Historical Romance

NEW YORK instances BESTSELLER

A determined DECEPTION
THE PROMISE OF FOREVER
 
while Karl Norwood’s mail-order bride meets an premature dying so one can the Montana Territory, Hetty Wentworth steps in to take her position. Hetty has no proposal how she’s going to faux to be every thing she isn’t—including the mum of 2 young ones. She in basic terms understands her deception is critical if she’s going to avoid wasting orphans from the bleak destiny she suffered as a child.
 
Karl smells a rat while a miles more youthful girl than he used to be waiting for arrives with kids who glance not anything like her. yet his mail-order bride is so attractive, he doesn’t object—until he realizes that his fascinating new spouse has been mendacity . . . approximately every thing. Can a lady compelled to maintain secrets and techniques and a guy hindered by means of mistrust ever wish to discover fortunately ever after in each one other’s arms?

Praise for Montana Bride
 
“[A] rapidly paced romance.”—Publishers Weekly
 
“Montana Bride is a compelling learn and positively a noteworthy addition to an exceptional series.”—Fresh Fiction
 
“Joan Johnston understands how one can spin a narrative that may get to the readers at any time when. [Montana Bride] is not any diverse. . . . It used to be emotional, heartfelt and actual. It used to be sincere. . . . It was once easily magic from a grasp storyteller.”—Night Owl Reviews
 
“If you're a fan of historicals, keen on appealing descriptive writing, and partial to steamy romance, you won’t are looking to fail to spot Montana Bride.”—Guilty Pleasures e-book Reviews
 
“Johnston has a willing eye for quirky situations that placed her characters, and the reader, via a wringer. giggling one second and crying the following, you’ll continually have this kind of nice time attending to the happy-ever-after.”—Romance Junkies Reviews

The passionate Westerns in Joan Johnston’s sour Creek sequence should be loved jointly or individually, in any order:
TEXAS BRIDE • WYOMING BRIDE • MONTANA BRIDE • SINFUL • SHAMELESS • BLACKTHORNE’S BRIDE • SULLIVAN’S PROMISE

HER physique was once nice WITH CHILD




But her guilt used to be some distance better. For notwithstanding woman Moira Fitzgerald had sacrificed herself to maintain her humans secure, she knew no guy may have her now. by no means one as noble as Sir Connor FitzClifford! And but her center flared with ardour each time he drew near…



Sworn to guard Gerald's continue and all inside of, Connor FitzClifford hadn't discovered this type of vow might reweave the tapestry of his lifestyles. For his promise had sure him not just to the besieged citadel, but additionally to its mistress, the enigmatic woman Moira, a girl whose very soul reflected his own!

The illegitimate daughter of the Russian czar, Leonida arrives on the property of Stefan, the Duke of Huntley, with secrets...and a project. looking for covert records sequestered in Stefan's enormous library, she is the correct guest--and the right spy.

Fascinated by way of her ideal good looks and her interesting air of secrecy, Stefan attracts in detail closer...and Leonida, sure through accountability to her relatives and state, unearths herself totally captivated. but as risk and hope meet in a tangled internet of espionage and deceit, the 2 will face a call that may be made merely via love itself.

THE SOCIETY attractiveness WHO stored HIS LIFE...

Beauty, allure, filthy rich admirers: Mina Masters enjoys each luxurious yet freedom. to save lots of herself from an undesirable marriage, she turns her wiles on a darkly good-looking stranger. yet Mina’s wouldbe hero is taking part in his personal misleading video game. A British secret agent, Phin Granville has little interest in emotional entanglements...until the evening Mina saves his existence by way of playing her own.

THE JADED secret agent WHO VOWED TO omit HER...

Four years later, Phin inherits a name that frees him from the bloody online game of espionage. yet stories of the girl who kept him will not enable Phin move. whilst he learns that Mina wishes his relief, honor forces him again into the realm of his nightmares.

IN LIVES outfitted ON LIES, LOVE IS THE DARKEST mystery OF ALL...

Deception has governed Mina’s lifestyles simply because it has Phin’s. yet because the attractiveness and the undercover agent fit wits in a deadly dance, their practiced mask start to slip, revealing a deadly charm. And the best possibility they face will not be traitors or murderous conspiracies, yet their very own darkish desires....

A hot novel of affection and revenge at the wild frontier. In an Idaho logging camp, Dory bears a toddler by means of the good-looking son of a rival mill owner--but the kid's father dies earlier than they are often married. Then rugged Benton rides into her lifestyles, a guy who ignites either gunfire among the feuding households and fervour in Dory's heart.

Determined to not input right into a compelled marriage, Julia may see no means out—unless she have been to turn into a ruined girl! infamous rake Paine Ramsden was once reputed to don't have any qualms approximately seducing innocents, so probably he could aid with her…predicament.

Certainly, Paine deserved his rakish attractiveness, but Julia was once so achingly natural, one evening together with her may simply destroy him! Awakening Julia's sensuality aroused unexpected emotions in him—was it too overdue to lead them to either decent?

Pardoned by means of the governor, former outlaw Hamilton Crockett works as defense over a prosperous property. With robberies in houses between contributors of excessive society, he advises his employers opposed to a brand new Year’s social gathering. intending to remain alert to any risk, he reveals himself distracted by means of the gorgeous Celesta Deveau while a section of leftover mistletoe supplies him an excuse for a kiss. Smitten, he hopes to court docket the woman and suggest a destiny jointly. yet emotions bitter whilst he learns she’s a part of the felony gang he’s been pursuing.

Celesta longs for a traditional existence, yet prior situations compel her to thievery, a lifestyles she hates. Hamilton Crockett’s research into the thefts threatens her deliberate break out to freedom. but anything in regards to the protection officer thrills her and swells her middle with desire. may she develop into an individual vital to him rather than the enemy her felony habit represents?

Life at her vicious stepfather's home is greater than Eleanor Collingwood can undergo. With celebrations underway for her stepsister's marriage ceremony, not anyone will see Eleanor flee. that's till Lord William Marston storms in…

He's the fellow who betrayed her father to Queen Mary. the guy inspiration banished to the Americas… the main dashingly stunning guy she's ever set eyes on!

Lord Marston is forbidden! yet he can supply her freedom…at a value. Is marriage and a toddler too excessive a value to pay?

Zelda has to take care of her bedridden stepmother and her kids. She doesn’t be aware of her stepmother has made a mystery deal that might strength Zelda to marry an unscrupulous man.
Wiley Hendrix indicates up and unearths Zelda attempting to keep a failing ranch with out aid. He makes a decision to assist her keep where in addition to saving herself.

looking for her husband, woman Ann Dunneroy voyages around the nice Atlantic to overseas east coast American soil, and past to the unsettled and untamed West. the rigors and setbacks alongside the best way attempt to holiday her and she or he involves discover her obdurate selection is probably not adequate to determine her via; specifically while her middle unearths itself desirous to stick with a distinct direction…

Grayson Stone is a troublesome guy, as rugged and implementing because the mountains he calls domestic. lifestyles has taught him that girls can't be depended on. He wishes basically to make a great quiet existence for himself and his son, yet whatever in regards to the tenacious younger girl makes him yearn for more…

Ann realizes too overdue, following her delight used to be a mistake and unearths herself stranded within the wilds of the Rocky Mountains. Ann fears her unorthodox adolescence would possibly not have ready her for survival in one of these desolate land in the end. Trapped in a multitude of her personal making, she wonders if she's going to ever see the faces of those she loves back. Or will she fail them all?