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Ladies of Legend
Series · 15
books · 2008-2014

Books in series

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Claiming the Legend

2011

For Lilly Peach staying alive means keeping a low profile, blending in, not being noticed. When she fears having been found by those contracted to kill her, Lilly is sent to a new "safe house" in Legend, Tennessee. The pristine old fashioned streets and genteel southern hospitality of the town's folks eventually lull Lilly into believing, maybe, just maybe, she can settle in and make a safe and quiet life for herself. But when Legend's nationally famous high school football coach decides to make her his lady, Lilly is thrown into the spotlight as well, giving those seeking to find and destroy her, another chance to fulfill their contract. This title is an ebook novella from the print book/anthology, Finding Home, by Janet Eaves, Magdalena Scott, Jan Scarbrough and Maddie James.
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Midnight in Legend, TN

Small Town Romance in the Great Smoky Mountains

2011

USA Today Bestselling Author Magdalena Scott invites you to slow down and enjoy the simple pleasures of small town life in Legend, Tennessee. Each title in the series, The McClains of Legend, Tennessee features a member of that big, bull-headed McClain family as either the hero or heroine. Each story is sweet romance (also known as wholesome romance). Readers enjoy being able to share the stories with daughter, mothers, and granddaughters. So pop some corn, pour some sweet tea, and settle into your comfy chair for a relaxing read. Midnight in Legend, TN Midnight Shelby is starting over. A real estate agent's virtual tour of a large two-story brick building on the main street of the small town of Legend, Tennessee caught her eye and she's leaving her smarmy ex-husband, the big city, and corporate life behind. The town is struggling but Midnight has ideas that will give it new life as well. Martin McClain was born and raised in the Legend area. His family has lived there for generations, and he feels a duty to preserve the past. The website his son Daniel created has been good for business, but although Martin is a real estate agent by trade, he’s wary of newcomers’ motivations. Especially Midnight Shelby, who seems bent on changing everything...even him. \\This title was previously published by Turquoise Morning Press.\\
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Bed, Breakfast and You

2011

Suzie Schul has it all. A booming business, a wonderful town to live in, and, well, food. Yeah, she loves to cook and she’s the best darned cook in Legend, Tennessee. Everybody says so. She runs her own B&B, has published a cookbook, conducts cooking classes on Saturdays, and caters for special events and holidays. What more could she want, really? Nothing that she will admit, anyway. And let's not even think about that brief escape to Gatlinburg several months back when she had separated from her then-husband, Cliff. Or the fact that the man ran off with her little sister while they were, um, estranged. And let's definitely not bring to light that she'd never really revealed to anyone in the small town of Legend what exactly had happened between her and Cliff. Or the fact that while she was off "finding herself" and "losing her husband" at the same time, she sort of, well, had a fling. But never mind about that, because "the fling" is long gone and likely doesn't even know where to find her. Besides, he was trouble. And just when Suzie thinks all is well, Mr. Trouble rides up to her B&B doorstep on a bad-ass Harley and tosses her perfect little world into some kind of big, bad tumble. Bed, Breakfast and You is an ebook novella from the print book/anthology Finding Home by Janet Eaves, Magdalena Scott, Jan Scarbrough, and Maddie James (available March 2011).
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The Reunion Game

2011

Pickings are slim in Legend, Tennessee, until a high school reunion gives thirty-something Jane Smith a second chance to exorcise the demon of Graham Winchester and get on with her life. Switching places with her famous and glamorous twin sister is just what small town girl Jane needs to get Mr. Most Likely to Succeed into bed and out of her heart.
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Beauty and the Beast

2008

Special Agent Polly Chapman has multiple identities.... She is known to many as a savior. To others she is a killing machine. But all who know her, or think they know her, believe her untouchable. Until she's injured. Now the man sent to piece her back together when "The Agency" considers her broken has only two choices—Catcher Stevens must fix her, or kill her.
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Double Crossed

2008

Kate Cooper thinks her Tennessee State trooper husband is dead. ATF Agent Michael Lassiter knows he is not. When Michael goes undercover into Kate’s elementary classroom posed as a school drug cop, his mission is to find out what Kate knows about her husband’s supposed death, his involvement in a drug cartel, and to determine if she is hiding away the AWOL trooper. His mission is to into her life. Get answers. Get his man. His mission doesn’t involve getting into her panties. But somehow things go haywire.
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A Legendary Christmas

2008

It's Christmas in Legend, Tennessee. The lights are hung, the town hall is decorated, and families are coming home for the holidays. But when a major winter storms sweeps through the foothills of the Smokies, everything in Legend comes to a screeching halt. A husband lost, a sister seeking forgiveness, a fallen star, and an accidental encounter all play victim to the storm. \-Will Christina receive the gift she's longed for? \-Will Rebecca's first trip to Legend be a delightful Christmas surprise for a friend, or her newest relationship disaster? \-Will Chelly make it home in enough time to apologize to her sister before the holidays? \-Will movie star Dawn Smith decide Legend is where her heart is and where she belongs? The seeking heart doesn't give up easily when it's searching for home-even in a snowstorm. And there's no place like Legend, particularly at Christmastime.
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The Christmas Gift

2008

Christina Montgomery dreads another Christmas with the questions about her soldier husband, Johnny, hanging over her, and her daughter's, heads. She believes he died with his small sniper squadron a little over two years earlier even though his was the only body unaccounted for. The Marine Corp has indicated they are leaning towards calling Johnny a defector. There are even a few Legend locals who believe it, too. This is something Christina refuses to consider. Until one snowy evening two weeks before Christmas a man looking very much like Johnny arrives at her Tennessee farm with no idea of who he is. Stunned, confused, Christina doesn't know what to do with him. Is this man's sudden appearance a Christmas miracle? Or is it Christina's worst nightmare come true?
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Home For The Holidays

2010

A Legendary Christmas Tale, Ladies of Legend Series. The last thing Chelly Schul wants is to go home for the holidays. She left her hometown of Legend, Tennessee on a wing and a prayer two years earlier and hasn’t returned. Her leaving humiliated her entire family, particularly her sister Suzie, since she ran off with Suzie’s (almost-ex) husband. Legend Police Officer Matt Branson values being alone. Even during the holidays, he enjoys the solitude. Dubbed the town hermit, he tells himself he prefers his “cave” to socializing. His friends say he still pines after “the woman who got away,” although he begs to differ. All that changes the snowy day he pulls over the older model sedan speeding into Legend. His gut slams against his backbone as a tearful Chelly rolls down the car window and looks up into his eyes, and nearly melts his heart. But he remains stoic. Coplike. And gives her a warning and sends her on her way. But it shakes him to the core. His high-school sweetheart is back in town. Chelly. The woman who sent him into his cave in the first place.
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Santa's Kiss

2008

Actress Dawn Smith's world is crumbling. She's always lived on the edge, seeking thrills, making herself into someone different. That's why her success in Hollywood came so easily for a small town girl from Legend, Tennessee. But things have changed. Dawn needs to get away from the bright lights, but it's Christmastime and that has always meant going home to family. She can't face family this year. Clint Roberts, former high school football hero and current car dealership owner, is a popular fixture in Legend. Affable and fun-loving, the bachelor is everyone's best buddy. Most people know about his infatuation for one-time Legend girl, now superstar Dawn Smith. Dawn needs someone to turn to, but she's rejected her family. When Clint shows up on her doorstep in a snowstorm dressed as Santa bearing gifts and food, she welcomes him. Will their night of lovemaking bring Dawn more heartache or can Clint convince the actress that it's time for her to come home for good?
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Home Sweet Legend

2010

A Ladies of Legend NovellaThis is Chloe McClain's big chance, and she won't let Greg Andrews ruin it. All she needs Greg for is his superior skill as a building contractor. The job—renovate a vintage building into the art gallery she envisions. She's even drawn up the plans for him. Now if he could just check his considerable ego at the door, everything would be fine…Greg can't take his eyes off Chloe, an artistic spitfire who's clueless as to what she's asking him to do. No way can he bring the run-down pile of bricks up to code in thirty days, let alone turn it into a classy art gallery for a big-deal showing of her paintings. No possible way.But when you live in Legend, Tennessee, there are certain things to remember. People in Legend pull together. Community before self. And you never want to make a McClain angry-even the cute females.
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Three Decades of Love

2009

The Christmas Heart by Janet Eaves Christmas 1944 - Mary Ellen Chambers has learned to appreciate simple comforts in the midst of war coffee rations, her job at the factory and the upcoming Christmas season in Legend, Tennessee . She's already lost one sweetheart to the war, and the last thing she wants is to get involved with another soldier. Could Captain Austin Watkins be the best Christmas gift she's ever received? A Groovy Christmas by Jan Scarbrough Christmas 1968 - a year where women are burning bras and men are burning draft cards. Can Kathleen Fields and Grant Winchester, from feuding families like the Hatfield's and the McCoy's, reconcile their differences and find love in Legend, Tennessee? Under the Mistletoe by Magdalena Scott Christmas 1975 - Dorothy Robbins is working hard to build up her Leaving Legend Fund. Charles McClain escaped the small town life years ago, but is home for the holidays. No way will either of them stay in Legend, Tennessee, and no way will a brief fling turn into something complicated...like love.
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A Groovy Christmas

2009

In the spring Kathleen Fields will graduate from college. By New Year's Eve, she expects a proposal from her longtime beau. It's 1968 and women are burning bras and freely making love. Before settling down to a boring life in boring Legend, Tennessee, Kathleen wants to experience a little of the excitement of her peers. And more than anything, she wants to do something about being a virgin. Hippie and political activist Grant Winchester has received his draft notice. Uncertain about dodging the draft, he stops in Legend to visit his aunt before the holidays. Not finding her at home, Grant rediscovers his high school sweetheart and his plans take an unexpected turn. Like the Hatfield's and the McCoy's, Kathleen and Grant's families have been feuding for decades. Plus Kathleen is not so sure she approves of his decision to go to Canada. Yet Grant is a likely candidate to help her solve her problem. Kathleen risks her future only to discover that free sex is not so free, and sometimes the man of your dreams comes into your life when you least expect it.
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A Christmas to Remember

2011

Over the decades Legend, Tennessee, invokes the beauty and magic of a small town Christmas, bringing hope, peace and love to everyone who chooses to call Legend home. Through Her Eyes—Christmas 1945 Allie Winchester’s war-time job has been given to a man. It's almost Christmas and she's about to be homeless. And she never found the man of her dreams even though she danced her way through World War II with every soldier who passed through Legend, Tennessee. Just when she thinks all is lost Allie is offered a job to care for an injured soldier. The only trouble is that George Sterling is blind, mad at the world, and irritatingly rude. Can she help him find the light in a world gone dark, without losing her heart in the process? Not Quite Christmas—Christmas 1969 Accountant Frank Smith doesn’t want to go home for Christmas, not since he was dumped by his long-time girlfriend on Christmas Day a year ago. Avoiding Legend, Tennessee, is high on his priority list until he meets his mother’s houseguest—hippie chick Emmy Johnson, a girl with a past ... and maybe Frank’s future. The Holly and the Ivy—Christmas 1978 Nationally known singer Eli McClain’s Christmas trip home to Legend is a way to placate the family he left years ago. At twenty-five, the guy who should have everything is burned out. Running into Jeannie Adams doesn’t help. All through school, Eli and Jeannie were the bane of each other’s existence. Yet the fleeting kiss he left her with has never quite faded for either of them. Jeannie has deep roots in Legend, but Eli jerked his roots up years ago. Even the magic of a beautiful hometown Christmas can’t bring these two opposites together. Or can it?
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Heart to Heart

Return to Legend

2014

LADIES OF LEGEND: Return to Legend, Book Two When Jeremy’s aunt gives him a second chance, he must decide if he believes in the unbelievable and the pet psychic who teaches him about faith…and love. \\\* Jeremy Hamilton’s company is cash-strapped and his personal life is a mess. Inheriting the bulk of Ms. Addie Bynum’s wealth is a godsend, but moving to the small town of Legend, Tennessee, to get that money is a big pain. Ms. Addie has given Jeremy a second chance under certain conditions. Will he take that chance? Marty Fields is a pet psychic. She’s spent a lifetime explaining animal communication to skeptic citizens of her small town. Only Ms. Addie understands her gift. Keeping Ms. Addie’s six cats after the old lady’s death is the least Marty can do. Yet, she’s put her life on hold. Will the grandnephew’s arrival upset the rhythm of her comfortable existence?

Authors

Janet Eaves
Janet Eaves
Author · 6 books
I write contemporary romance."
Maddie James
Maddie James
Author · 33 books

Voices in my head... Stories from the heart. Get the news of my latest releases, giveaways, and more by signing up for my newsletter at https://www.maddiejames.net/p/newsletter... The author of 50+ romantic novels, novellas, and short stories, Maddie James pens romance and suspense stories in contemporary and paranormal worlds. Her contemporary worlds often lean toward small towns and western settings, complete with cowboys, Alpha men, and strong, take-charge women. Her romance writing career launched in 1997 as a traditionally published author with Kensington Books. Currently publishing as an independent author, she writes full time from her Midwest, small town home, where she also gardens, cooks, and chases the dog. Affaire de Coeur says, “James shows a special talent for traditional romance,” and RT Book Reviews claims, “James deftly combines romance and suspense, so hop on for an exhilarating ride.”

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