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Acclaim for Cassandra Austin’s recent books
Flint Hills Bride
“…an exciting, action-packed love story with a very special twist.”
—Romantic Times Magazine
Hero of the Flint Hills
“A beautiful love story with vivid descriptions…a definite keeper to be cherished.”
—Rendezvous
“Damn it, Jane, you’re twisting everything I say.”
He was right outside her door. She didn’t want him to hear her crying.
“Jane, please, listen to me.”
Her head flew up at the sound of his voice, no longer muffled by the door.
“Oh, Jane.”
He moved to sit beside her on the bed and wrapped her in his arms. She wanted to resist but found it impossible. His gentle hands cradled her head against his strong shoulder. “All I seem to do is make girls cry,” he murmured.
Jane sniffed, trying to control her tears. She didn’t like her broken heart being compared to a young girl’s tantrum, but she couldn’t think of any scathing retort.
“How can I prove I love you?” he whispered.
She could guess what he considered proof. The last thing she wanted him to know was that she longed for that “proof” every night…!
Dear Reader,
‘Tis the season to be jolly, and Harlequin Historicals has four terrific books this month that will warm your heart and put a twinkle in your eye!
Cassandra Austin’s new book, Heart and Home, is very aptly named this holiday season. Known for her raw, emotional Westerns, Ms. Austin stays true to her style with this story of starting over and finding true love. Physician Adam Hart vows to start a new life in Kansas, hoping that his “society” fiancée will eventually join him. But as his feelings for his beautiful, caring neighbor grow, the young doctor finds his ideas of love transformed…
Don’t miss our special 3-in-1 medieval Christmas collection, One Christmas Night. Bestselling author Ruth Langan begins with a darling Cinderella story in “Highland Christmas,” Jacqueline Navin spins an emotional mistaken-identity tale in “A Wife for Christmas” and Lyn Stone follows with “Ian’s Gift,” a charming story of Yuletide matchmaking.
If you want a Regency-era historical tale that will leave you breathless, don’t miss A Gentleman of Substance by Deborah Hale. Here, a taciturn viscount offers marriage to the local vicar’s daughter, who is pregnant with his recently deceased brother’s child. And in Jake Walker’s Wife, a Western by Loree Lough, a good-hearted farmer’s daughter finds her dream man in the Texas cowboy hired on—only, he’s wanted by the law…
Enjoy! And come back again next month for four more choices of the best in historical romance.
Happy Holidays,
Tracy Farrell,
Senior Editor
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Heart and Home
Cassandra Austin
CASSANDRA AUSTIN
has always lived in north-central Kansas, and was raised on museums and arrowhead hunts; when she began writing, America’s Old West seemed the natural setting. A full-time writer, she is involved in her church’s activities as well as the activities of her three grown-to-nearly-grown