Rogues and Desperadoes

Another heart-warming, page-turning Patricia Rice western!

Philadelphia heiress Alicia Stanford has a thousand reasons never to trust a man again. Only, when she flees to hide her shame in the western wilderness, the tantalizing Mississippi keelboatman who takes her to freedom forcefully reminds her that she’s in a man’s world.

Books in the Rogues and Desperadoes series:

Lord Rogue Book #1

Moonlight and Memories Book #2

Shelter from the Storm Book #3

Wayward Angel Book #4

Denim and Lace Book #5

Keywords: aristocrat, marriage of convenience, English viscount, secret heir, pregnancy, Delaware Native American Indian, wealthy, pioneer, frontier, bad boy, pioneer, Regency, scandal, spinster, betrayal, disguise

Laura Kincaid has loved Cash Wycliffe since childhood, even though she knows a tenant farmer's headstrong son is the last man on earth a well-bred Kentucky lady should acknowledge. As a ruggedly handsome gambler and shameless womanizer, he goes west to make his fortune.

 When Cash returns with the gold he swore he’d win, he has eyes only for Laura's cousin Sallie, a Southern belle as dazzlingly beautiful as she is coldly calculating.

 But Laura lets her heart rule her fate... and amid the tumult of the Civil War and its aftermath, she surrenders to her desire for a man who makes no promises... armed only with a woman's sense that love is destined to flower where passion flames...

 keywords:

Kentucky, horses, antebellum,aristocrat

Her real name is Lady Alexandra Theodora Beaumont, the daughter of an abusive British lord. Rescued by Quakers from near drowning, little "Dora" grows up as a typical Quaker child. No one knows of her past, not even the boy Dora adores, Pace Nicholls, hellion son of a local slaveholder.

 As Pace and Dora reach adulthood in war-torn Kentucky, Pace defiantly frees the family slaves, leaves his law practice, and joins the Union army. Dora is always there to nurse his wounds and aid his rebellions.

 Pace has no excuse except war's insanity for taking her in wanton self-indulgence and not giving his heart, never guessing that the tables would one day turn. The noble and beautiful Lady Alexandra who once came so willingly into his arms could be swept forever out of his reach… unless this time he offers the love he’s never known.

"A gifted story teller"—Romantic Times

"Ms. Rice does a great job of creating a fast-paced story with appealing characters and interesting subplots."—Paperback Forum

Samantha Neely thought she might have to kill Sloan Talbott. She finally has her chance to confront the man she believes responsible for her father's disappearance. To do so, she has to prove she’s woman enough to bring down the handsomest, most sinfully dangerous man she's ever met.

 Sloan Talbott might call Sam a ragtag redheaded tomboy, but her honeyed voice taunts him. In denims, she makes him crazy. In lace, she makes him wild. Concealing his own private demons, Sloan doesn’t need a woman revealing what kind of man he really is. He can’t let himself love her, but he can’t stop wanting her. Instead, he offers a proposition she ought to refuse…

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Romantic Reader, Laurie Likes Books 4 hearts—“an intense and satisfying romance, with wonderful chemistry between the lead characters.”

Donita Lawrence, Bell, Book, and Candle—“ a great story with humor, romance, and action….Excellent 4 ½ bells”

Denim and Lace

"An exceptionally well-crafted novel." —Romantic Times (4 ½ stars Gold)

Keywords: western, California, bad boy, twins, American historical romance, gold mining, physician, pioneer, frontier

Maria Connolly has courage and beauty, but does she have what it takes to fight cattle thieves and a handsome but deadly gunfighter her father hired before he died?