Donna Stephens

HEART OF THE WILD 1993 ISBN: 0380770148 Young, beautiful, and ambitious, Dr. Darcy McCall leaves the U.S. to accept the only position she can find as a new physician - a post on a remote Australian cattle ranch. What she doesn't bargain for is the virile, ruggedly handsome station boss, Jim Burleson, who wants no part of a female doctor in his employ. Unwilling to accept her tenacious pride, Jim is not immune to her innocent sensuality, or to the aching need she arouses in him. He longs to strip away her cloak of stubborn independence and show her the joys of being a woman...and his shameless seduction brings her perilously close to total surrender. But as tensions mount, it is the struggle for survival in the savage land that draws them together, clashing in a tumultuous confrontation with a love too volatile to trust and to powerful to deny.

WILDFIRE 5/1995 ISBN: 0380775794 Nobody can stop fiery Tyler O'Neal from going after the vicious killer who murdered her twin brother. Certainly not a handsome loner like US Marshal Parker Denison, who has no tolerance for a headstrong young woman tagging along - while he races to apprehend the outlaw. But when Parker ends up in an abandoned cabin with a bullet in his shoulder, he is at the mercy of the beautiful Tyler, who tends to his wounds... and innocently torments him with her every touch. He cannot let her ride off alone on a crazy killing mission, yet restraining this angry hellion with the force of his own body is the spark that turns smoldering passions into a raging wildfire of love.

WILD FLOWER 8/1994 ISBN: 0380775778 Stagecoach driver Dallas O'Neal is as wild as a desert rose - and twice as pretty. Determined to prove herself in a man's world, she thwarts a daring robbery on the Texas plains - but places her job, and her heart, in serious jeopardy when she gets her handsome, hard-nosed new boss, Trey Conner, in her rifle sights. As far as Trey is concerned, the frontier is no place for a lady - and that includes the feisty miss who tried to shoot him. But he has met his match in this strong-willed beauty who dresses like a man...yet is more woman than Trey ever dreamed. And before he breaks this spirited filly, the rugged, unbending stage-owner may find it is he who ends up roped and tied - bound by desire - and branded by love.

WIND ACROSS TEXAS 8/1993 ISBN: 0380772736 Tame the wild wind... Beautiful and impetuous Shay Alexander longs to escape from her domineering father - and needs to find a pliable male who will take her far away from Twin Creeks ranch. And so she sets her sights on hired hand Cale Breland - only to discover the handsome stranger is more than her match... and twice the man she imagined him to be. A loner and a drifter, Cale came to Twin Creeks to pay off a debt of honor - not to become the pawn of a seductive schemer who dreams of freedom. But only by taming the high-spirited filly can Cale soothe the passionate fires that sear his soul... though it means sacrificing his own cherished independence to the rapturous fury of a love as wild as a Texas tornado.

Jackie Stephens

APACHE ANGEL 1/2001 ISBN: 0821767631 Convinced no one will believe her after shooting a man in self-defense, Anna Alexander flees to the New Mexico Territory to make a new start. There she unwittingly saves Storme Warwick, an attractive half-breed bounty hunter, from an attacker's bullet. Declaring himself indebted to her, this captivating stranger becomes her friend--and lover. But Anna's past soon meets up with her as grave danger threatens her newfound bliss...Having grown up an outcast in the white man's world, Storme had sworn never to get involved with a white woman again...until he meets voluptuous, green-eyed Anna. He cannot help but fall under her rapturous spell, even though he senses she is hiding a dark secret. And when Anna is kidnapped, he knows he must risk everything to rescue her--and a love that is more precious than life itself.

LOVE'S JOURNEY HOME 6/2002 ISBN: 0821773550 Texas Ranger Kane Fairchild was in hot pursuit of the gorgeous desperado who'd shot his father and made off with $30,000 in stolen gold.  She'd deceived him twice before--and even managed to grab his gun and steal his horse.  Vowing he wouldn't rest until he got her safely behind bars, Kane was finally closing in on his quarry.  But seeing the notorious Francesca Rossetti again in the tempting flesh stirred up memories both arousing and unsettling. . .even though she acted as if she'd never seen him before. When Bianca agreed to pose as Francesca so her falsely accused twin could clear her name, she never dreamed that Fairchild was hot on her trail--or that he would inspire such powerful passion in her.  Now she was the rugged Ranger's prisoner as he escorted her on horseback across Texas.  Yet behind his badge and holster, Bianca sensed a man haunted by tragic memories, and she vowed to risk everything to help him banish the ghosts of the past. . .even if it meant risking her own heart.

ONE SPECIAL NIGHT Short Story in BE MY VALENTINE 1/2000 ISBN: 0821764659 Cara Martin hates being the only unescorted woman at the annual Valentine’s Day dance in Blue Plains, Texas.  But when East Coast-educated Doctor Grant Radnor meets the lovely Cara, two lonely hearts find hope -- and a love that will last a lifetime.

WILD AND FREE 8/2000 ISBN: 0821766619 Rescued by the Comanche when she was just a child, Sunny Donovan watched in horror as an Army raid left almost everyone she cared for dead. Only her young half-brother and sister survived, yet now they are languishing on a reservation. To free her siblings, Sunny made an impetuous bargain with the local Indian agent, agreeing to track down a notorious bandit. But as Sunny heads toward Outlaw Canyon, she finds herself facing trouble of another sort--a handsome rancher with the power to ruin her plans... and steal her heart. Angry and heartsick at the murder of his brother, rancher Matt Lanier lit out for Indian territory determined to bring Danny's killer to justice. Just when he thought he had the heartless criminal in his sights, a fiery blonde spitfire got in the way. Matt had been burned by a female before, and this one was up to her pretty neck in trouble.  A smart man would have walked away, and yet he couldn't leave her. Now he's in for the showdown of his life... about to risk everything for the woman he can't help but love.

Cynthia Sterling

GREAT CAESAR'S GHOST 1/2000 ISBN: 0515127302 Caesar's Celebrated Curative could ease stomach discomfort, cure dyspepsia, silence snoring, end coughs and congestion, and remove warts, but it can't bring happiness to patent medicine peddler Jed Hawkins. Stranded for the summer in the small town of Welcome Springs, Texas, Jed wonders if the town doctor's daughter, lovely Nixie Dengler, might have the cure for what ails him. Twice betrayed by handsome traveling men, practical Nixie fights her attraction to Jed. But she's no match for Jed's father, the Great Caesar Hawkins, who won't let a little thing like his own untimely demise stop him from bringing Jed and Nixie together.

A HUSBAND BY LAW 3/2001 ISBN: 0515130281 Seduction is - a soldier's duty.... Dear Reader, I was not the marrying type. But when a young lady from England sought safe passage to California with the army, the rules said she would have to marry an officer. The colonel thought a woman's company might keep me out of trouble - and shackles. I had no desire to trade one ball and chain for another, but when I first laid eyes on Miss Winthrop, all the senoritas in Texas couldn't drag me away from her.... So, I proposed - but I doubted our agreement would lead to anything more. She was a well-bred lady, and I was a soldier. But, during our long trip, there were moments when she forgot her modesty, and I could not help but admire her beauty. Certainly it was my duty to keep Miss Winthrop safe from marauders, but it soon became my ambition to lure her into my bed - and keep her there.... Lieutenant Michael Trent of the First Dragoons.

LAST CHANCE RANCH: TITLED TEXAS 10/2000 ISBN: 0821766988 After a series of disastrous ventures, the middle son of the Earl of Devonshire, Reginald Thomas Worthington - Reg - vowed to prove to his father that he could successfully manage his family's newly acquired Texas ranch. With no experience in the cattle business, he enlisted the aid of his unconventional neighbor, Abigail Waters. In return for sharing her expertise in ranching, Abigail asked that he instruct her in the arts and graces of being a lady so she could attract the attention of a local man. But soon, their bargain throws them together in unusual intimacy, and it isn't long before Reg begins to wonder if he is succeeding all too well. For he is finding himself so strongly drawn to the pretty, outspoken Abby that he has begun to want her all to himself.

NOBILITY RANCH 7/2000 ISBN: 08217566465 A perfect Gentleman. . . Perfectly in love...As the eldest son of the Earl of Devonshire, Charles Worthington had chafed in the role of dutiful heir under his father's controlling hand. Seeing to his family's estates in the frontier town of Fairweather, Texas, would afford him the chance to live as he pleased, and to escape an arranged marriage to pampered Lady Cecily Thorndale. But Charles never expected the prim and proper English rose to follow him there, and he certainly didn't think she would demonstrate such an adventurous spirit. Now he wonders if the passionate feelings Cecily arouses in him are proof that his heart has found the woman he is meant to love.

PATCHWORK HEARTS 2/1999 ISBN: 051512446X Lucy O'Connor has no intention of settling down before she's made her fortune and assured her independence. But a "Virginia Yankee" named Trace Abernathy teaches her love doesn't have to be a trap. Like the patches on a quilt, the right two people can come together to form the perfect pattern. "Cynthia Sterling's story delivers all the warmth and beauty of that special handmade creation. I loved it!" Pamela Morsi, author of Sealed With a Kiss and No Ordinary Princess.

RUNAWAY RANCH 1/2001 ISBN: 082176764X A shot-gun groom. Like his brothers before him, youngest son Camden Worthington respected family tradition and opted for a career in the clergy. But the handsome young vicar is too unconventional for the older members of his parish and too tempting a target for the single females. Thinking he'll fare better as an American missionary, Cam heads to Texas. But on the way to a meeting with the Texas Anglican Bishop, he's waylaid by a thunderstorm and seeks refuge in a barn. The next morning, he's awakened by a farmer with a shotgun, a nervous young woman, and a preacher ready to perform a marriage ceremony. Carolina Allen has never laid eyes on the handsome young man in her father's barn, but the baby she's carrying needs a father and she needs a husband, so she's says "I do," and talks her reluctant groom into escorting her to her uncle's ranch. The Anglican Bishop will have to wait while Cam completes his mission of mercy, and learns a thing or two about honor, love, and the power of a determined woman.

Kelly R. Stevens

OUT WITH THE WIND 9/2001 ISBN: 1586603299 Blind since birth, Faith Lambert has often felt useless in her pioneering family. As the Lambert clan leaves Nebraska to settle in Colorado, Faith is bombarded with new textures, sounds, and smells for her senses to explore--even a wild smell that spurs fear and awe. But she holds tight to one memory that always delights her senses--a dance with Evan Dobson on her last night in Nebraska. Meanwhile, Evan has journeyed west, too, intent on finding Faith and revealing his love to her. But what he finds is far more challenging than he expected. Feeling inadequate to be his wife, Faith refuses him. Evan must face the possibility of giving Faith up for the sake of her happiness. What might God have in store for this young woman fighting for independence and a young man with a gift of love?

SONG OF THE CIMARRON 11/1998 ISBN: 1557484797 Cimarron, Texas, is in the grips of a smallpox epidemic that has killed the town's only doctor. Everyone now depends on Katelyn McKnight's untested nursing skills for their survival.
James Conner never before noticed the beautiful young woman from the edge of town, or he would not have pledged himself to another. Working alongside Katelyn is causing him daily heartache. In their darkest hour, Katelyn, James, and the people of Cimarron desperately need a song of hope. Facing her own losses and the realization that the man she loves is committed to another, can Katelyn find the strength to lead the community through this ordeal?

Shira Stevens

DECEPTIVE DESIRES 10/1987 ISBN: 0843925353 Wild Land, Wild Love... When the wind howled across the vast wilderness, lovely young Elisa Edwards desperately feared she heart a warning in its lonesome wail: Beware the fiend who murdered your only brother. Beware the husband who stole your innocence. Beware the lover who lured you into his savage embrace and seduced your yearning heart. Beware Logan James. The wildly sensuous, romantically story of forbidden passions and...Deceptive Desires...

Peggy Stoks

FRONTIER HEAT 6/1994 ISBN: 0786500123 Emma Taylor was hired as a cook at the Montgomery ranch. But what she really stirred up was Ryan Montgomery's deepest desires. The rugged rancher was worried about his family's future. But Emma's sensual beauty kept intruding on his thoughts. Then Emma hatched a wild plan: she'd marry Ryan to collect her trust fund and save the ranch! When her family found out, sparks flew in the Wyoming Territory - but they couldn't compare to the fire that ignited when a marriage of convenience turned into a marriage of passion.

WILD WINDS 12/1993 ISBN:155773965X Wyoming Territory, 1871: Evan Grant comes to the Spencer cattle ranch to hammer out a contract with his family's meat company. When he is badly injured in an accident, Madeline Spencer becomes his personal nurse. A mutual attraction leads to passion, but Madeline's past could wreck everything.

Deb Stover

NO PLACE FOR A LADY 11/2001 ISBN: 0821770918 Irish maid Molly Riordan never thought she would thank her lucky stars when her mistress indulged in one night's indiscretion with a masked American at a costume ball. But now Lady Elizabeth Summersby has a child on the way-and a fiancé waiting in the wilds of the American West. For Molly, accompanying Lady Elizabeth on an unexpected adventure also means the chance to find her own father, who fled across the ocean years ago to make his fortune. But then a routine stagecoach stop in Colorado turns into a mishap of epic proportions when Lady Elizabeth is kidnapped-and the man who finds Molly believes she is his bride-to-be! ...Dirk Ballinger is accustomed to cleaning up the messes made by his no-good half-brother, and while marrying a woman Ray Lovejoy seduced may be a first, it's still Dirk's duty. There's the family honor to consider, and a child with Ballinger blood to raise. Yet Dirk's bride is far from the wilted English rose he expected. Instead, she's a fiery lass with an Irish lilt who insists she's not Elizabeth Summersby at all! Dirk can't decide if it matters, because soon his lovely wife is the only woman he wants...

STOLEN WISHES 10/1999 ISBN: 0821763547 Mary Good was a mere thirteen when she rescued her young brother, Robin, and two of his friends from a cruel asylum and escaped with them to the Oklahoma woods. It is there that the four made their simple home, and where Robin created a make-believe world he called Sherwood Forest. To the delicate young woman dubbed Maid Marion, Robin's story book fantasies seemed a harmless game. But as eight years passed, Mary longed for more. And now, a stranger had entered their secluded haven - a man with the power to shatter their safety...or answer Mary's most passionate prayers. U.S. Marshall Shane Latimer was hard on the heels of robbers when he spooked a horse and a snake bite landed him on his back, and in the middle of an eccentric band of forest dwellers. Though these gentle folk had saved his life and nursed him back to health, Shane had powerful orders to bring the thieves to justice. Could Marion, the lovely creature who filled his dreams with unfamiliar longing, really be an outlaw hiding out with her accomplices? Now, it was up to Shane to get to the bottom of it all. But would knowing the truth mean choosing between duty and love?

Jean Stribling

SWEET REVENGE 8/1993 ISBN: 0061081388 Letitia Ramsey Sinclair never expected to meet the man of her dreams while in the middle of a nightmare!.....As a result of her vindictive grandmother's dying wish, Letitia was left homeless and penniless. She set out for California, hoping to find refuge with the stepfather she barely remembered. En route, however,her stagecoach was attacked, leaving her at the mercy of vicious bandits. Letitia feared dishonor and death, until out of the darkness rode the most remarkable man she'd ever seen.

Cynthia Strickland

THE DEAL 5/1997 ISBN: 0843942525 Jessica Randall had a problem. With a sinister rancher threatening her land, she needed a hired gun for protection. And fast... Luke Cameron had seen better days. Now, preparing to meet his maker at the end of a hangman's rope, the bitter recluse met a woman with a face like an angel - and a bargaining power like the devil himself... It would save his life. It could save her home. The deal stipulated it be nothing but a marriage of convenience - a chance for Jessica to have around-the-clock protection as she struggled to save her family ranch, and for Luke to escape a convict's death. But soon Jessica and Luke found themselves struggling to stick to the conditions of their bargain. For with each passing day, with each forbidden glance and each stolen caress, they began to realize that nothing could stand in the way of a love that was meant to be.

Anne Stuart

DANGEROUS TOUCH short story in ONE NIGHT WITH A ROGUE 10/1995 ISBN: 0312956118

Casey Stuart

PASSION'S PRISONER 1989 ISBN: 0821725734 When Cassandra Lansing put on men's clothing and entered the Rawlings saloon she didn't expect to lose anything - in fact she was sure that she would win back her prized horse Rapscallion. Her grandfather had lost the horse in a card game, and now she was aiming to win her pet back the same way. She almost got a smug satisfaction at the thought of fooling the gamblers into believing that she was a man. But once she caught a glimpse of the virile Josh Rawlings, Cassandra wanted to be the woman in his embrace! His blond hair and handsome face blinded her to her true mission - desire for the virile stranger overwhelmed her, and all at once she knew that she was destined to taste his kiss!

Diana Stuart

DESTINY'S BRIDE 12/1978 ISBN:042503996X Passion betrayed her, enslaved her, to a proud and lustful land...set in the 1800's in Virginia and California, when Charlotte travels west to marry a man she's never met.

Diana Summers

LOVE'S WICKED WAYS 1978 ISBN:0872165027 Her passion swept men to the ends of the earth..and blazed with a fire her lovers would die for.

Rachel Summers

THE SCENT OF ROSES 9/1999 ISBN: 0821763199 Rosalyn Delaney's husband, Josiah, had vanished six years ago. Following a private detective's lead, Rosalyn leaves Salt Lake City and boards a train heading to the mining town of Whiskey Ridge, Arizona. She arrives at Rose House, an old mansion reputed to be haunted, only to discover her missing husband has been killed, and his business partner, Whip Kincade, is wanted for his murder. Determined to uncover the secrets surrounding Josiah and his death, Rosalyn decides to stay--even when she begins to receive nightly visits from a charming "ghost"... A Ghost's Kiss Escaping a troubled past, Whip Kincade had hoped he could make a fresh start by coming to Whiskey Ridge and opening a saloon with his friend, Josiah. Now as a murder suspect hiding in his own house, Whip's future looked bleak indeed...unless he could find the real culprit. But the unexpected intrusion of Rosalyn ruins his plans of sneaking out at night to investigate. Scaring her away was the first step in clearing his name, but Rosalyn didn't rattle easily. And Whip wasn't sure he wanted the lovely widow to walk out of his life--especially when she would take his heart with her...

Annalise Sun

THE GOLDEN MOUNTAIN 12/1990 ISBN:0671659006 At the edge of the frontier, at the beginning of a new era, Seattle was a city built on vision and desire...Cass Thornton: She was a photographer who inherited her father's dream-and a legacy of danger. Now she was risking everything to rescue her new found half sister from the shocking degradation of a Chinatown brothel. But she could not free her own heart from the sensual thrall of two powerful men...King Duran:His mistress was gold-the tears of the sun that beckoned him. He hungered for Cass as no other, but the call of untamed places was tyranny in his blood...Jared Duran:His coiled, elemental power had forged a Pacific Coast fortune. Now he must challenge the one adversary who stood in his way. Yet the need for his brother's woman could destroy them all...Tea Rose: Cass's half sister, she was a child in years only. Exquisitely perfect, innocence was the only luxury she would never know...the ancient Chinese arts of pleasure, her only weapons in the battle to survive...From Seattle's teeming streets to the squalor and splendor of the Klondike gold fields, they joined in a desperate gamble of ambition and betrayal. The prize: the triumphant, many faceted mystery of love fought for and won for all time!

Katherine Sutcliffe

DESIRE AND SURRENDER 1986 ISBN:0380750678 Her father murdered, her home burned to the ground, Angelique Duhon left New Orleans with her mother. . . Fleeing to the home of wealthy relatives in Texas, hoping for sanctuary and peace. Little did this Southern blossom suspect the fate that awaited her...in the arms of the bitter and passionate Alejandro de Bastitas, a man with a dark nature and a darker past. For the storm that waged within their hearts would find its equal...in a war whose destruction threatened to rend both their families and their love asunder.

DREAM FEVER 11/1991 ISBN: 038075942X NICHOLAS -- A proud and gallant aristocrat, he was exiled to New Zealand for a crime committed in defense of a woman's honor. Now disgraced and disowned, he lives as a simple sheep farmer - nursing his bitterness in silence...and solitude. SUMMER -- The lovely and spirited daughter of an English courtesan, she flees the dire circumstances of a tragic, impetuous act to seek sanctuary in Nicholas' lonely world - only to be surprised by the handsome, secretive stranger who spurns the healing powers of her giving heart. DREAM FEVER -- A ruined nobleman and a beautiful child of the streets, their dreams unite them in an untamed paradise - inflaming their souls with passion's fire...awakening within them both a raging fever of sensuous desire and rapturous love.

JEZEBEL 11/1997 ISBN: 051512172X Rafe de Bastitas is headed straight to hell. Hell, Texas, that is. He is seeking vengeance from the men who robbed him of his family - of everyone he had ever truly loved. And he is prepared for just about anything. Except Charity Bell. Widowed by the town preacher and denounced by her neighbors, Charity Bell is a marked woman. But beneath her misery and scorn is a lady of refinement - with a past of privilege that left her unprepared for life's cruel twists of fate. When Rafe happens upon her cottage at the edge of town, Charity is frightened, alone - and giving birth to a fatherless son. Rafe can't help but reach out to the forsaken young mother - and can't help feeling the spark of passion that quickly ignites between them. Rafe and Charity have nothing in common, except their painful pasts - and the promise of a love as wistful and wild as the Texas wind...

RENEGADE LOVE 10/1989 ISBN:0380752646 Beautiful, privileged, and suddenly homeless, Rachel Gregory leaves New Orleans for her uncle's Texas ranch. But her life is irrevocably changed when her path crosses that of a mysterious outlaw, Kid Davis, who, despite his lawless nature, makes her yearn to share forbidden passions.

WINDSTORM 1987 ISBN:0380752646 Damning himself for wanting his brother's widow, Brice knows that even if he trusted the russet-haired beauty, for him to take her as his own would unleash the vicious jealousy of a woman who intended to have him for herself...or destroy them all...

Lois Swann

MISTS OF MANITTOO 1976 ISBN: 0380016907 Elizabeth lay bruised and overcome by fever, the moist red earth of the forest beneath her and the deeply bronzed Indian above. He was Wakwa, standing tall and prince-like in the wind and the rain. He was a thousand years behind the civilization of her people, yet her future was with him and the place that had given him life. He was not her captor but her defender from the moment he came upon her--from the day she first fled into the forest to escape her cruel betrothal, to their touching defiance of Puritan and tribal opposition, to the wondrous triumph of their own resplendent passion and ennobling love.

Libby Sydes

ONLY WITH YOU 4/1998 ISBN: 0440222338 An impulsive kiss behind the schoolhouse and Jennifer Delaney's reputation was shot! Now she was about to lose her job and her beloved ranch--until a tall, rugged man named Thorne stepped in. The father of one of her students, Thorne offered the ultimate rescue: marriage. Jenny would care for his four-year-old son and he would save her ranch and her reputation. A marriage of convenience for a woman who dreamed of nothing less than love....Jenny had known Ian Thorne a lifetime ago. Together they had shared a privileged Southern childhood, until Ian was kidnapped and raised by Indians. Now he called himself only Thorne. A quiet, wary man of Comanche ways, Thorne was struggling to raise a young son alone, and trying hard to forget the pain of his wife's betrayal. But he had never forgotten Jenny. At first, Thorne had kept his distance. But he'd watched and waited, until Jenny came to him looking for help--and asking for trouble. To his own surprise, he offered marriage. He would teach her about passion, about a woman's hungers and a man's needs. But love was too dangerous. Until Jenny taught him the meaning of home in her arms....

UNTIL SPRING 11/1993 ISBN: 0440215412 Addie Smith had already buried one brutal husband. Now Zeke Claiborne offered her refuge from her callous, lustful brother-in-law who returned to claim her and all her worldly goods. So Addie married for convenience, willing, even eager, to raise Zeke's sons, yet vowing never to risk her heart with this handsome stranger-the husband who was determined to brand her with passion and possess her very soul. She looked defeated, resigned to an arranged marriage. But soon Zeke's reluctant wife became a beauty of indomitable spirit, blossoming before his eyes, consuming him with desire. He thought he could live without love-until Addie challenged his manhood and made a mockery of his restraint. No matter what it took, he would teach her to trust again, never reckoning the cost.

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