Our authors have been busy writing and publishing books this past month. Here is what we published in November, 2022
Henrietta's Hope: Thanksgiving Brides
Book 4
By
P. Creeden
Henrietta
has always been described as a workhorse. Her tall, strong frame has made men
dismiss her as a suitable match the moment they meet. But when she heads to
Silver Hills to replace her cousin as nurse there, where eligible bachelors
abound, will things be any different?
Dr.
Richard Emerson never had a good relationship with his father, who was a cold,
calculating man. Unfortunately, he’d grown up to be just like him. As such,
he’s never had feelings for a woman before… until he meets Henrietta. But is he
good enough for her? Doesn’t she deserve love and romance? Doesn’t she deserve
better than he can provide her?
Released
November 1, 2022
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BL2KNYMN
Kimberly Grist
A
woman running from her past, a confirmed bachelor determined to protect his
heart, and a town committed to sharing the Christmas spirit by matchmaking. Can
a Christmas quilt be the spark that ignites their love, melts their stubborn
resolve, and uncovers their hidden desire?
Twenty-one-year-old Olive is sick of living her father's lifestyle as an
itinerant preacher turned peddler. The latest tar-and-feather incident has made
her desperate enough to enlist in a matchmaking venture, of all things—anything
to escape further humiliation. Olive accepts a job as a seamstress in Carrie
Town, Texas, where single men outnumber women thirty to one. But the last thing
on her mind is matrimony. No man is going to tell her how to live her life.
Olive would rather spend the rest of her life chained to a sewing machine.
She
never wanted children of her own.
He never wanted a wife.
Without a family to care about him, he could end up in an orphanage.
Content with being a spinster schoolteacher, Marigold Calloway never thought
she was the kind of woman who wanted her own children. She never suspected she
had a maternal bone in her body until, after her younger sister, Rose, whom
Marigold had raised from the time the girls were orphaned, married. Rose wishes
to stay close to Marigold and enjoy her sister’s company on occasion, but she
no longer needs Marigold to order her life.
Marigold discovers one of her young students is in dire
straits. It soon becomes apparent the boy needs a new home. Caring for him and
his dying mother fills the void in her heart. Unfortunately, the law requires
that she must be married before she can apply for guardianship.
After mustering out of the Army, George Burdock is unsure
about his future. The only skill he gained he might find useful in civilian
life was constructing housing and other buildings for the forts dotting the
frontier West. A confirmed bachelor, he moves in with his brother, who claimed
a homestead parcel in the 1893 Cherokee Outlet Land Run. Located near booming
Ponca City, surely, with all the new homes and businesses that need to be
built, George should be able to find work. He accepts a job to help the take-charge
schoolmarm build her house. Will something greater build between him and
Marigold?
If you enjoyed reading about Rose Calloway’s romance in Joshua’s Bride, you
will also enjoy reading about her older sister’s romance.
By Linda Carroll-Bradd
Returning
from caring for a sick aunt, Caitlyn O’Mara travels back to the ranch, anxious
to return to her horse breeding program. A charming stranger boards the
stagecoach, and she enjoys a flirtation. When a broken wheel rolls the coach,
everyone is injured and alone on the Texas prairie.
Mateo Beltran is on his way to investigate specially trained horses. He’s on
the lookout for cutting horses to give him the edge for the roping event in the
newly established professional rodeo. An accident leaves him injured with his
future career in jeopardy.
Determined they are the most physically fit, Caitlyn and Mateo lean on each
other to reach the next stagecoach stop. Trust develops but will it last when
they discover an unknown connection?
Released
November 21, 2022
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B8TK8RTC
Old Timey Holiday
Kitchen, Book 18
By P. Creeden
Victoria Clarke has always been considered willful and
stubborn, a woman with a mind of her own. So when her family moves from
Virginia to Colorado, they bring her cousin Thomas to help her have at least
one friend as she adjusts to life in the west. At the request of her father,
she begins work as a baker’s assistant, and soon finds herself enamored with
their last customer of the evening, Sam Cohen?
Sam Cohen is a miner, though he’s always felt the calling on his life to become
a preacher. Still, in his position, he does what he can to do the work of the
Lord, to help those in need around him, and to take care of his mother. He’s
been much too busy to consider himself or to take on a wife. He’s never even
seriously thought of doing so until he meets the baker’s assistant. But she’s
also the banker’s daughter, and could never be asked to live as the wife of a
miner, could she?
Released November 22, 2022
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BN4M5RH8
Charming the Widow: Sweet Western Romance. Love
in Apple Blossom Book 3
By
Kit Morgan
A
Suspicious Widow
A Reluctant Englishman
And Two Mischievous Children ...
When Six Englishmen come to Apple Blossom, they turn the town upside-down by
not leaving. Instead, they take it upon themselves to help a few poor folks out
by sprucing up their houses! Next on their list: The Widow Crawford. But Sarah
Crawford didn't trust the newcomers, and was it any wonder? The last strangers
that came through town killed her husband. They appeared to be decent men, just
like the Englishmen. So far they'd fixed things up for a rancher and Apple
Blossom's own lady sheriff. But just because they trusted them didn't mean
Sarah had to. After all, she had to protect herself and her children.
Irving Darlington (Darling to the folks in Apple Blossom) carried a heavy
burden. If his older brother Sterling decides to stay in Apple Blossom for
good, the title and estate would fall to him once their father passed on. But
Irving wasn't sure he could handle things properly. Sterling was the one
prepared by their father to take things over, not him. The prospect looming, he
does his best to avoid the Widow Crawford's suspicious looks. How can he prove
to her he's trustworthy and has only her best interest in mind? How will he
prove it to all those he'll be responsible for back home in England? And how
can he work on the Widow's house without losing his heart completely? Was he
willing to give the widow a second chance at romance? Find out in this fun,
sweet romance as only Kit Morgan can deliver!
Released November 22, 2022
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BL57NL3D
By Jo-Ann Roberts
A
widow reluctant to love again…
A deputy determined to win her heart…
Two years ago, Noelle Prentiss lost
her husband to an outlaw’s bullet. With two children to raise, a small farm to
tend, and a job making quilts to sell at the mercantile, she’s doing her best
to keep her property and life intact…until a man claiming to be the new deputy
rides into her life captivating her children with his dog, his smile, and his
easy-going charm.
When Coleman West agrees to stop by the Widow Prentiss’ home on his first day
as a deputy in a small Kansas town, he has no way of knowing obeying the
sheriff’s order will change his life. Spurned by love years before, he became a
lawman, dedicated to protect and serve. Yet, here in Harmon he had no idea the
widow and her children would call to his heart like no one before.
With Christmas looming, will the growing attraction between Noelle and the
deputy to reveal the gift of a second chance?
Or could a stranger from the deputy’s past threaten the man who captures her
heart?
Released November 25, 2022
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BCSCVR8H
By Kimberly Grist
She’s shaking off the dust of her well-worn boots, not
looking back and hoping for a transformation. All she needs is a new dress, a
new town, a husband, and a fresh start.
Daughter of a traveling merchant, Bethel is tired of peddling her Daddy’s
Special Sauce and being run out of town by every sheriff east of the
Mississippi. That’s why she’s heading west. She just needs to sell a few more
bottles to help fund her trip. After all, who wants to meet their new husband
looking like a gypsy? If only she could shake off this pesky sheriff waiting at
the stage stop.
Released November 28, 2022
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B2QD8VX8
By Kit Morgan
An Angry Woman
An Unsuspecting Cowboy
And Two Inept Matchmakers...
Wilhemina Snow never wanted to leave her comfortable home in New York nor her
friends. So when her father moves the family to a nothing of a town in Oregon
called Clear Creek, she’s beyond furious, Unfortunately, there’s nothing she
can do about it. Her father runs a tight ship and mutiny was not an option. He
wanted his children raised in a small, out of the way town and that was that.
But the Snows weren’t your normal family, and Clear Creek, they soon learned,
wasn’t your normal town. The Snows kept exotic animals. Clear Creek had strange
residents. How could they make a life here? And how was she to get past her
anger at the entire situation?
Baird O’Hare had seen some shrews in his day, but none as bad as Wilhemina
Snow. She was driving everyone in Clear Creek plumb loco! What was her problem?
True, the Snows were a little different and had some interesting pets, but
Wilhemina was just plain angry and was taking it out on anyone within reach.
What could have happened to her to make her so disagreeable? And why was he
becoming so attracted? Find out in this sweet historical western romance as
only Kit Morgan can deliver!
Released November 30, 2022
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BKMLR9DR
Not
all of our authors make their books available on pre-order. However,
for those who do, those advance sales go a long way toward boosting
their sales rankings. Here are future releases:
Pre-orders for December:
Holle:
Christmas Quilt Brides book 4
By
Linda Carroll-Bradd
In
Holle Lambrecht's experience, love is a curse. She's been engaged twice but
remains unmarried. Her first fiancé died, and the second one jilted her two days
before the wedding. Then the man who paid for her train ticket to bring her to
Montana as a mail-order bride rejected her because of her partial deafness.
Abandoned, she must find a job and settles in a working-class neighborhood just
like the one she hoped to escape.
Widower
Eduard Lambrecht discovers his late wife's Christmas quilt suffered in storage
since the last season. He takes it to a seamstress shop, where he learns the
woman with the skills to repair it is also the mail-order bride his cousin
rejected. Unaccustomed to facing open hostility, he works to gain the woman's
trust. A near tragedy draws them close, but is it enough to base a future on?
Releases
December 2, 2022
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BG13W1XY
By Shanna Hatfield
He’s a devoted single
dad still grieving the loss of his wife.
She’s an outrageously
fun female with a temper that runs as hot as a teakettle.
Will the two of them
find a way to work together to give his son a Merry Christmas?
When
Gracy Randall returns to Hardman after almost six years away, she can’t wait to
see the look of surprise on her parents’ faces. But the surprises are for her,
it seems, as everything she thought she could depend on turns out to be
different than she expected. The family ranch? Sold. The fabulous job she lined
up for her return? Gone. The life she left behind? Memories. Now what will she
do?
Cord Granger has problems of his own. The ranch he
bought to make a fresh start requires far more work and time than he’d
anticipated. Until he can find someone to take care of the house and his son,
Bodie, he struggles to keep up with each day’s demands. Yet, the thought of
letting another woman into his home, even if she is hired to be there, feels
like dishonoring the memory of his wife. But he has to do something. The work? Piling
up. The grief he faces every day? Staggering. The life he left behind? Memories.
Who can he trust to help?
After landing on the wrong foot the moment they meet,
the last thing Gracy and Cord want to admit is that the other may hold the
answer to their problems. Can a little holiday hope help Gracy bring fun and
joy back into Cord’s world? Will Cord’s return to the land of the living break
the heart she locked up six years ago?
Find out in The Christmas Kiss, a sweet historical
holiday romance brimming with the wonder of the season, a town full of humorous
characters, and heartwarming story of love.
Releases December 8, 2022
Winnie Simpson knows why people like her. She works hard and
tries to make all their wishes come true. She's determined to do the same for
her husband when she travels to be a mail order bride.
Surprisingly, her new family doesn't appreciate what she
does. Her husband only smiles kindly and nods after each meal. His son does the
same whenever she does something for them. Impersonal and polite. And the
daughter is a terror.
Winnie is sure that giving them the perfect Christmas will
win their love. This Christmas, Winnie will receive the gift of understanding
the real love.
Releases December 9, 2022
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BCKWY3WT
Sylvia makes up her mind to no longer be the "good
daughter". Not when it involves something as important as having the right
to vote. Besides that, she's nearly thirty-years-old--definitely a spinster!
Seconds and third thoughts have her looking for a way to both protest and still
seem like the good daughter. Her disguise is perfect. At least until one man
sees past it during a protest march.
How far will Washington Frasier take his blackmail? All the way to the altar?
If you enjoy sweet romance with a historical flavor, then sink into a chair and
start reading.Sylvia's Secret.
Releases December 27, 2022
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B6D4PQMF
Pre-orders for January 2023:
By Zina Abbott
Lauren Traylor is traveling to Rawlins, Wyoming to marry a
sheep rancher she met through an advertisement. Much to her dismay, a thief
snatches her reticule and runs off with her tickets and most of her money. What
she still has tucked away on her person is not enough to buy a replacement
ticket. She is offered a way to earn her fare plus extra funds, but it means
she must delay meeting her intended.
Jeb Carter, Union Pacific Special Agent, is sent to Laramie, Wyoming, to
discover who is behind a string of train robberies. He plans to work solo—he
always works solo—but his boss has other ideas. He comes upon a hapless damsel
in distress stuck at the Omaha Union Depot. Much to his dismay, he soon
receives orders to escort her to a crossroads town on the train line. There,
she will work for a busy restaurant while gathering information. He is to be
her contact.
Lauren encounters an unforeseen development. Jeb joins a posse search that ends
in tragedy. In the process of searching for train robbers, will they be robbed
of their futures?
Releases January 9, 2023
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BK8K39RL
Pre-orders for February:
By Zina Abbott
Desperate to reach the United States, Elise Meyer is offered
passage in exchange for working seven years as a nanny. Once she arrives in New
York, the wife of her German sponsor decides to work her in the kitchen of
their family restaurant instead. She soon realized the husband does not have
honorable intentions toward her. One night when he touches her inappropriately,
she grabs a knife and fights back. Realizing he is seriously injured, she runs
to her small room off the kitchen, snatches up her meager belongings, and
flees.
Kurt Neumann recently finished his eleven-year enlistment and is relieved to
see the last of the U.S. Army. While he was in, although he fought when needed,
he spent most of his time cooking for the troops. Having saved most of his
earnings, he is now in limbo while he decides what to do with his future. He
meets a pretty German woman who speaks limited English. The German he learned
from his grandmother is limited, but enough he can communicate. Once they
realize a detective is after Elise, intent on taking her back to answer for her
crime, Kurt must make a decision. Will he avoid complications by walking away,
or will he help her escape?
Releases February 20, 2023
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BK8JXDGS
Pre-orders for March:
By Jo-Ann Roberts
She was branded as a traitor to
the Union.
He was her sworn enemy.
A marriage of convenience would be perilous…wouldn’t
it?
In the summer of 1864 in Roswell, Georgia, war widow Sofie Bishop struggles to
manage the small family vineyard on her own. The War Between the States took
her husband and her way of life. Now, with the taxes due, she’s about to lose
her home. Her only option? Finding work at the Ivy Woolen Mill.
Her woes only continue to worsen when the Yankees arrive on Roswell’s doorstep
and destroy the mill. Branded as a “traitor” for making fabric for Confederate
uniforms, she is arrested and transported north with the women and children who
worked in the mill.
Captain Seth Ramsey, a dashing, surprisingly courteous officer and a gentleman,
is not what Sofie expects from a Union soldier. Despite her misgivings of
falling for the enemy, she finds herself drawn to the handsome officer.
She didn’t think she could lose much more to the Yankees.
But she was wrong.
Releases March 27, 2023
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BKH9K4DP
