Harlequin Historical
54 primary works
Book 646
HE HAD SWORN TO UPHOLD THE LAW
Cole Bradshaw knew Kate Malone was many things–passionate, proud, intelligent and the woman he loved. But if she didn't know that a woman's place was hearth and home, they had no hope for a happy ending!
SHE SEEMED DETERMINED TO BREAK IT!
They had been best friends all through childhood. Now she was saloon owner Miss Kate, and he was Sheriff Bradshaw, rugged, righteous–and set on shutting her down! But despite their differences, his slightest glance still made her insides flutter like a hummingbird.
Book 647
SUDDENLY...Fatherhood!
Or close enough, anyway. Wealthy banker Nicholas Garvey was stunned to learn he was now the legal guardian of a niece he hadn't known he had. But the bigger surprise was the child's beguiling nanny, Carlinda Donnelly, a woman who effortlessly made him yearn for the unexpected pleasures of hearth, home...and heartfelt love!
He called her Lin-a nickname short, sweet, even innocent. But Carlinda Donnelly knew Nicholas Garvey's intentions were anything but! What he wanted was as clear as the wide Texas sky. This complex man with a past had definite plans for her future-all of which made her blood race, her heart pound and her passions soar!
Book 662
Jenna Duncan Had Suffered Enough At The Hands Of Gambling Men
Now, however, her happiness was secure, for her intended husband was here in her arms-or was he? As passionate and caring as the man she embraced was, he had no memory of their promised bond of love!
Left for dead, Cash was awakened by an angel's caress. Leastways, that's how it felt when Jenna touched him and called him her "Blue," the man she'd pledged her heart to. But his fractured memory hinted at a life risking all on a card-and if he truly was the famous gambler Cash Callahan, then all bets for wedded bliss were off!
Book 663
Faith Hudson Was Falling In Love With Her Husband!
Her marriage was a disaster. Her husband was better off in Boston without her. It had been clear to her then, and it was even clearer now that she'd traveled west and made her home on a Texas ranch. She had no plans of ever returning.
But Max Hudson wanted her back. It had taken him three years to find her, and he wasn't going home without her. It was a matter of principle....
Until he realized he was more in love with the woman Faith had become than he ever could have imagined. And that love just might be what Faith had needed all along.
Book 670
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...!
Book 671
Book 685
A wife shouldn't be a surprise package.
But Mountie surgeon John Calloway suddenly found himself saddled with a special delivery he hadn't signed for–mail-order bride Sarah O'Neill. He had no room in his life for marriage! But why then did he feel compelled to protect Sarah from all things dark and dangerous–including her own unspoken past? If John Calloway didn't want her, fine! Sarah would survive–and thrive!–without him!
The rugged, committed doctor dismissed his proposal as an elaborate prank. So how come the two of them kept finding themselves in each other's arms? And what would Sarah be forced to deny in order to stay there?
Book 710
Glory Shaw survived a nightmare only to awaken to a more disturbing reality–her dead husband. Wanted for a murder she couldn't recall, she was rescued by Steven Harding, a man she had ample reason to hate. But how would she call him "enemy" when her traitorous heart claimed him as her true love?
Steven Harding would do whatever it took to protect Glory, the woman he'd secretly loved since childhood–even if that meant hiding her in a brothel. But was shielding her in his ardent embrace more dangerous than surrendering her to the long arm of the law?
Book 723
One Starry Christmas
by Carolyn Davidson, Carol Finch, and Lynne Banning
Book 734
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?
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Book 789
Molly McGuire struck a bargain with rancher Kane Jackson to help find her missing brother. They would be married in every way–but one! Yet how could she keep her distance from a man whose Cheyenne spirit made her understand what made the West so wild?
The last thing Kane Jackson wanted was a wife–especially one who did what she pleased whenever she pleased! But now he was saddled with a coppery-haired bundle of determination and desire named Molly McGuire, who tempted him in many, many ways….
Book 808
Wanted: a wife for the Texas lawman
Sheriff's Deputy James Webster is seeking a fresh start on a remote Texas ranch - and the last thing he needs is temptation, in the form of the ranch manager's beautiful and innocent daughter Alexis!
The only way James can ever have Alexis is by marrying her - but this stranger with a dark past will first have to prove he is worthy of protecting his Lone Star Bride...whatever it costs him...
'Davidson wonderfully captures gentleness in the midst of heart-wrenching challenges. ' - Publishers Weekly
Book 810
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. . .
Book 816
Shane Graham had always looked out for his neighbor, Dorie, but lately he'd had his own share of problems, including an arranged marriage. But then little Miss Dorie-shotgun in hand-kidnapped him from his own wedding ceremony and he found he could no longer ignore her change from scrappy girl to blossoming beauty....
The resourceful yet naive Dorie McCabe knew the struggling rancher would come to the same realization-they were meant for each other! But time was not on her side, so who could blame her for giving him a gentle nudge in the right direction?
Book 835
Book 848
No place for a lady
Elizabeth Langley had defied upper class conventions to become a doctor. And now a troubling secret would send her north in search of answers and adventure with the exasperating Colt Hunter. Everything he said made her blood boil…yet everything he was made her heart race!
Mountie Sergeant Colt Hunter had sworn ‘to protect’, and he’d never met a woman more in need of protection than the headstrong doctor. Why couldn’t she understand that the untamed wilderness of the Yukon was no fit place for a genteel lady?
Together they travelled a dangerous road where duty warred with passion, and even Colt couldn’t foresee which would win out…
Book 872