FICTION · ROMANCE
Barbara Dawson Smith
Also known as: Olivia Drake
A member of Romance Writers of America since 1981, Barbara Dawson Smith sold her first historical romance two weeks after sending it to a publisher. Herbooks have won the Golden Heart Award from RWA, and Best Historical Romantic Suspense and Best Regency Historical from Romantic Times. She has been a finalist for the National Readers' Choice Award, Romance of the Year by Affaire de Coeur magazine, the Golden Quill, and the Booksellers' BestAward. She has also been a five-time finalist for the prestigious RITA Award, and realized a lifetime dream in 2002 when she won the award forTEMPT ME TWICE. Barbara lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband, two daughters, two cats,and who knows how many neighbor children running up and down the stairs.When she's not finishing a chapter or teaching a seminar on writing, sheenjoys browsing in her collection of over a thousand research books.
"A lovely day fer a weddin'."
— from Scandalous weddings
Most acclaimed
Too Wicked To Love
Author Rita Clay Estrada returns to Texas-this time the up-and-coming town of Clearwater-where two second-class citizens are about to discover a first-class love... The lowborn son of an English Earl, Benjamin Drake is exceedingly handsome, with a smile to melt glaciers-everything his twin brother Anthony is...except rich. Denied a heritage and a legacy, he's come to Clear Creek, Texas to inform his brother that their father is dead and he must return to England as heir. And it doesn't take long to find Anthony...in the midst of seducing a very lovely shopkeeper named Sarah Hornsby... Recently widowed Sarah is unlike any woman Ben has ever known. Her unassuming manner hides an intriguing independent streak revealed in her struggles to succeed on her own terms. Recognizing a kindred spirit, Ben stays in town to make his fortune-and win Sarah's love. But now that his heart is at stake, the once devil-may-care twin is keenly aware of how much he has to lose. Vowing to keep his intentions secret until he deems himself worthy of her affections, Ben fails to realize that Sarah's heart is his for the asking-and that he's wasting precious time by delaying his claim...
Scandalous weddings
Scandalous Weddings In the Light of Day / Love Match / A Weddin' or a Hangin' / Beauty and the Brute Author: Rexanne Becnel, Brenda Joyce, Jill Jones, Barbara Dawson Smith Something old, something new... something scandalous -- could it be true? — YOU'RE INVITED TO FOUR UNFORGETTABLE WEDDINGS -- EACH WITH A SCANDAL THAT WOULD MAKE A BRIDE BLUSH! — IN THE LIGHT OF DAY by Brenda Joyce LOVE MATCH by Rexanne Becnel A WEDDIN' OR A HANGIN'... more » BEAUTY AND THE BRUTE by Barbara Dawson Smith In this delightfully wicked collection, four bestselling romance authors depict weddings at their most scandalous -- and tying the knot has never been so outrageous. Steamy, sensuous, and more delicious than a piece of wedding cake, SCANDALOUS WEDDINGS is the romantic event of the season!
Stolen Heart
FIRE AND ICE It was an act of vengeance, but 27 year old Chad McClintock finally knew how to get even with his father. He'd seduce the 17 year old copper-haired beauty who was about to become his stepmother! Kristy Donovan was nothing but a fortune hunter anyway, and he had no qualms about carrying her off to an isolated cabin in the woods. But Chad was not prepared for the feisty young woman whose flashing green eyes turned his angry passion into helpless desire. And even as Kristy cursed her arrogant captor, she warmed to his sensual touch. Soon the cabin prison became their haven... far removed from the forces that might destroy forever the bonds of their undeniable love.