Dulcina
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Perfectly Unacceptable
Book 13 of Sweethearts of Jubilee Springs
Jared Manning was left wanting on two prior marriage attempts, and this time he commits to a correspondence courtship with only one potential mail-order bride. He knows just how he wants his picture-perfect married life to be and assumes he’s found the exact woman to fulfill the role.
Gossip about her behavior forces Dina Valdis to head west to meet the man she’s been corresponding with--a miner with similar intellectual interests. Soon, she must decide if the attraction she feels for Jared is stronger than her passion for teaching.
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The Ring That Binds
Widow Celina Innes, a dress shop owner in the small 1886 mining town of Aspen, Colorado, struggles to run her shop and live down her late husband’s bad choices for the sake of her four-year old daughter, Keena. She made the mistake of following after one man’s dream of striking it rich and has sworn not to do it again. Co-owner of Toussaint’s General Store, Mikel, watches this proud woman run a successful business but wishes he could make her life a little easier. He has to be contented by slipping treats to the child in hopes of pleasing her mama. When illness strikes the child, Celina turns to Mikel for help and they work together all night to get past the crisis, deepening their friendship. But when the crisis is over, Mikel disappears from Aspen and Celina learns he is seeking to increase his stores. How could she have been so wrong about the man? Can a woman sworn to put down roots and a man looking for more riches find happiness?
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Silent Signals
After losing half his herd in the Great Blizzard of 1886, rancher Konrad Werner needs to safeguard his cattle. Tomboy Anora Huxley trains the Australian Shepherds and Kelpies that run the family’s sheep herd. Although cattlemen and shepherds are at odds, the pair discovers common interests. A threat is overheard, and Konrad rides out to Anora’s ranch to protect her. The tense situation reveals their true feelings. Will Anora be swayed by family loyalty, or will she listen to her heart that responds to Konrad’s silent signals?
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Dreams of Gold
Easterner Ciara Morrissey travels west to honor a sacred promise to her mother and locate her fortune-seeking father. Three years of acting as caretaker to her grandparents and mother until their deaths has created a thirst in Ciara to see what the wide world has to offer.
Sheriff Quinn Riley has been tracking the Irish charlatan who swindled half the population of Bull City, Wyoming. He’s determined to stick close to the opinionated woman who arrived on the runaway stagecoach. Within only a few hours, easterner Ciara Morrissey upsets the townspeople by making inquires about his prime suspect. He’s duty-bound to keep her safe, even when being close to the green-eyed beauty sets off a stampede in his heart.
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ANTHOLOGIES
Wishes on a Star in Sweetwater Springs Christmas, edited by Debra Holland (14 stories)
Free-spirit Richelle Quaid is outspoken, confident and a little bit spoiled. She sets tongues wagging with her bloomers and bicycle but also catches the eye of visiting rancher Landon Howard. An incident with her bicycle causes his prize colt to bolt into the cold Montana night. As Richelle and Landon track the animal together, they can’t fight their growing attraction. Will a wish made on a star foretell their future?
(also in print and audio)
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Between the Lines in Lariats, Letters and Lace (8 stories)
Dance hall girl Daisy Shaddock and her miner brother, Perry, work toward a mutual goal of owning a book shop. Perry’s partner Walt Renfrid arrives in town, dreading the promise he must fulfill—delivery of a fateful letter. Recognizing Daisy, Walt can’t resist delaying his purpose for a few stolen moments in her company. Will the news he must deliver push her away or draw the couple closer?
(also in print)
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A Promise Kept in One Medieval Knight
Weaver Thordia Ulfsdottir cannot wait for her brother to deliver the sword he crafted—payment is needed for food. In Castle Kilburren, she demands an audience with the Earl but is thwarted by a tipsy knight. Captain Rory MacGuignard flirts, hoping to steal a kiss from the comely lass. Next day, Rory arranges a temporary job for this poor but proud woman he’s offended. Time spent in his company softens Thordia’s opinion. Opposing political beliefs and family loyalty rip them apart, and Thordia despairs of returning to Rory’s side.
(also in print)
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Golden Moments in Christmas Caring II (19 stories, proceeds to charity)
Days before Christmas in 1850 gold rush country, laundress Felicity Albertine sets out to deliver the last bundle of clean clothes to a tardy customer. She arrives at Hagan Rendell’s mining cabin to find him injured and sick and can’t abandon him—no matter the risk to her reputation. In and out of fevered dreams for two days, Hagan is vaguely aware of a caring presence, tending the gash in his leg and keeping him fed. When he rouses, he discovers a beautiful woman who looks on the bright side of every incident—a balm to his lonely spirit. Then outsiders arrive in the midst of a storm. Will their special idyll be ruined?
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ABOUT LINDA CARROLL-BRADD
As a young girl, Linda was often found lying on her bed reading about fascinating characters having exciting adventures in places far away and in other time periods. In later years, she read and then started writing romances and achieved her first publication--a confession story. Married with four adult children and two granddaughters, Linda now writes heartwarming contemporary and historical stories with a touch of humor from her home in the southern California mountains
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