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Sisters of the Lone Star Series

   

FRONTIER WOMAN, COMANCHE WOMAN and TEXAS WOMAN The prequel to the New York Times bestseller THE COWBOY.


These books cover the history of the Republic of Texas from 1836-1846. The three women featured in this series, Sloan, Bayleigh and Creighton Stewart, were raised by their father as though they were sons, which complicates their efforts to find happiness with a man. The hero in the first book is Texas Ranger Jarrett Creed; in the second, the hero is a half-breed Comanche, Walker Coburn; and in the third, the hero is Don Cruz Guerrero, a Castilian Spaniard.

* Frontier Woman was reprinted August 2001,
Comanche Woman in November 2002 and Texas Woman in September 2003.
Frontier Woman Comanche Woman Texas Woman
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FRONTIER WOMAN
Dell, ISBN 1-440-23677-0
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Frontier WomanIntroducing the unforgettable Creed dynasty, transporting us back to a wild, lawless frontier, FRONTIER WOMAN brings us a stirring, passionate story of Texas Ranger Jarrett Creed and the free-spirited beauty who captures his heart...a woman sworn to love no man...

Captured by Comanches as a boy, Jarrett Creed grew to manhood torn between two worlds.  But with the young republic under siege from ravaging Mexican armies and marauding Indian tribes alike, he made his choice.  Now, as a secret government mission brings the Texas Ranger to lovely Cricket Stewart's door, he must choose again.

The youngest daughter of a wealthy gentleman planter, Cricket lives life as she pleases and vows never to be a wife to any man.  Until the day Jarrett Creed saves her from avenging Comanches...by claiming her as his bride.

The last thing either expects is to fall in love.  But as a traitorous conspiracy and a secret tragedy test their new-found union, a wild-spirited beauty and a Texas lawman will discover just how far they will go for their precious homeland . . . and for a love that could free them from the sorrows of the past . . .

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COMANCHE WOMAN
Dell, ISBN 1-440-23680-0
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Comanche Woman

Born to a white father and his Indian bride, Long Quiet believed his destiny lay with his Comanche brothers. But his heart secretly belonged to Bayleigh Stewart, daughter of the richest cotton planter in Texas, who'd been abducted by a marauding brave and sold to the highest bidder. For years he'd searched for the violet-eyed beauty, and now a strange twist of fate led him to her.Called Shadow by her captors, Bay had almost given up hope of rescue, when a rugged stranger in buckskins appeared, risking his life to bring her home...and awakening a passion that burned hot and true. Bay knew her place was with her family. But Long Quiet hadn't found her only to lose her again. He had to convince this woman--his woman--that her true home was with him...as together they would fight for a love strong enough to bridge two worlds...

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TEXAS WOMAN
Dell, ISBN 1-440-23684-3
October 2003
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The New York Times bestselling author of The Cowboy, The Texan, and The Loner weaves her seductive magic once again as she journeys back to the lawless frontier of nineteenth_century Texas to bring us the story of two warring hearts and a seduction that began amid the fires of passion and treachery....

Texas WomanCruz Guerrero wanted Sloan Stewart from the first moment he laid eyes on the headstrong beauty. But Sloan, eldest daughter of a wealthy cotton planter, belonged to another man—until the day she came to him, a woman in trouble on the lawless frontier…and he made her an offer she could not refuse. Now he is ready to claim what is rightfully his—even as a long-ago betrayal threatens to tear her from his arms forever.Sloan swore never to be used by a man again. Only sheer desperation made her strike a bargain with the aristocratic nobleman. Now he has come to collect on the vow they made together, seducing her with tender words, determined to make her want him as he wants her. Caught in the bitter cross fire of a traitorous enemy and an embattled republic, a man bound by honor and a woman wounded by passion must dare to trust in a love that¹s strong and wild and true...

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