A WOMAN WHO’S RUN OUT OF OPTIONS

Ever since Harriet Gilfrey’s mother died, she’s worked as a maid in the mansions of the rich. Without a dowry, she can’t expect to marry well in Chicago, so she pays to be listed in a mail-order bride catalog. But most of the men who write her seem to be interested in one thing—her looks.

When Harriet is blamed for breaking an antique vase and loses her job, her only option is to accept a proposal from a man she barely knows. She chooses Lewis because he’s the first man to seem interested in her for who she is, rather than what she looks like.

A MAN WHO WILL FIGHT FOR WHAT’S HIS

Lewis Sharp has spent four long years tending his homestead, and all that work is about to pay off. He’s ready to settle down, but there’s only one problem: all the women he’s found through the mail-order bride catalog are interested in one thing—his money.

So when he meets a woman who cares more about family than finances, he proposes. Harriet seems intelligent and kind, and she’s used to the kind of hard work that a farmer’s wife must do.

A SECRET THAT WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING

Harriet arrives in Salvation to learn that Lewis is literally betting the farm on his next harvest: if anything happens to his crops, he won’t be able to pay his debts.

To make matters worse, a slick businessman named Edmund has been pressuring Lewis to sell his land…and when Lewis refuses, a string of unfortunate events plague the farm. The law is no help: Lewis can’t prove that Edmund is behind his misfortunes.

But the real mystery is why Edmund wants the land in the first place. It’s not worth what he’s offering, and it’s clear that the businessman has no intentions of becoming a humble farmer.

Can Harriet and Lewis figure out why Edmund is after their home before the dastardly businessman forces them out?

Winning the Homesteader’s Heart is a clean, inspirational mail order bride romance. In Faith Parson’s heartwarming romance stories, courageous men and their mail-order brides join together to make a new life on the Western frontier.

Selena Hensley has dedicated herself to caring for the girls at the Lady of Our Sorrows orphanage. Especially twins Mary and Maggie, eight-year-old sisters traumatized by an abusive uncle. There’s nothing Selena wants more than to help these emotionally-damaged twins heal.

But Selena is running out of time—the orphanage has run out of money and the church has found places for all of the children except the twins. There’s no way Selena will find another job that will also allow her to give Mary and Maggie the extra care they need.

Logan McCord wants nothing more than to start a family with Selena, whose compassion and down-to-earth personality are everything he wants in a woman. He’s not sure he’s ready to be a father, but Selena’s clearly capable of caring for children, so he should be fine, right?

Only after Selena responds to Logan’s offer of marriage with a counter-proposal does he realize he might be in over his head: she’ll only marry him if he’s willing to adopt Mary and Maggie.

Will Logan and Selena find a way to put these shattered girls back together? Or will the strain of caring for the traumatized twins destroy their marriage?

SELENA’S DUTY is a Blessed with Twins Mail-Order Bride Series book. It’s part of a collaboration with the seven authors of the SWEET & CLEAN BOOK CLUB, all women, each of whom write sweet and clean romance, and stories that make you go “aww.”

The Blessed with Twins Mail-Order Bride series books tell the story of seven young women who travel to the western frontier to start new families. Will each of them find the love they seek?

While these books are part of a series, each of them can be read separately as a stand-alone story.

She greeted him with her gun—He disarmed her with his love.

Saloon owner Boyd Grayson is intrigued by his new neighbor, Claire Ashier, and considers her temperance crusade to shut down his noisy tavern nothing more than a game. While matching wits with the beautiful, aloof widow, he uncovers her torturous secrets that shock him to the core. Her pain affects him deeply and he wants to free Claire from her self-imposed prison, but she guards her heart with a gun and memories she can’t forget. As the battle intensifies, so do their feelings for each other. Their unexpected friendship changes the game—and also Boyd. Can he show Claire he is a man worthy of her trust…and her love?

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Can a Duke with a broken heart find the missing piece in the smile of beautiful Lady Julia Summers, who is struggling to take the right path in life?

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Fitzsimmons is a kind, patient man, although the aura of sadness about him is clearly felt by all. When Lady Julia learns his tragic secret, she cannot help but desire to comfort him, although she fears that she can offer him nothing except friendship since her heart seems to belong to Lord James Patterson. Her friendship means more to him than life itself, coming as a balm to his troubled heart when he needs it, but he desires more from her when he realizes his true feelings for her.

When his heart’s desire is to win the heart of the woman he loves, it is only through the betrayal of another that he has a chance to make his feelings known to her.

Will the handsome Lieutenant-Colonel finally have happiness in his life with the beautiful woman of his dreams, or will her attachment to a rogue with no means of supporting her thwart his dreams of happily ever after?

NOW THAT SHE'S FOUND HER FAMILY,
WHAT WILL SHE DO TO PROTECT THEM?

A WOMAN WHO WON’T BE BULLIED.
Ruth Winslow has finally married off her three younger sisters: she’s free to find a husband of her own. She wants a man with a good heart and a big dream. A man who will treat her as a true partner in marriage. But all the men she’s met in Boston want a woman who’ll say yes, dear and not much else. So she registers to become a mail-order bride.

A MAN WITH A SISTER IN DANGER.
Garrett Richards is damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t--his sister Elise married the bank’s loan officer so Garrett wouldn’t lose the family ranch. But Garrett suspects that Elise’s husband abuses her, even though Elise denies it.

When he can't convince Elise to leave her husband, Garrett struggles to make his late parents’ ranch profitable so he can pay off the mortgage. He believes that once Elise’s childhood home is safe, she’ll leave her miserable excuse for a husband.

A VILLAIN WHO HOLDS ALL THE CARDS.
After Garrett misses a payment, Elise’s husband gives him an ultimatum: pay up in three days or I’ll evict you and your new bride.

Garrett’s between a rock and a hard place, but now he’s got Ruth in his corner, and she’s about to come out swinging--not realizing that Bradford is willing to cheat, steal and murder to get his way. Even Bradford's own son isn't safe from his father's fury.

Can Ruth and Garret protect their family from Bradford's thugs long enough to expose his evil machinations?

Ruining her reputation is her only means of escape…

Engaged at her parent’s behest to a man she despises, Fortuna Allenthorpe abandons duty and flees into the night with notorious rakehell, Giles Dovecote. Too bad her betrothed is more interested in her impressive inheritance than her errant virtue. What’s more, he’s prepared to destroy her family to ensure he gets what he wants.

A vocal advocate of free love, Giles isn’t looking for a wife, but Fortuna makes him want things he considers off limits. As the stakes mount, how long can he hold fast to his principles, if they mean surrendering the woman he loves to a hellish match?

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Can a Duke with a frozen heart find healing in the arms of Lady Mary Withington, who believes that true love is possible even for the nobility?

Jacob Fitzroy, Duke of Gaffton, is a mysterious stranger with a connection to Lady Mary’s family, and another link when his best friend begins a courtship with Lady Mary’s childhood best friend. However, his emotions are tightly locked away, and although Lady Mary has made it clear that she believes in the concept of marrying for love, Gaffton makes it known publicly that he will be a lifelong bachelor. He does not think highly of the fairer sex, and believe these woman getting close to nobility have an ulterior motive.

It is only after he nearly ruins her life that Gaffton begins to realize that his heart may not be made of stone after all.

Will the Duke of Gaffton find room in his heart for beautiful Lady Withington, and will he be able to voice his intentions before she is sent away when his attempts to prove that love and lust are the same nearly create disaster for her entire family?

Shy, stammering Clara Hamilton is shocked when her father announces her betrothal to a cousin she barely knows. Her uncle’s stepson, Branson Hamilton is handsome, avaricious and rumoured to be unstable. Nineteen-year-old Clara, anxious for her father’s approval, agrees to the union unaware of what is at stake. A sinister family secret surfaces and Clara soon discovers that master of Windemere Hall has a dark revenge in store when she enters into his power.
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Windemere Hall launches Catherine Lloyd’s Victorian Villains Saga. Four villainous men, cursed by their fathers, follow their legacy of greed, murder, lust and pride. Set in 1867 England, the saga is written in the classic gothic romance tradition of Victoria Holt and Phyllis A. Whitney. Originally released as a novella trilogy (“Betrothed” “Betrayed” “Beguiled”), the novel, Windemere Hall contains scenes, language and themes written for a mature audience.

A woman burdened by the death of her dreams and a rancher desperate to make her dream again. A thrilling story of love and new beginnings.

My name is Cassandra and I had one goal, to make them pay! When gold was discovered on my family land, I tried to warn them. I begged them to listen but greed, envy and a lust for more destroyed them all. I have walked through fire to watch my enemies’ burn and now those I left behind are hunting me.

I ran to San Francisco to escape on the train, but they won’t let go so easily. Gold is a sickness that has stained this land and all who touch it are never the same. I didn’t count on meeting someone who could offer me love and peace. Dalton Rivers is a complication. Would he offer his love so freely if he knows what I am capable of? I won’t let someone else be hurt because of my choices. I know I must leave but my heart wants me to dare to dream again.

Since being widowed, Caroline Dering has been content to live her life solely for her children: her beloved son, James, due back soon from Malaya, and her daughters, Leda and Bobbie.

Then the mysterious Robert Shepperton arrives in the village.

At first, Caroline's gentle heart is simply touched by his obvious unhappiness; until gradually she finds her sympathy turning into love.

But the visit of her lovely younger sister, Harriet, to Vittoria Cottage, throws Caroline into a turmoil — because Harriet also falls for Mr. Shepperton …

It was not until now, when she thought she had lost Robert, that Caroline discovered how much he meant to her … she looked back and tried to determine exactly when her friendship for him had grown into love.

But it seemed to Caroline that she had loved him always.

She loved him in all sorts of different ways: she admired his character and enjoyed his humour, she felt an immense tenderness towards him and her heart beat faster when he was there. These feelings were so strong that they were difficult to disguise …

But with her beloved, glamorous sister Harriet evidently winning his friendship and admiration, what can be done …?

Vittoria Cottage is a charming Scottish romance. It is followed by Music in the Hills and Shoulder the Sky.
 

12th century England: Two men vie for the throne: King Stephen the usurper and young Duke Henry the rightful heir. Amid civil and private wars, alliances are forged, loyalties are betrayed, families are divided, and marriages are made.

For four years, Lady Annyn Bretanne has trained at arms with one end in mind—to avenge her brother’s murder as God has not deemed it worthy to do. Disguised as a squire, she sets off to exact revenge on a man known only by his surname, Wulfrith. But when she holds his fate in her hands, her will wavers and her heart whispers that her enemy may not be an enemy after all.

Baron Wulfrith, renowned trainer of knights, allows no women within his walls for the distraction they breed. What he never expects is that the impetuous young man sent to train under him is a woman who seeks his death—nor that her unveiling will test his faith and distract the warrior from his purpose.

*The first in an exciting time travel romance series*

Time brought them together - will it also tear them apart?

Elizabeth Barritt fought hard to put her childhood behind her. Now she has the chance to move forward, to reach out for a new future.

And she does - right into Jackson Kane's path. He is a time traveler, from the future, and on the hunt for a rogue agent.

Their attraction is immediate, unexpected - and for Kane, an unwanted distraction. When he is injured protecting Elizabeth, she makes a decision that will change both of their lives. She takes him home.

Once Kane is healed, he goes after the agent. But his journey back to war-torn London takes a sideways turn, forcing Elizabeth to make another choice. She follows him into the past, to help him stop one man from changing their future.

***For readers 18 and older.***

She's kidnapped on the morning of her royal wedding--by her groom's most dangerous enemy.

Treachery leads battle-hardened Highland lord Darach of Glenshiel to abduct an innocent: wealthy Lady Laurien d'Amboise, betrothed to the knave who betrayed Darach and his men. Stealing the delicate beauty from the steps of Chartres Cathedral on her wedding day, he vows to keep her safe--and untouched--for she is a hostage to be bartered for the freedom of his beloved Scotland.

But soon he discovers that his lovely captive has unexpected strength, fire--and plans of her own. From a besieged French castle to the untamed Scottish Highlands, Darach and Laurien are swept up in wild adventure, dangerous secrets... and forbidden love that puts their honor and their lives at risk.

An RWA Golden Heart Award Finalist: Best Historical Romance of the Year

This extensively revised Author's Preferred Edition ebook includes new scenes never before published.

Six captivating novellas from six New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors!

Fall in love with six grooms-to-be as you escape to medieval Scotland, 17th century England, 19th century America, Georgian London and the high seas. These steamy, seductive stories will warm your heart!

THE HANDFASTING by Glynnis Campbell
The Highlands, Scotland, 1199: When Sir Noel de Ware claims his betrothed—the most beautiful heiress in the Highlands—he's sure he's getting the best gift ever…until he discovers he's wedded and bedded the wrong sister. Spirited Ysenda of Rivenloch never intended to be a counterfeit bride, and when she falls in love with her handsome husband, she becomes trapped in her own deception.

FOREVERMORE by Lauren Royal
England, 1667: Sensible Clarice Bradford is content in her widowhood. She has a pretty one-room cottage and a lovely little daughter, and the last thing she wants is another husband. Until one fairytale evening when she’s invited to a wedding at a castle…

FALL FROM GRACE by Jill Barnett
Scottish Highlands, 17th Century: The Clan McNish is left starving by their bitter rivals, the McNabs. Granddaughter to the chieftain, Grace McNish, decides it's her duty to capture and ransom a vile McNab. But she and her clan of misfits capture the wrong man, Colin Campbell, Earl of Argyll and Lord of the Isles, who holds her clan's fate in his powerful hands.

HEART OF FRAGILE STARS by Cynthia Wright
Georgian London and the High Seas: Dashing French pirate Jean-Philippe Beauvisage revels in his life of freedom…until the night at a ball in Georgian London, when a Russian beauty steals his heart. The instant attraction he feels for recently-orphaned Antonia is soul-deep, but she is bound for America with an arrogant captain.

THE FOUR-LEAF CLOVER by Cheryl Bolen
Missouri, 1870: The wealthiest man in Peace, Missouri, Norman Sterling can't believe his good fortune when the beauty he worshiped from afar years ago moves to his town. At their Fourth of July picnic, he blurts out a proposal to Millie Gresham—and to his profound surprise, she accepts. But can she ever win his love?

A WINTER HEART by Annette Blair
Ohio, 1873: Hannah Peachy has nurtured a winter heart since she lost her family. Caleb Skylar struggles with the horror of his wife’s drowning. When Caleb aimlessly pulls up stakes and leaves his home behind, the spirit of Hannah’s earthbound twin leads him straight to Hannah. But how can two guilty souls accept love as a reward for their transgressions? A Sensual Amish Historical Romance.

Their love started a legacy. Now you can read the full story in one special boxed set edition with exclusive bonus content you won’t find anywhere else.

James Morgan never really believed in love. That is, until he laid eyes on Deborah Walker at the local soda fountain. He surprises himself by inviting her out for an impromptu night on the town, and she shocks him even more by agreeing. As the night progresses, the two share their past histories and secret dreams, and James realizes that she is the perfect woman for him. The only problem is that he ships off to Korea the next morning. Fulfilling his duty is non-negotiable to James, even if fighting for his country will ultimately break both of their hearts.

Deborah promises to wait for him, but two years is a long time to put her life on hold, especially for a man she only knew for one day. When Rip Rockwell returns from the war and James does not, Rip proposes marriage to Deborah. She agrees and they build a beautiful life together until his death fifty years later. Through it all, though, she can never quite forget her first love. She retires to Abilene, expecting to live out the rest of her days in peace. So imagine her surprise when James Morgan moves in next door…

Both lived lives full of love. Both lost their loves too early. Can James and Deborah form a new life together while cherishing their memories of those that still live in their hearts?

This special boxed set edition features two novellas, four short stories, and additional bonus content including:

• My Heart Belongs to Only You, Deborah’s bittersweet love story with Rip
• I’ll Never Stop Loving You, James’s meant-to-be-no-matter-what love story with Gloria
• When I Fall in Love & You Make Me Feel So Young, two short stories about James and Deborah together
• Look Homeward Angel, a new short story about Rip and Deborah’s move to Alaska
• All I Have to Do is Dream, a new short story about James and Gloria as parents
• A family tree and suggested reading order for all three generations of the Cupid’s Bow series
• A foreword from the author discussing the inspiration behind the series

 …And this is just the beginning. Read more about James and Deborah, both apart and together. Watch as their children fall in love in the 1980s, and their grandchildren today. This sweeping family saga of loves both lost and found makes for the perfect sweet reading addiction. Because, after all, everyone deserves to find love that lasts.

When a debutante and a rough and tumble sheriff collide, it’s not just bullets that fly, it’s sparks!

Emmy Gibson is a spoiled brat of epic proportions. Destitute after her father’s passing, she’s given one last chance to maintain her lavish lifestyle but she’d rather risk death. Hoping to start a new life, she becomes a mail order bride and traipses off to California, never suspecting she’ll soon be staring down the business end of a shotgun.

As the sheriff of a county that’s as dangerous as it is beautiful, Mason Wilder has seen just about everything. But all of the drunken prospectors and murderous highwaymen in Gold Country can’t prepare him for Emmy. The high-falootin’ city girl turns his life upside down when she storms through his door, demanding justice after her stagecoach is robbed.

When he and his posse hit the trail to hunt down the outlaws, Mason thinks he’s left the pampered belle behind. Except the darned woman tags along, and he can’t decide whether he wants to strangle her or kiss her. Little do they know, there’s a bullet out there with Mason’s name on it. Will they manage to become more than friends or will the villain succeed in ending their relationship before it has a chance to start?

Jane Martin is intelligent but extremely shy, especially around men. When the Aid and Cultural Society proposes a letter-writing program, Jane signs up, hoping she can find a friend across the miles. But the program doesn’t run as smoothly as expected, and unbeknownst to her, Thomas Allred from town becomes her writing friend. Thomas has always known quiet Jane—or thought he did—but reading her letters addressed to his secret persona opens his eyes to what an amazing woman she is. Meanwhile, Jane has no idea that the romantic letters she receives are penned by Thomas—or that he’s falling in love with her in person.

Four full-length Medieval Romances of Legends and Lore...

SOME LIKE IT KILTED by Allie Mackay
Mindy Menlove lives in a castle that was transported stone by stone from Scotland to Pennsylvania. When she must sell the estate, her plans soon unravel. She's bound for the Hebrides, a place she'd hoped to avoid. Once there, she's confronted by the castle's original builder, who happens to be maddeningly irresistible and seven hundred years young.

Bran of Barra was a legendary Highland chieftain. Since his demise he's enjoyed his ghostly pleasures - until a feisty female from across the Atlantic claims that she's come to Scotland to restore his ancestral home. It's a task she hasn't accepted willingly, and if the roguish Bran doesn't change Mindy's mind about his bonnie homeland - and him - neither of them will ever find any peace. But unexpected passion can be the most powerful...

MY ONCE AND FUTURE LOVE by Ruth Kaufman
Annora of Amberton flees her castle to seek proof that she’s not a lunatic as her uncle declared when claiming wardship over her and her lands.

Morgan ap Myrddin must rescue his father, Merlin, from imprisonment. But enemies have wounded him, draining his powers.

He stumbles upon her cottage and enlists her aid. As he helps her in return, undeniable desire sparks. But he won’t succumb to the lure of a mortal woman as his father did. She’s wary of caring for a man who refuses to discuss his past. When he finally tells her he’s a Knight of the Round Table, she fears he’s the lunatic as danger, secrets and destiny thwart the power of love.

LEGEND OF THE FAE by April Holthaus
The Legend begins...
After returning home from battle against a neighboring clan, Laird Galen Graham stumbles upon an injured woman in desperate need of care and protection. Discovering the lass cannot speak, wanting to return her to her family becomes a difficult task. While trying to solve the mystery behind who she is, Galen finds himself falling in love with a lass he knows nothing about.

While heading on a quest to ensure her people's victory against their enemy, Ella is led to the heart of the Highlands where she soon discovers the truth about her past that would change her life forever.

THE DRAGON AND THE DREAMWALKER by Elizabeth Rose
Drake of Dunsbard saves Brynn from being sacrificed to Dracus, the dragon of Lornoon. He is shocked to see the dragon's fire has not harmed her, and realizes she must be the Lady of Fire that the villagers fear and call a witch.

Brynn has faerie blood running through her veins, and while fire cannot harm her and gives her power, water weakens her and can destroy her. She is thrilled to have been saved by a heroic knight, until she awakes and realizes he has brought her to her late father's castle. She knows at once her savior is none other than the infamous Dragon's Son. The feared man of all, and also the man who stormed her father's castle and claimed it as his own. And while their relationship on the physical plane is rocky, Brynn has the ability to dreamwalk, leave her body in her sleep, and their relationship on the etheric plane is much different indeed.

Can two feared people work together to destroy the dragon, or will they be stopped by their haunting pasts as they realize they really fear themselves?

"A Delightfully Different Regency Romance" say Readers of Catherine Cookson

Shy, nearsighted caregiver, Gaia Telfair always wondered why her father treated her a little differently than her siblings. She never guessed she couldn't claim his love because of a family secret, her illicit birth. With everything she knows to be true evaporating before her spectacles, can the mulatto passing for white survive being exposed and shunned by the powerful duke who has taken an interest in her?


Ex-warrior, William St. Landon, the Duke of Cheshire, will do anything to protect his mute daughter from his late wife's scandals. With a blackmailer at large, hiding in a small village near the cliffs of Devonshire seems the best option, particularly since he can gain help from the talented Miss Telfair, who has the ability to help children learn to speak. If only he could do a better job at shielding his heart from the young lady whose honest hazel eyes see through his jests as her tender lips challenge his desire to remain a single man.


Unmasked Heart is the first Challenge of the Soul Regency Romance novel.

A CHIVALRIC ROMANCE AND WINNER OF THE WATTYS AWARD 2015

He bowed to her as only he knew how, but she didn't curtsy. He rose to find her beautiful eyes looking him up and down as if he were something outrageous, and there was no smile on her face as there was on his.
The prince rather wished, at that moment, that he had worn the cap with bells, for he might have danced a jig to outrage her further. Her rudeness returned his usual sardonic manner to him.
"Welcome, m'lady," he said, bowing again on purpose.
"Thank you, m'lord," she replied, still frowning, still without a smile.


The world is changing. After decades of war, Tibold emerges as the leader of a new, powerful kingdom, and the benefits of peace are soon felt.

But King Tibold has a problem: his son and heir, the clever Prince Tameas, doesn't want to be king after him, and neither does he want to marry Lady Isobel, daughter of the warlike duke of the north, with whom an unbreakable alliance is needed.

And Lady Isobel is already in love with the valiant Sir Harry.

A man with pride, a woman with prejudice. Together they must keep a kingdom safe.

Contains references to sex and non-explicit sex scenes. For 18+ year olds.

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