Kate Douglas
CAPTIVE OF THE HEART 10/1982 ISBN: 0380811251 Nalin hardly remembered her life as Lisa Thomson. Taken by outlaws, she escaped into the burning desert to be rescued by a Comanche chieftain. Nalin now belonged to the Comanches, just as her heart belonged to their fiercely courageous leader. To the warrior Quanah, Nalin seemed at first only a girl...yet he knew his heart was being captured by her beauty and bravery. He vowed to honor her as his wife and to protect her from harm. But her own people wanted Lisa back. They could not forgive her love for a Comanche. To save her happiness and the husband who was more to her than her own life, Nalin knew she must stand beside him through any danger, any hardship, any test of the love that bound them together, forever as one.
Jessica Douglass
ALL MY HEART CAN HOLD 9/1991 ISBN:0440206499 Like a jewel, she was polished, refined, perfect. Fiercely independent, daughter of a proud Virginia family, exquisite Jenna Riordan had set out fearlessly for the West. But now, in the harsh deserts of New Mexico, on the dreaded Comanche plains, her life was in the hands of a man whose silence made him a stranger, whose hard-muscled virility made him an irresistible temptation, and whose secrets made him a threat to everything she'd ever held dear. Like a mountain, he was rugged, impassive, bold. Caleb Harper, legendary scout, knew the Indian ways. He should have known that his rival, a savage Comanche warrior, would revel in kidnapping his beautiful charge. And he should have known - from the moment he saw her - that Jenna Riordan was the one woman he would feel bound to forever with a passion as deep and abiding as his vow never to love again.
ANGEL OF FIRE 1/1994 ISBN:0440211883 She wore a black stetson, dirty denims and had a hunter's eye for revenge... Victoria Lansford vowed to bring frontier justice to the murderous gang who savaged her family and left her to die. So she chopped off her lovely raven hair, perfected her gunslinger's aim, and stepped into the cowboy clothing that suited her tall slender frame. Suddenly she was Vic Langley, bounty hunter, deadly, focused, aloof. Until Noah Killian entered the picture to ride shotgun at her side... But could her disguise mask the fiery woman within? He was a disgraced ex-army officer hunting the man they both pledged to kill. But even though they rode side by side, Torey couldn't tell Noah the truth: 'Vic Langley' was the dark-haired beauty in red silk who fell into Noah's lap at the Take Your Chances Saloon. She was the temptress he couldn't forget - and he was the silver-eyed stranger whose stolen whisper-soft kisses haunted her days and her dreams. How long could she keep her desperate secret from Noah, the one man who could see into her wounded soul and teach her to love again...
WISH ME A RAINBOW 10/1992 ISBN: 0440211875 From feisty manner to fiery hair, Amelia O'Rourke grew up on her father's Texas ranch with a tomboy's spunky exuberance. But she was changing in spite of herself, whispers of unfamiliar longings beginning to tease her, torment her...friendship for the pal of her childhood taking on a strange, sweet urgency. Gazing into Matt Grayson's midnight-blue eyes, Ammie could no longer deny her growing desire for him. But before she could tell the rugged rancher how she felt, Ammie saw his head turned by Lynette Simmons, a brunette beauty with the air of a lady and an enigmatic past. Watching Lynette play with exquisite skill on Matt's family tragedy, Ammie knew her chance to grasp at the rainbow of happiness would be lost forever...unless she shed her pride for the awesome power of passion...
Wendy Douglas
SHADES OF GRAY 3/2002 ISBN: 0373292023 Secrets ate at his soul...and Derek Fontaine wanted only to escape them. Now a legacy from the father he'd never known had brought him to a ramshackle ranch in Texas - and introduced him to Amber Laughton, who possessed a loving spirit that acted as a soothing balm on his wounded soul. Cast out by a society with its own secrets to safeguard, Amber knew nothing of trust, let alone how to trust a man who didn't see her for the woman she truly was. But with her future resting in his protective hands, Derek awakened an all-consuming passion in her. And made Amber determined to claim the love she'd been denied for so long....
Rosey Dow
BANJO'S NEW SONG 11/2003 ISBN: 1586606921 Twenty years ago, Banjo lost his wife and son. Since then he's been satisfied to act as surrogate uncle and grandfather to the families who live in Colorado's ranching country. That is, until Sally Newcomb rides into his life. She awakens feeling in Banjo he thought had died long ago.But Sally has problems of her own. It seems her late husband acquired enemies she never knew about, and now these men are determined to take her ranch from her. Can Banjo help this proud and independent woman? And will they both accept the new song of love God wants to place in their hearts?
EM'S ONLY CHANCE 10/1998 ISBN: 1577484576 When Em Littlejohn arrives in Colorado, romance is the last thing on her mind. She is content with her place in the Chamberlin family. But upon a visit to a nearby ranch, she catches the eye of Chance, a handsome cook who immediately set out to win her. Em, though, refuses to be his prize. As a Christian, Em knows Chance is bitter against God because of his painful past in slavery. She tries to discourage his persistence, but he will not take a hint. When Chance is wrongly accused of robbing a stage, Em feels compelled to help him. Circumstances will take them down a path neither ever dreamed of following. Will they walk it together?
LISA'S BROKEN ARROW ISBN: 1577489578 Lisa Feiklin has not been known for making wise choices. Her latest attempt to follow her fancy just landed her penniless in a strange town. A job cooking at the hotel pays only her room and board-so how will she save money to return home? John Bowers is also new to Silver City, South Dakota, and surviving on the mercy of strangers. He can't remember why he was shot, but he is convinced that his attacker will be seeking him. His only comfort is his deep-rooted faith. Can this down-and-out couple help each other? What kind of deal can they strike to get Lisa home to Colorado and keep John from being discovered?
MEGAN'S CHOICE 1997 ISBN:1557489726 After years of turmoil and tragedy, Megan Wescott is close to despair when her younger brother contracts rheumatic fever. Desperate to pay for Jeremy's hospital care, she answers an ad seeking a housekeeper who is willing to move to the Colorado Territory. But Steven Chamberlin, a former Confederate soldier and riverboat gambler, wants more than a maid: He wants a "hired-by-the-month" wife so he'll receive a substantial inheritance promised by his father's will. In Colorado, rustlers and land disputes await the newlyweds, as well as the Christian message. Will Steven and Megan survive the rigors of this mountainous land as strangers...or as lovers?
AN UNEXPECTED SURPRISE ISBN: 1586606042 Angie has placed an ad for a mail-order bride. Angie McDonald's sister died three years ago, leaving Lane Phillips a widower and Angie in charge of her niece. But Angie wants to have her own life - marriage to Barry with a place and family of her own. First, though, she must be confident that someone is caring for her niece and the home. So with her niece's help, Angie places an ad and becomes pen pals with a woman - signing Lane's name to the letters. But when the beautiful Saundra Dryden arrives, Angie wonders if she's made a mistake and woven a very tangled web. When will Angie learn to leave matters in the hand of God? Trusting His plan could lead to so many pleasant surprises.
Dorothy Dowdell
STAGECOACH WOMAN 6/1991 ISBN:0449146588 She found her destiny in a wild, dangerous land broke all the rules to stake her bold claim on the wild western frontier...If her father was determined to move his stagecoach business to California, Jessie Henderson was determined to get there too. But his infuriating new partner Tonio Maguire, wouldn't take a fragile female out west, so she traded her gingham for a pair of britches and disguised herself as a boy, determined to learn how to handle a six-horse hitch as well as any man...
WILDCATTER WOMAN 1/1987 ISBN: 0449129438 A sweeping novel of passion and adventure in the hurly-burly days of California's oil boom.
Elizabeth Doyle
CASSIE'S ROSE 3/2003 ISBN: 0821774700 Accused of a crime she didn't commit, Cassandra has come to Australia's balmy shores as a convict, no longer fit to become any man's bride. Her only comfort is serving out her sentence as a housekeeper to a kind and handsome doctor who treats her as an equal. Night after night, his tender attentions awaken in her a deep, abiding passion, though she knows she could never belong to such a respectable man.no matter how much his eyes seem to say otherwise. .Malcolm has met many a hardened convict before, and the gentle, wise beauty in his house is anything but a criminal. No one seems to understand the mysteries of his heart so well, or fuel his desires to such a fever pitch. Everything about Cassie stirs a devoted protectiveness in Malcolm that makes him want to prove her innocence to all the wagging tongues in town. For if the lady is true and someone else is guilty of her heinous crime, she may be in more danger than she knows.and more in need of his love than she can imagine.
Drake-French-Orwig-Paisley
UNDER THE MISTLETOE 10/1993 ISBN:0380773260 Contains the following: One Little Miracle by Shannon Drake, Gifts of the Heart by Judith E. French, Love's Gift by Sara Orwig, and One Enchanted Christmas by Rebecca Paisley.
Shannon Drake
BRANDED HEARTS 2/1995 ISBN: 0380771705 A dark family secret and a dangerous destiny hold Ann McCastle to the unforgiving western frontier. A beautiful and tempestuous saloon keeper, she has dreams of vengeance to keep her strong--until Ian McShane rides into town. An enigmatic half-Sioux ex-cavalryman, he brazenly claims her as his bride--igniting Ann's anger, her desire...and a firestorm of passion and peril that threatens to consume them both.
NO OTHER LOVE 7/1997 ISBN:0380781379 Their fates first collide in the shadow of the Black Hills--when Sabrina Connor, fleeing her stepfather's cruel tyranny, is tempted by the sweeter captivity of Sloan Trelawny's arms. Their lives entwine again in the Scottish highlands a world away--when Sloan rides to the lady's rescue, hoping to experience again a rapture he once briefly tasted and can never forget. Now an unborn child binds them and though she fears the hot Sioux blood that runs through his powerful body, Sabrina must follow Sloan back to the untamed Dakota territories--to stand as wife by his side, in the perilous midst of the war that rages between Custer's cavalry and Sitting Bull's warriors--for the sake of a passionate love that two wild and yearning hearts can no longer deny.
NO OTHER MAN 11/1995 ISBN: 0380771713 Skylar Connor was widowed before she met the man she married by legal proxy. Now she has come to the Dakota badlands for the home and goldmine left her by her late husband. But it is a painted savage who welcomes "Lady Douglas" to the Black Hills. The handsome half-breed son of a Sioux woman and an English lord, he steals Skylar from her stagecoach ... and declares it is he whom she wed sight unseen. Now Hawk has a wife he doesn't want a sensuous vixen who ignites his rage and his desire ... a beautiful schemer he must punish with ecstasy, and let no other man claim.
VANQUISH THE NIGHT short story in BEWITCHING LOVE STORIES 9/1992 ISBN:0380768321
Rachel Druten
REBELLIOUS HEART 12/1999 ISBN: 1577487494 With her widowed mother buried in a pauper's grave and her two younger siblings shipped off to live with their aunt in Denmark, Sorina Larsen feels as if she has been abandoned by God. Determined to bring the children back, Sorina joins her friend Grace Baum to take a job as a waitress for the Harvey company. But even before Sorina sets foot in Topeka, Kansas, she meets the mysterious Peter Jones. Can she allow herself to be beguiled by the devilish charm and carefree spirit of this handsome young trainman? Is Peter best avoided? Or will he play a part in helping Sorina find her lost faith and a home for her rebellious heart?
Kathleen Drymon
BLAZE OF DESIRE 1/1999 ISBN: 082176098X After she witnessed her guardian commit a brutal murder, Shannon Stone flees in terror through the dark streets of St. Louis. Fate leads her to the safety of a brothel and to a dying woman named Honey Belle. As the poor woman takes her last breath, a desperate Shannon steals Honey Belle's ticket to Montana Territory-and her identity as a mail-order bride. When it turns out that her "husband" is actually five kind ranchers in need of a woman to cook and clean, Shannon embraces her new life at the Five Star ranch, unaware that danger has followed her west. Fate intervenes once more in the silver-eyed gaze of Hunter, a half-breed tracker of men for the Pinkertons, whose kiss is like a branding flame to Shannon's senses. And when he promises to protect and cherish her, Shannon knows that her heart belongs to him. But then danger intrudes upon their newfound love, and not even Hunter can keep Shannon safe from the evil forces that are determined to claim her...
DESTINY'S SPLENDOR 12/1988 ISBN:821725270 Jessica Star Coltin had nowhere to turn, At nineteen, she had two years before being free of the cruel guardian who intended to marry her off to the highest bidder and keep her fortune for himself. Jessica thought she would never escape this loveless fate until the day she met Star Hawk in the forest. As the magnificent Indian warrior appeared from behind the dense trees, his dark eyes seemed to penetrate her very being, and his bronzed arms reached out to offer her comfort..
GENTLE SAVAGE 1990 ISBN:0821762370 London belle Valentine Prescott rebelled at the idea of spending a year in America with a horde of savages, but she'd promised her mother Sky Eyes, that she'd live for a year with her people, the Blackfoot Indians. Still, she bristled with outrage when a towering Blackfoot warrior guide made her ride all the way to the Indian camp on a horse with no saddle. And how dare he call her Heart's Flame! But after a moonlight dip in a mountain stream, she stepped out onto a carpet of leaves softer than any London featherbed--and into the arms of her Indian escort. As Night Rider's lips crushed hers, the spirited miss saw her Blackfoot heritage in a new light, for her heart flamed at his touch and her blood flowed hot with rapture.
LEGEND OF DESIRE 7/1998 ISBN:821759248 She is called Desire, the golden-eyed medicine woman whose fabled beauty has driven two warriors into combat for her hand. Fiercely independent, she refuses to yield her heart to any man, even the victorious brave whose searing kiss brands her as his own...He is Cetan, fabled Chief of the Lakota Sioux, who vows to win her love. He will be the one to ignite the flame of Desire as he wages sweet war upon her senses...and upon her soul...Desire soon learns that Cetan is unlike any man she has ever known, one her trembling body cannot deny. But even as they glory together in newfound passion, they are blind to the jealous enemy who awaits his chance for revenge--and the opportunity to reclaim Desire at any cost..
PRECIOUS AMBER 6/1996 ISBN: 0821753282 Upon her mother's death, Amber's cruel stepfather intends to sell her to the highest-paying fur trapper. But when a surly woodsman claims her, the flame-haired Missouri beauty is rescued by a magnificent Indian warrior named Spirit Walker. For a mysterious and wonderful power has foretold their destiny--she to complete the circle of his life, and he to brand her with her heart.
SAVAGE DAWN 1984 ISBN:0821714368 A young woman is taken captive by Indians.
SAVAGE HEAVEN 2/1995 ISBN:0821748300 The wagon train carries her west along the Oregon Trail...and toward her future. But Danielle Hansen isn't ready to settle down with the farmer she has reluctantly agreed to marry. She fears the loss of her freedom, and the surrender of her body and soul to a man's touch. Then, in a breathtaking moment of terror, Danielle is kidnapped by a band of renegade Sioux...and becomes the prisoner of their great warrior chief. He is called Wind Dancer. And he has seen her before, in a long-ago vision. He gives her the name Silver Dove and initiates her into a world of ancient ritual and boundless desire. A strange and wonderful destiny has brought them together, but it will take a woman's courage and a man's passion to fight for a love that demands all they have to give...
TEXAS BLOSSOM 1984 ISBN:0821738879 Lost and alone in an untamed land innocent honey haired Sorrel should have been elated to see the tall dark haired stranger. But his piercing blue eyes burned like fire through her skimpy dress while his gentle touch made her flesh tingle with desire. And because she was drawn to him like no man she had ever known she was frightened-that she would give herself to him completely and he would love her, then leave her broken hearted and alone.
VELVET SAVAGE 9/1989 ISBN: 0821727575 Trained as a Crow warrior woman, Kalina fought with knife and teeth against the hated Blackfoot enemy - until the fierce brave, Two Shadows, vanquished her in battle. When she tried to resist him, the arrogant, vengeful savage dumped her in the river, flung her up behind him on his horse, then forced her to lie beside him on his sleeping mat, as if she were his slave. But though she'd die before admitting it, the heat of his strong body, the very beating of his heart, sparked something deep within her. She longed to turn into his muscled arms, to feel the full length of his lean body pressing against her burning flesh.
WARRIOR OF THE SUN 10/1992 ISBN: 0821739247 To Shadow Dancer, war chief of the Aztec-Apache, the silken-haired woman he called Moon Flower was his tribe's long-awaited destiny...and his most coveted bride. And although lovely Iva Cassidy was afraid of nothing, not even Indians, she nearly fainted with desire when the bronze-skinned savage captured her and swept her into his demanding embrace. And as the mighty warrior's fiery kisses melted her defenses, she vowed to leave the world behind and follow him to his Rocky Mountain lair, whether she was to be his beloved bride...or only a slave to the rapture of his wild caresses!
Sandra DuBay
WILDER SHORES OF LOVE 8/1988 ISBN:0843926546 Raven, as wild and free as his Indian forebears, he stood bronzed and naked, watching the civilized world he had rejected sail by his island home...Aurora, as pure as the dawn, was washed up on the remote shores of his refuge. Pampered heiress and unfettered, unadulterated male, they were as different as morning and midnight. But the moment her innocent flesh felt the searing touch of his lips, Aurora knew they were destined for tumultuous ecstasy on the wilder shores of love....
Jill DuBois
ANGEL'S WING 7/1988
REAP THE BITTER WIND 1985 ISBN: 0345321669 Tempted by passion, torn by love, Jessica yearned for the wild empire she was born to rule.
Alice Duncan
SECRET HEARTS 2/1998 ISBN: 0440223644 By day she was Claire Montague, prim demure housekeeper of Partington Place. By dark of night she wrote the wildly popular dime novels that had made frontiersman Tuscaloosa Tom Pardee a household name. Suddenly her new employer, the heir to Partington Place-- and the real-life hero of her novels-- stood before her in the flesh. Claire had transformed Tom Partington into a legend, but never in her wildest dreams had she conjured the real man, who melted her resolve with his blazing blue eyes and knowing smile. With one look, Tom Partington had penetrated Claire's secret, passionate soul. She yearned to be in his arms, yet she held him at bay. He'd never forgive her if he learned that she was Clarence McTeague, author of his unwanted fame. She couldn't tell him the truth any more than she could deny the passions that risked exposure of her double life. But how long could she continue this charade now that Tom had issued the ultimate challenge: to strip off her dowdy disguise and surrender to her hungry, yearning heart...?
TEXAS LONESOME 1/1996 ISBN: 006108414X Emily von Plotz barely eked out a living giving advice to readers of the San Francisco Call as "Aunt Emily". Then she chanced to meet the man who had signed himself "Texas Lonesome"-- the unpolished, but otherwise appealing fellow who'd sought her wisdom on how to find a decent woman to share his life and wealth. Suddenly, she knew who would be perfect for him: Emily. But "Aunt Emily" had yet to learn that while Will Tate might be a Texan, he had never in his life been lonesome, lovelorn, or lacking in any way.
WILD DREAM 6/1997 ISBN: 044022361X She knew he was the One the moment he galloped into her life, dusty and wounded, but handsome as sin. Miss Addie Blewitt had dreamed all her life of him-- the perfect southern gentleman, her own Prince Charming. Charley Wilde said he and his partner were musicians looking for a place to stay-- a place he could recuperate from his injury. Addie didn't see many such fine gentlemen as these in the wilds of New Mexico Territory and she was determined to woo Charley with her most gentle southern manners. But Charley's hot gaze made her burn inside as Addie nursed his body with loving care, making it nearly impossible for her to behave like a lady. He was on the lam from the law, wounded in a botched holdup, when he rode onto Miss Addie's spread. Those big gray eyes of hers were beguiling, and Charley Wilde did need someone to patch him up. And when Addie told him about the Blewitt rubies, he thought he could take the jewels and run-- but soon Miss Addie had him hog-tied and ready to explode with lust and guilt. Her innocence was pure seduction, her passionate kisses, sweet torture. He couldn't leave. He couldn't stay. She made him a hero in spite of himself. How could he tell her the truth?
Sandra Dustin
A TASTE OF FIRE 3/1988 ISBN: 0821723456 Knowing how to ride and shoot as well as any man, Antonie Ramiriz had come to Texas to offer her deadly skills to Royal Bancroft-the man who had saved her life and who now needed her protection. The first time she had seen the handsome cowboy, she had been cold and indifferent. But then she had been a naive little girl. Now, after seeing him out, she wanted the arrogant hombre, wanted him with a woman's hunger....
Dykes-Farrier-Laity-Miller
AMERICAN DREAM 7/2000 ISBN: 1577487273 Features I Take Thee, a Stranger; Blessed Land; Promises Kept in America; and Freedom's Ring.
Kristy Dykes
I TAKE THEE, A STRANGER short story in AMERICAN DREAM 7/2000 ISBN: 1577487273
THE TENDER HEART 12/2003 ISBN: 1586608088 Sebbie's first loyalty is to her mother and sisters. All of the Hanford women are struggling to keep their Florida ranch running after the death of their husband and father, Jed. In the face of dire poverty, Mama decides that Sebbie must marry a wealthy man who can also provide for her four younger sisters. Sebbie reluctantly agrees - but then meets Griffin Parks. A tall, handsome gentleman. Unfortunately, he's a penniless cowboy, just like Sebbie's father. Will she deny her love for Griffin and encourage the attentions of the local banker's son? Or will her tender heart discover a path that leads to her family's well being - and a love for all eternity?
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