Mills & Boon Historical
16 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!
Mattie Ingram-the love of his life and the mother of his child-was the most stubborn, independent, contrary woman in Nevada. And in the lonely months since he'd seen her, he'd discovered he needed her more than breath itself. But Mattie was having nothing to do with him!
A baby coming, her business failing... What else could possibly happen? Mattie wondered. Well, the father of her child could insist on becoming a permanent part of her life. But if Jared McQuaid thought that one night of passion gave him the right to a lifetime commitment, he had better think again!
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...
A NEW LIFE, A NEW LOVE...
J ess Logan knew his life would change when he returned to Walker, Wyoming, to raise his late sister's children. But after meeting pretty schoolmarm Sarah Wakefield, he found out he had much to learn - not just about child rearing and housekeeping, but also about love.
Sarah Wakefield arrived in Walker hoping to start life with a clean slate. But as her feelings for Jess and his family grew, she realized she could never truly love someone until she shared the secret that was weighing down her heart... .
Of All the Rotten Luck!
Kelsey Rodgers was already in trouble up to her elbows. The last thing she needed was a U.S. Marshal staying at her hotel. Especially one as sharp, sexy and dangerous as Clay Chandler was turning out to be! Clay just knew that Kelsey was going to get him into hot water.
The little whirlwind had more secrets than sense and more sass than was legal. And darned if she hadn't gone and swept him off his feet like a greenhorn kid!
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…
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?
Kaitlin Jeffers Had Big Dreams Dreams that would take her far beyond a delapidated store in the middle of nowhere.
And if she couldn't banish the memory of Tripp Callihan's melting kisses, or fight her growing feelings for his impish little boy, she was going to wind up in his one-horse town forever!
How his search for a life filled with ordinary pleasures had led him to join forces with a woman like Kaitlin Jeffers, Tripp would never figure out. But he knew for a fact that whatever happened next, he'd try his best to make himself and his son a part of Kaitlin's dreams... .
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...
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?
Montana's Wide Open Plains Were As Empty As Her Newlywed Heart.
Rancher Nick Gray, once Mariah's girlhood crush, wanted a mother to tend his children, not a wife to warm his bed. Still, she'd made that bed; now Mariah had to lie in it. Yet could she bear to lie in it alone?
He Was Finished With Romance!
Nick Gray just needed someone to manage his life. So who better than avowed spinster Mariah Scott? Surely she'd appreciate an uncomplicated marriage of convenience. But now that they were married, could he? Because his new wife was turning out to be much more than he had ever bargained for...!