Brides of Simpson Creek
9 primary works
Book 1
Book 2
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
Laurie Kingery makes her home in central Ohio where she is a "Texan-in-exile. "
Formerly writing as Laurie Grant for Harlequin Historical books other publishers, she is the author of sixteen previous books the 1994 winner of the Readers' Choice Award in the short historical category.
She has also been nominated for Best First Medieval Career Achievement in Western Historical Romance by Romantic Times magazine. When not writing her historical books, she loves to travel, read, e-mail write her blog.
Book 3
He needs to turn his life around...
And Simpson Creek, Texas, is the perfect place to do it. On the run from his dangerous past, Sam Bishop is happy to find a town seeking "marriage-minded bachelors." A wealthy wife is just what he needs to make his gambling problems disappear. But when Prissy Gilmore catches Sam's eye, she proves to be much more than a rich match. Sam wants to deserve her, wants to become sheriff and protect her hometown-wants to be the man she believes him to be. Yet the true test is waiting, when his past returns to challenge his future.
Book 4
Book 5
HER DEEPEST SECRET
When her little brother died, Faith Bennett lost her trust in God. She's kept this secret from the good people of Simpson Creek, yet she can't deceive Gil Chadwick. She'll be Gil's friend, but without a faith to match his, she can never be the handsome new preacher's bride. Though Gil cherishes Faith's friendship, he wants a wife. And in kind, upright Faith, he's convinced he's found her.
The secret heartaches of his past fade as he watches her nurse his father. When danger finds her, he'll risk everything to save her. For where there's Faith, there's love...and the promise of a new beginning together.
Brides of Simpson Creek: Small-town Texas spinsters find love with mail-order grooms!
Book 6
Violet is the most elegant female ever to set foot in Simpson Creek, and Raleigh is sure she'll never stay. He has no business falling for the beautiful aristocrat. But soon Violet makes a place for herself in the Hill Country-and in his heart. Now if only he can convince her that she belongs there forever....
Book 7
Book 8
A Baby of Her Own
Maude Harkey is resigned to a loveless life until a baby is born - and orphaned - at her boardinghouse home. She'll never be a wife...but she can still be a mother. Yet a boardinghouse is no place for a newborn. Enter Jonas MacLaren - a handsome, exasperating rancher with an offer too good to refuse.
Jonas can handle running a ranch - but handling his cantankerous mother is another matter. Maude matches his mother's stubbornness so she'll be a perfect live-in companion. But she's there for his mother, not for him. He'll just have to keep his wounded heart closed to her beauty, her humor, her warmth and strength - and her irresistibly adorable baby.
Brides of Simpson Creek: Small-town Texas spinsters find love with mail-order grooms!
Book 9
The Lawman's Secret
When her son discovers an injured outlaw in their barn, the mysterious stranger instantly turns widow Daisy Henderson's world upside down. But Daisy senses Thorn Dawson's a good man...and there's more to his story than he can tell her. So she can't turn him away before he heals, even if she's falling for him-something she swore she'd never do again after her husband died.
An undercover lawman, Thorn never lets himself get too close to anyone. But that's before he meets single mother Daisy and her spirited son. Now Thorn has to protect them from the Griggs gang-a gang that's come to accept him as one of their own. And if he can't keep up the charade, the woman of his dreams might just pay the price.
Brides of Simpson Creek: Small-town Texas spinsters find love with mail-order grooms!