Mills & Boon Historical
21 total works
Last Chance At Love...
The lonely bearer of a shameful secret, Libby Hodges needed to make a new start - in Montana Territory as Jacob Stone's mail-order bride and mother to his little girl. Hoping to meet a loving husband, she found instead a man shattered by by loss and wary of affection.
Libby could read in his gentle gray eyes a desperate plea for the tenderness they both craved. But how could she claim the heart of a man who'd vowed never to give it away again, or tell her prospective groom that she carried another man's child?
In bed with the cowboy!
Fourteen years ago a terrified young Maggie Grace fled into the wilderness of the Wyoming mountains, where she has lived alone ever since. Until she finds cowboy Garret Daines, lying unconscious in a blizzard.
Snowbound in Maggie's cabin, sharing the only bed with this beautiful wild woman, brings Garret's body - and guarded heart - pulsing back to life. Garret is the only man ever to show Maggie any kindness, and the walls around her heart begin to crumble.
But, no matter the bond they forge to overcome the threat against them, she won't let herself be easily tamed...
Haunted by a promise he couldn't keep - and a past he couldn't forget
Chance Morgan had locked away his heart. Until Cora Mae Tindale crossed half the country to find him. The beguiling creature who insisted on turning his serviceable ranch into a home was hiding something - and Chance was hell-bent on finding out her secrets! Cora Mae only wanted a place to hide, but her youthful protector had grown into a war-hardened rancher with looks that could tempt a saint.
Yet his dark glances were filled with distrust...and unmistakable desire. Cora Mae's childhood crush was rapidly becoming a much more adult craving!
Sheriff Braddock's Proposal Seemed Too Good To Be True
A new life dawned for Anna Bauer and her daughter under the wide Montana sky. The past was finally behind them, and the future meant a home and the welcoming arms of a loving father in search of a bride. Or so Anna thought... . Cooper Braddock had too many females in his life already.
He hadn't arranged this marriage - his two determined little girls had. And though half the town thought that he and Anna would make the perfect couple, Cooper wasn't convinced. How convenient would it be to be married to the most beautiful woman in town!
Stetsons, Spring and Wedding Rings
by Jillian Hart, Judith Stacy, and Stacey Kayne
Rocky Mountain Courtship by Jillian Hart
Joseph Brooks suspects his mother of bringing a pretty young woman to town as a mail-order bride. Clara Woodrow's insistent that she's not that lady - but Joseph is determined to have no other!
Courting Miss Perfect by Judith Stacy
Fleeing a humiliating incident in Virginia, Brynn O'Keefe is horrified when handsome Travis Hollister tells the locals she is his sweetheart - and even more astonished when she begins to like the very idea of it!
Courted by the Cowboy by Stacey Kayne
Constance Pauley becomes enamoured with the man who once saved her life - then finds out the very same dashing Kyle Darby inadvertently caused her injuries all those years ago! Can she forgive him enough to become his bride?
Indulge your fantasies of delicious Regency Rakes, fierce Viking warriors and rugged Highlanders. Be swept away into a world of intense passion, lavish settings and romance that burns brightly through the centuries
Her past has finally caught up with her...
After years on the run, Kinsey Templeton has settled in Crystal Springs. But when a handsome stranger steps from the stagecoach, Kinsey knows it's time to leave. If she doesn't run she is in danger of losing everything she has ever fought for - her respectability, her home and her son. Jared Mason isn't going to let her go without a fight. Kinsey surprises him in so many ways and, despite everything, he wants her.
So Jared will just have to make sure she never runs again...
WANTED: ONE GENTLEMAN HUSBAND
Julia O'Shea is fast reaching the limit of her patience-she's exhausted by running the biggest newspaper in Calgary and caring for her young son alone. Her pragmatic solution? To advertise for a husband. But her plans go out the window when Ryan Reid-the man who loved and left her ten years ago-comes back to town.
Julia can't hide her attraction to the bad-boy-turned-surgeon, especially when he swears he's reformed. And Ryan is determined to be the answer to her prayers. . .
A widow’s second chance…
Disillusioned by marriage, Claire Hamilton’s heart is as cold as the Montana snow. She resolved to stand alone – against a blizzard of murder accusations, violent attempts to seize her land, and the hungry wolves of winter.
Until Joshua Gable saved her life… Standing warrior-strong beside her, Joshua offered to keep Claire safe from harm. And as his closeness ignited the flames of passion within her, Claire knew he could be the one to prove that it was possible to love again…
Wrong Groom...
All Genevieve Summerville wants is a good life for herself in the wild Klondike. Only her fiance is away, satisfying his gold-fever, so she agrees to take rugged Canadian Mountie Luke Hunter as a stand-in groom - and is legally bound to him by mistake! Right Husband?
Luke has his pick of beautiful women - the last thing he wants is a wife! But while they're living in close quarters he cannot resist dark-haired Genevieve. Has this confirmed bachelor been tamed at last by his unexpected bride?
19th Century American West. Dillon Hennessey was a man like no other...
Strong yet caring, determined yet kind. But he was still a man, Katelyn Green reminded herself, and therefore not to be trusted. Hadn't her own husband abandoned her in her hour of need? And yet the whispers in her soul promised happiness with this man who'd gentled horses...and her heart!
Katelyn Green had lost a child, and Dillon knew it ate away at her very core. He would help her if he could, if he had the words and ways. But would his tenderness be enough to win a woman who'd been robbed of her faith in love?
Indulge your fantasies of delicious Regency Rakes, fierce Viking warriors and rugged Highlanders. Be swept away into a world of intense passion, lavish settings and romance that burns brightly through the centuries
Who was this solitary man?
Duncan Hennessey had chosen the wild isolation of the Rocky Mountains. Mistrusting and stubborn, he was better off alone. But this cynical man couldn't leave a lady in danger, even if it meant risking his own life! Wounded, there was no way he could prevent Betsy from nursing him back to health... Sheltered, innocent Betsy couldn't have been more different from Duncan. Her sweet nature and sunny smiles made him wild with irritation - and maybe something more!
But a man as tough as the mountain granite wouldn't let a slip of a girl get to him...surely?
He'd found something more precious than gold...
Disguised as a drifter, Mountie Dylan Wayburn finds himself riding in the same stagecoach as Lily Cromwell. The beautiful redhead was once a family servant and she could blow his cover sky-high! Then their stagecoach is held up at gunpoint - because everyone knows that Lily has struck gold.
Pretending to be married, they search for the gang who stole Klondike Lily's fortune. In such close proximity, Dylan will try and fight the flames of his desire...but how can he ignore those full lips begging to be kissed?
No. H1157
Respectable showgirl...
When the widowed boarding-house-keeper he has come to rescue turns out to be a scantily clad showgirl, Jed Doulan knows he's in for trouble. With his shadowed past, he'd be mad to let this spirited - surprisingly innocent - woman get close. ...rebellious bride
Bound by a hasty marriage to her reluctant hero, Rachell Carlson senses his struggle to keep a distance between them. But the message in Jed's eyes makes her pulse quicken - and even dares her to believe in love!
She's come for his life...
Feisty Lily Carrington wants revenge for the murder of her father. She's finally tracked down the killer - and she's going to make him pay... He'll fight to keep it... Juniper Barns is now a hard-working sheriff, protecting the lives of those in need. But he can't outrun his violent past any more. It's time to stand and fight.
Only his opponent is beautiful Lily - a vulnerable girl looking for vengeance, who's in danger of losing her heart to the one man she's forbidden from loving...
WANTED: FOR HEALIN' AND HEART STEALIN'
Outlaws, even innocent ones, just can't risk doctor's visits. But Quinn Rowlan desperately needs a nurse for his injured brother. Kidnapping is the only answer. Except Quinn snatches the wrong woman from a masquerade! Autumn MacNeil is a singer dressed as a nurse for the costume ball.
She doesn't know the first thing about knife-wounds! Still, there's no way he can let her go now - and, to make matters worse, Quinn realises he's falling for his curvy blonde hostage...
WAKING UP WITH A STRANGER WAS THE LEAST OF HALEY CAUFIELD'S PROBLEMS
A very official-looking license said she was married to one. And staring at the very male, very naked Adam Harrington, she knew the scandal she'd come to Sacramento to escape from was nothing compared to the one in store for her... !
The very practical Adam Harrington would have liked at least to have been introduced to his blushing bride before bedding her. Instead, he found himself wedded to Haley Caufield, an enticing surprise of a woman who just might beat him at his own game... !
Man and wife-facing the rigors of high country ranching
That was the simple, solid ideal that Daniel Lindsay willingly offered Rayna Ludgrin. But she'd lived a grand passion, he knew, and he could promise only a quiet, steady brand of love...!
Her soul raw with a new widow's grief, Rayna Ludgrin vowed she'd never feel love again. Still, life under the wide Montana sky was hard for a woman alone-and she pledged herself to Daniel Lindsay out of a desperate need to save her sons and her ranch. But though she'd taken him into her home as husband, could she ever welcome him into her heart?