Paty Jager

• Feb-2026
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• Nov-2025
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What do you think of when you hear the word Navigate? Do you think of using cell phone apps to help you drive from one place to another? Or do you think of navigating life and its ups and downs? Or perhaps you think of navigating the stars. In this c...

• Sep-2025
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In the remote, snowbound wilderness of Oregon's Eagle Cap Mountains, a sled dog race turns deadly.State Trooper Gabriel Hawke is teaching winter survival to Search and Rescue recruits when he's called in to find a missing musher. Arriving at the race...

• Jul-2025
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In the close-knit town of Auburn, Oregon, Andi Clark's therapy animals bring comfort to the community, especially during the holiday season. As the annual Christmas Craft Bazaar draws near, Andi agrees to set up a Petting Zoo with her beloved animals...

• Jun-2025
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 A Fentanyl death.A missing woman.Dela Alvaro, head of the Spotted Pony Casino security, and Heath Seaver, a Umatilla Tribal Detective, join forces with the FBI to find Dela's missing basket-weaving instructor and put a stop to a lethal drug flo...

• Jan-2025
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In the heart of the wilderness, the hunter becomes the hunted.Gunshots shatter the quiet of Oregon's Eagle Cap Wilderness, drawing Oregon State Trooper Gabriel Hawke into action. Following the sound, he stumbles upon a shredded cage, the sharp musk o...

• Oct-2024
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Imagination. It is a word that conjures up so much and can cover so many emotions. In this collection of nine unique stories and a poem, you will cross centuries, hang in suspense, chuckle and perhaps even laugh, and wonder did the character imagine ...

• Sep-2024
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Book 6Spotted Pony Casino Mystery SeriesThe Spotted Pony Casino's head of security, Dela Alvaro, receives a late-night call that takes her to a deserted walkway along the river. After confronting a woman babbling about love and bodies being buried, D...

• Jun-2024
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This double cold case and current homicide have Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Trooper Gabriel Hawke calling in favors... and exploring a childhood he shoved into the deep recesses of his mind. While patrolling on the Snake River in Hells...

• Feb-2024
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Book 5 in the Spotted Pony Casino Mystery Series Dela Alvaro, head of security for the Spotted Pony Casino, is asked to do a security check of a casino on the Oregon Coast. She no sooner starts her rounds at the casino and a child of a dubious c...

• Oct-2023
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A whisper is a soft barely audible sound or resemblance of a sound. Perhaps a thought in one's head, a flutter of leaves, a feather floating to the ground, or a wish. In this collection of ten stories and a poem the theme of Whispers is used in diffe...

• Oct-2023
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Check out a super-special Christmas surprise- a continuation of the Shandra Higheagle Mystery series. Ten years later the twins are at college but there's trouble brewing.Shandra Higheagle Greer is anxiously awaiting a visit from her twins as they he...

• Oct-2023
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Book 11 in the Gabriel Hawke SeriesDamning FireflyA church fire.An unconscious woman on Starvation Ridge.Gabriel Hawke, fish and wildlife officer with the Oregon State Police, helps with a fire at the Lighted Path church before heading out to check t...

• Apr-2023
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Lies, deceit, and blackmail trigger the murder of a Spotted Pony Casino employee in book 4 of the riveting Spotted Pony Casino Mysteries. Dela Alvaro head of security for the casino works with the tribal police to find the killer all while dealing wi...

• Feb-2023
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Greed, misdirection, and murder has Hawke rushing to track his sister in the Montana wilderness before she becomes the next victim. Bear Stalker is book 10 in the highly acclaimed Gabriel Hawke Game Warden mystery series. Oregon State Trooper Ga...

• Sep-2022
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Spotted Pony Casino Mystery, Book 3A donkey, a three-legged dog, and a war-scarred veteran outwit the killer.Dela Alvaro is the main suspect in the stabbing death of a man she stopped from beating his wife to death. The detective she abhors is ready ...

• Jun-2022
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Book 9 in the Gabriel Hawke NovelsUnexpected snowstorm...Unfortunate accident...And a body...What started out as a favor and a leisurely trip into the mountains, soon turns State Trooper Gabriel Hawke's life upside down. The snowstorm they were tryin...

• Feb-2022
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Zealous EnvironmentalistsGreedy Power Companies…and a bodyA bitter dispute over the breaching of dams in Idaho sparks emotions at a summit held at the Spotted Pony Casino. When the keynote speaker is murdered, Dela Alvaro, head of security, tea...

• Dec-2021
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An abandoned vehicle...A missing man...Oregon State Trooper Gabriel Hawke discovers an abandoned vehicle at a trailhead while checking hunters.The owner of the vehicle never arrived at his destination. As Hawke follows leads, he learns the man was in...

• Jul-2021
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Spotted Pony Casino Mystery, Book 1Missing surveillance videoWanted fugitivesA body in a laundry chute...Dela Alvaro is a disabled veteran who grew up on the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation. When an IED in Iraq ended her military care...

• May-2021
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The proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to Enough Iz Enough to benefit the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) cause.Stolen ButterflyGabriel Hawke Novel #7Missing or MurderedWhen the local authorities tell State Trooper...

• Feb-2021
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Book 16Shandra Higheagle Mystery Series Deception, Gluttony, MurderShandra Higheagle Greer's deceased Nez Perce grandmother appears in her dream, dancing at a powwow. Since Grandmother only appears when there is a murder, Shandra believes, she, ...

• Dec-2020
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Book 6 in the Gabriel Hawke Novels.Accident or Homicide? State Trooper Gabriel Hawke is called to a vehicle on fire. When the steam and smoke clears, a charred body is slumped over the steering wheel. The Muzzleloader Rendezvous has attendees from al...

• Oct-2020
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Lee McIntyre wants roughstock to build a name in the rodeo world, but he needs to find someone to help fund the livestock. The loan officer at the local bank has a daughter who has stock but needs a place to put them.Jocelyn "Josie" Palmer has worked...

• Aug-2020
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Three steamy contemporary western novellas set around the Tumbling Creek Dude Ranch in Montana.8 Seconds to LoveThe bull rider brought into Jared McIntyre's ER is the girl he couldn't get out of his head the last fifteen years. During his tour in Ira...

• Jul-2020
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Book 15Shandra Higheagle Mystery SeriesVengeance…Envy…MurderShandra Higheagle's deceased Grandmother enters Shandra's dream, showing her two lost children. Her grandmother never comes to her dreams unless there is a murder to solve. But w...

• Jun-2020
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Book 5 in the Gabriel Hawke novelsWhile teaching a tracking class at a Search and Rescue conference in Iceland, Oregon State Trooper Gabriel Hawke discovers a body in a boiling mud pool. The body is the young man Hawke's class is tracking.Unable to w...

• Apr-2020
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Hawaiian adventure, Deceit, MurderShandra Higheagle is asked to juror an art exhibition on the island of Kauai, Hawaii.After an altercation at the exhibition, the chairwoman of the event, Shandra's friend, arrives home with torn clothes, scratches, a...

• Nov-2019
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Killer on the loose.

Tracking Rivalry.

Revenge could get them killed.

Fish and Wildlife Oregon State Trooper Gabriel Hawke is set to teach a class at a Search and Rescue conference in Idaho when a dangerous inmate breaks out of p...

• Oct-2019
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Adultery... Jealousy... MurderShandra Higheagle Greer is minding her own business when she walks into a room for a massage and it is already occupied -- by a dead body.Always the champion for someone she knows, when her favorite masseuse looks like t...

• Aug-2019
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Their dreams brought them together. But will violence tear them apart? Freedom longs to be out of the Silver Dollar Saloon, with a family of her own. When a white man promises marriage and children, she takes the biggest risk of her life, and fol...

• Apr-2019
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Corrupt officials.Illegal hunters.Death to those who dare complain.Fish and Wildlife State Trooper Gabriel Hawke encounters a hunter with an illegal tag. The name on the tag belongs to the Wallowa County District Attorney and the man holding the tag ...

• Feb-2019
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Dead bodies in the wilderness.A child gone missing.Book 2 in the Gabriel Hawke SeriesFish and Wildlife State Trooper Gabriel Hawke's job is to find a missing family in the Eagle Cap Wilderness. After finding the parents murdered, can he find a l...

• Feb-2019
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Book Three in the Tumbling Creek Ranch seriesComputer geek Ruby Cutter feels like a fish out of water with a makeover her cousin put her through for the bachelorette party and wedding. The only reason she went along with it…her high school crus...

• Jan-2019
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Dead body, suspicious guests, and a master tracker.

Book 12 in the Shandra Higheagle Mystery Series

Love... Marriage... Murder

Less than twelve hours after arriving at a remote hunting lodge for their honeymoon, Shandra Higheagle...

• Jan-2019
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Book one in the Gabriel Hawke NovelsThe ancient Indian art of tracking is his greatest strength...And also his biggest weakness. Fish and Wildlife State Trooper Gabriel Hawke believes he's chasing poachers. However, he comes upon a wildlife biol...

• Oct-2018
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Book eleven in the Shandra Higheagle Mystery Series

Jealousy... Drugs... Murder...

At the reservation to make final arrangements for her upcoming wedding, potter Shandra Higheagle gets caught up in the murder of a young woman about to ...

• Aug-2018
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She was shunned by society.He must fit in to survive.Will their love be enough to battle both their demons?Lottie Mae Peck believes she isn't worthy of anything more than being a saloon girl after a brutal attack. However, five years has past and she...

• Jul-2018
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She's escaping responsibility and poverty.His conscience won't let her strike out on her own.Two strangers, two sets of dreams, one goal.Alamayda Wagner's life has left her cynical, but also vigilant, and that's what propels her to Cornucopia, Oregon...

• Jul-2018
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Book two of the Tumbling Creek Ranch SeriesMelanie Trask ran away from an abusive husband and is hiding at a remote dude ranch. When she and the ranch owner can no longer deny their feelings, he offers to help her divorce her husband. But she has one...

• Mar-2018
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Lacey Wallis has put blood, sweat, and tears into her dream of making it to the National Finals Rodeo and isn't about to let an injury stop her. However, she didn't expect the ER nurse to be the man she had a crush on years ago, or to discover that c...

• Feb-2018
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Running from her past, Kitty Baxter catches a glimpse of her future -- if she's brave enough to believe in herself and the kind-hearted stranger who claims she deserves love.Focused on setting up his new veterinarian practice, Zach MacDonald becomes ...

• Feb-2018
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Book ten in the Shandra Higheagle Mystery SeriesSecrets... Scandal... Murder...An autistic boy and his brother need potter Shandra Higheagle's help when a teacher's body is found after a confrontation with the older brother. Shandra knows the boy is ...

• Oct-2017
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Desertion...Wrath...Murder

A runaway bride, murder, and arson has Shandra Higheagle sleuthing again. Sorting through the debris of her best friend's childhood, Shandra believes she must solve the murder before her friend becomes the next vi...

• Oct-2017
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Escaping a past full of deceit and larceny, Savannah Gentry goes in search of her only kin, a half-brother she discovered after her father's death. She hopes Shady Gulch in the Dakota Territory can give her a future. There she stumbles into the arms ...

• May-2017
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Book eight of the Shandra Higheagle Native American Mystery Series Avarice...Family...Murder When the doctor is a no-show for her appointment, Shandra Higheagle becomes wrapped up in another murder. The death of the doctor's elderly aunt has everyone...

• Nov-2016
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Book 7 of the Shandra Higheagle mystery series Family, Revenge, Murder When Shandra Higheagle's dog brings her a dead body in a sleigh full of presents, her world is turned upside down. The man is a John Doe and within twenty-four hours another body ...

• Sep-2016
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Book six of the Shandra Higheagle Native American Mystery Series Feuds...Jealousy...MurderUpon learning a cousin is suspected of murder, potter Shandra Higheagle travels to the Colville Reservation to support her family in any way she can, inclu...

• Jul-2016
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Historical western filled with steamy romance and the rawness of a growing country. A letter from a grandfather he's never met has Brody Yates escorted across the country to work on a ranch rather than entering prison. But his arrival in Oregon prove...

• Jul-2016
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Book five in the Shandra Higheagle Mysteries Abuse...Power...Murder Once again Shandra Higheagle finds herself a suspect in a murder investigation when an ex-lover is found murdered on a Huckleberry ski run. A past she'd planned to never divulge now ...

• Jan-2016
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Historical western filled with steamy romance and the rawness of a growing country. Widowed with two small children and a ranch to run, Mariella Swanson knows she needs help, but isn't sure her heart, or neighbors, will accept her marrying a stranger...

• Oct-2015
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Final Novella in the Halsey Homecoming and Halsey Brothers historical western romance SeriesShayla Halsey wanted to be home for Christmas, but never imagined her travels would include spending the night in a brooding stranger's cabin. Snowballing eve...

• Oct-2015
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Book four in the Shandra Higheagle Mystery SeriesJealousy...Deception...MurderThe accident that took her father's life has always haunted Shandra Higheagle. When her dreams become too real, she knows it's time to discover the truth. It doesn't take l...

• Aug-2015
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Book three of the Halsey Homecoming historical western romance trilogy that is a sequel to the Halsey Brothers Series. Callie MacPherson - or Mac - is hiding from the law. When she witnesses a group of lawless thugs beating a newcomer, she drags the ...

• May-2015
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Secrets of a Christmas Box An Isabella Mumphrey AdventureThis short story has anthropologist Isabella Mumphrey excited about spending her first Christmas with her Venezuelan DEA agent boy friend. The two met in the Guatemala Jungle in Secrets of a Ma...

• Apr-2015
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Deadly Aim: A Shandra Higheagle MysteryBook three of the Shandra Higheagle Mystery SeriesPassion... Secrets... Murder...The dead body of an illicit neighbor and an old necklace send potter Shandra Higheagle on a chase to find a murderer. Visions from...

• Feb-2015
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Shandra Higheagle is digging up clay for her renowned pottery when she scoops up a boot attached to a skeleton. She calls in Weippe County detective Ryan Greer.  The body is decades old and discovered to be Shandra's employee's old flame.Ryan im...

• Jan-2015
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Double Duplicity: A Shandra Higheagle MysteryBook one of the Shandra Higheagle Native American Mystery SeriesDreams...Visions...MurderOn the eve of the biggest art event at Huckleberry Mountain Resort, potter Shandra Higheagle finds herself in the mi...

• Jul-2014
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Staking Claim -- Book 2Halsey Homecoming Trilogy is the ongoing saga of the Halsey Brothers Series.Deceit, contradictions, and lies.On a ship bound for America, Colin Healy encounters a contradictory woman, whose beauty and grace intrigues him, unt...

• Apr-2014
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Book three of the Isabella Mumphrey Adventure seriesThe truth doesn't always set you free...Landing in the underground world of human trafficking, anthropologist Isabella Mumphrey, a female Indiana Jones / MacGyver, learns her own past is as sordid a...

• Dec-2013
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Laying Claim -- Book 1Halsey Homecoming Trilogy is the ongoing saga of the Halsey Brothers Series. Jeremy Duncan commits to haul one last load of supplies across the great interior of the Yukon before heading home. But, he has to trade his pack ani...

• Feb-2013
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Revenge is not always sweet... Isabella Mumphrey can't leave a puzzle alone. This time she attempts to use her anthropology knowledge to uncover who is stealing priceless artifacts from an Aztec Temple in Mexico City. She believes the discovery will ...

• Aug-2012
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Book one of the Isabella Mumphrey Adventure seriesMove over Indiana Jones and MacGyver- Isabella Mumphrey has arrived!Child prodigy and now Doctor of Anthropology, Isabella Mumphrey, is about to lose her job. Unless she can decipher an ancient stone ...

• May-2012
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Book Three of the Spirit Trilogy Can enemies not only work for peace but find love? Sa-qan, a Nimiipuu eagle spirit, must take a human form to save her mortal niece when the Nimiipuu are forced from their land by the U.S. Army. Sa-qan strives to re...

• Jan-2012
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Book Five in the Halsey Brothers historical western romance seriesHank Halsey believes he's found the perfect logging crew -- complete with cooks -- until he discovers Kelda Neilson would rather swing an axe than flip eggs. As he sets out to prove wo...

• Nov-2011
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A letter from home shatters politician Caleb Jamison's world, returning him to his empty family home and cattle ranch. Hettie Burke's life takes a life-altering turn when she becomes the parent of her twin niece and nephew. Looking for work, she stum...

• Nov-2011
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Shouldering the burdens of his family and the mining community, Ethan Halsey devotes himself to providing for the growing families of his brothers. However, Aileen Miller, a widow, also looking out for her family's interests, refuses to part with the...

• Oct-2011
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Historical Western RomanceHe left in handcuffs. Can he prove he's turned his life around?Van Donovan returns to Pleasant Valley, Oregon where twelve years earlier, as a boy of fifteen, he left in handcuffs after standing guard for a bank robbery. He'...

• Aug-2011
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Two sisters, two adventures, will they find one another or will the men helping them be their destinies?Lorelei and Maggie Holmes make a desperate vow to reunite after an Indian raid on their wagon train leaves them orphans. Eight-year-old Lorelei is...

• Aug-2011
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An impetuous Pinkerton agent is out to prove to a righteous US Marshal that she's the best "man" to complete the assignment and the only "woman" who can capture his heart. Mae Simon is on her first assignment as a Pinke...

• Jun-2011
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Brock Hughes is a man juggling a mortgaged ranch, a preteen daughter, and a toddler. He's lost two wives, one to a tragic accident and the other to the bright lights of the city. That's the trouble with women. Sooner or later, by design or by fate, t...

• Jun-2011
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Maeve Loman has had her heart crushed before; she isn't about to have it happen again. When she takes Zeke Halsey up on his offer to help her discover the truth about her father, she's sure she can control her traitorous body and not fall for the man...

• May-2011
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A brutal attack leaves Dove, a Nimiipuu maiden, pregnant and alone. Her tribe refuses to hear the truth--that the White man who took her body also plans to take their land. She walks into the lake to end both her life and her despair. Wewukiye, the l...

• Apr-2011
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When a down-on-its-luck mining town makes Darcy Duncan marshal after she shoots a bank robber, she puts every effort into helping the town. Her accident-prone nature, however, makes the task difficult as well as throws her into the arms of an unsuspe...

• Feb-2011
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Saloon owner Bas Slocum has never let anyone close. His lonely childhood and scrapes with the law has hardened his heart. Until he meets an angel wearing a Temperance ribbon. Now he must hide the very thing that was his salvation or lose his angel. L...

• Dec-2010
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A specialized placement schedule and self-imposed vow of celibacy keeps ER nurse, Gina Montgomery, from getting too close to anyone. Music is her only solace and release from a past laced with abuse. But when that music draws the attention of a hands...

• Jul-2010
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Wren, the daughter of a Nimiipuu chief, has been fated to save her people ever since her vision quest. When a warrior from the enemy Blackleg tribe asks for her hand in marriage to bring peace between the tribes, her world is torn apart. Himiin is th...

• Jun-2010
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After a life-altering accident and a failed relationship, Dr. Rachel Tarkiel gave up on love and settled for a life healing others as the physician at a School for the Blind. She's happy in her vocation--until handsome Clay Halsey shows up and inspir...