Bøger af Sylvia McDaniel

Meghan Scott is not a typical school librarian. When her girlfriends convince her to test the Cupid superstition and dance naked around the statue, she reluctantly agrees. Eager to find her soulmate and start a family Meghan reasons, nothing else has worked.Former professional football player, Max Vandenburg can't believe his eyes, when he sees Meghan Scott running down the street naked. Seven years ago she broke his heart and did the unthinkable. Rescuing Meghan is the first step in finally learning the truth, but when she refuses to discuss the past, can he charm the real story from her? When Cupid's arrow is aimed straight at their hearts, can two high school sweethearts learn everything in the past is not what it seems?

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Flood waters and broken hearts...two jilted ex-lovers trapped in Bride, TexasLaney Baxter's ironic escape to Bride, Texas couldn't be more fitting - considering she is a runaway bride! Unfortunately, her plans to hide out have her jumping from the frying pan into the fire when she discovers she's trapped with the one man who broke her heart years ago - Chase Hamilton! Now, she can only hope the rising waters recede just as fast before Chase uncovers the mystery of their past.Chase returns to Bride, Texas to nurse a broken heart and re-evaluate his life. The family home along the river was supposed to offer him peace and quiet, not the last woman he ever expected to see again. When the river rises, trapping them together, Chase questions whether his heart was really broken or just his ego bruised.Laney and Chase are forced to face some startling revelations - including the feelings they still have for each other. Can the two work through their tangled emotions before the river recedes, or will long hidden secrets tear them apart?Bride, Texas books!Bride and Prejudice by Bonnie R. PaulsonThe Unlucky Bride by Sylvia McDanielTicket to Bride by Liz IsaacsonBride 'em Cowboy by Twist RobertsOver My Wed Body by Veronica BladeSleigh Bride by Neve CottrellBride for Hire by Debra Clopton

One wants an everlasting love while the other only believes in the moment....Preacher's daughter Chloe Kilian's luck with men has been less than inspirational. One was a cheater, two thought they were God's gift to women, three had Mother Separation anxiety, and four had been chosen by her father. None of the odds were in her favor of meeting Mr. Right. Ready to flee Cupid, Texas to save her sanity, Chloe decides to give love one more chance.Attorney Drew Lawrence grudgingly agrees to fulfill an impulsive bet he made - one he is sure he will regret if he gets caught! A cynic, he doesn't believe in true love, happily ever after, or the town's silly Cupid superstition. The last thing he expects when he runs naked around the town statue to settle a wager is to bump into the preacher's daughter!Caught in a compromising situation, Drew never thought a woman could intrigue him enough to think of happily-ever-after. Will Cupid's arrow pierce Drew and Chloe's hearts and build a lasting love, or will the two skeptics, both running from the truth of their emotional wounds, be more than even Cupid can heal?

Will dancing naked around Cupid's fountain bring love...or only heartache? Much to her overprotective brothers dismay, Kelsey Lawrence seems to attract trouble. After two bottles of wine, her girlfriends convince her to test the Cupid superstition. Except the law shows up sending her fleeing in her birthday suit, running into the arms of her brothers best friend.Cody must be dreaming when he sees Kelsey Lawrence running down the street bare assed naked. The strictly off limits, pampered sister of his best friend has always gotten into mischief, but this time she's gone too far. When the lovely and spirited Kelsey convinces him to let her stay at his place...the adventure begins.Have they fallen under the Cupid superstition and found a lasting love?

Beth Worthington finds herself racing from a wealthy older groom into the arms of a stranger when she defies an attempt by her father to marry her off. Instead, she takes matters into her own hands and agrees to become a mail-order bride with no intention of staying married to her unknown suitor. Ethan Fraser is shocked when he discovers his mother ordered him a bride. To save the innocent girl's reputation, he goes through with the wedding. What he doesn't expect is for his innocent bride to have plans of her own - that don't happen to include him. When an unexpected snowstorm traps the two together she fights the unwanted attraction and the way of life he has to offer.

Hannah Williams' first goal after becoming a bounty hunter is to return to Hide Town, Texas to seek revenge on the man who sold her into prostitution. While searching for her stepfather, she stumbles across a man brutally beaten and takes him to her hideout. There, she is horrified to discover she has rescued the very man who turned his back on her during her blackest moment.Preacher Jackson Colster never imagined the girl he refused to help would one day return to town and save his life. Now he must save Hannah from her destructive path of retribution while resisting the lure of her determined spirit. Or in mending her damaged past, will she help him confront his own haunting nightmares?Can Hannah and Jackson heal their wounds, silence the past, and let love guide their future?

In 1880 Zenith Texas, the McKenzie sisters, Meg, Annabelle, and Ruby find themselves penniless after the death of their father. When the bank threatens foreclosure, the women realize they need a way to support themselves. They have three options: marriage, women's work, or... following in their papa's footsteps.After her failed proposal of marriage, Meg McKenzie turns to her dream of being a seamstress and discovers it's not all it's cracked up to be. Sweet and practical Annabelle McKenzie gives waitressing a whirl, but soon wandering hands shove her out the door. The youngest of the McKenzie sisters, Ruby has her rose-colored glasses tarnished when she discovers cleaning houses can be hazardous to her virtue.Spectacularly fired from their traditional jobs, they have no choice but to follow in their father's footsteps - bounty-hunting.

Meg McKenzie has been responsible for her sisters since she was twelve when her mother died. While she longs to have a normal life like all young women, she must dress in pants and take on a man's job as a bounty hunter in order to provide for her sisters. In this western historical romance, she has her pistols set on one last bounty to pay off the farm so she can begin to live her dream. But one man stands in her way. One man that can't see past her bounty hunter façade to see the true woman inside.Sheriff Zach Gillespie has a secret. In the small Texas town of Zenith, there is only one woman who could calf rope his heart. Unfortunately, Meg McKenzie has the opportunity to expose his secret to the world. In the past, she'd already left him vulnerable, naked, and tied up and now she's on the prowl again. He must choose what kind of man he is, a law-abiding sheriff or an on the run outlaw. Will her belief in him lead him down the right path? Will she give him a second chance to show he's the only man for her?

Ruby McKenzie loves being a bounty hunter in west Texas. She loves chasing bad guys and bringing them to justice using her beauty and wiles to catch criminals. But her sisters refused to let her hunt alone and now they're married, no longer interested in seeking outlaws. When Ruby takes her cousin Caroline out on a hunt, they stumble upon the handsome cowboy who broke Ruby's heart. Deke Culver. The only man who has ever resisted her charm.Deke Culver is shocked when Ruby McKenzie rides into his camp and steals his bounty. Ruby was the girl who got away, the woman he sometimes dreams of and knows he can never marry. When the two decide to work together to bring in her father's killer, neither one is prepared for the feelings that are reawakened. But Deke has a secret that will keep him from ever committing himself to a woman. Can Ruby heal his heart and open it to love once again?

Annabelle McKenzie stays at home and takes care of the farm and the bookkeeping for their family bounty hunting business while her two sisters take all the risks. Except that she's grown bored and longs for adventure. The chance to show her sisters that she's just as capable of bringing a man to justice and collecting a bounty as they are. When opportunity bumps into her at the bank, she recklessly follows her prey out of town. Only she soon realizes she's chosen the wrong man to hunt. Beau Samuels has a dark secret that goes beyond the price on his head. And now there's a wanted poster with his face plastered in every small Texas sheriff's office. As if things couldn't get worse, now he has a novice in a skirt brandishing a gun and determined to collect his reward. Can he get away from the blonde spitfire with his heart intact?When Annabelle unlocks the secrets to his heart and reveals the true man behind the wanted poster, can she lay aside her scruples and allow herself to love an outlaw?

Scandal, Bigamy and MurderNicole Cuvier went to New Orleans to share wonderful news with her husband only to discover him in a hotel room murdered, with two other women claiming to be his wives. It seems there are three Cuvier Widows and each one is suspected of murder. Pregnant, unmarried, and now a widow with a plantation on the verge of bankruptcy. Nicole needs a temporary husband. Someone to save Rosewood and give her child a last name. Enter a handsome drifter, Maxim Viel, who agrees to marry her, but unbeknownst to Nicole, wants more than a temporary arrangement. Can his strong arms, tender caresses and heated kisses heal her shattered heart? Or could the price of his love, be more than Nicole is willing to give? What Reviewers Are Saying About This Historical Romance!"I think I'm half in love with Max! I highly recommend this series. It is a great romance with mystery as well." Kimmie A heartbroken mistress to Jean Cuvier, Nicole is left with a plantation Jean put in her name. The first two Cuvier wives have been fun, and I certainly can't wait to find out what happens next to Layla, and to find out just who the murderer truly is!" Vanessa "Very good read, takes you away..love the south & historical love stories." Nancy Mulvaney "This series must be read in order and I recommend it to those who enjoy steamy American historical romance." Sophia Rose

Love vs ambition!Bella Francis is an heiress whose duty is to marry a wealthy young man of her father's choosing - which is why she ran from that life. Bella follows her friend and fellow suffragette to a western town in Texas, where she pursues owning her own bakery. She finds the perfect space, but the man who owns the building not only refuses to lease to her, but also had the nerve to spark her interest! Luca Ruffini has a buyer for the family bakery and is in the process of selling the building to pursue his own dreams. His father, who doesn't want to sell the building, insists Luca put his plans on hold for six weeks to give Bella a chance to fulfill her passion for baking. Yet Bella is a temptation he finds himself unable to deny. In the end, whose dream will be fulfilled and who will give up their dream for love? Who will concede?

In New Hope, Texas women like children, are to be seen and not heard. Their only job in life is to marry, procreate, and be a loyal, obedient wife. Thus the shortage of available women. Until, Abigail Vanderhooten is unexpectedly called home, her head filled with ideas of changing the world where a woman can own a business and have a bank account. This little rebel is determined to bring the town's laws into the nineteenth century, even if it means sacrificing her reputation.Jack Turner likes being the mayor in a small, quiet western town where the biggest rabble rousers are cowboys on Saturday night. Everything is about to change when Abigail Vanderhooten, a tiny sprite of a woman returns to town, ready to take on the local laws. While trying to keep the town from splitting apart, he's surprised how her strong spirit captivates him. And he's shocked when she manages to worm her way into his bachelor heart, with her controversial ideas of women earning a living the same as a man.With a woman's revolution brewing, will Jack be forced to run her out of town, before he has a chance to convey how she's changed him? Or will Abigail give up on New Hope, Texas and return to Boston?Can love blossom and change a woman and a man with different ideals?

Alexandra Thurston wants revenge. Revenge on the husband who wrongly accused her of infidelity and divorced her, tainting her as a scarlet woman. She vows she will reclaim her good name and never marry again. However, her father wants grandchildren to be heirs to his banking fortune and he's determined to find her a husband. He has no luck, though, until she finds herself caught in a compromising position with the handsome plantation owner, Connor Manning.Connor Manning loves only one thing, his family plantation and he's desperate to save River Bend from the tax man. Desperate enough to agree to marry Alexandra for cold hard cash, never dreaming that this spirited woman would ensnare his heart, leaving him yearning for a marriage more than in name only, even though their marriage is based on a terrible betrayal....

Wade Ketchum is searching for his only surviving sibling when he finds a ready-made family. Rachel Cooke is stranded on the Oregon Trail with three orphans and a rebellious sister, until gambler Wade Ketchum rescues them. The hardened cowboy is searching to find his long lost brother, is out of cash and has no time for a praying spinster. When Rachel runs out of options, she makes a deal. Wade must pretend to be her husband and help her reach Oregon. But somewhere along the trail, pretending becomes real. Can she help Wade realize that he still has a heart capable of love?

The trouble with identical twins...He's back. The one guy she never wanted to see again. Her high school indiscretion, Brent Moulton, has returned to Tyler, Texas. Only Jennifer Riley knows the truth about that night so long ago when she switched places with her twin sister, Julie, and gave her virginity along with her heart, to her sister's boyfriend in the backseat of his father's Mustang....they look alike.Fifteen years later, life has thrown them back together. Will Brent realize he slept with the wrong twin? Will he overcome his commitment issues and realize that Jennifer just might be the right twin for him.

Tyler Ferguson thought losing your memory had some advantages, but mainly it created problems. When a roadside bomb in Kabul exploded the Humvee he'd been riding in, and wiped his memory of the last nine months in Afghanistan, he'd been given a medical leave to come home just in time for Christmas. And Tyler is so excited to see his fiancée, Kelsey Johnson.Kelsey can't believe it when she opens the door and there stands the man she still loves, but had broken off their engagement while he was deployed. Doubts of being able to live with Tyler in constant danger, of only seeing him several months a year had her ending the relationship. When she realizes he doesn't remember the breakup, she thinks that life has given her a second chance with the man she loves. At least until his memory returns.Can a wedding and Christmas heal Tyler and give Kelsey the strength she needs to be a military wife? Can a soldier forgive the girl he loves when she sends him a Dear John letter?

Everyone deserves a second chance. After the death of his best friend in the Battle of Atlanta, Tanner Burnett walked away from the civil war. Now, ten years later, he runs with the Sam Bass gang, trying to escape the memories of the war. But when a stagecoach robbery goes bad, he rescues injured Elizabeth Anderson, wanting only to get her to a doctor and then rejoin his gang. But the injured beauty needs a nurse and Tanner is unprepared for the way Beth soothes his wounded heart and heals his spirit. Until he takes her to Fort Worth, Texas and learns she's his brother's mail order bride.

One lie changes the course of three lives... When Marianne Larson uncovers a truth about her marriage, she sets out to change the course of her life, finding herself along the way. But that journey doesn't come easy as her mother and daughter decide to take a ride of their own-a ride that just might change all of their lives. While discovering secrets, lies, and the truth about men & dating, three generations and three very different personalities recreate their lives and strengthen their female bond. But what they find might just be what they knew all along...

Marshal Tucker Burnett has cleaned up his gunslinger past and is now a respectable lawman. But he's determined to remain single even after his crafty mother has found eligible women for his brothers to marry. Until Dr. Sarah James returns home to Fort Worth, Texas due to an urgent telegram. Tucker is unable to forget that one night in Tombstone when Sarah patched up his body and his soul. Yet Sarah has returned with a secret of her own. A secret that could change Tucker forever.

Sometimes exposing the truth about love can leave your own heart exposed. Documentary filmmaker Reed Hunter is ordered by his boss to expose relationship coach, Lacey Morgan's Twelve Steps of Dating program. Discovering the matchmaker is not the swindler he thought, catches him off guard.Lacey twists him in knots, revealing the value of relationships and shattering his bachelorhood philosophy. But when she learns the truth about the documentary, Reed must choose between reaching his career goals at the expense of Lacey's or receiving the love he never expected to find. Which will he choose?

How can she forgive the man who arrested her brother? The man who was once her fiancé?Sabrina Callahan left Texas after the man she loved arrested her brother for cattle rustling. Two years later, when she arrives home, there is Patrick, the memory of his kisses still fresh on her lips. But now there's even more trouble on the ranch she loves and only one man who can help her. Patrick...the cowboy who betrayed her brother.The last thing Patrick wanted to do was hurt Sabrina and her father. Now, he's lost more than her love. His family has been killed, Sabrina's loved ones are in danger, and something is not right in Sherwood. Can he claim justice for his family and reclaim Sabrina's heart? Or will old hurts tear them apart before he has the chance to prove his commitment?

In the historical western town of Fort Worth, Texas, matchmaking mother, Eugenia Burnett, has achieved her goals. Her three sons are happily married, and she has three grandchildren, with the fourth on the way. But she hasn't given up her matchmaking ways. Now she's introducing lonely widows and widowers. Until one widower, rancher Wyatt Jones, lets her know he's only interested in one woman, her. Sworn never to remarry, Eugenia doesn't want a husband. But Wyatt wants Eugenia and he's one determined cowboy. Come celebrate a western Christmas with the Burnett family and watch Mama Burnett meet her match.

Dr. Anthony DeAngelo holds patients' hearts in his hands, but is unwilling to take time from his career to find love for himself. Since the day his fiancé left him at the altar, his career has been his focus. Now that he's accomplished his career goals and become the nation's top cardiac surgeon, he finds it lonely at the top. Secretly he longs for a wife and family. Someone to love him.Teacher Olivia Spencer is forced to moonlight as an escort to help put her siblings through college. She's dedicated her life to raising her orphaned brother and sister and sacrificed the man she loved for his career until the night he steps into her limo.In this sexy, short contemporary romance can this couple overcome their past and find love in each other's arms once again?

Nothing says bad judgement like trying to prove a superstition true...Taylor Braxton, along with a few adventurous girlfriends, decides to test one such superstition on Valentine's Day - the day Taylor's ex-fiancé is to be married. A few bottles of wine help lower her inhibition and go a long way to giving her the courage to try to heal her broken heart. After all, Taylor reasons, what is the worst thing that can happen - the superstition of finding her true love might come true?Sheriff Ryan Jones is used to getting calls about the odd dancing around the downtown fountain. When you live in Cupid, Texas, there were always some residents who believed if you dance naked around the fountain, you were guaranteed to find your true love. What he doesn't expect is to find the lovely, but spirited Taylor Braxton confronting him at midnight - sans clothing. Unfortunately, a long-held promise and his badge stand between him and what he wants - Taylor.Will the Cupid Superstition help Taylor and Ryan overcome the past and take a chance on love again? Or will a promise he made to her best friend, and his career, deflect Cupid's arrow?

Recently married Layla Cuvier is awakened to the shocking news that her husband is murdered and that she is not his only widow. It's true, she hated Jean Cuvier who forced Layla's father to sell his shipping company and sanctioned their marriage. There may be three Cuvier widows, but Layla is the most likely suspect to his murder.Forced to turn to the man she blames for the sale of her father's shipping company, she must trust Drew Soulier, the best attorney in New Orleans. Layla knows that Drew doubts her innocence and is only using her trial to further his political ambitions, yet she can't seem to deny his allure and finds herself struggling to resist her desires. Is Drew the man to find the truth that saves Layla from hanging and heals her troubled heart? Or will he stop at nothing to achieve his goal to be mayor?

She's a Runaway BrideValerie Burrows is running from a wedding, her attorney fiancé, and the law. Pampered Valerie takes a bus to nowheresville, where she learns her cash and credit cards have been stolen. Left with only her designer clothes and luggage she takes on a new identity and must learn to be self-reliant. She swears off men, especially attorneys, only to find the one man who refuses a one night stand and wants a relationship.He's Looking For A WifeMatt Jordan, the Colorado Crusher, is the most successful liability lawyer in the state. After the death of his brother-in-law, he realizes he's ready to settle down with a family of his own. His only requirements are intelligent, great-looking, wants more than a hook-up, and doesn't lie. After witnessing the lies his father told his mother, he demands complete honesty. Yet Valerie Brown shows him sometimes in order to find yourself, you must become someone else. Even if that means lying.

Eugenia Burnett wants grandchildren. This cunning widow is determined to find wives for her brood of handsome sons. In Fort Worth, Texas, Rose Severin, runs a séance parlor where she speaks to the dead or at least she pretends to until she can earn enough money to make her way to New York and become a famous actress like her mother. Travis Burnett is resolved to rid the western town of imposters like Rose. But Eugenia thinks the fiery Rose is just the woman for her obstinate son. She schemes to keep Rose at the family ranch where Travis soon realizes that the supposed spiritualist is more than just a pretty swindler.

Can a Romance Writer Tame a Grumpy Cowboy?Grumpy cowboy Justin Burnett has built an emotional barrier around his heart. All he wants to do is work with the cattle, and yet his Aunt Rose has given him a special task - show a romance writer how a working ranch runs. Having her do the dirtiest jobs on the ranch should send her fleeing, but she's not falling for his tactics. She's doing research and he's part of the plan.Humiliated by her unscrupulous boss, Mandy Perez went from being a journalist to a successful romance author. Only problem is she doesn't believe in love. She's not even sure she can put up with men, but she can weave fantasies that women adore. When one grumpy cowboy tries to send her running, she decides that's not happening.In this enemies-to-lovers romance, can a matchmaking ghost ignite the spark between them or will the past destroy their chance at happiness?Enemies to loversRomantic SuspenseBillionaire CowboysMatchmaking GhostTwo Stubborn People