Cheryl Reavis

The Bartered Bride (Civil War Brides) "Do we marry or not, Caroline Holt?" It occurred to Caroline that everyone in her small North Carolina community accepted the obvious reason for her agreeing to marry Frederich Graeber. She was pregnant, and the real father of her baby was unwilling. She was due in a few short months. Her unborn child would have everything to gain by Caroline making the strong, silent farmer her husband. The Marriage Pledge "If you marry me, then the child will be mine." With Frederich's words ringing in her ears, Caroline made her decision. She'd become his bartered bride...and risk giving this enigmatic stranger her heart free.

Her Deepest Secret Giving up her out-of-wedlock son was the only right choice. Still, Kate Woodward aches that she isn't part of his life. She can't heal herself, but she can help former Confederate soldier Robert Markham rebuild his war-shattered life. But helping Robert is drawing them irresistibly close -- even as Kate fears she can never be the one he deserves.… Battlefield loss and guilt rekindled Robert's faith and brought him home to Atlanta. And Kate's past only makes him more determined to show this steadfast, caring woman that she deserves happiness. Now, with her secrets revealed and her child in danger, Robert has only one chance to win her trust -- and embark on the sweetest of new beginnings.…

Nothing rattles cocky Scotsman Dillon Cameron--except learning he's fathered a child by his best friend's beautiful widow! Outraged at the secret of his daughter's birth, haunted by a deathbed promise, Dillon storms Thea Kearney's highlands cottage, intent on claiming "his lasses." In wrenching grief Thea had once sought comfort in Dillon's sheltering arms, but she and her baby scarcely need him now! Yet Dillon's salty brogue and sea-swept sorcery shatter her resistance and win her heart... until she discovers the man-to-man pledge that even the roguish Dillon feels compelled to honor ...

A collection of four complete novels by top-selling authors Maggie Shayne, Barbara Boswell, Susan Mallery, and Marie Ferrarella includes stories about forbidden love, instantaneous passion, a man who would do anything for his adopted daughter, and a dog who finds true love for his unsuspecting owner. Reprint.

Synopsis - A father for her child – Years ago rebel Jack Begaye left gentle, blue eyed Meggie Baron. But it was for her own good! For Jack was Navajo – and trouble, to boot. Yet Meggie stubbornly returned to the reservation, bearing a fatherless child. As soon as he saw her, Jack knew he could fight their love no longer and he made Meggie his bride. But the problems for Meggie were only just beginning, for soon she would have to choose: between fulfilment and heartbreak, her beloved husband...and her unborn baby.

Three Lovely Ladies Head West To Find A Groom! Three Brides and a Wedding Dress by Judith Stacy Mail-order bride Anna Kingsley journeys cross-country, and finds her groom has flown the coop! When his handsome cousin Cade Riker offers her a job as his housekeeper, will she find her happy ending in Cade's arms? The Winter Heart by Cheryl Reavis Eastern miss Eleanor Hansen is eager for a fresh start teaching children in Wyoming. What she finds is a lawless land where revenge rules. Can she convince ranch hand Dan Ingram that his love is worth more than any vendetta? McCord's Destiny by Pam Crooks Juliette Blanchard's future depends on buying rancher Tru McCord's land. But when her old flame agrees to sell on one condition, Juliette must decide how far she'll go for the chance of a lifetime—and the man of her dreams.

After her husband dies, Gillian Warner realizes how many sorrows she carries inside her, including unresolved grief over her first love, who died in Vietnam decades earlier. She books a guided trip to the battle site, led by cynical Vietnam War vet A.J. Donegan, who makes his living taking naive Americans on what he calls Guilt Trips, Inc. A prickly attraction sparks between Gillian and Donegan, with neither able to let go of the past without the other's provocative challenge.

A warrior born and raised, Helena of Rivenloch is desperate to save her youngest sister from a fate worse than death - marriage. After trying and failing to murder the groom, she does the next best thing. She takes his right-hand knight, the dashing Colin du Luc, as her hostage.

Amelia has had it with contrary males! Her husband left her but won't leave her alone. Her brother denies his hair-raising escapades, but relies on her to bail him out. The last straw is Houston "Mac" McDade-the orneriest, gentlest, dumbest, smartest, most exasperating cow puncher alive! Mac delicately lures Amelia from peaceable Tennessee to the woolly West, then cheerfully subjects her to bone-rattling romps on Willard the Wonder Horse. He enlists family and friends in a campaign to confuse her, then transparently tempts her with devilish charm. His constant contradictions alarm--and arouse--her, until she's not sure which she'll lose first: her mind ... or her heart!

"Seattle, 1933. Vera Ray kisses her three-year-old son, Daniel, good night and reluctantly leaves for work. She hates the night shift, but it's the only way she can earn enough to keep destitution at bay. In the morning--even though it's the second of May--a heavy snow is falling. Vera rushes to wake Daniel, but his bed is empty. His teddy bear lies outside in the snow. Seattle, present day. On the second of May, Seattle Herald reporter Claire Aldridge awakens to another late-season snowstorm. Assigned to cover this "blackberry winter" and its predecessor decades earlier, Claire learns of Daniel's unsolved abduction and vows to unearth the truth--only to discover that she and Vera are linked in unexpected ways"--

Navajo policeman Ben Toomey was out of his element and knee-deep in something worse than Window Rock's usual chaos. Wealthy Eden Trevoy, the little visitor he'd once adored, was back on the reservation, all grown-up -- and tangled in secrets about her lost heritage. She needed Ben's help, and somehow he just couldn't turn her away. But Ben's People said the outsider would never fit into his world, and Eden had her own doubts about her newfound heritage.

WAS COYOTE, EARTH'S MISCHIEF MAKER, MEDDLING IN MATTERS OF THE HEART? Knee-deep in her forties, attorney Lillian Singer long ago left her Navajo ways behind. And tribal lawman Johnny Becenti despised her for it. So why had their People selected her to cajole Johnny out of his sudden self-exile? All she could do was bother him senseless! But aggravation soon sparked passion. And the lifelong warriors made love. But could they make peace? For they'd already made a baby.