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Susan Meier never fails to get pulses racing with her unique brand of contemporary romance. In the heart of Big Sky Country, single mom Sophie Penazzi accepts a housekeeping job at the Silver Saddle Ranch. The ranch’s owner, handsome Jeb Worthington, is gruff, hard to get along with, and certainly used to a different type of woman sharing his living space. But Sophie has a hard time denying her attraction to her boss, and she begins to wonder if she can ever be more than just a maid to him.

As a slave, Isaac Jefford went to war and saved the life of his master, Major Lytton. As a free man, Isaac became one of the major's top cowhands, respected - but never totally accepted - by fellow cowboys: when they gathered around the fire to eat their dinner, Isaac took his food and sat on the wagontongue alone. When Pete Runyan, a bitter southerner, joins the crew, Isaac has to swallow his rage more than once.

In The Breaking Point, two people struggle to survive after their truck plunges off a snowy mountain. As they battle the cold, they also begin to figure out how to save their failing marriage.

Single mom Jess Calhoun had learned the hard way not to trust a man in a Stetson; her young son's dad was long gone. But that doesn't stop Jess from noticing good-lookin', sweet-talkin' cowboy Johnny Jameson swagger into town. He's as wild and untamed as the stallions he trains.

After tragedy in Papua, New Guinea, a missionary couple returns to America and begins drifting apart from each other and from God. When their family moves into a Smoky Mountains retreat, they can't imagine the terror that awaits.

Nathan McKendrick is world famous, handsome and passionate. The world loves him. Mallory O'Connor McKendrick is successful in her own right. Their storybook marriage had defied the odds as well as the rumors. They believe their love will never die - until suddenly the marriage is crumbling. What could destroy such a strong bond and what could they do to save it?

The recipient of the National Readers Choice Award and the Booksellers Best Award, Charlene Sands has delighted her readership with more than 30 romance novels. In Carrying the Rancher’s Heir, Tagg Worth rues his lack of restraint when he beds Callie Sullivan, the daughter of a wealthy rancher who means to put Tagg out of business. As if that isn’t enough of a predicament, Tagg learns there’s a baby on the way—and realizes that doing the right thing may prove the most difficult path he’s ever traveled.

Frontier life is hard enough without having kids to worry about - especially for a widower like Paul Meakes. Still, he's settled where he is and resolved to stay in the small Colorado town his son and daughter call home. So when his daughter is hit by a seemingly poisoned arrow during an Indian raid, Paul is determined to track down the Comanche villains who hurt his little girl - and bring them to justice with the help of Indian hunter Hank Adley, a hired gun who's got business of his own with the tribe.

How Lincoln Learned to Read tells the American story from a fresh and unique perspective: how do we learn what we need to know? Beginning with Benjamin Franklin and ending with Elvis Presley, author Daniel Wolff creates a series of intimate, interlocking profiles of notable Americans that track the nations developing notion of what it means to get a good education.

Professional gambler Ty Butler knows he should keep moving to stay ahead of the killers who wiped out his family and are now gunning for him. But when a serious card player finds a challenging game in an honest house, he wants to stay awhile.

On the run from the assassins who murdered his family, Ty Butler found a new way to survive: with a few good hands, a loaded gun, and a little luck. But lying low and keeping out of his hunters' gunsights is getting harder to do since he started earning a serious rep at the poker table—and especially now that he's made some new friends … named Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and Doc Holliday.

Matt Braun's Spur Award-winning Dakota tells the compelling story of Teddy Roosevelt's foray into rugged Dakota Territory. Stunned by a Valentine's Day telegram, Teddy Roosevelt reached his Manhattan home just in time to watch death claim first his mother and then his wife on that dark day in 1884. Abandoning a promising political career, 25-year-old Teddy sought the healing solace of the Dakota Bad Lands.

Rodeo champion Lark Anderson lived for the sound of crowds chanting his name. Now all he hears is a small voice saying, "daddy." A fall ended both his rodeo career and his marriage - leaving him a single dad. The town is suspicious of its new "celebrity" resident, and town darling Sophie Baxter has been nominated to keep an eye on the hot-tempered cowboy. But the sight of his strong arms hugging his daughter and tucking her in at night makes Sophie's heart ache with longing. Could this little family ever find a place in their hearts for her?

Believing Sam Ely was the only one for her, young Annalise Wolff threw herself at him. But he claimed he was too old for her and that she was too forward. Seven years later, she's still reeling from his words, vowing never to forgive. Then she's offered a job she can't refuse. Although it means working closely with Sam, Annalise is determined to ignore age-old feelings. But then a snowstorm strands them together...without power without family interference without inhibitions.

In the role of death escort, a Fetch is not supposed to step from Heaven back to Earth. A Fetch is not supposed to fall hopelessly in love with a mortal either. But Calder is a Fetch like no other. And when his actions land him amid the clash and clang of the Russian Revolution, he sets off a chain of events with dire consequences for both the living and the dead.

In popular Texas author Anna Jeffrey's gripping tale, tragedy reunites a brooding sheriff with the woman he's never forgotten. Returning to his hometown of Salvation after 15 years, homicide detective Rusty Joplin is elected sheriff, despite the opposition of wealthy Randall Ryder. After examining the horse-dragged body of Ryder's daughter Carla, sister of Rusty's old flame Elena, Rusty finds evidence of foul play. But as this baffling investigation heats up, so does Rusty's smoldering attraction for Elena.

The senseless brutality of the Battle of Gettysburg convinces Confederate sharpshooter Jake Sinclair to flee the carnage of war and return home. One of the few participants not killed or captured in Pickett's Charge, Jake is barely conscious when a battlefield scavenger greets him with a pointed rifle. Promising to kill Jake and steal his horse, the murderous thiefchambers a round.

Sam Houston is a living legend in 1861. The hero of the Battle of San Jacinto, he had defeated Santa Anna to win independence for Texas back in 1836. He had twice served as president of the Republic of Texas, helped Texas join the Union, and served as senator and governor of Texas. Before settling in Texas, he had been a hero of the Creek War and governor of Tennessee. He had been friends with Andrew Jackson and Davy Crockett and had been adopted into the Cherokee tribe.

Producer Thalia Thorne's career is on the line. She's promised to lure James Robert Bradley back to the limelight, no matter what it takes. But once in Montana, she sees that J.R. has built a new life for himself - as a real-life cowboy - and Thalia finds it hard to resist the man he's become. Then a blizzard strikes. Suddenly they're alone, with only body heat to keep them warm. When the snow melts, she'll have to choose: Go back to the big city - or sacrifice everything for the man she can't let go.

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