"A superbly spun tale of love and desire that will capture your heart from the beginning. An emotionally layered and thoroughly engaging story of love lost and found. " —PAPERBACK FORUMThe year is 1879, and Molly Durant has fallen on hard times. When her mother died, Molly was left with a dilapidated boarding house and five siblings, all of whom she was determined to keep together. But with no boarders, thieves stealing her family's timber, and her banker fiancé set on sending her siblings to foster homes, fate seems against her. Then Molly gets an unexpected knock on her door. There, standing before her, is the man to whom she once foolishly gave her body, the same man who abandoned her: Rubal Jarrett. Or someone who looks like him? The man claims to be Jubal, twin brother of Molly's old lover, here to survey a route for a railroad through the timberland. "Jubal" soon has the boarding house brimming with paying guests, Molly serving meals to the public, and the family of...

"The excitement never lessens, and the characters pull you along with them. . . a thrilling story. " —RENDEZVOUSEl Paso, Texas. 1895. Five years ago, life as Jacy Kimble knew it ended with a scandal that sent her brother Hunter and his best friend Trevor Fallon to Yuma Prison for murder. The scandal cost her family their Arizona Ranch, ruined her father's political career and took his sanity, leaving the Kimble family in shambles. Once the belle of Arizona society, Jacy Kimble was haughty and flirtatious—her favorite target: Trevor Fallon. Her father called him a hired hand. Now Trevor has shown up at her door, escaped from prison, or as he tries to make her believe: he was freed in the middle of the night with one order—clear her brother's name and keep him from hanging. For five years she has hated Trevor. How can she believe him now? Yet, how can she not help him try to prove her brother's innocence? It's a hard choice for Jacy: believe the man who ruined...

A warm-hearted tale of romance and adventure from "a superb writer who does Western Americana with flair and humor" (RT Book Reviews). Reese Catlin is determined to get his herd from Texas to Kansas ahead of the rush so he can make enough money to buy the ranch of his dreams. An excellent chuck wagon cook is essential to the cattle drive, and after tasting the delectable lemon pies at the café in town, he knows he's found the perfect man for the job in "Andy" Dushane. The thing is, Andie Dushane is no man at all. And Reese has no intention of taking a woman on the trail. But it's not so easy resisting Andie's culinary skills . . . or her undeniable beauty. Before long, her delicious cuisine is all the cowboys can talk about. But it's the thought of her passionate embrace that keeps Reese up at night. Can he bring himself to profess his love for Andie before it's too late? Full of love and laughter, A Wish...

To save her West Texas home, a young widow must join forces with a violent desperado—and tame the wild passions he ignites within her: "A superb writer" (RT Book Reviews). Ellie Langstrom has built a quiet, simple life on a ranch in Summer Valley, married to the love of her life: gentle, older Benjamin Jarrett. But that life is shattered when her barn burn to the ground and she finds Benjamin's bullet-riddled body on the back doorstep. Reeling from shock and grief, Ellie has no idea who would want to hurt him or why. So she telegraphs Benjamin's brother Carson, a Texas Ranger, for help. Two months later, a Jarrett brother finally arrives—only it's not Carson, but the blue-eyed gunfighter, Kale Jarrett. Ellie is terrified of guns and of the handsome gunslinger now living in her house. But she needs him . . . maybe in ways she doesn't want to admit. "The real treasure of Sweet Autumn Surrender is the love...

"A compelling romance that incorporates all the mystery, adventure, and passion of a historical novel with a fresh approach—the perfect tale for the reader who craves a hint of the unusual within a love story. " —RT BOOK REVIEWSMississippi River, 1879. Delta Jarrett is desperate to end the recurring dreams that haunt her: disturbing, passionate dreams about her ancestor, pirate Anne Bonny, and Anne's lover, Calico Jack. Their romance happened over a hundred years before, but now, in 1879, Delta is still enamored with their world. In an attempt to purge the dreams, Delta agrees to serve as a reporter for her brother-in-law Hollis' newspaper, the St. Louis Sun. She would cover stories onboard a Louisiana showboat, the Mississippi Princess, at each port of call, and for the festivities later in New Orleans. Brett Reall, on the run from a murder he did not commit, is back in the bayous of Louisiana after a decade, disguised and on the lookout for bounty hunters and the...

"A sensuous tale, rich in adventure and romance..." —RT BOOK REVIEWSAt a stage stop on the way to join her father in Silver Creek, Holly Campbell receives a telegram reporting his suicide. Heartbroken and determined, she continues on with one goal: to prove he was murdered. Letters she received from him told her whom she can trust—and the one man she can't. Sheriff Quintan Jarvis is as crooked as they come and Holly means to keep as far away from him as possible.But even as Holly tries to resist her attraction to the mysterious sheriff, she can't deny her body's yearning for the handsome lawman's embrace. Will she be able to solve the mystery of her father's death before she surrenders to Quintan's touch and her HEART'S DESIRE?

". . . a high adventure, bursting with the flavor of México" —RT BOOK REVIEWSAurelia Mazón lives with only one goal: to escape her high-mountain silver mining town for the big city. Though her father owns the mine, she wants more from life. After her father vows to send Aurelia and her mother to Guanajuato if the silver thefts at the mine continue, Aurelia sets a plan in motion to make her dreams come true. But just when her plan begins to work, the unthinkable happens: a handsome stranger, a gringo, is arrested for the thefts. Aurelia has no choice but to break the gringo out and escape with him into the Sierra Madres, where she falls into his arms. There, she learns the gringo is Carson Jarrett, a Texas Ranger. Chased through the Sierras by the Federales, Carson realizes that their budding, passionate romance cannot come to pass: the Mazón family will never allow Aurelia to marry a gringo. But Aurelia's ingenuity and indomitable spirit will say otherwise.

"Vivian Vaughan creates a western romance true to the enchanting landscape of New Mexico and as fired with sexual tension as a starry western sky. "—RT BOOK REVIEWSNew Mexico Territory, 1879. Will Radnor has never stopped looking for Charles Martin Kane, the man who murdered his father back in Philadelphia. Following the first good lead he's had in years, Will accepts a position with a law firm in Santa Fé. In Chimayo, a golden-haired cowgirl, 'dressed like Billy the Kid and smelling of horse sweat' climbs into the stagecoach and changes his life forever. Then he learns her name. Priscilla McCain has realized her dream to become the best danged cowgirl in New Mexico Territory, following in the boot steps of her beloved father, Charlie McCain. In Chimayo she climbs into the stage and trips over the flimsy black boots of a greenhorn lawyer. He is tall, though, and handsome. Silk shirts and perfume spring to mind. Then she realizes what he is—a greenhorn. Soon,...

"An East Coast feminist clashes with a stubborn Texan in Vivian Vaughan's wild west adventure. Hop aboard for a humorous and poignant ride. " —RT BOOK REVIEWSWhen Madolyn Sinclair, Secretary of the Boston Woman Suffrage Society, steps off the train in Buckhorn, Texas, she doesn't know there is a right and wrong side of the tracks. Madolyn has come to this god-forsaken land with three purposes: to find her runaway brother Morley, secure her inheritance, and return to Boston to organize a Center for Women's Rights. What she had not expected to find in this windswept land—or anywhere—was love: Madolyn Sinclair has dedicated herself to teaching submissive women from all walks of life that they don't need men. Then she meets Tyler Grant, her brother's erstwhile business partner, who offers to take her to Morley's ranch. She reluctantly accepts, and Tyler takes her on a wagon ride she will never forget. But Tyler has an ulterior motive, and he's caught a tantalizing...