The Reclusive Man

Series · 17

books · 2022

By Kara O'Neal, Annee Jones, Elissa Strati, and more

Books in series

Miriam's Challenge

2022

Can love release the bonds of guilt and remorse? Clay Tanner lives in solitude on his farm with his dog, Killer. He can’t let go of the burden of guilt and grief he lives with resulting from a recent tragedy. With his shotgun and vicious dog, he can keep his life reclusive. Life is simpler when he can hide in his cell of self-imprisonment. His well-laid plans become confused when an accident finds him needing someone. Miriam Albright can't resist helping someone in need, even if she feels resentment toward them. Can she break Clay from his prison of guilt? Can God and love heal a broken man?

Madeline's Mistake

2022

Can two people overcome past mistakes and find love? Madeline Atherton’s biggest achievement in her almost eighteen years is her ability to make mistakes. Giving her heart to the wrong man or upsetting her employer is as easy as breathing. Harris Steele, ex-sheriff, blames himself daily for a mistake he believed he made, which caused the death of his young deputy. He vowed never to take responsibility for another person, retires, and buys a ranch. When Madeline’s drunkard father makes a deal with the local saloon owner to sell Madeline to pay his gambling and drinking debts, Madeline has to run. With the help of the local pastor, she finds safety on a Wyoming ranch. Harris Steele swore he would never marry, worrying he might make another mistake affecting someone’s life. When his local pastor convinces him that a young woman needs a safe home and the security of his name, he reluctantly agrees. Can two people who have made mistakes in the past find love or realize their biggest mistake was agreeing to a marriage neither wanted. This is a sweet romance.

Renee's Rescue

2022

Can love save even the most damaged heart? Renee Ashley has never known anything but a life of comfort and luxury. But not even wealth can protect her from an anonymous visitor leaving threats on her doorstep. As the threats continue to escalate right along with her anxiety, Renee feels as if she has no other choice than to flee from her home, only to be washed up on a rocky shore after the fishing boat she is sailing on gets lost in a terrible storm. She wakes in the home of a handsome stranger with no memory, her name and everything about her life forgotten, except the knowledge that some lurking force is after her. Looking over her shoulder at every turn, she feels as if she can trust no one, especially not the sullen man who—with no other option—has taken her into his home until her memories return. But even with her past still a mystery, her feelings begin to shift from fear to compassion for the reclusive man. She decides to make it her mission to peel back his barriers and save him from whatever pain he keeps so carefully locked away. But little does Renee realize that the threat towards her is getting closer, and she may very well be the one in need of saving.

Alexandra's Anguish

2022

Two broken people were betrayed and abandoned by those they trusted... When she witnesses a murder, Alexandra (Alex) is on the run from a family bent on revenge. After being accused of a crime he did not commit, Hunter Jones escapes to a secret valley. Shunning his fellow man, he lives a reclusive existence. Father Pierre, one of the few people Hunter has contact with, persuades him to marry Alex, who has sought sanctuary at his monastery. Will Hunter and Alex be able to cast off the burdens they carry and make their marriage work? If so, dare they come out of hiding to re-join the human race?

Regina's Replacement

2022

Will two broken hearts be able to find love and make a family together? Revenge stalks a couple who are determined to do that very thing in 1861 Minnesota. Set on a farm, this sweet romance features a delightful child with a lovable dog thrown in. If you enjoy cozy, sweet romances, this is a must read.

Teresa's Trouble

2022

A wayward brother, his scoundrel of a partner, and some surprise visits by mysterious legendary beasts add troubles to their troubles. Teresa Beldon is forced to leave her home by a half-brother who is always in trouble. With no choice, she finds herself on the stagecoach to Denver and headed to the gold camps. After getting directions in Denver, they drive up the mountain when a blizzard forces the wagon off the road. She is thrown free of the wagon only to lay hurt and alone. Kade Sartain has lived alone near Buffalo Creek for the last three years with the intention of staying away from people all together. He wants to hide his shameful past. All he needed was his cabin and his cat, Marvin. Then he finds Teresa. He can’t leave her to die. So, he does the only thing he can, he brings her to his cabin to heal. Then her brother comes, bringing more trouble with him. Just when it looks like it can't get worse, a snow storm locks them in the cabin and tension heats up. Then there is the mysterious legend of the Maxemista that even scares the cat.

Esme's Endurance

2022

Can love save them from themselves? Esme was dealt the cruelest of hands. Forced to watch helplessly as her family died one by one by the fever that swept through their town with a vengeance. She waited for it to claim her but when it skipped over her she had to escape. She had to get as far away as she could or her heart would never heal from the pain. But fleeing brought her deep into the mountains and into a darkness she’d never known… Dr. Luther Hodgkins had tucked himself away from the rest of the world, locked in a fortress of isolation of his own making. Once, he’d had it all. He’d been fresh out of medical school determined to save people only to find the painful truth - there were some things medicine couldn’t stop. No matter what he did, the fever robbed him of his patients and his faith in medicine so he ran away to a place where nothing could find him. But then she came screaming into his life and saving her became the only thing that mattered…until she started to save him.

Katie's Resolve

2022

The wild man; he lived alone and he expected he would die alone. Left for dead by his brothers, trust did not come easily to Declan Connelly. He lived on the edges of society with his dogs and horses, engaging only when necessary to ensure his survival. For almost two years, this small cabin in the foothills of the mountains in Colorado had been his haven, until he made a necessary foray in to town and saw… her. Katie Burrows had accepted her lot, at the age of twenty-six she was an old maid and she was her father’s help mate. What did she care that the citizens of Boulder saw her male attire and thought her an oddity? She worked in the forge, she shod horses, what else could she wear? Then the wild man rode into town, and one look changed everything. Katie wanted to know his story, and she couldn’t resist meddling in his life. The result was something neither could ever have expected.

Charlotte's Chagrin

2022

He rescued her and her children; now, can she rescue him?> James Aaron Sanders is a man fleeing from an unbearable tragedy. He stays mobile, avoiding people and relationships, working on the outskirts of the law. Charlotte Beatrice Mattson Packer followed her husband west, but now he’s gone, and she and the children are in danger of starvation. Can they work together to rescue each other?

#10

Violet's Voice

2022

Her voice saved him once…. Is he strong enough now to return the favor? Following the mine's collapse, Damien Cross lay between life and death, drifting in and out of consciousness in the makeshift hospital bed. Suddenly a voice captured his attention – a woman was singing. It was the most beautiful song he’d ever heard. The lyrical notes stirred something deep inside of him, willing him to live. If he could just hang on to the angel’s voice a little longer… Five years have passed since that fateful day, and Damien can no longer stand to be confined anywhere – or beholden to anyone. He much prefers the company of horses to humans. However, in his dreams he still hears the voice of the angel, like a salve for his bitter, broken heart. One day as he is walking past the town's saloon on his way to the bank, the sounds of music within drifts outside, and a woman begins to sing. Shocked, Damien recognizes her voice – his angel. Violet Lovelace is struggling to make ends meet following the carriage accident that claimed the life of her father and left her mother in a wheelchair. Teaching voice lessons to children isn’t enough to pay for the pain medication her mother so desperately needs. When Violet is offered a job singing at the local saloon, she accepts despite her misgivings. But what other choice does she have? Join Damien and Violet on their journey of discovering the light of hope in the throes of darkness and the triumphant power of love.

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Amelia's Proposal

2022

Can an invisible man find the love and acceptance that he's never had? As a halfbreed, Angus Macawi has never been accepted by his native tribe, or the townsfolk of Fort Pierre. He's lived on the outskirts both literally and figuratively. No one wants anything to do with him—he's invisible to everyone—until he meets Amelia Fletcher. This irksome female refuses to leave him alone, even though he does everything he can to stop her from visiting him, he can't help the feelings she's stirring within him. Would it be okay for him to feel hope for the first time?

#12

Chelsea's Choice

2022

Everyone thought he was dead! So he stayed that way, leaving his younger brother to enjoy the life that should have been his. With the wife that should have been his. Chelsea followed her cousin, who’d made a life in the new world. Men in the West were different. And out of those men, Reece Burnham caught her eye. No one knew much about him, except he kept to himself. But Chelsea was used to getting what she wanted. And she had her sights firmly set on Reece.

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Audrey’s Search

2022

A man silenced. Twice. Can she help him find the courage to try again? Restrained in his former life, Quin Paxton moved west to start over. Now his own church censored him. Withdrawn into his own secluded world, he longs to preach again. But who will listen? Audrey Stillman and her sister, Francine, waited a year for their mother to return from her search for their father after the war. But she left these instructions: “If I don’t return in a year, move west. Find a husband. Live your lives.” So Audrey and her sister hire on with a widower to care for his two children and their dog named Trouble in exchange for safe passage west to a mining town high in the mountains of the Colorado Territory. But when disaster strikes in western Kansas, they’re separated from the wagon train. Stuck at an unnamed busy crossroads, can Quin help them? Audrey longs for one valuable family possession they left behind. She searches for a replacement. Could Quin hold the key to what Audrey’s heart truly searches for? But if he won’t preach again, how will she ever know?

#14

Evaline's Grit

2022

From award-winning author Kara O’Neal, comes her first sweet and clean historical romance, Evaline’s Grit. Grape, Texas, 1885 Evaline Cameron works in her father’s dry goods store, and the establishment is the social center of the town where she shines as the hostess. She includes everyone in her joy, and much to her father’s dismay, wants to draw out the reclusive and elusive gentleman living in a shrouded cottage on the outskirts of town—Jack Walsh. For a reason she can’t explain, she senses Mr. Walsh needs her. And he’s too vital, too handsome to spend his life shut away. She’s going to befriend him. She’s going to learn his secrets and help him. Even if it means putting herself in harm’s way.

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Dianna's Dilemma

The Reclusive Man, Book 15

2022

Dianna Dewalt, a journalist with the Colorado Springs Weekly Gazette, is assigned a story she isn’t the least bit interested in—the May 15, 1881 incorporation of La Junta, Colorado. She is interested in keeping her job and someday becoming editor, so she travels via stagecoach to the small town. Arriving a week before, she endures the heat of the area and the bad manners of the men in the town as she gathers personal interest stories about the town and its incorporation. She meets a handsome man who seems out of place. Cultured accent, well-read, educated. A gaze that never quite focuses on her. And a patchwork past that doesn’t fit him. She asks around town, but nobody knows anything about him. Her investigative nose for a mystery begins twitching. She’s certain he’s keeping a secret. But what, exactly? Something criminal? Immoral? Or is she wrong about him, and he’s telling her the truth? Samson Macon, known to his few friends as Sam, works for the local stage line as a tack and saddle maker. He keeps himself to himself because that’s the easiest way to keep a secret. He came to Junction City three years prior to escape the memories that haunted him: his wife and child died because he wasn’t a good enough doctor to save them. He simply walked away from his profession, causing a stir at the hospital in Denver and in the news. Rumors abound as to his whereabouts. When news arrives in town about a man being arrested and charged with the murder of a missing doctor from Denver—a Michael Swanson. Dianna’s itchy scalp, now stitched by the saddle maker, means she’s onto something. Could Samson Macon and Michael Swanson be the same man? Will he let another be hung without revealing himself? If so, he isn’t the man she thought he was. She telegraphs her office and asks for information on Doctor Michael Swanson. When she receives it, she considers whether to go to the sheriff or to Samson. Samson must decide whether to admit his past and trust that God will heal his broken heart, or forever carry the real blame for another’s death. Dianna must choose whether to break her promise or save another’s life. Both must determine what’s most important to them.

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Lizzie's Bargain

2022

Their foreman rides away the same day Lizzie Vincent buries her father. A week later a reserved stranger stumbles onto the Vincent ranch. What is he hiding? Extenuating circumstances surround the death of Lizzie Vincent's father. A bullet from a rifle barely misses his chest while he inspects a break in the fence. Two days later he dies of heart failure. Was the shot meant to kill him? What motive did the shooter have? Lizzie Vincent has just returned from her father's funeral when their foreman Jesse saddles up and rides away. She'd hoped he would propose in spite of her grandmother's warnings. Days later, a bedraggled stranger stumbles onto the ranch. Expecting Jesse's return by fall roundup, Lizzie bargains with Britt Langford to fill his position until then. What Lizzie does not count on is losing her heart to this enigmatic stranger. Why does Britt evade questions about his past? What secrets lurk behind his soulful gray eyes? Britt went to prison for a crime he did not commit. He's kept that secret buried and when folks start prying, he packs up and leaves. Britt soon loses his heart to Lizzie, but she's asking questions. His head shouts, “Flee!” but his heart pleads, “Stay!” Britt determines to stay, only because a Langford keeps his promises. And only until fall roundup. As Lizzie's attraction toward Britt grows, she struggles with her loyalty to the previous foreman. Will Jesse return after sowing his wild oats? Has her loyalty been misplaced? Will Lizzie seek God's guidance to make the right choice—whether it be Jesse or Britt? Will Britt and Lizzie catch the culprit cutting their fences—the one whose shot was the indirect cause of her father's death?

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Rachel's Ransom

2022

Can true love be found when you’re promised to another? After losing her father and two brothers in the war, Rachel Lawson is forced to move North. Lonely and uncertain about her future, she hopes answering a mail-order-bride advertisement will be the answer to her prayers. Will her decision destroy her only real chance at love? Maxwell Caufield is a self-made recluse, his past and inward self-loathing has built a wall around his life and heart. While escorting his brother's intended, he's shocked to discover he has feelings for the bride-to-be. What will he do? Betray his brother or his own heart?

Authors

Kara O'Neal

Author · 4 books

Kara O'Neal was born and raised in Texas. She loves reading, writing, and spending time with her family. (She also spends way too much time on her Netflix account!)

Annee Jones

Author · 24 books

Author Annee Jones loves to write all things romance, fantasy, cozy mystery, & more. She is passionate about writing stories where dreams come true and love wins in the end! Animal friends, elements of suspense, and appendices with fun facts manage to appear in all her works regardless of genre. Professionally, Annee works as a disability counselor where she helps her clients navigate through complex medical and legal systems while rediscovering their wholeness in Spirit. Subscribe to Annee’s newsletter to stay up to date on new releases, sneak peeks, author parties, and exclusive giveaways: https://www.anneejones.com/newsletter Find Annee’s books here: Annee’s website: https://www.anneejones.com/ Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/~/e/B08KSFSHX1 Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/authorannee... Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/annee... Want to join Annee’s private Facebook reader group, Annee's Angels? Request your spot now: https://www.facebook.com/groups/annee... You can also connect with Annee on her FB author page: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorAnneeJ...

Margaret Tanner is an award winning, best selling author. As well as writing historical novels set in frontier Australia she has discovered a love for writing Western Romance. Her novella, Edwina of Connecticut is one of the 50 novels in the American Mail Order Bride series. Christmas Cowboy is in the Western Christmas Anthology, Silver Belles And Stetsons. . She has had numerous short stories published over the years, but writing Historical romance novels is her passion. Her favourite historical period is the 1st World War. Not only has she painstakingly researched this era, but was fortunate enough to make a poignant pilgrimage to the battlefields of Gallipoli (in Turkey), France and Belgium. She is married with three grown up sons, and two gorgeous grand-daughters. Margaret lives in Australia. She has recently retired from work, and hopes to concentrate on her writing.

Barbara Goss

Author · 45 books

AKA Barbara A. Masci & Barbara Masci-Goss From Kindle Author Page: Barbara Masci Goss is now just Barbara Goss. I live in Western New York State and have three grown sons, two step daughters and 10 grandchildren. I wrote my books in the early '90's and now that I'm retired I have obtained the book rights and am converting them to Kindle. That's exciting for me because I don't read paper books at all anymore. I have designed new covers with a new author name: Barbara Goss. My first two books "Captured Heart" and "Forbidden Legacy" went to a second printing in the mid '90's and the publisher added my name as Barbara Masci-Goss, but I now prefer to keep it short and sweet. From Author Website: I'm from Western New York, and I live with my husband and two cats, Mandy and Molly. I wrote these books in the early 1990's in paperback. My publishers were Fleming Revell and Baker Book House. Now, I have the rights and have put them out on E-Books so people can still enjoy them. My goal in writing these books is to provide clean but still romantic and adventurous novels for all ages. I've always felt that we needed more clean, wholesome books. When I wrote these books there were but a handful of Christian romance writers. Now, thankfully there are more. My biggest influence in writing was Grace Livingston Hill. Enjoy.

F. Tilly Brownne writes women’s fiction, drama, sweet & clean historical romance, contemporary romance, and Christian fiction. Audrey’s Search was her first historical romance in a series in July 2022 followed by it's sequel, Trevor's Torment. Watch her growing list of novellas, often on KU pre-order. Please mark them Want to Read for the latest news. And please follow her on Bookbub for notices of new books and more. Find her here: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/f-til... Join her fiction newsletter here: https://dianne-e-butts.ck.page/756490... When not writing she enjoys riding her motorcycle with her husband, gardening, and photography. She lives in beautiful Colorado. (She writes nonfiction under her real name: Dianne E. Butts. Learn more on her web site: https://www.dianneebutts.com/fiction.)

Kandice E. Geddes

Author · 12 books

Kandice Geddes was born and raised beside the red hills of St. George, Utah. She discovered her love of writing as a small child and began creating stories about mermaids falling for dashing princes. Thank you, Disney. And it only continued from there. She graduated from Southern Utah University with a track scholarship in Elementary Education and taught 1st Grade for four years. While living in northern Colorado, she rediscovered her love of writing, especially within the world of sweet romance, and has been pursuing it ever since. Some of her other loves are: reading, drawing, sugar cookies, watching Disney movies (shocker I know), and spending time with her swoony husband and two highly spirited boys.

P. Creeden

Author · 45 books

P. Creeden is the sweet romance and mystery pen name for USA Today Bestselling Author Pauline Creeden. Her stories feature down-to-earth characters who often feel like they are undeserving of love for one reason or another and are surprised when love finds them. P. Creeden married her college sweetheart, who she also met at a horse farm. Together they raise a menagerie of animals and their one son, an avid reader, himself. Animals are the supporting characters of many of her stories, because they occupy her daily life on the farm, too. From dogs, cats, and goldfish to horses, chickens, and geckos—she believes life around pets is so much better, even if they are fictional.

Patricia PacJac Carroll

Author · 59 books

Kathleen Lawless

Author · 30 books

Kathleen Lawless blames a misspent youth watching Rawhide, Maverick and Bonanza for her fascination with cowboys, which doesn’t stop her from creating a wide variety of interests and occupations for her many alpha male heroes. Her hero, Steele, in HER UNDERCOVER COWBOY, is a modern-day cowboy, so when she was wooed by a man called Steel—while he’s not a cowboy, he is an alpha male and her forever hero. Which is why all of her stories end Happily Ever After. Not that she can ever stick to just one genre. So many stories to tell—never enough time. With over 30 published novels to her credit, she enjoys pushing the boundaries of traditional romance into historical romance, romantic suspense, women’s fiction and stories for young adults. Sign up for Kathleen’s VIP Reader Group to receive a free book, updates, special giveaways and fan-priced offers. http://eepurl.com/bV0sb1

Angela Lain

Author · 9 books

My name is Angela and I live in the countryside in Norfolk, UK, with my husband (who is an engineer and always busy) and my horse. My two children have left home, but I help my daughter with her horses and her whippets. I tend both house and garden rather reluctantly and I write and read. For years I had woven stories in my head, when travelling and watching the world go by, when lying in bed trying to sleep, or just when I was transported by a place or an event. I finally started to put the stories on paper while I sat through several endless nights when my young daughter was ill. The result was several handwritten manuscripts, hard labour over a typewriter and eventually a single romance novel accepted and published back in 1990. Then I gave up, too much family life and a business to run. Finally both children have left home and I am less busy, and now the revolution has happened. Computers. The internet. Self-publishing. I felt able to inflict my creations on the world once again. I write both historical and contemporary romance, although I personally prefer the historical; I enjoy the research. The stories are not erotica, but they are (as one of my lovely reviewers said) a little bit naughty. I don’t leave at the bedroom door. My stories are plot driven, they might get it on, but sex is part of the characters’ lives, not the main purpose. I like a bit of adventure, excitement and danger. My characters have been involved on the Oregon trail, in Indian raids in the west, and in the Crimean war. They have been variously stranded in snow storms, caught in tornadoes and kidnapped by ruffians (one of the young ladies, that is, the heroes are too tough). One thing they always get is their happy ending. I don’t like a book without a happy ending, so I really cannot write one.