Debra Salonen
Author · 51 books
- Born and raised in Brookings, South Dakota. Youngest of five (much youngest). A Baby Boomer who married her high school sweetheart (our lockers were side-by-side). Mother of two, grandmother of three darling princesses, dog mother of 2.5 mutts.
- Graduate of South Dakota State University with a Master’s degree in Geography and History.
- Job history: taxi driver, flax seed counter, cartographer, rural mail carrier, substitute teacher, secretary/community liaison for Merced College’s Child Development Center, bookkeeper, journalist, author.
- First sale story: June, 1999, to Harlequin Superromance. Total number of books sold to Harlequin =27.
- Honors and awards: Romantic Times BOOKreviews, 2006 Series Storyteller of the Year. Winner: Best Superromance of 2010: Until He Met Rachel. Nominated for Desert Quill in 2008.
- First book published by Tule Press, summer 2014: Cowgirl Come Home. The Big Sky Mavericks series opens Aug. 2014 with: Nobody's Cowboy.
Series
Books
Black Hills Stranger
2012
Montana Hero
2015
Black Hills Legacy
2017
Finding Their Son
2009
His Brother's Secret
2007
Black Hills Outcast
2016
Montana Maverick
2015
Black Hills White Knight
2016
Cowgirl Come Home
2014
Love, by George
2007
Bang! You're Dead!
2013
Black Hills Rancher
2011
Montana Blueprint for Love
2020
All the Stars in Montana
2020
Meet Me in Montana
2020
Wonders Never Cease
2002
His Daddy's Eyes
2000
Montana Secret Santa
2016
Daddy by Surprise
2008
Montana Rogue
2015
A Father's Quest
2011
Montana Miracle
2015
Baby By Contract
2008
Black Hills Baby
2008
Black Hills Bad Boy
2016
The Good Provider
2012
West Coast Happily Ever After
2022
Montana Cowboy
2014
Caleb's Christmas Wish
2004
Never Say Never
2005
Montana Darling
2015
Montana Rebel
2016
Picture-Perfect Mom
2009
The Protectors
2022
Black Hills Bachelor
2016
Her Forever Gift
2014
The Laws of Love
2018
Black Hills Native Son
2016
Back in Kansas
2001
Something about Eve
2001
Return to the Black Hills
2011
Unsuitably Perfect
Because Perfectly Unsuitable Might Remind You of All Your Exes
2022
Until He Met Rachel
2010
Betting on Santa (Texas Hold'em)
2007
A Baby on the Way
2006
Black Hills Billionaire
2016
Love Me Some Cowboy
Because Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy has too many letters.
2022
That Cowboy's Kids
2000
Prince Charming Undercover
2018
Sweet Summer's Kiss
2017
Her Forever Cowboy
2004
