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GUARDIAN OF THE HEART short story in MY GUARDIAN ANGEL 3/1995 ISBN:0553569163
MAIL ORDER GROOM 6/2002 ISBN: 0553580507 Stunning Melissa Grayson, a veritable Helen of Troy in the Wild West, will do anything to satisfy her one burning passion--teaching art and poetry to the children at Grayson Academy, the private school left to her by her beloved father. But it isn't easy when every trip she makes into town drives the unmarried men into a frenzy of fisticuffs in their attempts to win her hand. Exasperated by the civil unrest caused by Melissa's beauty, the local clergy and sheriff finally give her an ultimatum: marriage or jail, the latter of which would surely mean the end of her school. Prepared to make any sacrifice for her students, Melissa writes her pen pal in New York, James Harold Pickney IV, a sickly, sensitive scholar. Together they agree to forge a platonic marriage whose real commitment will be to the cause of education. When he's not hightailing it from one of his many misadventures, gambling man Lucky Lawrence has a habit of rescuing damsels in distress--sometimes from himself. But this time he's the one who needs rescuing, as a murderously sore loser has a score to settle with him--and expects him to pay with his life. Even Lucky wouldn't have bet that this latest escapade would lead him to be mistaken for a bookish Harvard boy--and land him the most beautiful woman he has ever seen. Nor did Melissa Grayson expect her asthmatic pen pal to be so ruggedly handsome, with such broad shoulders and teasing eyes. Might she discover a passion she as yet has only read about? And what of ailing James Pickney, en route to his bride-to-be? Will either groom survive to stake his claim, or will Melissa be a widow before she's a wife?
THE OUTLAW BRIDE 1/2001 ISBN: 0553580477 Orphan Josie Miller was saved from a life of crime when a stranger rescued her off the street. Josie owes everything she has to Dr. Annie--from her hard-won law degree to her impressive knowledge of medicine. So when a wounded man is brought to Josie's house clinging to life, she is determined to save him. With eyes as black as sin and a body riddled with bullets, Sims Callahan is clearly a dangerous man. But even after Josie learns that her patient is running from the law, she can't control the fire that the rugged loner ignites inside her--a longing that could destroy her vow to never, ever bind herself to a man. Some call Sims an outlaw and a thief--and few believe that he's just an honest man trying to clear his name. While recovering from his wounds, Sims knows the law is waiting to take him in. Only Josie believes in him--and every night they spend together in Wyoming's Big Sky country, the temptation to take the tender innocence she offers intensifies. When Sims flees again, the prim and proper lady lawyer finds herself a willing hostage who'll stop at nothing to save him...even if it means marrying him to do it.
RAVEN AND THE COWBOY 7/1996 ISBN:0553568647 He first came to her in a dream: a sleek and tawny cougar with the power to protect her. So when Raven Alexander awoke to find herself lying beside the rugged stranger, she wasn't afraid. He might be an unruly cowboy with a checkered past but Raven believed the spirit guides had sent him to help her find the sacred Arapaho treasure. But Tucker Farrell didn't trust women, even exotic innocents like Raven. And though he agreed to join her quest, Raven feared it was because of the gold. Now, when the last thing in the world she should do is fall in love, Raven finds herself fighting an impossible battle... caught between her duty to her people and the passionate longings of her heart.
REBEL IN SILK 4/1994 ISBN: 0553564641 She was an unconventional beauty who never ran from a challenge... Dallas Burke had come to Willow Creek, Wyoming, to find her brother's killer, and she had no intention of being scared off - not by the roughnecks who trashed her newspaper office, nor by the devilishly handsome cowboy who warned her of the violence to come. Yet she couldn't deny that the tall, sun-bronzed rancher had given her something to think about, namely, what it would be like to be held in his steel-muscled arms and feel his sensuous mouth on hers. The way Jake Silver saw it, the last thing Willow Creek needed was a muckraking journalist inflaming both sides of an already raging range war. What he didn't know was that Dallas had her own unique plan to end the fighting, enlisting the townswomen to use their seductive wiles to convince husbands and sweethearts to lay down their guns. But it was his own reaction to the lovely Dallas that surprised him most of all, leaving him aching with desire and willing to risk everything to accept her sensuous proposal...
THE REDHEAD AND THE PREACHER 11/1995 ISBN: 0553568639 McKenzie Kathryn Calhoun didn't mean to rob the bank in Promise, Kansas. But when she accidentally did, she didn't think, she ran. Suddenly the raggedy tomboy the town rejected had the money to make a life for herself...if she didn't get caught. But it was just her luck to find herself sitting across the stagecoach from a dangerously handsome, gun-totting preacher who seemed to see through her bravado to the desperate woman beneath. John Lee Brandon figured that the feisty redhead was running from something. A hired gun, he was masquerading as a new reverend on his way to a mining town called Heaven - and it would take a shrewder lady than Macky to pull the wool over his eyes. But when the town welcomed them as "Preacher Adams" and his wife, he was caught in a charade of respectable wedded bliss. And the two of them were headed for a showdown between lies and love.
THE RUNAWAY BRIDE 7/1999 ISBN: 0553575848 As a physician, Annalise Sinclair thought she knew everything about the workings of the human heart...until she danced with a thrilling stranger at a costume ball. Daniel Miller, the son of a tycoon, was exactly the sort of man her father expected her to marry. But to Annalise, who dreamed of being a healer,he was a distraction she could ill afford. So she packed her bags and boarded a train heading west, eager to put as much country as she could between herself and temptation. Only Annalise's plans are derailed when she runs headlong into trouble--and into the arms of the very man she hoped to leave behind.
SCANDAL IN SILVER 11/1994 ISBN: 055356465X She Needed a Man... Sabrina Alexander needed a man. The silver mine left to her and her four sisters was useless without the strength to mine the silver nuggets. But when she returned from her trip to Boulder City, Colorado, it was with not one but four men in tow - all of them Confederate prisoners she had rescued from death, and in no position to argue with Sabrina's plans. He Wanted a Woman... Her sisters' reaction to the fugitives was not what Sabrina might have hoped...as each prisoner cleaned up handsomer than the last. Sabrina herself was not immune to the magnetism of their leader, Captain Quinton Colter. But it was up to Sabrina to set an example and stick to business before pleasure - for as long as she could hold out...
SHOTGUN GROOM 4/1998 ISBN: 055357583X Lily Towns was determined to marry Matt Logan, even if she had to use her shotgun to get him to the altar. She'd been a skinny little girl when she first boldly proposed. Matt had laughed and refused her, then he rode off to Texas, telling her to ask him again when she grew up. Now she was filled out in all the right places, and as pretty as they come. So when her guardian received a letter from Matt asking for a mail-order bride, Lily Towns boarded the stage to bring him one...special delivery. Confirmed bachelor Matt Logan was mad enough to spit nails. His brother Jim had written away for a bride...and signed Matt's name. Now one look told him that Lily Towns was too delicate to stick it out for long as a Texas rancher's wife. It also told him that resisting this silky, sensual Memphis belle would be the hardest thing he'd ever done. What he couldn't see was the inner Lily, who was tough enough to turn herself into a feisty frontier woman...and to fight for him with wicked wiles, sweet seduction, and all the love in her heart.
SUNSHINE AND SATIN 11/1993 ISBN: 0373287984 Patrick McLendon was dead! He himself declared it so, resurrecting himself in a new life as Stone, infamous Mississippi River pirate. But even with a price on his head and a cache full of broken dreams, he could not shut out the memory of his promise to Catherine Caden, a promise he cloud never keep. Catherine Caden was impulsive she braved the dangers of the Mississippi and Louisiana swamps--all in pursuit of love. And found herself drawn into fulfilling an ancient and frightening Natchez prophecy, one that could rip her from the side of her beloved Patrick...forever!
Childers-Mallory-Toombs-Wiesner
MISTLETOE MARRIAGES 1999 ISBN: 1584950560
Maureen Child
THE BANDIT'S LADY 12/1995 ISBN:0061083402 From the minute teacher Winifred Matthews was captured by bank robber Quinn Hawkins, she couldn't have been more delighted! Fleeing from the law across Texas' wide plains, facing down danger at every turn-it was the wild west she'd always imagined. Quinn had only been trying to save his ranch from a greedy banker. Instead, he'd gotten into a passel of trouble-with a high spirited, high-handed hostage in tow. And despite his careful plans, he soon discovered that nothing could save him from the fire-haired Winifred-or from wanting to stay by her side forever.
JACKSON'S MAILORDER BRIDE stories of two brothers in SHOTGUN GROOMS 9/2001 ISBN: 0373291275 Brides or bankruptcy-the MacIntyre Brothers had a helluva choice! Now, thanks to their cagey uncle's ironclad will, saloonkeeper Lucas MacIntyre was forced to find himself a bride. So he proposed a chaste businesslike merger to Miss Emily Smythe, a uniquely enterprising schoolmarm. But how could he keep them wed in name only when all he wanted to do was bed down with his bride in her brand-new inn? And as for his brother--The fur would fly sure enough when his bear of a brother, Jackson, woke up to find himself hitched to Miss Molly Malone. He'd thought surely she was mistaken. But delirious with fever, he'd unknowingly consummated their marriage. And the Irish firebrand was determined that their union stick 'til death did them part! Well, now he was guaranteed his inheritance, but what was the miner to do with a wife?
RUN WILD MY HEART 3/1992 ISBN: 1557736758. For beautiful Margaret Allen, traveling alone across the western plains was her only escape from a loveless marriage - a marriage secretly arranged by her father as part of a heartless business scheme. In a fury, she left her quiet, unassuming life behind and ventured out on her own... Cheyenne Boder set out to claim a cash reward for finding Margaret and bringing her home. But the handsome frontiersman found a promise of love in her sweet smile... and vowed to unearth the hidden passions and hungry desires that made her a bold, proud woman of the west!
Zita Christian
BAND OF GOLD 8/1993 ISBN:0061081507 A golden trail to heartbreak and heaven. 'Take up a man's profession and there's not a man alive who will think of you as a woman.' Remembering her mother's words, young doctor Aurelia Breighton thought herself quite without charm - until she encountered virile Clay Guardian along a journey to the magnificent Klondike. As she raced to rescue her innocent sister from a scandal - armed only with her grandmother's steel barrel revolver, Aurelia found the dangerous and exciting Yukon a far cry from prim Philadelphia. Clay was eager to be Aurelia's partner on the Chilkoot Trail, because he too was in pursuit of her sister, for reasons of his own. He and Aurelia braved the meanest thirty-three miles on earth together, while they fought for a love shadowed by disbelief and distrust. His honor demanded a high price, and her heart was already deep in debt.
FIRST AND FOREVER 11/1994 ISBN: 0061082767 Katrina Swann's dreams were finally coming true. Until now, the promise of the New World had been empty, and her only comfort was the tender kiss she'd shared with Justin Barrison. So when the handsome heir to a family business confessed his love for her, Katrina's joy knew no bounds. Justin knew that his father would likely disinherit him for proposing to her. But he cared nothing for wealth and privilege as long as Katrina was by his side to face adventure on the wild Dakota plains. Little did they know that fate would soon test their love with a vengeance as fierce as their passion for each other.
JUST A MIRACLE 5/1996 ISBN:0061084239 From the minute handsome medicine-show man Jake Darrow appears in her small Montana town of Coventry, Brenna McAuley has no doubts that he's a charlatan. Using scientific method and logic, Brenna sets out to disprove his outrageous claims. Coventry was Jake's last chance to raise money for an ailing friend, and he soon finds himself falling under the spell of the formidable Miss McAuley.
Dianne L. Christner
AMPLE PORTIONS 11/1996 ISBN: 1557489718 Wrongly accused of a crime, Reverend Luke Wheeler, for the sake of his infant son, determines to persevere after the death of his wife. Subterfuge becomes Luke's stock-in-trade as he, along with Claire Larson, his cousin by marriage, and son Davey are swept up into an adventure into frontier America. Their dangerous cross-country trek reaches a climax as Luke navigates a keelboat down the untamed Mississippi. Yet even more terrifying than river pirates to Luke is Claire's declaration of unwavering love. What kind of future can a fugitive offer a woman? Will truth prevail or will Luke remain a wanted man?
LOFTY AMBITIONS 12/1994 ISBN: 1557486344 Beaver Creek, Ohio, cannot contain Annabelle Larson. She's grown into a striking young woman of seventeen with equally imposing dreams and ambitions. The next stop for Annabelle is the big city, and only her distant cousin Thaddeus Larson stands in her way. But not for long. Annabelle has much to learn about life and love, and the lessons exact a price. What begins as a flippant rejection of loving man ends with the news that Thad is now engaged to another in Boston. What begins as a victory march into Dayton ends quietly in a humble orphanage run by her brother-in-law Luke. Will Annabelle realize love again...or have her lofty ambitions obscured her view? This sequel to Proper Intentions continues the tumultuous saga of the early American frontier.
PROPER INTENTIONS 5/1994 ISBN: 1557485089 For year eighteen-year-old Kate has struggled on her own as a Christian. An orphan at age five when her parents were killed by Indians, Kate and her sisters have been living with Mattie Tucker, a kind, hard-working women who has not accepted Jesus Christ. Only Kate's memories of her godly parents have nurtured her faith. Now Kate's lonely walk may be ending, in more than one way. Just arriving in Beaver Creek, Ohio is Reverend Wheeler and his two strapping sons, Ben and Luke. Ben, a strong Christian, is attracted to Kate but the presence of an unscrupulous local ladies' man, and perhaps a secret beau, threatens to undermine his confidence. On the precipice of the nineteenth century, Beaver Creek needs a new church to reach out to those in need, and a man of proper intentions to claim the heart of a beautiful women, faithful women.
STORM 4/2000 ISBN: 1577487575 A McClures Magazine assignment whisks Meredith from New York City to the primitive town of Buckman's Pride in the redwood forests of northern California. Meredith has something to prove-a female journalist can achieve recognition for her work. Meredith's big story on forest conservation takes many interesting turns. One leads her to her heart's desire, logger Thatcher Talbot. But Mr. Talbot is a man with something to hide. Will Meredith listen when God seeks to tame her storm and direct her dainty steps? Must Meredith choose between recognition and Thatcher's strong arms?
Amy Christopher
CAPTIVE KISS 2/1992 ISBN:0821736736 Terrified at the warwhoops in the night, Rachel Linto stood ready with rifle in hand. The small English settlement was no match for the raiding Indians, and Rachel found herself subdued by the iron grip and cold blue eyes of the one called White Wolf. The villagers were kidnapped and herded north, and Rachel became White Wolf's personal captive, tied to his side as they hiked through the snowy Massachusetts wilderness. She vowed revenge on the forceful savage - until the night she tried to escape, and his punishing kiss turned into a meltingly sweet overture that sent her senses reeling. Now Rachel's fight was with her own desire...to again feel the heated passion of White Wolf's savage touch.
Claire-Conn-Dark
SNOW ANGELS 11/1999 ISBN:0821763830 Share the delights of long-ago winter love stories, from ante-bellum Louisiana to Regency England to the Texas range as three couples find their hearts' desire with the help of some adorable cherubs--The Letter by Cherie Claire...Fiona Riley swore to her dying friend that she would be a mother to her child. Desperate to provide for the baby, Fiona poses as wealthy Emile Dugas' long lost cousin. From the moment he sees the Irish beauty, Emile knows she's not his missing relative. But how can he resist her laughing eyes, or the sweet child in her arms? Texas Lullaby by Phoebe Conn...When young Alexandra Howard gave up her tomboy ways to marry Dr. Clay Burnett, she found herself overwhelmed by the task of playing the perfect physician's wife in a small Texas town, while her husband wondered what had happened to the spitfire girl he'd married. It takes the promise of a little angel of their own to turn this passionate pair into the perfect couple....Snowflakes and Kisses by Victoria Dark: When pretty Olivia Knowles jilted Sir Derrick Blackwell to elope with his nephew, the baronet dismissed her as an empty headed social butterfly. Now she is a widow with a little daughter to raise. When Derrick pays a duty call and finds Olivia making a happy Christmas for her child, this merry pair of angels captures his heart.
Elizabeth Clarke
LUKE ASHCROFT'S WOMAN ISBN: 0843953918 8/2004 Charlotte Dalton had been let down by the men in her life. Dismissed by her abusive father as a plain brown sparrow who would never attract a man, she'd been left untouched by her timid husband, and then widowed on the trail west before she truly knew what it meant to be a wife. Abandoned by her bullying brother-in-law to face the challenges and dangers of the passage across the plains, she vowed she'd be better off making her new life in the fertile Sacramento Valley without any man by her side. But all that was about to change as she was swept into strong, caring arms, teased by knowing green eyes, until she could no longer resist the temptation of becoming ...Luke Ashcroft's Woman. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Casey Claybourne
JAGUAR EYES 11/1998 ISBN: 0505522845 Nobleman by birth, naturalist by training, and adventurer at heart, Daniel Heywood ventured into the wilds of the Amazon, determined to leave his mark on science. Wounded by Indians shortly into his journey, he was rescued by a beautiful woman with the longest legs he'd ever seen. As she nursed him back to health, Daniel realized he has stumbled upon an undiscovered civilization, a people that would prove his friend Darwin's theory correct. But science could not explain the way his heart skipped a beat when he looked into the captivating beauty's golden-green eyes. Vanessa had never seen a naked man before, but one look at the wounded Englishman's muscular form told her he was something special. Defying the ways of her people, she returned with him to England. But she soon wondered if she was really the object of his affections - or a subject in his experiment. The answer would lie in Daniel's willingness to do as she has done, to leave convention behind for a love as lush and wild as the Amazon jungle.
Gwen Cleary
COLORADO TEMPTATION 1991 ISBN:0821734687 Locke Breckenridge had come to the Colorado mountains to get away from women and their highfalutin ways, but when Cornelia Lloyd Talbot settled her curvaceous form in town, he took one long look at her pouting red lips, her snapping emerald eyes, and he suddenly couldn't wait to get neighborly. No matter that the honey-haired tigress hissed when he dared come near her, for Locke would just have to tempt, tease and tantalize the luscious lady until he had her purring in his arms like a kitten! Heartbroken and all cried out, Cornelia Lloyd Talbot fled to the west, waiting for the scandal of her devastating divorce to die down. She swore she'd never give her heart to another, so when raven-haired new neighbor Locke Breckenridge filled her doorway with his sinewy shoulders and lean muscular body, she let him know she was off-limits. But Cornelia didn't know how long she could tiptoe around his exhilarating advances before his piercing brown eyes pinned her in place . . . and had her succumbing to his inescapable embrace!
DREAM'S DESIRE 8/1990 ISBN:0821730932 Captain Michael Domino had no room in his heart for any mistress but the sea. For years, he'd sailed his merchant ship along the California coast in search of the man who'd nearly destroyed him, and at last revenge was within his grasp. Then a golden-haired, Spanish beauty distracted him from his cause. Anticipating an unforgettable night of loving, he tasted her sweet lips and stroked her silken curves. By the time he learned she was not only an innocent, but his enemy's runaway fiancée, it was too late to do anything but mix cold-blooded business with hot-blooded pleasure. And as he ignited the forbidden fires that burned within his sultry senorita, he vowed never to let another man possess her soft, smooth flesh! Desperate to escape an arranged marriage to a man she detested, the proud and beautiful Antonia Winston y Ortega fled her father's hacienda clad only in the skimpy dress of a peasant maid. When the arrogant Captain Domino mistook her for a low-born, willing wench, she saw her chance for freedom. She would spend the night with this bronzed, blue-eyed scoundrel, for no gentleman would want a ruined bride. And ruined she would be, for Tonia would never forget his searing kisses, his white-hot caresses, or the way his warm, muscular body pressed against hers as he showed her the way to her--Dream's Desire
ECSTASY'S MASQUERADE 8/1989 ISBN:0821727729 Hidden on a ship bound for the Montana territory, Elizabeth hoped she would finally find peace and freedom. However, when a mysterious, scheming young woman threatened to have the stowaway arrested unless she assumed the other woman's identity, all Libby's hopes died. As she pretended to be a spoiled heiress engaged to a wealthy rancher, Libby couldn't wait for the dangerous charade to end-until she saw the handsome Cord. Cord Chandler's fiancee had arrived & so had her day of reckoning. The cunning vixen's sordid past now made marrying her impossible. Yet when the dark haired beauty gazed so innocently into his eyes, his first instinct was to shelter her from the world.
MISSOURI FLAME 2/1991 ISBN:0821733141 Missouri-bound Bevin O'Dea had never even met the farmer she was journeying to wed, but she believed a marriage based on practicality rather than passion would suit her fine...until she encountered the smoldering charisma of the brash Will Shoemaker. The man's broad shoulders and heated gazes had her insides practically melting! So she decided to avoid him completely...until she discovered him living under her new roof--for he was her fiance's stepbrother! Bevin would not go back on her promise to marry another, but denying the forbidden yearnings Will awakened was becoming as difficult as extinguishing a raging fire with dry leaves! To Will Shoemaker, a drifter with an eye for the ladies, one glimpse at Bevin's gorgeous blue eyes and fiery red tresses had drawn his potent interest. How the hell could a woman so full of hidden passion agree to wed his stepbrother--a cold fish of a man who simply wanted a housekeeper! Will knew he should forget the woman, yet he couldn't...she'd invaded his every dream and desire. He knew the same flames of love were building within Bevin too, and once he released them, they'd both know the sweet torment of igniting a Missouri Flame.
NEVADA TEMPTATION 2/1992 ISBN: 0821736582 There was only one thing standing between Carson Mueller and her inheritance - and he was carrying a gun. Six feet of pure muscle, he was dangerous, and serious as a hornet being chased from its nest. Carson wasn't quite sure she believed his story about winning her uncle's business in a poker game. But if he continued to fasten that piercing gaze on hers and kiss her into a haze of desire, she might just give in to the temptation of it after all... He wanted to go straight, and he didn't intend to let that pert young miss ruin his opportunity to do it. Her too proper convent bred ways irritated him. That flash of fire in her eyes and the pout of her soft lips when she was angry gave Kohl Baron some ideas about how he could keep the business in the family and enjoy the sweet treasures her innocent but willing body had to offer....
PASSIONATE POSSESSION 3/1989 ISBN:0821726404 He'd never be free of the proud beauty who'd branded his soul...Martha Collins would not give up her dream of going West to be a teacher and not even the handsome, domineering wagon train captain could stop her. Once he discovered she had deceived him about being a man, he badgered her with vehement protests and blustering threats. But no matter how difficult he made the journey for her, Martha could not be browbeaten into leaving the train...
RIVERBOAT TEMPTATION 8/1992 ISBN:082173847X Columbia Baranoff and her pa worked their paddle wheeler up and down the Willamette River with pride. Unfortunately, they had one greedy competitor who would stop at nothing to drive everyone else out of business. Nothing, Columbia realized, including hiring Nash Foster to ship some of the cargo meant for the Columbia. Was Nash just a pawn in this all-or-nothing battle? Or did he, too, have a reason to ruin her? She couldn't tell what side this handsome river captain was on, for while he was enemy by day, he urged her to accept him as a passionate lover by night... And it was hard to believe he meant business when he was holding her close, making her tremble with desire.... Who was this spitfire to tell Nash who he could work for? He and his crew had to make a living, too. The Baranoffs did not own the river. But if this innocent beauty continued to tempt him with her brilliant blue eyes and glorious mane of ebony hair, he would show her how to bargain with the competition. For Nash knew that once he took Columbia's curvaceous body in his arms, she would glory in the endless pleasures of his loving embrace!
TENDER HEART 8/1994 ISBN: 0821746545 Pursued by her past--Forced into marriage with a wealthy stranger, Hannah Turner scandalized St. Louis society by running away from her brutal husband. Now, with nothing but a ticket West, Hannah boarded a train for Sacramento--never dreaming she'd rescue a feisty street urchin from a luckless fate or tell one lie after another to protect her--Max Garat had been waiting for the seamstress he'd hired, sight unseen, to step off the Eastern Express. Instead, a delicate beauty and a fast-talking kid descended onto the platform and into his life. The last thing the Nevada sheep rancher and his three motherless children needed were two more mouths to feed--and the last thing Hannah needed was this handsome stranger who opened her world to a love she'd only dreamed of, if only she dared to risk her heart.
VICTORIA'S ECSTASY 2/1990 ISBN: 0821729063 Weak, doddering cowpoke... Proud Victoria Torrington was short of cash to run her shipping empire, and the last investment she could liquidate was a godforsaken ranch along the Sweetwater River in uncivilized Wyoming. Traveling to America to meet her partner Judge Colston for the first time, Victoria expected a withered, ancient cowhand. But when the determined English beauty saw instead a virile, muscular male, she didn't know what to do. Her upbringing dictated that she exhibit her usual cool reserve...but her body budded with desire, her blood clamored for fulfillment and her lips burned to kiss the sinewy frontier rancher. Hot-tempered Judge Colston was furious when he received a letter from a bossy British biddy claiming she owned most of his spread. The lanky, hard-working Judge had built the J Bar C all by himself, and no scheming spinster was going to take away an inch! When the conniver showed up on his doorstep, he was ready to send her packing...until he caught a glimpse of the lush and curvaceous blonde. For the moment, Judge forget he wanted her gone; now all he wanted was for Victoria to come to him wanton and willing, and to delight in an afternoon of inventive lovemaking and Victoria's Ecstasy...
Caroline Clemmons
THE MOST UNSUITABLE HUSBAND: THE KINCAIDS 11/2003 ISBN: 0-8217-7444-1 Sarah Kincaid wants only the simple things: a home, a family, and a place in the community, where she can set a good example and lead a moral life. So when she discovers that the terms of her mother’s will have made her the owner of a saloon, she is shocked. Even more shocking, however, is Sarah’s reaction to Nate Bartholomew, the son of her mother’s second husband. Tall, dark, and unmistakably tempting, Nate is a gambler by trade—and hardly an upright citizen. To counter her unbidden, and decidedly scandalous, feelings for him, Sarah vows to reform him instead—and finds him a surprisingly eager pupil…
THE MOST UNSUITABLE WIFE: THE KINCAIDS 1/2003 ISBN: 0821774433 Even if Drake Kincaid had placed such an advertisement in every paper in the country, he couldn't have found a better candidate than Pearl Parker-which is fine with him. After all, his parents' will stipulates only that he marry by his thirtieth birthday, not that he marry well. And no one-including Drake's grandfather, the man determined to hold him to the ridiculous provision-could possibly think tall, bossy Pearl with her ragtag siblings and questionable cousin Belle will make a good wife. Until Drake realizes that in her startling violet eyes he sees a beautiful woman with a generous soul.--Their life together may not have started with hearts and flowers, but Drake and Pearl will soon learn that real love-with a breathtaking dose of passion-will make their marriage a true romance..
Colleen Coble
THE CATTLE BARON'S WIFE 1/2002 ISBN: 1586603825 After her parents died, Lucy Marsh took responsibility for her young sister and brother. She struggles to support them and tries to make a home for them. But somehow, she never makes ends meet. Just when their lives seem hopeless, a man named Luther Stanton makes Lucy an astounding offer. He asks her to become his son's wife and proves his legal right to have the marriage performed by proxy. Full of misgivings, Lucy agrees to the marriage and leaves Boston for her new home in Wichita, Texas. But Caleb Stanton doesn't want a wife. And he particularly doesn't want a cultured blond slip of a wife from the East. He needs someone who can rope cattle and ride a horse, someone who can work at his side to help him build a cattle empire. Someone like his neighbor Margaret. Will Lucy ever be able to measure up to Margaret's abilities? Or maybe, just maybe, could Caleb learn to lover her for herself?
THE HEART ANSWERS 1999 ISBN: 1577487044 With her beautiful face and glorious red hair, Jessica never met a single man she couldn't wrap around her little finger. To her amazement, however, Clay Cole seems immune to her charms. In fact, he sees straight through them, and Jessica is furious. But when Jessica and Clay both want to adopt an orphan child, Jessica assumes the obvious solution is for them to marry. Clay, however, makes it clear that he would never dream of marrying someone as selfish as Jessica. To Jessica's surprise, she finds that she is suddenly willing to change...if only God can forgive her for all that she's done. Now if only God can change Clay's heart...
MAGGIE'S MISTAKE 9/2002 ISBN:1586605968 Orphaned sisters Maggie and Fiona O'Keefe are on their own in a new country. In Wabash, Indiana, the nineteen-year-old Maggie struggles to balance her business - a bakery specializing in Irish pastries - with caring for her three-year-old sister. One day, Fiona disappears. Wabash sheriff Simon Masters, assuming Maggie to be a careless young mother, soon joins the search. Simon has a particular distaste for negligent parents and informs Maggie that he questions returning Fiona to her custody when - and if - the child is found. If Simon weren't questioning her every move, Maggie might find the man attractive. Can they move past their negative first impressions? Can they work together for the sake of a child?
PLAINS OF PROMISE 5/1999 ISBN: 1577485564 After her husband is killed in the summer of 1866 and his real wife shows up at her door, Emmie leaves her hometown of Wabash, Indiana, and travels to Fort Laramie in the Dakota Territory as a companion to an old friend. There is no lack of male suitors. But Emmie knows better than to allow herself ever again to think a man would love her for who she is. But even as she begins to see that all men are not the same, Emmie faces the hard choice of following her heart or honoring a promise to a dying mother. Can this tangle be unraveled, or must Emmie accept a loveless marriage to honor her promise?
RED RIVER BRIDE 5/2003 ISBN: 1586606816 Margaret knows she's too plain, too tall, and too outspoken for any man to want to marry her. All she wants is to prove to her father that she can manage their ranch as well as any man could.But when her father hires Josiah Cutler as the new foreman, Margaret's dreams are knocked flat. The newcomer seems determined to prove that she is not needed. As the days go by, Margaret begins to suspect Josiah of a far more dangerous scheme as well, one that will endanger all her father's hard-earned money. She'll do anything to protect her father and his ranch - and yet for some reason her heart is torn. There's something about Josiah Cutler that fascinates her.
TO LOVE A STRANGER 10/2000 ISBN: 1586600222 Bessie Randall is stunned to learn that her sister engaged in a long distance flirtation with an army officer using Bessie's name. Even more shocking is the fact that Jasper Mendenhall is now her husband by proxy--thanks to her sister's meddling. But with God's help, Bessie intends to be the best wife she can be. Jasper is waiting in Fort Bridger for the raven-haired beauty whose picture he carries in his pocket. When the small, mousy Bessie arrives, he is flooded with confusion--and perhaps disappointment. Can he accept this unexpected turn of events? And can Bessie face the hardships of a Western fort? Amidst all the trials, God sends unexpected blessings to Bessie. When He asks her to give up one of her most precious blessings of all, though, can she survive a broken heart? Will she have to go back home to Boston, leaving Jasper to find the wife he wanted all along?
WHERE LEADS THE HEART 5/1998 ISBN: 157748312X Everyone in Wabash, Indiana, is rejoicing in the aftermath of the Civil War-except for Sarah Montgomery. The war has taken what she held most dear. Receiving official notification that her fiance' Rand Campbell, is dead, Sarah agrees to marry Ben Croftner. But then Sarah discovers that Rand is still alive and that Ben knew it all along! Rand returns in time to stop the wedding, but he is soon to be garrisoned at Fort Laramie in the Dakota Territory. Eventually, Sarah makes her way to Fort Laramie only to find that Rand is engaged to another woman. Sarah has no peace, for she also learns that Ben has followed her trail to Dakota. Confined to the tedium of fort life and surrounded by hostile country, Sarah and Rand must learn that God is in control even in the midst of circumstances that try to keep them apart.
WYOMING 2000 ISBN: 158660550X Leaving the security of their Eastern cities and the comfort of their homes and families, pioneers move west - where only small forts protect them from the vast wilderness. Men join the military to defend the frontier, while their women support them - striving to keep families together no matter what the hardship. Only after she agrees to marry another man does Sarah Montgomery realize her fiance was not killed in the Civil War. Fort Laramie is Where Leads the Heart, but does love still await her? Abandoned and pregnant, Emmie Croftner leaves her gossip-filled hometown, seeking refuge with old friends on the Plains of Promise. Can a gentle lieutenant convince her that all men are not the same? For Jessica DuBois, privileged daughter of an army officer, The Heart Answers only to money and male attention. But when her world changes, can she prove herself a woman of substance - worthy of a righteous man's notice? Thanks to her sister's meddling, Bessie Randall discovers that she is now married by proxy to Jasper Mendenhall. Shocked, Bessie travels to Fort Bridger to learn To Love a Stranger - and experiences the surprising things God has in store for them both.
Elaine Coffman
ANGEL IN MARBLE 3/1991 ISBN: 0449150550 Shipbuilder Nick Mackinnon is temptation incarnate, but Tibbie Buchanan vows to never allow a man to get close enough to weaken her resolve. For five years she's lived in a self-imposed prison, hiding from the past that betrayed her. But now something inside her is yearning for release, for the freedom to live and to love. And day by day, Nick is chipping away at her defense, at the wall around her body, her heart, and her soul, determined to release the passionate woman inside and make her his own.
ESCAPE NOT MY LOVE 3/1990 ISBN: 0449150577 A Gently Bred Hellion. With hair as dark as sin and a face and a body that were pure heaven, Jennifer Baxter was a woman who knew her own mind and did as she pleased...until she ran off into dangerous territory south of the border. Suddenly, she was the captive of a commanding gunslinger sent by her wealthy father to bring her back home. Not about to take orders from any man, she fought the arrogant stranger, struggling to resist his raw masculine virility and recklessly challenging his determination to vanquish her in every way.
FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 10/1991 ISBN: 044020531X Katherine Simon is a woman of the earth. Passionate and strong, she belongs in the arms of one man: Alex Mackinnon. But Alex has set his mind on Katherine's sister, Karin, a woman who toys with his heart and crushes her sister's hopes. And while Alex's twin brother, Adrian, dares to dream that Katherine might someday be his, he knows that Katherine can love only one man. As a drama of desire, despair, and reckless longing unfolds, Katherine and Alex journey into the depths of an untamed country to follow a dream and discover love at last...for all the right reasons.
IF MY LOVE COULD HOLD YOU 5/1989 ISBN: 0440202620 Charlotte Butterworth, the red-haired beauty of Two Trees, Texas has sworn she'd never let a man touch her. Guarding her secret, she kept her word...until the day she interrupted a hanging party in her own front yard. Suddenly a bold blue-eyed stranger was in her custody, taking charge of her farm, challenging her at every turn. Captivated by his raw masculine virility, she hardened her will. She swore to resist as his eyes undressed her and she burned with a secret hunger for his love. Walker Reed knew what Charlotte needed better than she did herself - a man's attentions. She'd saved his life, and before he left for California he meant to return the favor...to awaken her to the feminine passions she so fiercely denied and to show her how good it could be between a man and a woman. He never imagined she could become a fever in his blood, or that the memory of her trembling with pleasure in his bed could haunt him wherever he roamed. He intended to pay his debt of gratitude...and ride away.
IF YOU LOVE ME 2/1997 ISBN: 0449150054 He had done the right thing for the wrong reasons...A man driven by despair and an unwillingness to forgive, William Woodville fled his native England, his title, and his duty. In the American wilderness he found the perfect vengeance: a woman. She was a captive handed from tribe to tribe in an odyssey of despair - until William purchased the untamed innocent on the auction block. He married her, bedded her, and defiantly presented her to his father in England before he turned and left...alone. Abandoned by the man she loved, she let the pain of betrayal make her strong...Margery Mackinnon needed a family more than a husband, love and security more than an explanation, and time to discover the strange world about her. She blossomed from a primitive wildflower to a lady of the ton: the woman she was destined to be. When William returned to the wife he left and the twin sons he never knew, he was captivated by a beguiling woman unwilling to forgive him. Now the man who abandoned love must fight to reclaim it....
MY ENEMY, MY LOVE 10/1988 ISBN: 0440201985 A wild southern angel, the daredevil of Shelby County. No fine Southern gentleman can tame beautiful Mourning Howard until a dangerously handsome stranger rides into her life and takes her breath away with a deep burning kiss that defied her to sacrifice a girl's innocence for a woman's desire. A devilish Texas Rogue, Clint Kincaid knows what he wants from a woman-and it doesn't include love or marriage. But his obligations are clear. Escort his exquisite stepsister across the wild frontier. Defy the elements to protect her from danger and his own fiery instincts. Protect her from the passions that flared between them . . . As the nation teeters on the brink of civil war, Mourning and Clint ride from an elegant Memphis plantation to a magnificent Texas ranch, and onward to the irresistible splendor of the Sierra Nevadas in hot pursuit of a tangled destiny caught between teasing and torment, innocence and desire.
SO THIS IS LOVE 7/1993 ISBN: 0449148602 He wanted a virgin, but he got a woman with love in her past....Maggie Ramsay was alone, homeless and widowed with three children--the man she loved and her life at Glengarry Castle destroyed in one murderous act. Her desperate circumstances called for desperate marriage to a man she'd never met. As the bride of California timber baron Adrian Mackinnon she would have a new life, a new beginning...away from the danger that still threatened her young son. Adrian Mackinnon wanted a perfect jewel to crown his redwood empire, a beautiful, ornamental wife to give him heirs. But Maggie Ramsay, with her Scot's logic, dry humor--and her past--was not what he had bargained for. Undaunted, Maggie met the challenge of the primitive raw forest and every man at camp, and tackling a business no ordinary woman would dare. She also found herself in love with her husband. But the closer she got to Adrian's aching heart, the harder he pushed her away. He was determined to prove he needed no one--until greed and passion threatened all he owned and he was faced with a choice no man should ever have to make.
WHEN LOVE COMES ALONG 11/1995 ISBN: 0446602124 Adrian Mackinnon's stepson, Fletcher Ramsay, returns to Scotland to avenge the death of his father and to regain the title of Duke of Glengarry that was rightfully his. He never dreamed he would fall in love with Cathleen Lindsay, the granddaughter of a gentle minister or that he would be the cause of his death. Determined to unveil the secrets of his family's past and to take back the title from the man who stole it, Fletcher and Cathleen end up running for their lives—from the highlands of Scotland to the coast of France—until the final piece of the puzzle is found and Fletcher regains what is rightfully his, with the help of the woman he loves.
Virginia Coffman
THE AFFAIR AT ALKALI 1960 A minor had been killed in Alkali, and there were those who wanted to give Padge Regan the necktie treatment before his wealthy parents could influence the law. But others were determined that the youngster should be given a fair trial, even though his mother might come to his defense and sway the judge and jury by her beauty and her elegance.
NEVADA GUNSLINGER 1962
Lynn A. Coleman
RAINING FIRE 6/2003 ISBN: 1586606859 Friends and servants had warned Pam that the omens were against her family leaving Virginia to cross the Cumberland Gap--but the Danners went ahead with their plans. Now her parents and her only brother are dead, and Pam is stranded on the Wilderness Road with only a man dressed in animal skins to protect her. Terrified that Mac, as he identifies himself, might mistreat her, Pam lets him believe that she is recently widowed in hopes that he will treat her with greater respect. But Mac is not her only concern. Accidental shootings, attacks by bandits, and treacherous weather conditions all conspire to make Pam fear the power of nature and omens even more. How can Pam release her fears and learn to trust God completely? And will the strange new attraction she feels toward Mac lead her to a place of love--or will a mysterious tragedy from his past destroy the only friendship she has left?
Ann Collins
PROTECTING JENNIE(#542) 12/2000 ISBN: 0373291426 Waitressing in the Arizona desert was a far cry from Jennie Andrews's high society background, but it couldn't be far enough from the future her father had planned for her - even if it meant wasting her doctoring skills slicing bacon. As determined as she was beautiful, Jennie would let no one stop her from living her own life. Not even the handsome stranger who kept turning up whenever she seemed to need him. Detective-turned-rancher Cole Bryant couldn't deny his attraction to the woman he'd first spotted at the depot - or his curiosity about her. But these days Cole was steering clear of danger. And the more he saw of Jennie Andrews, the more the pretty Eastern miss looked like trouble!
Collins-Piel-McCarthy
AFFAIRS OF THE HEART 2/1999 ISBN: 0821764461 Love defies time and space, stirring our emotions from long ago. But even in the past, desires of the heart were just as passionate - and just as enduring. In Candace McCarthy's Mountain Bride, a rugged west Virginia farmer is determined to dislike the 'uppity' new school teacher...until hearts carved in a tree reveal his true feelings for her. Standing up for his people puts an Apache Indian brave on the wrong side of the law, but sends an arrow straight into the heart of a fort commander's lovely daughter in Stobie Piel's Apache Valentine. Laurel Collins spins a heartwarming tale of a Colorado spinster's transformation into the belle of a Valentine's ball - and the object of an admirer's hidden desire - in The Secret Heart.
Laurel Collins
DREAM WEAVER 6/1995 ISBN: 0821749692 For Charlotte Devereaux, there is only one way to avenge her father's senseless death: by hunting down his killer. Her quest takes her from the bustling docks of New Orleans to the gold mountains of the Colorado Territory, where a shoot-out leaves her wounded...and on the run from the law. Seeking shelter in the town of Cedar Creek, Charlotte hopes to escape the sins of her past and carve out a new life. Instead, she finds herself irresistibly drawn to rugged, enigmatic Jack Cordell. A man haunted by his own dark secrets, Jack opens her heart to a tenderness - and a passion - she has never known. When a vengeful enemy comes between them, Charlotte vows to clear her name and fight for the love that waits for those who dare to dream...
JORDAN'S HEART 11/2000 ISBN: 0821767119 After years of studying ancient cultures, Boston bluestocking Jordan Alcott is determined to be taken seriously as a scholar. So when a letter comes addressed to Mister Jordan Alcott with an invitation to join a search for lost Spanish gold, a thrilled Jordan accepts this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Suddenly, Jordan is off to the wilds of Colorado to finally prove herself, and the one man she must convince is the infuriatingly handsome Mac McAdam. If he weren't on the verge of losing his family ranch, Mac would never have pinned his hopes on something as hairbrained as locating a mythic cache of gold. When he arrives at the station expecting to meet a pinch-nosed Eastern professor, he's furious to discover an elegant blonde beauty with a trainload of luggage. No way is he going to go trekking into the canyons with this hothouse orchid! But soon the two are embarking on a treacherous expedition, where they may find something much more precious than treasure...the key to each other's heart.
MAGIC NIGHTS 11/1991 ISBN:1557736146 Dellie Valmont's tarot cards told her that a handsome stranger would soon enter her life, but in the shadow of New Orleans, a terrible secret threatened her family and her life.
THE SECRET HEART short story in AFFAIRS OF THE HEART 2/1999 ISBN:0821761161
SILVER EYES 1988 ISBN: 0517008076 Lorena journeyed west to become a teacher. Instead she became a legend. Blue Elk, bold Cheyenne brave, took one look at his struggling prisoner and knew he had captured the vision of his dreams. Lorena Mackenzie knew that few women survived Indian kidnappings, and those who lived usually wished they hadn't. Yet there was something gentle and fine in his eyes. And far across the vast Wyoming territory, Ben Thorne sought to rescue this silver-eyed beauty and claim her as his own.
Lynn Collum
WHEN THE SLIPPER FITS 4/2003 ISBN: 0821772929 For the titled but penniless Miss Ella Sanderson, leaving school means earning her keep as a lady's maid for her social-climbing aunt and her two spoiled daughters. It's a life of drudgery until the day Lady Latimer's carriage breaks down in front of their cottage. Her ladyship, thinking Ella a servant, invites the girl to cook for the party she's giving for her son, the Earl of Shalford's ball that will end with the earl choosing a wife--Gabriel Crowe, Earl of Shalford, has no choice but to comply with his father's latest edict-to find a country-bred bride of suitable wealth and position. Gabriel has no interest in the boring, demure ladies being flung at him from every corner of town. But there is one who intrigues him--an adventurous, spirited beauty whose quick laugh and kind manner have stolen his heart. Unfortunately, the lady runs the moment his mother enters the room. But when it comes to true love, no heart can flee-or hide-for long...
Mildred Colvin
CORA 7/2003 ISBN: 1586608355 Cora can't wait to leave the prairie. When her city beau, George Merrill, fails to rescue her, Cora embraces the truth - this land is now her home. She opens her heart to the people and discovers life is far better than she'd ever thought it could be. Aaron Stark has loved Cora since she emerged from a hollowed sycamore tree after a blizzard. He knows she can never love him - he's poorly educated and could never offer her the life she once knew. But Cora has come to love Aaron...if only he'd believe her. His claim to having been "born again" and George's arrival from St. Louis complicate matters, but Cora wants to convince Aaron of the truth of her love. Will she ever allow God to move in her heart, too?
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