Sharon Ihle
THE BRIDE WORE SPURS 6/1995 ISBN: 0061083372 Kathleen Lacey O'Carroll knew she faced an uncertain future when she arrived in Wyoming as a mail-order bride - especially when she learned that the man she was to marry hadn't actually ordered her. How could John Winterhawke, a fiercely independent and unsettlingly handsome half-Indian, possibly make room in his heart and in his life for her? As far as Hawke was concerned, the last thing he needed was a high-spirited, overeager Irish wife who knew nothing about surviving on the harsh prairie. But once the determined Lacey sensed the rough kindness and simmering hunger under Hawke's forbidding demeanor, she set out to match his dark passion with her own - and claim his wild heart on her terms.
THE LAW AND MISS PENNY 5/1994 ISBN: 0061082120 When he awoke by the side of a muddy road, with a throbbing head and a lovely woman bending over him, he couldn't remember his own name. Morgan Slater, U.S. Marshal, had to accept pretty Mariah Penny's word that he was her cousin, Cain Law. Mariah had good reasons for misleading Morgan, but there was an attraction between the raven-haired beauty and the lawman that made her long to turn cousinly conversation into a more than friendly encounter. Cain soon found himself running afoul of the law he had sworn to protect, all in the name of a forbidden passion.
MAGGIE'S WISH 12/1998 ISBN: 0821760696 A Woman's Wish... Maggie Thorne and her daughter Holly want the same thing for Christmas: the return of Holly's father, a man who left Maggie alone and pregnant seven years ago, with a promise to return. This year, they might get their wish; Maggie's hired a Texas ranger to find Rafe Hollister and bring him home for Christmas. A Man's Desire... It didn't take Matt Weston long to find his quarry and nail him for a full- fledged scoundrel who no more deserved Maggie's devotion that he did a second chance. But it's Rafe Maggie wants, and no matter how desperately Matt would like to claim her for his own, it's Rafe she'll get - after Matt's made an honest man out of him. A Christmas Miracle...To Last A Lifetime... True to his pledge, he does his best to turn this deadbeat husband and father into something decent for Maggie and Holly - while secretly hoping that Rafe will fail to win Maggie's heart. What Matt doesn't know is that Maggie shares his desire. For how can she explain to the man working so hard to make her 'almost' husband presentable that she was fallen impossibly in love with him - and only him.
THE MARRYING KIND 3/1996 ISBN: 0821763105 Working as a laundress at Lola's Pleasure Palace, Josie Baum doesn't know anything about playing nursemaid. But when a Cheyenne warrior whisks her off to care for his friend, Daniel McCord, she doesn't have a choice. Suddenly Josie is alone in a remote mountain cabin with a man who expects her to do all of his household chores-and cater to his every whim. After many years of cooking and cleaning for her fifteen stepbrothers and father, she isn't about to spend the rest of her days serving someone as pompous as Daniel McCord - even if he did happen to quicken her pulse every time he was near. Half Cheyenne, Daniel has only one desire-to right the wrongs done to his people. He isn't ready for the new hunger that stirs deep within him at the sight of Josie's glowing, fair-skinned loveliness or her resistance to his charms. But determined to melt the heart of this willful, intoxicating beauty, he will use every skill of seduction to make her his.
MARRYING MISS SHYLO 12/1994 ISBN: 0061083364 Shylo McBride never thought her little fib about being related to the president would result in a proposal from Dimitri Adonis. He certainly was as stunningly handsome as his Greek god namesake, but Shylo had no real desire to marry - all she wanted was a ticket out west so she could find her mother. Dimitri had his own less than noble motives for posing as a wealthy aristocrat and seducing an American debutante. While he and Shylo struggled with their tangled web of lies, they discovered that beneath their deceptions lay true love's sweet embrace.
TEMPTING MISS PRISSY 11/1996 ISBN: 006108400X ...set in 1872 Central City, Colorado Territory. This tale is set in the rollicking mining community where Payton Cobb owns "the most respectable saloon in town." When Priscilla Stillbottom literally falls into his establishment, then begs him for a job as a singer, Payton surprises himself by agreeing to hire her. Priscilla can't sing a note! As her 'unusual' act grows on the town, and she grows on Payton, he is surprised yet again, this time by Priscilla. It seems she neglected to mention one little detail about her previous life--she has a husband, one who is alive, armed, and determined to re-claim his bride at any cost.
UNTAMED 9/1999 ISBN: 0821763105 Working as a laundress at Lola's Pleasure Palace, Josie Baum doesn't know anything about playing nursemaid. But when a Cheyenne warrior whisks her off to care for his friend, Daniel McCord, she doesn't have a choice. Suddenly Josie is alone in a remote mountain cabin with a man who expects her to do all of his household chores-and cater to his every whim. After many years of cooking and cleaning for her fifteen stepbrothers and father, she isn't about to spend the rest of her days serving someone as pompous as Daniel McCord - even if he did happen to quicken her pulse every time he was near. Half Cheyenne, Daniel has only one desire-to right the wrongs done to his people. He isn't ready for the new hunger that stirs deep within him at the sight of Josie's glowing, fair-skinned loveliness or her resistance to his charms. But determined to melt the heart of this willful, intoxicating beauty, he will use every skill of seduction to make her his.
WILDCAT 10/1993 ISBN: 0061080888 In searching for her sister Martha, lovely Ann Marie Cannary found a crude mining town, a run-down cabin, and a fiercely independent creature known as Calamity Jane. Annie had no sooner stepped through the door when she was swept into a brawl and thrust into the arms of the most heartstopping man she'd ever seen-- Lucky Luke McCanles, notorious gunman and gambler. To Luke, Annie looked as sweet as sugar candy, and, betting against all odds, he decided to play a gentleman's hand to win her. Until he woke to find himself in Annie's bed-- married to her. Then it was up to her to show him that a man could run, a man could hide, but he couldn't escape when he'd lost his heart to a...
WILD ROSE 4/1993 ISBN: 006108087X Born beneath a wandering star, spirited Maxine MacKain spent her girlhood roaming the mining towns of the California gold country. But her freedom ended abruptly when she was lost in a bet at a San Francisco gambling saloon-- to seductive Dane del Cordobes. From the moment he saw her, Dane was enchanted by the red-haired prairie wildcat. He vowed to civilize his untamed western rose. From the breathtaking splendor of the Sierra Madres to the magnificent elegance of a San Diego rancho, the amorous aristocrat pursued the elusive beauty who'd conquered his heart. But what was destined to take them beyond danger, beyond desire, and beyond their wildest dreams was their fiery love.
Jean Innes
GOLDEN CAPTIVE 7/1991 ISBN:0821734571 Ashley Sherwood, the tall, rugged owner of a California saloon, figured he could handle just about anything... until the terms of his grandfather's will forced him to travel to England to find a bride and he met the defiant blue gaze of the proper Miss Marianne Westleigh. Sharing the marriage bed with this creamy-skinned beauty would be no hardship, but the gorgeous creature gave him the cold shoulder. So, Ashley decided to seduce her... for he knew that once she felt the heat of desire that burned inside him, her chilly mask of ice would be melted forever, and she'd finally consent to be his California bride! In Marianne's view, California was nothing more than a collection of god-forsaken gold-mining towns whose inhabitants thrived on greed and depravity. And the arrogant Ashley Sherwood was no exception. In fact, he had the nerve to offer her a proposition of marriage, just so that he could claim his inheritance! Marianne could not agree to a loveless marriage, and she would never consent to move to California! Yet, when Ashley's muscular arms held her and his brazen lips commanded hers to part, she wondered if her own body's burning need would soon have her granting this ardent rogue anything his heart desired!
Ireland-McBride-Crisswell
A WESTERN FAMILY CHRISTMAS 10/2001 ISBN: 0373291795 Includes Christmas Eve by Millie Criswell - A handsome drifter and a lonely spinster rediscover the joys of the season when they are snowbound during the holidays; Season of Bounty by Mary McBride - A Civil War doctor turned ne'er-do-well gambler finds love and redemption in the unlikely arms of a beautiful widowed shopkeeper; and Cowboy Scrooge by Liz Ireland - Take one jilted mail-order bride. Add three bratty orphans. Throw in a cantankerous cowboy. Result? A Texas-size family Christmas!
Liz Ireland
BLISSFUL TEXAS 6/2003 ISBN: 0373292619 Chaining herself to the saloon doors seemed like a good idea, but Lacy Calhoun quickly learned reforming her happily scandalous Texas town would take more than do-gooder theatrics. Even harder would be getting the better of roguishly handsome barkeep Lucas Burns, whose impertinent, intriguing stares could lead any girl astray! Lucas had a master plan to oust Lacy and her "civilizing influences" from the city limits.Yet living in the bedroom next to the virtuous beauty soon made putting more distance between them less appealing. He'd begun to think he'd rather help Lacy uncover the passionate woman she kept hidden beneath all that "prim and properness"!
CECILIA AND THE STRANGER(#286) 9/1995 ISBN: 0373288867 Trussed up in tweed and a suitably righteous manner, Jake Reed hoped he'd pass as a schoolmaster long enough to elude the gunman on his trail. But with Cecilia Summertree, the prettiest - and the nosiest - schoolmarm in the West dodging his every move, he was having a hard time keeping his mind on the classroom... Cecilia knew exactly what she'd always wanted. The freedom to do what she pleased, when she pleased. Though in all her reckoning she'd never considered meeting someone like Jake Reed. A man determined to teach her that there were a few important things missing in her life, and one of them was him!
A COWBOY'S HEART (#466) 6/1999 ISBN: 0373290667 Will Brockett certainly had his hands full... His ex-fiancee had up and married while he'd been out on a cattle drive. Then she'd run away from her new husband, and as the town's part-time sheriff, it was up to Will to rescue her, and keep the residents of Possum Trot happy knowing that he was watching out for them. Now, to top it all off, his best friend, Paulie Johnson, had discarded her riding togs for a fancy dress and suddenly started looking like prime wife material. Poor Will was beginning to wonder just what was going to happen next!
MILLIE AND THE FUGITIVE(#330) 8/1996 ISBN: 0373289308 The long arm of the law couldn't stretch far enough to catch Sam Winter. But a pair of shapely legs attached to a Texas heiress had stopped him in his tracks. And the last thing he needed was sassy Millie Lively with outrageous notions about 'helping' him escape! But the participants in this escapade soon realize they had been captured...
THE OUTLAW'S BRIDE(#498) 1/2000 ISBN: 0373290985 Emma Colby had a knack for finding trouble... Until the day when trouble - by the name of Lang Tupper - found her! The handsome outlaw lay half-dead on her doorstep, but couldn't help stealing a kiss before falling into a blissful state of unconsciousness. What a pickle Emma was in - first in her care for waifs, then by having her spoiled sister drop in and finally by housing an outlaw! What Emma dreamed of was a love of her own. Perhaps the dashing but arrogant sheriff or - better yet - the passionate scoundrel who slept nearby. With everyone making decisions for her, what harm was there in falling in love with a wanted man?
PRIM AND IMPROPER(#410) 4/1998 ISBN: 0373290101 Ty Saunders was nothing but a big, brawny reprobate - and, oh, lordy! How she wanted him! But that was impossible, Louise Livingston protested. She had her standards, after all...while he had a smile stolen from the devil himself. Still, she'd be darned if she'd give in to temptation! There were few women in town like Louise Livingston. Heck, in this played-out mining town, there were practically no women, Ty admitted. But that didn't take away from the fact that Louise was a combustible mix of spitfire and saint. And he was just the man to start the fireworks!
TROUBLE IN PARADISE(#530) 9/2000 ISBN: 0373291302 Roy McMillan had vowed to live and die a bachelor! But the McMillan credo didn't set too well the day Ellie Fitzsimmons stepped off the train in Paradise, Nebraska. The confounded beauty lit up an October day with her sunshine. And though she was there to visit his brother, Roy had trouble keeping that fact in mind - and not making a complete fool of himself! Ellie was in a pickle! And no amount of fabric could hide her secret for long. Roy McMillan only added to her troubles with his devastating smile. But when Roy learned the truth, would he still want to make their own little paradise on earth?
Kathy Ishcomer
ICE ANGEL 1/1999 ISBN: 1581247478 Delilah D'Evereaux refuses to accept what fate hands her. Left vulnerable in a man's world, she takes her only legacy, a talent for gambling, and seeks revenge against Ross Farrell, the man she holds responsible for her father's death. But Delilah makes one mistake. With a turn of the cards, she becomes the mistress of the very man she despises. Ross Farrell gets more than he bargained for, an unwilling mistress, her black companion, an orphan and his mongrel dog. But the real challenge is keeping Delilah alive long enough to find the real killer, and to change his unwilling mistress into a very willing lover.
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