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HISTORICAL WESTERN SERIES

QUINLIN PROXY BRIDES

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A promise to their dying father was why Mhairi Quinlin wanted to strangle the life out of her twin sisters.Mhairi hid an awful secret. Her vow never to marry has been usurped by her sisters’ harebrained scheme. She would accept no man as husband.

At six foot six, grown men had fled in the face of Connor Smythe’s anger.He came to Arkansas for land. But the moment his eyes roamed over Mhairi’s rose petal skin, beautifully shaped lips, and violet eyes, Connor claimed her as his own.

Now Mhairi faces the fight of her life.

Betrayal has left Janna Quinlin broken hearted. But a honey-eyed desperado and the gift of a derringer change her life forever. She embarks on a bold journey.

A charmer, a global traveler, a connoisseur of languages and the arts, H. G. Sheffield is on the precipice of having all his dreams come to fruition.

Betrayal brings Janna and H. G. together. But Intrigue and jealousy threatens to destroy their tender beginning.

In a dance as old as time, they seek the ultimate prize—a love worth fighting for.

Kelsey Quinlin’s promise to her father stood between her and her happy ever after dreams. Jumping into things impulsively without thinking through the consequences has cost her everything. Now her dreams are in shambles.

Slade guards his heart. A woman’s betrayal has left a deep wound. And a blatant snub from Kelsey irks him. Although warned he was playing with fire, Slade decided the spitfire needed a lesson in manners.

But sometimes when you back a spitfire into a corner, they come out fighting.

COWBOY WEDDING SERIES

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He’d rather break wild horses than court a woman—and she’d rather tame a society husband than marry a cowboy.

Arkansas Mustang Breaker, Johnny McBride’s life had been dedicated to training horses. The time has come for him to marry, but his parent’s fiery romance has set the bar high. They have their sights set on the girl next door, but Johnny won’t settle for a lukewarm romance.

A spinster aunt is tasked with finding her sassy niece, Lisa Goldberg, a suitable husband. At the first gala party of the season, Lisa discovers a twisted tryst that implicates the man she fancies as a nefarious philanderer.

Sparks fly when Johnny and Lisa meet at an esteemed NYC horse auction. He thinks her a spoiled rich girl. She thinks he’s just a horse handler. Their love-hate relationship spans from NYC to Arkansas. Only after tragedy strikes does Johnny realize that he may have lost the love of his life.

But destiny has a twisted sense of humor—and the heart always knows where it belongs.

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From battlefield scars to second chance, his hardest fight will be for her.

Tildon Clayburn survived a bitter war and the heartbreak that followed, wandering west until he found a home—and a sense of peace—at the McKenzie Horse & Cattle Ranch.

Just as he’s ready to ask the woman he loves to be his wife, Carlota Perez-Sanchez is kidnapped and taken across the border to the gold-ridden hills of California.

Defiant in the face of captivity, Carlota refuses to break. But her path to freedom is steeped in danger—and only one man is willing to risk everything to bring her home.

As Til races against time, facing bullets, betrayal, and a legacy soaked in silver and blood, both must fight for more than survival. They must fight for the future they have only just begun to build.

From Tennessee to the Spanish ranch lands of California, The Cowboy & the Spanish Ranchero’s Daughter is a sweeping story of resilience, devotion, and a love powerful enough to claim the land—and the hearts—it touches.

McKENZIE SISTERS SERIES

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The Choko Travers Outlaw Gang with bounties on their heads for bank robbery, murder and rape kidnapped Rosie McKenzie and hightailed it into the wilderness of the Appalachian Mountains. If she dares to escape, she will face the possibility of attack from wild critters: wolves, cougar, or bear, death by hypothermia, injury, illness, or starvation. But better death than what awaits her at the hands of the ruthless outlaw gang.

Half Cherokee Indian, Gabe Long Tree Sullivan, renowned tracker stands six feet eight in his sock feet. His cold, deadly composure and quick hand with a pistol made him a legend. A dead shot with a shotgun or rifle and just as lethal with a knife in hand-to-hand combat, whispers range the west on how he earned the moniker, Wild Man Sullivan. They have his woman. Hell is coming to breakfast.

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Banished to Arkansas to break her heart’s resolve, Rebecca never expected to find her purpose.
He’s been running from the past he can’t outride.
What they find together could change everything.

Rebecca McKenzie never imagined her path would lead to the heart of New York’s racing elite—or into the arms of a man with a dangerous past.

Deacon Webber is a reformed outlaw determined to prove he’s worthy of a second chance. But in a world that doesn’t easily forget, starting over isn’t so simple.

When a daring prison break threatens everything they’ve built, Rebecca and Deacon are thrust into the spotlight. A deadly confrontation will force them to fight not only for justice—but for the future they scarcely dared to hope for.

Back home in Tennessee, fences remain unmended. Rebecca must choose between holding onto old wounds… or opening her heart to the family she thought she lost.

A stirring tale of forgiveness, redemption, and love that refuses to give up—

The Outlaw’s Bride is a sweeping historical romance where the strongest bonds are forged through fire.

GUNSLINGER WEDDING SERIES

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How does a boy become a man of honor when everything he’s ever loved has been stolen or slain?

Jacob Calder isn’t looking for trouble—just justice. When a raid leaves his world in ruins, he sets off to track down Cullin “Red” Hobart, the man he holds responsible. Along the way, he teams up with Tom Early, a gruff loner with a tarnished reputation and a score of his own to settle. Their uneasy partnership is bound by a single promise: Jake will help clear Tom’s name if Tom helps him find Red.

But when gold fever pulls them off course and a federal marshal starts sniffing around, Jake must decide whether vengeance is worth the price—or if there’s still a chance to rewrite his story before it ends in gun smoke.

Merilee Grisham believed in her father’s dream—until it turned to dust.

Drawn into the silver fever that swept the West, her father’s ambition left them destitute… and Merilee vulnerable. Abducted and forced into a life she never chose, she’s trapped in a boomtown brothel with nothing left to believe in—until Jake Calder walks through the door.

He’s no stranger to violence. She’s no stranger to pain. But together, they just might find the strength to reclaim their lives—and forge a future written not in blood or silver, but in love.

A tale of redemption, revenge, and the kind of love that only grows in the ashes of the past.
Welcome to the Gunslinger Wedding Series.

© Susie Clifft Smith

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THE PORCHLIGHT FILES

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When small-town florist Shelley Harper hosts a yard sale to clear out clutter, she expects a few bargains and maybe some gossip—not a box of evidence linked to a decade-old crime.

At first, the items seem odd but harmless: a dusty apron, a flash drive, a photo taken from her own yard. But when a human skull turns up and a stranger with too many secrets steps out of the shadows, Shelley realizes someone planted more than junk—they planted a trap.

Now, the sale is shut down, her shop’s under watch, and her quiet life is unraveling. With a missing girl’s name resurfacing and the sheriff’s badge beginning to tarnish, Shelley must decide how far she’ll go to uncover the truth… and who she can trust when the killer may be someone she’s known all along.

A cozy mystery with a twist of menace, The Junk Sale Murders is a story of forgotten things, buried secrets, and the danger of underestimating a woman who notices everything.

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