Laura Drake – författare

Joan Merritt lives a charmed life. Happily married to her soulmate, she delights in following rules, her heart and her passion—advocating for women.When her husband Roger is diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease, he asks Joan to help him end his life peacefully. But how can she miss one moment of their remaining time together? She refuses. Roger takes his fate into his own hands, and on a Saturday morning bicycle ride, flies down a hill into oncoming traffic. He survives but has multiple fractures and a head injury that causes a crippling stroke. His daughter, a devout preacher's wife, comes to be by his side. Bee, only three years younger than Joan, has always resented her stepmother, and those feelings intensify as months drag on and Roger's health and will to live deteriorate. Joan faces an impossible dilemma: How much is she prepared to risk to grant her husband the peace he desperately wants and needs? When Roger dies, Bee has her own answer, and it leads straight to the police. A story of love, truth and family that shines a light on the shadow between justice and mercy.

A Love as Bold as a Texas Sunset . . .Ex-army medic Katya Smith has always healed other people's pain. Now she has to deal with her own. Taking a job as an athletic trainer on the Pro Bull Riding circuit seems like the perfect escape from her grief-except Katya doesn't know anything about bulls, and even less about the tough men who ride them. She doesn't expect to fall for the sport, or for one tantalizing cowboy who tumbles her defenses. For rodeo champion Cam Cahill, fifteen years of bucking bulls have taken their toll on his body. Before he retires, he wants a final chance at the world title-and he doesn't need some New Age gypsy telling him how to do his job. But when the stunning trainer with the magical hands repairs more than his worn muscles, everything changes. Soon Cam finds himself trying to persuade Katya to forgive her past so she can build a future . . . with him.

This cowboy's got one last chance to prove himself. Carly Beauchamp has loved cowboy Austin Davis since first grade. Ask anyone in their dusty, backwater New Mexico town of Unforgiven, and they'll say "Carly and Austin" the way some say "big trucks and country boys." But after years of waiting for a wedding ring, Carly's done with being a rodeo widow . . . Austin never meant to put his career on the circuit before Carly. She's always been his future, his one and only. But now that she's moved on, he's beginning to see where he went wrong, and he'll do anything to win her back. The only thing is, Carly's suddenly acting differently, and she's definitely hiding a secret-one that will test the depth of their love and open up a whole new world of possibilities.

Welcome to Unforgiven, New Mexico, a small western town filled with heart, cowboys, and second chances!Nevada Sweet's spent nearly her whole life running away from trouble. But when trouble turns to danger, Nevada heads to the tiny, remote town of Unforgiven, New Mexico. Working at the Chestnut Creek Cafe is the perfect cover. But when she meets Joseph "Fishing Eagle" King, Nevada discovers a whole new kind of trouble, the kind she most desperately needs. Fish has dedicated his life to helping his people and carrying on the Navajo traditions he learned from his grandmother. After serving in the army, he's back home, and the last thing he wants to deal with is a battle for his job as a cook at the cafe. It's impossible to think these two could ever get along, much less fall in love. Still, Fish finds himself drawn to the witty and beautiful Nevada, but when Nevada's past finally catches up to her, will she be able to face the demons of her past in order to embrace the future?Includes the bonus novel Wicked Cowboy Ways by Carolyn Brown!

Welcome to Unforgiven, New Mexico, a small western town filled with heart, cowboys, and second chances!Lorelei West has spent her whole life taking care of those she's loved--and after her sister is killed in a car accident, Lorelei steps up to raise the niece she never knew existed. Even though she has a full-time job and is taking care of her sick mother, Lorelei is more than happy to welcome Sawyer into her life. But things change when an unexpected cowboy shows up in Unforgiven wanting to claim custody of Sawyer. When cattleman Reese St. James learns he has an orphaned niece, he heads down to Unforgiven to bring Sawyer home. But the more time Reese spends with Lorelei and Sawyer, he longs for the close family ties he's always wanted. However, convincing independent Lorelai to take a chance on him won't be easy.