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A former cavalry soldier has a new battle to fight when he runs up against the lone survivor of a wagon ambush…and the band of killers who want her dead.As Christmas approaches, Henry Jordan is on the way to meet up with his partner, the legendary frontiersman Caleb Marlowe. Finding a fifteen year old alone in a deserted mountain cabin with a dozen fresh graves nearby, Henry decides his plans for the ranch in Elkhorn, Colorado will have to wait. For nothing fires up his blood quicker than coming face-to-face with injustice.Nell Cody escaped death at the hands of ruthless outlaws and the treacherous trail guide, Bart Kelly. For three months, she's managed to survive alone in the wilderness. Her father's dying request was for Nell to deliver the money he'd raised for the people of Youngblood Creek. But with the unforgiving Rocky Mountain winter upon her, Nell is losing hope of ever making good on her promise…until Henry Jordan arrives.As they start their journey west, a tentative bond of trust forms between them. Danger lurks in the high country at every stormy turn. Nature's fury and savage predators will test their strength and skill. But they'll face the greatest threat of all in a lawless mountain town where Bart Kelly and his murderous gang lie in wait.

She came West to find her father. She never expected to find her heart.Sheila Burnett has always believed in civilization, order, and the rule of law. So when her beloved father goes missing in the rugged Colorado boomtown of Elkhorn, she's utterly unprepared for the untamed world she rides into — and even less prepared for the man everyone warns her about.Caleb Marlowe is a legend on the frontier. Lightning-quick with a rifle, cool under fire, and impossible to read, he's the kind of man who makes women cross to the other side of the street — and then turn around to look. He came to Elkhorn to build something quiet and lasting, to leave the shadows of his past behind. The last thing he needs is a sharp-tongued Eastern woman with fire in her eyes and no patience for the way things work out here.But Doc Burnett is Caleb's only friend in the world, and when ruthless outlaws trap him deep in the mountain wilderness, Caleb will ride into hell itself to bring him home.As danger closes in and the Colorado wilderness stretches wild and beautiful around her, Sheila begins to see past Caleb's guarded silence to the honorable, wounded man beneath. And Caleb finds himself fighting a battle he never trained for — the battle to keep his heart.Beyond the Silver Moon is a sweeping historical western romance full of breathtaking Colorado mountain scenery, pulse-pounding adventure, and a slow-burn love story between two people who couldn't be more different — and couldn't be more perfect for each other.Reimagined Western Romance, expanded from the original Caleb Marlowe series, previously published by Sourcebooks.

Winner of the Will Rogers Medallion for Western Fiction Colorado is holding its breath for the solar eclipse of the century — but Caleb Marlowe didn't ride into Elkhorn for the view. There's a plot to kill the most powerful judge in the territory, a ghost from his darkest past closing in fast, and the one woman he never deserved standing square in his path.Sheila Burnett has worked too hard building her life in Elkhorn to let Caleb Marlowe shake her foundations again. She knows exactly who he is. What he costs. She's made her peace with it.Or so she tells herself.When the threat against the judge turns deadly and Caleb is forced to face the secret that has shadowed him since boyhood, it's Sheila who sees the truth — a man of fierce loyalty and a heart he's never once let himself use.Set against the breathtaking drama of a historic Rocky Mountain eclipse, Beyond the Eclipse is a sweeping Western romance about second chances, buried ghosts, and a love stubborn enough to outlast every lie a man tells himself.Some shadows you can't ride away from. Some women you can't forget. And some eclipses change everything they touch...Reimagined Western Romance, expanded from the original Caleb Marlowe series,previously published by Sourcebooks.

He's finally ready to put down roots. She may be the reason why.Caleb Marlowe has never wanted much — just land to call his own and the quiet life he's earned with callused hands and a stubborn will. For the first time, that life feels within reach. The ranch is nearly built. The land is his. And somewhere beneath the silence, he's begun to admit there's one woman he wants beside him when the dust finally settles.Then it all burns down.His partner is behind bars...again. His cattle are gone. His ranch lies in ruins. And the powerful men bankrolling the railroad will stop at nothing to drive Caleb off his land for good.But this time, he won't face the storm alone.Sheila Burnett has never walked away from the people she loves — and she won't start now. Standing with Caleb means risking everything: her heart, her future, the safe life she'd so carefully planned. Yet as a brutal winter descends on Elkhorn, she begins to understand that home was never a place. It was always a person.Together, they'll face old enemies, fight for the town that has become their family, and hold on to the fragile, breathtaking hope growing between them — because on the frontier, the greatest act of courage has never been facing danger.It's letting yourself love someone who's worth the risk...A sweeping historical western romance of grit, redemption, holiday warmth, and a love strong enough to outlast the darkest winter.Reimagined and expanded from the original Caleb Marlowe series, previously published by Sourcebooks.

CALEB MARLOWE WESTERNS: THE COMPLETE TRILOGYOn the Colorado frontier, outlaws are the easy part.It's love that'll bring a man to his knees.BEYOND THE SILVER MOONShe came West to find her father. She found a gunslinger instead. Sheila Burnett believes in law, order, and civilization — none of which exist in the boomtown of Elkhorn. Caleb Marlowe is the man everyone warns her about, and the only one willing to ride into the wilderness to save the person she loves most. As danger closes in, two people who couldn't be more different begin to discover they might be exactly what the other needs.BEYOND THE ECLIPSEWinner of the Will Rogers Medallion for Western FictionColorado is holding its breath for the solar eclipse of the century. Caleb Marlowe didn't ride in for the view — there's a plot to kill the most powerful judge in the territory, and a ghost from his darkest past closing in fast. Sheila has made her peace with who Caleb is. Or so she tells herself. When the threat turns deadly and buried secrets finally surface, second chances don't come with a warning. They come like an eclipse — sudden, total, and over before you're ready.BEYOND THE CHRISTMAS STARHe'd finally built something worth keeping. Then someone burned it down. With his partner jailed, his cattle stolen, and his ranch in ruins, Caleb Marlowe stands alone against the men determined to take everything he's earned. Everything except Sheila Burnett — who has never once walked away from the people she loves, and isn't about to start now. On the frontier, surviving winter takes grit. Surviving it together takes something rarer.