The Individual Books

 

	Not A Family Man By Patricia McLinn Silhouette Special Edition, January 1994     ISBN: 0-373-09864-2   “… Well-fleshed-out characters, true-to-life adventure and sensuous love scenes. This is the kind of book you read more than once just for the nice, warm feeling it leave with you.” ~ Rendezvous   Ranch foreman Tucker Gates was as uncompromising as Wyoming’s granite mountains. No way would the Double Bar X’s pretty new owner and her two kids muddy his solitude with some fool notion of making their home on the range. He’d soon send these city folk packing.   But Jenny Peters quickly found new footing on Tucker’s beloved turf. Before he knew it, powerful affections had clouded his common sense, and Tucker’s broad shoulders were reluctantly sheltering the little threesome. What now? For Tucker was rock-solid at ranching, but definitely not a family man.
	Rodeo Nights By Patricia McLinn Silhouette Special Edition, August 1994      ISBN: 0-373-09904-5   Rodeo bull rider Walker Riley had loved his young wife with every fiber of his bronc-stomped body. But … hating his reckless ways, she’d up and left, and loneliness dwelled where his soul used to be. Now Kalli’s back in Wyoming – for one brief summer – stirring up bone-deep desires Walker vowed to resist. Kalli had never stopped loving devil-may-care Walker. For ten aching years she’d simply learned to live without him. But could she survive the hot Wyoming days, the steamy rodeo nights, that were stirring up passions even a decade hadn’t dimmed?
Widow Woman By Patricia McLinn Harlequin Historical, June 1998     ISBN: 0-373-29017-9    “WIDOW WOMAN (is a ) richly textured Western about a strong woman, a dark tormented man, and a love as fierce and irresistible as the Wyoming wind ~Mary Jo Putney, New York Times bestselling author   “One of the most entertaining and interesting western historicals I’ve read in a long time.” ~Cathy Sova, The Romance Reader   Rachel Terhune was wedded to the land. The widow’s every thought was devoted to her ranch and the people who worked it, until the day she saw Nick Dusaq rising naked from the creek like some ancient river god. But would surrendering to her newfound desire mean the end to all her dreams?   Nick Dusaq’s painful past had kept him from getting close to people, until the day he signed on with the widow Terhune. But the passion that flamed between them now threatened to destroy them both.
Hoops By Patricia McLinn Silhouette Special Edition, March 1990    ISBN: 0-373-09587-2 RITA Finalist NJRW Golden Leaf winner     “Refreshingly different … Strong characterizations and perceptive insights leave a lasting impression.” ~ Romantic Times   Carolyn Trent tried damn hard to be the perfect professor, always setting logical limits, shunning long shots like love, laughter and happily ever after. Unfortunately, supervising ten rookie athletes required teamwork with sexy irreverent coach C.J. Draper. The infuriating man stormed her ivory tower, rattled her lofty standards. Threatened all her limits, put her heart through hoops.   Life had dealt him some heavy blows, but C.J. still had powerful ambitions. Pleasing Professor Trent was not among them. He deliberately chipped away at her marble-cool façade – and was dazzled by the fiery female he uncovered. Ambition paled in the dawning light of love … but could he concede all to this perplexing women who ran circles around his heart?     A New World By Patricia McLinn Silhouette Special Edition, December 1990     ISBN: 0-373-09641-0 Affaire de Coeur (contemporary author of the year) finalist   Eleanor Thalston refused to be charmed by the twinkling eyes and lilting brogue of the Irish balladeer she’d hired to strum up business for her restaurant. She was far too practical to fall for a fantasy spinner like Cahill McCrea. Yes, his commanding presence wove a tantalizing, arousing spell, but bitter reality had taught Eleanor that dreamers always drifted on, dealing in only future heartache.   Cahill longed to settle down in America. In headstrong Eleanor, he found the woman to share that future with. But he’d have to convince her of his staying power. And his time in the precious new world was running out …