Sealed with a kiss




From the first moment she met her new Texas neighbor, Prudence Belmont was in love. When she was old enough for marriage Gidry Chavis promptly presented her with an engagement ring, and all her dreams seemed to have come true. But the hellraising Gidry disappeared before the wedding, leaving only a brief note in explanation.

My dear Miss Prudence,
I have determined that it is best that we do not wed. Please forgive me and recall me with fondness.

Now Chavistown's notorious favorite son is back, wiser, remorseful, sunbrowned ans manly. Everyone in town has accepted his transformation to a hardworking town leader-----all except Pru. After all, only a man with wicked thoughts could believe that she, the president of the Ladies' Rose and Garden Society, would mail out racy postcards, and only a cad would demand bribes of kisses to keep quiet. If he thinks he can win her love again, he's wrong. Or is he?

My only lover,
I am ready to fulfill your every desire, if you will agree to grant my dearest wish...
Yours soon to be...

SEALED WITH A KISS




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Simple Jess



Awards:
1995-96 RT Reviewers' Choice -- Innovative Historical Romance
1998 AAR Top 100 Romances #46

The last thing widow Althea Winsloe wanted to do was remarry. Unfortunately, her meddlesome mountain neighbors had other plans. So, one autumn night they banded together and gave Althea a shocking ultimatum: She was to find herself a husband by Christmas...or the town would do it for her! Althea knew she had her choice of any single man in Marrying Stone, Arkansas. Yet the only one she felt truly comfortable with was Simple Jess. Sweet and gentle, Jess wasn't as smart as your average man. But his tender manner stirred Althea's heart in ways she had never dreamed possible.

It would take a miracle to find a husband in Marrying Stone. But sometimes miracles are right under your nose.…

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Something Shady





Awards:
1995 RITA -- Long Historical

Gertrude Barkley, unmarried and unapologetic, had already caused a lot of talk in Venice, Missouri, with her independent ways and her book-writing career. But when she bobbed her waist-length hair, the town gossips had a field day.

Mikolai Stefanski didn't know what all the fuss was about. In fact, he rather liked Gertrude's daring new look. A proud Polish immigrant, who had managed to become Venice's most successful businessman, Mikolai had always admired Gertrude's rebellious spunk--if only from afar. After all, he believed in doing things his own way, too--though he wasn't quite as flamboyant about it.

They had lived in the same sleepy town for a long time. But it would take a scandalous discovery--and a wild misunderstanding--to make them appreciate each other in a whole new way.



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Sweetwood Bride



Awards:

A TRR 5 Heart Keeper

IT WAS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE MOST CONNIVING, LOWLIFE TRICK EVER PLAYED ON A MAN. BUT IT WAS FOR A GOOD CAUSE….

Eulie Toby didn't like playing tricks, but the only way she could keep her younger orphaned siblings together was to get married—and Moss Collier was the perfect choice. Handsome and kind, he seemed so lonely living with his hermit uncle on that pretty sweep of Tennessee mountaintop. It didn't matter if their vows came at the end of a shotgun; Eulie promised Moss she'd make him the best wife in all of the Sweetwood.

But a young bride and a ready-made family were the last things on Moss's mind. He had big dreams of going West and nothing was going to stop him—not Eulie's sweet innocence...not her deliciously kissable lips...and especially not that growing warmth deep inside his heart every time she came near. Moss had plans all right—but he hadn't planned on falling in love.

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Wild Oats



The last thing Cora Briggs expected was to see a fine young man like Jedwin Sparrow at her doorstep. After all, she’d been shunned by the citizens of Dead Dog, Oklahoma, for so long that shed given up hope of having any respectable gentleman callers.

But the last thing led expected was romance. He was looking for a sophisticated woman to help him sow his wild oats. Instead, Cora made him a proposition of her own--one that would cause a fury in the town--and cause her to question her own heart...
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