Kim Comeaux

COURTIN' PATIENCE 1999 ISBN: 1577486366 Plain in looks and low in confidence, Patience Primrose wants desperately to marry and have a family of her own. When handsome Sheriff Lee Cutler falls ill and needs someone to care for him, Patience seizes the opportunity and volunteers her services! Before long, Patience decides that she's in love with Lee and wishes that he would court her, but Lee's desire is for Springton's new schoolteacher. Although Lee denies that he cares anything for Patience, he can't seem to avoid numerous interesting encounters with her. With the help of her friends, Patience discovers that she is special and beautiful in God's eyes-and that He does have a plan for her life. But will that plan include a life with Lee?

ONE MORE CHANCE 1998 ISBN: 1577484274 Rachel Branigan struggles to raise her daughter alone within the shadows of the town's false judgment. When Caleb Stone, the new minister,comes to Springton, Texas, she cannot help but dream of a life with him, although she believes it is futile. Caleb, however, is determined to change the attitudes of the people. He wants nothing more that to make Rachel his wife. But Caleb has a past that could destroy them both. Can God save them from an impossible situation and change the attitude of a whole town?

THE SHERIFF AND THE OUTLAW 5/2002 ISBN: 1586604880 Nothing much ever happens in the peaceful East Texas town. But Billy Ray's simple, well-ordered life is forever complicated by his first arrest of a thief who turns out to be a young woman disguised as a boy. At her trial, Victoria 'Tori' Nelson's tale of desperate orphanhood seems to make people forget that outlaws go to jail. The judge sentences her to stay with the reverend and his wife for three months, to learn from them how to be a lady. During that time, the sheriff is to check up on her daily and, during the last month, to teach the outlaw how to be a how to be a law-abiding citizen!

SUSANNAH'S SECRET 11/2000 ISBN: 1586600273 In Springton, Texas, a confessed secret brings the sawmill owner and the schoolteacher together after month of family feuding. Susannah Butler is crushed when Bobby Joe Aaron offers her only a marriage of convenience for the sake of his daughter, but because she loves him, she accepts. The marriage is showing signs of success when Bobby Joe learns that Susannah is hiding more secrets. And these secrets could tear their little family apart. Susannah prays that Bobby Joe will forgive her and work with her on their marriage. But only God can take away bitterness and hurt. Only God can make Bobby Joe realize that she would never intentionally harm him. Only God can bring about a miracle.

Katherine Compton

THE LADY AND THE OUTLAW 4/1994 ISBN: 0380774542 Longing to experience the excitement of the frontier land she read about in American dime novels, impetuous Kate O'Donovan leaves Ireland behind - and travels to New Mexico to marry a man she has never met. But her grand adventure takes a turn for the worse when the tempestuous beauty is abducted by ruthless bandits - and a turn for the better when a daring hired gun comes to her aid. His name is Caddo, a dangerously handsome half-breed outlaw just one step from the gallows - and superbly qualified to steal back a stolen bride-to-be. But once a thief always a thief - especially when he sees something he passionately desires. And now that Caddo has found the sensuous Irish spitfire, he is never going to let her go.

OUTLAW BRIDE 6/1991 ISBN:07100100450 Annie Calhoun thought her luck had just run out. Raised by the most notorious gang of outlaws in Texas, she served as their lookout - and she'd just been caught by a lawman who looked all too familiar. It had been a few years since Annie had rescued the young Sheriff Elijah Larson from death, but his rugged good looks and cool green eyes had blazed in her memory...and in her dreams. Eli couldn't believe it. He owed his very life to the scruffy little vixen he had just captured. He felt compelled to plead her case before the judge, but he wasn't prepared for the court's unusual resolution - marriage. And when he agreed to make her his wife it was to save her neck and turn her into a lady...not into the tantalizing beauty whose innocent seduction would tempt him beyond endurance, awakening passions buried deep in the heart of a tough lawman, and making him forget all but his Outlaw Bride...

Constance Conant

STAR OF THE WEST 11/1988 ISBN:0843926945Star crossed destiny.Innocent and childlike Raine was nothing but a bedraggled waif when Lance Randall rescued her from a San Francisco saloon full of brawling miners. Singleminded in the pursuit of his business, ruthless in the pursuit of his enemies, outrageously successful in the pursuit of his women, Lance could have had any wife he wanted, but one look in Raine's face told him he must have the mysterious orphan for his own. Dazzled by Lance's masterful courtship, Raine thought of him as a knight in shining armour until she learned of the dark secret that had made him win her heart...and the terrible betrayal that threatened to break it!

Margaret Conlan

ABILENE GAMBLE 8/1995 ISBN: 0515116858 Southern Belle. Living in the war-torn South, beautiful widow Samantha Winchester did all she could to keep hope alive for her family. Now she was heading west to be a bookkeeper in Abilene, Kansas. Northern Soldier. Stripped of his rank during the war, Jack Barnett looked to restore his name by catching an embezzler who was skimming Army coffers. But he couldn't believe that his assistant for the job was a woman! Abilene Gamble. From different worlds, they collided like a dust storm in the rugged Kansas cow town. Jack took a chance on the feisty beauty with the reddish-brown curls, and she surprised him with her ability and her courage. Samantha was upset that he had been a Northern soldier, but her anger was melted by one look from his tender slate-grey eyes. And as they surrendered to the passion that swirled around them, they found the courage to take the sweetest gamble of them all.

Conn-Drymon-Sackett

A BRIDE'S TEMPTATION 6/1992 6/1992 ISBN: 0821737805 Three thrilling tales of love and passion by America's top romance authors: Apache Caress by Phoebe Conn - Haunted by her mother's tragic life, Arizona beauty Belle Cassidy must choose between her cousin, Edwin Pierce, who promises love liberally laced with Southern charm, and Coyote, an Apache scout turned renegade whose passions sear her heart with the fiery heat of the desert wind. Mail Order Maiden by Kathleen Drymon - For Heather Collins, offering herself as a mail order bride to a Montana rancher was the only escape from a life of terror and servitude with her conniving stepfather in West Virginia. When she met her intended, Brett Saber, and his three year old daughter Molly, they were not at all what she expected! A Captive Bride by Susan Sackett - Samantha Waverly had nothing left after her father's death except his sailing ship, the Lady Alyssa. In order to keep it, Samantha made a highly unconventional offer to Jason Stone - one that could make them partners on deck as well as in the captain's cabin!

Phoebe Conn

APACHE CARESS short story in A BRIDE'S TEMPATION 6/1992 ISBN: 0821737805 Haunted by her mother's tragic life, Arizona beauty Belle Cassidy must choose between her cousin, Edwin Pierce, who promises love liberally laced with Southern charm, and Coyote, an Apache scout turned renegade whose passions sear her heart with the fiery heat of the desert wind.

ARIZONA ANGEL 4/1988 ISBN:0821723251 When Lance Garrett hired on at the MacDowell spread, the handsome Southerner was sure he'd be taming broncs and roping steers. But he nearly quit when he learned his job was to teach the boss's high-spirited daughter some genteel manners... MaLou's kips were swollen from Lance's kisses, she was breathless with excitement, and now a flickering flame of desire had begun to warm her belly with a new and even more compelling sensation. She pressed closer still, thinking that if she could just hold him more tightly the gnawing need he had awakened within her would be satisfied, but she found precisely the opposite to be true.

BELOVED 12/1994 ISBN:0821747703 He was Danger...When Alanna meets the Seneca scout called Hunter, she sees only a cruel savage like the ones who killed her family. But the handsome warrior also exudes an aura of dangerous sensuality...and soon Alanna realizes that for this hunter, she is the irresistible prey. He was Desire...Then war rages across the land, sweeping Alanna from a sprawling Virginia estate to the rugged Ohio Valley. Here, in the deep forests of frontier America, she will find Hunter again...and discover a love as wild as it is forbidden....He was Her Beloved

HEARTS OF GOLD 10/1988 ISBN: 0445208120 Her corn-silk hair bound by a rawhide strip, Lyse Selby galloped toward the desert as if the hounds of hell were chasing her. The circling buzzards told her someone lay wounded out on the sand, but she never expected to find a tall, hard-muscled Texan named Buck Warren. Shot by the scoundrel he'd been hunting, Buck promised to help Lyse escaped her drunkard father and the harsh life of the back country - if she helped him get back on his feet. At last Lyse had the chance to strike out for California and search for gold! But traveling with this handsome stranger was more that she bargained for. As his hot, exciting kisses brought her to the peak of desire, she found herself yearning for both her independence and his love. Yet soon she would be riding with him down a dangerous trail of vengeance, risking her dreams and her life for their burning..Hearts of Gold.

LOVE ME 'TIL DAWN 3/1992 ISBN:0821735934 He was a fugitive masquerading as a lawman. She an innocent sentenced to die for a crime committed in self-defense. And once destiny brought them together, nothing could tear them apart. Not the shadows of their pasts, not the uncertainty of their future, not even the killers who were trailing them both across the harsh wilderness. For Jesse Lambert and Victoria Crandell shared a love that neither could deny...and a passion the burned more brightly than the Arizona sun!

NO SWEETER ECSTASY 7/1990 ISBN:0821730649 When Marc Aragon saw the half-naked blonde climbing out of the window of a San Francisco brothel, the handsome sea captain happily caught the delightful bundle of golden curls and silken flesh in his arms. But he ended up with more than he'd counted on, for the lovely runaway claimed she'd lost her memory and begged him to help her trace the mystery of her past. Marc wanted to believe her tale of innocence, but one taste of her sweet, red lips assured him she was no novice in the ways of passion. So he made her a proposition that would be mutually beneficial--he would be her protector.. if she would be his lover!

SAVAGE FIRE 6/1984 ISBN:0821713973 "Do not keep me waiting tonight." Demanded handsome Rising Eagle to the innocent blonde beauty who had saved his life. And though Elizabeth knew it was wrong to meet the powerful Seneca warrior, she came to him when the sky darkened and let him teach her the wild, rapturous secrets of love. Their first fierce tantalizing kiss was all that was needed to forever bind their hearts. In his embrace she was a warm willing woman--and their two different worlds were one...

SAVAGE STORM 11/1985 ISBN:0821716875 Luscious Gabrielle had lost everything she had in Kansas City. Now all she wanted was to survive the Oregon Trail and start a new life as a mail order bride. Then she met ruggedly handsome Jason Royal, and the auburn-haired beauty couldn't imagine marrying any other man. His husky whisper promised endless ecstasy. His muscular frame made her yearn to cling to him all through the night. Too late, the lovely innocent realized that even the perils of the trail were not as dangerous as the arrogant scout who stole her heart! Raven-haired Jason Royal was too hot-blooded a man to deny himself any of his desires--and the trip to Oregon was too long to go without a woman. Then his steel-gray gaze caught sensuous Gabrielle MacLaren and the wagonmaster would settle for no less. Her generous lips waited for his kiss; her supple curves were created for his caress. But the last thing Jason wanted was a wife. Adventure was his first and only love--until he lost himself in the fury of rapture's Savage Storm.

STARLIT ECSTASY 8/1987 ISBN:0821721348 As San Francisco's most successful attorney, Dashing Rafael Ramirez had no time for entanglements with women, until he saw stunning Alicia Caldwell aboard the Reina del Mar. Her honey-gold curls beckoned for his touch; her pouting pink lips invited his passionate kiss. Never one to turn away the opportunity for a brief, exciting fling, the reckless black-haired lawyer pulled her into his demanding embrace. But the moment he fit her luscious curves against him, he groaned with desire--and dismay--for he knew even a lifetime would never be enough to savor the sensual pleasures only she could give! For heiress Alicia Caldwell, there were only two kinds of men: grasping, fortune hunters and wealthy boors. But when her gaze traveled over Rafael's virile frame and handsome features, she turned hot with desire instead of cold with disdain. Before she could think to refuse him, she was shamelessly clasped against his muscular chest and hungrily matching his relentless ardor. Somewhere in the back of her mind she resolved he'd never win her money or he love, but now all she could do was give in to tumultuous rapture--surrendering her heart to Starlit Ecstasy.

TEMPT ME WITH KISSES 1991 ISBN:082173296X Daniel Aragon knew trouble when he saw it, and Harmony Russell was more than he could handle. The auburn-haired beauty was a temptation from the moment he spotted her on the San Francisco pier...a temptation, and a torment. For her uncle was one of the land commissioners here to review the Aragon family's land grant, and Daniel could not afford to risk all he had for a few flirtatious nights. But Harmony was not about to let business come between her and the handsome stranger who'd stolen her heart with one dark glance. Casting aside propriety and pride, she set out to seduce the hot-blooded Californio...and was instantly seared by the passions her loving touch unleashed. Soon she was caught in a trap of her own making, enslaved to the desires that swept her into the heat of his embrace!

TENDER SAVAGE 2/1989 ISBN: 0821725726 Too Fast to Stop. When innocent Erica Hansen fled to Minnesota to escape the Civil War's horrors, she had no idea she was stepping right into the middle of an Indian uprising. And until a painted, whooping brave swept her onto his stallion she never guessed how unsafe her new home really was. The curvaceous blonde struggled against her captor's grip, but the farther they rode from civilization, the wilder her response to him became. The passionate beauty knew she should bite, scratch, and kick the warrior, but before she could think of the consequences, Erica began to caress, kiss, and embrace him! Too Far to Return. From the moment he beheld the golden-haired paleface, the Sioux fighter named Viper swore she'd never meet the white captives' fate of torture and degradation. This was a woman created for the most ecstatic kids of lovemaking, and the virile male would make sure he'd be the one to show her the myriad ways to enjoy pleasure. He promised himself he'd release her when the furor of the battle died down. But once the jet-haired Sioux trapped her in his arms, he realized a lifetime was too short to savor her ivory skin, to exult in her lavender scent, to take her time and again as her tender savage.

TEXAS LULLABY short story in SNOW ANGELS 11/1999 When young Alexandra Howard gave up her tomboy ways to marry Dr. Clay Burnett, she found herself overwhelmed by the task of playing the perfect physician's wife in a small Texas town, while her husband wondered what had happened to the spitfire girl he'd married. It takes the promise of a little angel of their own to turn this passionate pair into the perfect couple.

M.J. Conner

CIRCLE OF VENGEANCE 8/2001 ISBN: 1586603183 When a handsome drifter rescues Carrie Butler from her runaway buggy, she things he may be the fulfillment of all her dreams. But is John Thornton really the chivalrous 'mysterious stranger' of Carrie's thoughts? Or does his sudden appearance have a darker purpose? The foreman of the Circle C Ranch thinks the young ranch hand is hiding something--and wonders about his interest in the old Nolan place. When Carrie begins to ask questions about the burned-out Nolan homestead, people want to change the subject. What secrets lie buried there? Without doubt, Carrie's life as about to change, but will it be for good or evil? Will her love for John Thornton bring salvation to her heart or the destruction of her family?

Pamela Conrad

AMANDA 1980 ISBN: 0505515547 A gently-raised young woman is unprepared for the hardships as a teacher of Indian children in the Wyoming Territory.

PRAIRIE SONG 1993 ISBN: 0064402061 Louisa loves the open Nebraska prairie where she and her pioneer family have their home. Secure and happy in a loving home life, Louisa hopes that the doctor and his beautiful wife, Emmeline, fresh from New York City, will love the prairie as much as she does. But Emmeline cannot get used to the loneliness or the harsh prairie life, and when her baby dies in childbirth, she sinks into madness. Louisa's life in a loving pioneer family on the Nebraska prairie is altered by the arrival of a new doctor and his beautiful, tragically frail wife.

Theresa Conway

HONOR BOUND 7/1980 ISBN:0449143406 A wagon train attacked. The men killed or running for their lives. The women spared to become slaves of their Comanche Indian captors. Sold to the Pawnee warriors for ponies. Honor O'Brien was one of these women, who fought for her freedom in the savage wilderness of the Old West.

PALOMA 4/1981 ISBN:0345287061 From the peaceful green hills of Ireland to the dangerous plains of Argentina, she crossed half a world for love.... Brenna Kildare possessed all the beauty and spirit of a wild Irish rose. But fire burned in her veins for only one man, a man who brought her torment and breathless joy, heartache and passion...a man she would cross half a world to see, and wait half a lifetime to love.

SEEDS OF DESTINY 1989 ISBN:0515100080 Torn between two loves, she let fate choose her heart's desire...Caitlyn O'Rourke was restless for adventure, romance, love. And so, the fiery Southern miss set out to find a passion that matched her own - a journey that would take her from the ornate estates of New Orleans to the dusty Australian outback. There, her heart would be forever changed by two men...Brant Sinclair was a gently bred Southerner whom Caitlyn schemed to marry - in spite of his love for her sister. Tanner Malone was Brant's best friend, a Boston trader who was as shrewd in business as he was in romance. While Civil War raged in the States, Caitlyn struggled with her own unique destiny against the savage beauty of Australia. Only one man could truly unleash her deepest desires...with his roguish smile...his rapturous kisses. But fate gave her only one chance to turn her unspoken longings into a glorious ecstasy that could last for eternity - or destroy all she held dear...

SILVER CLOUDS, GOLDEN DREAMS 9/1985 ISBN:0425080757 Spirited Shea Kennedy; whose Irish eyes and innocent charms no man could long resist, found a heartful of joy and hope in the arms of Kane McAllister, her handsome American cousin, whose laughing green eyes sometimes mocked her, but always were kind...But another searing passion was destined to drive Shea across a wilderness continent, ever closer to the one man who could destroy forever the golden dream she cherished, the dream of happiness with her beloved.

Jacquelyn Cook

BEYOND THE SEARCHING RIVER 4/1993 ISBN: 155748399X Raised in a southern orphanage after the War Between the States, Libba has only one memory of her early life: a recurring nightmare about burning railroad tracks twisted around pine trees. It feeds her hatred of the federal soldiers who destroyed her land and separated her from her family. Without knowing who she is, Libba's life is on hold. She cannot accept the love of either of the southern gentlemen vying for her hand, and she cannot let go of the bitterness that is destroying her soul. Libba's one clue to her past is an ornately filigreed, turquoise mourning ring. The secrets it reveals could lead her beyond the searching river to a land of love and peace.

Copeland-Edwards-Law

BABY ON THE DOORSTEP 7/1997 ISBN: 0061084980 Unable to care for a child on her own, a young mother tearfully leaves her baby girl on a stranger's doorstep. Susan Kay Law writes lovingly about how that baby brings together a lonely widower and the pretty woman next door whom he'd never noticed. In the meantime, the mother flees west to escape her painful memories and build a new life for herself. Cassie Edwards depicts her adventures and romance with a Blackfoot chief who needs her help in raising his orphaned infant nephew. Ultimately, through the magical pen of Lori Copeland, the two babies grow up and meet to form their own lasting connection.

Copeland-Crawford-Aiken-Palmer

WITH THIS RING 3/1998 ISBN: 0842378227 Features Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, and Something Blue.

Lori Copeland

AVENGING ANGEL 11/1987 ISBN: 0440103746 With her beautiful profiled against the hot Missouri sky, Wynne Elliot was every inch a southern lady, but that didn't make the rifle in her hands any less deadly. She had sworn vengeance on the handsome scoundrel who'd taken her inheritance and broken her heart. Following him west into a wild, dangerous frontier, she'd found a rugged stranger able to take her breath away with the blazing blue of his eyes...to make her tremble with the searing caress of his lips. But Cole Claxton was the brother of the man who'd betrayed her...and she had no weapons against the desire he ignited in her...no defense in the battle between love and revenge now raging in her heart.

BRIDAL LACE AND BUCKSKIN 5/1996 ISBN: 0449225461 When Beth Baylor announces her engagement to gorgeous rancher Adam Baldwin, seamstress Vonnie Taylor would rather choke than make the wedding dress - because Adam is her husband. True, they were young and crazy, sharing a forbidden love made more precious by the bad blood between their fathers. But after a night of ecstasy, the morning brought reality - and bitter heartbreak. Adam couldn't face his father, and Vonnie couldn't forgive him. That was seven years ago. Now she's still spitting mad and still hopelessly in love. Worse, there's trouble on the ranch: someone is trying to run her off. As old passions explode - and present danger and past secrets bring Adam tantalizingly near - Vonnie discovers love may take its time, but it's never too late...

THE BRIDE OF JOHNNY McALLISTER 9/1999 ISBN: 0380802481 Accused of a crime he didn't commit, rough and rugged Johnny McAllister wants vengeance, pure and simple-and a release from his year-long-sentence to remain in the duty, one-horse town of Barren Flats. But suddenly nothing is simple when he gazes into Ragan Ramsey's beautiful, guileless eyes. Entrusted into Ragan's company, Johnny finds himself sitting down to dinner with the smartest, prettiest, most kissable lady in town-and thinking about all sorts of crazy things, like having a permanent place to hang his hat and a family of his own. These are certainly not the thoughts any self-respecting drifter should be having-but the wary Miss Ramsey is a temptation no red-blooded male could resist. And although the innocent beauty will have no part of him, is it possible she'll succeed where all others have failed...and make an honest man of Johnny McAllister?

THE COURTSHIP OF CADE KOLBY 9/1997 ISBN: 0380791560 Cade Kolby is trouble and Zoe Bradshaw knows it. But she still feels the fire they once shared - before Cade left her and their one horse Kansas town to become the most feared bounty hunter in the territory. Now Zoe needs him to deal with his late sister's orphaned children. So she sends him a message...and Cade Kolby comes home... Cade would like to settle down, but every quick-draw with a grudge in the vicinity is gunning for him. The last thing the charming, road weary gunslinger needs hanging around his neck is a troublesome quartet of kids, their pet tarantula...and Zoe Bradshaw, the proud, pretty miss he used to be sweet on, who now feels qualified to raise his sister's young'uns.

DANIEL'S SONG short story in BABY ON THE DOORSTEP 7/1997 ISBN: 0061084980

FAITH 9/1998 ISBN:0881148334 With the matrimonial prospects in her little Michigan town virtually nonexistent, nineteen-year-old Faith-along with her two sisters, Hope and June-answers an ad for mail-order brides. Before she knows it, she's on her way to Deliverance, Texas, determined to make a success of her marriage to wealthy rancher Nicholas Shepherd. But from the moment she arrives in Deliverance, sparks begin to fly between Faith, a strong-willed tomboy, and her prospective husband-a man with a pretty strong will of his own! Then there's Liza, Nicholas's mother, who is anything but thrilled that her son has chosen a mail-order bride. After a string of wedding postponements and a slew of interfering people, a union between Nicholas and Faith begins to look less and less likely. In the meantime, Faith and Nicholas are beginning to care for one another-but is their matching stubbornness destined to forever be a barrier between them?

HOPE 9/1999 ISBN:0739411829 Mail-order bride Hope Kallahan is not amused when her stagecoach is waylaid by a bunch of bumbling outlaws. The feisty beauty is puzzled by the oddball in the group—the disarmingly kind Grunt Lawson. She doesn't know that Grunt is really Dan Sullivan, the government agent sent to infiltrate the gang on what was supposed to be his last assignment. Together, Hope and Dan learn that no matter what happens, God works everything together into a plan that's bigger and better than all their hopes and dreams.

JUNE 4/1999 ISBN:0842302689 Like her sister before her, June leaves her Michigan home to embrace her future as a mail-order bride: partner and helpmate to a young Washington State pastor. But from the start, nothing works out as June expects. Caught up in her fiancé's vision for an elaborate tabernacle that would benefit God's glory, she soon learns that not everyone approves of the plan. Most opposed is the hardheaded Parker Sentell, who secretly favors supporting the bedraggled group of orphans in the local orphanage. June's friend Samantha and her aging aunt run the orphanage, and June finds the orphans a natural outlet for her generous, nurturing spirit. But the two projects seem incompatible, and June finds herself faced with difficult choices—choices that challenge both her faith and her heart.

MARRYING WALKER McKAY 12/2000 ISBN: 038080249X The last thing Walker McKay wants to do is go courting--but it's time to settle down and raise some sons, so he settles on getting himself a mail-order bride. Sara Livingston is the prettiest and sweetest lady he's ever laid eyes on, and though she may not be quite what he expected, Sara's warm nature is irresistible. Sara's dream is to have a husband and family to love, but her tycoon father never thinks anyone is good enough. So she desperately trades places with a mail-order bride and runs away to Wyoming. When her intended groom turns out to be handsome Walker McKay, Sara thinks her every wish has come true. But what if her father finds her and forces her to come home? Sara's just discovered the love of her life...can anyone keep her from staying married to Walker McKay?

PASSION'S CAPTIVE 8/1988 ISBN:0440201349 Charity Burkhouser didn't stand a chance. Without a man's help the beautiful young widow would lose the homestead she'd traveled so far to claim and worked so hard to hold. When fate dropped a savagely wounded stranger on her doorstep, she knew she must fight to make him her own. She challenged the two bold Indian maidens entranced by the stranger's beautiful blond hair, and defied the town gossips who here shocked to discover a handsome man living in her cabin, sleeping in her bed---without benefit of clergy! But most difficult of all, for the sake of the future fearless Charity would have to confront the wild demons and beloved ghosts of Beau Claxton's past. She swore it wasn't a matter of love; it was a matter of survival. And she was determined to save him, to keep him, to make him.......Passion's Captive.

PROMISE ME FOREVER 5/1994 ISBN:0449147533 Things looked bleak when the wagon hauling the swingling trio to the gallows came under attack. But rescuers rode into the fray! Anne-Marie was scooped up by an Indian, Abigail got a prissy-looking gentleman...and Amelia held on for dear life to the dashing figure of Captian Morgan Kane. Well, he was dashing until Amelia confesses she was running from the law, and then the despicable man dumped her in Galveston. He did redeem himself by rescuing her when she was kidnapped to be sold into prostitution, even disguising himself as a notorious outlaw to fool her captors. Now Morgan, Amelia, and a passel of stolen women are all traveling up the Mississippi by riverboat, fleeing for their lives. Not the perfect setting for romance - but Amelia, of course, has other ideas....

PROMISE ME TOMORROW 9/1993 ISBN: 0449147525 When the three McDouglas sisters were accidentally saved from the gallows by three men, Anne-Marie was saved by Creed Walker, a Crow warrior. But it was hate at first sight. Then they landed in jail, tried to hide a cache of gold and were on the run from Mexican bandits. Like it or not, they needed each other now. A bargain bordering on blackmail ensured Anne-Marie that she'd get back to her lovely larcenous sisters at Mercy Flats and that Creed would deliver the gold to the Union army. And along the way, if they didn't kill each other, the untamable warrior and the inscrutable thief might just discover love....

SOMEONE TO LOVE 5/1995 ISBN: 044914884X Maggie Fletcher took one look at the mine she'd come thousands of miles to inherit and decided that once she adjusted to the vile living conditions, life wouldn't be so bad. It would be worse. If that weren't enough, no man in the town of Hoodee Doo would work for her because the mine, nicknamed the Hellhole, was haunted. T.G. Manning also had a problem - aside from his drinking, his debts, and his past. He couldn't mind his own business, least of all when a beautiful woman was involved. So T.G. hired a crew of female ex-convicts to work the Hellhole and although the mine's luck wasn't changing much, his was: he was beginning to look damn good to Maggie. She had never seen eyes so remarkably blue, or a chest so broad and manly. In fact, she was beginning to wonder if the treasure she sought was inside the cave, or in the arms of a man who promised a lifetime of riches . . . .

SWEET HANNAH ROSE 4/1991 ISBN: 0440208424 Marriage seemed the only solution for Hannah Rose Brewster, whose fiery temper was the talk of four counties. So her family arranged a match and shipped her off to a one-horse cattle town on the Tex-Mex border. But fate had other plans, including a moonstruck night and a seductive stranger who steals her heart - and her honor - with his first soul-searing kiss. Cool, rugged Luke Kincaid thought the beauty in his bed was a 'birthday present' from the boys. She was a surprise, all right! The Kincaids and the Brewsters had been feuding for decades. Luke savored his forbidden prize until the day he discovered she'd run away. Suddenly he knew he'd do anything to bring her back...to trade all the bitter hatred of the past for a lifetime of love, wild passion and....Sweet Hannah Rose.

SWEET TALKIN' STRANGER 4/1989 ISBN: 0440203252. Patience McCord's lies and sweet talk had forced handsome Cass Claxton into a shotgun wedding before he left her Kansas town. Judge McCord's beautiful daughter had vowed she'd do anything to get to St. Louis - even if it meant tricking the bold, brawny frontiersman into marrying her. Once in St. Louis, Patience never intended to see Cass again. She never dreamed that six years later she'd be stuck in a Conestoga wagon with nine frightened orphans and using another desperate trick to get Cass to take them through Indian country. He called her a hellcat and a schemer, but this time their hot tempers ignited desire's burning flame. Now she wanted him to tame her, teach her, love her...if her lies hadn't made it too late to win his heart.

TWICE LOVED 8/2008 ISBN: 9780061364914 Texas, 1865. Willow Madison and her friends Copper and Audre taught school in neighboring Texas towns, until the Yankees rode in and burned them out. In the midst of fear and chaos, survivors banded together to fight for what remained of their homes. Then word reached the people that the terrible war was over. Now penniless but still hopeful, Willow vows she will take care of her friends, and her ailing uncle, in Thunder Ridge, Texas, even if it means having to marry wealthy Silas Sterling, a man thirty years her senior. But standing in her way is saw mill owner Tucker Gray, with his enticing eyes and infuriating headstrong manner—the man Willow cannot get out of her head ... or her heart. Even though her friends beg her not to give up her dream of happiness, Willow is determined to do the right thing for those who are dearest to her. But which path does God want Willow to take: a life of duty and commitment . . . or a life of everlasting love? RR@H's Novel Thoughts

Christina Cordaire

FORGIVING HEARTS 10/1994 ISBN: 0786500476 Catherine had lost her husband, a union soldier, in the Civil War. Now she was headed to a Texas ranch with her young son, to make a fresh start... Jonathan the Rebel soldier was indebted to Catherine for saving him from imprisonment. Now he was Texas bound, traveling alongside this Northern beauty... On their long journey together, Catherine's heart was at war with itself. This handsome Southern gentleman reminded her of her loss in so many ways--why, even their names were the same. Yet he represented everything that had taken her love away. She couldn't deny that he'd been nothing but kind to her and little Jonny...or that she grew more attracted to him with each passing day. Can a new love blossom where old sorrows once lived?

LOVING HONOR 8/1995 ISBN: 051511684X Amanda: She returned to her family's Texas ranch to escape the fury of the Civil War in Virginia - and to care for her brother's ten-year-old daughter...Reese: He came to the same ranch for different reasons - taking a job as a ranch hand to plot his revenge against Amanda's brother...Fate has shattered their lives so swiftly, only time could heal the wounds. As Amanda opened her heart to the needs of a motherless child, she found herself drawn to the intense passions that haunted Reese's soul. He, too, felt the healing power of love in Amanda's eyes - and began to question his own mission of vengeance. But when Amanda's brother suddenly disappeared, her trust in Reese was destroyed. Only the little girl they cherished could bring these two lonely hearts together again...through a simple gift of love.

WINTER LONGING 2/1996 ISBN: 0515118117 Lessons of love can be the hardest to learn... French: Fired for being a suffragette, she thought she'd never teach again...until her favorite aunt and uncle got her a job in Colorado. Kyle: He thought he was hiring a tough young man to teach school -- but instead got a strong young lady... Kyle Devereaux doubted that a woman could handle the wild children at his mill school. But not only does French Richards tame the little tykes -- she melts Kyle's long-cold heart with her tender ways. Kyle is captivated by French's delicate beauty and independent spirit -- and French adores Kyle's rustic handsomeness and courtly manners. Kyle is even wonderful with Jamie, the young boy French has taken under her wing. But when an old foe of Kyle's casts seeds of doubt between them, their trust in each other is destroyed. They can either lose each other forever...or lose their pride and give in to the love of a lifetime...

Kay Cornelius

SIGN OF THE BOW 9/1994 ISBN: 1557485607 Hours after the first warning of trouble, Sara Craighead, surrounded by Seneca warriors, is on a forced march through the dense woods. Her little brother was kidnapped by another group of Seneca, and Sarah has no idea whether her parents are dead or alive. The only thing she knows for sure is that both her home and the nearby village of friendly Delaware Indians are smoldering ruins. Tel-a-ka and Joshua, two young men who care deeply for Sarah, begin a quest to reunite the Craighead family. Fearing for her life and worried for her family, Sarah must look to the sign of the bow... and trust God as never before.

SIGN OF THE DOVE 1994 ISBN: 1557485828 Hannah Stone is hard to miss. Her flaming red hair and her tendency to speak her mind make Hannah stand out in any group. But her independent spirit and concern for others have attracted the special attentions of both Clay Scott, recently returned from fighting the War for Independence, and Nate McIntyre, an old hunting friend of Hannah's father. As the end of the war returns peace to Carolina, Hannah finds herself fighting a new battle in her heart. Not only must she determine her true feelings for Clay and Nate, but she also must resolve the anger and bitterness she harbors toward her cousin Marie. Peace and love remain elusive until Hannah learns the sign of the dove. By following that sign, will she discover the joy she seeks?

SIGN OF THE EAGLE 1994 ISBN: 155748564X Young and strong, Adams leaves his wilderness home to discover what work God has called him to. His parents pray he will become a minister but they have also given their son a letter of introduction to a Philadelphia merchant. Adam's long blond hair and buckskin clothing cut a dashing figure of Philadelphia's streets and attract attention from the two most eligible women in the city: Hetty Hawkins and Mary Andrews. But colonial unrest is turning friends into enemies and forcing tough choices. Time is running out for Adam: Will he be a merchant or a minister, a Loyalist or a Patriot? And to whom will he give his heart? Praying for God's guidance, Adam wonders-is the sign of the Eagle God's answer?

SIGN OF THE SPIRIT 1995 ISBN: 1557487006 The young life of Susannah McKay Campbell has been painted with layers of hatred and tragedy. As political outcasts, she and her husband, James, fled Carolina for the Kentucky wilderness, only to encounter there the rage of native Indians. As a widow, and then a grieving mother devastated by the death of her unborn baby, Susannah, part Indian herself, withstands further ostracism because of her appearance. Proud, beautiful, and courageous, Susannah determines to leave Kentucky forever. Now on a flatboat bound for freedom, Susannah's seemingly endless supply of strength is about to run dry. As Indians attack the fleeing band, Susannah desperately seeks a sign from the Spirit of God. Will her prayer, for wisdom, healing, and even love, be her last?

TWIN WILLOWS 2/1999 ISBN: 0061013765 Graduating from her prim Philadelphia finishing school, Anna Willow McKnight eagerly heads west to the wilds of the Kentucky territory where she will see her father, a Scots fur trader, and visit the place her lovely Delaware Indian mother, who died in childbirth, had called home. It is there, too, that the chestnut-haired beauty will be reunited with her beloved Stuart, the brave soldier-turned-schoolteacher, whose kisses ignite her with overwhelming desire. Frontier life holds promise and peril far greater than any Anna could ever imagine, for the growing conflict between native tribes and white settlers threatens to erupt in bloodshed. And in this untamed land is a sister Anna doesn't even know exists, a twin named Willow, hidden at birth and raised among the Indians. As settlers and Indians clash, fate will bring Anna together with her unknown sister...and lead her to a passion beyond her wildest fantasies.

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