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     Scarred inside and out from a tortured childhood and an outlaw past, Jake Harkner never dreamed he could find true love or know the joy of family. Then, in 1865, a chance encounter with widowed Miranda Hayes struck his heart like lightening and struck hers like thunder. Thus began the OUTLAW HEARTS saga.

     SHADOW TRAIL brings readers to the year 1902, when the dark cloud of a woman from Jake’s past appears on the horizon, creating an emotional twister that Jake fears will destroy Miranda’s love for him. Jake is forced to reveal a deep dark secret to his wife and family, and to break a promise he made to Miranda of never strapping on his .44’s again. But this time, Miranda vows she will not be left behind to wait and worry while Jake rides into danger yet again. Come hell or high water, she intends to ride beside her husband into outlaw country.

      Told through realistic history and events that settled the American West, SHADOW TRAIL brings readers an enduring love story about a man and a woman who over the years have been tested beyond what most can handle. Jake Harkner is the classic bad man with a good heart. You can’t help rooting for this man and the woman who loves him as they journey from their sprawling ranch in Colorado to northern Wyoming's Outlaw Trail, searching for answers that might finally clear the storm clouds of Jake’s past.

      "We are all gettin' older, Jake," Cole teased. "How do you keep up with a wife who is ten years younger than you?"

     Jake paused, glancing at Miranda. "You just have to love her so much that it hurts," he answered. "The rest is easy."

      Randy smiled as she handed out her home-made bread. She was always surprised at how a man who could be so ruthless often spoke more like a poet than an outlaw.

Note: Please see my Outlaw Hearts Series page for information about previous books in the series!

STILL AVAILABLE:

My first contemporary romance novel, DANCING BENEATH YOU!

"DANCING BENEATH YOU is a novel that will capture your senses, tug at your heartstrings, and keep you on edge from beginning to end with its addictive pacing, beautiful atmospheric portrayal, and the edgy thrills that keep you yearning for more…A GEM OF A ROMANCE!" -- Renee, Addicted to Romance (Read entire review here.)

     Finally divorced from a violently abusive man, Carmen Wolfe is ready to enjoy life again, but not ready to love again. During a performance of Native American song and dance she attends at a new casino near her Michigan hometown, a live wolf named Caesar, who is part of the act, disobeys its trainer and sits down beside Carmen’s aisle seat and refuses to budge. He glares at Carmen with wild, yellow eyes, leaving her terrified and afraid to move.

     Worried about the dangerous situation, lead dancer Benjamin Red Wolf Colter, a lawyer for the Lakota (Oglala Sioux), leaves the stage to calm the tense moment. He urges Caesar back to his cage and apologizes to Carmen, but once he returns to South Dakota, Ben cannot stop thinking about the beautiful woman he met in Michigan. Heartbroken over his wife and unborn son, who were killed in an assassination attempt on his life, Ben believes that the incident with Caesar means the wolf spirit has chosen Carmen as the woman who can put an end to his grief and teach him to love again.

Carmen, too, cannot ignore the sizzling attraction she and Ben shared in that first fateful meeting. She stays in touch, and soon a deeper relationship leads her to South Dakota. Can these two overcome past tragedies? Can Carmen learn to trust again? And can she live with the fact that someone still wants Ben Colter dead?

The haunting lure of the South Dakota Badlands holds all the answers.

"Addicted to Romance" also did a wonderful interview with me, along with more details on Renee's opinion about DANCING BENEATH YOU. You can read it here -- I know you'll enjoy it!

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STILL AVAILABLE:

A man haunted by his outlaw past.
The woman who loves him.
A tight-knit family he holds dear.
Old enemies out to kill him.

       Jake Harkner loves hard. He also fights hard, determined to protect the woman and the family of whom he has always felt unworthy, but they are the only light in his inner darkness. Now Jake lives in changing times. New laws tell him he can no longer deal his own kind of justice with the guns that made him infamous. Jake’s passion for the woman who understands him more than any human being on earth might be the only thing that keeps him alive.

Hot. Gritty. Old West Meets New West.
An unforgettable love story.

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THE HIGH LONESOME SERIES NOW HAS ITS OWN PAGE!

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