Award-winning western romance trilogyWyoming WildflowersDave Currick was all Matty wanted, right up until he broke her heart six years ago. Now that she’s returned to Wyoming, what she wants is to save her family ranch. Even if that means swallowing her pride and asking Dave to marry her. Doing what’s best for Matty is second nature for Dave. Even when it means marrying her in name only."A don't-miss treat!" -- RendezvousWyoming Wildflowers Western romance trilogyBook 1: Almost a Bride (Indian Paintbrush)Book 2: Match Made in Wyoming (Fireweed)Book 3: My Heart Remembers (Bur Marigold)Dave Currick was everything Matty Brennan wanted for as along as she could remember. Right up until he broke her heart six years ago. Now that she's returned to Wyoming for good, what she wants more than anything is to save her family's ranch. Even if that means swallowing her pride and asking Dave to marry her.Matty's up to something - Dave knows that much. Just as he knows that Matty needs help, so of course he'll provide it, just as he has all her life. Doing what's best for Matty is second nature. Even when it comes to marrying her in name only. Although he can't resist one hot-blooded kiss after the I-dos.Maybe - just maybe - his Matty will become more to him than Almost a Bride.~ ~ ~ Wyoming Wildflowers Trilogy:Book 1 - Almost a Bride (Indian Paintbrush)Book 2 - Match Made in Wyoming (Fireweed)Book 3 - My Heart Remembers (Bur Marigold)Wyoming Wildflowers Trilogy Boxed Set (3 Books in 1) "Smart, stubborn and irresistible" - 5-Star review"if you love to laugh; love to cry; or love to laugh and cry at the same time, then you'll definitely want to read Almost a Bride." -- 5-Star review"Delightful" -- 5-Star review

Charming Paul Monroe had the Peter Pan thing down pat. As an antique toy appraiser, even his work involved play. Which was fine, except that Bette Wharton's job was to keep his Chicago business running smoothly ... and all that charm was aimed at her."Wonderful emotional turmoil and growth...I cheered them on all the way" -- Rendezvous"Excellent" ... "Cute" ... "I recommend this one" - Amazon reviews"Another lovely story well up to Patricia McLinn's high standards" - 5-Star review Love in the Workplace!Charming Paul Monroe has the Peter Pan thing down pat. As an antique toy appraiser, even his work involves play. Which is fine, unless your job is to keep his Chicago business running smoothly . . . and all that charm -- and sexiness -- is aimed at you. Organization and reliability are Bette Wharton's hallmarks. She handles the toughest clients with aplomb, until Paul provides a challenge that goes way beyond the office. She has a plan and a timetable. How can she let herself fall for Mr. Live-for-the-Moment when all he offers is Love-for-the-Moment?~ ~ ~The Wedding SeriesYou are cordially invited ... to join the celebration as college friends embark on the greatest education of all -- falling in love.Book 1 - Prelude to a WeddingBook 2 - Wedding PartyBook 3 - Grady's WeddingThe Wedding Series Boxed Set (3 Books in 1)

Wildflowers have to be strong and resilient to bloom amid the rugged beauty of Wyoming – and so do the women.Valerie Trimarco is very pregnant, very lost, very alone, and very stuck in a Wyoming snow storm. Her car is jammed in a Wyoming ditch, with contractions coming faster and harder ... when her white knight in a cowboy hat arrives. Ranch foreman Jack Ralston's job is to handle anything that needs handling with cool, quiet competence, including a baby who's decided to enter the world right now.A few years later, Valerie returns to the Slash-C Ranch of Knighton, Wyoming. Now a successful mommy blogger, she wants to thank the man who rescued her and delivered her beloved daughter. Okay, maybe she's wondered about him a time or two over the years. How could she not? So she conspires with his employers and friends to spring a surprise party on him for a proper thank you.Yes, Jack can handle anything. Except a surprise party. And this...

One night changed them both forever. … As Zoe and Matt tussle over the best use of a billionaire’s bequest, a deeper question looms: Will one night stand in the way of their spending the rest of their days together?Six years ago, rodeo cowboy Matt Halderman looked at himself and didn’t like what he saw. Especially not after he ran out on that spunky, wide-eyed student he’d just met.  He didn’t run far, falling into conversation with a stranger in the pre-dawn stillness of a Wyoming truck stop. That conversation – along with seed money that mysteriously arrived just when he needed it – turned the course of Matt’s life.  Now he’s received a letter announcing that the stranger he’d met in that diner had been billionaire Harold Hopewell. Hopewell had traveled the world, encountering people and letting their stories touch him. In death, he is giving back, leaving an unusual...

As spring beckons, winter chill remains …In television, a cold open sometimes rolls before the opening credits, often a teaser to news or a feature to follow. For TV journalist Elizabeth Margaret "E.M." Danniher, a nippy March and April are just a tease for spring after a long Wyoming winter. In her short time in Sherman, she's learned that winter starts in October and might not end until June. Since last June, a series of murders have tested her and her KWMT-TV colleagues' reporting – and amateur sleuth — skills. And the small town's rumor mill is churning about her relationship with handsome sports reporter Mike Paycik – or is it rugged rancher Tom Burrell?As winter winds down, Elizabeth is ready for spring and looking for a place of her own. Ah, a little peace and quiet as she begins to settle in Cottonwood County. That is, until she discovers homicide at her front door.~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~Cold Open, Book 7 of...

Prime Suspect: The most annoying man in Sherman, WyomingThat's right, Thurston Fine, the egotistical anchor at KWMT-TV is the first person deputies want to talk to when his self-described biggest fan is found dead. What's Elizabeth Margaret Danniher to do? The station's in an uproar, heading for a train wreck, and desperately needs her experience and leadership. At the same time, here's an intriguing puzzle right in front of her ... which might free or condemn her greatest enemy.In TV news, cross talk between the anchor and reporter is supposed to elicit new and interesting information. But Thurston's version twists the tale into a corkscrew. And his simmering resentment could bring danger to Elizabeth.Facing a true test of their resilience, Elizabeth's crew – Diana, Jennifer, Mike, and Tom – must resolve mysteries swirling around KWMT-TV for years. But will that reveal what's behind the death of Thurston's biggest...

"I fell in love with…Cahill. He's handsome, smart, strong, and had an Irish brogue to die for. Eleanor is a real woman, with real curves, a sense of humor and intelligence ... I was sad when I finished, because I wanted more." - 5-Star Review (Goodreads)“I loved the depth of the characters, the subtle humor and the touch of suspense. And Cahill is YUM!” – 5-Star Review (Barnes&Noble)~ ~ ~When his Irish eyes are smiling, she's in danger of losing her head ... and her heart.Eleanor Thatcher refuses to be charmed by the Irish balladeer she hires to strum up business for her Gloucester, Mass., beach restaurant. She's far too practical for a workplace romance ... or to fall for a fantasy-spinner like Aidan Padraic Cahill McCrea. Yes, she feels his spell, but bitter reality has taught Eleanor that dreamers drift on, leaving heartache.Cahill finds the woman he wants to share his future with in...

Seasons in a Small Town: WinterThe past might be cold, but it’s familiar for Anne. And the future? That might be as gray as a mid-winter Illinois sky. She’s desperately trying to hold on to the family farm owned by her late husband’s great uncle. With Uncle Everett disabled and her new to farming, loans are impossible to get.Between the farm and the bookkeeping she does for businesses in town, she’s working to exhaustion. And she’s not good at asking for help. Never has been.Then here comes Quince.As an executive of the high-tech company bringing operations to Drago, Illinois – and driving up land prices and taxes – he represents part of the problem. But that doesn’t mean Anne can afford to turn down his rent money when Uncle Everett lines him up as a boarder. And – just what she needs — the two of them hit it off like an old-fashioned comedy team.Quince is a warm front moving fast through...

The Soldier’s Kiss (Prequel short story to The Forgotten Prince, The Wedding Series)

They Have a History — Can It Be Rewritten?Prince Karl longs to once more be plain Karl Wethers, Wyoming rancher. Instead, his  sense of responsibility, nurtured as a cowboy and honed in the U.S. Army, won’t let him turn his back on King Jozef of Bariavak. But he has a plan. If he can pull it off.Then international media consultant Harmon Reed re-enters his life. The Army brat who liked to juggle lit sticks of dynamite is now a woman who could explode that dynamite in his face. He’s fully occupied with trying to keep her from knowing anything about the complications of his royal life, because he will never trust her again, despite the pull of a love long gone.For Harmon, what started as a youthful summer fling ignited into a love that shook her to her core. Equally smitten, Karl saw something beyond her beauty and rebellious streak. Then Harmon broke it off – and broke Karl’s heart. They went their...

A young lady seeking a peculiar kind of husband. A ranch full of cowhands who have long adored her from a distance. A foreman who’s got his hands full … and his heart on the line …Sophie Vandercook leaves her post as an instructor at an Academy for Young Ladies in St. Louis, and heads to the OS Ranch in Wyoming Territory with a plan. It seems the perfect place, since her older half-brother is employed there. There's just one thing in her way – the ranch's foreman, Nate Abbott.Nate has a ranch to run, a vital roundup to get through, and a bunkhouse full of cowhands smitten from afar with a young lady they all consider Our Sophie. So there’s no time – or reason – to consider exactly what her letters might be stirring in him. Then Sophie arrives in Wyoming.Secrets tumble, problems multiply, and the OS outfit is turned on its head wondering if Sophie will wed a cowboy?

Can a Cowboy and a City Girl Find Common Ground – and Uncommon Love?To Wyoming ranch foreman Tucker Gates, the only good owner for the Double Bar X was an absentee one. That's how it had been for ten years. And then came divorcee Jenny Peters. Bringing her two whining, spoiled kids and her city-bred fairy-tale views of life – and love – in the West.Jenny wasn't going to let Tucker scare her away from the new life she wanted to build for herself and her kids. No matter that he could be as hard as the mountains around them. No matter that she found totally unexpected comfort from his rough strength.But what next? Because Tucker Gates was a lot of things, but he was absolutely clear that he was not a family man. - - - - - -"... Well-fleshed-out characters, true-to-life adventure and sensuous love scenes. This is the kind of book you read more than once just for the nice, warm feeling...

In 16 days of the Winter Olympics, careers can be made, medals can be won and hearts can be lost . . . Tessa Rutledge, once an Olympic champion figure skater, returns to the Games as a coach, encountering her first love and only heartbreak and testing her ability to forgive. Alpine skier Kyle Armstrong has made a terrible mistake that could cost her a shot at Olympic gold as well as any hope of reconciling with the man she loves. Biathlete Rikki Lodge thinks she's just happy to be at the Games, until she meets a hockey player who demands that she do what she's never done before: put it all on the line. Let The Games begin! In The Games, longtime sports journalist and best-selling novelist Patricia McLinn takes you inside the Winter Olympics. Patricia's award-winning books have gained fans around the world. Of her most recent releases, Booklist said: "beautifully written, richly emotional love stories that are a joy to...

In the rough country of Wyoming, some cattle rustlers still get a death sentence.Official consumer advocate and unofficial investigative reporter Elizabeth Margaret Danniher, her KWMT-TV colleague Mike Paycik, rancher Tom Burrell, and their supporting staff of idiosyncratic sleuths take on another mystery. A ranch foreman is found dead — and, for most in Cottonwood County, the reaction is ... good riddance. Long considered guilty of a heinous crime, the foreman was represented then by a slick attorney, now owner of Lukasik Ranch — once Mike's family land. Suspects include the hot-headed Hiram Poppinger, fellow grazing association ranchers — and Tom. This time, both Tom and Elizabeth are ordered by Tom's daughter to find the truth. The investigation puts Elizabeth in close quarters with Mike and Tom — sometimes all three together — and she realizes this love triangle also warrants a soul-search for deeper meaning....

Love and death decisions ...Will murder take a break while Elizabeth Margaret Danniher sorts the future of KWMT-TV and her personal life? Don't count on it. A young woman comes to Elizabeth at KWMT to solve a kind of theft Elizabeth has never encountered before. That's challenge enough, with the TV station for sale and the top candidate to buy it known for eliminating news departments. But Elizabeth also senses there something more bothering Hailey Newhall. And then there's Elizabeth's personal life ... She is drawn to both enigmatic rancher Thomas Burrell and her former KWMT-TV colleague Mike Paycik, the home-town sports hero. But Mike has career aspirations of his own, and Tom has a feisty daughter who's definitely Team Dad. Meanwhile, Elizabeth's ace videographer, Diana Stendahl, who manages to juggle her demanding job, parenting two teens, and new love, challenges Elizabeth to also open her...

Everything can change ... except murder.In the television production world, a body brace is used to shift the weight of the camera to the operator's shoulder. This allows for smoother shots and reduces stress and tiredness. And, at the small-town Wyoming TV station KWMT, cameras are older and bulkier than those used in network news-gathering. Almost as old as some of the equipment used in a historical re-creation that draws Elizabeth "E.M." Danniher and friends into another investigation. When there's rumbling underfoot, a body brace helps keep what's important in focus.After some upheavals in Elizabeth's professional and personal life in Wyoming, not to mention those of her closest friends, she has some recalculating to do. With her former KWMT colleague Mike now at a Chicago TV station and tech whiz Jennifer also in the city on a visit, Elizabeth's investigation of a death discovered at the historical reenactment relies on a widening team of...

The last woman Tanner Landis is ready for is the one he must save.Who is shooting at Allison Northcutt? Detective Tanner Landis must find out before the next bullet reaches its target. And there's nothing like a complicated history between the two of them to make that more challenging.Ally has sustained more than her share of trauma. She and her two cousins lost their beloved aunt to murder when they were teens and have been bonded ever since. And, for the past four and a half years, she has carried the burden of her police officer husband being shot in the head outside their Maryland home. He has not recovered and now is near death. Is that the key to who is after Ally? But why now? And is the law enforcement-laden Northcutt family history at the center of this web? Fairlington County, Virginia, detective Tanner Landis and his partner, Rutherford "Bel" Belichek, have worked many cases brought to trial by their colleague and friend,...

She runs a foundation dedicated to forgiveness. He's a cop running down the guilty to make them pay. If they don't work together, people will die.Detective Bel Belichek and his partner arrive at a murder scene in a peaceful, historic section of Fairlington, Virginia, only to realize the victim is the cousin of Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Maggie Frye.Or is it?The family tragedy that forever scarred Maggie and her cousins, Jamie and Ally, reaches into the present, threatening to claim more lives if Belichek can't find this murderer. And to do that he has to shut down emotions he'd thought were gone for good. Price of Innocence, by USA Today bestselling author Patricia McLinn, is a sequel to Proof of Innocence that can also be read as a stand-alone. If you love twists and turns, characters who stick with you, and mysteries and romance swirled together, you'll love Price of Innocence. And later look for The Innocence Trilogy...

A cold case murder heats upFar from the publishing world that once defined her, Sheila Mackey's plan to escape to a quiet life in small-town Kentucky keeps hitting bumps in the road ... and some of those bumps are dead bodies.Sheila and her friend, Clara, are in for their toughest inquiry yet, when they take on investigating a death that's colder than a cold case, because few in Haines Tavern, Kentucky, think it was a murder in the first place. Suicide? Accident? Murder? They're determined to bring peace of mind to the dead woman's friends.At the same time, Sheila is finding it harder and harder to protect her secret past, especially from Teague O'Donnell, who's shifting from a fellow dog-lover to possibly much more. This whodunit with humor is the fifth book in USA Today bestselling author Patricia McLinn's cozy mystery series, Secret Sleuth, which begins with a murder on a transatlantic cruise in Death on the Diversion. In...

Death on Shady Bridge: Secret Sleuth, Book 5

A reviled supermarket CEO meets his expiration dateThe executive who's responsible for widely hated changes at the biggest grocery store in Haines Tavern, Kentucky, arrives for a tour ... and doesn't leave alive. Sheila and Clara are on the scene — buying dog treats, of course – and on the case. Can they pick out the ingredients for the right solution?~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~This whodunit with humor is the fourth book in USA Today bestselling author Patricia McLinn's cozy mystery series, Secret Sleuth, which begins with a murder on a transatlantic cruise in Death on the Diversion. In Death on Torrid Avenue and later books, accidental investigator Sheila Mackey returns to dry land in the Midwest, where mysteries abound in her new home in small-town Kentucky.Secret Sleuth seriesDeath on the DiversionDeath on Torrid AvenueDeath on Beguiling WayDeath on Covert CircleDeath on Shady...

No zen in sight as Sheila untangles a yoga instructor's murder.Sheila Mackey's settling into life in Haines Tavern, Kentucky. Sure, she has secrets to keep, but things are rolling along nicely.Trips to the dog park with her rescue collie Gracie, meeting her friend Clara and Gracie's friend LuLu. Preparing for more work on her house by another dog park acquaintance, former cop Teague O'Donnell. And regular, relaxing yoga classes at the Beguiling Way studio … until Sheila and Clara encounter a new twist when someone murders their instructor.Law enforcement says the killer was a passing-through stranger now long gone. Sheila and Clara have their doubts.~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~This whodunit with humor is the third book in USA Today bestselling author Patricia McLinn's new cozy mystery series, Secret Sleuth, which begins with a murder on a transatlantic cruise in Death on the Diversion. In Death on Torrid Avenue and later books,...

Season's greetings: Whodunit?Santa Claus is coming to town, but guess who's coming first to Haines Tavern, Kentucky – Great-Aunt Kit. If Sheila and her fellow amateur detective Clara want to give her author relative what she most wants this Christmas, they'll wrap up a murder investigation — with a mysterious victim, intriguing suspects, and suspicious twists. Because this time, Kit wants to be involved firsthand in solving a suspenseful puzzle. The police – including Sheila's romantic interest – want the amateur investigators to stand down. But how can they when the clues hit so close to home? Sheila's Christmas cookie recipe is the apparent murder weapon, in the hands of one of the small town's quirky characters and one of the favorite humans of Sheila's rescue dog, Gracie the rough collie. She can't disappoint her pet by stopping her detective work short of the thrilling answer to...

Paws for murderFar from the publishing world that once defined her, Sheila Mackey has found a new life, a new home, and a new love. The love has four legs, a plumey tail, and a lot of fur.  Meet Gracie the rescue collie. Too smart for her own good – certainly too smart for Sheila's good, when Gracie discovers a dead body during a dog park gambol.Especially since Sheila delves into mysteries surrounding this dead body ... only to discover the new guy at the Torrid Avenue dog park is a barely retired cop. Not good for an amateur sleuth with a big secret of her own that she intends to keep. She's not exactly who she says she is. At least, she's not who she pretended to be for 15 years.Will Sheila untangle the murder mystery before her secrets are untied, exposing her previous identity to her new small-town neighbors?And will Gracie ever learn the "Quiet!" command?~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~This whodunit with humor is...

"A lovely romance" — Kindle reviewSeason in a Small Town — AutumnHe sees what she's long hidden . . . especially from herself.Meet Josh Kincannon, high school principal, single father of three, and thus, as he reminds himself ruefully, essentially celibate back into misty memory and forward into the foreseeable future.After three months of trying to work with Vanessa Irish via phone and e-mails on a project to help tiny Drago, Illinois, Josh believes he has an accurate picture of Zeke-Tech's CFO:Conscientious? Oh, yeah.Intelligent? Absolutely.Agreeable? Not so much.Then he catches sight of her wild, vibrant robe and begins to wonder what other elements might form a portrait of Vanessa Irish. Every time she goes into her I'm-so-boring-I-disappear-against-white-walls act, he remembers that vibrant, wild fabric hanging on the corner of a door and he gets curious.And the more...

The Accidental NoelThis wasn't the Christmas either Kiernan or Bexley expected. Snowbound in a shoddy convenience store with the least hospitable storekeeper in the state of Wyoming, two other stranded travelers, four kids forgotten by Santa – oh, yes, and each other.Because there was that thing that happened last summer. A mistake. They both thought that... though for different reasons. And agreeing it was a mistake didn't make it any more comfortable to run into each other at the ranch of their mutual friends, the Curricks of the Slash-C Ranch. Especially when those same friends suggest, nudge, and push them into traveling East together to join their respective families for Christmas by spending eighteen hours in a car together.Except they never made it out of Wyoming, thanks to an early-arriving blizzard.And now their choice is to have one of the least festive Christmases on record or work with what they have and each other to...

Jessa Tarrant had once pushed Cully Grainger out of her life—and lived to regret it. Now he was back, with an attitude and a teenage nephew. And he was the consummate lawman, with a score to settle. Did that score include claiming Jessa, or was that just her hopeful thinking? Women’s Fiction/Contemporary romance by Patricia McLinn; originally published by Silhouette Special Edition

Reunion for murder in Haines TavernSheila agrees to soothe Clara's nervousness by accompanying her friend to the 20-year class reunion for North Bend County High. Nostalgia, good memories, old friendships – this should be fun, right?Ah, but grudges, old rivalries, and long-buried secrets also show up. And before the festivities wrap up, there's one old classmate dead, another being questioned, and enough suspicion to cover several more.Sheila and Clara have their hands full making sure the wrong person isn't accused and the right one doesn't get away. Especially with Sheila also wondering about her relationship with ex-policeman Teague O'Donnell, her fledgling attempts to write fiction, and – of course – the well-being of the canine crew of Gracie, LuLu, and Murphy.This whodunit with humor is the sixth book in USA Today bestselling author Patricia McLinn's cozy mystery series, Secret Sleuth, which begins with a...

Lost and Found Groom: A Place Called Home series (Book 1)

Jack and Val* invite you to share the big day with them and other characters you've come to love. Actually, it will be more like their big week, with lots of goings-on at the Slash-C Ranch and in Knighton, Wyoming. Plus visits from characters from the Bardville, Wyoming and A Place Called Home series.It's going to be a huge party, don't miss it!* If you're not familiar with Jack and Val's story, read it now in Jack's Heart. And for more background on the Massachusetts side of the wedding party, check out A New World, the prequel to Jack's Heart.A note from author Patricia McLinn: Each of my Wyoming Wildflowers books is a stand-alone story, with no cliff-hangers. However, if you are new to Wyoming Wildflowers, this latest installment, A Cowboy Wedding, is best read with a little introduction to the many friends and family attending. Almost a Bride, my first book in the series, is a good starting point. Or the prequel,...

Final resting place? Deck chair.Death on the Diversion is the start of a brand-new cozy mystery series from a USA Today bestselling author.~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~Sheila Mackey has a secret. To the world, she's author of a blockbuster book. Her wily great-aunt, the actual author, orchestrated this mutually beneficial masquerade. Now the aunt's retiring and Sheila must draft Act Two of her own life. This cruise is supposed to be the perfect time to do that.Crossing the Atlantic on the Diversion, Sheila finds a dead body on deck.She realizes she knows a whole lot more about the interactions of the victim and suspects than the ship's officials do. She's drawn into sleuthing, but finds herself hampered by a well-meaning but overprotective would-be Dr. Watson.This murder mystery with humor is the first book in a new series, Secret Sleuth. In later books, amateur sleuth Sheila returns to dry land in the Midwest, where...

Wildflowers have to be strong and resilient to bloom amid the rugged beauty of Wyoming – and so do the women. ~~~ "First Rate" – Romantic Times Lisa Currick was once as bright and open as the sunny Bur Marigold wildflower of her native Wyoming. That's how New York City Detective Shane Garrison has remembered her since she figured in his first investigation eight years ago. But when the cop arrives in her western hometown determined to take this second chance to resolve the remaining mystery, he discovers the girl he's remembered has become a very different woman.Once open-hearted and delighted to pursue her talents as a jewelry designer, Lisa has put all that aside for a life of routine, order, and discipline. And Shane wants to know why. He can't forget the girl, but he's fascinated by the woman who challenges him to find answers inside himself."McLinn doesn't waste a single word in this third story of the Wyoming Wildflower series....

Dax Randall wasn’t much of a role model to his teen son Will as far as the female sex was concerned. Known as Mr. Impossible, the stubborn bachelor scarcely talked to women. So he thought Hannah Chalmers would be a safe date, since she was only in town for two weeks. Wrong! Contemporary Romance by Patricia McLinn; originally published by Silhouette Special Edition

A Killing to Keep Old Wyoming Secrets and TreasuresDeath hits close to home for Elizabeth "E.M." Danniher  – or, rather, close to the Hovel, as she's dubbed her decrepit rental house.  Her elderly neighbor kills a man apparently robbing her of Western artifacts. As a former top-flight national TV reporter, Elizabeth knows self-defense might satisfy the legal system, yet leave her neighbor in danger. Doing what she does best – asking questions – Elizabeth sidesteps her boss and a nosy, jealous anchorman to inquire into an eccentric and mysterious western billionaire, an ambitious curator, rival collectors, family feuds and Cottonwood County's Wild West crimes of a century ago. Digging deeper into these western murder mysteries, Elizabeth relies on her team of friends who are proving their investigative chops. Before this is over, Elizabeth will need every one of them – and the stray dog she's adopted...

A mystery with Elizabeth's name on it.Elizabeth, Tom, and Tamantha prepare to celebrate their first Christmas together, with the joys and complications of forming a new family. But that's not all Elizabeth has on her plate for the holidays. Someone's put a wish on the Christmas Wishing Tree set up at KWMT-TV that has her name on it . . . and it's a weird one. Come join the gang as they celebrate, ring those sleigh bells – and find answers in this holiday novella. Holiday Bullets, Book 13 of the Caught Dead in Wyoming series, is a smart, surprising, fast-paced cozy mystery with humor. If you like quirky characters, hints of romance and twists you won't see coming, then you'll love USA Today bestselling author Patricia McLinn's page-turner. Don't miss any of Elizabeth Danniher's Caught Dead in Wyoming adventures!Sign OffLeft HangingShoot...

1880s Wyoming Territory—As strong as the ranch she runs, widow Rachel Terhune has one dream—to fulfill the legacy she inherited from her father. Hiring Nick Dusaq has nothing to do with the fierce pull between them and everything to do with saving her land.The solitary cowboy recognizes a kindred heart scarred by cruelty. He would ride away – he should ride away – if only her ranch didn’t need him so damned badly. Her ranch—not the widow woman like none he’s encountered before—is the only need he’ll let himself consider.Passion as powerful as the harsh beauty of the land around them bonds Rachel, the widow woman devoting every bit of her strength and courage to holding onto her Wyoming Territory ranch, and Nick, the loner cowhand with dreams of his own.Yes, they have passion. But does it hold the promise of healing and love or the destruction of dreams?- -...

Professor Carolyn Trent, returning from a prestigious conference abroad, is made academic advisor to ten basketball team members—much to her chagrin. C.J. Draper, the college’s irreverent new basketball coach, deplores her rigid outward perfection—but discovers a sensuous woman within. When her logic clashes with his ambition, can they both win? Contemporary Romance by Patricia McLinn; originally published by Silhouette Special Edition

One of their own becomes a target …Hot Roll is a broadcast term. It can simply mean cutting away from an interview to "b-roll" (scene-setting or explanatory footage) or it can mean the adrenaline-pumping drama of broadcast live from a bureau or TV truck because there's no time to do anything else.The horrible news that Jennifer's dear friend has died starts TV reporter Elizabeth Danniher, with friends Mike, Tom and Diana plus the rest of the Caught Dead in Wyoming crew, on an investigation that moves faster — and closer to them — than any of them could ever expect. One of their own becomes a target and they race time and a murderer before this Hot Roll burns them all. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~Hot Roll, Book 8 of the Caught Dead in Wyoming series, is a smart, surprising, fast-paced cozy mystery with humor. If you like quirky characters, hints of romance and twists you won't see...

THE LONE RANGER AND THE RUNAWAY BRIDEAs she walked down the aisle, impulsive Judi Monroe knew she was making a major mistake. So she fled her socialite wedding, only to crash her car on the remote Diamond-V ranch. Enter rugged horseman Thomas Vance, who rescued her and left her breathless in under eight seconds.There was something about this man, his land, his beloved gran and teenaged half sister that filled Judi's family-hungry heart--and impetuously led her to feign amnesia to prolong her stay. But would stormy, sexy Thomas overlook her little white lie and detect the truth beneath: that, given his love, she'd happily remain his helpmate...forever?

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Originally published by Silhouette Special Edition. Charming Paul Monroe had the Peter Pan thing down pat. As an antique toy appraiser, even his work involved play. Which was fine, except that Bette Wharton's job was to keep his Chicago business running smoothly ... and all that charm was aimed at her. Wonderful emotional turmoil and growth...I cheered them on all the way -- Rendezvous

A rodeo producer dead in the bull pen. Accident or Murder? From the deadly tip of the rodeo queen's tiara to toxic “agricultural byproducts” ground into the arena dust, Tv reporter Elizabeth, E.M., Danniher receives a murderous introduction to the world of rodeo. The exiled big-time Tv journalist hasn't yet adjusted to her demotion to Kwmt-Tv, a tiny station in Sherman, Wyoming, where cattle ranches, cowboys, and the wide open range set the stage for their own unique brand of crime. This time she's investigating the apparently accidental death-under the hooves of rodeo bulls-of a rodeo producer preparing for the region's biggest event-Sherman's annual Fourth of July Rodeo. When her station's egocentric anchorman bungles the story outrageously, Elizabeth and Kwmt-Tv colleague Michael Paycik start digging on their own. Area rancher Thomas Burrell, whose interest in Elizabeth is more than casual, helps out with background on the rodeo and suspects-and there are plenty, because the victim had many enemies. But Tom has loyalties to some suspects as well as to the rodeo, so can he be trusted to help her lasso the truth no matter what? Patricia McLinn spent more than 20 years as an editor at the Washington Post after stints as a sports writer (Rockford, Ill.) and assistant sports editor (Charlotte, N.C.). McLinn received Ba and Msj degrees from Northwestern University. McLinn is the author of more than 25 published novels, past president of the international writers group Novelists, Inc., and instigator of AwritersWork.com. Her books-cited by reviewers for wit and vivid characterization-have topped bestseller lists and won numerous awards. McLinn has spoken about writing from Honolulu to Washington, D.C., including being a guest-speaker at the Smithsonian Institute.**

THERE WAS A BABY...Zach Corbett--as notorious for his badboy behavior as he was famous for his baby-blue eyes--is back in Tobias, Wisconsin. After eight years away, he knows he isn't coming back to any kind of warm family homecoming--but he has no idea he is coming home to a little girl who turns out to be his daughter.BUT WILL THERE BE A WEDDING?Fran Dalton never knew the woman who gave birth to Nell, but she's known Zach forever. Except, now he's different...changed. What was he doing all those years he was away? How is he adjusting to being a father? And why is he looking at Fran like she's the reason he's come back home?

A spooky legend twists grave matters.Sheila Mackey's dislike for cemeteries can't fend off her friend Clara's determination. Amid eerie legends, including a tailgating hearse, the accidental investigator is lured into sorting through deadly questions a century old, revolving around an unidentified victim known as ZigZag Jane. Who was she? How did she come to be found murdered in the cemetery more than a hundred years ago? Why is the third generation of one family devoting himself to finding the answer. Nothing follows a straight line in this historic inquiry, including conflict over their sleuthing with Teague O'Donnell, newly hired as a part-time detective in North Bend County, Kentucky. Especially when the past doesn't stay in the past and the victims multiply. From the dog park with Sheila's Gracie and Clara's Lulu, to the small town post office, to yoga class, to the historical society, and always back to...

She's a prosecutor chasing demons. He's wrestling them. Will they find proof of innocence? Or will the demons win?Every prosecutor has one – the case that won’t let go, long after the verdict. Maggie Frye’s has just jumped from nightmare to worst-case reality.Four and a half years ago, she served as special prosecutor in a remote mountain county in Commonwealth of Virginia v. J.D. Carson. Shaking off echoes of the family tragedy that drove her to be a prosecutor, she did her damnedest, despite cards stacked against her. The verdict? Not guilty. A moment that rattled her in ways she’s done her best to bury.Except now another young woman has been killed in chillingly similar circumstances.Either Maggie prosecuted the right man and got the wrong verdict or she prosecuted the wrong man and got the right verdict. Either way, a murderer went free to strike again.And there is J.D. Carson — not only...

THEY'RE NOT BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL ANYMOREThe night after their high school graduation Darcie Barrett and Anton "Zeke" Zeekowsky made love for the first time. And when Zeke left town the next day, Darcie didn't look back, even though he'd taken her seventeen-year-old heart with him.And now Darcie has convinced Zeke to come back--at least temporarily--because the town needs his help. And it's not the help Zeke is inclined to give--until he meets a boy who reminds him what it's like to be an outsider.That's the thing about Darcie--Zeke never felt out of place beside her. And even though he's "made it," there's something missing in his life. Make that someone...

Originally published by Silhouette. Dave Currick was all Matty wanted, right up until he broke her heart six years ago. Now that she’s returned to Wyoming, what she wants is to save her family ranch. Even if that means swallowing her pride and asking Dave to marry her. Doing what’s best for Matty is second nature for Dave. Even when it means marrying her in name only.

SHE NEEDED A SUBSTITUTE GROOM...FAST!Native New Yorker--and filmmaker--Kay Aaronson felt displaced enough just being in tiny Tobias, Wisconsin. But when her star actor--her "groom"--stalked off the set, she needed a replacement, ASAP. Enter Rob Dalton....Hmm--it appeared her new groom was a quick study. So quick, in fact, that Kay found herself in a fiery liplock with him before either of them knew what they were doing. And now it seemed the entire town had decided that Kay's "temporary" groom should become more permanent...no matter what Rob and Kay had to say about it!

**THE DISAPPEARING BRIDE** Their wedding was scandalous—Steve Corbett, the Corbett heir, about to marry poor, unpolished Annette Trevetti. She was a modern-day Cinderella and he'd been her Prince Charming…until another, very pregnant, woman walked into the church and Annette walked out! Seven years later Annette was back, an accomplished businesswoman who claimed she was over him. But Steve saw the longing in her eyes, noticed her breath hitch when he touched her. And he felt the warmth of her smile when she talked to his precious little girl. Dare he tell her the truth and cause more scandal? Scandal be damned! This single father wanted what he'd lost so long ago…no matter the risks!

THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A WEDDING TO PUT YOU IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE....Max Trevetti had known Suz Grant for years. He was like a big brother to her. But when he saw her at his sister's wedding, it wasn't brotherly affection he was feeling....Suz had always had a little crush on her best friend's brother, but she would have been silly to think he actually saw her as more than a pal. So why was Max suddenly acting so strange? And when he touched her, was that really electricity she felt?Could these two friends stop trying to save each other from themselves and admit they'd fallen in love?

What if the bank robber she’s after is the childhood sweetheart she might not be over?After Reggie, longing to be an investigator, spots a pattern in far-flung bank robberies, she wins approval to go undercover at three rodeos to find out more. The first day of the first rodeo, she runs into – literally – her childhood sweetheart, Chapin. And has the horrifying realization that W.C. Johnson, one of three prime suspects who fit the robbery pattern, is her Chapin — William Chapin Johnson.To keep Reggie from blabbing his name in that first instant, Chapin grabs her and kisses her. One word and she can ruin what he’s been working for.Chapin is trying to make a comeback on the QT. He’d been on the cusp of stardom as a bronc rider until a nasty injury and botched recovery leaves experts saying he’s done. As far as the rodeo world’s concerned he’s retired and living happily on...

A Princess? No Way Katie Davis is a perfectly ordinary young woman living a perfectly ordinary life in small-town Wisconsin ... isn't she? The most interesting thing about her is that she works for the men's basketball office at Ashton University. If she considers the biggest perk of the job being around assistant basketball coach Brad Spencer, that also makes her ordinary, because what woman wouldn't feel that way? So these people coming around saying she could be the long-missing granddaughter of the King of Bariavak have to be wrong ... don't they? Brad has a real soft spot for Katie. She stirs his protectiveness, his penchant for the underdog, and, possibly, certain other reactions he's not about to indulge. So he's going to do his damnedest to make sure Katie gets all that she deserves, including the crown that might be her right ... even though it means Her Royal Highness will never again look at a basketball coach from Wisconsin like he's the king of her heart. Revisit the characters you've come to love in Prelude to a Wedding, Wedding Party, Grady's Wedding, Hoops, and The Christmas Princess. In fact, you're invited to join Katie and Brad in helping celebrate the wedding of April and Hunter (The Christmas Princess.) The Wedding Series Prelude to a Wedding* Wedding Party* Grady's Wedding* The Christmas Princess Hoops (prequel to The Surprise Princess) The Surprise Princess *Get all three books at a discount in one volume in The Wedding Series boxed set. contemporary romance books, Royal romance, Sports romance books, Kidnapped romance, lost princess Author Biography From being a sports writer to editing at the Washington Post to becoming a USA Today bestselling author, Patricia McLinn follows her heart. She writes what she loves to read, and is delighted and humbled when readers love it, too. One of the things she loves is writing about Wyoming, a passion that started with a free airline ticket and a desire to go someplace she'd never seen before. Cowboys, quirky small towns, humorous characters, and spectacular landscapes - what's not to like? Now she returns every chance she gets - including visiting through her popular contemporary western romance bundles (Wyoming Wildflowers, A Place Called Home, and Bardville, Wyoming), her western historical romances, and her mystery series "Caught Dead in Wyoming." Readers praise her books for memorable and believable characters, as well as touches of humor added to romance, women's fiction, and mystery. Patricia's newest releases are the romantic comedies THE CHRISTMAS PRINCESS, the fourth book in The Wedding Series (set in Chicago and Washington, D.C - because she's not always writing westerns) and THE SURPRISE PRINCESS, the fifth book in The Wedding Series, and JACK'S HEART, the fifth story in the Wyoming Wildflowers contemporary western romance collection. For news of upcoming releases, including anthologies with fellow authors (or to hear more about her nontraditional career path), visit her website at www.PatriciaMcLinn.com or say hello on Twitter or Facebook.  

Confirmed bachelor Grady Roberts had been attending too many friends’ weddings recently. It made his single life suddenly seem less than completely satisfying. Leslie Craig, the only woman who interested Grady, was suspicious of this handsome man’s pursuit—and knew he’d wind up hurting her when he found out her secret. Contemporary Romance by Patricia McLinn; originally published by Silhouette Special Edition

Sign Off: Caught Dead in Wyoming Book 1

SOMETHING TO PROVE...Everyone thinks life has been easy for pretty, popular Jennifer Truesdale. In reality, it' s been anything but--especially since her no-good ex-husband left her in dire financial straits with a child to raise. She' ll show them all--including her impressionable daughter--that she can stand on her own.AND EVERYTHING TO LOSEAnd then, in walks her ex-brother-in-law, Trent Stenner--a former football star whose empire was nonetheless built on brains, not brawn. He' s here to replace his brother--in the family business. And just possibly, in the heart of his lovely former wife....