Stef Ann Holm

CROSSINGS 1/1996 ISBN:0671510479 He called himself Carrigan, a loner everyone in Genoa whispered about and feared. Living in the Sierras with only his dog and Colt revolver for company, he believed he didn't need a woman until Helena Gray ventured up his mountain and asked to become his wife. The marriage was to be a business proposition pure and simple, with no intimacy and no emotions. But there was nothing simple about what he unexpectedly wanted from her... on terms that came unbidden from his heart. Determined to keep her Pony Express station after her father's murder, Helena soon learned that a lot of people wanted her to fail. Cut off by her suppliers, she brazenly went after what she needed: Carrigan, a man whose eyes were flat and unemotional, who might trade his name for whiskey and cigarettes, and who'd surely clear out when the job was done. Only too late did she realize that taking his name wouldn't be as impersonal as she had thought-for once in his arms, she longed to be his wife in every way.

FIREFLY 8/1990 ISBN: 0843938978 To lovely young Kristianna, the virgin land of the Wisconsin Territory was ripe for the plow; she and the other Swedish immigrants had worked hard to carve homesteads out of the vast wilderness, and they saw nothing wrong in claiming it for their own. But arrogant Stone Boucher disagreed violently. A trapper by profession, a maverick by inclination, he wanted nothing to do with encroaching civilization. Sodbuster and woodsman, Kristianna and Stone were natural enemies, yet they couldn't stay away from each other. And once she was in his arms, Kristianna discovered that Stone was as excitingly untamed as the land itself.

FORGET ME NOT 5/1997 ISBN:067100204X Newly independent city girl Josephine Whittaker succeeded in heading West, all on her own. But once she set foot in the crude cow town of Sienna, Wyoming, her first inclination was to board the next train back out--and she would have, if she hadn't lost everything she owned. Suddenly, a job as a ranch cook seemed a good idea--at least it was better than making money as a dance-hall girl. It didn't seem that important if she neglected to tell her new boss that she'd never so much as boiled an egg...J.D. McCall knew from the get-go that a pretty lady in the chuck wagon with a bunch of cowboys meant trouble. But he faced mutiny among his ranch hands if he didn't bring home a cook--and she said fried beef was her specialty. How could he know he'd never want to let her go? J.D.'s own mother had abandoned his father and the harsh frontier life to go back East. Loving Josephine was sure to break his heart--unless this lady proved she had grit, gumption, and what it took to be a cattle rancher's wife-his wife.

HARMONY 12/1997 ISBN:0671002058 When prim deportment teacher Edwina Huntington finds herself co-owner of a warehouse with rugged sportsman Tom Wolcott, together in Harmony, Montana, is anything but. And as soon as they discover that they clash more than their choices of paint color-lemon yellow and slaughter red-sparks fly in every shade. Edwina wants to educate women on the ceremonies of society, as preparation for marriage-though she's resigned to spinsterhood. Tom hasn't thought much about matrimony one way or the other-his world of big guns and big grizzlies has kept him plenty occupied-until now. Equally fierce-willed, Edwina and Tom square off for a showdown. But they're both helpless in the face of the powerful attraction that explodes between them, and soon the battle of the sexes rages in a new direction--true love.

HEARTS 2/2001 ISBN: 0671775480 Suspended for teaching human sexuality to her students, Truvy Valentine has come to Harmony, Montana, to visit her dear friend, Edwina, and try to forget that she will most likely die a tall, athletic old maid. Although she has diligently studied how to choose the perfect mate, no book could prepare her for her attraction to Jake Brewster, a man whose favorite things in life seem to be beer, boxing, and poker. The proud owner of Bruiser's Gymnasium, Jake has little patience for the proper Miss Valentine - until he gets a taste of what simmers beneath her prim exterior. Trouble is, Jake's not the marrying kind - not hardly. Soon Truvy is teaching dance classes at Edwina's school and Jake is making her head spin. But the magic they find in each other's arms could turn to heartache unless they can learn to let go of the past and step into the future - together.

HONEY 2/2000 ISBN: 0671019422 Camille Kennison is the most beautiful woman in Harmony, Montana, but she seems destined to end up a spinster. Although she's received marriage proposals, no man has stirred her heart or her passion. She thinks she's struck out forever. Until Alex Cordova arrives in town. A darkly handsome former baseball star, Alex swore he'd never play ball again, but circumstances have arisen and he needs money. So when Camille offers him a contract with her father's team, he has little choice but to wear a uniform again. Soon Camille is managing the bungling team, and Alex would rather make a play for the pretty honey than pitch baseballs. He hopes to win her over, but a secret tragedy in his past could throw them both a curveball...unless they learn that truth paves the path to their field of dreams.

HOOKED 5/1999 ISBN:0671019414 Using an alias, stunt reporter Matthew Gage arrives in Harmony, Montana, to uncover the cheating going on in the town's famous annual fly-fishing contest-not to tangle lines with a husband-hunting miss. But as soon as Meg Brooks get stuck under his hotel bed, he's hooked on her hoydenish charm. Besides, he hopes she'll provide him with insider information-and a few kisses-while he snoops around. But innocent Meg believes Matthew is Vernon Wilberforce, a polite carpet-sweeper salesman, the gentleman-caller of her dreams. As the fishy scandal threatens to upset Harmony, Meg employs every lure in the book to land Matthew. But her heart will be broken by a man who isn't what he seems--unless they each learn the truth: The best prize in life is given, not won. It's love.

JOLLY HOLLY short story in UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR 11/1997 ISBN:0671019880

PORTRAITS 9/1996 ISBN: 0671510444 Two tempestuous lovers come together in the latest by the author of Crossings and Weeping Angel. While men don't intimidate Leah Kirkland - the only woman photographer in Eternity, Colorado, or practically anywhere - nothing prepares her for the purely physical attraction she feels for Wyatt Holloway. An outlaw just out of prison, Wyatt went looking for the gold he had stashed in Eternity and instead found a treasure he wants more than money - Leah.

RUNAWAY HEIRESS 2/2002 ISBN: 0671775499 Raised in stifling luxury and determined to escape an arranged marriage, Evelyn Thurgood-Baron masquerades as a lady's maid and hops the next train out of Beaumont, Texas. When her employer turns out to be a wanted man in disguise, she wonders whether scandalous behavior will be her undoing. But Evelyn is all too willing to stand by this stranger, who can offer her nothing but adventure...and a broken heart. Framed and branded a criminal, New Orleans police lieutenant Luke Devereaux will do anything to get to El Paso and clear his name...even sneak aboard a train while wearing women's clothing. He never bargained on having a maid - particularly not one with such deep blue eyes. As they cross the harsh Texas terrain, renegade lawman and rebellious lady fall in love. But can Luke overcome betrayal and learn to trust in tomorrow?

SEASONS OF GOLD 1992 ISBN:0671741268 An enticing widow--a Gunman with a hidden purpose...swept away by danger and an all-consuming passion--Widowhood freed Holly Dancer from the shame of her marriage. Billy was dead--murdered. She vowed to turn her back on love and become an independent woman. But when Jackson Ledgeway Steele sauntered into Deadwood Gulch and saved her life, Holly saw her fate in the gunslinger's smoky eyes. He had uprooted himself, erased every trace of his former life. His prestigious past had vanished like dust on the wind. He thought his secrets were safe, that he could solve Billy Dancer's murder without revealing his true identity. But he hadn't reckoned on Holly Dancer--and the need for love she unleashed in him. Shyly, warily, Holly gentled to Jack's touch, reveling in sensations she had never known, sharing her shameful past-until she discovered the man she trusted had betrayed her. He couldn't let her go. His precious, beautiful Holly was in danger, and for her, he would risk everything.

SILVER DESIRES 1987 ISBN:0843941553 Lovely, golden-haired Camry Parker knew rough-and-ready Virginia City was no place for an unmarried girl. But to Camry's way of thinking, the bridegroom her father selected was worse than the riffraff he was supposed to keep at bay. Nick Trelstad was nothing but a dusty silver miner, with more muscles and arrogance than any one man had a right to possess. His casual assumption that she would soon be begging for his touched enflamed her almost as much as the tantalizing nearness of his hard, bronzed body. Never, she vowed, would he know how she longed to be his wife in every sense of the word.

SNOWBIRD 9/1994 ISBN: 0671797344 When Ella Brown rode into the Idaho mining town, she had a dead outlaw slung over her pack mule. With her buckskin trousers, hat pulled low, and mannish ways, even the sheriff who handed her the reward money didn't know she was a lady. Later, in a hotel, she saw in the mirror what she really was - a young woman with no one left to love or to love her. But that night John Snow broke into her room. His face was hard, his eyes were mocking, and his mood was black. He had come looking for a bounty hunter. Instead he came face-to-face with the woman who would be his destiny. Her beauty reminded him of a life long past, a time long gone, when he was not a gunslinger. Ella's instincts told her that John Snow's passion could set free the femininity she'd hidden so well - if she dared to ride beside a man bent on vengeance, whose soul only her love could save.

WEEPING ANGEL 6/1995 ISBN: 0671025945 Frank Brody never gives a second glance to the starched and stiff type of woman. But when Miss Amelia Marshall arrives in Weeping Angel, Frank's stare puts a flush on her cheeks hotter than the sun wilting her prim apparel. She's come to town to forget a busted romance and make a living the only respectable way she can: by giving piano lessons. When the only piano in town turns up at Frank's rundown shebang of a business, the Moon Rock Saloon, Amelia must compromise...never suspecting that her temporary arrangement with the disarmingly handsome Mr. Brody will lead to a passion more glorious and unpredictable than anything she had ever dared to imagine...or that Frank himself is struggling to reckon with his own past. Maybe together they can find a way to make a new start - in life, and in love.

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THE DELANEY CHRISTMAS CAROL 12/1992 ISBN:055329654X Features Christmas Past by Iris Johansen--Killara, Arizona, 1893. Kevin Delaney had heard his share of tall tales, but none could match the one told by the Gypsy beauty he found rummaging in the attic of Killara, his family's estate. The waif claimed to have traipsed halfway around the world simply to recover an old, long-forgotten mirror. But Zara St. Cloud knows it is no ordinary mirror-and she can see that the striking Delaney is no ordinary man. While he doesn't believe her talk of mystical relics and fortune-telling, there's no doubt that a kind of magic is at work on his heart-just in time for Christmas; Christmas Present by Fayrene Preston--True love remains elusive for Bria Delaney. But when she joins her parents at Killara for the holidays, Bria discovers an unusual mirror that reveals far more than her reflection. Appearing in the glass is a startlingly handsome man who just as mysteriously disappears-until she meets him in person that very night. Kells Braxton is visiting on business, but the desire he stirs in Bria is anything but professional-and the mirror foretells their every intense encounter, leading to a Christmas they'll never forget..; and Christmas Future by Kay Hooper--A heartbreaking vision in the legendary Delaney mirror drove Brett Delaney to the other side of the world years before. Now his father's death brings him part of his inheritance: the mirror-and the unbearable prophesy it offers sends him home to Killara this Christmas, determined to save the home he loves and the woman he's always loved.

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MY GUARDIAN ANGEL 3/1995 ISBN: 0553569163 Includes Almost An Angel by Kay Hooper; Guardian Of The Heart by Sandra Chastain; Angel On My Shoulder by Susan Krinard; Saving Celeste by Karyn Monk; and The Trouble With Angels by Elizabeth Thornton.

Kay Hooper

GOLDEN FLAMES 5/1988 ISBN:0553218999 Powerful, dangerous handsome Falcon Delaney was a loner, a man of action who'd spent years pursuing a stolen cache of Union gold until he gazed into the enchanting eyes of Victoria Fontaine...Beneath Falcon's city manners was a wildness, and Victoria refused to be ashamed of her reckless, wanton desire for this complex man who left her breathless with passion...until a telegram sent her West in search of a killer with Falcon hot on her trail. He'd follow her forever if it meant he'd learn her secret, but would uncovering the truth drive them apart for good?

Jessica Howard

PRAIRIE FLAME 3/1983 ISBN: 0515047295 Lovely, headstrong Meridel McGraw, daughter of a wealthy New York industrialist, had vowed to marry and English nobleman. Yet it was Dan Forrester, the rugged American rancher, who swept her from the glittering ballroom of Buckingham Palace to the vast Kansas frontier with a passion as magnificent as the prairies he taught her to love. Then a bitter land quarrel forced Meridel to flee from her new-found love to the cruel arms of an aristocratic fortune hunter. Yet even as she raised the child of her one secret passion. . .even as she risked her life as an agent in the great slave rebellion. . .still she longed for the man who had taken her heart and would forever keep it his own.

SAVAGE EMBRACE 1978 ISBN:0446823228 Vanessa journeyed to London with her blind father. She was nineteen and beautiful, ready for a bright future. Then thieves attacked her carriage; and before the night was through, Vanessa was a orphan-- battered, homeless, penniless. Captain Brian Cameron rescued her, but he did not believe her story nor guess at her strength and courage. She could help the Palatine settlers on their voyage to the New World, battle the pirates who ravished her, survive in the forest and shine like a queen at an elegant ball. All Cameron knew was that he, like every man who looked at her, was engulfed by desire.

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SUMMER SENSATIONS 7/1998 ISBN:0373483635 Features the following: Overload by Linda Howard; The Leopard's Woman by Linda Lael Miller; Lonesome Rider by Heather Graham Pozzessere.

Linda Howard

ANGEL CREEK 11/1991 ISBN: 0671660810 For five years after her father died, lithe, beautiful Dee Swann held on to Angel Creek valley and her independence. The homestead was hers, and she vowed no one else would ever own it...or her. Then Lucas Cochran came back from Colorado. In the drought-cursed high country, he needed Angel Creek and its cool water to turn his Double C ranch into the cattle dynasty he craved. His ruthless ambition guaranteed he would fight to take it away from the black-haired, green-eyed spitfire who claimed it. But the passion that blazed when Dee Swann and Lucas Cochran met shocked them both. Unbidden, unexpected, their kisses swept them toward a dangerous destiny where dreams might be scattered...men could be killed...or love would be born as wild and unfettered as this glorious frontier.

A LADY OF THE WEST 9/1990 ISBN: 0671660802 Victoria Waverly was a noble daughter of the war-ruined South, sold in marriage to a ruthless Western rancher. Only honor and pride could help her endure her painful role as wife in name alone. Yet honor could not quench Victoria's forbidden desire for the hired gunman Jake Roper. His narrow gaze was hard as ice, but the tender emotions he could not hide promised to unveil to Victoria the glorious mysteries of love. Jake cursed his burning need to for the graceful lady, for he wanted nothing to stand in the way of his drive to reclaim his ranch - Sarratt's Kingdom - the empire that was his legacy and obsession. But ancient wrongs and blazing passions would bind together the proud, aristocratic beauty and the lean, powerful cowboy. In a bloody Western land war they would fight for Jake's rich birthright...and seize at last the love that was their hope, their dream, their destiny!

THE TOUCH OF FIRE 10/1992 ISBN:067172858X Annie Parker came to Silver Mesa, Arizona, because it was the only place she'd found where folks thought a woman doctor was better than no doctor at all. Her lonely life became harder still on the winter night Rafe McCay broke into her office with a bullet in his side and a bounty hunter at his back. With a gun aimed at her heart, he led her deep into the Arizona mountains, and into a world of danger and passion, for Annie discovered in Rafe now only a wounded man, but a soul betrayed...and Rafe, healed by her skill and the magic in her hands, awakened in Annie a woman's tender longing and hungry desire.

Teresa Howard

CHEROKEE EMBRACE 1/1992 ISBN:0821736507 Chase had traveled the Trail of Tears when his Indian family was driven from their native Georgia. Now back for a reunion with his white grandparents, he finds himself torn between two worlds--until he meets a tempting golden-haired belle, and instinct overrides caution.

VELVET THUNDER 3/1994 ISBN: 0821745085 Stevie Johns had seen her Comanche mother die in childbirth. Now a vicious white enemy had driven Stevie and her father off their land. How could she trust the mysterious man in black who just appeared out of nowhere-a devilish stranger whose sapphire eyes seemed to see right into her soul? Lean and rugged, he offered his help, risking life itself to protect her. Though Stevie could never give her heart, she could not resist his tender embrace...He called himself Lucky Diamond. More at home with a deck of cards than a six-shooter, Heath Turner had lived through the worst of the Civil War. Now the rugged U.S. marshal had left his native New York behind to bring justice to the New Mexico Territory. But from the moment he rode into Adobe Wells and set eyes on Stevie Johns, Heath knew he'd found the woman he'd want forever. Let her fight him with all the passion blazing in her soul, he was determined to win Stevie's heart and heal the pain of the past with the rapturous promise of love.

Cheryl Howe

AFTER THE ASHES 3/2002 ISBN: 0843951737 A stagecoach robbery is the spark that sets fire to Lorelei Sullivan's plan for the future. She and her brother moved to New Mexico Territory to escape the past, to ranch, but Corey has destroyed all hope of that. Lawmen now want him--and Lorelei won't see the boy hang. Yet defying the law places her between two men she can't trust: her sibling and Christopher Braddock, who is her brother's one shot at redemption--a hard, silent man who lights a fire inside her. And as his kiss fans the flames of desire, Lorelei wonders whether she will be consumed by this inferno or rise reborn from its ashes.

Dorothy Howell

TEA TIME 9/1995 ISBN: 0515117218 Sometimes the heart has a mind of its own... Allison: She was delighted to return to Brighton, Nevada - and shocked when she found the charming town overrun with saloons and dance halls... Cade: He was thrilled to have a saloon of his own - and furious when Allison stepped in to change his way of life... Cade Jessup certainly had enough to worry about without Allison Tremaine adding to the fray. After all, he had his saloon to look after and his employees to protect. Most importantly, he had Tyler, the fragile runaway boy he took under his wing, hoping the youngster would soon trust him enough to share his tragic past. But Allison won't let Cade's tenderness with Tyler change the fact that she is appalled by the goings-on at his saloon. With the help of her newly formed 'ladies club,' Allison has a mind to rid the town of the likes of Cade - but her heart just wants to hold him near...

Hannah Howell

A CHRISTMAS IN PARADISE short story in A STOCKINGFUL OF JOY 11/1999 ISBN:1575664453

COMPROMISED HEARTS 10/1989 ISBN:0843928603 Emily Cordelia Mason Brockinger was a proper lady, Boston born and bred. So nothing could have shocked her more thoroughly than Cloud Ryder's outrageous proposal: he would guide her safely to her brother's home in the San Luis Valley . . . if she shared his bedroll on the way. Stranded and helpless in the vast prairie, she had no choice. And from the moment his bold lips touched her burning flesh, she knew she would take a perfectly indecent delight in fulfilling the terms of their bargain.

KENTUCKY BRIDE 3/1994 ISBN:0380771837 The death of her father has left beautiful Clover Sherwood penniless and ostracized from Pennsylvania society. So when a prosperous backwoodsman comes to town hunting for a wife, the resourceful miss sees an opportunity to rescue he family from destitution - and proposes to the handsome Kentuckian on the spot! A rugged and roughhewn Scotsman, Ballard MacGregor is pleased with the arrangement. The pretty little lass will teach him the manners he needs to rise in affluent circles - and he, in turn, will awaken her to the breathtaking wonder of the wilderness. But settlement life is harsh on his genteel young bride - whose sweet innocence bewitches Ballard totally. And unless he can win her love with tender caresses and sensuous kisses, Clover will leave - and take Ballard's aching heart with her.

MAURA'S CHRISTMAS SECRET short story in A STOCKINGFUL OF JOY 11/1999 ISBN:1575664453

RECKLESS Ailis . . . As wild and beautiful as her fiery Scottish heritage, she faced the torment of marriage to a man she despised. Then, without warning, she was kidnapped by her worst enemy . . . Alexander . . . As strong and brutally handsome as he was arrogant, he plotted against her beloved family. Now Ailis was his to use for revenge . . . to ravish with his eyes . . . to inflame with his touch. Their hatred was passionate. Their desire was dangerous. Their surrender to forbidden love was . . . Reckless.

A STOCKINGFUL OF JOY 11/1999 ISBN:1575664453 In A Christmas In Paradise, spirited Deidre Kenney must fulfill her dying father's wish. She and her beautiful cousin Maura set out on a dangerous trek to Paradise, Montana where Tyrone Callahan is waiting for them to deliver the documents that will prevent him from losing his ranch. Hoping to throw off the men who are trying to steal Tyrone's property, Deidre and Maura split up. Now alone, Deidre travels through a howling winter storm, only to discover that the handsome cowboy she risks her life for will also ask her to risk her heart. Meanwhile, in Maura's Christmas Secret, Maura, who is carrying a false set of the documents, begins her long trip. But within days of leaving Deidre, she runs into trouble every step of the way.until she is rescued by Tyrone's charming brother Mitchell. Not sure if she can trust Mitchell, Maura knows that keeping the papers a secret from him will be hard enough, but hiding her desire will be almost impossible.

STOLEN ECSTASY 6/1991 ISBN:0843931302 Leanne Summers was only trying to do her duty. She had no idea that barging into the middle of a bank holdup would land her in the midst of bungling bandits, running for her life. Nor did she expect to wind up in the arms of Hunter Walsh, the group's hard eyed leader. Her reputation in shreds and a price on her head, Leanne realized she would have to marry Hunter, who had turned out to be far more than a hired gun. But once again, she had leaped before she looked. With the knot yet untied, Leanne found her groom's high falutin' family doing all they could to keep her single. If moments of stolen ecstasy were all they could manage, Leanne decided she might well turn to a life of crime!

WILD CONQUEST 1993 ISBN:0380771829 To spare her family shame, spirited Pleasance Dunstan sneaks into Tearlach O'Duine's room at night - in order to retrieve torrid letters of love indiscreetly penned by her foolhardy sister. But her scheme is undone by Tearlach's untimely return. And now Pleasance must submit to a punishment far worse than the pillory: indentured servitude to the ruggedly handsome fur trader. At first the infuriated Scotsman feels nothing but scorn for the brazen miss who robbed and assaulted him. But vengeance soon gives way to desire, as the sight of the lovely, sensuous thief stirs up passions Tearlach can scarcely control. In his backwoods mountain cabin, he resolves to make his reluctant servant pay dearly for her crimes - never dreaming that it is his own lonely, loveswept heart that will ultimately be enslaved.

WILD ROSES 6/1997 ISBN:082175677X If Ella Carson had a gun, she would shoot Harrigan Mahoney dead. He had been hired by her greedy uncle to drag her from her aunt's house in Wyoming back to Philadelphia. If she did, Ella knew her uncle could see her dead within a year but Harrigan would not listen. She tried every trick she knew to escape, even seduction which proved to be as dangerous as her uncle. For passion proved a two edged sword . . . and enduring enough to turn a man's and a woman's hearts toward love.

Carole Howey

GIVE ME TONIGHT 1/2000 ISBN: 1892520214 Elspeth MacLeish has her work cut out for her. Her husband has died and the railroad is making it near impossible to keep her land. Her only salvation is the man her late husband arranged to marry her, but his best friend is a man who knows the secrets of her past...

NOBLE AND IVY 12/1996 ISBN: 0843941189 Ivy was comfortable being a schoolteacher in the town of Peaceful, Wyoming. She had long since given up dreams of marrying her childhood beau, and bravely bore the secret sorrow that haunted her past. But then Stephen, her cocksure brother, ran off with his youthful sweetheart - and a fortune in gold - and Ivy had to make sure that he didn't wind up gutshot by gunmen or strung up by his beloved's angry brother... Noble - Just speaking his name made her tremble. Years before, his strong arms and gentle hands had stoked her fires hotter and sweeter than a summer day - before the tragedy that snuffed their flame and left a season of silence in its wake. Now, as the two reunited in a quest to save their siblings, Ivy burned to coax the embers to life and melt in the blazing passion she swore they shared. But before that could happen. Noble and Ivy, in league at last, would have to reconcile their past and learn that noble intentions meant nothing without everlasting love.

SHEIK'S GLORY 2/1996 ISBN: 0843939036 Missy was a no-nonsense horse trainer looking for a brood mare. She was determined to get the best money could buy. When she was rescued from a bad situation by a charming rogue named Flynn Muldaur, Missy experienced a longing that she couldn't deny. But Flynn wasn't after Missy's heart. He wanted her South Dakota ranch.

SHEIK'S PROMISE 3/1994 ISBN: 0505519380 Carollyn Cameron had never been accused of being a Southern Belle. Whether running her own saloon or competing in the Rapid City Steeplechase, the brazen beauty knew the thrill of victory and banked on winning. No man would take anything she possessed, not her business, not her horse, and especially not her virtue, without the fight of his life.

STEAL ME, SWEET THIEF 5/1997 ISBN: 0843942517 Kieran Macalester's mission is simple - retrieve Garland Humble's estranged wife within one month or be turned over to the authorities as a wanted man. Posing as a representative for an upstart opera company, the handsome rogue easily lured the beautiful young Geneva Lionwood into his trap. But one look at the graceful soprano has Kieran singing a different tune. And somewhere between New York and Fort Worth, Texas, he found himself unable to resist the lure of her slender body or her passionate kisses. Even with a bounty hunter hot on his trail, and knowing Geneva would find out the truth about his past, he had to admit that they made beautiful music together. Now the virile bandit would have to commit one last crime - stealing her heart - before he could have her forever by his side.

SWEET CHANCE 2/1995 ISBN: 0843937335 Paris Delaney was out to make his fortune, and he figured cattle ranching was as good a way as any. But the former Texas Ranger hadn't even set foot in Chance, Wyoming, before his partner became smitten with the local schoolmarm. Determined to discourage the match, he enlisted the help of a sharp-tongued widow - and soon found himself her reluctant suitor. Pretty, reserved, and thoroughly independent, Cressida Harding had loved and lost one husband, and that was enough for her. She didn't need any man to stand up for her rights or protect her from harm, even if dumb luck had brought virile Paris Delaney to her doorstep. But the longer he was in town, the more Cress found herself savoring the joys of... Sweet Chance.

Charlotte Hubbard

COLORADO CAPTIVE 1/1991 ISBN:0821732846 Her lush beauty hidden by a disguise, eighteen-year-old Emily Burnham came to the rough-and tumble mining town of Cripple Creek determined to catch the murderous scoundrel who'd shot her father. Then devastatingly handsome Matt McClanahan breezed into town - and she knew she'd found her man. Masquerading as a maid in a high class tavern, Emily vowed to make him pay for what he'd done . . . until she stumbled upon him in his private bath - naked as the day he was born! Never has she beheld such rippling, rock-hard muscles, such arousing male magnificence! As she began scrubbing his back, her pent-up passions exploded within her, and she burned to feel Matt's caresses all over the body! Rub-a-dub-dub! Matt couldn't believe his good fortune when the luscious, amber-eyed serving wench burst in! He had half a mind to seduce her then and there, but pleasure would have to wait. Then again, waiting was no fun, so he pulled the unservant-like minx down into the sudsy water, her uniform clinging to each and every creamy curve. Matt knew that whoever this flaxen-haired flower really was, she belonged to him! He'd taste those ruby lips, roam those lissome limbs, and discover rapture in a never-ending night of exquisite ecstasy in her arms!

COLORADO MOONFIRE 4/1992 ISBN: 0821737309 Vowing that no man would ever be her master, Irish beauty Lyla O'Riley stowed away on a ship bound for America. With a respectable job as housekeeper at the Golden Rose saloon in Cripple Creek, the lissome colleen felt safe and independent - though somewhat starved for affection. Then one hot evening she stepped into the kitchen to loosen her confining corset and catch a breath of air. All of a sudden, the handsomest man she'd ever seen was staring at her exposed flesh - then kissing her...

GAMBLER'S TEMPTING KISSES 1991 ISBN: 0821735233 Revenge Is Sweet...Dillon Devereau ran his Kansas City casino, the Crystal Queen, with a steady hand, but the hotheaded gambler lost his cool whenever he thought about the villain who'd caused his father's death. One way or another, he'd get that varmint...and take his revenge. That didn't leave Dillon much time for romancing the ladies-until a calico-clad preacher's daughter lifted her voice in song and set his heart aflame. Suddenly he knew he must run his fingers through her fiery auburn curls, stroke her rosy flesh into surrender, and caress every curve of her tempting body-but first he must find a way to break down her defenses! ...But Kisses Are Sweeter. Charity Scott was tired of wearing threadbare dresses and singing hymns at her father's revival meetings. She vowed that someday she would seek out her long-lost mother, then find a true love of her very own. So when the devilishly handsome gambler offered her a singing job, a beautiful green silk gown, and a temporary marriage 'in name only,' Charity decided to accept. But the gambler's bride hadn't bargained for the jolt of passion she felt at Dillon Devereau's first fiery caress. From the moment he touched her, Charity knew she would not let him stop until he had satisfied her newly-awakened passion and carried her over the threshold of ecstasy.

OUTLAW MOON 3/1994 ISBN: 0821745077 When outlaw Jack Rafferty stumbled upon the Wild West show, he took his chances and went into the gypsy's tent - only to find his fortune changed forever. Sloe-eyed Madame LaBelle seemed to see right through him. But Jack discovered that she had a few sultry secrets of her own. Striking a bargain with the bewitching beauty, he couldn't know that all hell was about to break loose. Now Jack was on the run again, and the stakes were higher than ever. He had to clear his name - and protect the woman he loved! Amber LaBelle was no gypsy, and no psychic, either. But she knew that the seductive rogue with the dangerous eyes was running from something. That made two of them. Yet as she and Jack fled for their lives across a treacherous northern wilderness, Amber couldn't have predicted that what had begun as a mutual deception would flame into a raging passion that couldn't be denied.

SAHARA SPLENDOR 7/1993 ISBN: 0821742345 Forced to wed a brutal rancher to pay her brother's poker debts, Sahara Caldwell scarcely mourned the man's sudden death on her wedding night - especially since the shapely strawberry blonde now found herself owner of his ranch and a vast stagecoaching empire. But a partner was part of the deal - Dan Madigan, a dark-eyed, forceful man whose will was as strong as her own and whose magnetic virility made her tremble with desire. And though she was determined to do things her own way, the lovely Sahara was soon ready to surrender to the shuddering waves of pleasure Dan's touch aroused...no matter what the future might bring! Dan Madigan longed to run the Spade enterprises himself, but the curvaceous little spitfire was getting in his way! He could tame her body, but the stubborn vixen refused to let go of the reins when it came to running the ranch. As business partners they clashed bitterly, but when he captures her in passion's ultimate embrace, their desires merged in perfect harmony. The ranch would have to wait, Dan vowed, while he took his willful Sahara to the searing peaks of ecstasy, stroked every inch of her rosy flesh, and showed her who must lead and who must follow in the fiery partnership of love!

Jan Hudson

A HITCH IN HEAVEN 5/1999 ISBN:0449150275 A most unusual kidnapping...Sour-faced, miserly Uncle Angus is dead. He's also been kidnapped--casket and all--for ransom! The family is unanimous: scandal must be averted. So Beau Chandler makes a call to the Pinkertons. A remarkable detective....Brilliant stage actress Amanda Swann is one of the Pinkertons' best detectives. Clever, beautiful, a master of disguises, she knows this case calls for finesse and discretion. Posing as Beau's fiancee to avoid suspicion, she soon discovers the role cuts a little too close to her most secret desires. A devilish client....Though Amanda can hog-tie a criminal in the blink of an eye, it's the woman, not the detective, who captures Beau's heart, leaving him wanting more than a solution to the missing Angus--much, much more . . .

SUGAR ANNE 3/1998 ISBN:0449150267 A woman after sweet revenge...Sugar Anne Spicer's disgraceful fall from Chicago society was as scandalous as her lust for retribution from her conniving husband. After stealing millions in a railroad scam and robbing her blind, the skunk ran off with the town floozy in tow. Even worse, folks suspected Sugar Anne's had been involved in her husband's scheme--and the Pinkerton Detective Agency was hot on her trail. A man after cold, hard cash...Texas promised sanctuary and a place for Sugar Anne to plot her revenge. But she hadn't counted on being tracked down by handsome Webb McQuillan. McQuillan had a job to do: get Sugar Anne to lead him to her husband, recover the swindled funds, and collect a hefty reward. Problem was, he was almost certain of her innocence--and even more certain he was falling in love. . . .

Janis Reams Hudson

APACHE FLAME 4/1996 ISBN: 0821752901 The Apaches call him Fire Seeker, but what Chiricahua half-breed Pace Colton really seeks is a cure for the restlessness that has driven him from Geronimo and his people. What he finds is Joanna, the spirited, flame-haired beauty he rescues from brutal bondage in the Mexican desert. Now, as they flee into the Sierra Madre Mountains, a magnificent adventure begins. With the past behind them and the unknown before them, Joanna realizes that only by loving this man can she heal his embittered soul. And as Pace fights for their future with blazing guns and defiant heart, he will discover a passion to set his world ablaze..

APACHE HEARTSONG 4/1995 ISBN:082174898X Chiricahua Apache LaRisa Chee has promised her dying father that she would marry a white man. When she meets Spencer Colton, desire flames between them--and fiery antagonism.

APACHE LEGACY 6/1994 ISBN:0821745891 Determined to free her half-Apache half-brother Pace, imprisoned with Geronimo and sent to Florida in chains, Jessica Colton is pursued by Captain Blake Renard who, despite himself, is drawn to his lovely opponent.

APACHE MAGIC 12/1991 ISBN:0821736108 Beaten and left for dead after her stagecoach was ambushed by Apaches, Daniella Blackwood awoke with a streak of white running through her raven tresses. The Indians swore it was a sign from their god and named her "Woman of Magic." For Daniella now had the gift of foresight. But no magic could protect her from the bolt of passion that seared her senses when she first met Travis Colton. When Travis's ten-year-old son was taken captive by Apaches, he vowed to find him. But after searching for weeks with no sign of the boy, he was desperate enough to take a gamble on the blue-eyed beauty who claimed she could help him. On the trail with this gentle, courageous woman, his skepticism soon melted into an all-consuming desire. Now Travis knew his heart was lost forever to the splendor of Daniella's...

APACHE PROMISE 12/1992 ISBN:0821740059 Taken hostage by Indians, Angela would do anything to escape. And rancher Matt Colton seemed her only hope-even if he insisted that the only way he could save her was by making her his bride--in name only, of course. But all too quickly the sight of his broad shoulders and sun-bronzed chest left her breathless and yearning for his searing touch. Matt Colton had given her back her life, and now all she wanted was to be held in his arms for long nights of wild and passionate loving--Matt was glad Angela had agreed to his plan to marry, for he knew it was the only way to preserve her reputation-and the fragile peace between the Indians and the whites. If the soldiers at Fort Bowie knew Indians had kidnapped one of their women, especially one as beautiful as Angela, there'd be hell to pay. With her soft golden skin, her full lush lips, and her emerald green eyes, Matt had no intention of ever letting her go. He had promised her a marriage of convenience, but the fire that had sparked between them promised a night of wedding rapture as hot as the Arizona desert!

APACHE TEMPTATION 9/1993 ISBN: 0821742892 With Tender Kisses She Healed Him... Nineteen-year-old Serena had loved Matt Colton all her life. But it was two years since the grief stricken widower had ridden out to avenge his wife's killing, and never returned. Now, with an Apache revolt brewing, Matt was needed at home. Against all caution, the headstrong Serena set out in search of him - only to find the rugged rancher badly wounded in body and soul. Yet nothing could break his strong, manly spirit and, as she nursed Matt back to health in the primitive shadows of an isolated shack, a desire stronger than anything she'd ever known raged through Serena...igniting her pent-up passion to fever pitch as his fiery kisses led her again and again to the brink of ecstasy...

HAWK'S WOMAN 5/1998 ISBN: 0821758977 The stigma of being a half-breed in 1885 Texas has made Hawk accustomed to public ridicule. Everyone in town shunned him - except for sweet and beautiful Abby McCormick who had befriended Hawk since they were children. Their tender friendship exploding in a passion neither can resist, Abby and Hawk must keep their feelings for each other a secret if they do not want their forbidden love to be discovered. Then one night, as Hawk is returning home after seeing Abby, he is ambushed, beaten, and left for dead. Four years have passed, and Hawk is back. Believing Abby's father is responsible for the attack on him, Hawk vows revenge on the rancher who shattered his life. He returns to the Circle M ranch to claim it for his own. But, instead of the heated challenge of his nemesis, he finds a broken man and a secret that may jeopardize his love for Abby. Soon Hawk and Abby are plunged into a test of courage as past and present collide in a fury of danger and desire...

HUNTER'S TOUCH 10/1999 ISBN: 082176344X Twenty-year-old Bess Dulaney had adored Hunter MacDougall since she was a child. The nights they spent walking the moonlit banks of the river were her fondest memories. Now Bess was ready for proof of Hunter's love-and the beginning of a new life. But when Hunter rescued her from a vicious gang of bank robbers, a head wound left Bess without any memory of her past - or the man she had always longed for. Hunter wanted nothing more than to give Bess the home of her dreams, but he knew it would take time to provide it. For years his pride had come between him and his desire to marry the girl he cherished. The recent tragedy of her memory loss was the final brick in the wall he had built between them. Now Hunter would have to put his faith in the passion neither of them could deny as he prayed that the girl who had idolized the boy he once was, would fall in love with the man he had become...

WARRIOR'S SONG 3/1997 ISBN: 0821756036 Nineteen-year-old Brianna Flanigan is determined to hold onto her late father's ranch, although the most powerful landowner in the county is trying to drive her out. One man has the courage to help her, an enigmatic half-breed who rides into Colorado from nowhere, and finds love to heal all wounds.

WILD TEXAS FLAME 6/1992 ISBN:0821737872

WINTER'S TOUCH 3/1999 ISBN: 0821761463 As war explodes on the great plains...The Western Plains are a powder keg waiting to ignite as tensions mount between the Indian and the white man. Trapped in the middle is Winter Fawn, a half-breed Arapaho woman torn between loyalty to her white father and her mother's native people. When she comes to the aid of Carson Dulaney, injured in a savage raid, she is swept up by the forces of her own fate. Now Winter Fawn has become the enemy of her people. Left with no other choice, she flees with the stranger she helped. In the safety of Carson's embrace, she is awakened to a glorious, rapturous ecstasy and knows that she has lost her heart to the courageous white man forever. Still, she cannot ignore the urgent call of the Southern Arapaho. As war threatens across the plains, Winter Fawn and Carson must place their faith in each other - and follow the path of destiny..

Denise Hunter

BITTERSWEET BRIDE(#475) 6/2002 ISBN: 1586605267 The one suitor Mara Lawton cannot add to her collection is the one she wants most--Clay Stedman. Clay has just arrived in Cedar Springs to work the Stedman ranch. His widowed aunt is leaving to visit family back East, and Clay must find someone to care for his little sister and perform the household chores--like cooking for fourteen cowboys, doing the laundry, and feeding the hogs. Mara offers Clay her services, despite having never cooked a meal, washed a garment, or gone near a hog in her life. Clay is taken with Mara's looks, but a recent heartbreak makes him wary--that and the fact she doesn't share his faith in God. For Mara, whose self-worth is based on her family's wealth and royal lineage, obstacles and reverses create a terrible inner turmoil. Will she cling to her own ways or allow God to move in her life?

HIS BROTHER'S BRIDE ISBN: 1586608452 Emily Wagner will be a mail-order bride. This arrangement will answer all of her problems - best buried. But when she arrives in Cedar Bend, Kansas, she finds her world has been turned upside-down. Cade Manning needs a mother for his son Adam. He has no intention of replacing the memory of his beloved wife Ingrid, but he knows he can't make ends meet without help. Marrying Emily just makes sense. Never mind that they'll only be husband and wife in name only. Surely, she won't be disappointed. Can Emily trust God to work things out for the good? Will Cade be able to forgive her for her lies and love her as she has come to love him?

NEVER A BRIDE 6/2000 ISBN: 157748553X Nathan McClain is backed into a corner. Either he must marry, as dictated by his father's will, or he will lose the ranch that has been in his family for three generations. Angry and bitter about his choices, he seeks a woman who will join herself to him in name only. Desperate to escape her abusive stepfather, Sara Donaldson accepts a long-distance marriage proposal from Nathan. Because of her stepfather's tyranny, Sara finds herself intimidated by her new husband. Added to this are the lies she told in her initial communications with Nathan. Will Sara find the courage to make her marriage work? Will the faith she pretends to have become real in her heart?

STRANGER'S BRIDE 5/1999 ISBN: 157748553X Nathan McClain is backed into a corner. Either he must marry, as dictated by his father's will, or he will lose the ranch that has been in his family for three generations. Angry and bitter about his choices, he seeks a woman who will join herself to him in name only. Desperate to escape her abusive stepfather, Sara Donaldson accepts a long-distance marriage proposal from Nathan. Because of her stepfather's tyranny, Sara finds herself intimidated by her new husband. Added to this are the lies she told in her initial communications with Nathan. Will Sara find the courage to make her marriage work? Will the faith she pretends to have become real in her heart?

Dia Hunter

THE BEHOLDING 11/1997 ISBN: 0843943211 Tess Harper should hate Luke Reeves. He had entered her life with the news that her husband was dead--and he was the one who had killed him. But despite the bounty hunter's cold expression and scarred face, the young widow hopes against all hope that this is the man who might lead her out of her lonely life and make her forget her checkered past. Her accusers said she lured fools to their undoing, but Luke saw something in her emerald eyes that belied the rumors. Her beauty was stunning, to be sure, and her merest glance made him want to possess her. But somewhere on the trail to her new life and the truth about her husband, he discovered that Tess had the ability to heal the wounds of his soul. And he realized only when he learned to trust his heart could he behold the extraordinary power of their love.

THE GENTLE SEASON 4/2000 ISBN: 0843947055 Nicodemus Turner is in a bind. Not only has the handsome gambler just found out that he has a daughter he's never met, but in order to get custody he has six months to become a proper father and marry. And while Nick is head-over-heels in love with his best friend Alewine Jones, the stubborn lady freighter doesn't take kindly to the notion of a wedding. The solution: a poker game where the prize will be a full house. Nick is Aly's closest companion, her best fishing partner, and he can make her insides go mushy with one lingering glance. That still doesn't mean she will up and marry him. But that mushy feeling comes back every time she looks into Nicks eyes. Suddenly Aly realizes that Nick has won more than her hand, he's won her heart.

MOONBOW IN THE MIST 7/2001 ISBN: 0843948914 Leaning out to peek at a flatboat poling up the Cumberland River, Naomi Romans falls flat on her face. Cradled in Shaw Larson's strong arms and staring up into the river peddler's pretty yellow-green eyes, Naomi finds everything changed...even herself. The fall brought her memories back. She isn't Naomi; she is Prima Powell, the missing daughter of a New York millionaire. Bedeviled by a pair of matchmaking raccoons, befuddled by two years of lost memories, and bedazzled by Shaw's gentlest touch, Naomi is certain: She is the girl who went stumbling off so long before to find moonbows in the mist...and now she's found something even better.

Jerrie Hurd

KATE BURKE SHOOTS THE OLD WEST 1/1997 ISBN: 0671519107 She Shoots With Her Heart. It's said that the women in her family share the same fault-too much passion. And Kate Burke's burning passion is photography. At a time when lady photographers are supposed to take 'pretty' pictures, she exposed the massacre of hundreds of Indian women, children, and old men at Wounded Knee Creek. In a place where respectable wives don't 'get familiar' with 'the natives,' Kate risks her life to document the women of the Sacred Sioux Quillworkers. She is determined not to let their centuries-old secrets die with them. And before she is finished shooting, Kate will take on the entire US Seventh Cavalry and single-handedly change history. But even a woman as gutsy as Kate may not be able to escape the enemy who stalks her, a past she cannot forget, or the rivalry of the two men she dares to love...

THE LADY PINKERTON GETS HER MAN 12/1997 ISBN: 0671519115 It's 1882 and half the coal that keeps America's trains running comes from one wind-whipped Wyoming outpost where a strike in the mines there would bring America to a halt--literally. Enter Harry Bryant--handsome, mysterious, extremely clever. He's never met a woman he couldn't woo or a miner he couldn't organize--never mind that "organizing" is against the law. He's one "outlaw" who figures he'll be dictating terms to the President of the United States. The only thing standing in his way is Dayle Dobson, the Lady Pinkerton Detective who's not only smart and fearless, she's deadly in a bluff. To her, "getting her man" has a whole other meaning and she's never failed yet. In this story it quickly becomes high noon for a young nation . . . and in the end, . . . it all depends on Dayle.

MISS ELLIE'S PURPLE SAGE SALOON 7/1995 ISBN: 0671519093 When the temperance women try to close her down, Miss Ellie turns the tables. When the local judge declares her "unfit," Miss Ellie gets the final word. When the wealthiest man in the territory thinks he owns her, Miss Ellie calls his bluff. When her lover, who gave her the saloon, wants to get married, Miss Ellie throws him out. She loves him, but she doesn't "partner" in any sense. But then she has to face her greatest fear, the one that defeated her before . . .

Bobby Hutchinson

HEAVEN ON EARTH short story in CUPID'S KISS 2/1996 ISBN: 0505520761

LANTERN IN THE WINDOW short story in THEIR FIRST NOEL 11/1995 ISBN:0843945370

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