Bobbi Smith

Torius Vin is perfectly happy with his life as a pirate captain, sailing the Inner Sea with a bold crew of buccaneers and Celeste, his snake-bodied navigator and one true love. Yet all that changes when his sometime friend Vreva Jhafae—a high-powered courtesan and abolitionist spy in the slaver stronghold of Okeno—draws him into her shadowy network of secret agents. Caught between the slavers he hates and a navy that sees him as a criminal, can Torius continue to choose the path of piracy? Or will he sign on as a privateer, bringing freedom to others—at the price of his own?

He was heir-apparent to a ranching fortune, but Rick Peralta craved freedom. He found it in his disguise as El Cazador, a notorious gunman with a fast flight, a fleet horse - and the company of a woman whenever he pleased. But when he sets eyes on Jennie McCaine among his compadres, there's only one woman he wants. The rancher's daughter may be sheltered, but he can see that Jennie has a free spirit to match his own...No fantasy of romance had yet rivalled Jennie's love for the wildness of the land. And when she's kidnapped by a gang of desperados, she swears she'll die before giving herself to any man. But there is something about the rugged El Cazador that captures her attention in a way that thrills, frightens, and awakens her. Now she will have to decide whether to trust him, and herself.

HE BOUGHT A BRIDE Wealthy Louisiana planter Dominic Kane was in a bind: according to his father's will, he had to find a wife within six months—or forfeit his inheritance and his plantation, Riverwood. When he saw the beautiful bondservant on the docks, he figured she'd do just fine. He would buy her papers and strike a deal with her she'd be his wife for six months; —on paper. But when he claimed a kiss to seal the bargain, a fiery passion rose within him and he knew he must possess his tantalizing bride in flesh as well as in name! He'd caress her satiny skin and taste her lovely lips until her sighs of undisguised ecstasy told him she was truly his own—body and soul. SHE CLAIMED A LOVER Desperate to flee the man who wanted her as his mistress, spirited Jordan St. James could find only one way to escape London: hire on as an indentured servant in faraway America. When her ship docked in the New World and a wealthy plantation owner bought her for his own, Jordan's blood raced at the sight of her handsome master. Then she heard Dominic Kane's intriguing proposition and swore she would give everything to be his bride...at any cost! When his strong arms crushed her fevered flesh in passionate embrace, Jordan knew she must surrender to his thrilling kisses and lie in his arms for one long night of loving ...no matter what the future might bring!

Clint Williams Born Feb. 16, 1852 Died March 23, 1877 Those are the words that mark his grave, and Clint knows that although he stands reading his own epitaph, they are true. Ever since the attack that killed his entire family, he's been dead inside. Only one thing keeps him going--the burning need to bring in the outlaws who savaged his family. The Last Chance Saloon Posing undercover to infiltrate the gang, Clint can let no one know his true identity or the fact that he'd once been a Texas Ranger. Not even the pretty daughter of a preacher man who bursts into the saloon, calling upon the gamblers to repent. As far as she knows, he's a gunslinger with a bad reputation who has no right to touch a good woman. But sometimes a man's got to break all the rules, ignore common sense, and get downright...DEFIANT.

A firebrand since the day she was born, Amanda Taylor has always stood up for what she believes in. Growing up in Texas, She could ride and shoot with the best of the boys before being sent back East for a more refined education. A firm believer in women's rights, Amanda is not going to let any man control her--especially a man like the rough-and-ready gunslinger Jack Logan, who has been sent by her father to escort her safely back to Texas.

Somewhere in the lush grasslands of the Texas hill country was a place where the sun had once shone on love and prosperity, while the night hid murder and mistrust. There, three brothers and a sister fought to hold their family together, struggled to keep their ranch solvent, while they awaited the return of the one person who could shed light on the secrets of the past. With his father about to come home after ten years in prison, the last thing Brent Hunter needed was woman trouble. And beautiful Crystal Stewart was trouble with a capital T. What else could you call a hellion who had to be rescued from one scrape after another, even carried out of a rowdy saloon? But an incredible night of wild loving convinced the man who always did right that sometimes a little wrongdoing added a whole lot of spice to life. Half Moon Ranch 1.Hunter's Moon-Bobbi Smith 2.Renegade Moon- Elaine Barbieri 3.Moon Racer-Constance O'Banyon 4.Dark of the Moon- Evelyn Rogers

THE LADY, Cody Jameson. The name sent chills down the spines of every sidewinder west of Pecos. A master of disguise, a genius of deceit, the infamous bounty hunter always had the advantage over any prey: No desperado knew Cody's real identityýor even suspected that the tracker stalking him was a fiery beauty. THE DECEPTION The first time Cody caught sight of Luke Majors, she was dressed as a lady preacher. But nothing could conceal the way the gunman thrilled her. Still, it wasn't luke's body or soul that cody was afterýit was the price on his head. And she was sure to collect the reward, if only shou could convince herself that a fistful of dollars was worth more than the passion of a lifetime.

Unlucky at cards, Cool-headed and revishingly beautiful, Brandy O'Neal knew how to hold her own with the riverboat gamblers on The Pride of New Orleans. But she met her match in Rafe Morgan when she bet everything she had on three queens and discovered that the wealthy plantation owner had a far from gentlemanly notion of how she should make good on her wagers. Lucky in Love Disillusioned with romance, Rafe wanted a child of his own to care for, without the complications of a woman to break his heart. Now a full house had given him the opportunity he was looking for he would force the lovely cardshark to marry him and give him a child before he'd set her free. But a firecracker-hot wedding night and a glimpse into Brandy's tender heart soon made Rafe realize he'd been luckier than he'd ever imagined when he won The Lady's Hand.

Trent Marshall is a hard man. Ever since his older brother was shot down in cold blood, he’s pursued justice with only his Colt .45 revolver to back him up. So when he agrees to go after a young girl abducted by the Apache, he knows he has tracking skills, years of experience, and iron determination on his side. What he doesn’t anticipate is having the victim’s older sister beside him every step of the way. Faith Ryan fires his blood like no other woman. As they penetrate deeper and deeper into the wilderness, Trent knows he cannot resist the primitive urge to make her his own, to take on a much more intimate role than…Hired Gun

Blush Sensuality Level: This is a suggestive romance (love scenes are not graphic). Caitlyn Carmichael hates indians. They killed her beloved brothers for no reason at all, and she has promised to never forgive them. But that's before she looks into the defiant eyes of the half-breed her father has captured. Despite her vow to hate indians until she dies, Caitlyn knows she cannot let her father hang an innocent man. Stalking Wolf's proud bearing earns her respect. Though she tries to fight it, she can't resist her attraction to him. In his arms, thoughts of hatred and propriety are soon forgotten. Lost in the wonder of his embrace, she surrenders to the heat of forbidden fires.

It was a town whose reputation matched its name—a place where the sheriff had been shot dead and outlaws ran wild. But Jace Madison plans to change all that. Ever since his fiancée was killed by stagecoach robbers, he’s devoted his life to bringing law and order to the Wild West. He has no time for female companionship, especially not with a little hellcat who looks more like a boy than a girl and is equally proficient with a whip or a gun. Yet love has a way of sneaking up on a man: Sammie Preston is an armful of trouble even Jace can’t tame, and she is about to get the drop on his heart.

In the midst of the vast, windswept Texas plains stands a ranch wrested from the wilderness with blood, sweat and tears. It is the shining legacy of Thomas McBride to his five living heirs. But along with the fertile acres and herds of cattle, each will inherit a history of scandal, lies and hidden lust that threatens to burn out of control. Chase knows he has no legitimate claim to the Circle M. After all, his father made it painfully clear he wants nothing to do with his bastard son or the Comanche girl he once took to his bed. But Chase has his own reasons for answering Tom McBride's deathbed summons. He has a job to do as a Texas Ranger, and a woman to protect. A woman whose sweet innocence gives him new faith that love born in the darkest night can face the dawn of all his tomorrows.

Betrayed by his first wife, Simon Grimshaw won't marry again. But sultry nights in Singapore can be lonely--nothing a beautiful English mistress wouldn't fix! Bethan Conway answers an advert to become a wife, believing it will help her secret search for her missing brother. But Simon isn't the ugly old man she was expecting. He's a hot-blooded bachelor who wants a woman in his bed--a position Bethan's more and more tempted to fill!

Darrell Miller was running from the ugliness his existence had become, from the men who knew what he’d seen. He found refuge from his terror in the last place he expected—a church. With the kind of people he’d never known before, people whose lives would intertwine with his in a special and most unexpected way. . . . Jenny, who'd see to it that her precious baby was welcomed into this world with love and joy, even if its father turned away from them both. Dorothy, who counted desperately on faith to reshape her identity now that years of striving to be the perfect friend, wife and mother had been made meaningless by four little words: “I want a divorce.” Joe, a friend to anyone in need, always ready to reach out a helping hand. If only he could find a way to share his belief that love and a faith in God could get anyone through the dark hours, that the Lord’s house was one place every soul could lay down the world’s troubles and look up with shining hope to find a safe and glorious . . . HAVEN