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USA Today bestselling author Rosanne Bittner is beloved for her sizzling novels about the early settlers of the West. With Love's Bounty, she continues to delight readers with the passionate tale of a proud woman and the reckless bounty hunter who steals her heart. Life hasn't been easy on young Callie Hobbs. After her father's sudden death and her mother's murder, there isn't much left for her on the outskirts of Rawlins. Alone with a ranch to...

Chance brought Miranda and Jake together. Now, the strength of true love is tested against a past that he can't leave behind.

Miranda Hayes's life was changed the day she faced down Jake Harkner...and walked away with the dark and broken heart of the infamous outlaw. Their fates have been intertwined ever since. Hunted by the law, fleeing across a dangerous land, their desperate love flourished despite countless sorrows.

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Forbidden love knows no bounds in this heart-rending story about the Cherokee and the Trail of Tears. When Andrea Sanders moves to the hills of Georgia, she's terrified to discover she lives next door to the Cherokee. But when she first sees the muscular, handsome warrior Adam, she is even more afraid of the turbulent passions he arouses in her. When the proud Cherokee warrior Adam finds himself falling in love with a white woman, he vows their...

"1869. When Kate Winters is left stranded and defenseless in outlaw country, she knows there's little chance she'll make it out alive, until she stumbles across a ruthless gang hanging a cowboy for his cattle. She waits until the outlaws are gone, desperate enough to claim the dead man's horse to make her escape, only to realize he's not dead after all. Those outlaws should have made damn sure Luke Bowden was good and gone. Now he vows he'll have...

Featuring Texas Bride-this omnibus edition of the Bride Series gathers all three unforgettable historical romance novels in a single volume. Tennessee Bride: In this first novel, set in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee in the 1820s, Emma Simms falls in love with River Joe, a Cherokee-raised frontiersman who must rescue her from an abusive stepfather. Texas Bride: In 1845, as Texas moves toward statehood, Emma and Joe's daughter Rachael Rivers returns...

SHE'S A WOMAN WITH A SECRET Elizabeth Wainwright is on the run. Accused of a murder she didn't commit, she has no choice but to cut ties with her old life and flee West. The last thing she wants is attention, but when her stagecoach is attacked, she suddenly finds herself under the fierce protection of one of Montana's famed vigilantes...whether she likes it or not. HE'S A MAN WITH A CODE Lawman Mitch Brady is sworn to uphold justice in the wild lands...

A man ruled by his gun meets a woman led by her heart in a dazzling western historical romance from the bestselling author of Shameless. When Moss Tucker smells danger, he shoots it. When he needs shelter, he grabs it. And when he wants a woman's touch, he buys it. But then he sees Amanda Boone's sparkling azure eyes-an innocent beauty like her would never get involved with a law-breaking man like him. Chestnut-haired Amanda tries to keep her gaze...

The heart knows no law in this sweeping historical western romance from the bestselling author of Comanche Sunset. After the brutal murder of their parents at the hands of American soldiers, Nina Juarez and her brother Emilio have learned to survive by any means necessary. Skilled with horses and not much else, the two make their name as outlaw wranglers. But Nina, weighed down with the guilt of their crimes and yearning to settle down, wants out...

In this totally unforgettable sixth book in the Savage Destiny series, a relentless wave of frontier progress forces itself into the lives of Zeke and Abbie Monroe, threatening their many years of abiding love and forcing a separation unlike any other they have experienced. Zeke joins the Cheyenne in their last effort to hold on to the freedom they knew until the white man invaded their pristine domain and destroyed their game, their hunting grounds,...

This first book in Rosanne Bittner's popular Savage Destiny series tells the powerful love story of 15-year-old Abigail Trent, who is traveling west with her family; and a very rugged plainsman, Zeke Monroe, the half-Cheyenne guide who wins Abbie's heart as they journey through an untamed land beset with Indians, outlaws and nature's harsh challenges. Although Zeke and Abbie come from very different worlds, violence and personal loss bring them together...