Lone Calder Star

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Linda Lael Miller

"Fast track up the political ladder, fast cars, fast women--that's Garrett McKettrick. Make that was. A scandal has brought him home to Blue River, Texas, a place where a man can slow down, take stock and plan his next move. Which doesn't include staying at the family ranch with his brothers. A city boy, Garrett doesn't think he has the land in his blood. But Blue River has other attractions, like his former high school nemesis, Julie Remington. Now a striking woman, Julie comes complete with a four-year-old cowboy, a three-legged beagle and deep ties to the community. Good thing they have nothing in common-- except their undeniable attraction and a future brighter than the Texas sun"--Publisher's web site.

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Colleen McCullough

Missy Wright's mother has been shunned by her family since marrying for love, not money. Now widowed, the women live a quiet existence in genteel poverty. Plain, thin and unforgivably single, it seems Missy's life is destined to be dreary. But then a stranger opens Missy's eyes to the possibility of a happy ending.

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J.R. Ward

"New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward explores what really happens when good and evil toy with humanity in her new novel of the Fallen Angels, as the salvation of a doomed soul depends once again on a crossroads... When Cait Douglass resolves to get over her broken heart, throw off her inhibitions, and start really living, she's unprepared for the two sensual men who cross her path. Torn between them, she doesn't know which to choose--or what kind of dire consequences could follow. Jim Heron, fallen angel and reluctant savior, is ahead in the war, but he puts everything at risk when he seeks to make a deal with the devil--literally. As yet another soul is unwittingly caught in the battle between him and the demon Devina, his fixation on an innocent trapped in Hell threatens to sidetrack him from his sacred duty... Can good still prevail if true love makes a savior weak? And will a woman's future be the key, or the curse, for all of humanity? Only time, and hearts, will tell"-- Provided by publisher.

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Helen Argers

Raised by an clutch-fisted, vulgar, uncaring father who is deeply in debt and cares for nothing but horses Caroline Richmond faces a bleak future. The only possible escape is through marriage. So she plots (with the help of her invalid mother) to get her father’s permission to spend a small inheritance from her uncle to finance a London Season, on the understanding that she will attract a marriage proposal and generous settlement from her prospective spouse. The plan seems to be working when she attracts, amongst many others, the notice of Branville, Marquis of Kimston. Branville appears to fall in love with the impoverished young woman. Despite giving her reason to think he will declare himself, his own weaknessses make him a willing victim of manipulation by his devious friend, Lefbridge. He is convinced that what he feels is infatuation and Caroline is forced to return home - humiliated and without an offer, but with the promise that Branville will visit her father’s estate. She waits and waits but he never arrives. In the next three years her disappointed mother weakens further and finally dies. Her furious father then promises Caroline to an elderly gentleman, the Duke of Walverston, who also happens to be Branville’s father. Despite Caroline’s initial horror and Branville's objections, the couple is married - but the Duke doesn't survive the wedding night. Caroline is now a widow whose purse strings are controlled by Branville, who behaves appallingly to Caroline, before coming to realise that he has been duped.