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Sand Creek Serenade


Jennifer Uhlarik - 2019
    One brave who will stop at nothing to save his people. Each willing to die for their beliefs and love for one another. Will their sacrifice be enough?As a female medical doctor in 1864, Sadie Hoppner is no stranger to tragedy and loss. While she grapples with the difficulties of practicing medicine at a Colorado outpost, she learns that finding acceptance and respect proves especially difficult at Fort Lyon.Cheyenne brave Five Kills wants peace between his people and the American Army. But a chance encounter with their female doctor ignites memories from his upbringing among the whites … along with a growing fondness for the one person who seems to understand him and his people.As two cultures collide with differing beliefs of right and wrong, of what constitutes justice and savagery, blood spills on the Great Plains. When the inevitable war reaches Fort Lyon, the young couple's fledgling love is put to the test.Written for the General Market (G) (I): This story contains mild violence appropriate to depict battle scenes or other war-themed situations. This story does not contain strong language or explicit sexual content. May also contain some content of an inspirational nature.

Lawfully Matched


Lorana Hoopes - 2018
    Little does she know the man she intends to marry has a dark past, sending her fleeing into a neighboring town and into Jesse Jenning's life. Jesse never wanted to be in law enforcement, but after a band of robbers kills his fiancee, he dons the badge and swears revenge. Will he find his fiancee's killer? And when Kate flies into his life, will he be able to put his painful past behind him in order to love again?

Hazel's Mail Order Joy (Home for Christmas Book 4)


Annie Boone - 2019
    Turns. Disappointments. Unexpected Christmas joy. For beautiful, blonde-haired Hazel Ellis, the trip west as a mail-order bride is fraught with uncertainty. She and her sisters have decided that they must leave Boston, where their father’s financial downfall has left them with no marriage prospects in elite Beacon Hill society. Their husbands await them in Colorado so they must go there. Wealthy rancher Harley Wyatt is a man whose cattle and acres mark him as someone of importance in the growing town of Newton. Aloof and used to getting his own way, Harley has secrets he’s unwilling to share with a woman he doesn’t even know. It doesn’t matter she’ll be his wife, she’ll have to earn his trust. He expects her to fulfill her role as Mrs. Wyatt, the wife of the area’s most prosperous rancher. But he offers little insight into what that position entails and timid Hazel is reluctant to ask him. She is equally reluctant to ask him about the identity of the ten-year old girl named Oakley who lives at the ranch. Colorado will prove to be a challenge of the heart for sweet and naïve Hazel. Will the bonds of her new life be powerful enough to overcome the beloved memories of her home back East, particularly as the Christmas season arrives? _____ Home for Christmas… a sweet, romantic journey spanning decades - even centuries - of holiday cheer. There’s no better season than Christmas to look back with gratitude for all the family blessings and forward with anticipation to all the joy to come. A holiday romance or a surprise Christmas wedding that leads to a lifetime of happiness is an irresistible story for a true romantic. Add some snow, hot chocolate, and carols at the piano and you’ll fall in love again and again. Second chances, mail order brides, marriages of convenience – this clean and wholesome series brings all this and so much more. Join our heroes and heroines from proper Regency England to the majestic Rocky Mountains as they find peace, true love, and inspiring Christmas spirit. This multi-author Christmas series is brought to you by these best-selling authors: Joyce Alec Rose Pearson Natalie Dean Bethany Rose Annie Boone Hanna Hart Sophie Mays

Given to the Cowboy


Amelia Smarts - 2021
    She’s delivered to a stern cowboy in the Old West colony, one of the locations where humans are returning to live after a cataclysm destroyed much of the planet. By replicating historical lifestyles, survivors hope to heal the Earth and escape extinction. Old-fashioned cowboy Isaac Woolcott expects his bride to obey him or else suffer a bare-bottomed spanking. But Aurora soon discovers that her groom is as kind as he is strict, and she can’t help but be aroused by his tender lovemaking in the bedroom. Just as she begins to fall for him, an enemy threatens to destroy their lives using secrets from her past. Will Aurora be able to reveal her true self to her husband? And will the no-nonsense cowboy accept Aurora despite her turbulent history? Publisher’s Note: Given to the Cowboy contains disciplinary spankings of adult women, open-door love scenes, and a hero who will win your heart.

The Road King Chronicles: Blue Ridge Run


Harry Harrigan - 2015
    After twenty-three years and three combat tours with the 75th Ranger Regiment, he’s got a Silver Star, a titanium knee and a plan to see America on his Road King motorcycle. No more patrols, no more firefights. Nothing more dangerous than passing the old work van rumbling along in front of him as he rides toward Hunter-Stewart and the sunset of his career in the Army. But just as he twists the throttle to pass, a woman’s bare foot smears a bloody print on the van’s back window. Roman turns back to help, triggering a chain of events that puts his brother Virgil and two old friends in the crosshairs of a murderer. Saving them sends Roman on a desperate ride from Savannah to DC, where he discovers that the past he has been trying to forget has not forgotten him. It’s been waiting patiently, holding his secret like a time bomb.

Cherished


Vivi Holt - 2016
    But it seemed destiny had other plans. She’d begun to feel as though she'd always be in the background, helping others build their families, leaving her dreams to wilt and die. That is, until the handsome Winston Frank comes courting at the church picnic. But then, Sheriff Clifford Brentwood sweeps her off her feet, literally! Both men make her pulse race. Both are determined to claim her love. Only one can win her heart. When an unexpected danger threatens her very life, Camilla will have to make a choice. Who will she choose?

Lawfully Held


Elle E. Kay - 2018
    High stakes.FBI Special Agent Justine Gillespie is better at handling bombs than romantic relationships. She goes to Arizona to manage her mother’s affairs and get her settled into a nursing home.A series of misunderstandings lead to her being arrested.Officer Brady Hall’s life changes when he pulls Justine over. She has explanations for everything, but they’re not very believable.When a serial bomber kicks up some chaos, Brady and Justine set their differences aside for the greater good. But will their efforts be enough to save countless lives?

Salvation of the Orphaned Bride


Emma Ashwood - 2019
    She was a servant to her aunt and uncle and her two entitled cousins and that was all she would ever be. Orphaned and mistreated, she would start to make decisions for her own future. Alone. Harley and Joshua Judd had done well for themselves since hitting that vein of good fortune as young men after moving out West after losing their parents. Joshua had almost succumbed to the temptations, but he seemed to be on the right track now. If only Harley, as the big brother, could tempt him into the banking business and away from the dangers of the mines. Maybe Joshua's correspondence with the mail-order bride back East was a sign that he was ready to become the responsible man Harley knew was lingering below the surface. Was Virginia City, Montana the right place for a naive young city woman, alone in the world and without guidance? What was in the cards for the Judd brothers, one a successful banker and the other a miner with the demons of his past lurking at every turn?

Hot-Tempered Hannah


Jo Grafford - 2018
    He can hardly believe the ghost who's been haunting his memories is a dead ringer for the missing bride in the photograph.Either the woman he's never stopped loving has a twin, or she did a bloody good job of faking her own death and crushing his hopes of any kind of future together. There's only one way to find out -- track down the hot-tempered beauty and haul her back to Headstone for questioning!

Recipe for Christmas


Kit Morgan - 2016
    Imagine Lucius’s surprise when Eldon shows up in Cutter’s Creek! But even though Eldon’s bank account makes it appear he has everything a man could want, his brother has something far more precious. A wife. Can Eldon find the same happiness? After all, the pickings in Cutter’s Creek aren’t just slim, they’re practically non-existent! Agatha Shrewsbury has lived with the Bridger family for five long grueling years. More a slave than a member of the family, she finally reaches the breaking point. Will she ever know happiness? Or only toil and ridicule at the hands of her “keepers”? A lonely man, a desperate woman, one Christmas festival, a mean-spirited family, and one … well, you’ll find out. Mix them together and you have a Recipe for Christmas! Enjoy this clean and wholesome, sweet historical, holiday romance!

Riding With Warriors : Book One


Lily Harlem - 2020
    Exhausted. Hunted...Found.Alice Bennett's situation couldn't be worse, but that's not going to stop her fighting. She has a plan - a plan to escape the cruel man leading her wagon train and survive alone in the mountain wilderness.She has skills, a few supplies, and a loyal horse. But life is about more than just staying alive, and when a mysterious and handsome local with a proud, passionate glint in his eyes and an affinity with the forest shows up she is as captivated as she is terrified.And then she meets his warrior friends!Tensions soar. Desires flare. Jealousy rears. Can Alice handle the fierce determination of the men promising to protect her? Will her spirit ever truly belong with the people who've welcomed her into their lives? And will the love of three Chochmi warriors be her true salvation? *Reverse Harem, Why Choose, Native American Heroes Romance

Ryder (Murder On Magnolia Island Trilogy #3)


B.J. Wane - 2017
    Then an opportunity arises to further her career by investigating the murder case of a friend of Ryder’s on the sly. After he tries to dissuade her by making a bet and losing, Jada agrees to let Ryder tutor her in order to attend a private party with all the suspects invited as guests. Ryder struggled against his attraction to Jada because he could have sworn the IT technician didn’t possess a submissive bone in her sleek, well-toned body. To his astonishment, and hers, she responded without fail to every hard slap and every dominant demand. But after losing his wife to cancer, he swore off relationships and refuses to let his need for Jada go any further than their short foray into the investigation. It takes seeing another man come on to her and a risk to her life to open his eyes to what has been right before him all along. As the murderer is revealed and secrets on Magnolia Island unearthed, the Lemaster men and their women have to come to grips with the betrayals surrounding them.

Hustler (Masters of Manhattan #2)


Jane Henry - 2018
    Showing up on his doorstep years later asking for his help? Also not brilliant. Haven: Naive. Foolish. Call it what you like, but I let myself get conned by a man who claimed he loved me. Nine years later, he’s as sexy and compelling as ever. I find myself wanting to believe he’s changed, wanting to believe I’m his, him to touch me. But how the hell am I supposed to trust a con? Ethan: Grifter. Master manipulator. Hustler. Call it what you like, but I’m damn good at what I do. I earn trust, I break it, and I never make mistakes. Then Haven knocks on my door, every bit as gorgeous and brilliant and impossible as I remember, with her curves and wholesome innocence. I’ll protect her. Earn her trust. Make her mine.

Rescuer (Doms of Mountain Bend Book 4)


BJ Wane - 2021
    

Lawman Daddy


Mary Wehr - 2018
    To make matters worse, her guardian turns out to be Jim Wade, the new marshal of the town of Harmony, Texas, and the stern, infuriatingly sexy lawman is dead set on taking her very firmly in hand.It doesn't take Jim long to realize that his sassy, disobedient ward is in desperate need of strict correction, and when Riley puts his warnings to the test he does not hesitate to bare her bottom and spank her soundly. But even with her cheeks blushing and her backside on fire, Riley cannot help wondering what it would be like to belong to Jim, and soon she is calling him daddy.Though he worries he is taking advantage of his authority over her, Jim cannot stand the thought of another man courting Riley, and before long he decides to make her his wife and claim her properly. Surrendering her beautiful, virgin body to her new husband's masterful lovemaking proves more pleasurable than Riley ever dreamed, but when she is kidnapped by a local ruffian seeking vengeance against Jim, can she count on her lawman daddy to rescue his little girl?Publisher's Note: Lawman Daddy includes spankings and sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.