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One Wish: A Christmas Story
by Jodi ThomasNew York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas takes you back deep into the Texas Panhandle, where the winters are long, the storms fierce—and the Yuletide nights are unforgettable . . . It&’s the week before Christmas in Kasota Springs and Maggie Allison is sweeping the floors before closing her shop for the night. But out in the cold darkness three men are keeping a close watch on her movements. Local farmer Sam Thompson is also there in the shadows, ready to step in if need be. Sure enough, when Maggie finds herself cornered by Boss Adler and his men demanding her money and more if she doesn&’t cooperate, Sam comes to the rescue. Trouble is, Boss Adler gets away and everyone in town expects he&’ll be back for revenge. Forced into hiding on Sam&’s ranch, Maggie and Sam discover their distant memories of a childhood friendship promise something more in the present. But the Thompsons are famous for keeping to themselves, and Maggie knows it&’ll take more than a moment under the mistletoe to bring Sam to his senses . . .
One Wore Blue (Camerons Saga: Civil War Trilogy #1)
by Heather GrahamHeather Graham's seductive Civil War trilogy begins with an unlikely Yankee forced to choose between loyalty to the cause and the love of a Southern belle. The privileged daughter of a Virginia plantation owner, Kiernan Miller can't imagine that her idyllic life will ever change--nor her days in the company of her devastatingly handsome neighbor, Jesse Cameron, a boy who returns her desire, kiss by tempestuous kiss. Then Jesse commits the one sin that Kiernan can never forgive: He abandons his roots for the Union army. Though Kiernan marries another, a part of her will always love the rebel in blue. To follow his conscience, Jesse Cameron must sacrifice his heart. He deserts his hometown, turns against his own brother, and rides away from the woman he loves. But he vows that it will not be forever. Now, bringing the war to Kiernan's front door, Jesse has returned as the enemy, intent on winning back the widow with emerald eyes and sun-kissed hair--the beauty who has branded him a traitor. Includes a special message from the editor, as well as excerpts from these Loveswept titles: Flirting with Disaster, Taking Shots, and Long Simmering Spring.
Only a Cowboy Will Do: Includes a Bonus Novella (Meadow Valley #3)
by A.J. PineA small-town woman is swept off her feet by a caring stranger in this charming western romance from a "fabulous storyteller" (Carolyn Brown, New York Times bestselling author).Forty candles, and one for luck. Jenna Owens wants one thing for her birthday this year: a fairy-tale ending of her own and a little relaxation at a quaint California ranch. What she didn&’t want was to get caught in a storm on her way to Meadow Valley. Or to get stuck with a ridiculously hot, too-charming-for-his-own-good cowboy—one who makes Jenna reconsider her &“I don't date younger guys&” rule. But a little vacation flirtation might be just what she needs.Colt Morgan isn&’t interested in long-term relationships. Not since his last one crashed and burned after his fiancée found out he wanted a big family. So when he learns that Jenna has a list of items to accomplish on her trip—including having fling—Colt is all too happy to oblige. Yet the more he and Jenna get to know each other, the more Colt starts to wonder if maybe they have a chance at a real future. But when Jenna&’s past upends everything Colt thought he wanted, are all bets off? Or will they find a way to make both their dreams come true?Includes the bonus novella Sealed with a Kiss by Melinda Curtis!
Only Love (Only Series #4)
by Elizabeth LowellCast adrift during the War Between the States, Shannon Conner grew to womanhood in a lonely cabin high in the Colorado Rockies. Though stubborn and courageous, Shannon is ill-prepared to deal with the predatory Culpepper brothers—and the intoxicating ardour of the man who defends her honour, Rafael 'Whip' Moran.A loner and a wanderer, a man tied to no place or promise, Whip aids the wary young 'widow' who has a walk like honey and a determined grip on her shotgun. But neither the Culpeppers nor grizzlies are as dangerous to Whip as the passion Shannon offers him—a passion that could cost Whip the freedom that is as much a part of him as his soul.
The Only Man (The Blackstones of Virginia)
by Rochelle AlersOriginally published in 2004 as Very Private Duty, dive into the first book in the Blackstones of Virginia series by national bestselling author Rochelle AlersAt one time, Jeremy Blackstone and Tricia Parker were inseparable. He lived for their passion-filled encounters even though they were from such different worlds. Then ugly accusations of her betrayal ripped them apart….Years later Tricia had come home to help her grandfather, not to rekindle her affair with Blackstone. But Jeremy was injured and needed her nursing skills. Staying by Jeremy’s bedside and seeing to his most intimate needs stirred a sensuous yearning in Tricia she couldn’t control. Like déja vu, the magnetic closeness they once shared ignited an irresistible attraction that inexorably pulled them together…again.
Only the Gallant (The Medal #3)
by Kerry NewcombTo reunite the Union, a spy infiltrates Confederate Vicksburg—but his own heart is torn between North and SouthChaos reigns in New Orleans. The Confederates have fled in the face of the Union Army, and terror rules the streets. Jesse McQueen, a Northerner, is just a few hours from safety when his origins are discovered and he is sentenced to be hanged as a spy. With the help of a fiery beauty, he narrowly escapes, but the rope burn around his neck will mark him forever. Though he does not know it, McQueen&’s neck remains in a noose.The citadel at Vicksburg sits on bluffs high above the Mississippi, its great guns dominating the river for miles. Until this Southern fortress falls, the Confederate cause still has a fighting chance. General Sherman knows his armies could never take Vicksburg, and so he sends just one man: McQueen, posing as a traitor. But when a Rebel woman steals his heart, McQueen&’s resolve falters. Is it glory he wants—or is it love?
Only With A Cowboy
by P. J. Mellor Vonna Harper Melissa MacnealBlack Stetson, leather chaps, rough hands, and raw muscle-he'll brand you with his touch and ride you hard all night long. "Hard in the Saddle" by P. J. Mellor Cowboy Sam Austin knows all about calming wild horses. But taming spitting mad she-cat Madison St. Claire requires all of his persuasive powers of sexual satisfaction. "Breeding Season" by Vonna Harper Years ago Wendi Rennert lost her virginity to Mike Wagner. Now Mike is back in town, and Wendy can't wait to show this rock-hard rancher some red-hot lovin'. "Getting Lucky" by Melissa MacNeal Bank president Jane Cook has no problem turning down a loan request from bad boy Luke McGrew. But his sinfully seductive body soon has her making sexual requests of her own.
Onorare la terra (Lang Downs (Italiano) #5)
by Ariel Tachna Claudia MilaniSeguito di Domare le fiammeSerie Lang Downs, Libro 5Il sogno di Seth Simms non è mai stato di diventare un jackaroo, e in effetti, stando a quanto dice il suo miglior amico Jason Thompson, non lo è. Ha solo avuto la fortuna, dieci anni prima, di trasferirsi a Lang Downs insieme al fratello. La vita nella stazione gli ha dato la stabilità necessaria a finire la scuola e frequentare l’università, ma il giovane non ha mai pensato che Lang Downs potesse diventare per lui il porto sicuro che sembra essere per tanti altri. Sa di essere troppo incasinato e crede che nessuno sarebbe disposto a prendersi in casa qualcuno con tutti i suoi problemi. Sin da piccolo, Jason ha avuto un solo scopo nella vita: lavorare a Lang Downs come veterinario al bisogno e come jackaroo il resto del tempo. Può così approfittare delle sporadiche visite di Seth per stare con lui, anche se il sogno di passare da amici ad amanti sembra destinato a non avverarsi mai, visto che il ragazzo è etero. Quando Seth torna a casa all’improvviso con l’intenzione di rimanere, Jason accoglie la notizia con la gioia che merita, ma destreggiarsi tra la relazione con un altro jackaroo e l’amicizia con il giovane meccanico non si rivela facile, soprattutto quando scopre quanto profondi siano i problemi di Seth e con quali mezzi il ragazzo cerchi di tenerli a bada.
The Opal Hunter
by Kris EtonA desperate man is in a race against time to find fabled black opals before a beautiful IRS agent seizes his land.Aaron Brady knows he doesn't have long before he loses his family's land and his business -- the Brady Turquoise Mine. The turquoise has long run out and now he's on a mission to find black opals on his land before it's too late. When IRS agent Nina Delgado shows up on his doorstep demanding to do an audit, Aaron does whatever it takes to keep Nina in the dark and in his bed.Nina Delgado visits the Brady Mine to conduct an audit - a surefire way to guarantee a promotion. When she meets Aaron Brady, she didn't expect sparks to fly. She tries to keep it all business, but can she ignore her heart?
Open Country
by Kaki WarnerMolly McFarlane is desperate, forced to flee to the frontier with her late sister's children. While outrunning the trackers their stepfather set on her trail, she marries a dying man, assuming his insurance settlement will provide for them. But the man doesn't die. And when Molly ends up caring for the man and his own family, she finds that even the best of lives can emerge from the worst of circumstances...
Operation Cowboy Daddy
by Carla CassidyDanger and desire collide when New York Times bestselling author Carla Cassidy takes us back to Holiday Ranch... When a baby is abandoned on his doorstep, cowboy Tony Nakni is blindsided. He never wanted to be a father, but his ex-girlfriend is on the run and tells Tony he's the only person she trusts to keep little Joey safe. Struggling with the infant, Tony turns to caring Mary Redwing for help. Lovely Mary agrees to help care for the child, but a shared desire simmering between her and Tony soon intensifies the arrangement. As the search for Joey's mom brings grave danger to their doorstep, Tony's protective instincts emerge, unearthing the depth of his feelings. But can the rugged rancher save the family he's falling for...before it's too late?
The Orchardist
by Amanda CoplinAt the turn of the twentieth century, reclusive orchardist William Talmadge tends to his apples and apricots. One day, two teenaged girls steal his fruit and later return to see the man who gave them no chase. Feral, scared, and pregnant, they take up on Talmadge's land and indulge in his reservoir of compassion. But just as the girls begin to trust him, men arrive in the orchard with guns ...
The Orchardist: 'An utterly enthralling, heart-breaking story'
by Amanda Coplin'A haunting and epic debut with shades of Steinbeck' [GRAZIA] about a makeshift family in the untamed American West. Includes Reading Group Notes.At the turn of the 20th century, in a remote stretch of Northwest America, a solitary orchardist, Talmadge, tends to apples and apricots as if they were his children. One day, two teenage girls steal his fruit at the market. Feral, scared and very pregnant, they follow Talmadge to his land and form an unlikely attachment to his gentle way of life. But their fragile peace is shattered when armed men arrive in the orchard. In the tragedy that unfolds, Talmadge must fight to save the lives of those he has learned to love while confronting the ghosts of his own troubled past.THE ORCHARDIST is an astonishing and unforgettable epic about a man who disrupts the lonely harmony of his life when he opens his heart and lets the world in.
The Orchardist
by Amanda Coplin'A haunting and epic debut with shades of Steinbeck' [GRAZIA] about a makeshift family in the untamed American West. Includes Reading Group Notes.At the turn of the 20th century, in a remote stretch of Northwest America, a solitary orchardist, Talmadge, tends to apples and apricots as if they were his children. One day, two teenage girls steal his fruit at the market. Feral, scared and very pregnant, they follow Talmadge to his land and form an unlikely attachment to his gentle way of life. But their fragile peace is shattered when armed men arrive in the orchard. In the tragedy that unfolds, Talmadge must fight to save the lives of those he has learned to love while confronting the ghosts of his own troubled past.THE ORCHARDIST is an astonishing and unforgettable epic about a man who disrupts the lonely harmony of his life when he opens his heart and lets the world in.'A psychologically complex novel of considerable emotional power' Independent on Sunday'An utterly enthralling, heart-breaking story' Easy Living
Ordeal
by William W. JohnstoneMiles from civilization, a hiking party has embarked on a wilderness weekend with little more than their wits and a lust for adventure ... IN THE BITTERROOT MOUNTAINS of Montana, THE DEADLIEST ENEMY IS MAN! PREY BECOMES PREDATOR IN THE ULTIMATE GAME OF SURVIVAL!
Ordeal of the Mountain Man (Mountain Man #17)
by William W. JohnstoneOrdeal Of The Mountain Man Revenge On The Outlaw Trail. . .. The Wyoming tinderbox of Muddy Gap is feeling none too friendly ever since the Grubbs gang tore through on a hellraising rampage. And it's far from over. Because what the vicious Utah Jack Grubbs would really kill for just rode into town: Smoke Jensen. . .and a small fortune in rawhide. Smoke needed a break from driving a herd of remounts north when he showed up in Muddy Gap. Now, he's on the run again, headed for the Montana wilds--with Grubbs and his men shadowing his trail. As if that wasn't trouble enough, Chief Iron Claw's bloodthirsty Cheyenne warriors have just appeared on the horizon. It isn't long before a war between the white man's greed and the red man's savagery turns the peaceful Bighorn Mountains into a simmering powderkeg. Caught in the middle--with no way out--Smoke Jensen is just the man to set off the explosion. Either way, this mountain man could end up dead. . .
The Ordinary Truth
by Jana RichmanWhen Nell Jorgensen buried her husband, she buried a piece of herself-and more than one secret. Now, thirty-six years later, the rift between Nell and her daughter Kate threatens to implode as Kate, a water manager for the Nevada Water Authority, plans to pipe water from a huge aquifer that lies beneath the family ranch to thirsty Las Vegas. Meanwhile, Nell's granddaughter Cassie intends to unearth those old secrets and repair the resentments that grew in their place. Throughout the novel, sparse and beautiful landscapes surround an emotional wilderness of love, loss, and family.Jana Richman is the award-winning author of The Last Cowgirl (HarperCollins, 2009), a novel which won the 2009 Willa Award for Contemporary Fiction. A sixth-generation Utahn, Jana was born and raised in Utah's west desert, the daughter of a small-time rancher and a hand-wringing Mormon mother. With the exception of a few misguided years spent in New York City trying to make a fortune on Wall Street, she has lived her entire life west of the hundredth meridian. She writes about issues that threaten to destroy the essence of the west-and about passion, beauty, and love. Jana lives in Escalante, Utah.
Oregon! (Wagons West Series, Book #4)
by Dana Fuller RossPerilous snow-crowned peaks and silver rivers swollen to devouring torrents. Indian massacres. Foreign saboteurs. Three mighty nations clash on the fertile shores of the Pacific as America's first wagon train rides into the heart of crisis between England's Queen Victoria, Czar Nicholas of Imperial Russia and President Van Buren in Washington. Three great powers gamble in a winner-take-all game. OREGON! Valor and devotion ride side by side with intrigue and bitter rivalry. Spies. Traitors. Wagon master Whip Holt is wanted by two women - his wife who is courted by Englishmen and Russians, and Cathy van Ayl Blake, married to the supreme commander of American forces in the Oregon Territory.
Oregon Legacy (The Holts: An American Dynasty, # 1)
by Dana Fuller RossWhen covered wagons rolled along the Oregon Trail, crossed the Rockies, and brought the first settlers to the magnificent American West, one man became a legend in his own time. He was wagonmaster Whip Holt, and his blood ran hot with the kind of courage needed to tame a wild land. His indomitable spirit has been inherited, along with his vision of a proud American West, by his descendants in a family so extraordinary, so destined for greatness, that the whole world will know their names: THE HOLTS. 1887. The full fury of a western winter rages across the land. Blizzards take their toll of ranches in the Dakota Badlands, leaving thousands of families ruined. The American West is a land that breaks the weak without mercy; only the strong surviwe. The Holts are survivors. But the winter of 1887 will test them...and begin the events that will change their lives forever. As Toby Holt fights to save his new ranch, his headstrong son Tim gets "silver fever" and runs off to a dangerous world of desperate miners, greed, and temptation. The Holt women-the half-Cherokee Janessa and Toby's elegant wife. Alexandra-must also battle for their destinies. Their happiness is threatened by prejudice and betrayal, and only the steely will of the Holts stands between tragedy and the tomorrow of their dreams in-Oregon Legacy, Volume I of The Holts: An American Dynastv.
Oregon Outlaws (Trailsman #294)
by Jon SharpeIn the rough woodlands of Oregon Territory, Skye Fargo is shaking hands with death after a vicious grizzly attack leaves him bloodied, mauled, and far from help. Unfortunately, he's been rescued by the Bryan brothers, who have crashed out of prison and are riding for their lives. Normally, Fargo wouldn't cotton to jailbreakers-but it looks like the Bryans were scapegoated by some corrupt officials. Now, with a trio of outlaws at his side, the Trailsman is going to deliver some justice of his own.
Oregon Outrage (Trailsman #320)
by Jon SharpeThe Trailsman’s on the run from the law...After saving the life of a young boy nearly beaten to death, Skye Fargo is astonished to discover that the young boy is in fact a young girl—who’s wanted by a trigger-happy posse. And now the posse wants to string up the Trailsman too...
The Oregon Trail (Trail Drive #9)
by Ralph ComptonFROM THE BACK COVER: The only riches Texans had left after the Civil War were five million maverick longhorns and the brains, brawn and boldness to drive them north to where the money was. Now, Ralph Compton brings this violent and magnificent time to life in an extraordinary epic series based on the history, blazing trail drives. Lou Spencer, Dill Sumner and their fourteen Texas cowboys brought a herd up to Independence Missouri and sold half to a wagon train heading West. Then the Texans hired on, leading the battling greenhorn pioneers across the Missouri River, across Nebraska Territory, and into the wilds past Forts Laramie and Bridger. With winter closing in Spencer's men were running out of time to reach the wide open land of Oregon. And with a fortune in gold hidden in one of the pilgrim's wooden wagons, and outlaws circling like wolves, there were miles of shooting and dying still ahead.
Oregon Trail (Wildgun #8)
by Jack HansonMountain Man Will Barlow has been hired to guide some pioneers up north to Oregon. But when an old Indian friend of his needs Will's aid in warfare, Barlow has to decide where his priorities lie-and fast...
The Oregon Trail (Go West, Young Man #2)
by William W. Johnstone J.A. JohnstoneJOHNSTONE COUNTRY: TRUST IN THE LORD—SOMETIMES HE&’S ALL YOU GOT.From national bestselling authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone, a pioneering journey into the raw beauty and untamed dangers of the unsettled West, where the legendary American spirit is fired in true grit and bold determination . . .THE OREGON TRAIL Wagon Master Clayton Scofield has led countless families across the dusty, wide-open territories of the West, helping the brave, sometimes reckless pioneers settle into new lives brimming with the promise of good lives. Accompanied by his nephew Clint Buchanan riding as scout and cook Spud Williams, Scofield&’s latest trail finds him guiding a train of thirty wagons from Independence, Missouri, to the distant dream of Oregon. It isn&’t long before the pioneers fall prey to the hazards of the countryside—both natural and man-made. The rough currents of the Kansas River tears a family apart. A fur trapper threatens Scofield in a foolhardy attempt to win the affections of an uninterested lady. Kill crazy Lakota Sioux warriors attack wagon train and slaughter without mercy. Scofield can&’t remember the trail ride ever being this treacherous and unforgiving—and he knows there&’s even worse things awaiting them along the far-reaching miles before they reach their destination . . .
Oregon Travail (Kit Carson)
by Doug HawkinsKit Carson knows that trouble is brewing as he tracks a band of Blackfeet, but he isn't expecting to come upon the remains of a brutal massacre. The Blackfeet had butchered a small group of Shoshone, leaving behind nothing but maimed bodies--and one crying baby. Kit sets out to bring the baby back to his people but the Shoshone find him first--after they'd found the bodies of their people. They had only revenge on their minds. And with Kit holding the one small survivor of the massacre, he's their only suspect.