Lynna Banning
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Smoke River novels volume 1
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A mail-order bride in nineteenth-century Oregon must overcome prejudice and mend a broken family in this historical western romance.
It's whispered in Smoke River that single father Thad MacAllister is a few quarters short of a dollar: his ambitious plans for his farm are downright crazy and his young son is heading off the rails. This family needs a woman's touch!
But the arrival of Leah Cameron, Thad's mail-order bride, causes a ripple of...
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A widowed single father may have a second chance at love in this romance set in nineteenth-century Oregon.
When Dr. Zane Dougherty swept Winifred Von Dannen's sister off to Smoke River, Winifred was resentful, but now she wants to be part of her late sister's baby's life. That means dealing with Zane and the shadows of loneliness-and incredible hunger-she sees in his eyes.
Zane knows he and his infant daughter are truly blessed. But he wants...
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A hardened, battle-weary warrior, Reynaud has forgotten what it is to be in the company of a beautiful woman, to delight in her comfort and warmth.
On his return to Granada, he is drawn to Leonor and senses that she could heal his hidden scars. She is set upon a dangerous path, a path that they travel together, becoming closer every day-every night. But such forbidden passion may be their undoing....
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A WOMAN DETECTIVE? NOT ON HIS WATCH!
As if tracking down train robbers wasn't hard enough, now Sheriff Jericho Silver's backup has arrived, and she's a gun-toting, head-turning beauty. She sure spells trouble.
Madison O'Donnell had the perfect life-;a beautiful home and all the ladies' luncheons she could stomach-;but it left her bored to tears. Now a widow, she's determined to fill her days with daring deeds and wild adventures.
Jericho...
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Temporarily displaced Southern belle Jane Charlotte Davis was desperate to make enough money to return home. So when town banker Rydell Wilder, a Northerner through and through, offered her a loan to start her own business, she jumped at the chance. Even though the man was too handsome, and too interested in her, for her peace of mind. Once, Rydell Wilder had been the new, poor boy in town. Now he had the wealth and the means to get whatever he wanted....
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A drifter finds a place to call home in "a sweet, heartwarming traditional western romance with delightful prose and well-developed characters" (RT Book Reviews).
Cordell Winterman is haunted by his mistakes-and the years spent paying for them. Broke and hungry, he takes a job as a hired man on Eleanor Malloy's farm.
Eleanor needs help. Desperately. Her kids are running wild and the place is held up by spit and rust. But as Cord helps her set...
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19th Century American West.
Rescued by a ranger...Kidnapped by Indians, Charlotte Greenfield thinks her life is over. Yet when a Texas Ranger comes to her rescue, she soon discovers it has only just begun!
Rugged Will Bondurant sees her not as a buttoned-down schoolmarm, but as a vibrant woman with a passion for adventure-and for him!
Meeting every challenge their westward trek throws at them, Charlotte's fire and determination warm Will's troubled...
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Extra! Extra! Mail-Order Brides Compete To See Who Can Deliver! That should be the headline in the Gazette, Lolly Mayfield swore. Here she'd gotten up the gumption to answer an ad, only to find herself competing for bride status against two other women, with Kellen Macready as the extremely eligible-and very masculine-prize! If it weren't for charity, Kellen Macready would never have agreed to be the grand prize in a public matchmaking contest. But...
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A widow before she'd even been a wife - Mary Margaret Hampton was in big trouble! Lonely loggers. One genteel lady. A dangerous combination, Tom Randall thought. He was trying to run a business, not a tea party! And if obstinate Meggy Hampton didn't hightail her moonlight and magnolias back south, the sweet sparks she was igniting would make the camp - and his passion - explode like the Fourth of July!
10) Lady Lavender
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Widow Jeanne Nicolet's beautiful lavender fields are threatened by the advancing railroad. With her livelihood in danger, Jeanne will fight to protect her, and her little daughter's, future. Constantly on the move, surveying the land, suits Colonel Washington Halliday just fine. He can escape the haunting memories of war that have left his emotions as damaged as his injured body. Under the sultry heat of the Western sun, the scent of the purple fields...
11) Loner's Lady
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In this historical Western romance, a woman with a missing husband hires a cowboy to work on her farm, but he hides a dangerous secret.
When a stranger turned up at her farm, in need of a place to rest, Ellen O'Brian didn't have the heart to turn him away. He looked darkly dangerous, but she could handle herself; she had learned hard and fast when her husband upped and left.
Jess Flint couldn't help but admire Ellen's courage and grit-even though...
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EVERYTHING DR. SAGE WEST NEEDED TO KNOW SHE LEARNED FROM... A BOUNTY HUNTER? When she trekked into the mountains with Cord Lawson to save a life, she'd thought that book smarts alone mattered. Now one rain-soaked river swim and bare-chested kiss in the sun later, she knew that being alive meant feeling things. But could she survive the heartbreak when her tantalizing tutor resumed his wandering ways? Life was uncertain, so a man took his pleasures...
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"Ladies unite. Votes for women!"
Caroline MacFarlane has one mission in life. The pain she experienced at the hands of her father is numbed when she stands on stage and teaches the world that women are just as strong, rational and capable as men!
But when her safety is threatened, suddenly protective sheriff Hawk Rivera is glued to her side-day and night! This unexpected bodyguard has Caroline's life in his hands, and she's surprised to find that...
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Starting out on the wrong foot is about to put their hearts at risk in this fiery historical romance from the author of Her Sheriff Bodyguard.
Self-proclaimed spinster Jessamine Lassiter is striving to keep Smoke River's newspaper afloat when Cole Sanders rides into town to start up a rival paper. Emotions run high as Cole's constant, infuriating presence causes sparks to fly both in and out of the office.
But does he truly desire Jess, or...
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A cattle drive is no place for a greenhorn, but this city miss is here for the ride in a captivating historical romance of determination and desire.
Cowboy Zachariah Strickland should put Alexandra Murray on the first eastbound train home. But he has no choice except to take her on his cattle trail. She hasn't ridden a horse to death, or shot anybody, but she does drive him furious with longing . . . Is it possible Alex belongs right here in the...
16) Plum Creek Bride
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Plum Creek Bride: Erika Scharf had always followed her heart, now it had led her to America, and a tortured man with a motherless infant. But would the widowed Dr. Jonathan Callender ever recover from his grief? Whatever drove him had died with his young wife, or so it seemed to Jonathan Callender. He knew only that nothing mattered anymore, until the day a German whirlwind disguised as the very determined Erika Scharf charged into his life, and made...
17) Wildwood
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In Wildwood Valley, Trouble Wore a Badge--enticingly pinned to Sheriff Ben Kearney's broad, muscular wall of a chest--and Jessamyn Whittaker was determined to find a way around it. But how could she, when just looking at the man put her at a loss for words? The day Jess Whittaker stepped off the stage, Ben Kearney knew he was in for a hell of a ride. The woman had not only inherited her father's nosiness, but boasted her own special talent for trouble--and...
18) The Scout
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Expecting The Unexpected Was An Army Scout's Job
Still, Major John Montgomery never anticipated finding love along the Oregon Trail. But Constance Weldon, outspoken, courageous and possessed of a quiet beauty completely at home under the wide Western sky, was like a balm from heaven to his wounded soul...;!
She'd promised her dying father she'd drive their wagon west, and Constance Weldon was always and forever a woman of her word. Though keeping...
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Crazy Creek, Oregon, had never seen a lady lawyer before, much less one like Irene Hardisson-;and neither had Clayton Black, Texas Ranger. In fact, it had been over a year since he'd caught the scent of anything sweeter than gun powder. He was on the trail of a killer, and it had suited him just fine-;until now...;.
Fortunately, the lady liked games, and after a few hands of poker, Irene and Clayton discovered they had more in common than they thought....
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Do you dream of wicked rakes, gorgeous Highlanders, muscled Viking warriors and rugged Wild West cowboys? Harlequin® Historical brings you three new full-length titles in one collection!
Marianne's Marriage Of Convenience
by Lynna Banning
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To claim the business she has inherited, Marianne Collingwood enters a marriage of convenience with her coworker, Lance Burnside. Only too late does she consider the bed they will now share......