Lynna Banning

New Year, new family! 

Heading West, pregnant widow Jenna Borland's life surely can't get any more complicated–until fate throws Lee Carver across her path. She resents his help, but she needs him to drive her wagon over the Great Plains. 

Lee can't fathom why this prickly woman gets under his skin. But as the journey brings these two outsiders together, he wonders if Jenna and her baby could be just what he needs to begin a new life with a brand-new family!

'Ladies unite. Votes for women!'

Caroline MacFarlane has one mission in life. The pain she experienced at the hands of her father is numbed when she stands on stage and teaches the world that women are just as strong, rational and capable as men!  

But when her safety is threatened, suddenly protective sheriff Hawk Rivera is glued to her side — day and night! This unexpected bodyguard has Caroline's life in his hands, and she's surprised to find that Hawk's commanding presence is not just reassuring, but enticing, too…

When she had trekked into the mountains with Cord Lawson to save a life, she'd thought that book learning was all that mattered. Now, one rain-soaked river swim and bare-chested kiss in the sun later, she knew that being alive meant feeling things. But could Sage survive the heartbreak when her tantalising tutor resumed his wandering ways? Life was uncertain, so a man took his pleasures where he found them. That was the law that Cord Lawson lived by.

But when he found Sage West everything changed, for this surprising lady doctor sparked something new in his footloose soul – a certainty that he'd at last come home!

“I want you to marry me.”

A wedding in Smoke River, Oregon…

Marianne Collingwood has inherited a business, the perfect escape from her life of drudgery. There's one condition: to claim the business, she must be married! Her coworker, handsome Lance Burnside, will have to be the groom – this marriage of convenience will help them both. Only once it's too late does she consider the question of the marriage bed they must share…

A cattle drive is no place for a greenhorn. But this city miss is here for the ride!

Cowboy Zachariah Strickland should put Alexandra Murray on the first eastbound train home. But he has no choice except to take her on his cattle trail. She hasn't ridden a horse to death, or shot anybody, but she does drive him furious with longing. Is it possible Alex belongs right here in the Wild West – with Zach?

This town's not big enough for both of us… 

Self–proclaimed spinster Jessamine Lassiter is striving to keep Smoke River's newspaper afloat when Cole Sanders rides into town to start up a rival paper. Emotions run high as Cole's constant, infuriating presence causes sparks to fly both in and out of the office! 

But does he truly desire Jess, or is he just waiting to put her out of business? Whatever it is he wants, she's prepared to fight him all the way…

MAIL–ORDER MARRIAGE 

It's whispered in Smoke River that single father Thad MacAllister is a few quarters short of a dollar: his ambitious plans for his farm are downright crazy and his young son is heading off the rails. This family needs a woman's touch! 

But the arrival of Leah Cameron, Thad's mail–order bride, causes a ripple of disapproval. Oregon is a far cry from China, and to make her dream of family come true, Leah will have to win over the townsfolk…and unlock the secrets of her husband's shattered heart.

A baby to bring them together…

When Dr Zane Dougherty swept Winifred Von Dannen's sister off to Smoke River, Winifred was resentful but now she wants to be part of her late sister's baby's life. That means dealing with Zane and the shadows of loneliness — and incredible hunger — she sees in his eyes.

Zane knows he and his infant daughter are truly blessed. But he wants more. He wants Winifred! Is there a way he can mend this broken family and care for them forever?

A home for the drifter... 

Cordell Winterman is haunted by his mistakes. Broke and hungry, he takes a job as a hired man on Eleanor Malloy's farm.

Eleanor needs help. Her kids are running wild and the place is held up by spit and rust. But as Cord helps set her home to rights, Eleanor realises that she doesn't just need this enigmatic drifter…she wants him too!

Extra! Extra! Mail-Order Brides Compete To See Who Can Deliver!

That should be the headline in the Gazette, Lolly Mayfield swore. Here she'd gotten up the gumption to answer an ad, only to find herself competing for bride status against two other women, with Kellen Macready as the extremely eligible–and very masculine–prize!

If it weren't for charity, Kellen Macready would never have agreed to be the grand prize in a public matchmaking contest. But then he'd never have met Lolly Mayfield–sassy, direct, outrageous and the one woman in the competition, or out of it, able to make his slumbering heart wake up and sing!