Bøger af Rita Hestand

Emma is on the run to save her baby. Deke needs a housekeeper and cook. Emma fits the bill, but he's got other plans for her. She doesn't know it yet but she'll be the first bride on the 4 Bar None Ranch in years.

There'd been several killings in Melville. Unusual killings, no witnesses, no clues, and no suspects. Sheriff Jim Bonner was having a time trying to narrow his search down. He had no idea where to look, or what he might be looking for. Whoever was doing this to his peaceful town was clever and covered his tracks. So Jim set about setting a trap for the villian

Sarah Mills had a contract to marry within the year, in Vada, or go back home. She was enamored with the Preacher Man, Luke Miller, but he didn't know she existed. Could it be he thought her too young?

Maggie Hilton is a singing sensation at the Golden Slipper Opera House, she's even set her cap for the Mayor of Vada. Trouble is, she finding she has less in common with him than she does with the handsome Indian, Dakota that has become her bodyguard. Dakota offers her warm arms, hot kisses, and a sense of protections she has longed for. But can she learn to live in his world?

Julie McKay's father died, and now she had to go home and face the music. What worried Julie wasn't facing Cade Weston once more, but her daughter facing him. How would Kellie react once she knew Cade was her father?

Four Short Stories for Young Adults and New Adults: Gentle Ben-Ben comes home from Juvenile and needs a job, and old school mate helps him get it. Part of me-Amy Benefield is pregnant. Kevin is the father, but he won't own up to it, even though Amy was a virgin when he took her. Now her other best friend Carson Walker steps up and offers her marriage. Easy to Love-When best friends become more than best friends, what could possibly be the problem. Could age and race alone separate the two love birds? Forever Man-Jolene had been abused by her father even before her mother died. So when Luke Garza came along and wanted to date her, she knew her father would never permit that.

Three Short Stories, Get a Life, about a girl who lost her father in the service and needs to find a life. Paroled on Love, the story of a girl on parole who learned what family and love is all about. Off Limits, the story of a young girl with a huge crush on a guy that too old for her.

Cully was hired to take a wagon train load of mail order brides to the California gold fields. Cully knew it would be no easy feat, and that they had no idea what they were getting into. Still, it was a job, and he'd do it to the best of his ability, even if it meant teaching them to shoot, ride and handle a team of ornery horses and mules.

True love can strike like a bolt of lightning at any time...Jake Travers has reluctantly studied law all his life. And as the local sheriff, he has no time for romantic entanglements-between helping his seriously ill father and his brother on their West Texas Ranch, his life is chaotic enough.When recently divorced Samantha Courtland moves back to town with her sick mother, things start looking up for Jake. Although, he needs to focus on his obligations and duties, Jake can't help finding excuses to spend time with the beautiful and kindhearted, Samantha.Once Jake tells her his big secret, that he wants to skip his bar exams to become a preacher, she encourages him to follow his dreams. Their untimely attraction leads to a greater love than either one of them expected. Now he's determined to change his life and ask his dream-girl to marry him.Before they can get their happy-ever-after, Jake is unexpectedly the victim of a devastating accident. Only Samantha's love and faith can hold them together in the face of such dire tragedy.But if their bond isn't strong enough, everything they hope to have together someday could be destroyed. . .

Rusty Peters moved to Hard Tack and became their Sheriff, leaving his medical career and wife behind in Melville.Elmer Martin was looking for a new chance at life. He'd done some dastardly things and he wanted to change. So he became John Conroy to the citizens of Hard Tack. John prospered in Hard Tack, becoming the local butcher for the cafe. He met and fell in love with a ranchers daughter, Penelope Carver. Things were definitely looking up for John.That is until his partner was murdered and John found out who did it. He had to keep his mouth shut if he wanted to continue with his good life.If that weren't enough, he got word that his sister was in big trouble because of the crimes he'd committed in Melville. He had to straighten things out for her. She didn't deserve the trouble she had. But would he be in time?All he ever wanted was to find a good life and live it. He'd found it, but keeping it proved more difficult by the moment. Could a man who had murdered turn his life around? Could he be the man he knew deep down he wanted to be? Or would the past catch up to him and destroy him?

The only girl that stood out in Carson Wells past was Kathy Malone. She stunned him when he took her and found her a virgin. She was a loyal companion, she had character and strength about her. And she was the only girl that broke up with him first, not the other way around. He'd looked her up on line, studied her siblings bios and was convinced she was the only one to take care of his son, Marty

After his brother lost the deed to the ranch in a poker game and was killed in a shoot-out, Quint Hadley decided it was time to take matters into his own hands. When lovely Priscilla Brewster stood waiting for a ride to the Banks ranch, Quint obliged. Seeing an opportunity to getting his place back, he kidnapped Priscilla. However, Cilla was no ordinary girl, and he was about to find that out!

Savannah Kingsley wanted to marry Chad most of her life. That is until she found him in the rose garden with the best man. Shocked and hurt, Savannah didn't know what to do, so she ran. She took her parents car and headed west to an aunt she hadn't seen in years. Running smack dab into the law wasn't in her plans.

How could Chester Smith bet his wife in a poker game? And worse still, he lost! Trish was up a creek. Lost to a professional gambler, she felt doomed, until he made her a bargain. She couldn't be divorced for three years according to the law, so Gil Davis offered to take care of her if she'd be his companion for the next three years at his poker games. Sounded easy enough, but was it?

Trish was married to Chester. She wasn't happy, but she was content, until Chester lost her in a poker game. Trish was devastated. How could he do such a thing? Gil Davis offered Trish a proposition. If she'd stay with him for the next three years, and come to the gambling tables with him, he'd pay her a small salary, and take care of her until she was able to get a divorce.Could she trust Gil? Did he offer her heaven or hell? And how could she keep her heart safe for three long years.

Wendy McKay had always had a crush on Wade Weston. She truly thought she was in love with the man. But admittedly, Wade was too old, and something became even clearer, something was very, very wrong with Wade. When Sam Jamison walked into her life, she grabbed hold and didn't let go, but Wade was out to convince her that Sam was not good enough for her.

Sweet old fashioned romance. When Tanka Amory's daughters go behind his back and hire a mail order nanny Tanka is furious. How could they do such a thing? He was still grieving for his Gina. He'd just have to find a way to get rid of her.

Anna Rogers was a woman who obeyed orders all her life, living with her army father who instilled in her to never cry. So Anna learned to use another emotion, her temper. But when her wedding party was massacred and she was left alive, she naturally attacked the handsome breed Lucas who tried to save her. Lasing out at him with her temper until she realized she needed him to take her to Fort Kearney, a nearly 900 mile journey. But her biggest problem was avoiding the attraction that suddenly flared between her and Lucas

Jessie Coleman was sent to bring Maggie, the Black Widow in. She was the most notorious Union spy and responsible for the deaths of many Rebels. But Jessie took one good look at her and knew he couldn't turn her in. He was falling quickly under her spell. But he did turn her in, after they spent a couple days making love. It was the hardest thing he'd ever done. After the war was over, Maggie was released only to be chased by ex-Rebel soldiers who sought justice, and avenge the deaths of their friends.Maggie ran...straight for Jessie's place.Jessie was thrilled to see Maggie, but he was in for a surprise when she introduced him to his daughter. Jessie couldn't have been happier. He wanted to make them a family, he loved Maggie and his baby girl.But Maggie was persued by relentless foe and keeping her alive proved to be an every day task.Could they ever be happy and free of the men that wanted to kill her?

Chance Montgomery was back after ten long years. Bent on vengeance now and Jenny had to set him straight before it was too late. He wanted justice. And for some reason he wanted to give Jenny a chance at life that she'd never had. She was his good deed, and so much more!.

Jemma Lawson had grown up with Jimmy Hawk at Fort Griffin. Jimmy Hawk was an Arapaho Indian but Jemma considered him just a boy. They were best friends until he went off to college. When he came back though things had changed. She was a white girl to Jimmy now, and he was an Indian. Jemma couldn't accept this. She'd treated him like any other boy all her life. But JImmy had saved her from countless accidents. He had become her hero over the years. Now he was intentionally putting her in her place. And that might have been alright if she hadn't been falling in love with him all that time.

Jodi Parker needed help getting the town's herd of cattle to market in Kansas. Her foreman, who had broke his back told her to get Hunter Johnson. Jodi realized that Hunter was the scum of the county and hated asking him for help, but she as in a fix. What could she do?Two unlikely characters come together ti save the town of Esser Crossing. Both of them carried secrets that could make or destroy them. Together they carved an empire.

Andrea Colbert was home, to find her father very sick, her brothers trying to sell the ranch out from under him and her ex-husband a bitter man. But the love they once shared, still held a dangerous spark for them both. Could they ever rekindle the love they once shared or was it forever gone?

Randal Thomas made it abundantly clear that Jo Ella Masterson would never be anything but a whore at Al's Saloon. But Jo Ella had other plans. Unlike most of the others she could read and when she found a newspaper ad for mail-order-brides, she talked half of Al's girls into finding a husband and settling down as real ladies.When the stagecoach caring the girls overturned on a sharp curve in the road, the girls were battered and bruised. When Harry Jones, the Sheriff of Veda rescues Jo Ella and the girls, they are taken to the doctor and then to the boardinghouse in Veda. Ma Jones, Harry's mother owned the boardinghouse. She'd be looking out for them. But immediately Jo Ella is pulled between two attractive men, Harry the Sheriff and a dangerous looking cattle rancher named Dillon. Dillon was just shy of the law all the time and intriguing. Harry on the other hand was dependable and always straight with her. When a bank robbery goes wrong and Jo Ella is kidnapped, Harry goes after her. Dillon follows and meets up with Harry. Harry informs Dillon he can rescue Jo Ella, because Harry is going after the robbers. Somehow, Jo Ella must choose between the two of them. Jo Ella is tempted by Dillon, but will the straight and narrow Sheriff be her real hero?

Home from the war, Joe Armstrong doesn't wait to marry his sweetheart. From the moment he touched her lips he knew he had set the lie into motion. But Joe and his brother conceded it was the only way for eitherof them to have what they really wanted in life. Sam hadn't come home yet, he was sick with the yellow fever in San Antonio. So Joe was left to carry out their bold plan.Melanie was enraptured with Joe's changed ways. Both her and his father blamed it on the war and the dreadful pirates that had shanghaied both Joe and Sam after the war. But the bad times were behind him, so he thought.His honeymoon was the fantasy he'd dreamed of. Everything was going as they planned. All accept the lie between Joe and Melanie.Lying to his father wasn't hard, but Melanie.. Sooner or later, the truth had to come out, and what would be left of his dream world then? Would Melanie still love him when she learned the truth or would he lose everything. The deception he and his brother had cooked up, could have explosive consequences.

Beth Sawyer's Pa gambled away money he didn't have. So he gave his daughter in holy matrimony to Wade Cahill. She didn't know Wade. And although she was of age, she knew little about being a woman. But judging from his kisses, Wade knew how to change that. Her mother gave her some sage advice, "Just follow you heart." She told her.

A son he never knew he had, sent Mitch to West Texas to bring him home. But he hadn't counted on running into his voluptuous Aunt who wouldn't consider letting Mike go without her. From the moment they met, it was an attraction neither could deny, but Sarah had a lot to lose if this romance wasn't for real. Hot blooded and warm hearted, she was his Cinderella.

Sam McKay's father admits while dying that Sam is not his blood child. So Sam feels lost not knowing anything about his real folks, he seeks to find something to end the puzzle. He goes on a sabatical vacation to locate his half sister and find out what happened when he was a baby.Meanwhile school teacher, Lacey Malone is challenged by the Dean of the exclusiive all grils school to get an eduacation in having fun, as he sees her unfit to take the girls on a summer vacation.Sam and Lacey's first meeting is on a deserted beach where he is finally finding an outlet for his misery, and she is skinny dipping in the ocean. But for some reason Sam keeps bumping into Lacey and the more he sees her, the more interested he becomes. Lacey seems bent on torturing herself into doing things she can't tolerate. Sam is afraid to meet his real family alone. Together theyfind a common bond and take a vacation that neither of them will ever forget.Can anyone fall in love in a week?

Part One consists of the first three books in the series Heart of a Lady Dancing with the Preacher Man Last Bride, Last Man

Nadine Williams hadn't found a man to marry yet. She was one of the last mail-order-brides to come from the Red River Valley. If she didn't fulfill her contract, she'd be working in a saloon, where she came from. But finding a black man to marry in Vada was nearly impossible. That is until Gabrielle Lewis came home to see his sister.