Böcker av Lynda J Cox

Help Wanted: Bank of Tonica is seeking gentlemen of good moral character to assist patrons with their finances. Preference given to veterans of the late unpleasantness. Varina Carroll was forced to live a sheltered life. Books were her only escape. When Klint St. John befriended her in the small town of Tonica, she dared to dream she could have a fairy-tale ending. A dark past and a vengeful woman threaten to destroy those dreams. She isn't about to let either steal her dream and she will fight for the man she loves. Klint St. John kept women at arm's length. He'd never allowed himself to look for any future that included a woman he could give his heart and soul to. Varina allowed him to believe the future was not written in the stars. When the secrets in his past seem destined to destroy his hopes, he has to decide if he can truly defy the stars.

Redemption Bluff was just the place that Mary Gallagher needed to make a new start with her daughters. Her existence in the lawless tenements of New York City was behind her as was the reward for her arrest, until a bounty hunter arrives in the midst of a blizzard, demanding to see her brother--the sheriff--so he can surrender his prisoner. While avoiding the bounty hunter in the snowed-in town, Mary finds herself drawn to the outlaw, much to the sheriff's dismay. Jack McGarrett isn't quite who he claims to be. To start, Jack McGarrett doesn't exist. The name has always been a cover for Jake Hart and this time, McGarrett is supposed to be one outlaw in a town rumored to be populated with outlaws. With a railroad line and a full stop station on the line for Redemption, Jake has to determine if the past is truly in the past. A station with passengers ripe for the plucking might be too much of a temptation for even reformed outlaws. When secrets are revealed and truths exposed, everything might unravel.

In Redemption, nothing is ever quite as it seems. Even those wearing a badge walk a thin line between what is legal and what should send a man away for a long time. When Sam Miller left Redemption, he learned the hard way he never held Charlotte "Charlie" Denton's heart, even if she held his. He's returned, and for Redemption, that's not good news. Sam is determined to take on the duties of sheriff, Charlie's protests notwithstanding. He just has to determine how Vanessa Larrison fits into Charlie's plans for Redemption.Vanessa Larrison knows of the bad blood between Sam and Charlie. Desperate to escape Charlie's velvet-encased iron fist, she tries to flee but is dragged back. Offered another chance, all Vanessa has to do is destroy Sam. If she succeeds, her little sister and she go free. If she fails, it will seal not only her fate, but her little sister's as well. When she finds herself falling for Sam, Vanessa makes one last gamble. Redemption is no place for revenge, usually.

PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS *SMOLDER ON A SLOW BURN* Allison Webster dreams of having an adventure like the characters in the books she loves. But there is no romance in being pursued by a man who wants her dead for educating the children of former slaves. Unlike the heroines she reads about she doesn't have a trusty companion to rescue her...until she literally runs into A.J. Adams, a former Civil War cavalry officer. Now, she just has to convince A.J. he really is the honorable man and hero depicted in the dime novel she is reading. Branded a "traitor" for more than ten years, scarred by harsh treatment in an inhumane prisoner of war camp, A.J. Adams wants revenge. Allison Webster's arrival into his life provides the bait to destroy the men who murdered his wife and daughters and kidnapped his little brother. The men pursuing Allison are the very same men he has sworn to kill. Falling in love and admitting he might actually be a hero means surrendering his need for vengeance. Surrender is not part of A.J.'s battle strategy.

Sometimes you can't tell the end of a story by the color of hat someone wears and sometimes, second chances change everything...Clay Denton is living on borrowed time. The only thing keeping him from a dance for the hangman is a promise he made to find a US Marshal's niece. Clay doesn't care if it's vengeance the marshal really wants. As long as the man believes Clay's looking for Josephine, he's free to keep living. Josephine Myers lives on the run, never straying too far from the towns of Purgatory or Redemption. She won't leave, even though to stay means she's putting herself right into the line of fire. She's too frightened to fight back, and much too afraid to run far. Until Clay rides into her life, saving her from a terrible attack. Clay and Josephine's redemption might come at a steep price, depending on who wins. The white hat...or the black.