Amy Rognlie

AFTER THE FLOWERS FADE ISBN: 1577486374 Carrie Winthrop is a nurse-a good one. Ashamed of her past, she has worked hard to earn the confidence of the townspeople and the right to hold her head up high. But when Dr. Zach Tanner comes to set up a medical practice in her small mountain town of Bailey, Colorado, the sparks fly. Convinced that Zach has come to run her out of town, Carrie is ready to fight for her way of life. But she is taken off guard by the young physicians gentle means and the manner in which he reflects the love of Jesus Christ. Working together in relative harmony, it seems nothing can ruin their growing friendship, until Zach stumbles upon a long buried secret from Carrie's past.

ALONG UNFAMILIAR PATHS 6/1998 ISBN: 1577483219 Raine Thomas has been relieved of her position as headmistress of the London mission school. Going back home to live with Papa is out of the question, but what else can she do? Before she can decide, dashing shipping owner Ben Thackeray bursts into her life with a link to her past. Raine has not see Paul Oliver in seven years, but when Ben presents her with a locket containing an encoded message from Paul, her hopes soar. Could Paul still be alive? Compelled by her long-held dreams and faithful love, Raine boards Ben's ship to America on the trail of many unanswered questions. Smitten immediately by Raine's charms, Ben offers to escort her to Boston where the search for Paul will begin. Will they find Paul in time to thwart the plans of his enemies? Will Ben be able to deny the longing of his heart out of loyalty to his long-time friend, Paul?

A VOW UNBROKEN short story in PRAIRIE BRIDES 5/2000 ISBN: 1577487125

Hebby Roman

LOVE ME ONLY 5/1999 ISBN: 0821762060 The prospect of a joyful family reunion is shattered when Diana McFarland arrives in Mexico City and learns that her father is dead. His only legacy: a valuable secret formula for mining silver. Diana is determined to go on with the business, but one thing stands in her way-darkly handsome Seguin Torres, a man who wants the formula for himself. For Seguin, the formula is his last chance to make a name for himself-and to seek revenge against the man who stole his birthright. Convincing the lovely Diana to part with it will prove almost as difficult as resisting her lush beauty. But Seguin's cherished plans for vengeance explode when Diana is nearly abducted and he must usher her to safety.

MIDNIGHT PROMISE 10/1998 ISBN: 0821760033 Julia Flores had dreamed of spending her life with Ruiz Navarro ever since they were children playing on the fertile land of their families' vineyards. And when Ruiz went to fight in the War for Texas Independence, Julia vowed to wait for him... But when Ruiz returned home, he was no longer the innocent boy Julia once knew. War had shattered his soul and made him a bitter, cold man. Yet he could not ignore the raven-haired beauty who set off an irresistible longing within him. Now, working side by side to save the vineyard from foreclosure, they are tormented by an unspoken desire. And as they find passion in each other's arms, they cannot deny the powerful destiny that has brought them together. But forces of greed and jealousy soon surround them, threatening the very dreams they hold most dear...

Elaine Rome

STARK LIGHTNING(#85) 7/1991 ISBN:0373286856 Valentine Stark could outshoot, outride and out rope any man on her father's spread. But she had made more mistakes in the month that Branch Walker had been around than she cared to admit, and she was determined that the handsome cowboy would have to go. The boss's daughter was the most ornery, stubborn, mule-headed woman that Branch hand ever laid eyes on, and she insisted on proving to him every chance she got. Still, he was beginning to enjoy the sparks that always seemed to flare between them - along with the prospect of Val's willing surrender.

Sherry Roseberry

LOVE ONLY ONCE 8/1993 ISBN:1557739242 Arriving in New Mexico as a mail-order bride, Falisha Harrington was captured and sold into white slavery south of the border. The spirited and sensuous beauty aroused Granger Hawk's desire at the same time he ached to rescue her.

TENDER DECEPTIONS 6/1991 ISBN:1557735239 Michelle Grant was a San Francisco society girl, yet beneath her delicate beauty lay a daring spirit that led her into the dark, perilous streets of Chinatown, as a part of a secret alliance that rescued innocent young girls from a dangerous underground...

Katie Rose

A CASE FOR ROMANCE 3/1999 ISBN: 0553577727 Of all the things Emily Potter hoped would happen when her long-lost father reappeared, this wasn't one of them: She's just inherited the bordello he owned in bawdy, booming Denver - and worse, he was gunned down in cold blood in the parlor. But instead of getting faint, the lovely armchair sleuth from the civilized East is determined to unmask her father's killer, employing the infallible logic of her hero, Sherlock Holmes. Yet Holmes never had such a complicated case...or the sexy, distracting shadow of the Reverend Thomas Hall, who seems unusually interested in the abandoned house of sin - and Emily's every move. Emily suspects the 'preacher' knows more about gunslingers than the Good Book...and begins to wonder whether he was involved in her father's murder. All she knows is it's hard to keep her mind on deduction when Thomas seems intent on seduction...and the matchmaking ghost of the bordello's shadiest lady insists on providing elementary lessons in feminine wiles. But as logic gives way to passion, Emily forgets to protect both her vulnerable heart, and her life.

Marcia Rose

A TIME TO HEAL 5/1998 ISBN: 034540226X In the beginning, there's White Bird, daughter of a Pequot healer, forced to flee to the banks of the Connecticut River after the massacre of her tribe. There, White Bird instructs her daughter, Annis, in the art and power of healing, a gift that Annis then passes down to Morgan Wellburn, her child by a white man. Following her own destiny, Morgan is led to Dr. Grace Chapman--one of the few female physicians in the country--and later to bustling Brooklyn at the turn of the century, where her skills as a midwife and champion of the poor will lead her to her ultimate dream... Through generations of love and loss, heartache and passion, Morgan's own daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter will be challenged and changed by their remarkable, inherited gift in this unforgettable novel of women who dare to fight for their right to heal - and for their hearts.

Patricia Rosemoor

THE DESPARADO 11/1995 ISBN: 0373223463 When Willow Kane set out in search of her truant sister Tansy, she never imagined she'd have to go back a century to find her...or that she'd find love in the form of a reckless renegade named Ryder. With his blond hair, blue eyes and dark mustache, Ryder was a dead ringer for the Sundance Kid, with a reputation to match. Though Ryder was a mystery Willow longed to unravel, a century weighed heavily between them, as did a question on her lips: Could their love transcend the boundaries of time?

Beverlee Ross

ANNABELLE(#178) 6/1993 ISBN: 037328778X When Clint Strand first met Annabelle MacDonald, she poked a six-shooter into his ribs. Hardly a friendly how-do. But when she insisted he marry her, things really got out of hand. The wild-tressed redhead was not the woman of his dreams, but then, a gunfighter on the run couldn't be too choosy about who he bunked with... Heaven only knew what possessed Annabelle MacDonald to barge into that saloon and face down Clint Strand, something many a man feared doing. But she got what she came for - a husband. And now, it seemed, she was struck with him...for better or for worse!

Clarissa Ross

DENVER'S LADY 1985 ISBN:0445201185 Feisty auburn haired Clare lived in a rough man's world. Together with her railroad building father, she had traveled across the raw Western frontier and seen things no proper woman should. But her heart had never been touched by any man's love-not until the night in a crowded gambling salon when she laid eyes on the notorious renegade known as the Denver Gent......

Myra Rowe

LOUISIANA LADY 1986 ISBN: 0821718916 Left an orphan after her father's untimely death, Leander Ondone fought to made a place for herself in the world. With the promise of her family's plantation, Beaux Rixes, becoming her own next year on her 18th birthday she tried to hold on to her independence. But until then she was forced to live in a small room in a house of ill repute. She was able to maintain her virtue- until the night Justin Salvador stumbled upon her by mistake. The longings he stirred from deep within her were too powerful to deny. Although she knew it was wrong to submit to the stranger's kisses, she could not ignore this handsome sailor's caress...

PAIR OF HEARTS 8/1989 ISBN: 0446348414 Beautiful Roxanne Willows sewed the gold she found on her stepfather's farm into her petticoats and bought a ticket on the Mississippi's most luxurious steamboat. Behind her lay nightmare memories of poverty and an attempted rape by her stepbrother Aaron. Ahead of her waited a chance to waltz in salons lit by glittering chandeliers, to dress in silk and velvet, and to never feel another night of cold and hunger - if she could find a mature, rich man to marry. Then handsome Daniel "Captain Sean" Ryan tipped his hat and smiled his rakish smile.. Although her heart began to flutter, Roxnne snubbed him. she couldn't afford to fall for a mysterious riverboat gambler even when his kisses touched her lips with fire. But Roxanne was innocent of where desire could lead. She thought she could beat Sean in a game of passion...not knowing that the wild cards he held were a startling secret and the fearsome power of love.

Vanessa Royall

FIREBRAND'S WOMAN 1980 ISBN: 0440125979 Cruelly banished from her tribe, the beautiful half-breed Cyva lived as an exile in the alien world of white men. But she would return in unrivaled glory to lead her people on a mighty exodus...to know the heartbreak of The Trail of Tears...to find a rapturous love many dream of, but few will ever know...As floods of hungry settlers swept over the wilderness, Firebrand, the legendary Chickasaw chief, waged a savage war of cunning and courage, sworn to defend his people from their treacherous foes...sworn, together with her - in the face of bitter defeat - to forge a brave and victorious new dream.

SEIZE THE DAWN 1/1983 ISBN: 044017788X As ruthless men grasped at fortunes and forged a mighty nation, one bold woman seized a glorious dream... She had been kidnapped and carried across the seas, yet for as long as she could remember, Elizabeth Rolfson knew that her destiny lay in America. She arrived in Chicago in 1885, the stunning heiress to a vast empire. As men of daring pressed westward, vying for the land, Elizabeth was swept into the savage struggle. Driven to learn the secret of her past, to find the one man who could still the restless yearnings of her heart, she would stand alone against the mighty to claim her proud birthright and grasp a dream of undying love.

WILD WIND WESTWARD 1982 ISBN:044019363X Her beauty was a blessing and a curse... Her hair was like the summer sun. Her eyes reflected the clear blue Norwegian skies. She would be Gustav Rolfson's reluctant bride. For her sake he would forge an empire in America. But Kristin Arnesdatter was forever bound to another... to Eric Starbane, who had fled his homeland with a price on his head and vengeance in his heart... Eric, who would make his way in an alien land torn by civil war... who would win honor and prepare for a greater battle still--the battle to reclaim his beloved and carry her to the bold frontiers of love and golden promise.

Patricia Roy

LUCKY STARS 6/1998 ISBN: 0446605042 To make her dreams come true, schoolteacher Marjorie Bascom needs to get married fast. A single woman in Colorado in 1869 can't file a claim for land, and Marjorie has her mind set on the sweetest 160 acres in the West. Desperate times call for a temporary husband, one who'll move on after a 'marriage in name only.' Not one who will break her heart. Leon McCoy has no intention of getting hitched - even for $125 of Marjorie Bascom's savings. A slow, sexy drifter with a fast gun, Leon should be too savvy to let himself get tricked into a wedding. Only he does. And sure as shooting, he ends up wanting this feisty gal - and her homestead. But Leon must prove he's a man worth having, a man who can make Marjorie happy...and turn a wild land into a loving home.

THE WEDDING KNOT 4/1999 ISBN: 0446605034 Meg Reilly has ended up in a Duluth brothel, though she's not really willing to work. When the first man she's assigned is Mountie trainee Robert Bradford, she tells him that she's on the run from a past indiscretion, and he's honor-bound to protect her through the winter until he can send her safely home. Forming an unlikely alliance, both are surprised to find themselves falling in love. But even in love, Meg knows she's not the kind of decent woman he needs for the political career he wants. Now it's up to Robert to convince her that she's just right for him and his future.

Olivia Rupprecht

MADNESS short story in MOONLIGHT, MADNESS AND MAGIC 5/1993 ISBN: 0553560522

Bobbie Russell

DREAMCATCHER 7/2007 ISBN: 9781906328009 Legend states that hanging a Dreamcatcher over your bed will catch the bad dreams and only allow the good ones to flow through to the dreamer. Willow has been told "if you believe, then it will be so", but her nightmares about the events causing her amnesia still haunt her, and while she knows she doesn't belong with the Blackfoot tribe, it is the only shelter she has... .until Garrison York appears. Montana rancher and blood brother to the Chief's son, he is given charge of helping Willow discover her past, but the instant attraction between them makes him want to concentrate only on current pleasure. He slowly leads her to succumb to the passion they feel...even as deadly events threaten to tear them apart. With neighbours trying to steal land for railroad expansion and relatives willing to kill for fortunes in gold, can Garrison keep Willow safe, allowing no one else to enjoy the erotic delight he finds in her arms? RR@H's Novel Thoughts

Nan Ryan

BECAUSE YOU'RE MINE 8/1995 ISBN: 0451405951 Golden-haired Sabella Rios knew that she was the rightful owner of the Lindo Vista ranch in the lush cattle country of Southern California. But her legacy had been stolen by the father of handsome Burt Burnett, who now ruled the vast domain. Sabella vowed she would seduce Burt and marry him-even though he was pledged to another. Sabella succeeded beyond her dreams. She became mistress of Lindo Vista, pleased that she had had her way with a strong, proud man. But there was one thing she had not counted on. In Burt's caressing arms, in his bed, her cold calculations turned into flames of passion as she fell deeply in love with this man, this enemy of her family. Now Sabella could only hope that Burt wouldn't discover the lies she had told him...she could only hope that he would love her enough to forgive her...

CLOUDCASTLE 12/1987 ISBN: 0440113067 Exquisite Natalie Vallance might have perished in the snow. The Indians - amazed at her fragile form, her brilliant red hair - found her, called her Fire-in-the-Snow, and made her mistress of Cloudcastle, a ranch high in the majestic Rockies...protector of sacred Indian ground...guardian of a treasure in buried gold. She was sworn to protect the land from ruthless prospectors and mysterious drifters like Kane Covington. Once he, too, had saved her life. They shared a night of passion she was ashamed to remember but would never forget. Who was he - outlaw, swindler, or charming rogue? Why had he reappeared and what was he after? And why did his kiss, his touch have the power to make her forget everything - except how much she wanted him?

DESERT STORM 6/1987 ISBN:0373970382 Innocent and eager to please, Angie Webster headed for the Texas desert to meet her future husband, Barrett McClain. But when she arrived there, she found herself hopelessly drawn to sensual Pecos McClain, Barrett's grown son. The devilishly handsome Pecos unleashed a fire in Angie that she never knew existed. Betrayed by her own passion, Angie would fight the wanton desires that consumed every beat of her hungry heart.

LEGEND OF LOVE 9/1991 ISBN: 0440206049 On the searing sands of New Mexico's wild, unforgiving territory, they met again. Once before, they had faced certain death together. Then, with reckless trust, she'd given herself to a final moment of happiness in the arms of a tender stranger. But fate had spared - and parted - them, sending her east to a new life in New York...driving him west to the frontier. He'd never forget the night he'd spent with the flame-haired, silken-skinned temptress. And now, as he guided the exquisite Elizabeth Curtin and her party through the remorseless desert in search of her missing husband and a legendary treasure, she was at his mercy, no longer a mere memory but a willful prize he would risk his life to win even as he swore he would never love her...

A LIFETIME OF HEAVEN 3/1994 ISBN:0440210755 1883 San Francisco on the Barbary Coast, where beautiful red-haired Salvation Army captain and spirited St. Louis do-gooder Kay Montgomery, is determined to fight the wages of sin as well as her attraction to the handsome owner of the most notorious den of iniquity in town, Nick McCabe.

NAUGHTY MARIETTA 4/2003 ISBN: 1551666766 Marietta Stone had big dreams — to sing opera, to be famous, to see the world. And if her rich gentleman benefactor was a tad overprotective, well, it was a small price to pay. She had a glorious future ahead. But it did not include being kidnapped by Cole Heflin, who seemed to be the only man on earth she couldn't wrap around her delicate finger. He was a ruthless, conniving scoundrel who'd literally been unstrung from the gallows and paid to bring her back to the one place she'd vowed never to set foot again — home. Cole had never met a woman he didn't like, nor one he wasn't happy to love. Until now. Sure, Marietta was a little wildcat who drove him crazy with desire, but he wouldn't give her the satisfaction of knowing it. They had a lot of miles to cross on the way back to Texas, with her benefactor's hired gunmen on their trail and a dangerous frontier ahead. But the trip home was not nearly as dangerous as the temptation naughty Marietta inspired.…

OUTLAW'S KISS 7/1989 ISBN: 0061085154 Even a man as tough as Cordell Rogers can't stop his daredevil daughter Mollie from cutting her hair and riding with the Renegades. A wild, untamed spirit, she is a natural-born outlaw. Hiding out in a tiny Arizona town, Mollie unstraps her gunbelt, puts on petticoats, and learns to be a lady. But when rugged, blue-eyed Lieutenant Lew Hatton rides into town, the wanton desire that consumes her is as bold and thrilling as any bank heist. And just as dangerous.

THE PRINCESS GOES WEST 6/1998 ISBN: 0061085170 The Princess... Marlena's tiny kingdom is flat broke, forcing the spitfire princess to tour America with a smile on her face and royal tin cup in her hand. The Queen... Americans adore the stunning beauty and their appreciation is stoking her country's coffers. But when Marlena takes ill, a quick switch by a fast-thinking royal aide lands Roberta Ann, Queen of the Silver Dollar Saloon, in the role of a lifetime. The Long, Tall Texan... Meanwhile, Marlena is being hauled cussing and spitting to her new kingdom - the El Paso County jail - by tough-as-nails Texas Ranger Virgil Black. He knows the sassy, ginger-haired saloon songbird is a thief. But what Virgil doesn't know is that Marlena and he are about to discover that even pampered princesses are women: first, last and always.

SAVAGE HEAT 2/1989 ISBN:0440203376 Recklessly she danced the night away. Newly arrived at the Denver cavalry post, she was the darling of the regiment...until a shadow fell across her path--a raven-haired man who made her blood run hot and her heart stop cold. No longer the dazzling debutante, Martay Kidd was suddenly the hostage of a man who would plunder her body, capture her heart, and carry her off into a world beyond her wildest dreams. The white man knew him as James Savin. The Sioux called him Night Sun, the bravest of all warriors. But his true identity was as secret as his plan for revenge on the cavalry officer who'd massacred his family so long ago. His plan was perfect. He'd meant to exchange his beautiful prey for the life of the general himself. But he hadn't planned on spiriting her back to his people, into the Dakota territory, the world he was meant to command. And he hadn't planned to become the captive of his ravishing prisoner, bound to a love that could never be.

THE SEDUCTION OF ELLEN 4/2001 ISBN: 1551668149 Ellen Cornelius knows exactly what Mister Corey is: an unscrupulous swindler...a man without morals who will fleece her foolish old aunt out of her fortune. But as the group travels west in search of the fountain of youth, Ellen is both repelled and beguiled by his dark, compelling sexuality. Her only protection is to hide behind her prim, patronizing manner and her acid tongue. Steve Corey tests Ellen's fragile poise saying things to her that no gentleman would say to a lady. He enjoys infuriating her, takes great pleasure in shocking her. He's become the dark seducer of her dreams, delivering a thunderstorm of ecstasy to a lonely, unsophisticated woman who's been hurt and disappointed to many times before. But he'd never dreamed that his seduction of Ellen would lure his own heart into uncharted territory as well...

SILKEN BONDAGE 11/1989 ISBN:044020464X A gambler and a rogue, he stripped away her girlish innocence and lay bare a woman's desire...The time is 1870s and the beautiful, naive Nevada Marie Hamilton is completely on her own. Penniless but undaunted, she becomes a singer aboard the famous Moonlight Gambler, a notorious riverboat where pretty young women are asked to do more than sing.

SUN GOD 10/1990 ISBN:0440206030 He is her first love, the handsome Luiz Quintano, the bronze Spanish-Indian whose father owns half of her family's ranch. In 1856, after years away at school, beautiful, 16-year-old Amy Sullivan returns to Texas only to discover that Luiz has grown up to become the embodiment of his Aztec name, Tonatiuh: a bold, smoldering Sun God....In a blaze of glory, ravishing young Amy took El Capitan Luiz Quintano as her lover. In an agony of torment, she drove him away to save his life. She even tried to forget him by marrying another man. But now, ten years later, he had returned.

WANTING YOU 8/1999 ISBN: 1551665212 Heiress...Or Imposter? She has no memory of her life before being captured by the Apache and becoming ward of a convent. Then suddenly she is given a name, a past - and most of all, a future beyond her wildest dreams. Anna Regent Wright, the long-lost Regent heiress, has come home at last. Adversaries...Or Destined Lovers? There is no doubt in Brit Caruth's mind that Anna is an imposter. But as the summer heat grows, so does an unsettling heat of another kind. The beautiful stranger has a hold on his body, but he'll be damned if he'll let her get her hands on an inheritance that the Regents have long said was his.

WAYWARD LADY 1987 ISBN:0770106056 Blond and brash, Suzette Foxworth was as wild as the sunburnt grasses that covered the Texas plains on which she was raised. Unabashedly donning the chaps and pistol of a gunslinger, she was determined that no one would stop her from leading a life of her own choosing. It was only when she was kidnapped by a ruthless Indian bandit that her willfulness began to waver, for in the arms of the legendary half-breed, Suzette first encountered true desire. Thrown into the chaos of ecstasy, she saw a new path opening up before her, a path she would not walk alone. For in the string of Kaytano's sultry kiss, she forgot everything she had ever wanted or worked for, and long before his flavor had faded from her parted lips, she knew that she was destined to become a wayward lady.

WRITTEN IN THE STARS 12/1992 ISBN: 0440210720 Restless Diane Buchannan left a glamorous life in the East to salvage her grandparents; faltering Wild West Show. Her bareback-riding feats drew huge crowds in Denver, but Diane's was not the only new act. The 'Redman of the Rockies' a captured 'savage,' was a sensation with his hard-muscled body, harshly handsome features, and dark eyes glittering with icy fury. Mesmerized by the caged wild creature, Diane recklessly turned him loose, only to be swept up and spirited away into the Rocky Mountains... Cruelly captured, his magnificent body put on display for taunting crowds, he thirsted for revenge. When the violet-eyed beauty set him free, the Redman carried her off as bait to catch his captors. But Diane's shining spirit and shimmering loveliness enchanted her abductor. Taking her to a land of golden days and silver nights, gradually revealing the many mysteries of his true identity, the 'savage' found himself captive to a love that was...Written in the Stars.

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