Victoria Pade

• May-2023
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First love dies hard Or never at all... Dalton Camden and Marli Abbott's teenage love story was legendary...until a shared secret tragedy led Marli to flee town. Seventeen years later, the former marine is in no mood to forgive and forget, not ...

• Jul-2021
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His greatest rival is now his biggest temptation in USA TODAY bestselling author Victoria Pade's new book in The Camdens of Montana miniseries. He was the son her father always wanted... Major Quinn Camden is a man of honor. But working w...

• May-2021
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This marine is meeting his toughest mission yet... Tanner Camden knew hooking up with his ex was a bad idea. But he never thought he'd end up getting a call that he might be a father -- or that his ex had died, leaving little Poppy in the care of ...

• Jan-2021
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Micah Camden ruined Lexie Parker's life. That might have been years ago, but now that she's back in Merritt to care for her grandmother -- who was hurt due to Micah's oversight -- she has no plans to forgive him. But the former marine ...

• Sep-2019
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Of all the people who had come to give condolences for her brother-in-law It had to be him. Four years ago, Declan Madison rescued Emmy Tate from a bombed Afghan school -- and brutally dismissed their instant attraction. Now he's back in her l...

• Sep-2018
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First comes fatherhood... Then comes love? Marine Liam Madison has always been focused on serving his country. But when he learns that he's the father of orphaned four-year-old twins, service takes on a whole new meaning. Fortunately, the kids'...

• Aug-2017
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Running into the Past After Maicy Clark's high school sweetheart breaks her fragile heart, she vows to cut him out of her life forever. But when Maicy dashes out of her own wedding decades later, she runs pell-mell back into Conor Madison's heali...

• Mar-2017
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A military man? Swipe left! When it comes to relationships, Kinsey Madison has one rule: no military men. So when she starts a new job nursing Sutter Knightlinger's mother, the health-care worker must remind herself that she wants life with a man...

• Sep-2016
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Love and the reluctant mogul A tragic accident has left software mogul Callan Tierney guardian to a young girl and caregiver to her elderly grandparents. But "family man" isn't Callan's strong suit and he chafes at his new responsibilities. Until...

• Jan-2016
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ALWAYS A STYLIST, NEVER A BRIDE? Abby Crane loves her job as a hairstylist, so it's a major coup when fabulously wealthy Dylan Camden hires her for his sister's nuptials. Raised tough and independent in foster care, Abby's dazzled and intimidated...

• Sep-2015
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All Is Fair In Love And War! How can a woman complete a task when the subject looks like him? Lindie Camden must keep her eyes on the prize to win Sawyer Huffman as a client and amend their familial dispute that dates back generations. But when s...

• Feb-2015
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A KID FOR A CAMDEN? Schoolteacher Kyla Gibson spends her days keeping kids in line, but it's not quite the same as having a family of her own. But when Kyla is named guardian to her newly orphaned infant goddaughter, she becomes an insta-mommy! S...

• Jun-2014
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His single days are numbered... Look up unlucky in love in the dictionary, and you'll see Gia Grant's picture. Still, she takes inspiration from her elderly neighbors -- married seventy years! -- and will do anything to stop foreclosure on their ...

• Apr-2014
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A wedding planner finds herself fantasizing about planning her own wedding to the last man she'd consider marriage material in USA TODAY bestselling author Victoria Pade's next installment of The Camdens of Colorado. Oh, the irony! Just when wedd...

• Dec-2013
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It's a white Christmas in Rust Creek Falls -- and USA TODAY bestselling author Victoria Pade weaves the perfect holiday romance between a single dad and the soon-to-be-mom he just can't resist! RUST CREEK RAMBLINGS Rejoice, ye merry Mavericks...

• Aug-2013
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In her latest Camdens of Colorado story, USA TODAY bestselling author Victoria Pade introduces readers to a suddenly single father -- and the woman who might be his perfect match, if they can get past their feuding familes! Lang Camden has the d...

• Apr-2013
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MORE FAMILY, LESS FEUD Who knew that members of the all-powerful Camden clan could come in such pretty packages? The retail dynasty that had steamrollered Gideon Thatcher's grandfather decades ago had now sent beautiful emissary January Camden to ...

• Oct-2012
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WHEN A CEO COMES A-CALLING... ...What's a girl like small business owner Natalie Morrison to do, especially when said CEO is Cade Camden? First, there's the fact that his family double-crossed hers a few generations back. It's even worse that this...

• Jun-2012
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TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS When it came to the family company, Lacey Kincaid would prove to her hidebound father that she could play with the big boys. She rode into Northbridge, Montana, to get her way with the mighty Camden conglomerate -- and was ...

• Jan-2012
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MAKESHIFT MOM...TO BLUSHING BRIDE? High-school teacher Issa McKendrick had plenty of reasons to swear off men. With a baby on the way after a bad breakup, she retreated to her hometown to lick her wounds. Only to have two more men knocking at the do...

• Aug-2011
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ALARM BELLS...OR WEDDING BELLS? Meeting Ian Kincaid set something off inside Jenna Bowen! Back in Northbridge, raising an infant niece, she needed to sell the family farm before the IRS took it away from her. The handsome dealmaker had an offer on t...

• Jun-2011
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WOULD THEY BE FORTUNE'S FOOLS -- FOR LOVE? Flint Fortune's family was trying to play matchmaker -- but the footloose cowboy was determined to remain a free agent. Sure, Jessie Hunt-Myers was beautiful -- but she was also a widow, with four kids...de...

• Dec-2010
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A SEXY SANTA UNDER HER TREE? When Shannon Duffy came to Northbridge, Montana, to meet her newfound brother, she didn't expect to also find the man of her dreams -- wearing a Santa suit no less! But though Dag McKendrick was irresistible, the newly d...

• Aug-2010
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FROM HIGH SCHOOL CRUSH... After a decade away, Hadley McKendrick came home to Northbridge, Montana, a hundred pounds lighter and much the wiser. For the sophisticated designer, working with Chase Mackey wouldn't be a problem-her high school crush was...

• Apr-2010
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AND NANNY MAKES THREE! Marriage was the last thing on Meg Perry's mind when the child psychologist was hired on as nanny to Logan McKendrick's energetic three-year-old. So she was attracted to the devastatingly handsome single dad -- what woman woul...

• Jan-2010
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FOURTH TIMES THE CHARM? When it came to finding her dream husband, Kate Perry had struck out three times. One thing she knew for sure: he wasn't Ry Grayson. The devilishly handsome, fun-loving daredevil was wrong for her in every way. So what was it...

• Sep-2009
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FROM HIRED HELP TO ... HEIRESS APPARENT? Down-to-earth Tanya Kimbrough had no illusions about Prince Charming sweeping her off her feet. Then Tate McCord came home to Texas. The sexy surgeon -- and second son of the famed Dallas jewelry dynasty -- w...

• May-2009
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FROM PERFECT STRANGERS... Marti Grayson once had a storybook future in store--until a shattering loss took away her chance at happiness. In her loneliness, she took comfort in the arms of a gentle stranger she never expected to see again. Now, pregna...

• Oct-2008
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From passionate strangers... Nelly Pratt's job was to determine whether her elderly client's grandson was fit to be her guardian--that's all. She was not supposed to notice Wyatt Grayson's outrageous good looks. Or give in to the powerful--and for...

• Aug-2008
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When it came to love... Dr. Jake Fox took pride in helping people with their problems. But the daughter of his latest patient wasn't so easy to figure out. Celebrity designer Ally Rogers seemed determined to show the all-work, no-play physician wh...

• Feb-2008
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BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY As a teenager, Faith Perry couldn't wait to escape her small Montana town. Now, after eleven complicated years away, she was back, determined to figure out where she truly belonged. And it certainly wasn't with the hard-mus...

• Nov-2007
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Managing the Clip 'n' Curl and her daughter Kayla leaves Shandie Solomon no time for romance. But little Kayla has other plans for her wonder-woman mom...and they all involve Dax Traub. Recently divorced Dax has lost some of his swagger, but he's ...

• Sep-2007
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HOME WAS THE LAST PLACE HE WANTED TO BE... Only the direst emergency could bring Jared Perry back to the small town he'd left at eighteen, swearing he'd never return. But he couldn't turn his back on a family member in trouble. And he never expected...

• Jan-2007
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PLAIN JANE TURNED KNOCKOUT It was her first time back in Northbridge since graduating from high school and Eden Perry still felt like an ugly duckling. Yet her gorgeous transformation impressed her small-town neighbors, not to mention long-ago crush...

• Oct-2006
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FAMILY MATTERS Small-town cop Luke Walker smelled trouble the moment Karis Pratt arrived on his doorstep, claiming the baby she held in her arms was his. Luke had been devastated once before when Karis's sister left town with the daughter she conf...

• Aug-2006
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A HOMECOMING TO REMEMBER Chloe Carmichael hadn't set foot in Northbridge, Montana, for years. Fourteen years, to be exact, since her parents had forced her from everything she knew and loved: Her childhood home. Her best friend. And the l...

• Jun-2006
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Sneaker tycoon Joshua Cantrell figured the last place anyone would be looking for him would be tiny Northbridge, Montana. Joshua hoped to visit his sister's college campus incognito; he couldn't allow her presence there to be leaked to the media. The...

• Mar-2006
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To: Andrew Hanson From: Jack Hanson Subject: You got your client what??? You've got to start thinking of the company before yourself, brother. Especially since you've gotten into trouble with your very first client! Delia McCray's a smart, beau...

• Oct-2005
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THE SAUNDERS SOUND-OFF. WHERE ARE THEY NOW? SAUNDERS UNIVERSITY KEEPS TRACK OF ITS NOTABLE ALUMNI. Ella Gardner This successful federal prosecutor won't let a failed marriage and medical difficulties stand in the way of her dream: to have a baby...

• Mar-2005
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Nia Molner and her twin sister Trina plan to visit their hometown of Elk Creek for the Founder's Day Centennial. But Trina is recovering from a devastating divorce, and when she hears that media mogul Clay Heller will be returning to town, she impuls...

• Jan-2005
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FROM "FOR THE NIGHT"... After her last visit landed her in the arms of reformed bad boy Ben Walker, a now-pregnant Clair Cabot was attempting to push aside those vivid memories as she returned to Northbridge to reopen a school her father had owned. ...

• Sep-2004
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When widower Hunter Coltrane learned that his adopted son, Johnny, had a rare blood disease, he enlisted the aid of The Children's Connection in finding the boy's biological family. Hunter's search came to a dead end...until he met Terese, a shy beau...

• Aug-2004
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HER BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING... Although Kit McIntyre had left more than one unsuspecting groom standing solo at the altar, nothing would stop her from celebrating her best friend's big day. Luckily, there were a few perks she hadn't counted on as maid...

• Jul-2004
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HER SISTER'S FAMILY A newspaper article had brought Kira Wentworth to Northbridge, Montana, in the hopes of reuniting with her long-lost sister. But it was Cutty Grant and the tragic news he delivered that first dashed her dreams but quickly compe...

• Sep-2003
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KISSING ROOMMATES... Suddenly homeless Josie Tate felt fireworks during her passionate three days with firefighter Michael Dunnigan, but she wouldn't live with him unless she paid him back...like be his pretend fiancee so that his mother would stop ...

• Jun-2003
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SURPRISE, YOU MIGHT BE A DADDY! As a wildlife photographer, confirmed bachelor Devon Tarlington had encountered his share of dangerous nighttime predators. But it was the news that he might be the father of ten-month-old Harley that scared him mos...

• Apr-2003
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Sometimes you have to risk your heart to have it all . . . Motherhood means changing diapers -- and changing lives. Successful executive Robin Maguire did not have time for babies -- or romance. But when she inherited an orphaned infant, she ne...

• Jan-2003
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THERE WAS A BABY ON HIS DOORSTEP! Emmy Harris knew her new job would be demanding, but she hadn't been prepared to have to live in the Alaskan wilderness with a gorgeous doctor -- and his maybe baby! She was a professional, though; she could handl...

• Nov-2002
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A DADDY FR HANNAH Since the moment she'd given birth to beautiful Hannah, Paris Hanley knew she'd do anything to protect her child. So when Ethan Tarlington knocked on her door offering her the job of a lifetime, Paris ignored the flutter in her h...

• Sep-2002
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AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER One night of wild, unbridled passion left Willow Colton pregnant -- and impossibly in love with rodeo megastar Tyler Chadwick. Still, she'd never dreamed of seeing the charming cowboy again. But when he showed up at her store...

• Jan-2002
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Of all the nerve! Why, Josh Brimley not only expressed doubt about Megan Bailey's medical abilities...but the handsome sheriff actually accused her family of having buried a skeleton in the backyard -- 18 years ago! Megan knew she'd have her work cut...

• Nov-2001
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When Chicago sophisticate Clair Fletcher hit rough-hewn Elk Creek, Wyoming, seeking custody of her orphaned nephew, she thought she'd landed on another planet. And when she confronted rancher Jace Brimley, the mountain of a man who'd given his all...

• Oct-2001
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"THIS WILL BE MORE THAN A NINE-TO-FIVE AFFAIR! Cool, arrogant and sinfully attractive attorney Rand Colton was used to victory -- whether in the courtroom or the bedroom. Heir to the Colton fortune, this self-assured bachelor had no need of anythi...

• Apr-2001
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MARRIAGE...VEGAS-STYLE Two months ago Kate McDermot had left for Las Vegas a levelheaded virgin -- and returned with a marriage certificate and a baby on the way. Experience had taught her Brady Brown would feel trapped by the news that he was goi...

• Dec-2000
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A COWBOY'S CHRISTMAS Texas cowboy Matt McDermot was craving his first white Christmas on his family's Wyoming ranch. But a blizzard delivered more than Matt bargained for: a petite, pretty motorist stuck in a snowbank, a bump on her head, her memo...

• Sep-2000
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"REVENGE TAKES PATIENCE AND PLANNING...BUT THEN, SO DOES SEDUCTION." Multimillionaire and corporate raider Adam Benson had vowed to bring down the man he blamed for his family's ruin. And what better way to start than by marrying his enemy's daugh...

• Mar-2000
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IN CARE OF THE COWBOY A sprained ankle at her going-away party postponed Carly Winters's departure from Elk Creek indefinitely. Suddenly she was looking at a very full house when the new town doctor, Bax McDermot, and his daughter moved into her ...

• Oct-1999
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A BLIND DATE WITH DEATH It's not easy getting back into the dating scene after fourteen years of marriage and eight years as a divorcee. But armed with a gift certificate to the New You Center for Dating, Jimi Plain is headed for action, thanks to...

• Jul-1999
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In Downhome Darlin, Abby Stanton sets out to prove she's not boring and predictable by being a wild woman the day of her wedding. She attempts to woo cowboy Cal Ketchum, but he happens to be looking for the girl-next-door....

• Jun-1999
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SURPRISE, COWBOY... YOU'RE A DADDY! Rancher Ry McDermot was pretty tight-lipped about the tot he'd brought home. So, the only thing Tallie Shanahan knew for sure was that he needed a temporary nanny. And she was powerless to resist strong, sexy ...

• May-1999
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WANTING. WILLING. ABLE. Everyone was whispering about Shane McDermot's scandalous engagement. Why had the millionaire rancher set his sights on Maya Wilson, a woman born out of the small town's most shocking affair? His motives had to be strictly ...

• Feb-1999
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TILL DEATH DO US PART... With her newly permed hair and eyes only for her ex, Linda Kraner is a walking advertisement for the heartbreak of divorce. Jimi Plain knows. She has been where her friend is now: lost in the madness and denial of a freshl...

• Jul-1998
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THE LONESOME COWBOY BLUES Rancher Yance Culhane had loved truly -- and lost big time. So he faced the long Wyoming winters solo. Until Della Dennehy and her four kids moved back to Elk Creek, in need of a man's helping hand. Yance had known Del...

• Mar-1998
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LOVE THAT COWBOY! He was mile-wide shoulders and rakish cowboy charm. He was her first love. Her heart and soul. And abandoning Clint Culhane was the hardest thing young Savannah Heller had ever done. Until, fifteen years later, she came back ...

• Jun-1997
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THE BRIDE'S BACK IN TOWN Ivey Heller had left Cheyenne in a wedding dress--but without a groom. She'd narrowly escaped marrying the wrong man, and she couldn't think of anything to do but go home to Elk Creek. Ivey vowed she was finished with men....

• Nov-1996
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He was a potent package... And he moved into the ranch next door. From across the range, John Jarvis's denim-clad swagger was downright sexy. Up close he was more man, more cowboy than Paige Kenton could have dreamed. But strange things -- un...

• Oct-1996
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Call Me Dr. Mom... Intent on having a child of her own, unmarried obstetrician Bailey Coltrain knew plenty about birthing babies - yet next to nothing about raising them! But surely by posing as nanny for construction worker Gib Harden's three mo...

• Aug-1995
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THE CASE: An "accidental" heiress THE CLIENT: Maggie Morgan was dead. At least, that's what everyone told her. But as she pursed her lips and moved her muscles, she knew she was very much alive.... And in a heap of trouble! THE DETECTIVE: Viril...

• Jul-1995
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THE CASE: "Maybe" babies! THE CLIENT: Someone had left a very surprising gift in Graham Dunn's bedroom--two cherub-faced tots, unidentified except for a note that named him "Daddy"! The bewildered bachelor needed help--preferably before the little...

• Jul-1995
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Proud, hard Jackson Heller had plowed his blood, sweat and tears into his father's rugged Wyoming ranch. And now the wispy city woman in his father's will aimed to plant her cute greenhorn butt smack on Jackson's precious acres! Why, he would rather ...

• Jun-1995
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THE CASE: A borrowed bride. THE CLIENT: All she had was a lump on her head and a blank where her memory used to be. When she came to, wearing a mud-caked wedding gown and heel-less satin pumps, she knew it had to be more than a case of prewedding...

• Mar-1995
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Beth was a strong, stubborn ranching woman--a Heller through and through. Asher Blackwolf was a breathtaking, maddening Sioux male. And together they'd once made magic, made the earth move. Yet now their passionate marriage was over, their precious d...

• Nov-1994
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Wholesome, churchgoing Kansas Daye secretly yearned to be more than Elk Creek's favorite "spinster aunt." A tiny, naughty part of her harbored fantasies hot enough to melt the rivets off rodeo rider Lincoln Heller's skintight jeans. Lines roguish cha...

• Dec-1993
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1993 Keepsake Christmas Stories Tidings of Joy by Victoria Pade Linnie Rhodes's heart had been shattered when town rogue Drew Dunlap left Pinewood, Colorado, all those years ago. Now he was back, happily reformed, bursting with yuletide chee...

• Nov-1993
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Widower Jess Holey and divorcee Lexi Kincaid were perfect for each other -- they just didn't know it yet. Despite their obvious mutual attraction, the two single parents were playing it cool when it came to love the second time around. So their r...

• Nov-1992
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The life of a country doctor with a teenage daughter was certainly a full one. But widower Beau Dugan never realized what he'd been missing until Clary Parsons came back to Wellsburg. She was prettier, livelier and more intriguing than he remembe...

• Jul-1992
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What recent widow Gracie Canon needed was a change of scene. So she was thrilled when she inherited a ramshackle Victorian house, chock-full of the antique "junk" she so loved. Coming home to Colorado was a safe, comfortable move -- until Gra...

• Dec-1991
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Blythe Coopersmith had enough problems without some knuckle-crunching goon hanging around while she perfected EASY, the miracle weight-loss formula. But ever since she'd been forced to abscond with the unpatented "goods," she'd receiv...

• Aug-1991
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THE RIGHT TIME ... Evan Daniels's heart beat a mile a minute from the moment Alexandra Dunbar rang his doorbell. Without batting an eye, he hired her to devise a way of protecting his valuable timepiece collection. He was known as a hardheaded b...

• Oct-1990
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Charmed by the lost, bare-bottomed toddler camped on her doorstep, Zoey Carmichael dressed young Jessy and set out to find someone responsible for the little bundle of energy. That "someone" turned out to be blue-eyed bachelor father Dil...

• Sep-1990
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To the Victor, the Spoils Glenna Ashe had to get out of town fast. The advertisement for a frontier wife seemed an answer to her prayers--until she confronted the handsome, brooding widower she was soon to wed. Then even a cold Chicago jail began ...

• May-1990
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With her pink hearse, her six-foot "travel clock," her swinging seventy-plus "grandmother" and her strangely sketchy past, beautiful new house-sitter Mitch Cuddy definitely stood out in Patrick Drake's exclusive residential neighb...

• Oct-1989
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Single mother Gillian Hunter steered clear of men -- especially well-meaning ones. Still, she desperately needed help keeping her mischievous young son in line. How could she refuse Kurt Reynolds's generous offers to play "big brother" to the boy? ...

• May-1989
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Molly Mercer needed help, not more hassles. Her moving-and-storage business was on the verge of collapse. Her sister was in the middle of a major marital crisis. And now a sinfully handsome stranger had arrived with some mighty unsettling news. Bu...

• Jan-1989
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Tyler Welles had been the star protegee of the world's foremost contemporary painter until gossip, tragedy and scandal drove her into seclusion. Now, four years after Movado's suicide and the disappearance of his final paintings, she was prep...

• Aug-1988
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Allyn Danner was in trouble. As the overextended owner and sole employee of Danner's Decadent Desserts, she couldn't afford to refuse Ian Reed's offer of free help...even if it did come with strings attached. But Allyn had been the "l...

• Sep-1987
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DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER... Addie Kimball's done it...stolen back the 32-carat diamond that's rightfully hers. Fifty years ago, Ryan Fletcher's grandfather swindled her family out of the stone, and no arrogant aristocrat, however handsome; will keep h...

• Aug-1987
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Planes made her seasick. Birds gave her the willies. Burglars were a constant source of anxiety. But of all the scary things in the world, novelist Kelsey McKenna feared publicity most. A woman who'd broken every rule, she now had to confront...

• Jan-1987
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LOVE'S SWEET PROMISE His breath was hot on her shoulder as he kissed her tenderly, his hands caressing her with a gentleness that belied his rugged strength. As his lips possessed hers, she discovered a hunger she had never known. But Lauren Flan...

• May-1985
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LOVE'S SURRENDER Only desperate fear could have made young Alisa resort to trickery to force the handsome and wealthy American sea captain, Christian Reed, to marry her. Safely away from England, she vowed to give him all her love...yet she da...

• Mar-1983
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When the loss of her family's fortune made it necessary for Hallie Wyatt to marry a stranger, she still clung to the dream that someday she would be wed to Adam Burgess, the man she had always loved. But when her new husband Michael Redmond, returned...