Joan Raab
NELL 1996 (e-book) She had always stood between her physically abusive father and his two youngest daughters. But now their father is insistent that she marry his detestable friend, Kenneth Reed. When Helen learns why her father is supporting the young suitor it provides her with the out she has been looking for. Before she can loose her nerve she gathers up their few belongings and she and her sisters flee West to a brother that she has just discovered the existence of. But Helen's troubles aren't over. For, it's no easy task keeping her spirited young sisters out of trouble. And then there is her own attraction to her brother's partner. An attraction that she mustn't admit to. For Helen has a secret of her own. One that keeps her from letting the ex-gunfighter get too close.
Charlene Raddon
FOREVER MINE 1/1996 ISBN: 082175193X A mail-order bride from Cincinnati, Ariah Scott had traveled all the way to Oregon to marry one man...only to lose her heart to another. What would become of her now? Ever since her father had died at the hands of a vengeful relative, Ariah's life had been shadowed by dark secrets. And now her forbidden desire for Bartholomew Moon filled her with uncertainty--and a secret longing that could never be fulfilled. From the moment Bartholomew saw Ariah standing alone in the Portland Station, the keeper of the Pyramid Rock Light was lost. Hopelessly in love with this angelic beauty who was fated to live beside him at the isolated lighthouse as another man's wife, Bartholomew never dreamed that destiny would someday bring them together. Would Ariah truly be the woman he could cherish...forever?
TAMING JENNA 6/1994 ISBN: 0821746049 The Wrong Man...Deserted by her good-for-nothing father at the tender age of seven, Jenna Leigh-Whittington had taught herself to ride, shoot, brawl...and steer clear of the opposite sex. But now, in a lonely Utah canyon, the voluptuous Pinkerton agent has drawn her gun on a rugged stranger - only to discover that, far from the dangerous outlaw she'd been tracking, he is Branch McCauley, hired gun...and the most irresistible rascal ever to tempt and torment a woman! The Right Woman...If there's one thing McCauley trusts less than a female, it's a female who packs a pistol. But what a woman! Vowing to bring the sensuous hellcat to heel, McCauley has no inkling that their passionate battle of wills has just begun. Taming Jenna will be the most seductive - and satisfying - job he's ever taken on...
TENDER TOUCH 12/1994 ISBN: 0821747770 Three nightmarish years of marriage had shattered Brianna Wight's sheltered world. Leading her husband to believe she'd been murdered, she fled St. Louis...harboring terrible secrets that could be the death of her. The tragic loss of his Indian wife left Columbus Nigh a wanderer; necessity made him a wilderness guide. But now he found himself drawn to the enigmatic woman who'd hired him to lead her westward. Her gentle strength stirred his lonely heart...her tender beauty aroused his deepest passions. But the perils of the Oregon Trail paled beside the murderous wrath of the man who tracked them across the harsh frontier. Brianna knew the only way save her and Columbus was to risk their tender love. Only then could she free herself from the horrors of the past - and embrace a rapturous future.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD 5/1997 ISBN: 0821756435 A widow with two children, Tempest Whitney had to mortgage everything to repay the money her husband had stolen. But even as she struggles to hold onto her Utah homestead, a scheming rancher buys up her debts, demanding that she either get off his land or marry him. Then a dark-haired stranger shows up, claiming to be her dead husband...Buck Maddux spent two years in jail for a crime he didn't commit. Now a deathbed promise has brought him to Tempest's homestead. A man without roots, he doesn't plan to stay--or feel so fiercely protective of his feisty beauty he saves from a hated marriage of convenience. Suddenly, Buck yearns for a home, a family, a lasting love. But what can he offers Tempest? The surprising answer lies in the forbidden canyons of an ancient Anasazi tribe, where fortune and danger await--along with a passion more precious than gold...
Dana Ransom
DAKOTA DAWN 11/1991 ISBN: 081735977 Aurora Kincaid gazed at tall, rugged Ethan Prescott with caution in her fiery golden eyes. She was grateful to the handsome Texan for rescuing her from certain death in the merciless Dakota mountains and sheltering her from the pursuers who unjustly sought her death. But how could she tell him the truth about her dangerous past, or that she must soon leave his cabin for the safety of her father's ranch? And how could she trust herself to ever forget the heat of Ethan's insistent touch, or the searing kisses that set her aflame with the sweet, wanton promise of spending forever in his arms?
DAKOTA DESIRE 6/1992 ISBN: 0821737686 Untamed Passions. Half-breed Scott Prescott decided years ago to travel the white man's path and tell no one of his past as Lone Wolf. But now that he'd brought his eastern bride-to-be home to the Dakotas to meet his white family his Sioux heritage was filling his spirit with fiery passions and fierce longings he could no longer deny. This wild country was where he belonged and the prim and proper Miss Gena Trowbridge was about to learn what it meant to be loved by a man with savage blood in his veins and red-hot desire in his heart! Unleashed Fires. From the moment they reached the Dakotas, Gena felt uneasy. Scott was somehow different here - stronger, more rugged, not at all like a polished Boston lawyer. The blond beauty had found it hard enough to control her unruly emotions back east, but now it was almost impossible to resist her fiance's rough masculine charm. Though his eyes held shadowy secrets, his lean, muscular body tempted her to forget her fears. His caress seared her flesh with delicious heat and his kisses made her inhibitions melt until she ached to surrender to thee sensual pleasures of his Dakota Desire.
DAKOTA DESTINY 2/1993 ISBN: 0821740601 He was her business... Building herself a life of luxury as she performed con games on rich, unsuspecting gentlemen, Norah Denby always kept control of her emotions. But that all changed when rugged Rory Prescott landed at her feet and unleashed her dormant passions. Though Norah kept reminding herself that Rory was nothing more than business, she found his touch left her burning with desire. And after surrendering to his heated kisses, she wondered how one Dakota cowboy could completely undo her common sense!
DAKOTA PROMISES 8/1993 The minute Norah Denby first laid eyes on handsome Rory Prescott, she knew her heart would belong to him forever. But the rugged South Dakota cowboy clearly didn't feel the same way about her, and when she realized that as his wife she'd always play second fiddle to his sprawling family spread, Norah took their son and fled east to Baltimore... vowing to make a new life far from the tantalizing memories of her husband's seductive embrace. But fate would soon sweep her back to the Bar K Ranch, reuniting her with the only man she would ever love - and rekindling the flames of an unforgettable passion.... Three years apart spend rebuilding the troubled Prescott ranch still hadn't dimmed Rory's wild, consuming desire for Norah. The fiery beauty was everything he'd ever wanted in a woman and a wife... and now that she was back, he didn't intend to lose her a second time. With slow, burning kisses, he'd melt her resistance. And as their passions soared to rapturous new heights beneath searing Dakota skies, she'd discover once and for all that they shared a love meant to be their destiny.
SWEET TEXAS DREAMS 12/1996 ISBN: 082175517X Becca Bass longs to leave the dry, dusty landscape of West Texas and find her dream come true-- a man like the ones in the love stories she reads. But then fate brings her dream to her parents' doorstep in the form of Morgan Daniels, New York attorney. Morgan has come looking for Becca's legendary father, Harmon Bass to help track down the outlaws who kidnapped his stepfather. But when a recent injury prevents Harmon from helping him, Becca steps in. She only wants to gain the attention and admiration of the handsome man, but what starts as a foolhardy adventure turns into a deadly game and the lives of the people she loves are at stake. Determined to save his stepfather, Morgan accepts an offer of help from the pretty Becca Bass. She proves to be quite a distraction and before he leaves West Texas Morgan is ready to set her up as his mistress-- until he finds out who her family is and realizes his mistake. This isn't some poor little country girl, Becca's family is wealthy and one of his firm's biggest clients. But when Morgan goes back to Texas, he'll be taking Becca's heart with him. How can he forget the sweet Texas beauty when she's the woman who taught him what love really is?
TEMPTATION'S TRAIL 2/1994 ISBN: 0821744585 When Amanda Duncan headed West to find her missing brother, she knew she was a little out of her element. Her privileged upbringing in a fancy boarding school hadn't prepared her for the perils of frontier Texas. So Amanda made a plan - all she had to do was hire a hero. But when legendary gunslinger Harmon Bass showed up, he wasn't what she expected at all. True, he was gorgeous beyond belief, but he was also unarmed. What kind of hero didn't carry a gun? Rugged half-breed Harmon Bass needed a job that paid well and disguised his true mission. What he got was an irritating and irresistible trail partner who couldn't ride, shoot or keep quiet! Yet with every move she made, he wanted her more! Maybe it was Amanda's sheer pluck...or unexpected courage...or the way her beautiful brown eyes glowed with sensual fire. Here was a woman to tempt and torment him - the woman he'd been waiting for all his life. Now, as he and the feisty eastern beauty crossed a wilderness dogged by crooked lawmen and avenging outlaws, harm only prayed they lived long enough to claim the love that waited at the end of...Temptation's Trail.
TEXAS DESTINY 8/1994 ISBN: 0821746529 Wounded and left for dead by a band of savage Apaches, Texas Ranger Jack Bass thought his life was over - until a white woman dressed in Indian clothing suddenly appeared. Before he could learn the identity of this green-eyed angel of mercy, she vanished into the night, leaving him with only the memory of whispered words and a gentle touch... Ever since the terrifying day she was abducted from her husband's home and forced to live among the Apache, Emily Marcus knew she no longer had a place in the white man's world. But she couldn't forget the tender stranger she'd nursed back to life. Now, as fate conspired to bring them together once more, Emily found herself torn between honor and desire - between vows made long ago and the love she'd risk her very soul to claim...
TEXAS RENEGADE 3/1996 ISBN: 0821752677 Kenitay: The handsome, mixed-breed Texan who felt he didn't belong in the world of either the white man or the Indian....Leisha: The headstrong, caring woman who loved him enough to show him the way to a place of his own...Laisha and Kenitay had known each other as children. Fate reunites them when Kenitay returns to west Texas to track down the man who murdered his Apache father. He is blinded by vengeance. Leisha sees only the man she has always loved. Drawn by his need, Leisha rides at the side of this rebel on his quest for justice.
WILD SAVAGE LOVE 6/1990 ISBN: 082173055X Prisoner of Passion. Captured by Indians when she was just a girl, seventeen-year-old Evangeline had finally been set free. But the innocent, raven-haired beauty discovered that even liberty had its price the day her scheming uncle sold her into marriage to Englishman Royce Tanner. Dreaming only of when she would return to the land and the people she loved, Evangeline proudly vowed never to submit to her husband's caress. But every day, he seemed more handsome; every night, more irresistible. How long could she deny her own yearnings? Captive of Desire. Royce couldn't believe his good fortune. He'd acquired land, a title, and a docile, obedient wife...or so he thought! His sweet, blushing bride was about as tame as a tigress! Even as she defied him, she stirred his blood as no woman ever had. And he swore that it was only a matter of time before he made her his in deed as well as name. He would kindle the flames of passion in her smoky gray eyes, fell the tremors of desire running through her silken flesh, and spend night after night savoring their wild savage love.
WILD TEXAS BRIDE 8/1995 ISBN: 0821748335 He gave her her first kiss when she was thirteen. But now Billy Cooper has taken up with a dangerous gang of outlaws. So seventeen-year-old Sarah Bass dons boots and breeches and rides out to rescue the man she loves from a life of crime. But when innocent wiles and irresistible impulses lock them in a shotgun marriage, Sarah must come to terms with the vengeful passions that drive Billy...passions destined to unite a man hell-bent on justice and the woman sworn to tame his wild, hungry heart.
WILD WYOMING LOVE 6/1991 ISBN: 082173427X Sam Zachary had is own reasons for posing as the new marshal of Blessing, Wyoming, but a fondness for law and order wasn't one of them. Revenge was what he was after, and he had no time for wrangling with that disdainful and feisty female banker Lucille Blessing. Instinct told him to keep his distance, but the feel of her body under his hands, hot as molten lava, stirred the passion in his blood. Despite her haughty stare, the soft curves of her full sensuous lips intrigued him; he ached to taste their sweetness and conquer her once and for all with the sensual and passionate pleasures of a lover's embrace. Lucille had no time for that so called lawman. His mocking and arrogant manner grated her nerves, and she knew that beneath is lazy quiet and comfortable drawl lay and explosion waiting to happen, one she might be burned by if she wasn't careful.
Livia Reasoner
MENDING FENCES 1/1998 ISBN: 0515122114 In the frontier town of Zephyr, Texas, a young romance writer falls for a character she might have invented - a handsome cowboy who stirs her deepest longings...
Cheryl Reavis
THE CAPTIVE HEART 5/2000 ISBN: 0373291124 Robert McLarn had killed five men for vengeance - and so was named by the Cherokee 'Five Killer,' a man doomed to life armored in grief. All that mattered to him was the safety of his son - until the day he met Hannah Albrecht, and their destiny was forever sealed! Capricious fate had bound Hannah Albrecht to half-breed Robert McLarn, a man who was slave to one people and hero to another. And in his arms, she had opened to love like a flower in the sun, for McLarn had captured her heart....
THE FORBIDDEN BRIDE 1/2003 ISBN: 0373292406 They were playing with a fire that could destroy them both! Tregear was listening to the song intently, and his face revealed a depth of emotion Jane doubted he even realized. She understood two things about him immediately. That he hadn't come to this country willingly and that he wanted nothing more than to return home again. When he took his seat near Jane, it was all she could do to keep her resolve never to even attempt to thank him again. She lost the battle to remain indifferent to his second good deed involving her family... 'You would not let me voice my gratitude before. And now - my sister -' 'There is no need for gratitude. However, I have something I want to say to you,' Tregear interrupted. Jane made no attempt to acknowledge the remark. Tregear simply waited until her curiosity got the better, and she dared to look into his eyes. 'Milla Dunwiddie's child is not mine.'
Betty Layman Receveur
OH, KENTUCKY! 10/1990 ISBN:0345369467 The story of Kitty Gentry, the early perilous years at Fort Boonesborough, and the making of a new state.
Ellen Recknor
ME AND THE BOYS 11/1995 ISBN:051511698X Her name was Gini Kincaid, 16, with hair of flame and a spirit to match. She put her name on the tongues of the righteous and criminal folks across the Southwest. They called her a heroine and a whore. She ran with outlaws and could track like an Apache, and she possessed a mouth that got her into all manner of trouble. This is her story.
PROPHET ANNIE 3/1999 ISBN:0380795132 Annie Pinkerton Boone Newcastle's wedding night is one she wouldn't soon forget. One moment she's arriving in the practically barbarian Arizona Territory for a prearranged marriage -- the next she's a widow. The honeymoon has just begun when her newly acquired, much older husband breathes his last breath -- leaving Annie without funds, and with his two elderly relatives to support. To make matters worse, the dead geezer has the unmitigated gall to take up residence in Annie's body! But, it turns out, the ghost of Jonas Newcastle makes himself useful by channeling vital information from the great beyond through Annie, and the somewhat bewildered widow quickly earns a reputation as a seer. She's soon sharing Jonas's psychic "hints" with the public and, no longer impoverished, she's a local celebrity. However, even "Prophet Annie" can't foresee all the raucous adventures and passionate fulfillment the future has in store for her...
Joanne Redd
APACHE BRIDE 5/1990 ISBN:0440205131 A nymph with a streak of independence. Bold, beautiful Alison Carr left behind a frivolous life in Baltimore for the excitement of the wild Southwest. But it would take an arrogant Apache chief to change her world one night in a dusty Mexican town when he saw her, wanted her, and abducted her. Her heart defied this savage who had stolen her freedom, but her traitorous body could not resist yielding to his searing touch. Proud, dangerously handsome, and much-feared, 'The Falcon' knew the Indian ways were dying out, but he refused to give up fighting for his people and their land. Then his dark eyes met Alison's incredibly blue gaze and he knew he would risk anything to have the most desirable maiden he had ever seen. His passion would brand her his woman, but would his blind desire threaten all he'd ever struggled for?
DANCE WITH FIRE 4/1992 ISBN:0440208262 Offered as an interpreter to Major Evan Trevor by her chieftain uncle, Chicksaw woman Fire Dancer is insulted and vows never to touch the arrogant officer...but her heart soon gives in.
STEAL THE FLAME 2/1991 ISBN: 0440208254 She alone survived the deadly raid on her wagon train. Captured by a handsome savage, Brandy Daniel's fiery spirit was undaunted. The fierce warrior had saved her from death - but for what other fate? His sensuality taunted her, his kisses burned her with a primitive, timeless passion, tempting her to surrender everything - her past, her heritage...her very soul. Flaming Arrow found himself gazing at the sky-blue eyes and burnished copper hair of an intoxicating beauty he would kill to have. She was his for taking, but he wanted her warm and willing in his arms. His visions had shown him - she was his destiny, willing or not. the fire raging in his blood demanded she be the woman to fight beside him...to share his reckless desire and bold, wild love.
TO LOVE AN EAGLE 1987 ISBN:0440189829 She embraced a blazing land, and the man who claimed it, savage, fearless, and magnificently wild... A proud and beautiful woman joins forces with a half-breed to deliver guns to the Alamo.
Colleen L. Reece
CAPTIVES OF THE CANYON 1995 ISBN: 1557486166 A team of doctors has issued Linnet Allen a dire prognosis: early death. Fighting despair and with nothing to lose, Linnet and her father Judd accept an invitation to Judd's brothers's Utah ranch. Far from a sterile sanitarium, the Rocking A Ranch in Moab, Utah, is a no-frills working ranch of the 1890s, surrounded by wild horses, breathtaking views, and ruthless outlaws. Wild horses bring former cowboy Andy Cullen to these unsettled parts, and he won't leave until one particular stallion is his. Seemingly Andy and the frail Linnet have little in common, yet looks can be deceiving. For as determined as the cowboy is to possess the ebony-coated Sheik, so one young woman is to claim life and the dreams of love. But until their dreams become reality, if ever they do, both will be captives of the canyon.
FLOWER OF ALASKA 1996 ISBN: 1557489181 Inga Nansen has waited many long years to rejoin her father on his seagoing ship, cruising the picturesque ports of the great Northwest. But now her heart is being pulled in a different direction. The love of her life is bound for the harsh and unforgiving Alaska wilderness. Years, ago, and countless miles between, Dr. Arthur Baldwin betrayed the best friend he had ever known. His soul in turmoil, he now spends his time searching for the one man who can set him free. The one man who can let him move on with his life. Now as he embarks on perhaps the final leg of his journey to forgiveness, will Inga let him go? Her head says her place is with her father, but her heart is by Arthur's determined side.
FLOWER OF SEATTLE 1994 ISBN: 1557485836 Brian O'Rouke is searching for salvation in America. To escape the starvation and desolation of famine-torn Ireland, the orphaned Brian becomes a stowaway aboard the Cutlass, a ship that eventually sails for the Seattle Territory. Satisfied with carving a place for himself in this new land, Brian meets Heather Templeton, whose struggles parallel his. Somehow she must get out from under the thumb of her selfish and self centered stepmother. Adelaide has already driven Heather's twin brother Harry from their home and Heather is determined she will not be Adelaide's next victim. Will Brian and Heather's life together in Seattle grow and bloom like a precious flower? Or will the forces bent on their love to wither and blow away?
FLOWER OF THE WEST 2000 ISBN: 1557487693 The only daughter of Heather and Brian O'Rourke, Daisy is far from a coddled hot-house flower. Determined to be a Harvey Girl-a waitress at one of Fred Harvey's famous restaurants-she tumbles headfirst into a Wild West adventure. And adventure she finds in abundance! From the breathtaking peaks of Washington State to the rough-riding Arizona Territory, Daisy gets what she bargained for, and more. Along the way she not only grows up, she becomes a young woman of God. Furthermore, along the way Daisy falls in love. Who is this mystery cowboy, and is he the one whom God has chosen for this irrepressible flower of the West?
HONOR OF THE BIG SNOWS short story in A NOSTALGIC NOEL 9/1998 ISBN:1577483499
WHISPERS IN THE WILDERNESS 1993 ISBN: 1557483914 The handsome cowboy from the Double J ranch in Arizona is not exactly what folks expect. As he follows the myriad trails that may lead him to his father, Reverend Joel Scott uses his riding, roping, and preaching talents to win souls for Christ. In Colorado, in Texas, and finally in New Mexico, Joel confronts the villainous and the kind, the looks of an enemy and the gaze of a love for a lifetime. Will any of them lead him to his father...will he follow the whispers in the wilderness?
Maureen Reynolds
ONE GOLDEN HOUR 1988 ISBN: 0517000849 Tessa was a most unlikely schoolteacher, with a womanly luster that defied her prim, colorless demeanor. But she hid a dark past, a nightmare that forced her to start fresh in a raw Western Boomtown. There she was greeted by Cody Butler, an insufferably handsome rake with an eye for luscious women. He saw beyond the schoolmarm drab and sensed the true splendor that was Tessa. Slowly they drew close, sharing wit and passion, anger and understanding. Could Tessa give her heart to this man, or would the dark shadow of her past destroy the glory of new love?
SMOKE EYES 12/1992 ISBN: 0553295012 He stood like a pirate on the deck of a plundered ship, black hair whipping in the wind, powerful shoulders filling the door of the tiny apothecary shop, and called her by the secret name only he could have known. In that one magic moment Zach Fletcher saw her just as he'd always remembered her, the sun on her bare brown flesh and the long prairie grass beneath her moccasined feet. Back then she had been his little 'Smoke Eyes.' With her gray eyes flashing fire, Katherine Flynn was torn between anger and breathless awe at the sight of her old childhood friend. A respected and dedicated doctor in a small Colorado town, she'd worked hard to overcome the double prejudice she faced as a woman and an Arapaho half-breed. Why had Zach come back after all these years? Still, one look at the dangerous, steel-muscled man he'd become was enough to set her body burning with forbidden desire-and to persuade her to risk everything for one stolen moment in a handsome brigand's arms.
WILD NIGHTS, SILVER DREAMS 1988 ISBN:0517000822 Fiery-haired journalist Alanna Desmond would risk life and limb for an exclusive story, but when she's contacted by the elusive Indian protector Hunter, the opportunity exceeds her wildest fantasies. For Hunter--a reputed renegade and half-breed Navajo--is considered the most dangerous man in the western territories. He is also the most sensual, daring, and pleasure-giving man Alanna has ever met. And beneath her polished exterior lies an adventurous, intoxicating woman only fearless Hunter has the courage to unleash. But will Alanna deny her newspaper's reputation and her own heritage to report this shocking expose of the Navajos' plight? And will she submit to the forbidden and uncontrollable love that sets her soul afire?
Pat Rice
LOVE'S FIRST SURRENDER 2/1984 ISBN:0821713280 (Reissued as SURRENDER) All her life, Jennifer Lee has worked alongside her devout, reserved parents in their riverfront inn. But her restless heart has never quieted, and one night she loses herself in the tender caresses of a mysterious riverboat captain. In the morning he disappears, and soon Jennifer discovers that she will have his child. Now, cast out by her parents, her dreams have been shattered--until the man who haunts them walks back into her life ...Can Change Everything Marcus Armstrong thought he'd found an angel. And he was unable to resist the temptation of her heavenly auburn hair shinning in the moonlight. Forced to return to his boat the next day, he couldn't forget her, or the night they shared. But when fate made her a passenger on his next voyage, Marcus did not recognize the beautiful, enigmatic young woman as the angel in his memory--until he fell in love with her all over again.
Patricia Rice
CHEYENNE'S LADY 12/1989 ISBN:0451401743 Daughter of a New Mexico cattle baron and an enchantingly lovely Mexican aristocrat, Maria Connolly had inherited her father's strength and her mother's beauty. But when her person and her land came under siege by a greedy landowner, Cheyenne Walker rode in, offering the help she needed . . . and the passion she desired.
DENIM AND LACE 1996 ISBN: 0451406885 After traveling 2000 miles, Samantha Neely finally has her chance to confront Sloan Talbott, the man she believes capable of murdering her missing father. Sloan calls Sam a ragtag redheaded tomboy, but her honeyed voice taunts him by day and slips into his dreams at night. In denim, she made him crazy. In lace, she made him wild. With his own private demons, Sloan doesn't need Sam revealing what kind of man he really is. He couldn't let himself love her, but he couldn't stop wanting her. Instead, he offered her a proposition she ought to refuse...
KEEPING THE FIRE HOT short story in SECRETS OF THE HEART 12/1994 ISBN: 0451405528
LORD ROGUE 1/1989 ISBN:0451401115 Alicia could feel the passion in his lips as he moved them in feather-light caresses across her mouth. Even when the deepened the kiss, she still craved more…Alicia Stanford thought she could never trust a man again after she had been so terribly violated. But the beautiful Philadelphia heiress had never met a man like Travis Longtree. Son of an English lord and an Indian princess, this tantalizingly handsome Mississippi riverman was a startling blend of virile power and healing tenderness. The gulf between their social stations…the fear Alicia felt…melted when he took her in his arms and carried her on a rising tide of passion…through the crosscurrents of nineteenth-century frontier life…through adventure and intrigue…to a love that merged the hungers of her flesh and the longing of her heart.
PAPER MOON 1996 ISBN: 0451406524 Janice Harrison looked like a dowdy schoolmarm to the citizens of Mineral Springs, Texas, as long as no one saw her with her golden hair loose around her white shoulders and her perfect body free from its corset stays. But Peter Mulloney had glimpsed her sensual silhouette in her cabin window, and the hot desire he felt surprised him. He had come here looking for a Texas banker, and all he cared about was proving to his wealthy family that he was his own man. All Janice cared about was being her own woman, supporting herself and her fragile little sister Betsy - and keeping her secrets hidden. Now excitement and danger swept into her life with the handsome, rugged Mulloney. True, Peter Mulloney brought the tender kisses she relished, but did he also bring the kind of hurt that could shatter her soul? Or had the two of them found the rarest treasure in a lifetime of dreams - love...?
PAPER ROSES 3/1995 ISBN: 0451404696 Evie needed a skilled gunslinger to escort her safely to Texas. Her dime novel said Pecos Martin was the best. Unfortunately the gamble she mistakenly approached at the Green Door Saloon was a hell-raising womanizer named Tyler Monteigne. Evie had grown up in a genteel St. Louis home as a 'boarder.' In reality, she was an abandoned love child with no one to love her - until a letter from Texas told her where to find her true identity. Tyler could shoot straight enough, but he was also an expert con, and he knew this pretty gal was wrestling with inner demons - just like him. Sure, he'd take her across the river to Texas. Yet he didn't foresee the dark passions rising to sweep them away, making Evie all he wanted - and making him exactly what she most feared.
SURRENDER 10/1998 ISBN: 0821760009 All her life, Jennifer Lee has worked alongside her devout, reserved parents in their riverfront inn. But her restless heart has never quieted, and one night she loses herself in the tender caresses of a mysterious riverboat captain. In the morning he disappears, and soon Jennifer discovers that she will have his child. Now, cast out by her parents, her dreams have been shattered--until the man who haunts them walks back into her life ...Can Change Everything Marcus Armstrong thought he'd found an angel. And he was unable to resist the temptation of her heavenly auburn hair shinning in the moonlight. Forced to return to his boat the next day, he couldn't forget her, or the night they shared. But when fate made her a passenger on his next voyage, Marcus did not recognize the beautiful, enigmatic young woman as the angel in his memory--until he fell in love with her all over again.
TEXAS LILY 7/1994 ISBN:0451404688 As a young innocent, Lily Porter was swept off her feet by handsome, seductive, and faithless Travis Bolton. She had married Jim Brown without love to have a father for her child, and had tried to be a good wife to the rancher as he carved out a cattle kingdom on the untamed Texas of the 1830s. But now her husband was gone. She was a woman alone, with a child to raise and a ranch to run, in a land aflame with violence and ripe for rebellion against Mexican rule. Lily had only one person to turn to. His name was Cade, part Apache brave, part Mexican grandee, too proud and reckless for either his or her own good. He had a past and a secret he would not reveal, and a power and a passion too overwhelming to resist. And lily willingly joined with him in a struggle against treachery and terror, and in a love she would risk anything not to lose.
Mary Lou Rich
BANDIT'S KISS 1/1993 ISBN: 1557738424 Angel in Danger - Beneath Elena's fresh-faced innocence stirred a forbidden passion for a dangerous bandit... Devil in Disguise - Beneath Miguel's stuffy and conservative appearance lurked a reckless outlaw's heart and a body of steel... Bandit's Kiss - He was a suitor for Elena's hand in marriage. But her body and soul belonged to El Gato, the handsome masked bandit who stole her family's gold - and her innocence. Elena never dreamed that her husband-to-be was the very same man who had kidnapped her one fateful night...whose hungry kisses burned like fire...whose brazen touch left her yearning for more!
COLORADO TEMPEST 10/1992 ISBN:1557737991 A Rude Awakening: Samantha woke up with a headache--and without a stitch on--in the chilly, ramshackle cabin. The only source of warmth was the handsome stranger next to her . . . A Strange Bedfellow: In a haze of whiskey, Nick had no more idea then she did how they'd ended up together in the woods with one horse...and no clothes. They set out together, aiming to find out what had happened. But a bigger mystery awaited them in town...where they discovered a marriage certificate with their names on it! Before they could solve the puzzle, a sizzling attraction took hold. Samantha was drawn to the lean, muscled half-Indian with the tousled black hair . . . and Nick couldn't keep his mind --or his hands--off the green-eyed nymph. They were already husband and wife – but the delicious passion of love had only just begun...
COURTING KATE 4/1997 ISBN: 0515120480 After the Civil War destroys her family and home, Kate reluctantly decides to become a mail-order bride. She soon finds out that Tanner, her suitor, is less than willing, because he didn't request her - his brothers are trying to marry him off. But when courting Kate became the favorite pastime of every bachelor in town, Tanner has to let go of his pride and learn to love.
HEART'S FOLLY 5/1996 ISBN:051511846 She took his name in marriage... He took her heart forever... Mattie: A respectable young widow, she fought to close dawn Jake's house of ill repute...Jake: He drove Mattie's millinery shop out of business, leaving her penniless - and homeless... Jake had ruined Mattie. So she was mighty wary when he offered her a job caring for his orphaned nieces and nephews - in his home. Still, Mattie was desperate, and she adored the children. She accepted Jake's offer on two conditions: They would marry for the children's sake - and be man and wife in name only. In her mind, Mattie intended to resist the charms of her handsome husband. But in her heart, she knew that rules of love were made to be broken...
Sue Rich
AIM FOR THE HEART 2/1996 ISBN: 0671898086 Ten years have passed since the ruthless Boggs brothers massacred Jessalea Richardson's entire family. Now seventeen, the courageous beauty disguises herself as a boy and sets off to find the murderers and deliver her own brand of justice. Armed with a Colt, a draw as fast a lightning, and a burning desire for revenge, Jessalea doesn't count on having any distractions. Char Daniels, a charming, skirt-chasing gunslinger, certainly doesn't plan on falling in love. But on a chance encounter in a San Antonio saloon, Char saves the plucky gal from a cowardly backshooter. Now forced on the run together, Jessalea and Char must cross the scorching wilds of Texas, hiding from the law, tracking down the Boggses...and fighting a mounting attracting that threatens to overwhelm them both.
RAWHIDE AND ROSES 9/1993 ISBN: 0671759140 The notorious outlaw Malo Navaja hadn't planned on taking anyone along when the Hawking gang busted him out of jail. But Brianne Logan was too pretty to leave to face the hangman. Her blonde curls and sensual curves had aroused his protective instincts - and more! Plus, she was a spitfire, fighting him like a wildcat when his iron grip pulled her onto his horse. She didn't know that Malo was really Hayden Caldwell, a Texas Ranger working undercover, and his deep, demanding kisses were about to become all she craved in this world... Running away from Santa Fe and her powerful father, sassy Brianne had gotten hungry enough to steal, and ended up in the hoosegow. Then a knock on the head made the world go black. When her wide gray eyes opened again, her memory was gone, and a magnificently handsome man was claiming she was his wife! Suddenly Brianne felt ambushed by emotions she couldn't understand. She didn't remember a whit about this mysterious Hayden Caldwell, but she ached to really be his woman, strong enough to fight by his side on the sun-scorched frontier and daring enough to use every feminine wile to make him crazy with passion - and wild with love.
SHADOWED VOWS 8/1992 ISBN: 0671736264 Seven years after her husband Adam abandoned her on their wedding night and set sail for America, Victoria Townsend decides to locate her errant husband and free herself from their sham marriage.
Jan Richardson
A REASON TO BELIEVE 10/2006 (ebook) The first in an exciting trilogy, A Reason to Believe, joins Edwina Jefferson and John Morgan on Galveston island at the end of the 19th century. Edwina has been raised in a life of luxury and privilege but feels trapped inside her mother's expectations for her life. John believes he has been called to the island for a special purpose but finds himself drawn to socialite Edwina. Their lives, and the lives of those around them, are changed forever when a horrific storm ravages the island. Will John be able to hold onto his convictions, and God's calling, in the midst of chaos? Can Edwina find a place in a world that is suddenly different from everything she has ever known? Is it possible that they can build a future together despite the devastation that surrounds them? RR@H's Novel Thoughts
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