<div>This sweeping historical novel returns to an age of treachery and political turmoil as a Jacobite beauty fights her attraction to the powerful Scottish nobleman who once broke her heart Taken in by the Braemoor clan as a boy, Neil Forbes fell deeply in love the moment he laid eyes on Janet Leslie. To his delight, Janet, the daughter of a Jacobite, returned his feelings, and they made a solemn pledge to one other. Then Neil discovered the terrible reason he couldn&rsquo;t marry his beloved . . . and could never wed at all. After Neil&rsquo;s betrayal, Janet vowed never again to be seduced by the fickle promise of love. She hoped that her marriage to Alasdair Campbell, a widower and father of three young girls, would give her the security she needed. Now the cruel Earl of Lochaene lies dead, and Janet is suspected of her husband&rsquo;s murder. Worse, Campbell&rsquo;s daughters&mdash;and her infant son&mdash;could be taken away from her. And the man she once adored with all her heart has just been appointed guardian of her son, the heir to Lochaene. Can she trust Neil, now the politically connected Marquis of Braemoor&mdash;or the dangerous desire that his first caress reignites in her? As they give in to passion, a powerful enemy could destroy their newfound love&mdash;and expose the secret Neil has been guarding for far too long. This second book in Patricia Potter&rsquo;s Scottish Trilogy is the winner of the 2001 Romantic Times Reviewers&rsquo; Choice Award for Best Scottish Historical Romance. The Heart Queen is the 2nd book in the Scottish Trilogy, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

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The Heart Queen

<div>A Highland lass dares to fall in love with her clan&rsquo;s most hated enemy in the first book of Patricia Potter&rsquo;s spellbinding Scottish Highland Series, set in the sixteenth century Felicia Campbell has just received a death sentence from her uncle and the king. In a fortnight, she is to wed the Earl of Morneith. Vowing to escape her fate as the bride of the lecherous, decades-older nobleman, she devises a daring scheme. But the plan goes horribly awry when she is abducted. Now the only way to survive is to continue her deception and yield to Rory Maclean, her clan&rsquo;s most hated enemy&mdash;and the handsomest man she has ever seen. After tragedy claimed his first two wives, Rory took to the sea. Ten years later he returns home, vowing never to marry or give his heart again. But then his clansmen steal a bride for him: a fearless, spirited beauty who can wield a sword as well as any man. As bitter strife continues to divide his homeland, Rory will move heaven and earth for the woman who has healed his soul&mdash;a woman who isn&rsquo;t what she seems. Beloved Imposter is the 1st book in the Scottish Highland series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

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Beloved Impostor

<div>This passionate historical romance featuring the second generation of the Sutherland family sweeps from the Scottish Highlands to colonial Maryland, where a struggling young woman makes a desperate bargain with a freedom fighter Minutes before being hanged for treason against the British crown, Ian Sutherland is suddenly spared . . . only to end up in chains again, this time in the hold of a ship bound for the colonies. In America, he becomes the indentured servant of a prosperous Maryland farm owner. But the noble freedom fighter vows to one day escape his servitude and sail back across the sea to his clan. Then he meets Fancy Marsh. John Marsh rescued Fancy and her half sister Fortune from a terrible fate. Now Fancy shares a good life with her husband, their two children, and an ever-increasing menagerie of pets. But when John dies, Fancy is left at the mercy of his cruel, covetous brother. In desperation, she turns to her rugged, enigmatic bond servant to help her protect her name and legacy. Although Ian agrees to her risky plan, Fancy knows that his heart longs for Scotland. But their dangerous charade soon flames into irresistible passion and the one thing they never expected: a love that can prevail over their most treacherous enemies and the winds of fortune. Starfinder is the 2nd book in the Scottish Star Series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

Starfinder

<div>Award-winning author Patricia Potter sweeps readers to an ancestral estate in Scotland where a lady&rsquo;s heart is reawakened by the surprising arrival of a rugged American lawman After hunting down outlaws during America&rsquo;s Civil War, marshal Ben Masters faces a new challenge. His promise to a dying woman has made him the guardian of Sarah Ann Hamilton, an orphaned little girl who must be returned to the Scottish estate she has inherited. But at Calholm, Ben encounters a clan divided by greed and ambition. Only Sarah Ann stands between the coveted Scottish keep and those next in line to inherit. One of them is the child&rsquo;s beautiful aunt. Five years ago, Lisbeth Hamilton came to Calholm as a young bride. When her husband died, she found a new passion: establishing a world-renowned stable and breeding a champion steed to rival any in the British Isles. Now the entire family&rsquo;s fate rests with the rugged American who has upended their world . . . and who arouses strong emotions in Lisbeth. With deadly intrigue swirling around Calholm and Ben Masters laying claim to her heart, she realizes how far she&rsquo;ll go to protect the child they have both come to love and the passion they were meant to share. The Marshal and the Heiress is the 1st book in the American/Scottish Novels, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

The Marshal and the Heiress

<div>A Western beauty&rsquo;s only hope of saving her brother from the gallows is to seduce the heartless Texas ranger who has sworn to bring him to justice Three months ago, Morgan Davis went from hunter to hunted. The Texas ranger has devoted his life to carrying out justice, but when he sees his face on a Wanted poster, he knows the price on his head will have every bounty hunter in the West gunning for him. The only way to survive is to clear his name by bringing in the real killer. And he intends to take Nicholas Braden alive. But Morgan didn&rsquo;t reckon on Braden&rsquo;s sister. The golden-eyed beauty is a crack shot&mdash;and a match for any man. Lori Braden will do anything to save her brother from the hangman&rsquo;s noose. Their hard-luck life on the road in a traveling medicine show taught her how few people can be trusted. Who is this man Morgan Davis, who bears a resemblance to her brother? Just another corrupt lawman? An enemy she wouldn&rsquo;t hesitate to kill in spite of the passion raging between them? All she knows about this seductive stranger is that he seems determined to keep her out of the crossfire&mdash;until secrets from the past threaten each of their futures.</div>

Wanted

<div>A wounded warrior and a beautiful English border thief battle treachery, betrayal, and their own warring hearts to satisfy a dangerous, passionate love As the battle at Flodden Field rages, Lachlan Maclean rides with King James IV of Scotland, sworn to vanquish their English enemies and find redemption for the past that haunts him. But as the battlefield runs red with blood, Lachlan realizes they&rsquo;re fighting a losing battle. Thrown from his horse, he awakens to find a lovely angel of mercy tending him . . . and no memory of who he is. Once, Kimbra Charlton rode alongside her husband on daring border raids that targeted English and Scottish alike. Now the desperate widow combs battlefields for anything of value to make sure she and her young daughter survive. When she stumbles on a wounded soldier, she recognizes the armor and helmet of her people&rsquo;s sworn enemy. A Scotsman killed her husband, yet she can&rsquo;t let this man die&mdash;nor can the world know his true heritage. It is a secret on which both their lives depend. But as passion ignites between them, they must face the consequences of their impossible love. Beloved Stranger is the 2nd book in the Scottish Highland series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. </div>

Beloved Stranger

<div>Post&ndash;Civil War Texas is the setting for this spellbinding story of a desperado out for vengeance and the woman determined to save his life Bequeathed a five-hundred-acre cattle ranch in Cimarron Valley, Mary Jo Williams takes her young son and strikes out for Colorado territory. The plucky widow has seen her share of sorrow, so when she finds a gravely wounded stranger, she&rsquo;s determined to nurse him back to health, unaware that Wade Foster never intended to make it out alive. A hunted outlaw with a price on his head, Wade spent years tracking down the murderers who massacred his family. Now a brutal shootout has made vengeance his at last. Prepared to confront his fate, he once again cheats death. He never expected his future to rest with an auburn-haired beauty and her boy. Sworn to protect mother and son, Wade has to stay one step ahead of the law&mdash;and a gang of ruthless killers. But as the net closes in, he knows the only way to keep them safe is to leave and never look back . . . unless he can find a way to put his past to rest. </div>

Defiant

<div>A nobleman living a dangerous double life weds a rebellious Jacobite beauty&mdash;the first in a Scottish romance trilogy by a USA Today&ndash;bestselling author. Some call him the devil. Few have ever seen him. He is the Black Knave. Named for the playing card he leaves behind, he risks his life to smuggle Jacobite insurgents out of Scotland right under the noses of the British. And Bethia MacDonell is determined to find him. She needs the legendary freedom fighter to rescue her imprisoned brother. Instead, she is forced into an arranged marriage of political expediency. Her bridegroom is Rory Forbes, an aristocrat loyal to the crown. A coward at the Battle of Culloden. A traitor to his own people.To the world he is a fop and wastrel who lives solely for his own pleasure. But the new Marquis of Braemoor harbors a dangerous secret he must keep hidden at all costs. Bethia is the wild card, arousing treacherous desire that could doom Rory&rsquo;s mission and imperil her life. Sworn to protect her, the most wanted man in Scotland must fight his greatest battle to win the heart of the one woman he desires above all others: his wife.Named &ldquo;Storyteller of the Year&rdquo; by the Romantic Times, Patricia Potter introduces one of her most irresistible heroes, and offers &ldquo;well-drawn, memorable characters [and] compelling action,&rdquo; in the first book in her enthralling Scottish trilogy that continues with The Heart Queen and The Diamond King (Library Journal).</div>

The Black Knave

<div>The final book in Patricia Potter&rsquo;s enthralling Scottish Trilogy journeys from war-ravaged Scotland to the high seas to the diamond jungles of South America as a nobleman with a price on his head seeks revenge, only to lose his heart to his most despised enemy Alex Leslie&rsquo;s hatred for the British is a raging fire in his soul. Once he was a Scottish nobleman with everything to live for. Now he is Will Malfour, an outlaw pursued by the English king&rsquo;s soldiers. With nothing but bitter memories of the Culloden massacre and his burning hunger for revenge, he roams the seas, taking from his enemies what they stole from him. But the ship he just seized holds an unexpected prize: a willful, captivating beauty who is the daughter of a British invader. Rumored to carry the mark of the devil, Lady Jeanette Campbell is forced to leave Scotland to become the bride of a man she has never met. But en route to Barbados, her ship is fired on, and she is taken prisoner. Captain Will Malfour is as black-hearted as Satan himself, yet surprisingly gentle with two young stowaways. How the children got aboard is a mystery. So is the wild Scot turned privateer who awakens in her such irresistible desire. With the odds stacked against them&mdash;and their lives at risk&mdash;Jenna fights for the future and a love she never expected to find. The Diamond King is the 3rd book in the Scottish Trilogy, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

The Diamond King

<div>An American beauty on a mission of vengeance and a Scottish nobleman who has turned his back on his past come together in this passionate historical romance by award-winning author Patricia Potter Andrew Cameron, the landless, penniless Earl of Kinloch, came to America to make a new life far from painful memories of his native Scotland. But in a raucous saloon in a no-name Texas town, he overhears a murder plot. Unable to let an innocent man die, he foils the plan. Now he&rsquo;s on a cattle drive overseeing a crew of ragtag hired hands, including an intriguing lad who can barely shoot or properly sit on a horse. Then Drew discovers why. Gabrielle Parker lives for one thing only: to bring her father&rsquo;s killer to justice. After cutting off her hair and disguising herself as a boy, the actress prepares for the role of a lifetime. When her handsome new boss discovers who she really is, she has no choice but to fall on his mercy. Could the long, lean Scotsman be the hired gun she&rsquo;s searching for? Or is he a man she can trust with her heart&mdash;and her life? The Scotsman Wore Spurs is the 2nd book in the American/Scottish Novels, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. </div>

The Scotsman Wore Spurs

<div>Set on the eve of the Scottish Restoration, this first book in award-winning author Patricia Potter&rsquo;s Scottish Star Series is a heart-stirring tale of star-crossed love The clans of cherished childhood friends Patrick Sutherland and Marsali Gunn have decreed that the two will wed. Before he goes off to Ireland to fight Cromwell&rsquo;s armies, Patrick promises he will return in ten years to claim his bride. When Marsali begs him to leave something behind, Patrick chooses a star in the sky. Marsali promises to look for it every night. But when Patrick finally comes home, he is an outlaw in Scotland. A bitter blood feud has turned the two families into vengeful enemies, and now Marsali is to wed the cruel chieftain of a powerful clan. She didn&rsquo;t reckon on Patrick staying true to his vow to honor their betrothal at all costs. As they finally give in to their long-denied passion, the Highlands erupt into a savage clan war. Now Marsali must choose between loyalty to her family and a love that demands the ultimate surrender. Starcatcher is the 1st book in the Scottish Star Series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. </div>

Starcatcher

<div>Set during the American Revolution, this enthralling historical romance featuring the third generation of the Sutherland family tells the story of a rebel willing to die for his nation&rsquo;s freedom . . . and a woman ready to cross battle lines for the man she loves His enemies call him Star Rider. The son of a Scottish rebel and an American woman, John Patrick Sutherland raids British ships and seizes their cargo for the patriot cause&mdash;until his own ship goes down in the Delaware River. Badly wounded and determined not to die at the end of an English rope, he finds refuge at the home of a compassionate beauty whose loyalties are with the Tories. Annette Carey aids the crown by tending British soldiers. When she takes in an injured man who is introduced to her as a high-ranking officer named John Gunn, she is powerfully drawn to him, unaware that he is the legendary privateer who has eluded capture for so long. As she gives in to traitorous desire, Annette is tested in ways she couldn&rsquo;t have foreseen, and finds herself risking her future for her enemy&mdash;a man she must now trust with her life. Star Keeper is the 3rd book in the Scottish Star Series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. </div>

Star Keeper

<div>In award-winning author Patricia Potter&rsquo;s sparkling Regency-era romance, an actress and a privateer fall passionately in love, unaware that they&rsquo;re both after revenge against the same group of aristocrats Englishman Gabriel Manning has waited more than two decades to avenge his father&rsquo;s death. The years he has spent in America seizing British ships haven&rsquo;t diminished his hatred or made him forget his blood vow. And when a capricious fate makes him a peer of the realm, he returns to England armed with an ingenious scheme to befriend and destroy three of the most powerful men in London. Everyone in Paris knows her as the radiant actress Monique Fremont. But beneath the costumes and makeup, Merry Anders lives only for revenge. When an important role takes her to London, she has her chance to take down &ldquo;the Group.&rdquo; But she finds the seductive Marquess of Manchester a distraction. How could she be so irresistibly attracted to her enemies&rsquo; friend? Playing a dangerous game, Merry must decide whether to risk it all for love. </div>

Dancing with a Rogue

<div>&ldquo;Sparkling with high seas drama and tender romance,&rdquo; the third Scottish Highlands novel is &ldquo;a pure pleasure&rdquo; (Publishers Weekly, starred review). For almost seven years, Scottish noble Patrick Maclean has toiled as a slave aboard a Spanish galleon ship. Now the day of reckoning has finally arrived. Leading his fellow oarsmen into mutiny, he seizes control of the Sofia. But there&rsquo;s an unexpected passenger: the ship owner&rsquo;s niece. With no choice but to take the Spanish beauty hostage, Patrick sails for Scotland to exact his long-awaited revenge and reclaim his rightful legacy. Juliana Mendoza was willing to do anything to save her mother&mdash;even leave her beloved homeland to marry a total stranger. Now she finds herself the captive of a man with murder in his heart. But at Inverleith, the Macleans&rsquo; ancestral keep, she sees a different side of the fierce warrior and meets his honorable clan, struggling to bring peace to a bitterly divided country. Her warring feelings for Patrick erupt into a passion that leaves them both yearning for more. But Juliana is duty bound to another land . . . and another man. Beloved Warrior is the 3rd book in the Scottish Highland series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

Beloved Warrior

<div>The most wanted desperado in Texas and the young woman he must betray to save his own life are unlikely lovers in this passionate, fast-paced historical romance by award-winning author Patricia Potter His enemies call him Diablo, but once he was a captain in the Confederate army. Kane O&rsquo;Brien is now a condemned convict facing death. His only hope of survival is to become a spy for the Yankees, who need him to infiltrate and destroy a notorious outlaw hideout. But in the Sanctuary, he meets a spirited beauty who makes him think twice about his mission. Nicky Thompson wants only to escape the Sanctuary, the place that was once a haven for her and her brother, and never look back&mdash;until the deadly outlaw Diablo seeks refuge there. The sensual, scarred stranger awakens powerful yearnings in her that threaten her independent spirit. As desire ignites into a dangerous passion, Nicky begins a perilous journey during which she must entrust her life to an irresistible man whose terrible secret may doom them both. </div>

Diablo

<div>In Patricia Potter&rsquo;s high-octane romantic thriller, a young woman discovers she is not only the daughter of a notorious crime boss but a person of interest to a steely FBI agent Clutching her babies, a mother flees through the streets of Boston, desperate to escape the monster she married. Thirty-four years later, two men enter Samantha Carroll&rsquo;s Colorado art gallery, and her safe, secure world explodes. Now Sam is en route back to Boston to meet her twin brother, Nick, and Paul Merritta, the crime boss whose blood runs through her veins. Merritta is dying, and he wants to clear up some unfinished business with his daughter. Nathan McLean won&rsquo;t rest until he brings down Merritta and his entire family. For the determined FBI agent, it&rsquo;s also personal&mdash;payback for what Merritta did to his own loved ones. But there&rsquo;s a wild card in the stacked deck&mdash;Samantha Carroll. Now Sam&rsquo;s on the FBI&rsquo;s radar, and she&rsquo;s falling for the one man who could destroy her newfound family. But Nathan isn&rsquo;t the only danger. There&rsquo;s someone else out there too&mdash;someone who wants her dead. </div>

Twisted Shadows

<div>In USA Today&ndash;bestselling author Patricia Potter&rsquo;s spellbinding romantic thriller, the family a young woman never knew she had could be the most dangerous people she will ever meet One fateful fall afternoon in Arizona, a man confronts his unfaithful wife and treacherous brother. The day ends in violence and unspeakable tragedy. Nearly half a century later, Atlanta bookstore owner Jessica Clayton receives an invitation to the reunion of a family she never knew she had. Abandoned by her mother when she was a baby, Jessica grew up only knowing a father&rsquo;s love. Now it turns out her entire life may have been a lie. At a sprawling ranch in Sedona, Jessica meets the Clements clan. Could they be her long-lost family? Before she has time to find out, she learns that one of them wants her dead. Unsure of whom to trust, she turns to another outsider, Ross Macleod, the ranch&rsquo;s foreman and the Clements&rsquo; part&ndash;Native American adopted son. But she&rsquo;s running out of time. History is about to repeat itself, making Jessie heir to a deadly legacy of greed, betrayal, and murder&mdash;and a love that could cost her everything. </div>

The Perfect Family

<div>Carrying out a hit-and-run victim&rsquo;s deathbed wish, a young woman turns to a former Special Forces commando for help when she becomes the target of a twisted killer When she arrived at the scene of a hit-and-run, Atlanta reporter-turned-paramedic Kirke Palmer didn&rsquo;t expect to end up carrying out a deathbed wish. But now, bound by her promise to a man she couldn&rsquo;t save, Kirke tries to track down someone named Mitch Edwards. She&rsquo;s soon blindsided by a stranger who claims to be the victim&rsquo;s brother . . . a rugged, guarded man who radiates danger and arouses irresistible desire. Jake Kelly just spent seven years in a high-security prison for a crime he didn&rsquo;t commit. The former Special Forces commando came to Atlanta to meet the CIA operative who supposedly died in a South American sting gone awry. Except now Del Cox is really dead, and Jake has only two leads. One is the paramedic he witnessed taking an envelope from Cox before he died. With Kirke under attack and the ghosts from his military past back on the radar, Jake races to find out who betrayed him on that fateful final mission. And time is running out.</div>

Catch a Shadow

<div>A journalist and an FBI agent team up to bring down a cop killer in master storyteller Patricia Potter&rsquo;s thrilling and seductive novel of romantic suspense Atlanta journalist Robin Stuart has never seen a dead body before. Murder is a rarity in scenic, tranquil Meredith County. Now three cops lie on the ground of an overgrown property slated for private development. Each one was handcuffed and killed, execution style, by a bullet to the back of the head. This could be the story that makes Robin&rsquo;s career&mdash;but she can&rsquo;t stop thinking about the families of the victims. FBI agent Ben Taylor isn&rsquo;t a team player and doesn&rsquo;t trust the media. Although the triple homicide is out of the FBI&rsquo;s jurisdiction, he is convinced that the murders are connected to Hydra, the Southern Mafia crime ring he&rsquo;s been investigating. Robin may have valuable information, but the beautiful reporter will never reveal her source&mdash;until her relentless digging brings both sides of the law after her. As unwanted desire flares, Ben must protect Robin from cold-blooded killers determined to keep the true story from ever seeing the light of day. </div>

Tempting the Devil

<div>In Patricia Potter&rsquo;s seductive and chilling novel of romantic suspense, a young woman trying to prove that she and an heiress were switched at birth steps into a privileged world where a killer is watching and waiting to silence her forever Kira Douglas&rsquo;s mother, Katy, will die unless she receives a new kidney. Kira is the likely donor candidate . . . until blood tests reveal that she isn&rsquo;t Katy&rsquo;s biological daughter. If she isn&rsquo;t Kira Douglas, then who is she? And how can she save her mother? The only answer is to find Katy&rsquo;s true daughter by birth. Kira&rsquo;s search leads to Leigh Howard, an heiress to a $50 million trust fund, and her formidable protector, Max Payton, a charismatic attorney who doesn&rsquo;t trust Kira or her theory that she and Leigh were accidentally switched at birth. When Kira&rsquo;s life is threatened, it becomes clear that someone doesn&rsquo;t want the truth to come out or allow Kira to lay claim to the legendary Westerfield fortune. Now Max is torn between his loyalty to Leigh and his powerful desire for the woman who has upset their privileged world. But he may be too late to stop a legacy of hate and greed that was set in motion decades ago&mdash;and is about to come full circle. </div>

Behind the Shadows

<div>A tale of two sisters in danger&mdash;and the New Orleans detective trying to protect them&mdash;from a USA Today&ndash;bestselling &ldquo;master of romantic suspense&rdquo; (Booklist). Frantic to escape her paranoid, violent husband&mdash;a Louisiana senator&mdash;Holly Ames takes her young son and flees into the dead of night. Four weeks later, prosecutor-turned-defense-attorney Meredith Rawson&rsquo;s dying mother makes a shocking confession. Now Meredith is on a journey to fulfill her mother&rsquo;s last wish that she find the half sister she never knew: Holly Ames. But before she can begin her search, her home is ransacked and her life threatened . . . Haunted by his dark past, all New Orleans PD homicide detective Gage Gaynor wants is to put predators away and clean up a city riddled with crime. The hunt for a killer will bring him to Meredith&rsquo;s door and into the middle of a world of privilege and corruption where the ties that bind can be the most lethal of all.</div>

Cold Target

<div>In Patricia Potter&rsquo;s seductive novel of romantic suspense, the violent secret in a woman&rsquo;s life sets her daughter on a desperate search for the truth&mdash;and a collision course with a killer from the past When Liz Connor&rsquo;s mother doesn&rsquo;t come home, her father fears the worst. But Betty isn&rsquo;t missing&mdash;she&rsquo;s just been arrested by the FBI. Her real name is Sarah Jane Maynard and she is a fugitive and former antiwar protestor wanted for a double homicide. Within hours, the Connor family implodes. Sarah Jane refuses to speak to her husband and daughter or to assist in her own defense. A mysterious fire and a frightening abduction convince Liz that something else is going on . . . something to do with the money that went missing during that long-ago crime. And now two strangers have appeared to offer their help: handsome, politically connected Michael Gallagher and rugged Boston-cop-turned-PI Caleb Adams. As Liz fights to uncover the truth and clear her mother&rsquo;s name, she moves deeper into the sights of a killer who will strike again in order to bury the past forever. </div>

Tangle of Lies

<div>Almost sixty years after a fortune in looted World War II treasure vanished from a captured German train, a man and a woman who have never met are thrust into a world of danger . . . and desire Amy Mallory chafed at the discipline and authoritarian control she was forced to endure growing up in a military family. Never, she vowed, would she fall for a man in uniform. But now, years later, as a history professor reading her late grandfather&rsquo;s secret files, she discovers a dangerous, enticing world she wants to experience for herself. Lieutenant Colonel Lucien &ldquo;Irish&rdquo; Flaherty was taught by his grandfather, General Sam Flaherty, to believe in three things: honor, duty, and country. His faith is shaken when his mentor is implicated in a presidential advisory commission&rsquo;s investigation into the disappearance of valuable artwork that was captured from a Nazi train. Determined to clear his grandfather&rsquo;s name, he uncovers dangerous secrets that link his past to that of beautiful stranger Amy Mallory. But neither of them suspects that the truth they seek to uncover is deadlier than they can imagine. </div>

Broken Honor

<div>Desperate to return home to Texas, the widow of a Rebel hero finds an unlikely bodyguard in a wounded soldier who isn&rsquo;t what he seems Rhys Redding grew up on the streets of London, sleeping in stables, picking pockets, and begging for scraps of food. He found a way out as a mercenary in Africa, and returned to England a rich man&mdash;only to end up in a Confederate prison. Now his only hope of escape is a black-haired beauty who needs him as badly as he needs her. Widow Susannah Fallon came to Richmond to find the only family she has left. The stranger in the cot next to her brother&rsquo;s was arrested for wearing a Yankee uniform, but Susannah soon discovers that nothing about Maj. Rhys Redding is what it seems&mdash;except the powerful desire that follows them when he escorts her and her embittered wounded brother across the lawless, war-ravaged South. Back home in Texas, Susannah is in danger of falling for her enigmatic protector. But Rhys has a score to settle&mdash;and the chance to right one last terrible wrong. </div>

Renegade

<div>In 1870s San Francisco, the fierce rivalry between a former gunslinger and a woman running from her past turns into a passionate, undeniable attraction in award-winning author Patricia Potter&rsquo;s sexy and suspenseful historical romance Marsh Canton, the scion of a wealthy Georgia family, spent four years fighting the war of a divided nation. When he returned home, he found his family gone and his way of life destroyed. Turning his back on his heritage, he struck out for the west, achieving notoriety as a stone-cold gunslinger. Now, reinventing himself yet again, he arrives in San Francisco to take over the saloon he won in a poker game. Natchez born-and-bred Catalina Hilliard is haunted by her violent past. Dubbed the Ice Queen, she sleeps with a Derringer under her pillow and runs the elegant Silver Slipper saloon. With the help of the local law, she keeps a monopoly on the trade by running all her rivals out of town. She&rsquo;s about to meet her match in Marsh Canton, who has also spent a lifetime running. But they can&rsquo;t run forever, and the passion igniting between them has just changed the stakes. Even with the odds against them&mdash;and a dangerous man gunning for Marsh&mdash;it&rsquo;s their last chance to make things right and choose love. </div>

Notorious

<div>Passion ignites for an outlaw and his captive in this western romance by the USA Today&ndash;bestselling author who &ldquo;keeps getting better with every outing&rdquo; (Publishers Weekly on Beloved Warrior). Once a decorated army officer, Rafe Tyler was convicted as a thief and a traitor, and spent 10 years in prison. Now he&rsquo;s ready to exact his long-awaited revenge. His thirst for blood takes him to Colorado to destroy the man who framed him. Sheltered Boston beauty Shea Randall arrives in the rough-and-ready western town to reunite with the father she believed long dead. Instead, she is abducted by a darkly handsome outlaw. Her only hope for survival is to escape the mountain lair she is forced to share with her captor. But Shea is reluctantly drawn to the desperado whose fiery passions inspire her own&mdash;and whose forbidden desire for her sets him on a rocky road to redemption and hard-won love. </div>

Relentless

<div>A trio of courageous brothers face danger and love in sixteenth-century Scotland in these three enthralling romances from a USA Today&ndash;bestselling author. The men of the Maclean Clan are fierce warriors. From the battle of Flodden Field to the waters off the Spanish Coast, they fight to protect their homes and those they love. In this spellbinding Scottish Highland series, the Maclean brothers find unexpected romance with women who heal and stir their souls. Beloved Imposter: Felicia Campbell has set a plan in motion to escape her wedding to the lecherous old Earl of Morneith&mdash;but she&rsquo;s interrupted when she&rsquo;s abducted. Her fury turns to curiosity when she discovers her captor is the handsome Rory Maclean, her clan&rsquo;s hated enemy. And Rory, who has sworn never to love again, finds himself daring to care for the fiery captive who could save his broken soul . . . Beloved Stranger: Lachlan Maclean rode with King James IV of Scotland to free his country from English tyranny. In the slaughter at Flodden Field, he&rsquo;s thrown from his horse and awakes to the beautiful visage of Kimbra Carlton, a border woman whose husband was killed by a Scot, leaving her to fend for her daughter alone. Now, she can neither let the wounded Lachlan die nor let anyone know his heritage. But perhaps in healing him, she may heal her own heart . . . Beloved Warrior: Patrick Maclean spent years enslaved aboard a Spanish galleon. But after he leads his fellow oarsmen in an uprising, he finds himself in charge of not only the vessel but also a fetching young passenger: Juliana Mendoza, the ship owner&rsquo;s niece. Juliana was bound for a wedding and a man she never wanted. But the more she comes to know Patrick and his honorable clan, the more she realizes that only she can decide her fate . . .</div>

The Scottish Highland Series

<div>Three &ldquo;exhilarating&rdquo; romantic suspense novels from the USA Today&ndash;bestselling author of Catch a Shadow (AllReaders.com). A seven-time RITA Award&ndash;winning romance author, Patricia Potter&rsquo;s foray into romantic suspense has been &ldquo;a dazzling success . . . with romantic flair and emotional intensity that is classic Potter&rdquo; (Library Journal). Here are three of her most stunning tales of women falling dangerously in love while running for their lives. Cold Target: A beautiful lawyer joins forces with a New Orleans detective to find the sister she never knew she had. But her sister is on the run from an abusive, politically powerful husband who would sooner have her killed than lose her. &ldquo;Potter weaves suspense and emotional drama in rare form in this fascinating novel.&rdquo; &mdash;BookPage Twisted Shadows: A young woman discovers she is not only the daughter of a notorious Boston crime boss but also a person of interest to a steely FBI agent. Now someone wants her dead, and the man determined to destroy her family may be the only one who can save her life. &ldquo;Impossible to put down.&rdquo; &mdash;Romance Reviews Today Behind the Shadows: A young woman trying to prove that she and an heiress were switched at birth finds herself caught in a corrupt world of privilege where a killer is watching and waiting to silence her forever. &ldquo;Readers who like to keep their adrenaline pumping will definitely enjoy this.&rdquo; &mdash;Romance Reader at Heart</div>

The Patricia Potter Romance Collection Volume One

<div>This trilogy by the USA Today&ndash;bestselling author follows a family saga of love and war from 17th-century Scotland to 18th-century colonial America. In the breathtaking Scottish Star series, an award-winning &ldquo;master storyteller&rdquo; follows three generations of the passionate Sutherland clan. Across oceans and continents, three men face war, rebellion, and unforgettable romance (Mary Jo Putney). Starcatcher: After ten years fighting Cromwell&rsquo;s armies, Patrick Sutherland returns home to wed the beautiful Marsali Gunn. But Patrick faces a new battlefront when he finds their families have fallen into a savage clan war. Now Marsali must choose between family loyalty and her star-crossed love. Starfinder: Accused of treason against the British crown, Scottish freedom fighter Ian Sutherland arrives in the colonies as an indentured servant to a Maryland farmer. When the landowner dies, Ian finds a new cause: saving the widow Fancy Marsh from the clutches of her cruel brother-in-law. Star Keeper: Son of a Scottish rebel and an American woman, John Patrick Sutherland raids the cargo of British ships for the patriot cause. A wanted rebel, he finds refuge with Annette Carey. Though loyal to the Tories, Annette gives in to traitorous desire, risking her future for the enemy&mdash;a man she must now trust with her life. </div>

The Scottish Star Series

<div>Three novels of historical western romance from the USA Today&ndash;bestselling &ldquo;master storyteller&rdquo; (Mary Jo Putney). Relentless: After years of wrongful imprisonment, Maj. Rafe Tyler wants revenge against the Colorado rancher who framed him. The first step is taking the rat&rsquo;s daughter hostage. Now, sheltered Boston beauty Shea Randall has a lot to learn about her estranged father&rsquo;s devious past&mdash;and about forbidden desire. &ldquo;After Relentless, Ms. Potter will surely be in a class by herself.&rdquo; &mdash;Literary Times Renegade: Widow Susannah Fallon came to Richmond to rescue the only family she has left, now held in a Confederate prison. But the stranger sharing her brother&rsquo;s cell piques her interest too. As Maj. Rhys Redding helps Susannah escort her wounded brother across the war-ravaged South, they face inescapable dangers&mdash;and discover undeniable passion. &ldquo;When a historical romance [gets] the Potter treatment, the story line is pure action and excitement.&rdquo; &mdash;BookBrowse Notorious: The scion of a wealthy Georgia family turned stone-cold gunslinger, Marsh Canton is reinventing himself again. In taking over a San Francisco saloon, he&rsquo;s met his match in its Derringer-toting proprietress, Catalina Hilliard. But when they submit to outlaw desire, it changes the stakes of their game. Will it redeem them, or destroy them? &ldquo;Smart dialogue and constant action.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly</div>

The Patricia Potter Western Romance Collection Volume One

<div>A trio of historical western romances by an award-winning, USA Today&ndash;bestselling author who &ldquo;soars above the rest&rdquo; (Literary Times). Diablo: Former Confederate Kane O&rsquo;Brien is now a spy for the Yanks, sent to infiltrate and destroy a notorious outlaw refuge in Texas. But the mission gets complicated when he meets Nicky Thompson, a desperate beauty who is hiding there. Now she&rsquo;s entrusting her life to a sensual stranger whose secret objective may doom them both. &ldquo;If you like Jo Goodman, you&rsquo;re probably wishing there were more Wild West stories in the same vein. Fortunately for you . . . Patricia Potter wrote Diablo.&rdquo; &mdash;All About Romance Defiant: A widowed young mother, Mary Jo Williams is new to Colorado territory when she finds herself tending to a wounded outlaw. Wade Foster can&rsquo;t ignore the passion between them&mdash;or the danger he&rsquo;s putting her in. To have a future with Mary Jo, he&rsquo;ll have to put his past to rest by taking out the band of killers on his tail. &ldquo;Defiant is the next word in great historical romance!&rdquo; &mdash;Literary Times Wanted: Wrongly accused of murder, Texas ranger Morgan Davis is out to nab the real killer. He didn&rsquo;t count on being seduced by the man&rsquo;s sister, Lori, a crack-shot temptress who&rsquo;ll do anything to save her brother from the gallows. But falling in love with Morgan was the last thing she wanted&mdash;and the most dangerous thing that could have happened. &ldquo;Patricia Potter is a master storyteller, a powerful weaver of romantic tales.&rdquo; &mdash;Mary Jo Putney, New York Times&ndash;bestselling author </div>

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