Synopsis: RJ Bannon is a detective on paid administrative leave for a previous injury when he comes across a cold case about an abducted three-year old child that has sat dormant for nearly twenty-five years and was never solved. Ann Montgomery was abducted from her family's historic mansion and...
The Calders will be celebrating Christmas in Montana with the whole family. Chase Calder the patriarch is planning the happiest Christmas ever. He plans on getting a special gift for everyone.Cat needs a man in her life according to Chase as she is nagging him about his diet. Chase invites Wade R...
This was cute, but about 100-150 pages in all of a sudden either the writing went downhill fast or I suddenly gained an awareness of how mediocre it was. Not BAD bad, just sometimes repetitive, sometimes awkward... Right where it suddenly goes down hill is when the leads have the obligatory fight...
I give this one 3.5 to 4 stars.It was a nice sweet love story. Cowboys were present as well.Laughs.SpoilerNote to Self: New MexicoDiana Palmer("Di",ex-model,24yo,new newspaper writer,preg w/ twins)+Elijah Masters("Lije",31yo,ranch owner,pal1) and Deuce & Trey (their dogs),Jim Two Pony(ranch forem...
What first caught my attention with this book was the super sweet cover art. Who can resist a handsome cowboy wearing a stetson on a horse? Unfortunately the book didn't really come through for me.Paula Lewis is a cop in Denver. Its the Christmas season and she has agreed to volunteer during h...
Christmas in Cowboy Country is the first book I have read by Janet Dailey. I liked the sweet romance book but would have enjoyed more of the ranch life being shown. However, small town life is well portrayed which is a delight to read. Annie is a likable caring soul that did rather seemed like th...
Not hot and steamy in the least, it's a wonderfully romantic book that kept me tuned in until the last page. Sadly this meant staying up until 1:30 in the morning on a work night. The heroine was a bit too bitchy most of the time but she was still likable enough. It's understandable she was to ha...
Jessy Niles Calder isn‘t the sort of woman to lead a man or be led by him. Headstrong and proud, with her roots stuck deep in Calder soil, she always knew that Ty Calder was the man for her, even if she had to wait for him to leave behind his loveless marriage to glamorous, poor little rich girl,...
A nice addition to the Calder series.Trey Calder meets and falls in love with a free-lance photographer, Sloan Davis. Sloan, orphaned as a child, had a grown up under the guardianship of Max Rutledge, a Calder nemesis. She is already heavy with child before the family discovers who her Uncle Max ...
Rachel MacKinley's thriving furniture business had been her whole world until, during a vacation cruise to the Mexican Riviera, she was forced to share a cabin with handsome, dark-eyed Gardner MacKinley. Gard was convinced that fate had brought them together, and that they shared more than just t...
Logan, the one man I love from the start. His smoking body and piercing gray eyes are to die for. He is the type of courageous, macho man that knows how to handle situations and fear. Cat falls in love with him, who wouldn't?It was a good book, very romantic and moving. It exemplified and glorifi...
4 1/2 stars I've been promising myself a Janet Dailey read since she passed away not long ago so when I found one I hadn't read, I was ready to go.This is the story about a hero who is plug ugly. The sort of ugly that makes nice girls recoil. I kind of visualise Jack Palance with the prominent ch...
This does not even deserve one star. I want everyone to know why I read this book so they don't think I've gone crazy. I was stuck at some fundraiser, and I hadn't brought a book. So, I took this one (There were like 50 bookshelves there) I read it, while I was reading. And I couldn't stop laughi...
Every novel in this collection is your passport to a romantic tour of the United States through time-honored favorites by America's First Lady of romance fiction. Each of the fifty novels is set in a different state, researched by Janet and her husband, Bill. For the Daileys it was an odyssey of ...
Janet Dailey, the New York Times bestselling author who has touched the hearts of millions, shines in this unforgettable novel. Sweeping from the wealth and glamour of a modern Texas city to the rugged majesty of Mexico's High Sierras, this is a magnificent tale of desire and destiny from one of ...
Chase Calder has no recollection of who he is, why he came to Fort Worth...or who tried to put a bullet in his head the night that a cowboy named Laredo Smith saved his life. Laredo recognizes him as the owner of Montana’s Triple C Ranch—but according to the local papers, Chase has just been decl...
Janet Dailey is an excellent writter. She adds depth to the characters and build complex stories that actually hold a persons interest. This isn't your easy boy meets girl romance. She's married and not about to cheat. The emotions just simmer for a very long time. You feel for the characters. Y...
This is Laura's story. Laura is the daughter of Jessie and not a thing like her mother. She is touring Europe with her spoiled 'Aunt' Tara when she encounters two men: Boone Rutledge, son of a wealthy Texas cattle baron and Sebastian Dunshill, Earl of Crawford. Laura flits around Europe and event...
I'm not entirely sure why I finished this book except possibly for sheer, morbid curiosity. Chase Calder is an awful, arrogant, bully of a man. The book starts when he is 22 and she is 15, so their first encounter is statutory rape and I'm afraid I can't just mean that in a legal sense. She was i...
Through seven generations and two-hundred years, the Tarakanov family will carve civilizations out of an untamed wilderness. In the 18th century, she is forced to choose between her beloved Cossack, Andrei, and the future of the Aleut tribe. Zachar, fated to love the gorgeous, dangerous Raven of ...
Her scheme brought unexpected results! Lisa believed that Slade Blackwell was systematically embezzling her aunt's money. But she needed proof. Lisa figured out a way to get it. The only problem was that it involved wearing a disguise and adopting a different role. And the deeper she delved, th...
“Lucky at cards, unluck in love.” Tell’s words as they left the casino brought the haunted look back into Andrea’s eyes. The skiing holiday in Squaw Valley was all she’d hoped for. And she had totally ignored the warning voices that cautioned her to stay away from Tell Stafford. A lot of girls in...
Every novel in this collection is your passport to a romantic tour of the United States through time-honored favorites by America's First Lady of romance fiction. Each of the fifty novels is set in a different state, researched by Janet and her husband, Bill. For the Daileys it was an odyssey of ...
The author of Rivals and Heiress dazzles again with a contemporary story of a woman torn between love and fame. Talented actress Kit Masters returns home to settle her father's estate and realizes she must choose between her career and a man she has not seen for ten years--the man she still loves...
She'd known his type right from the start When Charley Collins needed a cowboy for her Idaho ranch, she had no choice but to hire Shad Russell. He was a drifter and a loner--and undeniably attractive. Falling in love with a man like Shad would be asking for heartache. "It's a fine life you lead, ...
A strange compulsion seemed to grip her... Annette couldn't resist introducing herself to Josh Lord, the strikingly attractive owner of the resort where she was vacationing. In her utterly confident manner, she assumed he'd be more than pleased to know her. His cool amusement came as a surprise...
Chase Benteen Calder was bound to wrest a fortune from Montana land, where the whisper of riches swept across a sea of buffalo grass. With Lorna at his side, a woman who took the tough ways of the land as her destiny, he would breathe life into his dream. Through the treacherous Texas prairie, th...
Gina's face grew pale with shock It couldn't be Rhyder. Not after all these years. But there was no mistaking the tall, darkly tanned figure moving menacingly nearer. Like a child, a young, naive Gina had once worshipped Rhyder Owens. But her desire for him, even then, had been like a woman's....
Jordanna era la esbelta e impetuosa hija de un prominente banquero. Junto a su padre recorría el mundo y los grandes salones, siempre exigente, en busca de lo mejor. Ante los ojos de Jordanna ningún hombre era como su padre. Hasta esa noche en que apareció ese implacable desconocido, que en un in...
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Every novel in this collection is your passport to a romantic tour of the United States through time-honored favorites by America's First Lady of romance fiction. Each of the fifty novels is set in a different state, researched by Janet and her husband, Bill. For the Daileys it was an odyssey of ...
Angie was surprised by the smoldering desire that coursed through her when she saw her former husband, Deke Blackwood, again. Seven years under the hot Texas sun had changed the handsome youth into a rugged, powerful man. And Angie was no longer his unsure teenage bride, but a beautiful, proud wo...
Joanna was young, privileged, beautiful with a temper as hot as her untapped passion. But proud-hearted Linc had tamed the wild Ozark lands that were his legacy, and he was bound to tame her too.
He was the handsome stranger who helped Abbie on a lonely highway, then vaulted into his green sports car and disappeared. As he drove away, she forgot the broken heart that had brought her home to Arkansas. She only remembered the rugged face of her rescuer, who she soon discovered was Seth Talb...
Every novel in this collection is your passport to a romantic tour of the United States through time-honored favorites by America's First Lady of romance fiction. Each of the fifty novels is set in a different state, researched by Janet and her husband, Bill. For the Daileys it was an odyssey of ...
Charley was still in the dark about their destination until she saw the harsh, forbidding landscape ahead of them. Barren of plant life, it was a tortuous collection of volcanic rock and solidified lava. “The Craters of the Moon, that’s where we’re going,” she guessed accurately this time. Shad c...
You’ll be going through that door.” The young woman, seated behind the table, pointed to the open doorway at the far end of the cavernous port terminal, then passed Rachel a long, narrow boarding card and two visitor passes. “Enjoy your cruise, Mrs. MacKinley.” “Thank you.” Rachel stepped away fr...
Standing at a kitchen window, Dallas had a clear view of the barred landscape to the south. Where the hay bales had been, there was a long, black heap of ash and cinder with only an occasional golden scrap of unburned hay glinting in the morning sunlight. With no more wisps of smoke coming from t...
The dinner had been warming on the stove for the last half hour. From the kitchen window, she saw that Jim was preparing to feed the horses, which meant at least another three-quarters of an hour before he was done. With a sigh of irritation, she walked to the closet and removed her tan jacket. H...
She lay in bed for several minutes listening to the sounds of Cole stirring about. Finally she climbed out of bed, realizing that she couldn't get back to sleep and that she would have to get up sooner or later. Pulling on her housecoat, she walked into the hall. At that moment Cole stepped out o...
She knew she was in an awkward position, and their stunned, quizzical looks didn't make her task any easier. She slipped her fingers into the side pockets of her jodhpurs, trying to appear relaxed and in control despite the tension she felt. "We want you to know that your layoffs are temporary. I...
"It has been weeks since your last letter." In truth, Eliza had received one brief letter from him in answer to her rather lengthy epistle describing her new home at Gordon Glen. When her second letter met with no reply, she had refrained from writing a third. "I apologize for that. I was away pr...
Overhead, the morning sun was bright in a cloudless sky. A cool northwest breeze rustled through the pines, carrying a chilling January nip to the air. He allowed his corded jacket of wheat tan to swing open, indifferent to the temperature. The sweep of his narrowed brown eyes encountered the lon...
The racket was getting on Glenna's nerves. "Be patient," she told herself. Hannah was almost finished cleaning the living room. Stretching, Glenna ran the long-handled dust mop around the top of the walls where the cobwebs invariably gathered. A faded blue bandanna was tied around her head to pro...
and took less than an hour. Tori knew most of the citizens who’d been called. She looked for family men and women who would understand Will’s need to protect his daughter. Clay tended to choose people who were new in town and might not know Will, or those who’d patronized the Blue Coyote and migh...
Raul’s inside position blocked his opposite number from any attempt at the ball and gave him the closest angle to the ball. Checking his pony’s speed, he urged it into a tight, fast turn and aimed for the ball, his mallet aloft. “Leave it!” The shouted instruction came from a teammate who had a b...
"Earlier you asked why I'd come back to Chattanooga. I told you only the major reason. I decided to show you the contributing factor. Do you want to see it?" It was a challenge. All her instincts cried a refusal, but Jessica couldn't show cowardice. Reluctantly she placed her hand in his and step...
“Cheese, fruit, crackers,” Luck said, observing the items she removed. “All that’s missing is a bottle of wine. You should have said something.” There were too many romantic overtones in that remark. Eve wasn’t sure how to interpret it, so she tried the casual approach and reached in the basket f...
The drowsy remnants of sleep vanished from his eyes at the empty pillow beside his. His gaze began a swift arc of the room and stopped abruptly at the sight of Tamara sitting on the sofa with her legs tucked beneath her, leaning over the backrest to gaze out the window. “You’re awake kind of earl...
The invisible pressure the news had evoked eased as well. Yet on Saturday morning Dina wakened with the sun, unable to go back to sleep. Finally she stopped trying, arose and dressed in slacks and white blouse with a pullover sweater. The other members of the household, Blake's mother and their ...
It gave her an excuse not to become involved in pre-dinner or after-dinner discussions where Holt was included. She was setting the table when Guy walked in. “Hi. Holt won’t be here for lunch, so there’s no need in setting a place for him,” he informed her. “He won’t be here?” Diana repeated. “Wh...
The wind had subsided to a baby's breath that sent the top snowflakes dancing and swirling over the drifts piled by the harsh north wind. The shimmering gold of Joan's long hair was subdued to a dull shade by its return to the severe bun at the nape of her neck. Her glasses were set primly on the...
She wore a large-brimmed hat of red straw and a swingy summer dress of white silk, lightly splashed with irregular dots of red, royal blue, and green. The look was both saucy and sophisticated, very chic and very French, and very easy to spot in a crowd. She hesitated brie...
She tried, knowing that it was important to regain her strength, but she couldn't relax. A fever burned inside as she watched him repairing one of the snares. It wasn't a fever caused by infection, unless love was infectious. If it was, she hoped Reilly caught the disease, too. No matter how ofte...
Coley swayed with the gentle rocking motion, her slender body in unison with the man in the saddle. The horse's coat, that had glistened so blackly in last night's rain, now gleamed blood-red in the morning sunlight. On the road below them was a car with two figures watching their approach. Coley...
It boasted a spectacular ballroom—a panoramic view of it was playing silently on a widescreen above the reservation desk. She smiled to herself. Deke was charming a front desk clerk into revealing that both penthouse suites were available. Apparently the billionaires were staying elsewhere. The y...
New Orleans’s Garden District was an area the girls had ignored when they were teenagers, but it was quickly becoming one of Rebecca’s favorite places. They followed the route of the St. Charles Streetcar line on foot, marveling. Each mansion, stately and beautiful, advertised its unique identity...
Hot, tired and impatient, she jiggled it angrily and tugged at the doorknob. Strands of sun-blond hair had escaped the confining elastic bands securing her pigtails. Perspiration plastered them against her neck and made the tank top to her jogging suit stick to her back. When the lock resisted an...
When he was finally lying flat, she found herself in a ridiculous position, with her arm pinned under him while she leaned over him, trying very hard not to touch his sore ribs or stomach accidentally. She made a wriggling attempt to free her arm, without success. “Can you lift up just a little s...
There was no way she wouldn’t know him, but for some reason she kept it to herself. Until he learned more, he’d be wise to play along. Lowering the tray, she handed him the open bottle. He passed her the ten-dollar bill in his hand. “Keep the change,” he said. “Thanks.” Something flickered in her...
Silently he blamed Cassie and her talk for all his wild imaginings. For purely selfish reasons he wanted to believe that Pilar was attempting to be alluring for him. When he finally turned back to face her, she had shifted her hands to the seat cushion and stiffened her arms in a bracing posture ...
Perched high atop the corral fence, Dulcie soaked in the warmth of its direct rays and gazed about with idle interest. Suzie, the Guernsey cow, ambled across the pasture, her large udder no longer swollen with milk. Her passing went unnoticed by the trio of draft horses busy grazing on the rich p...
It was the usual setup for a budget motel: watery coffee from a large urn, powdered creamer in a jar. Do-it-yourself waffles. He dragged his last bite through the syrup on his paper plate and forked it into his mouth. The waffles were actually okay, considering the wafflemaker had an inch-thick c...
It was another hot August day. The heat and exertion had combined to leave her feeling drained and exhausted as she leaned tiredly against the hardwood door. "Elizabeth, is that you?" The mature, feminine voice held an authoritative ring. Pushing the thick, raven-black hair away from her face, El...
The rustic, ranch-style log structure was nothing fancy, but it was cozy inside with friendly servers and good food. Tonight Christmas lights framed the big stone fireplace and glowed softly from the open ceiling beams. Christmas songs played low in the background. As he ushered Jess to a booth n...
She wondered at this dichotomous reaction of hers that had her feeling both supremely content and oddly energized. She tilted her head back to look at Cole, then couldn't resist reaching up to trace the sharp outline of his jaw with her fingertips. "Is it always like that with us?" "Not always." ...
“I know how much you want your bike back the way it was, Shane. But from the looks of this mess, I’d say your only chance of ever riding it again would be to go on the Internet and look for the same model. If by chance you found one, especially one with a bad motor or smashed rear end that you co...
Was her head injury causing her to hallucinate? She’d left the place in ruins. Only when a tall figure rose from the couch did everything fall into place. “Welcome home, Natalie,” Beau said. She gripped the door frame, blasted by a tempest of emotions—gratitude, yes, but surprisingly, the most ov...
Barclay. But we have an emergency here at Casa Col- ina." The male voice on the phone had a gentle Irish brogue, but not gentle enough to soften the blow. Rebecca Barclay groaned as the words sank into her half- asleep brain. No... no more emergencies tonight, please! Rolling over in bed, she pee...
A frown of irritation crossed her usually smooth features as she made a one-handed search of her purse on the car seat beside her, looking for her sunglasses without taking her attention from the road. The snowplows had cleared the road two or three days before, judging by the melting piles of mu...
Its doors were thrown open this night to host a military ball. The red, white, and blue of the Union flag, prominently displayed, echoed the colors in the bunting that draped the bandstand where musicians from Fort Gibson played. Officers in full dress uniform whirled their partners in an ever-mo...
Excellent. Maybe the bad luck was ending. She’d been hoping to get that call. Feeling better, she hugged herself. Charlie scrambled up from the floor, looking worried and coming over to her. “It’s okay, boy. I really did get the job.” She sank her hands into his thick ruff and gave him a neck rub...
Dead brown leaves tumbled across the lane in front of Chance’s Jaguar, chased by a brooming wind out of the north. He slowed as he approached the house. There were no cars parked in front of it, indicating that if any of the neighbors had stopped after the funeral, they’d already left. Which mean...