Big Jim Rand didn't plan on becoming the guest of honor at a shotgun wedding, but this was what the roughneck Gillery brothers had in mind when they kidnapped the tall avenger and his sidekick — that philosophical Mexican, little Benito.To add to Big Jim's troubles, outlaw Pete Holbrook and his cutthroat crew were closing in on the Gillery ranch, preparing to kidnap or murder the high-spirited Lucy Rose, sister of the hard-boiled Gillerys.Here are Big Jim and Benito, caught in the middle of another dangerous intrigue, another crisis that could only end in a gunsmoke showdown. Views: 29
Strangers are moving into Blacklin County, and none of them is any stranger than Seepy Benton, a math teacher whom the county judge suspects is a wild-eyed radical. Benton and Max Schwartz, who has opened a music store, are among the students in the Citizens’ Sheriff’s Academy, which seemed like a good idea when Sheriff Dan Rhodes presented it to the county commissioners. However, when a mobile home explodes and a dead body is found, the students become the chief suspects, and the commissioners aren’t happy. To make matters worse, there’s another murder, and one of Rhodes’s old antagonists returns with his partner in crime to cause even more trouble. As always in Blacklin County, there are plenty of minor annoyances to go along with the major ones. For one thing, there’s a problem with the county’s Web page. The commissioners blame Rhodes, who knows nothing about the Internet but is supposed to be overseeing their online presence. Then there’s the illegal alcohol being sold in a local restaurant. It was produced in a still that Rhodes discovered after the explosion of the mobile home, and he’s sure it has some connection to the murders. It’s another fun ride with genre veteran Bill Crider, and, once again, it’s up to Sheriff Dan Rhodes to save the day before Blacklin County becomes the crime capital of Texas. Views: 29
The winter around Cheyenne, Wyoming, is devastating, killing both people and livestock. John Henry Cole lives three miles out of town on his small ranch, where he waits out the storm that is quickly killing his cattle and horses. Everything he owns is dying before his eyes, and there isn't anything he can do about it. His dreams of a settled life are as dead as everything else. He knows it's time to move on, and move on he does—but not in the direction he expected.Teddy Green, a Texas ranger, arrives in Cheyenne and seeks Cole's help in locating Ella Mims, a woman who once lived in Cheyenne and with whom Cole had once been intimate. Green wants to question Mims concerning her involvement in a Denver City murder ... but he's not the only one searching for her. Views: 28
Will an Alpha cowboy find true love in the kitchen in this sexy, small town western?Out of The Frying Pan . . .Brodie Sinclaire, the youngest and wildest of the Sinclaire brothers, has just been given an ultimatum. Settle down and run the hunting lodge his brothers have built, or find a new job- on another ranch. His first order of business is to find a cook who will last more than a week. He gets more than he bargained for when the cook he hires turns out to be his sister-in-law’s best friend, fiery redhead and Cordon Bleu trained chef, Jamey O’Neill.. . . And Into The Fire!In the span of a week Jamey O’Neill has lost everything. Her boyfriend, her restaurant, and her career- thanks to a devastating health diagnosis. Broke, and desperate to make a fresh start, she agrees to help the Sinclaires get their hunting lodge off the ground. The last thing she needs is a deliciously handsome cowboy getting under her skin and bossing her in the kitchen.Can They Handle The Heat?They can’t deny their chemistry is explosive, and Brodie sets out to prove himself to the feisty chef. But can they handle the heat when Brodie is forced to face his past and Jamey wrestles with her future? Views: 28
Will an Alpha cowboy find true love on the range in this sexy, small town western?The Rancher's Son.Cowboy Blake Sinclaire is determined not to repeat the sins of his father. That means choosing to love no one and save the settling down for his younger brothers. But one woman has thrown a wrench in those plans – Maddie Hansen, the sexy scientist who also happens to be the daughter of his family’s greatest enemy.The Woman He Shouldn't Want...Physicist Maddie Hansen vows she’ll never come back to the small town where she grew up - Prairie, Kansas. She’d rather stay in a dead-end job than stay trapped in a loveless marriage as a rancher’s wife. But she can’t stay away from Blake, especially after he saved her father’s life.Will Their Love Take Them Supernova, Or Collapse Into A Black Hole?Maddie's father owns land that used to belong to the Sinclaires, and Blake will do anything to get it back - including talking Maddie into a fake engagement. But Blake’s got secrets. Big secrets. And when they come to light, will their love withstand the shockwaves? Views: 28
For years, Susan Sanders worked diligently until the ambitious young
woman attained her current position as manager of the Helena branch of the
Ellis Bank. Now, she dreams of being named a director of the bank one day.
Through circumstance and a bit of matchmaking, Susan is introduced to a
handsome ranch foreman named Dusty MacFarland. They spend a memorable day and
evening serving as bridesmaid and groomsman at their friends’ wedding.
Dusty has held a lifelong dream of his own—buying and operating a horse
ranch. Due to a recent inheritance, his dream is within reach and he enlists
Susan’s assistance in making the dream come true.
Susan soon realizes that her urban commerce goals don’t match with Dusty’s
rural ranching plans and with their contrasting dreams on a collision course, a
future together seems impossible.
An early disappointment derails Dusty’s plans, but a new opportunity
presents itself immediately. Surprisingly, this arrangement could enable both
of their dreams to come true and a future together might be possible after all.
And then tragedy strikes, leaving Dusty’s dreams in tatters. Could this
unfortunate situation destroy Susan’s hopes of a happily ever after?
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The aristocratic Lord Winslade provides a sensual feast to feed all the body’s hungers.
Gently-bred Susan arrives in 18th century London starving, penniless and desperate to find a job. When a chance-met acquaintance offers to help, Susan happily accepts a position as housekeeper in the home of Lord Winslade.
But the position is not what she expects it to be. She is greeted by a grim manservant, who locks her in a room and orders her to wear the scandalous costume she finds there.
She is forced to attend an erotic banquet of carnal and epicurean delights, presided over by the darkly sinister Lord Winslade.
Susan’s expectations of domestic service shatter as she is seduced into fulfilling appetites of an entirely different order. Views: 28
USA Today Best Selling Author Kirsten Osbourne – Mail Order Misunderstanding Julia traveled West to be a schoolteacher. Thomas requested a mail order bride. When he arrives at the train station to pick up his bride, Thomas mistakenly thinks Julia is there for him. Julia sees Thomas and thinks he's there from the school board. She's married an hour later. USA Today Best Selling Author Callie Hutton – A Chance To Love Again Widow Rachel Stevens is very happy with her job as a cook for the Lazy Sunset ranch where she is raising her son. However, the new foreman, Rusty McIntyre, is turning her life upside down. She could overlook how her son has begun to idolize Rusty, but she’s having a heck of a time ignoring the flutters in her stomach every time the man smiles at her. But Rusty has problems of his own. His previously unknown fourteen year old daughter has just arrived to live with him. Used to always being on his own, now he has a young boy following him around imitating his every move, and a surly young lady glaring at him. Throw into the mix the tug he feels toward the ranch cook—who wants no part of him—and life is no longer as easy as it once was. Best Selling Author Caroline Clemmons – Save Your Heart For Me 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 handsome lawman Matt Petrov, no matter how much her lonely heart urges otherwise. Federal Marshall Matt Petrov, also known as Lone Wolf Peters, fell in love with Beth the first time he saw her. Then she was another man’s wife, so he kept his longing a secret. But he’s saved his love for her for six horrific years. Now, the lovely widow and he have crossed paths again. This time, he intends to risk all for a chance at happiness. First he must rescue his distant kinsman from an assassin’s clutches and protect Beth’s son Davey from the villain. Mystery, kidnapping, and twists await Matt and Beth. But will Matt’s secrets shatter the love he and Beth share? Best Selling Author Sylvia McDaniel – Desperate After the death of their father, the McKenzie sisters, Meg, Annabelle and Ruby try the normal ways for women to earn a living in a small western town. When they fail, the McKenzie sisters decide to take up their father’s profession, bounty hunting. They quickly learn they can use their feminine wiles and their Baby Dragoons to earn their way in the old west. They’re tough and resilient, badass women in this historical western novella. Kick off the adventure with the first installment of the new series, Lipstick and Lead with Desperate. Show more Show less Best Selling Author Merry Farmer – The Indomitable Eve The one thing Eve deLaurent has wished for in the two years since her sister, Amelia, was whisked away to America was to be a family again. But the tragedy that befell her once Amelia was gone has left her wounded, body and soul. Now, reunited with her sister, all Eve wants to do is run. Amelia’s new, happy life is a betrayal deeper than Eve can stand. She would leave and never look back, were it not for Mark Andrews. As Cold Springs’s reverend, Mark is used to people confiding their darkest sins and looking to him for help. So when he sees the pain behind Eve’s mask of confidence, all he wants to do is help her. But Eve awakens a desire in him that reminds him that even a man of God is still a man. They seem to be everything the other wants and needs, but can the people of Cold Springs accept an actress in their pastor’s arms? Can they be together if bitter family betrayals keep Eve and Amelia at each other’s throats? You’re only as strong as the loves that hold you together... Bonus StoriesShow more Show less Plus bonus stories from Caroline Clemmons Stone Mountain Reunion -- Mark Hardeman is asked to meet the new teacher for Radford Crossing, only to discover she is the woman he thought had chosen to marry someone else. Merry Farmer -- A Hero’s Heart No one in Cold Springs, Montana would have mistaken stationmaster Lewis Jones for a dashing, romantic hero...until the day the express train from Butte to Helena was fifteen minutes early. Views: 28
A corpse dressed in old-fashioned clothing is found by rescuers in a burning building in London's Moon Lane during the Blitz of Christmas 1940. At first, police believe that the dead man must have come from some pantomime or Dickensian show, but then they realize that the Blitz has reached such an intensity in 1940 that even the bravest showbiz people have closed up shop. Another policeman says he talked to a second person in antique clothing walking in the same neighborhood, but the mystery man has vanished into thin air. Is he a ghost...or something completely different? Seven spellbinding stories of mystery and horror by the author of the historical mystery novel, Case of the Dixie Ghosts. Views: 27
Roberta, Bride of Wisconsin is 30th in the unprecedented 50-book American Mail-Order Brides series.After a fire which burned the factory where she was manager to the ground, Roberta McDaniel feels responsible for all the women who lost their jobs. She contacts a matchmaker and suggests all of them become mail-order brides—answering an advertisement for a widower in Wisconsin herself. Bobbie worries that her independence will cause problems in her new life.Jakob knows he will never love again after the death of his beloved wife and the mother of his two sons, but he needs someone to cook and clean for his family, as well as help him raise his two sons. When independent Bobbie arrives, he's unsure whether to throttle her or kiss her. Will this unlikely couple find a way past their differences? Or are they doomed to spend the rest of their lives in a loveless marriage? Views: 27
Haunted by a sharp-shooting ghost, deserted Fortuna offered no warm welcome to the Lone Star Hellions and their new allies—three desperate men and four frightened women left to die in the arid heart of the Big Amarillo.Also in need of shelter were the infamous Cleave Elrigg and his trigger-happy cohorts—six escapees from the Pima Valley Prison, who were determined never to be recaptured.The climax, an explosion of violence and mayhem, echoed to every corner of the ghost town, with the West's toughest trouble-shooters well to the fore of the fray. Views: 27
