Frank Carlson Library

A story of an unforgettable first love in the heart of Texas . . . from New York Times bestselling author Joan Johnston Delia Carson was only sixteen when she fled her Texas hometown. She left behind a web of lies that destroyed her family . . . and Marsh North, the irresistible bad boy she'd fallen in love with. Now, eleven years later, a family crisis forces Delia to return home-back to the mystery, back to the shadows . . . back to Marsh. His...

In this contemporary Western romance by a New York Times bestseller, Christmas brings a second chance at love for a single dad and a med student. In this heartwarming reader-favorite holiday story, single father Gavin Talbot gets a second chance at happiness as he rediscovers the joy of family at Christmas with the Whitelaws. Return to Joan Johnston's Hawk's Way holiday classic.

HAWK'S WAY: ZACH (Hawk's Way #9) Joan Johnston's fan-favorite Western romance Previously published in May 1995 as The Disobedient Bride Texas rancher Zach Whitelaw isn't interested in love-only in producing heirs for his ranch. So he advertises for a wife-but there's a catch. If she's not pregnant in a year's time, he'll divorce her. Six months into their marriage, Rebecca Littlewolf Whitelaw's stomach is as flat as it was on her wedding day....

Three of New York Times bestselling author Joan Johnston's reader favorite Western romances. In Hawk's Way: Garth, Garth Whitelaw can't understand why a rich Texas debutante like Candy Baylor would want to stomp around a dusty ranch and learn to train horses. But he can't help noticing how great she looks in tight, worn jeans… All cowboy Carter Prescott has to do to own a piece of Texas is say "I do" and live with a pretty woman and her cute kid....

New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Joan Johnston has captivated readers with her irresistible Hawk's Way series. Discover the book that started it all! Sometimes love needs a helping hand… Honey hasn't been the same ever since her husband, a Texas Ranger, died on the job. Juggling the ranch, raising her two teenage children, and nursing a wounded heart has left her at the end of her rope. So when cowboy Jesse Whitelaw turns up on her...

Re-experience Joan Johnston's beloved story of finding love in unexpected places. Previously published in February 1995 as The Unforgiving Bride Rancher Falcon Whitelaw always swore he'd never get married, until he found himself saying "I do" to widowed mother Mara Ainsworth. And the worst part is, he knows she's only marrying him for his medical insurance. But one look at Mara's sick little daughter makes Falcon question everything he thinks he cares...

In this contemporary Western romance by a New York Times bestseller, a bad girl and a widowed father find redemption in each other. If single dad Billy Stonecreek doesn't find himself a wife who is mother material, his horrible in-laws will gain custody of his little twin daughters. Billy loves his girls more than anything, but who will love him enough to live with all of them? Cherry Whitelaw can't seem to outrun the reputation she has in Hawk's...

A fan favorite from New York Times bestselling author Joan Johnston, previously published as A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing. After inheriting her uncle's ranch, Harriet Alistair moves west to Montana to build a new life. She's determined to prove herself, but the age-old feud between the Alistairs and their neighbors, the Hazards, stands in her way. From his neighboring ranch, Nathan Hazard is counting down the minutes until the beautiful and stubborn...

When Josie Wentworth, a maid in the house of the Duke of Blackthorne, becomes a wealthy heiress, she vows to teach the duke, whom she has despised for years, a lesson by transforming herself in order to catch his eye, and then breaking his heart.

The New York Times bestselling author of Texas Bride evokes the grandeur, excitement, and danger of the American frontier in this "sprawling, sensuous" (Booklist) historical novel.
When Kinyan Holloway's husband is killed in a range accident, she has no idea how she and her children will manage. Torn between the Sioux world in which she was raised and maintaining her husband's ranch—the largest in the Wyoming Territory—she...