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How can two people from different eras own the same ranch? Penelope Jane Terry knows everything about ranching in spite of being a lone woman. She is determined to send to jail the rustlers who believe they can steal what is hers… until she is caught spying on their dirty works and must ride for her life. What Penny doesn’t count on is being hurtled over a 120 years into the future. Jake Knight believes the attractive woman who stumbled into his home one rainy evening either has amnesia or is certifiably insane. Unless, that is, she is in league with whoever is trying to drive him out ...

New Covers For The Series. Desperate to escape her stepfather’s threats, Zenobia Stanton becomes a mail-order bride in Montana. She wants to be the perfect bride but she’s been raised with servants and restricted from learning anything useful. After a crash course in cooking before she leaves for Montana, she can only hope for the best. Callum McFadden is eager to have a wife enrich his life. He looks forward to good meals and a well-run household—and to a wife to cuddle at night. He’s a patient man and is willing to make allowances while his wife adjusts to ranch life. He’s ...

A woman determined to make a difference; a man determined to secure his family's fortune; and a secret that threatens to destroy them both. The death of Sarah Kincaid’s mother is a catalyst for her to make a difference in the lives of those around her. She vows she will no longer be a reflection of anyone else, not even her beloved sister. Sarah travels to St. Louis to settle her mother's affairs. What she didn't count on was Nate Bartholomew. An established gambler and con man, Nate secretly arrives at the funeral of his stepmother ready to claim his portion of the inheritance. When he ...

This sweet novella has a new cover. A substitute mail-order bride? Bear Baldwin is crushed when he receives a wire notifying him that the woman with whom he has corresponded for almost a year has passed him off to her friend. Do the two women think he’s like an old shirt to be handed down? His mother urges him to give the substitute fiancée a chance, but his pride is stung and he hasn’t decided. Tabitha Masterson is certain whatever awaits her in Radford Springs, Texas will be better than what her brother and that awful William have in mind in Boston. After her father’s death, her ...

This sweet western historical romance of 60,000 words by bestselling author Caroline Clemmons is a stand-alone novel of the Stone Mountain Texas series and includes murder, danger, and adventure. When Kendra Murdoch’s brother in law murders her sister, she takes charge of her nephew and two nieces. Fearing the man plans the same fate for her, she seeks shelter in Radford Crossing where she opens a café to support her small family.. Determined to be self-sufficient, Kendra shuns all advances from the handsome sheriff as danger hangs heavily over her head. Butch Parrish battled a snowstorm...

New covers for the series. Vanessa Worthington didn’t know her late husband had lost their home until the notice came to vacate within six hours. Desperate for a place for her and her children, she travels from Atlanta to Montana Territory as a mail-order bride. She hopes to find a protective and kind man to help parent her children. One thing she’d certain—she will never again trust a man. Travis Boyd has overcome horrific difficulties and carved out a ranch for himself. His two cowboy hands are like family, but he’s lonely. He longs for a loving wife and children to make his house...

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 ...

Josephine Nailor is desperate to escape a terrible situation. When the opportunity arises via a newspaper ad, she and her best friend slip away from their oppressive fathers and head for Richmond. Neither can relax until they’re far away from their tiny hometown. With wealthy young widow Lydia Harrison’s help, Josephine and six other young women have a new life waiting in Tarnation, Texas. Michael Buchanan is fairly content running his mercantile and being mayor of Tarnation. The town is dusty and tiny, but it’s growing. He believes it holds all he needs to be happy—except a wife. ...

New cover, same beloved story. One desperate young woman.. A chance meeting. A life-changing outcome. Growing up in a brothel, Mara O'Sullivan battled public disdain and contempt, but always remained kind-hearted and gracious. After testifying against vicious bank robbers, her life is threatened and Mara must find sanctuary far from everything she knows. One train ride changes her life as she fatefully meets a half-sister and a niece she never knew existed. But when circumstances end her sister's life, Mara makes a promise that she'll raise her niece as her own and take her sister's place ...

New cover for sweet romance adventure set against the Civil War. Parmelia Bailey is determined to protect the women in her family until the men return from War.As fighting nears, she steals back her horses to rescue her brother's fiance, sisters, and mother. Parmelia's former love has returned as he'd promised four years ago, but he's wearing Union blue. Darrick McDonald has been charged by General Grant to capture a dangerous band of renegades led by his old nemesis, Jeff Lawson. Jeff has vowed to teach Parmelia a lesson for refusing his marriage proposal. Darrick and his men must stop ...

A desperate young woman A second chance A life-changing decision. Angeline Chandler didn’t invite the attack that created her condition but she’s suffering the result. Disowned by her family and left alone and destitute, she gets a second chance when a kind woman rescues her and invites her to travel to Tarnation, Texas with six other young women for the purpose of marriage. The prospect of marrying one man while carrying another’s child worries Angeline. Who would want her with another man’s baby? Grady McIntyre is a minister whose wife died soon after their son was born. The woman...

A wealthy woman forced to change; a heroic sheriff standing his ground; the danger that unites them… Alexandra Novak has been raised in wealth and is used to having whatever she wishes. Her parents have spoiled her and she’d begun to believe it her right. A fire that destroys her family home and almost costs her mother’s life starts Alexandra to rethink her values. When her father’s revelation shatters her world, she is determined to do whatever necessary to make her father happy—even if it means being nice to that girl he’s brought into their home. Virgil Witt is the best ...

Orlena Worth agrees to be the mail order bride of a man in Montana Territory. Complications arise for her when her Great-Uncle Ambrose rescues a two-year-old from the men who killed the child’s parents. The killers are searching for the child, heir to a fortune, so Ambrose and the boy have to leave town immediately. Orlena brings them with her, but wonders what she’ll do if her groom refuses to accept all three of them. She doesn’t have the money to go back to her former home—even if it were safe for them to return.Cody Tabor gave specific instructions to the matchmaker. He asked ...

I will wait no longer! Since my parents’ death I’ve been living with my sister’s family. I help care for her home and her adorable children. But, when will I have my own husband and children? There is not even one eligible man near my age in our small town. I hear the snickers and hurtful remarks—old maid, spinster, on the shelf. My cousin sent me a newspaper clipping from a Yours Truly: The Lovelorn’s column. Imagine my surprise when the letter to the columnist read as if I had written it. I’ll do it—I’ll follow the Lovelorn’s advice. I refuse to watch my life disappear ...

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 ...

Rebecca wants a husband but not the man her stepbrother insists she wed. To escape his threats she turns to a family friend for help. Reverend McClain suggests she enter a proxy marriage to his only living relative, a nephew who ranches in Montana. Out of options, she agrees. Until she arrives in Sweet Springs, she has no idea the telegram with instructions to her supposed groom has not been delivered. Where does that leave her? Dalton is working with dangerous men to accomplish his goal. The last thing he needs at this time is a wife in the way. He is a gentleman and sees no other solution...

Sensual western historical romance set in Texas in 1885 . Second edition. New cover. After fleeing an abusive husband six years ago, Beth Jeffers wants nothing more than to protect her son Davey and to help her mother operate a Texas Hill Country boarding house. The strong women in her family have had no luck with men, and she has no intention of letting any man influence her son. Not even Matt Petrov, no matter how much her lonely heart urges otherwise at their reunion. Federal lawman Matt Petrov, also known as Lone Wolf Peters, fell in love with Beth the first time he saw her. Then she ...

New Cover: After the death of his wife, Link Dixon leaves Dallas PD to move to his small hometown of Cartersville, Texas and the Victorian home he's inherited. The cut in pay and demotion in status to a deputy sheriff on night patrol will be worthwhile if it helps his solemn young son, Jason, smile again. Link believes growing up among extended family will benefit his son and help the boy recover from his mother's death. So far, it's working for both Jason and Link, even though Link fights the feeling he's a visitor. He loves his home, but is constantly making repairs, definitely not 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,...

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 ...