Shannon Willow
TEXAS JEWEL 8/1993 ISBN: 1557739234 When Bern Kendall first laid eyes on the poker-playing vixen, he didn't know whether to kiss her...or send her to jail. When Caroline was given the choice of prison or employment, she took one look a the handsome Mr. Kendall...and struck a deal. He knew it was madness - hiring this wayward woman as a child's governess. But Caroline Jennings was a lady as well as a gambler...and as tempting as she was talented. Now Bern Kendall really has his hands full - with a card-playing, horse-racing spitfire of a woman he can't control...can't resist. In a gambler's game of love, the most passionate winner takes all!
Wilson - French - Jordan
WEDDED BLISS 4/2003 ISBN: 0821775154 Contains MacKenzie's Bride by Judith E. French: To end the feuding between two proud Scottish clans, a truce is declared: the eldest daughter of the MacNeil tribe will wed the fierce warrior chieftain, Calum MacKenzie. Lorna MacNeil wants nothing to do with the sworn enemy of her people--until her new husband lifts her veil and reveals himself to be the man who once saved her life...a man she's never been able to forget.; Simon's Bride by Donna Jordan: He's known as "Richard's Regret," a brave and loyal knight abandoned to the Saracens. Now, after years in captivity, Simon has returned to England, and King Richard has rewarded him with a new manor and bride. But it's clear that his beautiful fiancé, Elizabeth, loves another. Rather than force himself upon her, Simon offers to help the lady woo her heart's desire by tutoring her in the ways of love--soon realizing he has put more of his heart into the endeavor than he intended.; and Saturday's Bride by Jean Wilson It's been fourteen years since Amelia Swanson's one-night marriage to rancher Chance Sinclair was annulled by her rich father, leaving them both bitter and alone. Now, Amelia's niece has run off with Chance's brother and left her fiancé at the altar. The only way to avoid a full-blown scandal is for Amelia and Chance to hunt them down and bring them back--in time to discover that true love never fades away.it only gets sweeter.
Jean Wilson
CHRISTMAS HOMECOMING 11/1999 ISBN: 0821763008 Though deserted by her husband years ago, Isabella Jordan inherits his entire estate when he dies--saving her, her daughter, and a rag-tag family of orphans from the street. Blessed with a home for the holidays, they pack up their belongings to begin a brand new life just in time for Christmas. There's No Place. Once in Paradise, Colorado, Belle is shocked to find that the house she inherited is in fact a very profitable bordello--partly owned by her late husband's cousin, Morgan Travers. Despite the risqué women in residence--and Morgan's opposition--Belle moves herself and the children into her half of the house. Like Home Morgan figures the only way to send the stubborn widow packing is by frightening her with an indecent seduction. He didn't count on her returning his kisses.or the tender feelings she'd inspire. And yet, the last thing Morgan wants is a second-hand bride, and a family to boot. But Belle's spirit shines like the brightest Christmas star, guiding him to the greatest gift of all--a love straight from the heart.
COULTER'S ANGEL 5/1999 ISBN: 0821762044 Josie Clark came to Council City on a mission to rid the West of the evils of liquor. Caught in an altercation outside the local saloon, she blackened the eye of the deputy, who made her spend the night in jail. And when she came face-to-face with the ruggedly handsome sheriff, all she could do was pray that her not-so-saintly past stay hidden. The beautiful temperance worker inspired nothing of the kind in Sheriff Coulter Steele. He had to rein in a stampeding passion every time he saw her flashing blue eyes or heard her angelic voice. Even his ten-year-old daughter, Cathy, adored Josie. For the first time since his wife died four years ago, Coulter was letting a woman catch hold of his heart. Desperately needing a housekeeper to care for Cathy, Coulter hired Josie temporarily until he could find a qualified candidate. He knew he was playing with fire inviting the captivating woman into his home. But something told him to take a chance on her and the passionate love that was growing between them.
GAMBLER'S FULL HOUSE short story in BABY IN A BASKET 4/1999 ISBN: 0821761765 Christopher doesn't like the odds when a school marm shows up at his saloon with a baby in a basket--until she becomes his temporary housekeeper and stokes a passion in the gambler that could bring him the biggest win of his life...
GOLDEN GLORY 2/1995 ISBN:0786500743 Postponing her medical studies to pursue a mysterious vision that calls her back to her Indian homeland in Colorado, Dr. Sarah Callahan draws the admiration and passions of her guide, W. T. Elliot, an ambitious legislator.
KISSES SWEETER THAN... 7/1999 ISBN: 0821762575 Reporter Laura Leigh Westbrook's assignment is to follow a new cookbook author. But instead of a Miss, the chef turns out to be downright strapping Mr. Marcus Lawrence-a devilishly handsome farmer who ignites scorching passion in and out of the kitchen.
LIGHTNING STRIKES 8/1994 ISBN:0786500247 Maggie had been warned that Colorado was a dangerous place. Now, alone by a campfire, she saw a stranger coming out of the shadows... He'd been shot, and he wanted food and a horse. But he was about to find something he wanted even more... Geoffrey Wexford had led a wild, irresponsible life. But now, inflamed with passion, he felt the urge to protect this spirited redhead... He could not escape his past, though, until he rescued them both from danger - and dared to let his untamed heart love again...
MY MARIAH 11/1998 ISBN: 0821760440 Being a bounty hunter was no ordinary job for a poor Irish lass from Philadelphia, but the reward for tracking down Michael Harrison, the missing grandson of one of the city's wealthiest women, would mean a better life for Mariah Rose O'Reilly and her family. Running From The Past. The Civil War had ripped Michael Harrison's family apart--and left him with deep wounds that would never heal. Calling himself Thorne, he found refuge from his memories in the mountains of New Mexico with a rag-tag group of outcasts. Falling Into Each Other's Arms. When Mariah found Thorne on his land, she knew he was the runaway heir she was hired to bring home. She saw through his unkempt appearance to the true man of civility with a heart of gold. But, through he continued to deny his identity, he could not deny an all-consuming desire for this head-strong woman made him forget the pain of his past. Now, caught up in a reckless passion that left them both breathless, the fiery Mariah vowed to find a way to lure this reclusive man down from his mountain-and into her heart.
SATURDAY'S BRIDE short story in WEDDED BLISS 4/2003 ISBN: 0821775154 It’s been fourteen years since Amelia Swanson’s one-night marriage to rancher Chance Sinclair was annulled by her rich father, leaving them both bitter and alone. Now, Amelia’s niece has run off with Chance’s brother and left her fiancé at the altar. The only way to avoid a full-blown scandal is for Amelia and Chance to hunt them down and bring them back—in time to discover that true love never fades away…it only gets sweeter…
SWEET DREAMS 4/1998 ISBN: 0821758888 She was a minister's daughter with a reputation to protect, but Mercy Goodacre seemed hellbent on destroying it. Her good works were legendary, but when she extended her generosity to convicted killer Pace Lansing, the town was abuzz with gossip. Five years earlier she'd saved him from the hangman's noose. Now, a mob was ready to lynch Pace when they believed he had compromised Mercy's virtue. There was only one way Mercy could save Pace...by declaring her engagement to him before they strung him up. He was everything her lonely heart desired--and feared. He had killed in self-defense and paid the price, yet Pace was the tenderest man she'd ever known. But he was still a man who didn't want a wife. Forced into a shotgun wedding to a woman determined to save his neck, he thought he could maintain a marriage of convenience--until the preacher's proper daughter set out to change his mind with a passion only the innocent possess...
Rachel Wilson
SPIRIT OF LOVE 10/1999 ISBN: 0515126756 Longing for adventure, prim and proper Georgina Witherspoon came to the Wild West to care for her crazy grandmother. But when she got there she discovered that Grandma wasn't mad as everyone had suggested--she was simply haunted by the ghost of her true love, Devlin, who never bothered to declare his feelings while he was alive. Now Georgina has to play referee between a ghost and an angry grandmother. She also has love problems of her own--with handsome, rugged sheriff Ash Barrett, who constantly teases her for her stuck-up Easternly ways. Problem is, Ash is dead set against marriage, no matter how desirable he finds Georgina. But with Devlin's haunting help, Ash Barrett just might see the error of his ways, before he loses life's most precious gift...
SWEET CHARITY 8/1997 ISBN: 0515121347 Jake had been her hero growing up. Now he was the only man she could trust... A preacher in a lawless town, Jake held services in a saloon for a gang of desperadoes... Running from a painful past, Gracie fled to New Mexico-- and Jake-- with a child named Charity in her arms. It had been fourteen years since Gracie and Jake had seen each other, but it seemed like yesterday. And though Jake knew that his town was no place for a woman and child, he had never been able to resist Gracie's pleas for help. Gracie added a woman's touch to his small adobe-- and his congregation. But it was the way Gracie and Charity touched Jake's heart that made all his dreams come true...
Clara Wimberly
CHEROKEE WIND 8/1997 ISBN: 0821757083 He was the dark, mysterious stranger who strode, uninvited, into Rachel Townsend's coming-out party...and claimed her heart at first sight. With a woman's unwavering instinct, Rachel knew she had met the man she would marry, the man who had awakened desire with a smoldering glance. When he came to court her, Trace Hambleton was a gentleman, a prosperous lawyer - and the perfect suitor for Senator Townsend's cherished daughter. But even as she clung fiercely to him, something behind his intense black gaze warned the sheltered Alabama beauty to beware... She was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen, the coveted prize he had to capture, in the home that had once been his own. Now it was Trace Hambleton's turn to avenge his half-Cherokee family and reclaim their plundered land. But he hadn't reckoned on the ravishing enemy who almost made him forget his hatred, as she ignited sweet, forbidden passion...
KENTUCKY THUNDER 7/1993 ISBN:0061080993 A Defiant Southern Belle... Her emerald eyes ablaze, Leanna McNairy aimed her pistol at the Yankees heart, her pulse pounding. How dare he ask her to leave her beloved home? How could he suggest that her father had betrayed the Southern cause and entrusted her to his care? A Daring Union Soldier... The tall, raven-haired man they called the 'Nighthawk' could be caring and passionate one moment, cruel and distant the next. In the days to come, Leanna would be forced to trust Major Alex Slayton in spite of herself. Her survival depended on him. As the din of battle drew ever closer, threatening everything they held dear, Leanna and Alex would both learn its harsh, unforgettable lessons. Torn by the winds of war, they were fated to find a love and destiny amid the wild roar of...Kentucky Thunder.
Linda Windsor
AUTUMN ROSE 12/1996 ISBN: 0821755188 Against the backdrop of the French and Indian War, as the French and the English fight for a divided land, unholy alliances are forged, and love is daring and bold.... She is his enemy - a British beauty of fire and innocence. Alain Beaujeu abducts Tamson Steward and carries her into enemy territory, determined to use her in his plan to restore his exiled family to their rightful lands. But he is unprepared for the passion she awakens...a passion that will change both their lives and sweep them into a forbidden liaison....
MEXICAN CARESS 7/1993 ISBN:0821742191 When she agreed to return to her native Mexico to settle a family matter, lovely Marianna Gallier never dreamed that en route she'd come face to face with the very man who had killed her parents. Nor did the raven-haired innocent expect to be saved from his evil designs by a seductive Texas Ranger named Tristan McCulloch. Sworn to one day bring her murderous enemy to justice, she found she couldn't resist this tawny-haired rake whose sky-blue eyes smoldered with desire when he touched his hot lips to hers. Just for one night, she'd surrender to his fiery kisses and searing caresses... before she went on her way - bound by her mission of vengeance! Tristan was none too pleased when the enchanting minx he'd rescued from certain danger repaid the favour by stealing his horse and clothes and fleeing Texas! But when he met up with her again in the moonswept hills of Mexico, he found he could deny the ebony-haired beauty nothing. and though hellbent on his own perilous mission, Tristan was lost every time the silver-tongued Marianna murmured his name. Now was the moment, he knew, to ease his burning lips with her scorching kisses, caress her until she begged for mercy, then carry her over ecstasy's threshold... in a blazing firestorm of heart stealing passion!
MIDNIGHT LOVESTORM 3/1992 ISBN:0821737058 She tricked him with passion, he deceived her with love! Beautiful Dr. Catalina McCullogh receives a fiery kiss from the notorious masked bandit, Archangel, when he robs her train on its way to her new job in California. The memory haunts her, and at the thought of his rapturous caresses, she knows she will risk everything--even her career--to see him again.
TEXAS LOVESTORM 10/1991 ISBN:0821735497 It was a wild, reckless scheme, but Laura Skylar was desperate. Pretending to be the widow of Confederate Major Wade McCulloch was the only way the golden-haired Maryland beauty could break through enemy lines and find her long-lost brother. But nothing could have prepared Laura for the rude shock of the primitive Texas frontier outpost--or for the fierce-looking, buckskin-clad stranger who stole into her bed, claiming to be her "husband" and demanding his "rights"! Laura had no intention of accommodating him--until his first bold caress ignited a firestorm of blazing, red-hot desire that made her burn to consummate her make-believe marriage!
Bonnie K. Winn
FORBIDDEN FIRE 2/1994 ISBN: 155773979X The town council didn't approve of the new Crystal Palace Saloon-so they asked the Reverend Jake Payne to close it down. Independent Kitty O'Shea had worked hard to build her saloon, and she wouldn't bend to any man's will. Even a minister's... She ignored the whispers and gossip. But she couldn't ignore the fact that the respectable minister was undeniably a man-and devastatingly attractive. Nor could he suppress the feelings that arose in her presence... His congregation had judged her a wicked woman, sight unseen. But Jake is about to learn that love is a temptation that cannot be resisted...
RECKLESS HEARTS 5/1995 ISBN: 0515116092 After her husband's death, Abigail Fairchild is determined to run the ranch on her own. She turns to foreman Boyd Harris, who's fighting his own battle for respectability. As work brings them together, their relationship turns to something more. Their love could cause a scandal that would ruin them both.
RECKLESS WIND 6/1993 ISBN: 1557739021 Jem was a tomboy with no interest in marriage. But she had to find a husband - fast - or she'd lose the family ranch. Reese was a drifter without a penny to his name. Then he was bailed out of jail by a total stranger - a beautiful woman with a strange proposition... It all happened so fast - a whirlwind marriage that saved Jem's ranch and offered Reese another chance. They had nothing in common. But the sparks that flew between them ignited a secret flame of desire. Like it or not, the mismatched newlyweds were in for the wildest honeymoon the West had ever seen!
SUMMER ROSE 6/1992 ISBN: 1557737347 Texas-Bound Beauty... Cassandra headed West from Boston - and found shelter in the arms of a rugged cowboy who should have been her enemy. Texas-Born Fury... Shane wanted this spirited beauty as much as the land she had inherited. Now the hardened rancher would decide which to claim first... Summer Rose... He never knew the fires of longing blazed so fiercely. She never dreamed that temptation burned so deeply within her. Amid the lush hills of Texas, they abandoned all reason and followed a rare and unbridled desire to the heart of rapture - and discovered a passion that would bind them forever.
Sarah Winn
SALLY'S SWEET SISTER 9/2005 ISBN: 0759936501 In the cattle boomtown of Wichita, Kansas, prim preacher's wife, Rachel Stanton, has dedicated her life to her husband's calling, but after five years of a sterile marriage, she's grown dissatisfied. When he's murdered, she's the only suspect and must turn to her sister, a notorious madam, and flashy gambler, Sean Kelly, for help. Can two such ungodly people save her from the gallows? Grateful because she once saved his life, Sean is determined to clear Rachel of the murder charge and return her to the kind of life such a good woman deserves. But when they flee a lynch mob onto the isolated prairie, his devilish attraction to her threatens his good intentions. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
THE SILVER HEIRESS 7/1998 ISBN: 1582000271 (Ebook) the Territory of New Mexico where his mining properties are located. There, she is kidnapped by Mexican bandits, forced to marry the man who rescues her, and expected to live on his isolated ranch! Thomas Hawkins sees rescuing Victoria Chandler as his last chance to save his nearly bankrupt ranch. He never dreams he'll end up married to the pampered heiress who'll find his homesteader's cabin totally unacceptable. Will he send her back to her life of privilege or teach her to live and love in his world?
TRUST IN LOVE 7/2007 ISBN: 9780759936621 Frontier schoolmarm, Eliza Scoggins, is willing to give her life to protect her students during an Indian attack. An overly sympathetic angel is so touched by her sacrifice that he removes the arrows from her body and whisks her to a modern hospital in Fort Worth, Texas. Eliza awakens in a strange new world where no one believes her story. The angel prompts her to pretend she has amnesia. Conscientious police detective, Jeff Palmer, is sent to investigate the stabbing of a woman dressed in a period costume and left at the emergency room door. She claims to have amnesia, but he can find no clues to her identity. He tries to help her build a new life by introducing her to his sister and a possible career as a fashion model, but even as his feelings for her grow, Jeff suspects the silver-haired beauty is hiding a dark secret from her past. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Betty Winslow
THE LADY AND THE LAWMAN 6/1995 ISBN: 0061083569 Amanda Jefferson was ready to do whatever it took to catch the gunrunners responsible for her father's murder - even operate from a house of ill repute in a rugged backwater Texas town. Yet, more disturbing than her new lodgings was the house's owner - who turned out to be the undercover Texas Ranger assigned to help her. Amanda soon found his daring and bold, hungry kisses the most dangerous obstacle of all. From the minute Slade McAllister clashed with Amanda, he knew the determined green-eyed beauty would pursue this case her own way no matter what he did. But for some reason, he couldn't resist the challenge to match her courageous, passionate spirit, melt her defenses, and take one last, perilous chance to prove his love.
Linda Winstead
CHASE THE LIGHTNING 1/1995 ISBN: 0505520028 Renata Parkhurst couldn't believe her luck. The proper young daughter of a Philadelphia doctor had run away to her cousin's Colorado spread hunting for love, and the day she arrived, a wounded rancher fell right into her arms. Although everyone in Silver Valley believed that Jake Wolf was a cold-blooded murderer, no one would have accused him of being a lady-killer. Yet even as he grudgingly allowed Renata to tend to his healing, he began to lose himself in her tender caresses. The townsfolk said that Renata had a better chance of being hit by lightning than of finding happiness with Jake. But to win the heart of the man of her dreams, the stunning beauty would gladly give up all she possessed and chase the lightning.
GUARDIAN ANGEL 9/1994 ISBN: 050551970 Despite her father's wish that she marry and produce heirs for his spread, Melanie Barnett preferred shooting her suitors in the backside over looking them in the face. Then a masked gunman rescued her from an attempted kidnapping, and Mel had to give him the reward he requested: a single kiss. Everybody in Paradise, Texas, believed that Gabriel Maxwell was a greenhorn dandy who had no business on a ranch. Yet he was as handy with his pistol as with a lovely lady. To keep Mel from harm, he would disguise himself and protect her. But his brazen masquerade couldn't hide his obvious desire. And when his deception was revealed, he would face either Mel's fierce wrath - or her fiery rapture.
NO ANGEL'S GRACE 4/1997 Grace Cavanaugh is no angel as far as Dillon Becket is concerned. From the moment he had laid eyes on the raven-haired beauty, Dillon had known she was trouble. Sharp-tongued and stubborn, with a flawless complexion and a priceless wardrobe, Grace certainly didn't belong on a western ranch. But that's what Dillon called home, and as long as the lovely orphan was his charge, that's where they'd stay. Grace Cavanaugh had learned the hard way that men couldn't be trusted. Not for all the diamonds and rubies in England would she give herself to any man. So she kept on toying with them, collecting their fabulous baubles and vowing she'd never let herself be hurt again. But then a stubborn cowboy walked into her life, and changed all the rules. Suddenly the unapproachable ice princess found herself melting at his simplest touch, overwhelmed by his blue-bonnet bouquets, and wondering what she'd have to do to convince Dillon Becket that their love was the most precious gem of all.
WEST WIND 6/1995 ISBN: 0843937963 Annabelle St. Clair had the voice of an angel and the devil at her heels. On the run for a murder she didn't commit, the world-renowned opera singer was reduced to singing in saloons until she found a handsome gunslinger willing to take her to safety in San Francisco. A restless bounty hunter, Shelley was more at home on the range than in Annabelle's polite society. Yet on the rugged trail, he couldn't resist sharing with her a passion as vast and limitless as the Western sky. But despite the ecstasy they found, Annabelle could trust no one, especially not a man with dangerous secrets - secrets that threatened to ruin their lives and destroy their love.
Lois Wolfe
MASK OF NIGHT 7/1993 ISBN: 0553290622 She was an actress who made her living spinning dreams. He was a rancher turned spy whose dreams had all been bitterly broken. Against all odds they became partners in a dangerous mission that would take them from the teeming city to the wild frontier, testing the limits of their courage and turning their fiercest desires into spellbinding love... Katie Henslowe's prayers were answered the night wealthy railroad tycoon Julian Gates became her benefactor, hiring her family's ragtag acting troupe for his new theater. But no sooner had her uncertain world begun to settle down than the potent kiss of a maddeningly attractive stranger sent her reeling. Matt Dennigan was arrogant, enigmatic, and broke - reason enough for Katie to avoid him. And when, for secret reasons of his own, the mysterious rancher tried to draw her into his search for evidence against Julian Gates, Katie resisted...for as long as she could. But in Matt's heated embrace she found herself giving in to her innermost passions...only to discover that she and Matt were trapped in a treacherous quest for justice. And before the final curtain rang down, they'd be fighting not only for their love but for their very lives.
THE SCHEMERS 1991 ISBN: 0553289802 Amid the treachery and turmoil of war, they surrendered to a magnificent love...She was a well-bred British beauty unwittingly lured into a dangerous secret mission. He was a half-breed Cherokee soldier sworn to avenge his tragic past. A world apart, they would fight each other as they fought their enemies-and lose their hearts in a raging firestorm of forbidden desire. In the name of family loyalty, Devon Picard had agreed to board the Confederate train bound for North Carolina, little realizing the danger she was in...until she discovered that a brooding stranger named Gentry Morgan was following her...until her train was attacked by a ragtag band of renegades...until she became Morgan's captive, sharing the sweat and dust of hot pursuit as he led her behind enemy lines-and into a dangerous midnight embrace that almost made her forget: he might be her enemy. Against all reason, they surrendered to the passion that flared between them. But soon, enmeshed in the intricate schemes of foreign powers represented by ruthless men, they would find their lives threatened and their destinies sealed-in a showdown on the snow-packed plains of the Missouri Territory, where the bait was an innocent child.
Deborah Wood
CAROLINE'S PROMISE 12/1997 ISBN: 0515121932 Caroline: After the worst flood to ever hit Oregon City, her house was in desperate need of repair. But the December storm brought a bigger problem: two orphaned babies--in desperate need of a mother's love. Daniel: He came to fix a leaking roof...and discovered a pretty young widow whose strong spirit in this time of trouble impressed him deeply. Caroline was determined to honor her promise to the twins' mother--and was already planning to make their first Christmas as joyous as possible. And Daniel had made a promise of his own: to forget the pain of his first marriage and move on with his life. Still, as the holiday drew nearer, the two were drawn more closely to each other. For even the strongest and most independent hearts need mending sometimes...
GENTLE HEARTS 4/1993 ISBN: 1557738823 Laurie - She cherished the little girl she was hired to care for. But her gruff employer was a hardened cattleman through and through. Gabe - He loved his daughter, Ammie, but he never knew how to show his tender feelings. Until Laurie entered their lives... They had more in common than they knew, for both had loved and lost. When Laurie came to Oregon for her new post, she never dreamed she could feel desire again. Or that the threesome would come to feel like a family. Or how quickly their bond of love could be shaken...
HEART'S SONG 3/1995 ISBN: 0786500816 Jenny, seeking a home for a little orphaned girl named Elise, takes the child to Elise's uncle, a solitary lighthouse keeper in Oregon who has a troubled past, and, slowly, all three discover the redemptive power of love.
MAGGIE'S PRIDE 3/1996 ISBN: 0515118303 She wasn't ready to settle down. He wasn't willing to let her go... Maggie: Captain of her own steamboat, Maggie loved her rugged life on Oregon's Willamette River. She didn't think she had room in her life for a son...until she found that her heart was bigger than she'd known. Sam: Anxious to return to his ranch, Sam planned to find Jeremiah a home as fast as he could...until he learned that sometimes life has a plan of its own. A widow by age twenty-seven, Maggie Foster had long stopped hoping to find true happiness. And when Sam Adams showed up one day with Maggie's orphaned nephew, she knew the little boy deserved a better ma than she could ever be. But Sam's tender love soon revealed Maggie's passionate side - as well as the gentle heart of a true mother....
SUMMER'S GIFT 5/1994 ISBN: 0786500069 Eleanore - She devoted her life to caring for orphans, and there was always room in her heart for one more. Jordon - He came from New York to Nebraska with an orphaned girl named Amelia. But it was Eleanore who showed him what it truly meant to care... How could such a loving woman be without a husband or a child of her own? Jordon soon learned the heartrending troubles she faced: her home could be taken from her as payment for a bank loan...and the pain of her past left her scared of loving a man again. But little Amelia brought something special into their lives - a love that outshined the dark clouds on the horizon. And the hope that, one day, they could make a family that was for keeps...
Woodiwiss-Anderson-Chase-Kleypas
THREE WEDDINGS AND A KISS 9/1995 ISBN: 0380781220 Kathleen E. Woodiwiss reintroduces us to the beloved characters from The Flame and the Flower including Jeff Birmingham, who seals an impetuous proposal with one brief, precious and passionate kiss; Catherine Anderson calls us to meet a tempestuous pair of wild western hearts, in a tale of a frontier revenge that backfires; Loretta Chase melts our hearts with a story of an unconventional young woman's offer of marriage to a "mad" and presumed dying earl; and Lisa Kleypas shows us how true love will always win in a romance about one stubborn lady -and the persistent suitor who opens her heart.
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
ASHES IN THE WIND 1979 ISBN: 0380769840 In a brutal baptism of fire, a young nation comes of age - and beautiful, proud, plantation-bred Alaina MacGaren seeks sanctuary from the devastation of her homeland in the passionate embrace of a handsome enemy. Throughout the terrible conflict that divides North and South, Cole Latimer has served the Union faithfully. But a tender heart threatens the dashing Yankee surgeon - impelling him to risk everything for the bewitching Southern deceiver he has sworn to protect...and aches to love.
Cynthia Wright
BRIGHTER THAN GOLD 4/1990 ISBN: 0345334868 Feisty, independent Katie MacKenzie spends her days working at her father's saloon in the mining town of Columbia, writing for the local paper and dreaming of the Sierra's own heroic Robin Hood, known only as the Griffin. Though newcomer Jack Adams arouses her ire with his mocking words - and her interest with his knowing eyes - her heart belongs to the masked highwayman. But her fantasy romance is shattered when her father is shot down by the Griffin. Disillusioned and enraged, she vows to bring her father's killer to justice - even as she finds herself falling in love with Jack. There is much that Katie doesn't know - about her father's death, about the Griffin, and about Jack, who takes her to the limits of ecstasy, yet hides a secret that, once revealed, may destroy the fragile trust that Katie has so innocently placed in him...
FIREBLOSSOM 11/1992 ISBN:0345367820 The wild west of 1876 was no place for a lady. And Madeleine Avery was every inch a fine Philadelphia lady, from the top of her tidy head to the tips of her ivory kid shoes. Gold had lured her father to the Black Hills - but with neighbors like Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, and a Little Bighorn survivor, Maddie just didn't fit in. Then she met Fox Daniel, rugged, strong, proud - and something began to stir within her. A quest for the truth about her family led Maddie from bawdy Deadwood to the wide Dakota Plains roamed by Crazy Horse and the last free band of Sioux. Along the way, she found herself yearning for a man who wouldn't accept her love, and she discovered that Fox was not quite what he seemed. He hid too many secrets, too much guilt, and a past that was chasing him. Yet Fox's hungry, stolen caress told her heart what his words refused to say...
WILDBLOSSOM 7/1994 ISBN: 0345381718 Cody, Wyoming, 1902. In the famous frontier town built by Buffalo Bill Cody, Shelby Matthews plots an outrageous scheme to make money for the family's cattle ranch. As clever as she is impetuous, she disguises herself as a cowboy and lures a wealthy stranger into a poker game. But Geoffrey Weston is no tinhorn. A bored English aristocrat chafing against the constraints of London society, he's come to the American frontier for adventure. And he not only sees through Shelby's disguise - he wins half the Sunshine Ranch. Shelby is sure he won't last till the first round-up, but Geoffrey is challenged by Western life and by this infuriating, unorthodox beauty. Shelby has finally met her match - and her love, nurtured by smoldering passion, grows like the sweetest of desert blossoms. But Geoffrey is honor-bound to return to England to an arranged marriage. The last person he expects to see when the Wild West Show comes to London is Miss Shelby Matthews. And this time, neither Shelby nor Geoffrey can deny a love that is their destiny...
Jessica Wulf
GREY EAGLE'S BRIDE 10/1998 ISBN: 0821760041 Desperate to escape a brutal cavalry officer, Diana runs blindly into the forest of Laramie Mountains and into the arms of Cheyenne warrior Grey Eagle who takes her captive. As Diana spends time with among his people, the passion between woman and warrior grows. But a vengeful rival for the warrior's heart will stop at nothing to get what she wants, forcing Diana and Grey Eagle to discover the depths of their courage and their love.
HUNTER'S BRIDE 11/1996 ISBN: 0821754637 After her mother's death, Sarah Hancock welcomed the chance to leave her lonely life in Connecticut for a new start in the untamed West. There, she intended to marry her childhood friend, and live a life filled with adventure. But when Sarah arrived at Fort St. Charles she was swept off her feet by a warm and tender stranger... Swiftly, Orion Beaudine strode into Sarah's life and swiftly, he filled her heart with desire. The handsome, rugged scout was all that her fiancé was not, and he set out to win her with fiery kisses, moonlight walks and gentle caresses. Their passion sparked a scandal--and forced them to seek sanctuary in the dangerous wilderness. With a blanket of stars above, and the mountains beyond, Sarah and Orion lost their worldly cares--and discovered a love for all time.
THE IRISH ROSE 1/1994 ISBN: 0821744453 As she gazed up at the lofty peaks of Medicine Bow Mountain from her log cabin window, Alina Gallagher wondered how she'd ever survive in the wild Wyoming Territory. The headstrong daughter of an Irish shipping magnate, she'd fled Chicago and her grasping relatives...only to find herself cut off without a penny, stranded in the wilderness with only a tall, rugged stranger for company. Beauregard Parker was an enigma, a handsome loner whose dark, searing looks and hungry touch aroused distrust - and irresistible desire...
JOSEPH'S BRIDE 3/1998 ISBN: 0821758683 Spirited away from the hands of her callous father to the Western frontier by her grandfather, Annie Rose Jensen has blossomed into an ethereal beauty with a rare gift for taming horses. Though life in the secluded valley has protected her from the cruelties of the outside world, she longs for something more. Then Joseph Beaudine enters her life, a man whose dark eyes gaze deep into her soul and find secrets she can't deny. He sees her one misty, magical morning, and is riveted by the wondrous vision of her golden hair flying in the wind as she and her magnificent mare ride together in glory. Then and there she captures his heart and he vows to protect both the woman and the legendary horse men would kill to possess. Yet as desperate as he is to ease the haunting sadness in her eyes, he doesn't dare touch her--even though he knows she can feel the passion igniting between them, a fire that offers the gift of healing, if she dares to risk her heart...
THE MOUNTAIN ROSE 8/1994 ISBN: 0821754866 With her dog running alongside, Susannah eased her wagon down the Colorado mountainside high above the white waters of the raging river. In this valley she'd staked her claim to the future - and her cherished dreams of independence. She never suspected that men greedy for her land were waiting just ahead - or that in a moment of terror, she'd plunge into the river's deadly current... Conor O'Rourke heard her screams and saved Susannah from the icy waters. As he held her in his arms, Conor felt desire flame, branding him with its white hot fury. With his guns and bare fists, he would help Susannah fight for her land. But Conor was a loner, rugged as the untamed land, a man whose past was shadowed in secrets. Loving him could bring danger - or untold ecstasy - to the bold woman willing to risk her heart.
THE WILD ROSE 10/1995 ISBN: 0821751034 Jennifer Mainwaring can't wait to exchange the stifling conventions of 19th-century Philadelphia for the thrills of the unknown West. But at her godfather's sprawling ranch, her privileged, lonely life changes far more than she expects - especially when she meets John Cantrell, her godfather's illegitimate half-caste son... Jennifer has every reason to fear this seductive, dangerous man who has come to the Rancho de Santa Maria on a mission of hate. But when did reason ever govern a woman's heart? Is Cantrell the man to stir her long-surpressed desires? Or is he a hunted fugitive - the killer they call la Serpiente?
Michelle Wyan
NIGHT SINGER 12/1995 ISBN: 0786001933 Growing up among the Kwakadi Comanche after being taken from her family, Night Singer has no memory of her childhood, except for a lullaby, and when she is returned to her own people, she finds love with rancher Brogan McKenzie.
Catherine Wyatt
BENEATH A HARVEST MOON 3/1993 ISBN: 0821741101 An accidental meeting by the river's edge propels Alexandra Merritt, a lady who has fled to a small Canada town, and Morgan Glendower, who has sought refuge from the horrors of war in the same town, towards new love. Alexandra Merritt traded her elaborate city life for the tranquility of her grandmother's farm in the British province of Upper Canada. She wanted to stay forever by the clear running streams and majestic alpine peaks. So when her handsome, but arrogant neighbor mistook her for an untutored country lass, she played along.
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