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A Laura Creek Sweet Romance – Book 3 1882 Blue Mountains, Oregon. Quinn O'Bannon found his niche managing the Laura Creek Mercantile. His cousin Wren, the owner of the mercantile, would like him to choose a wife and settle down. Free to take up his own pursuits and interests, out from under his big brother's influence, Quinn is at last making his own way, his way. As a bachelor, flattered, he's sought after, included in every social gathering, and considered an asset to the company. He enjoys the experience and yes, he likes to test it, see how far he can go with his easy smile and playful ways. All is fun and games until one day a young woman, with three children in tow, enters his store and brazenly, in broad daylight, defiantly steals a coil of rope. The boy accompanying her swipes some apples. Laura Creek is a small town and thieving is practically unheard of. Quinn had, as a boy, thieved, stole his share of apples. Now, though, on the other side of the counter, he doesn't care for the game at all. After the thieving vixen and her gang's appearance, things come up missing from his brother's farm, his cousin's porch, and lumber and building materials are disappearing from the loading dock. Quinn thinks he knows who's doing the pilfering, but why specifically from the O'Bannons and no one else in town mystifies him. Who is she? And where's the gang's hideout? The mystery surrounding this young woman's appearance begins to interfere with his social life, and his flirtation with two pretty and highly eligible young ladies of interest. Orphaned with no home and very little hope, Tru McAdam, in charge of what's left of her family: her brother Ryder, her baby brother Jewel and her little sister Melody arrive in Laura Creek seeking vengeance on the O'Bannons. It was an O'Bannon who cheated their father at cards and won their home. It was an O'Bannon who drove their father to commit suicide and their mother to fade away, die of shame and hopelessness. Quinn O'Bannon, the son of the lying cheat responsible for Tru and her brothers and her sister's current homeless state, isn't exactly who and what Tru thought he'd be. Turns out there's a generous and thoughtful man behind Quinn O'Bannon's boyish façade. His flirtatious smile and flashing dark eyes make him hard to resist, and nearly impossible for her to maintain any level of hatred. Much to Tru's dismay, she soon comes to the conclusion Quinn O'Bannon is why she's here. Destiny brought her to Laura Creek under the guise of vengeance. But vengeance, it turns out, does not yield satisfaction. No, she's here to meet her destiny. Quinn O'Bannon is her destiny. And something else. She was led here with a purpose. Quinn is part of that purpose, but there is more. Quinn's despicable, dangerous and deranged daddy, the man responsible for the homeless McAdam children, is on the loose again. He must be stopped. Tru McAdam fulfills her destiny in more than one way in this tale.

A Laura Creek Sweet Romance Escaping the machinations of her conniving, ruthless uncle, the intrepid Wren O'Bannon forms the Big O'Corporation and purchases, sight unseen, a mercantile located in the remote Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon. Driving her own freight wagons full of merchandise, with her dog Mac as her sole companion, Wren arrives at her destination. Is she heralded as a hero for arriving alive with her cargo intact? Is she welcomed as a savior, bringing staples and supplies to this out-of-the-way, podunk little village? Not a bit! No sooner does she alight from her wagon than she finds herself accused of thievery, chicanery, and out and out fraud. Sheriff Telt Longtree, confronted with a potentially explosive situation taking place on the street of his heretofore peaceful little town, finds himself serving as a mediator between the accuser, banker Howard Buttrum, and one grubby little muleskinner gal who claims to be the new owner of the mercantile. A farce ensues, and the stubborn, indefatigable entrepreneur Wren O'Bannon flies in the face of the banker's prejudice against women owning and operating a business, while she denies her inclination to get all gooey inside whenever the sheriff is near. Although confused, Sheriff Longtree, intrigued to find this muleskinner gal is not grubby at all but rather lush and utterly fascinating, grows relentless in his pursuit to uncover all her secrets. One by one, the citizens of Laura Creek add their voices, their complications, and their speculations to the controversy. Meanwhile, the real, vindictive, and very dangerous enemy, Wren's ruthless uncle, plots and plans his destruction of her dreams.

Royce O'Bannon doesn't think much of himself, hungover, feeling worthless, doomed to be nothing more than a skunk and a drunk like his old man. He holds little hope for his own future but would like to think his younger brother Quinn could do better than waste his life aiding and abetting their old man in his hedonistic pursuit of depravity. Their cousin Wren offers the brother's another way, a way far from their father's destructive influence. But cousin Wren's way means a dull life of work, no booze, no excitement or willing women. If they refuse her offer, Royce and Quinn are certain to do serious time for their misdeeds. Caught between a rock and a hard place, the brothers choose Laura Creek. Bucking against the constraints and conditions put upon him, Royce keeps one thought in mind, escape from the no-nothing little mountain village of Laura Creek. And then one cold fall night, the beautiful, crippled, courageous music teacher, Cleantha Arnaud, entered his life. Their instant attraction to one another inspires Royce as no other man or woman has ever inspired him before. For her, Royce embraces the concept he can be better, do better even though he sees little hope he'll ever be worthy, or be able to provide for her, give her the home, the life she deserves. Cleantha, feeling more as a broken ornament than a living being with needs, desires, and dreams, sees beneath the cocky, bad-boy façade of the town's infamous reprobate, Royce O'Bannon. She sees a kindred spirit—an outcast, an oddity like herself. Admitting to their weaknesses and insecurities, their mutual passion for music seals the bond between them. The dream in sight, Cleantha at his side, a life of bliss and fulfillment, and peace within their reach, all is shattered by the one true Reprobate, Stanly O'Bannon, Royce's sire. Daddy is a hard-drinking, ruthless man out for revenge against his traitorous sons and the town that gave them a second chance. Royce will have to face down his demons to survive. Cleantha holds the key to hope and Royce holds the key to her heart. Together they both know all too well. They are as a bow to the fiddle…the one is nothing without the other.

Anora Claire Sennet, her parents, her Aunt Carrie, and her husband, Ruben Tillery, start out from Iowa in 1841, headed for the Oregon Territory. Her parents'dream, to build a ferry-crossing in the verdant Oregon territory known as the Willamette Valley. But Anora finds herself alone with Ruben, who uses her as his personal slave, abusing her and breaking her spirit until there is hardly anything left of her former bright and beautiful self. Ruben is working the ferry of her parents'dream under the name of Ben Talbot in Tekenah, Oregon. She remembers very little of how she got to be in this situation. She only knows her parents and aunt are dead. Tiring of the hard work of the ferry, and seeking new victims to conquer, Ruben/Ben abandons her and leaves Anora with no pleasant choices for survival. Neither Whit Comstock, the handsome drifter cowboy from her past, who brings with him his optimism, nor the ambitious, up and coming Paxton Hayes with his vision of a fruitful, prosperous partnership, nor Paxton's brother-in-law, Hank Reason, can erase or expunge from Anora's memory the nightmares of her past, or the fear of what Ruben will do to her when he returns and finds her still breathing. Hank's wife, Lydia, close to delivering her second child, requests Anora come help with the Reason's ailing little girl, Isabell. Lydia delivers a stillborn son and dies of a broken heart. Now, living in a home with two bachelors, Anora's presence in Paxton Hayes'home creates a swirl of nasty gossip among the citizens of the fledgling frontier town. Her place is across the river, working the ferry on her own and to hell with those who claim they only want to help her. Deathly afraid of the river, working the ferry day in and day out is a living purgatory. The days and months pass, and there is no sign of Ruben. Anora's friendship with Hank Reason grows, but where will it lead? Where is Ruben and when will he return? What about the ferry? What should she do with it? Anora is faced with gut-wrenching decisions, and the fear of Ruben's eventual return haunts her. Can she put Hank and his daughter in danger? Will she ever find the peace and love she desires?

Oregon in the late 1800's has never seen anything like Melody McAdam. Independent and beautiful, the feisty trick-rider and her horse Maji are traveling incognito when they meet up with the man who might have a chance at her wild heart. Home lovin'cowboy Van Buxton set out on an adventure and found more than he'd bargained for in the form of an injured girl traveling alone and her amazing horse. Neither of the pair has a clue how to carry on a courtship, even though a blind mule could see how in love they are. To bring the romance to its obvious conclusion, friends and family on Dance Hall Road take a hand.

Buck Hoyt runs a whore house in the back end of nowhere. Scruffy and cantankerous, he hauls in the whores in the spring and sends them packing in the fall. In winter, Buck, a dedicated recluse, reads, writes, and grows his hair. But this winter, Petra Yurvasi, and her newborn son impose on his solitude. Now shaved and shorn, Buck's only purpose is to please and protect his woman and her child. Can he keep them safe from the evil brothers who want her silenced forever? If they face the evil together, they have a chance.

No, Gabriel Buxton didn't think his brother Van exaggerated in his letter urging Gabe to “get home before all hell breaks loose.” Foolishly, Gabe let slip his plan to go home to his fiancée, Edditha Millican, and his future mother-in-law, Adella. Now he had no way to keep them from discovering the shady past of Hoyt's Hot Spring, the identity of his nefarious, brutal birth father, and the circumstances of how and where he'd entered this world. But the real threat is Birdie-Alice Bollo, the nuisance from his childhood. All grown up, she could tempt a saint with her luscious body and perky, fiery presence. The plan to conduct a safe and circumspect life with Edditha Millican could be in jeopardy. Yep, this trip home has disaster written all over it

1889, Baker City, Oregon. Pinkerton agent Ryder McAdam enlists the aid of a novice schoolmarm by the name of Josephine Buxton to help him round up a family-run gang of train robbers and human traffickers. This passionate partnership proves uncomfortable, inconvenient, and unconventional, an unlikely match to last for all time.