools, she was determined to return to the land of her birth—Texas. But no sooner had she set foot on native soil than she was caught up in a whirlwind of mayhem, missing money bags and mysterious animal attacks. The only calm in the storm was Trace Stringer, who had tracked Meredith down with a summons from her mother. Letty offered powerful inducements to come home, and she'd sent an even more powerful man to escort her. In Trace’s arms Meredith began to believe love might be possible, even for the child of a woman haunted by the past. RR@H's Novel Thoughts

SWEET TORMENT 1984 ISBN: 082171385X Ravishing Morgana Pierce had never met anyone as arrogant as dark haired Devon Howard. She could see from the infuriating gleam in his eye that he thought she had deliberately mistaken his cabin for hers. During the long tortuous sea voyage to Mexico City, she tried to keep out of his path. But there was something about his slow, contemptuous smile that refused to be ignored. With one taunting look he sent her blood rushing with a cold fury she had never known. And with one searing kiss he set her body aflame with a white-hot desire she had never imagined. From the moment he found Morgana in his room, with her chestnut tresses and tantalizing doe eyes, Devon suspected she was a seductress. Her passionate response to his kiss proved she was no innocent. Then he saw Mexico's most powerful general creeping into her bedroom and he knew her for a wanton traitor. But the memory of her melting kiss lingered, intoxicating him with visions of her lush curves, inflaming him with desire for her satin flesh. He would tame her.... or love forever in Sweet Torment!

TARNISHED ANGEL 9/1988 ISBN:0505522500 Young and beautiful Devina Dale was a rare woman. She was a courageous pioneer who dared to face the wild, tempestuous West, and nothing would stand in the way of her dreams. But Devina had haunting secrets from the past that threatened her safety and a corrupt father who was determined to protect his only daughter. But of all the brave pioneers who were bent on claiming a new destiny in the untamed wilderness, there was one handsome outlaw who would become the enemy she could not help but love.Theirs was a forbidden love as dangerous as the windswept plains. But wild horses couldn't keep the renegade from his very own....

TEXAS GLORY 8/2004 ISBN: 0843954086 Sins of the Father... Buck Star was a handsome cad with a love-'em-and-leave-'em attitude that had broken more than one heart. But when he seduced his wife's best friend, then abandoned her without a second thought, he sowed a harvest of misfortune that he would later be forced to reap. Honor...Honor Gannon had always doubted that any male could deserve undying devotion her mother had felt for the lover who'd ruined her life. Yet when she arrive din Lowell, Texas, to confront her father, she found just such a man. Not Buck Star, but a dangerous-looking drifter who made her forget every lick of common sense she'd ever had. Losing herself in his dark, compelling gaze, she finally understood how a woman could give up everything for love and not regret a bit of it. RR@H's Novel Thoughts

TEXAS STAR 1/2004 ISBN:0843951796 SINS OF THE FATHER... Buck Star was a handsome cad with a love-'em-and-leave-'em attitude that broke more than one heart. But when he walked out on a beautiful New Orleans socialite, he set into motion a chain of treachery and deceit that would threaten to destroy the ranching empire he'd built and even the children he'd once hoped would inherit it.... CAL... A mysterious message compelled Caldwell Star to return to Lowell, Texas, after a nine-year absence, but he never expected to find the home place or the old man so rundown. Still more disturbing was was the stubborn young widow who refused his help, but needed it more than she could know. Her gentle touch and proud spirit give Cal strength to face the demons of the past, to reach out for a love that would heal his wounded soul. RR@H's Novel Thoughts

TEXAS TRIUMPH 5/2005 ISBN: 0843954094 Buck Star was a handsome cad with a love-'em-and-leave-'em attitude that had broken more than one heart. But when he lost his head over a conniving beauty young enough to be his own daughter, he jeopardized all he valued, even the lives of his own children. Ever since leaving his father's Texas Star ranch, the daring Pinkerton agent and his lovely partner Vida Malone made it their business to ferret out the truth. But the twisted secrets he began to uncover after a mysterious message called him home might be more than anyone could untangle: a half sister he'd never heard of, a Haitian servant who is an expert in mixing Voodoo potions, a hateful stepmother with a penchant for devious plots and a hand in every kind of trouble. Saving his father would require all his cunning and courage, as well as the aid of the most exasperating and enticing woman ever to go undercover or drive a man to distraction. RR@H's Novel Thoughts

TO LOVE A STRANGER 10/1993 ISBN: 0821753010 ...On the sprawling plains of Kansas, Lila would meet an enigmatic stranger; a man as dangerous as he was irresistible. Posing as a mail-order bride on a train headed for the western wilderness, Lila Chesney cannot escape Garrett Harrison, the rugged lawman sworn to bring Lila's brother's gang to justice. Forced by cruel fate into the life of a desperado, and headed for the untamed west, Lila was about to take part in a daring masquerade..and sell herself in unholy wedlock.

TO MEET AGAIN 9/2001 ISBN: 0843949082 'We'll Meet Again...' Those were the last words of Wade Preston as his life's blood stained the pure white of Thea's wedding dress, draining onto the church floor where they were to have been married. Two years later, Thea knew the injured stagecoach robber in her sister's examining room couldn't be the same man she'd loved since she was eight years old, the bridegroom who'd been tragically killed by a gunman's bullet. His dark eyes might have the same smoldering look as Wade's, his deep voice might send shivers of longing down her spine, but his personality was tough and untamable, so different from the tender caring of her fiance. This hard case could never arouse her slumbering passions, simply could not be the lost lover who still possessed her steadfast heart...or could he?

UNTAMED CAPTIVE 9/1987 ISBN: 0821721593 Red haired Faith Dyrhan's spirits soared as high as the eagles as she began her journey west. But when a band of vengeance seeking Indians overwhelmed her wagon train, her hopes were dashed as low as the canyons that pocked the Southwest Territory. The determined beauty struggled against her captor, but his steely arms held her close to his rock hard frame. Then she gazed at his obsidian eyes, and against her will, he turned her hate into desire! And no matter how she tried to convince herself she'd sooner die than submit to his base needs, Faith couldn't help but breathlessly anticipate her moment of surrender. Cheyenne warrior Black Wolf fully intended to make the lily-skinned white eyes pay for her people's crimes against the Plains Indians. Then he looked deep into her sky blue eyes and tasted her innocent honey sweep lips, and it was impossible to stem the rush of exquisite rapture that surged through him. The future chief needed this captive to exchange for a peace treaty; he couldn't afford to feel anything but disdain for her. He pressed her down against his mats time and again, promising himself to be well rid of her later. For now he'd sate himself with this woman and make her surrender as his untamed captive.

THE WILD ONE 2/2001 ISBN: 0843948264 In the midst of the vast, windswept Texas Plains stood a ranch wrested from the wilderness with blood, sweat and tears. It was the shining legacy of Thomas McBride to his five living heirs. But along with the fertile acres and herds of cattle, each would inherit a history of scandal, lies and hidden lust that threatened to burn out of control. Disowned by his father years before, Tanner had sworn he would never return to the Circle M until the old man was dead. But an unusual clause in Tom McBride's last will and testament brought him home early, to face the scheming stepmother who'd ruined his life, to find the one girl who could tame his heart and reawaken his faith in the healing power of love.

WINGS OF A DOVE 1/1990 ISBN:0515102059 Wide-eyed, 10-year-old Allie pierce watched as the two boys struggled. The dark brooding eyes of the streetwise Delaney Marsh caught her own, in a gaze that both frightened and fascinated her. Alone, as orphans, each had faced the cold, cruel tenement life of a mid-19ty-century New York. Now Allie, a pale, timid child, and Delaney, a handsome teenager, were about to board a train that would take them to a new life - in the vast open farmland of the Midwest. Little did they know that along the route they would form a deep, instinctual bond...a bond never to be broken. At first they are children, struggling to be adopted together, and then to survive, among the rivalries of their new family. Later they will be young lovers, bound by passion...and wrenched apart by the jealousies and misunderstandings of a treacherous adult world.

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PASTORA Saga 1980 ISBN: 0380561840 San Francisco was a wild and lawless town, and no place for a beautiful young woman alone with two children. But it was the promised land of boundless dreams, and the woman they called Pastora was a new breed whose spirit and daring raised an empire from the wilderness. Orphaned at fifteen, widowed at sixteen, she survived the perilous cross-country trek from St. Louis to California to become San Francisco's most celebrated woman of property. Society tried to snub her, but she made her own way to the top. Men tried to possess her, or to break her, not understanding that behind her softness and allure burned ambitions she refused to sacrifice. Through all her passionate struggles, tragedies, public scandals and triumphs, Pastora would keep her faith with herself and seize a golden destiny for those she loved.

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MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S MADNESS 7/1995 ISBN: 0312955073 Includes Jill Barnett's A Knight in Tarnished Armor, Elaine Coffman's A Ribbon of Moonlight, Alexis Harrington's Enchanted, and Sonia Simone's The Golden Mermaid.

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A STOCKINGFUL OF JOY 11/1997 ISBN: 0451408004 A gentle woman shows a rugged man the meaning of love in Jill Barnett's Victorian New York of gaslit streets and snowy sleigh rides...An unexpected legacy swept a governess to a grand estate - where an impoverished nobleman discovers a woman to be treasured in Mary Jo Putney's poignant romance...Justine Dare brings us the heartwarming tale of a man who seeks shelter on an isolated Wyoming homestead ... and discovers an orphan and a beautiful woman who need a miracle as badly as he needs forgiveness and love...In Susan King's touching story, a silver brooch seals a pact between a Highland lass and a Scottish laird as they find that the best gift to give is one's heart.

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THE HEART'S HAVEN 7/1990 ISBN: 0671684124. When Hallie Fredriksen's father was lost at sea, she was shocked to discover that he had named Kit Howland to be her guardian. Three short years ago, Hallie had blushed with a girl's infatuation for the handsome San Francisco whaling agent. Now, his kisses thrilled the blonde beauty, and his tenderness awakened a wondering need. But Kit had been cruelly betrayed in love...and did not trust his feelings for this impulsive woman who could lift his spirit with her laughter, and fill him with desire. And Hallie refused to bow to an infuriating man who would insist on treating her like a helpless child. Then chance made them husband and wife, and bound them in a battle of wills - and longing. Amidst danger and treachery they sealed their devotion. But only when they shared the tender secrets of their hearts would they revel in the glorious love that would be theirs forever!

SURRENDER A DREAM 3/1991 ISBN: 0671723413. Adelaide Amanda Pinkney was glad to bid Chicago farewell. After the bustle and crowds of the growing city, the news that her aunt and uncle had left her their California farm was like a dream come true. But Addie's idyll was shattered the moment she reached California, and learned there was another claim on her land. Montana Creed was tall, headstrong, elemental...as much a part of the rich and rugged California terrain as the fields and valleys that dotted its majestic landscape. As a boy, Montana had watched his father slaughtered, his land stolen - and he had vowed that one day he would fulfill his father's dream. Addie soon discovered that Montana's stubborn streak ran as deep as her own...and that his seductive smile was almost impossible to resist. As his reluctant bride, she came to cherish Montana's tender, passionate caresses. But she knew that one day he'd have to face the demons of his past - or lose the bright and loving promise of their future!

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ARCHER'S CROSSING 4/1999 ISBN: 0843945028 Crossing Archer Owen seemed like the last thing anybody would want to do, or so Margaret Sheridan thought. Bringing dinner to the convicted murderer was terrifying - for though he was nothing like her affluent fiancé, he stirred a hunger in her she'd never known. But that was irrelevant, for in the morning he'd be hanged. Then the condemned prisoner used her to make his getaway. In the clutches of the handsome felon, Margaret raced into the untamed West - chasing a man Archer claimed could clear his name. When they joined a wagon train headed to Oregon, Margaret wondered if there was anything Archer wouldn't do. And then he'd kissed her, and she prayed there wasn't. Suddenly, on the dusty trail to Owen's freedom, Margaret was no longer sure she sought escape...for if this bitter steamboat captain was half the man she suspected, she'd ride to Hell itself to clear his name and win his captive heart.

DELANEY'S CROSSING 3/1997 ISBN: 0843942002 Virile, womanizing Cooper Delaney was Agatha's only hope to lead a group of destitute women to Oregon. Tricked into leading women he couldn't wait to get rid of them, and away from the prim and proper old maid. But as they battled floods Indians and rainstorms much to his surprise he found he would journey to the ends of the earth to claim her untouched heart.

McALLISTER'S CROSSING 6/2001 ISBN: 0843948795 Callie Burgess had one goal: to put a bullet in Lincoln McAllister. And when she finally met the gunfighter, his sardonic smirk and devil-may-care attitude had her itching to pull the trigger. But someone had beaten her to it, and honor demanded she wait until he healed before she exacted her revenge. A wait she didn't relish. But as the wagon train wound its way west, Linc's smoldering gaze and rich Louisiana accent wound their way into Callie's soul, leaving her the one shot through the heart. To Linc, Callie was nothing more than a brat who was in way over her head. To keep her out of trouble, he needed to distract her -- in the best way a man knows how to distract a woman. That meant slow dances and sensual baths. Her tomboyish ways and smelly buckskins certainly wouldn't make the task enjoyable. Yet when Callie pinned up her frizzy mop of curls and donned a revealing dress, Linc realized she was anything but boyish...and that his play at seduction was no longer a game.

Monica Barrie

GENTLE FURY 9/1983 ISBN: 0671494260 For three long years, Ti Bennett had followed her father's orders. She'd run the ranch and cared for her two sisters. Then she received a letter from General Bennett. Now she was to give the herd to a stranger, Arren Barkley. He would drive them to California and she would join her father back in Philadelphia. But Ti didn't trust Arren, not his good looks, nor his kind manner. She would match her will against his, her heart against his passion.

TURQUOISE SKY 10/1984 ISBN:0671528424 The Arizona Territory was beautiful and untamed--and so was Salena Andrews. Alone after her father's murder, Salena fought valiantly to keep his ranch and his dream alive.

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A PROMISE MADE 8/2003 ISBN: 1586607448 When Emma Hanson's young friend, a single mother, dies and leaves baby Mandy to Emma's care, the town of Roswell takes sides. Most of the men say Emma can't manage - after all, she has a restaurant to run - but the townswomen have rallied to her cause, helping out as best they can. However, when the underhanded councilman Douglas Harper plots to take Mandy away, Emma has to take matters into her own hands. Despite her attraction toward the town's deputy, Matthew Johnson, Emma has placed an ad in the papers for a mail-order husband. Can Emma trust God to bring her the right man?

Lynn M. Bartlett

PROMISE ME LOVE 1982 ISBN:0380604183 He betrayed her love.. Yet her own heart betrayed her vow to despise him...She thought she could never love again. She was just sixteen when she met Neil Banning. Innocent of love and its deceptions, she was shattered to learn how cruelly her heart could be broken. Eden Thackery, the most desirable young lady among New York's gilded society, was left devastated and dishonored. Hoping to forget Neil and her shame, Eden married her guardian, a gruff self-made man who loved her more deeply than she at first understood. It wasn't until years later, after Eden found happiness with her husband and her daughter on their Texas ranch, that Eden and Neil met again..

Stephanie Bartlett

COURTING CASSIDY 2/1997 ISBN: 0821755706 Jake Williams presides over the mill town of Maguire, Oregon with a firm hand. Cassidy Maguire is a willful, confident woman, and the heir to Maguire Lumber. In no time at all, her progressive ideas turn the quiet town on its ear. Determined to do something about Cassidy, Jake devises a plan. But the strangest thing happens - Jake falls in love.

DEAREST ENEMY 11/1995 ISBN: 0821751360 Victoria Pruitt was raised to be a Boston lady...not to walk behind a plow. But the Civil War had left her with a young son to raise, a homestead claim to a ramshackle Oregon farm, and an abiding hatred of the Confederates who had left her husband critically wounded. The rugged stranger coming up the land was about to change all that. A handsome, decent man who could help her plant her crops, Stephen Beaumont was the answer to Victoria's prayers...except for one thing: his tattered uniform was Rebel gray. Finding a Yankee on his land wasn't the homecoming Stephen expected. Yet from the moment he and this proud, defiant woman clashed, he felt the irresistible stirring of desire. In spite of the tragic past, a bright future beckoned - if only Stephen and Victoria dared to forgive...and to listen to their hearts.

GOLDEN RAPTURE 11/1994 ISBN:0821747452 Cathleen Donovan, a young Irish beauty, leaves Dublin to become the bride of a man she has never met and falls in love with Peter Brandt, the rugged fur trapper hired to escort her to her new husband and home in Oregon.

HIGHLAND FLAME 6/1992 ISBN:0553298380 Once Catriona Galbraith Macleod had roamed the fragrant moors and green rolling hills of the Isle of Skye. Then love drew her across the ocean to the sunbaked Texas prairie and a home filled with the happiness only a husband and wife can share. But Cat's joy was short-lived -- and in a sudden blaze of bullets she was left with a baby daughter, a debt-ridden ranch, and a fierce yearning to see that Ian's death was not in vain.... Since childhood Will Bascom had been Ian's friend, and now as the handsome doctor gazed at Cat he ached for his own loss and hers. But as beautiful, brave Cat took on the challenges of the ranch -- and her late husband's mortal enemies -- he found himself wanting to protect her, needing to hold her, to love her. If only he could persuade Cat not to risk her life for an impossible dream. If only she could make Will understand that even though he possessed her heart, her spirit must be free...

Janet Lee Barton

A PROMISE MADE 8/2003 ISBN: 1586607448 When Emma Hanson's young friend, a single mother, dies and leaves baby Mandy to Emma's care, the town of Roswell takes sides. Most of the men say Emma can't manage - after all, she has a restaurant to run - but the townswomen have rallied to her cause, helping out as best they can. However, when the underhanded councilman Douglas Harper plots to take Mandy away, Emma has to take matters into her own hands. Despite her attraction toward the town's deputy, Matthew Johnson, Emma has placed an ad in the papers for a mail-order husband. Can Emma trust God to bring her the right man?

Tracey Victoria Bateman

BUT FOR GRACE 10/2003 ISBN: 1586607731 With Mama dead and no way to provide for herself, Star Campbell barely escaped from Luke's Saloon and ran straight into Michael Riley's arms. Suddenly doors open for her to start a new and better life. The only hitch is, she has a secret past that she cannot shake. Michael Riley is a simple farmer. Once burnt badly by love, the last thing he's about to fall for is a beautiful woman. When his chivalrous streak has him take Star into his home, she wins both his mother's and daughter's hearts. God forgives and forgets - but can man?

DARLING CASSIDY ISBN: 1586601717 When Cassidy Sinclair agrees to meet Wendell St. John III, she has no idea of the adventure she is about to face. The needs of a guilt stricken widower and his four motherless children, as well as the dangers of life on a prairie ranch, will challenge her faith as nothing else has before. Will the pain of her new family's past haunt Cassidy's future? Or will she ultimately find the love for which she has always yearned?

EMILY'S PLACE 5/2003 ISBN: 1586606905 When given the opportunity to buy the local mercantile, Emily St. John snaps it up - mostly because it will allow her to work side by side with the man she's loved since childhood. Surely, he'll finally pay attention to her. But Jeremiah Daniels can't believe it. He's scrimped and saved in order to buy the store he works in...and he's waited to court Emily until he had it and could provide well for her. Now, he figures, she can just keep her store and spend her spare time working for women's suffrage. He's going to open a shop of his own. All is fair in love and war, it's said - but can this stubborn pair rise above their pride and see God's plan is for them to be together?

LANEY'S KISS 6/2003 ISBN: 1586606867 Tomboy Laney Jenkins has all she ever wanted in Harper, Kansas--an adopted family, a job, a home of her own. . .but most of all, Luke St. John. Impetuous by nature, she decides to prove to him that she's more than just another cowhand. Luke, a rancher, dreams of heading off to Oregon. He figures a woman belongs with her man--and since Laney's kiss just proved she's the woman for him, he considers the matter settled. He should have known better--Laney is the most unsettling woman around. But then again he's one stubborn man. What will it take for them to listen to the Lord and find a love that can endure?

TARAH'S LESSON 4/2002 ISBN: 1586604848 Already frustrated by the incorrigible students she teaches on the Kansas frontier, Tarah is further troubled when Anthony Greene returns to town. And she is certainly not ready to graciously accept his apparent preference for the banker's daughter. But the appearance of two abused children in the community changes everyone. How will Tarah be able to win the trust of Laney and Ben and help them to build a new life? Will she be able to accept the gift of friendship from Anthony if that is all he is willing to offer? And will her heart be open to lessons God has for her in a situation that seems to offer only heartache and loneliness?

Marsha Bauer

SWEET CONQUEST 7/1990 ISBN:082173086X Separated from her bodyguard and hunted by a spurned suitor, Melody Grayum had to use her wits to survive in the wild. So when she spotted a handsome gun-slinging cowboy, she shrewedly figured out a way to trick him into helping her without giving up her innocence in return.

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