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Surrender my Heart
by Lois Greiman"Lois Greiman delivers!" -Christina Dodd, New York Times bestselling authorTall, wickedly handsome and genteel, Southern gentleman Justin Stearns is shocked when he overhears a scoundrel offering to sell his sister for $700. Always the hero, Justin pays the rascal and saves the innocent waif...But that innocent waif turns out to be a sensuous, spirited, flame-haired seductress named Megan O'Rourke...who upon first meeting Justin, holds him up at gunpoint, steals his trousers and disappears into the South Carolina night!Enraged at playing the fool, Justin vows vengeance on the stunningly beautiful Yankee con woman...though he's not entirely sure himself if he's searching for revenge or another carnal moment with the voluptuous redhead...But Justin is skilled in the art of seduction too! And with passionate caresses and red-hot kisses, the plantation owner intends to show this sexy redheaded Yankee the error of her ways--and just how sweet surrender in his arms can be...
Texas Blonde
by Victoria ThompsonA Lady and the Cowboy Romance (#3)After the dashing rancher rescues her from certain death, independent, petite Felicity Morrow has to admit she'll never survive this wild frontier without a man at her side. And lean, mean Josh Logan is just the man she wants. He says he wants a sweet, mild wife--but one searing kiss tells Felicity he's fooling himself!After a long day in the saddle, the only thing hot-blooded Josh Logan needs is a hot bath, a warm meal, and a loving little lady who knows her place. But golden-haired Felicity Morrow is as meek as a dang bobcat! The thought of long Texas nights together tempts him enough to give her his name--but never his independence...not even for one unforgettable, sultry, Texas Blonde.
Texas Triumph
by Victoria ThompsonA Lady and the Cowboy Romance (#2)What starts as a marriage in name only is just one hot, sweet kiss away from Paradise....Nothing is more important to Miss Rachel McKinsey than the Circle M--even if it means taking a near-stranger as husband to scare off rustlers. Still, marrying the towering, rugged, Cole Elliott may be every bit as dangerous--especially if she can't control her own wayward urges. Ranch foreman Cole Elliott just can't say no to his enticing boss Rachel McKinsey: he's had his eye on her since he first hired on! And though he's promised to protect her property and not lay a finger on her...this promise is going to be near impossible to keep.
Bold Texas Embrace
by Victoria ThompsonA Lady and the Cowboy Romance (#4)Art teacher Catherine Eaton discovers a gifted painter on Sam Conners' ranch...but the stubborn ranch owner refuses to allow the pretty and petite art teacher on his property. Spirited and willful, the blonde schoolmarm just will not to take no for an answer...only to find herself distracted by how ruggedly handsome this headstrong cowboy is...Sam Conners has a range war to deal with and doesn't have time for this beautiful art teacher from Philadelphia that everyone's talking about. That is, until the most sensual woman he's ever seen marches right into his office. From the moment Catherine opens her lovely full lips to voice her outrageous city demands, Sam can think of nothing other than kissing her quiet. In fact, in the days that follow, Sam can think of nothing other than ensuring that this beautiful woman remains in his bold Texas embrace...for all the days to come...
Wild Texas Promise
by Victoria ThompsonA Hired Gunslinger Romance #2From Romantic Times Career Achievement Award Winner and New York Times bestseller Victoria Thompson, a sensual tale of historical romance in the American Wild, Wild West..."Ms. Thompson imbues her characters with strength, eloquence and dignity." -Romantic TimesA Rebellious Spitfire...Hired to protect Eden Campbell's ranch from cattle thieves, rugged Linc Scott soon realizes that Eden Campbell herself is his biggest problem. The pretty little spitfire refuses to let Linc guard her: she thinks she can take care of herself.Linc is definitely not used to an argument - especially from a beautiful woman! He'll show her just how vulnerable she is to a smooth-talking Texan... But his plan backfires when a passionate kiss - and even hotter embrace - knocks him right off his boots!A Rogue Gunslinger...Who does that tall cowboy think he is?! If it weren't for some thieving rustlers, Eden would never have to deal with being bossed around by some rude gunslinger. But when she finds herself in Linc's lean, muscled arms and kissing his surprisingly sensual lips, she suddenly realizes she's in danger of more than losing her ranch: she's in danger of losing her heart!
Sweet Texas Surrender
by Victoria ThompsonA Hired Gunslinger Romance #3From Romantic Times Career Achievement Award Winner and New York Times bestseller Victoria Thompson, a sensual tale of historical romance in the American Wild, Wild West..."Ms. Thompson imbues her characters with strength, eloquence and dignity." -Romantic TimesA Notorious Gunslinger...Travis "Colt" Taylor isn't fooled by Sarah Hadley's glossy raven curls and sexy sashay -- the strong-willed widow is certainly no damsel-in-distress, and there's nothing shy about her. The tempting beauty has hired him to keep no-good rustlers from harming her sheep; and Travis reckons he'll keep a close eye on his lady boss, as well.A Headstrong Lady Rancher...Travis's low-riding Stetson can't hide the unbridled desire Sarah plainly sees in his magnetic blue eyes. She knows the rugged rider wants her, but she'll never be roped into thinking she's his kind of woman. Besides, she's tired of trying to please folks, and she's going to follow her mind, no matter what. But when Travis lassoes her against him, she finds herself hungry for his lips...aching for her own sweet Texas surrender...
Blazing Texas Nights
by Victoria ThompsonA Hired Gunslinger Romance #4From Romantic Times Career Achievement Award Winner and New York Times bestseller Victoria Thompson, a sensual tale of historical romance in the American Wild, Wild West..."Ms. Thompson imbues her characters with strength, eloquence and dignity." -Romantic TimesStrong-willed Heiress...Fiery Leah Harding has her hands full protecting her family's vast ranch from scheming land grabbers. So, when ruggedly handsome gunslinger Calhoun Stevens suddenly shows up with an unproven claim on her family, she swears to test his determination to its limits--and scare him off for good.But as Leah looks into his blazing blue eyes and finds herself melting under kisses as hot as a Texas sun, she suddenly doesn't mind if he stays by her side--and in her arms--forever...A Composed Gunslinger...To set his past to rights, Calhoun Stevens has to convince the headstrong Miss Harding that he's an honest man. He's resolved to save her land--and do his best to forget her tempting, shimmering fall of brown hair and inviting dark eyes. But once he feels the enchanting spitfire's slender body close to his, Cal is lost to a passion that means more to him than any ranch possibly could...
Texas Angel
by Victoria ThompsonA Hired Gunslinger Romance #1(originally published as Angel Heart)From Romantic Times Career Achievement Award Winner and New York Times bestseller Victoria Thompson, a sensual tale of historical romance in the American Wild, Wild West..."Ms. Thompson imbues her characters with strength, eloquence and dignity." -Romantic TimesAn Angel in Need of a Devil...Proud and feisty Angelica Ross has been running the Diamond R, ever since her father passed away. But when she wins an important government contract, her snake of a neighbor, Harlan Snyder, makes sure no local cowhand wants to work the Diamond R.With no one to help her, Angelica fears she may lose the contract - and her family's ranch - until a notorious devil of a gunfighter, Kid Collins, shows up on her doorstep, dirty, bloody...and the most handsome man Angelica has ever seen.A Devil in Need of an Angel...Kid Collins is just looking for a place to rest out the afternoon when he knocks on the door of the Diamond R. But before he knows what's hit him, he's agreed to be the hired gunfighter for the breathtakingly beautiful lady who answered the door. How can anyone possibly say no to those gleaming red curls and stunning green eyes?He knows Angelica desperately needs his help, but can she afford the price - one night in his bed...? He'll do whatever it takes to convince her to say...yes!
Fortune's Lady (A Lady and the Scoundrel #3)
by Victoria ThompsonA Lady and the Scoundrel Romance (#3)From Romantic Times Career Achievement Award Winner and New York Times bestseller Victoria Thompson, a sensual tale of historical romance in the American West..."Ms. Thompson imbues her characters with strength, eloquence and dignity." -Romantic TimesTHEY GAMBLED ALL THEY HAD ON THE PROMISE OF EVERLASTING LOVERaising her son on her own, fiery Suzanna Prentice isn't going to give up her hopes for a good life. So she takes a job as a dancehall girl in Dodge City's roughest saloon to pays the bills, though vulgar remarks from the drunken patrons wear on her spirit...until one passionate glance from a handsome gambler sets Suzanna's blood racing with hope...and burning desire. When fate and a gunman's bullet place the gorgeous gambler in Suzanna's tender loving care, a bond blossoms between the widow and her gambler, a tenderness neither one can deny. As Suzanna vows to heal the gambler's wounds, as well as his lonely heart, she falls head first into his secret world of danger...and the head-spinning, euphoric promise of everlasting love...
Rogue's Lady
by Victoria ThompsonA Lady and the Scoundrel Romance (#2)From Romantic Times Career Achievement Award Winner and New York Times bestseller Victoria Thompson, a passionate tale of historical romance in the American Wild, Wild West..."Ms. Thompson imbues her characters with strength, eloquence and dignity." -Romantic TimesUNCONTROLLABLE PASSIONWhen prim and proper Elizabeth Livingston seeks the stranger named as her guardian, she doesn't expect to find him running a fancy saloon in infamous Dodge City, Kansas! Notorious Chance Fitzwilliam, a gambling rogue, is only too happy to stick close--very close--to the lovely Elizabeth.Until she starts cleaning up Dodge City! With a pack of reformed "ladies of the night," and a passel of temperance-spouting matrons, Elizabeth stirs up more trouble than even Chance can handle. But what distresses Chance even more is that he still can't keep his eyes off this beautiful woman cleaning up his cozy den of sin! And that he will do anything--even give up his gambling, womanizing and carousing--for the chance to earn the love of this exquisite lady...
Texas Vixen
by Victoria ThompsonA Lady and the Scoundrel Romance (#1)From Romantic Times Career Achievement Award Winner and New York Times bestseller Victoria Thompson, a sensual tale of historical romance in the Wild, Wild West..."Ms. Thompson imbues her characters with strength, eloquence and dignity." -Romantic TimesINSOLENT ROGUEPretty Maggi Colson is backed into a corner--either sell Colson Ranch or accept Jack Sinclair's loathsome marriage proposal! Jack may have the rugged handsomeness that other women desire...but Maggi refuses to give him what he wants. While Maggi swears that selling Colson Ranch is the one thing she will never do--every time his smoldering eyes rake over her, she can barely contain her desire...and the desperate need for another one of his demanding kisses...STUBBORN SPITFIREJack admires the stubborn little spitfire--there is no quit to her. But to get what he wants, he'll have to resort to marriage, the one thing he swears is not for him. If it takes until dawn, he'll subdue her sweet lips and watch her sea-green eyes deepen to emerald with passion. He'll turn her words into cries of exquisite pleasure, begging him to make her his own Texas Vixen.
Stroke of Luck
by Jourdan LaneDale and Brandt didn't have an easy start in their relationship, but after nearly three years together, they're in a really good place--and more in love than ever. They've had a change of scenery and are now proud owners of a large ranch in Colorado. Sometimes they argue about the small stuff, but it never lasts long and they always find their way through.When an old friend from Texas arrives unexpectedly, jealousy rears its ugly head, and Brandt and Dale find themselves at odds. Can they help Evan through his rough patch, and keep their relationship firmly grounded in the process?Author's Note: For better enjoyment, this story should be read after Surrender.
Surrender
by Jourdan LaneDale's had a thing for his friend Brandt--his best friend and sometime boss--from the moment they met on the ranch. For nine years, they've lived and worked side by side. It hasn't always been easy and they've had plenty of words and fights, but one thing Dale is sure of, is that the stubborn man he admires and longs for isn't someone he wants to ever be without.But Brandt is straight.Or so he's led Dale to believe. He can't seem to see his way through years of fear and hiding to tell Dale the truth. Better to let him think all they'll ever be is friends. However, Brandt finally crosses a line and everything between them changes--but not necessarily for the better. Fighting's easy. Making up is the hard part. Can they see eye to eye before it costs them everything?
Cry Wolf
by Victoria ThompsonFrom Romantic Times Career Achievement Award Winner and New York Times bestseller Victoria Thompson, a magnificent historical romance... "Ms. Thompson imbues her characters with strength, eloquence and dignity." -Romantic Times When Lobo rides up to the Davis ranch, Rachel feels a tremor, as if the very earth was about to open. Lobo is the wolf hunter that they desperately need, though he seems to Rachel to be as primitive as the wild creatures he tracks--a sure hunter whose home is the wide-open Wild West. And Rachel can't help but hunger for his touch. But she's also heard the legend of the wolf who walked as a man and wonders if Lobo is more than just a man--his power is undeniable. Though the ranch hands respect him and her little boy adores him, Rachel senses there will come a final day of reckoning between the hunter and the hunted--and a night when she will know the passion as savage as a wolf.
Wings of Morning
by Victoria ThompsonFrom Romantic Times Career Achievement Award Winner and New York Times bestseller Victoria Thompson, a magnificent historical romance... Former Philadelphia debutante, Emma Winthrop is left penniless after the sudden death of her husband--and at the mercy of a man she despises: her brother-in-law, Grayson Sinclair, whose grand Texas plantation is to be her new home. Fairview may not be a safe place, but Sinclair isn't the villain he pretends to be. Despite the chilling rumors surrounding the death of his wife, Emma can't believe he is capable of evil. And even his brooding darkness can't cover a poignant tenderness that touches Emma's heart...
Playing With Fire
by Victoria ThompsonFrom Romantic Times Career Achievement Award Winner and New York Times bestseller Victoria Thompson, a magnificent historical romance set in Texas. Well past marrying age, innocent schoolmarm Isabel Forester arrives in Bittercreek, Texas, to discover she is now a bonafide catch! A severe shortage of women in the rough-and-tumble frontier community has every bachelor--but one--trying to court Isabel. The lone holdout is Eben Walker - a man of mystery, a man of scruples...and the only eligible male Isabel truly wants. But the virile blacksmith refuses to participate in Bittercreek's spirited contest to compromise the headstrong spinster. How can Eben hope to defeat an entire town of sneaky bachelors--and win the love of a perplexing, infuriating woman who won't even heed the passionate whispers of her own heart?
Beloved Outcast
by Victoria ThompsonFrom Romantic Times Career Achievement Award Winner and New York Times bestseller Victoria Thompson, a magnificent historical romance set in Texas. "Ms. Thompson imbues her characters with strength, eloquence and dignity." -Romantic Times Molly Wade has loved Ben Cantrell since the moment he defended her honor in the schoolroom. Now that she's a young woman, her feelings for the handsome rancher have grown deeper--and more urgent. But something always stood between them--a dark heritage that made him an outcast in Texas. Now the ghost of that heritage returns to turn Ben Cantrell from a loner into a wanted man. Molly is the only person who can prove Ben's innocence, but if she speaks out, will she too be outcast? And is it possible for two people in love to make peace with their pasts?
From This Day Forward
by Victoria ThompsonFrom Romantic Times Career Achievement Award Winner and New York Times bestseller Victoria Thompson, a magnificent historical romance set on a Texas plantation during the Civil War. It is an unforgettable tale of two men and one woman...of honor lost and won...of a love that will steal your heart... A fateful night during the Yankee's invasion of Texas changes young Lori McClintock's life forever, her innocence stolen and a baby on the way...while the unknowing father, Eric Ross, is off fighting with the Cavalry of the West. When Eric's older brother offers to marry her, Lori is stunned. She's fantasized about Adam Ross noticing her, of living on his beautiful estate and of being adored by a man she's adored her whole life. But Lori, with a baby to think of, has to be more realistic--Adam is a Southern gentleman who will take care of any child with his family's name. Now a battle has been ignited between brothers--careening toward an explosive end...threatening to expose a long-buried family secret...and awakening a ravenous passion not in one man, but in two...
The Virginian
by Owen WisterThe Virginian is a pioneering novel set in the Wild West describing the life of the foreman of the Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming. It was the first true western written, aside from the tiny dime novels. It paved the way for many more westerns by famous authors such as Zane Grey, Louis L'Amour, and several others.
Riders of the Purple Sage
by Zane GreyWritten by noted French author, Alexandre Dumas, "Nisida" is an essay belonging to his collected title "Celebrated Crimes" which features famous criminals and crimes from European history.
The Survival of Margaret Thomas
by Del HowisonThe West of the late 1800s is a lonely place. Margaret Thomas lives that loneliness. Alone, after the shooting death of her sheriff husband that she blames on herself and searches for solace in a liquor bottle. Then one day a miracle arrives in a telegram informing her that the bank robber who shot her husband has been arrested. She is invited to the trial.But that judicial proceeding is all the way across the wild United States and she’s a former easterner now living in Missouri. Margaret must make this journey for her husband’s sake and, if she is ever to live again, assuage the guilt that’s been haunting her since the day he was gunned down.Ride with Margaret Thomas as she reveals this frightening tale from her point of view. A strong woman and the bloody West meet in this unforgettable epic adventure in the tradition of True Grit.
Desert Heritage: A Western Story
by Zane GreyJack Hare is an Easterner who has come west for his health. In Salt Lake City he is mistaken by Dene's outlaw gang for a spy and must flee the town to escape them. He is found suffering from exhaustion and exposure in rough country by the wealthy Mormon rancher August Naab. As he is nursed back to health at Naab's ranch, Hare becomes aware that Naab's holdings are being threatened by both Dene's rustlers and an unscrupulous Gentile land-grabber named Holderness.Hare also comes to know Mescal, originally an orphan of a Spanish father and Navajo mother, taken in by Naab and promised in marriage to his eldest son, Snap. August Naab does not believe in violent resistance to Holderness's incursions. To save Hare from Dene and his gang, Naab has him accompany Mescal to his sheep camp, located in an isolated valley fastness, and it is there that the two fall in love, even though Mescal knows that she is morally bound to marry Snap Naab.Packed with adventure, action, emotion, and unforgettable characters, Desert Heritage represents one of Zane Grey's finest literary achievements. And its vivid evocation of the Painted Desert of Arizona is without equal in the genre.
Glory Riders: A Western Sextet
by Louis L'AmourCollected for the first time in a single book are six of L'Amour's finest Western stories. The texts have been restored according to how they first appeared in their initial publication in magazines.Jim Sandifer knows he'll lose his job at the B Bar Ranch as well as the girl he's sweet on when he prevents a raid by some B Bar men on the Katrischen Spread in "The Turkeyfeather Riders."In "Four Card Draw," Allen Ring wins a small ranch--until the town marshal shows up and tells Allen he can't live there because a murder that had taken place there is still unsolved.In "Home in the Valley," Steve Mehan has driven a herd from Nevada to California in the dead of winter and has the money safely on deposit with Dake & Company. But upon his arrival in Sacramento, he learns that the bank has failed.Also included in this collection are "Man Riding West," "West Is Where the Heart Is," and "Fork Your Own Bronco." The stories in Glory Riders easily reveal why Louis L'Amour is the greatest Western writer of all time.
Mountain Made: A Western Story
by Max BrandWinsor Glanvil pays court to Louise Carney, heiress to a fortune, and she agrees to marry him. The marriage is opposed by big Jack Rutledge, a jealous rival and formidable foe, so Glanvil and Louise plan to be married in a sequestered valley by a local clergyman. Rutledge and his supporters, learning of the plan, arrive in the valley ahead of the two and seize Glanvil. Glanvil is beaten mercilessly and Rutledge disfigures him, destroying one side of his face with the cutting edge of a spur. Rutledge then rejoins his gang in the clergyman's house. Although Glanvil has been seriously weakened, he manages to get access to firearms and breaks in on the gang, shooting Rutledge and escaping on a stolen horse. Deep in the hills, safely beyond pursuit but exhausted and near death, Glanvil finds a cave in which to seek sanctuary. Unfortunately the cave is not empty--it is the den of a she-wolf and her young cub. Now Glanvil has another fight to win. Yet over the winter months while recovering his health, Glanvil manages to bond with the wolves. When he sets out in the spring to revenge himself on Rutledge's gang--only to learn that Rutledge is very much alive and engaged to Louise Carney--he is not alone.
Silver Trail: A Western Story
by Max BrandAt twenty-two, John Signal is old enough to have been in a shooting scrape. It was a fair fight, but the man he killed was well-connected. Fleeing Signal arrives in the mining town of Monument, calling himself John Alias. Almost immediately his horse is stolen. He learns the name of the thief, Sam Langley, and even where he is. Sheriff Peter Ogden, rather than pursuing the thief, Alias he will make him a deputy if he succeeds in retrieving his horse. Alias manages to get his horse back, but not without violence. Sheriff Ogden makes good on his promise while explaining the local power structure. The Bone faction is behind most of the crimes in the district. On the other side is Town Marshal Fitzgerald Eagan, his brothers, and consumptive gambler and gunman Major Paul Harkness. Of the two, Sheriff Ogden is partial to the Bones faction and advises Alias to follow suit. But Alias is impressed with Eagan, especially when the marshal sides with Alias in a gunfight with two assassins from the Bones faction. Alias's escape from the trap makes the Bones faction more determined than ever to do him in and the Eagans--who turn out to be just as crooked and bloodthirsty as the Bones faction--more anxious than ever to have him join them.