“Two months ago, when I passed my fifteenth birthday, I let my skirts down to my ankles, the old schoolhouse was razed and the schoolmistress changed. The long skirts were demanded by my legs which were attracting attention and already gave me the look of a young woman; the old school was falling to pieces; and as for the teacher, poor good woman, forty, ugly, ignorant, mild and always terrified of the inspectors, the Doctor Duterte, a cantonal delegate, needed her post to give to one of h...

She saved him from the sea. He awakened her heart. Now a villainous scheme threatens to destroy them both.Seawater runs through Muriel Quinn’s veins—a fact that has long concerned her father, who longs for his youngest daughter to abandon the waves and embrace the respectable life expected of a grown woman. Yet even when banished from her beloved sea, Muriel feels its pull upon her soul. Drawn to the shore, she witnesses a boating accident and dives in to save a ma...

From bestselling author Mary Connealy comes a thrilling Western romance about finding belonging in unexpected places—a tale of a fierce woman warrior caught between two worlds, a gentle-hearted rancher, and the faith that brings them together. Perfect for fans of historical romance and unconventional heroines.Abby has lived with the Flathead tribe since they rescued her as a child, forgetting her white heritage. But when her village is massacred, and she’s saved by kind-hearted ran...

New Western Romance Series from Bestselling Author Mary Connealy When Cimarron ranch patriarch Chance Boden is caught in an avalanche, the quick actions of hired hand Heath Kincaid save him. Badly injured, Chance demands that his will be read and its conditions be enforced immediately. Without anyone else to serve as a witness, Heath is pressed into reading the will. If Justin, Sadie, and Cole Boden don't live and work at home for the entire year, the ranch will go to their low-down cousin...

Wildly Fun Adventure and Romance in Connealy's New Series Kylie Wilde fought in the Civil War dressed as a boy and now she's homesteading as a man. But she makes one lousy man! When land agent Aaron Masterson comes to inspect her claim, he immediately realizes she's a woman. She begs him not to tell, but can he in good conscience defraud the U.S. government, even if she really did serve in the war? Aaron is interested in the little spitfire from the moment her long hair falls from her cap,...

They're both too busy for love … but love is not too busy for themSelah Hopewell seems to be the only woman in Virginia Colony who has no wish to wed. True, there are too many men and far too few women in JamesTowne. But Selah already has her hands full assisting her father in the family's shop. And now she is in charge of an incoming ship of tobacco brides who must be looked after as they sort through their many suitors.Xander Renick is perhaps the most eligible tob...

A heartwarming romance about a woman who finds true love in a small town, from New York Times bestselling author, Jude Deveraux.Jocelyn Minton is a woman torn between two worlds. Her mother grew up attending private schools and afternoon teas, but she married the local handyman. After her mother died when Joce was only five years old, her father remarried into his own class, and Joce became an outsider—until she met Edilean Harcourt. Although she was sixty...

Jude Deveraux brilliantly entwines passion, memory, and a touch of intrigue in this spellbinding New York Times bestseller.When Cassandra Madden was twelve years old, she fell in love with Jefferson Ames, a young man she met at one of her mother’s business conferences. She was a lonely child with a cold mother, and holding onto her love for Jeff helped her cope with her isolated life.When she grew up, she went to college and even met a man she thou...

A remote mining town, an aspiring journalist, and the reformed convict who saves her life.When Clara Alexander returned from finishing school to Virginia City she had two goals: to become a reporter and make peace with the father who betrayed her mother. But even in the West, there is no room for her in the newsroom or in the family her father made when he married his mistress. Clara is forced to take desperate measures to prove her worth to an editor—including a r...

From bestselling author Mary Connealy comes a spirited Western romance filled with danger, determination, and unexpected love—a tale of a fierce widow rancher, a hardworking cowboy, and the family that brings them together. Perfect for fans of historical romance and strong heroines.Belle Tanner has buried three husbands under the "Husband Tree" and managed her Montana ranch alone while raising four daughters. When she needs help with a dangerous cattle drive, she hires Silas Harden...

Trust no one in the shadows of the piney woods …Letty Hood has spent the last fifteen years of her life hidden away with her grandmother in the backwoods of east Texas to escape the deadly schemes of an uncle who wants her dead. Now, with her twenty-first birthday on the horizon, she is forcedto accept the escort of a stranger and return to Houston in secret so she can claim a birthright that will make her one of the wealthiest women in Texas. If she lives long enough to inh...

Once upon a time in Texas …Beauty has been nothing but a curse to Penelope Snow. When she becomes a personal maid for a famous actress whose troupe is leaving Chicago to tour the West, she hides her figure beneath shapeless dresses and keeps her head down.But she still manages to attract the wrong attention, leaving her prospects in tatters—and her jealous mistress plotting her demise.After his brother lost his life over a woman, Texas Ranger Titus Kingsley has lear...