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Courtney Madison has battled poverty her entire twenty-five years but is determined to make a safe and happy home for her teen aged brother after the recent death of their mom. Her mom’s illness left Courtney with a mountain of hospital bills, her formerly sweet brother Jimmy is now cutting class and hanging with a rough crowd, and she’s just learned she’s being downsized in two weeks. Hanging on by the threads of a fraying rope, she learns she’s inherited two million dollars from a kind elderly man she befriended when he was in the hospital across the hall from her mom. She thinks ...

About Mistletoe Mistake Expanded version of book originally included in the box set Wild Western Women…Mistletoe, Montana. Shannon Callahan worked hard to become a physician. In New York, she meets resistance to a woman doctor and feels she is no more than a midwife. When the opportunity arises for her to go to Montana and be the only doctor in the town of Mistletoe, she grabs the chance. Riley McCallister is sheriff of Mistletoe. When he learns the new doctor is a woman, he is shocked and vows never to let her treat him—no matter how beautiful she is. Slowly, Shannon’s skill wins his...

A flat tire and a tumble change a life… Wealthy heiress Eleanore “Ellie” St. Eaves is on her way home when she decides to drive through Terry Springs and see where her newlywed friends will live after their honeymoon. A blowout leaves her stranded on a ranch road. She sits on her suitcases but tumbles down a small ravine. A strong man of honor … Sheriff Bart Knight is attracted to the gorgeous blond he rescues from the ravine on a spring day in 2018. From her clothes to her speech, he recognizes immediately that she has time traveled from another era—but not the same one as Penny,...

New Cover. Mildly sensual. Aurora is determined to visit her namesake towns on her way to Colorado, and the independent woman comes by her flaming red hair naturlally with an inner fire to match. When a flash flood outside Post, Texas derails her plans temporarily, rancher Will Harrison rescues her from the raging waters. She's his guest for thirty-six hours, long enough for Will to fall head over heels for her. He has a hunch she loves him back if he can convince her to move out of the fast lane and into his life forever. Contemporary Romance 59,000 words

A widow with two children to care for, a bounty hunter that is badly beaten, and the crime that brings them together . . . Garnet Chandler has lost everything. The only things remaining are her café, custody of her niece and nephew, and what little bit of sanity she has left. After the deaths of her husband and in-laws, she has made it her mission to provide for the children. When the children are kidnapped, Garnet has to find a way to rescue the last ties to her family. What she doesn’t expect is the handsome bounty hunter that comes to her aid. Bounty hunter Adam Bennett is on his last...

How to escape marriage to an odious man . . . Leave the state. Lorraine Stuart joins a group of women traveling to Tarnation, Texas, a town with numerous bachelors but no unmarried women. She longs to meet a man who will admire her and the writing ability that has her published in several publications, by a pseudonym, of course. Just her luck, out of all those in Tarnation, she falls for the most stubborn man she’s ever met. But the handsome newspaper owner is the only one who makes her heart flutter. Grant Pettigrew has worked hard to establish the Tarnation Gazette. He is intrigued by ...

Mix a woman in sorrow…A man’s longing…Two matchmaking girls’ mischief…Result-mayhem!After the death of her fiancé, Violet Evanston escapes to the furthest teaching job she is offered. She loves the children and the community, but something is missing. As the second son, Clark Abernathy knows he won’t inherit the family business, so he’s happy to move to assist his uncle Abe with his carpentry business. Building for the future is fulfilling, but his personal happiness is incomplete.Adeline McGee and her best friend Nancy adore their teacher. They believe she’s far too kind ...

Escape… A painful past… Hope for the future… Ophelia Shipp wants safety, a home, husband, and to raise a family. To achieve her goal, she travels halfway across the country to a tiny Texas town, Tarnation. What awaits her there must be better than what she left. She longs for a respectable man who will be a gentle and kind husband. Elias Kendrick had a difficult childhood but he has overcome poverty to build his empire in Tarnation. Now that he owns a successful saloon and the opera house, he is ready to marry and start a family. He’s vowed his children’s life will be different ...

Winner of the International Digital Award for short contemporary romance. All Tory Fraser intended was to show her high school history club students a local archaeology dig. How could she know the excursion would involve a murder? Or that one of her students would be suspected as the killer? And she had no idea she would meet the man of her dreams. Grant Grayson has taken over management of Grayson Ranch near Post, Texas to give his grandfather a less arduous schedule. A flash flood washed away an old talus slope on the ranch to reveal a prehistoric cave that is a Clovis site. Being a good ...

Sensual Contemporary Romance: A blizzard can't quench the fires of attraction between Penny Tucker and Trent Macleod, no matter what their other differences. Penny's stunt landed them in far West Texas, but their attraction continues back in Dallas. They differ on the future of Penny's family business and Penny's stepmother heaps a dose of trouble onto the fires. Trent intends to sink roots into the Dallas busines world and he's chosen Penny as his lifelong partner. Can he convince her to keep the home fires burning with him? Sensual contemporary romance of 59,500 words.

A heart sore woman fighting for her community; a rancher tracking stolen horses; the discovery that could destroy her happiness… With the death of her father last month, Blessing Odell inherited the largest ranch in that part of Utah, the Rafter O. She goes by the nickname Buster and wears men’s overalls but they can’t disguise her regal beauty and natural grace. She is also generous to the community, which is why she’s splitting proceeds from the sale of 100 horses with the widows of Wildcat Ridge. Thad King has tracked stolen horses to the Rafter O Ranch. He’s determined to ...

A beautiful woman in disguise running for her life; a man who hates deception and lies; and the event that almost destroys them. Katie Worthington has lived with her beloved grandfather since her parents’ death. When he is killed by men she had thought were close friends and realizes she is their next target, she takes off and joins the circus. Hiding as Dorothy Duncan, a circus kitchen worker, offers her a chance to get out of town without being seen. By the time the circus reaches Kincaid Springs, Katie has dyed her auburn hair black and become Maharani Shimza, the new fortune teller....

She barely escapes death… He is angry he has been jilted… They must defend themselves against mysterious assailants. Theodosia “Theo” Jordan has lived with the harsh aunt and uncle who are her guardians since her parents’ death eight years ago. In three weeks she will turn twenty-one and inherit the estate now controlled by her uncle. When she overhears her aunt and uncle planning her death, she immediately escapes Atlanta by becoming a proxy bride and heading for a small town in Texas. Houston Kingsley yearns for a happy family like he had before his wife’s death earlier that ...

Zoe Wilder is enjoying life—until her trip to lay flowers on Nana’s grave has Zoe tripping over the body of a young woman. Wondering how this could happen to her again, she’s determined to help the hunky Sheriff find the killer. His warnings don’t deter her, but she’s slowed by the other obstacles she has to combat. Her friend, Letty, is temporarily out of commission from a fractured ankle, Zoe’s fighting her longtime nemesis who is the president of the local HOA, and she’s trying to adjust to her changed lifestyle. Join Zoe for a light-hearted cozy mystery certain to ...

When a dot com billionaire crashes his sports car into a tree, he wakes up in Heaven facing angels Gabriel and Michael. He’s given a chance to redeem his carefree ways by helping an orphanage avoid foreclosure and regain a sound financial picture by midnight on Christmas Eve—or else. To do so, he is sent back to Earth as orphanage janitor, Jacob Porter. After her father died four months ago, child psychologist Suzi Stephens was shocked to learn Serenity Springs Children’s Home and Elementary School faced foreclosure unless she met a balloon note due January 1. She can’t understand ...

A shameful past… Rachel Ross secret haunts her. She joins other women leaving Virginia for Texas, object matrimony. Vowing never to trust again, she is rebuilding her life. She likes the dusty little town of Tarnation and is attracted to Zane Evans. Her past has made her cautious, but she allows him to court her. Zane Evans is a former Pinkerton agent who wants to forget all he saw in that profession and the war and found a good life in Tarnation, Texas. He has carefully planned his future. When he meets Rachel, he is instantly attracted. One event reveals her past in a spectacular way. ...

A woman’s mission of mercy… A man determined to create… An attack by a crazed killer… Pauline Brubaker arrives in Creede, Colorado from Denver to help care for her aunt while the aunt’s broken leg heals. Pauline’s hesitant to give in to her attraction to Creighton because she will only be in Creede the few weeks her aunt needs her help. Her parents and her life are in Denver so why does she find herself more and more drawn to Creighton? Creighton Reed crafts amazing pieces of furniture. They sell as fast as he can create them. Creighton meets Pauline when her aunt and the ...