Böcker av Kathleen Denly

Will love survive when truth takes aim at their secrets? Sharpshooter Preston Baker has spent a lifetime confronting danger head-on. So when a heartfelt letter arrives from his big sister asking for help, he doesn't hesitate to put his traveling show career on hold and journey to her remote desert ranch, determined to make amends for past failures. What he doesn't expect is to discover his long-lost little sister and her best friend, Lucy, are both hard at work on the ranch. Unbeknownst to anyone, Lucy Arlidge's decision to travel to a remote desert ranch was born as much from desperation as friendship. Fleeing San Francisco may have saved Lucy's life, but the decision left others in danger. To thwart the evil plans of those who pursue her and her family, Lucy must keep her new gem-mining operation concealed and her secrets safe. Preston is drawn to the mysterious woman, despite her plans to marry the neighboring rancher. Lucy's quiet strength and undeniable beauty beckon him like a campfire in the wilderness, offering light amidst the dark memories and deepest fears resurrected by the presence of his sisters. But as danger closes in, Preston and Lucy must confront their pasts to save not only their own futures, but the lives of everyone they love.

Will she sacrifice her marriage to regain what she's lost?Cecilia and Henry Davidson met and married in 1839 but the tragedies of their past have kept them from forming a union of the heart.After fifteen years of companionable partnership, Cecilia-desperate not to relive the most terrifying years of her life-feels forced to take actions her conscience abhors. But her choices destroy Henry's trust.Previously rejected and betrayed by his first love, Henry struggles to find a reason to give Cecilia another chance.As the holiday season draws near, Henry and Cecilia are forced to reconsider what really matters and whether the chance at true love is worth the risk.A tale of fear and forgiveness, Cakes & Kisses is an interquel novella for the Chaparral Hearts series. It takes place between the events of Waltz in the Wilderness (Book 1) and Sing in the Sunlight (Book 2). As such, it contains major spoilers for Waltz in the Wilderness.

He came to cook for ranch hands, not three single women.Gideon Swift, a visually impaired Civil War Veteran, responds to an ad for a ranch cook in the Southern California desert mountains. He wants nothing more than to forget his past and stay in the kitchen where he can do no harm. But when he arrives to find his employer murdered, the ranch turned to ashes, and three young women struggling to survive in the unforgiving Borrego Desert, he must decide whether his presence protects them or places them in greater danger.Bridget "Biddie" Davidson finally receives word from her older sister who disappeared with their brother and pa eighteen years prior, but the news is not good. Determined to help her family, Biddie sets out for a remote desert ranch with her adopted father and best friend. Nothing she finds there is as she expected, including the man who came to cook for the shambles of a ranch.When tragedy strikes, the danger threatens not only her plans to help her sister, but her own dreams for the future-with the man who's stolen her heart.

She doesn't need his help. He doesn't need another delay. But God has other plans...Eliza Brooks's worst nightmare has come true-her father is missing. Now she'll do anything to find him, even if it means taking a chance on who she must trust. But once aboard the steamship bound for San Diego-her father's last known whereabouts-she finds herself in far more danger than she imagined.Daniel Clarke is a man of his word. Though he never imagined he'd be in California for four years, at least he's finally earned the money he needs to get married. Now he just has to get back to his fiancée in Massachusetts...the sooner the better. Especially since she's stopped replying to his letters.When he boards a ship bound for San Diego, the first leg of his journey home, the last person Daniel expects to meet is his boss's niece. What could Eliza be thinking, traveling with no escort? With the lecherous captain determined to ruin her, Daniel has no choice but to offer his protection.From shipwreck to cavalry outpost to the Southern California mountain wilderness, Daniel's entanglement with Eliza forces them-and their hearts-to face a future neither of them ever dreamed.