Carla Kelly

"As the eighteenth century draws to a close, the Kwahadi Comanches seem to be making their peace with the settlers of the Spanish Colony of New Mexico. No one is as relieved as Marco Mondragón and his adored wife Paloma Vega, whose ranch, the Double Cross, sits on the edge of Comanchería. Their tranquility is short-lived, however, for other Comanches are terrorizing the plains, led by the ruthless renegade, Great Owl."--Author's website.

"Now that she's married, Della believes that she and Owen will live happily ever after, but he can't keep his promise to stop working in the coal mines."--Provided by the publisher.

The year is 1780, and Marco Mondragon is a brand inspector in the royal Spanish colony of New Mexico, near the domain of the fierce Comanche. Paloma Vega is under the thumb of relatives who might have stolen a brand belonging to Paloma's parents, dead in a Comanche raid. As a brand inspector, Marco has every right to be suspicious of brand thieves. If Marco has anything to do with it, Paloma's fortunes are about to change.

Penniless Mary Rennie knows she is lucky to have a home with relatives in Edinburgh, but she does crave more excitement in her life. So when her cousin's ring is lost in one of several fruitcakes heading around the country as gifts, Mary seizes the chance for adventure. When widowed captain Ross Rennie and his son meet Mary in a coaching inn, they take her under their wing. After years of battling Napoleon, Ross's soul is war weary, but Mary's warmth...

In Regency England, a war widow returns a parcel and attracts the interest of a well-to-do retired sailing master and his sister, a self-made man returns to Scotland to marry the woman he has corresponded with ever since he left as a boy, and a man visits the estate of his relatives to comfort his lovely second cousin, who is unhappy that Christmas has been usurped by her sister's nuptials.

Sailing Master Able Six, Royal Navy, is a man like no other. To call him a mere polymath is to sell him short. Someone with his extraordinary gifts should rise to the top, unless it is the 1800s, where pedigree and money govern Regency society, as sure as Napoleon seeks world domination. A bastard raised in a Scottish workhouse with nothing in his favor except his amazing mind, Able must navigate life ashore on half-pay during the uneasy Truce

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A witty tale of passions and practicalities in Regency England from the "powerful and wonderfully perceptive" RITA Award–winning author (Mary Jo Putney, New York Times–bestselling author of Lady of Fortune).
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