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Amy 
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13985 postsJun-17-07, 09:47 PM (EST) 
"LTT, HQN and MIRA complete info ready to print"
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. First release hard cover 2005. HQN; ISBN: 0373770413
Before Sunrise
First Time in Paperback
Mass Market Paperback (July 2006)
HQN Books; ISBN: 0373771207
2. Before Sunrise
Before Sunrise - Jeremiah Cortez and Phoebe Keller (2005)Jeremiah Cortez is a 36years old at the start of the book in 1994. He is tall, lean and dark face with faint scares. He has large almond shaped eyes with short lashes. His mouth is wide and with thin lips, his chin has a stubborn jut. His hair is thick and jet black gathered into a ponytail that falls almost to his waist. He is Comanche and his hair style made him look sensual, wild and a little dangerous. He is working as a Federal prosecutor at this time.
Three years later he is back with the FBI investigating violent crime on Indian Reservations nationwide. He still has his long hair, he looks leaner & never looks like he smiles.
Phoebe Keller is a 23 year old college graduate of anthropology in the beginning of the book in 1994. She has long platinum blond hair that hangs down her back and has pale blue eyes. She is attractive despite her tomboyish appearance.
Three years later Phoebe is curator at a small Native American museum in Chenocetah, North Carolina. She has completed her master’s degree and dislikes man and never flirts. She has short hair a business like personality and dressed like a matron. She lives in a small cabin with her dog Jock .
3. Jeremiah Cortez thought he'd left the past behind him-especially the part of his past concerning Phoebe Keller. In her final year in college she stirred his world-weary soul. Now, three year's later, seeing the blond beauty again sparks dormant desires. But he has to push his emotions aside-he has ties that can't be broken, no matter how much he longs to reconnect with the determined, vivacious woman he once knew.
Phoebe thought her feelings for Cortez were buried as deep as the artifacts she studies in her museum. An expert in Native American culture, she has her doubts when an anthropologist claims to have discovered a Neanderthal skeleton on the nearby reservation. But before Phoebe can pursue the matter, the professor who called her turn's up dead in a local cave-and the FBI sends in Cortez to investigate.
No sooner does Cortez show up in Phoebe's office than the heat that's always simmered between them flares anew. Phoebe can't forget the heartbreak he caused, but neither can she deny the aching need he arouses with the merest touch. Now, as the two delve further into the murder, they find themselves entangled in a world of conspiracy, deception.....and a love more powerful than anything they've ever known.
4. Cortez is raising his nephew Joseph as his own son. Joseph is around two years old. Phoebe is expecting their first baby at the end of the story.
5. Phoebe has a watch dog name Jock that lives with her in the cabin.
6.Derrie is Phoebe’s aunt was a friend of Cortez until he broke off with her.
Marie Locklear is a coworker if Phoebe’s and is half Cherokee.
Drake Stewart is a deputy sheriff and is a cousin of Marie Locklear.
Christina (Tina) Redhawk is Cortez’s cousin and is watching Joseph while he’s on this assignment.
Cortez’s father Charles Redhawk is a shaman. He gave Phoebe a prayer wheel in 1994 just before Cortez broke off with her. Then when Cortez meets her again he gives her two silver coins and tells her where to carry them. He also calls Cortez to help him find Phoebe & also tells him she’s carrying his baby.
We also find out that Jermiah Cortez and Colby Lane (Lawman) are cousinsContractors working around the reservation:
First is Jeb Bennett owner of Bennett Construction and his foreman ##### Walks Far. Second contractor working in area is Paul Cortland. The last contractor is either Ben Yardley (page 139) or Bob Yardley (page 140) he is a former police officer.
Fred Norton is a part time construction worker, pothunter, illegal art dealer that sold the effigy figure to Phoebe’s museum.
Claudia (Walks Far) Bennett is the blond hair, blue eyed sister of Jeb Bennett and also ##### Walks Far’s wife. She posed as a school teacher to question Phoebe. She also kidnaps her.
None if these people are in other books that I know of and no books for any of these secondary characters so far.
Alice Jones is on Cortez team and is a former classmate of Phoebe. She is in a number of books as a secondary character but no book of her own as of this point.
There are a number of law officers & doctors but they only have a line or two so I think of them as support not secondary Characters.
Peggy Rieger California
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Amy
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13985 postsJul-12-07, 05:19 PM (EST) 1. "RE: HQN and MIRA titles Complete book info"
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Lawman
Hardcover (June 2007)
HQN Books; ISBN: 0373772343
2. Garon Grier is a career FBI agent working out of the San Antonio office. He has bought a ranch in Jacobsville, Texas to be close to his brother Cash the police chief of Jacobsville. They have just ended a feud that alienated the family for some time. Garon loved children but you won’t know it. His demeanor is blunt and confrontation. He rarely smiles, and he’s all business, even with women. He lost his one true love to cancer and it ate the heart from him. He is a handsome man who never lacks female attention. He is thirty-six, tall with blond-streaked brown hair and big hands. Dark eyes, olive skin, high cheekbones and a sensuous mouth. He drives what he calls a Bucar (buro issued car) but he also has a New Black Jaguar and a Big Ford Expedition. He likes to fish and use to grow roses.
Grace Carver has long golden-blond hair, grey eyes and exquisite peaches and cream complexion. She has a bow shaped mouth with a pinkish tint, small pert breast and a small waistline. She is perfectly proportioned with long longs and rounded hips. Grace has many secrets and fears but she’s grown into a lovely strong independent young woman. She lives with her abuse Grandmother but she is kind & openhearted and the people of Jacobsville think of her as family. She’s always there to help others and never complaints. She’s also a good cook and baker.
3. When San Antonio FBI agent Garon Grier buys a ranch in Jacobsville, Texas, the strong, silent loner is hoping to mend some broken family fences. He's not looking for love when he finds an unexpected, unwanted attraction to the girl next door, a shy, lovely woman who believes some secrets are best kept hidden. But the truth will prove just as dangerous when Garon tackles the most difficult case of his career, hunting an escaped convict, a child predator whose former victims are all dead. All accept one.
Grace Carver grew up in this quiet Texas town. She works as a cook at the local cafe and nurtures a spectacular garden in the home she shares with her elderly grandmother. She remains unmarried and untouched because of a past darkened by tragedy. Now, at only twenty-five, she's accepted loneliness as a way of life. That is, until Garon.
Only when fear and uncertainty collide in reckless heartbreak does Garon fully realize what he's found with Grace- and what he may have lost. Because his hunt for a killer has led him to the last person on earth that he would ever have expected to be the one who had escaped death at the hands of a madman. And now a desperate lawman and a proud woman must decide if secrets will come between them forever… or free them to love.
4. Garon lost his first child ten years before when his first wife dead of cancer while pregnant. Grace is pregnant by the end of the book. She delivers a healthy boy that they name Tory Garon. Information found on page 266.
5. She had an old German shepherd dog Jock that dies soon after meeting Garon. She also has a cat Wilbur that’s twelve that also dies soon after her grandmother passes.
6. Rick Marquez is a San Antonio homicide detective with the San Antonio police department. He’s tall, has dark black hair that he wears in a long ponytail that designated him as a renegade. He’s the adopted son of Barb the owner of Barb’s Café. He’s also a life long friend of Grace and is secretly in love with her. He is the first to link the child homicides to a serial killer and asks help from the FBI.
Barbara owner of Barb’s Café in Jacobsville. Grace works part time. She’s blond and a lioness to her friends. She bars Garon & Jaqui Jones after they are unkind to Grace in the café. She’s also the adopted mother of Rick Marquez and treats Grace like a daughter.
Bob Collier Grace’s elderly cousin that’s disable, his caretaker Tina
Miss Jane Turner is Garon’s housekeeper. She is a retired teacher that has a Master’s Degree in History. She is astringent, but she was a good cook and kept his house without talking his ear off.
Jaqui Jones is the niece of Mrs. Talbot and works for Andy Webb as a realtor. She is a brunette with dark eyes and nice figure. She doesn't’t fit into Jacobsville small town because she’s too aggressive both sexually and personality-wise.
Cash Grier is Garon’s brother, he is police chief of Jacobsville he is a former mercenary, Texas Ranger and worked for other secret agencies of the government. He’s in several stories, but Cash and Tippy’s story is Renegade.
Tippy Grier is Cash’s wife, she’s also known as the Georgia Fire. Tippy is a former model turned movie star. Their baby daughter’s name is Tristina but they call her Tris.
Mrs. Jessie Collier is Grace’s grandmother and is very abusive to her. She’s a big woman, with grey hair and green eyes. She passes early in the book.
Dr Cooper Coltrain is Grace’s doctor. He is very protective of Grace he treated her as a child and she is one of his first private patients. Other doctors that treat Grace are Dr Frank & Dr Morris.
Sheldon is the witness that wears kid gloves that said he saw the kidnapper in the San Antonio case. He turned out to be the serial killer kidnapper.
Peggy Rieger ~ California
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Amy
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13985 postsSep-06-07, 02:20 PM (EST) 2. "RE: HQN and MIRA titles Complete book info"
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Love With a Long, Tall Texan-Guy Fenton 1) Publication Date-1999 ISBN-0-373-48379-1
Prologue to Guy: “See! How she leans her cheek upon her hand:
O! That I were a glove upon that hand,
That I might touch that cheek.”
By William Shakespeare2) Characters-
Guy Fenton has dark hair, not a handsome man but he has a way with women, lean and lanky, gray eyes and is 30 (almost 31)(pages 11-12, 24). He works for the Ballenger brothers as a cowboy, but he owns his own company-an air cargo company, but he left that after his fiancée Anita died. Guy was flying the plane but was tired and didn’t do a good spot check and didn’t notice the engine problems until they were up in the air and she fell out of the plane and died (page 79). After that he moved to Jacobsville and he’s been there for 3 years (page 30). He has a married brother who lives in California and a married sister that lives in Washington (page 34). Guy is known in Jacobsville because every Saturday night he goes out and gets drunk (page 15). Guy still has nightmares of seeing Anita falling out of the plane (page 23). Guy was told my Justin Ballenger that he was to take the beef industry publicist who wants to visit several ranches to see the methods being used, and lately there has been bad publicity because of bacteria in beef (page 16). Guy was against this at first, but he soon grew fond of Candy.Candace (Candy) Marshall is a pretty brunette, with big vulnerable brown eyes and is a freelance publicist (pages 24-25). Candy is from Denver, and has heard of the Hart boys biscuit mania (page 39). Candy is the only child, and her mother is still alive but her father is dead. Her father was shot to death 9 or 10 years ago, in a fast food place where Candy wanted to go for lunch. The guy who shot up the restaurant was someone who had been fired from the fast food place and took revenge during that day. Candy lost a lung and her mother holds Candy responsible for the death of Candy’s father and the two women are not close (pages 54-55). Candy still has nightmares about the attack at the fast food place (pages 46-47). Candy has asthma (which is worse with Candy only having one lung) and has a major attack (pages 86-87) with all the dust at the ranches she visits and Guy flies her to the hospital as she doesn’t have a doctor so she ends up going to see Drew Morris. Candy falls in love with Guy and finds out she can be the local cattlemen’s association publicist, which is great because Mrs. Harrison is doing that job right now and she doesn’t like it (page 124). Candy enjoys fishing and rodeo, things that Guy also enjoys (page 69).
3) Secondary Characters-
Matt Caldwell-has his own story-Matt Caldwell: Texas Tycoon
Justin Ballenger-has his own story-Justin
Paddy
Dr. Drew Morris-has his own story-Drew Morris (in LTT Summer
Fay Langley-has own story-Donovan
Cy Parks-has his own story-The Winter Soldier (pages 50-51)
Characters that were just mentioned
Evan & Anna Tremayne (Evan just elected president of the local cattlemen’s association)
They have their own story-Evan (page 16)
Simon & Tira Hart-have their own story-Beloved (page 17)
Corrigan & Dorie Hart-have their own story-Christmas Cowboy (page 17)
Callaghan & Tess Hart-have their own story-Callaghan’s Bride (page 17)
Rey Hart-has his own story-Man of Means (page 17)
Leo Hart-has his own story-Lionhearted (page 17)*We find out in this story that Kitty Morris is expecting a baby
4) Pets-
Neither one of them has pets, Candy because of her asthmaBlurb from back of book:
They’re long and lean...and impossible to resist. Mavericks through and through. And they have all the ladies in Jacobsville swooning. But not just any woman can tame these rugged Texans and make them give up their bachelor ways. Because when these Long, Tall Texans fall in love, it’s for real, for life, no holds barred...Guy Fenton: The rogue. With a bad boy reputation, he’s beyond redemption. Until a prickly publicist vows to bring him to his knees...
Sarah Lehman
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Amy
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13985 postsSep-06-07, 02:21 PM (EST) 3. "RE: HQN and MIRA titles Complete book info"
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Love With a Long, Tall Texan-Luke Craig 1) Publication Date-1999 ISBN-0-373-48379-1
Prologue to Luke Craig: That best portion of a good man’s life,
His little, nameless, unremembered acts
Of kindness and love.”
By William Wordsworth2) Luke Craig is Elysia (Craig) Nash Walker’s brother, and in this story took place shortly after Elysia and Tom Walker were married (page 132). He is a rancher, who has had many problems-“falling beef prices, closed markets, crazy winters and bad fall harvests that required him to buy feed for his livestock over the winter.” But now there’s something he considers worse-a “summer camp for underprivileged city kids had opened right next door to his ranch, and he was having to come to terms with invaders who made the Mexican Army in 1836 look tame by comparison (page 131).” Luke is a lean and lithe man, wears an expensive wide-brimmed hat and hand-tooled boots with silver spurs. He’s incredibly handsome, with thick blond hair and blue eyes, firm mouth and a square jaw (page 134). Luke is against the kids and gives Belinda Jessup trouble about the kids, but he eventually warms up and bonds with Kells, one of the boys, as Kells takes to ranching. Luke has a tragic past, his mother was beaten every night by her husband who was a drunk, and Luke and Elysia were also abused as well (page 140). Luke was also in the army and fought in Desert Storm when his unit was called up (page 141).
Belinda Jessup is Ward Jessup’s sister and is a public defender (pages 135-136). Belinda has dark blond hair, green eyes and an outgoing personality (page 132). Belinda is leading this summer camp for the underprivileged kids to help them get out of juvenile hall and to start living their life obeying the law. Luke finally eases up and lets the kids (& Belinda) to come to his ranch to see his cattle, horses, etc. Belinda tells Luke about her mother, who was very promiscuous and left the family with one of her conquests and Belinda and Ward were stuck in town living down the gossip (pages 209-210).
Kells is one of the underprivileged kids in the summer camp, and he forms a bond with Luke. Kells is a 17 year old, and Belinda defended him with a shoplifting charge. “He has 5 brothers and sisters scattered around the country with various relatives.” His mother had moved with his mother and her boyfriend, but her boyfriend didn’t want Kells and his mother didn’t fight for him. “He had stolen a CD player on purpose to get back at her when her boyfriend had beaten him” (pages 144-145). At the end of the story we find out that Kells’ real name is Ed, he loves Eddie Murphy and so does Belinda and Luke (page 201). Kells ends up working for Luke as a cowboy (page 247).3) Secondary Characters-
Chet Blake
Cy Parks-has his own story-The Winter Soldier
Ward Jessup mentioned-has his own story-Unlikely Lover
4) Pets-
They didn’t have pets, but Luke did own a ranch and we find out the difference between cows. Cows are the mothers of cows, heifers are unbred cows. Bulls are stud cattle, steers are neutered cattle raised for beef. Bulls won’t tolerate a steer and mother cows will fight them to protect their calves. “Calves have to be dehorned, branded, given their vaccinations, castrated if they’re to be beef cattle and tagged“ (pages 146-147).
Blurb from back of book:
They’re long and lean...and impossible to resist. Mavericks through and through. And they have all the ladies in Jacobsville swooning. But not just any women can tame theses rugged Texans and make them give up their bachelor ways. Because when these Long, Tall Texans fall in love, it’s for real, for life, no holds barred...
Luke Craig: The elusive bachelor. He won’t be lassoed-until the most infuriating lady he’s ever met careens into his life...Sarah Lehman
Berkley, Michigan
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Amy
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13985 postsSep-06-07, 02:22 PM (EST) 5. "RE: HQN and MIRA titles Complete book info"
In response to message #4
LAST EDITED ON Nov-11-07 AT 10:58 AM (EST)
A Long Tall Texan Summer-Drew Morris1) Publication Date-1997, ISBN-0-373-21838-9
Prologue to book: “This bud of love, by summer’s ripening breath,
May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet.”
By William Shakespeare, Romeo & Juliet
Prologue to Drew Morris: O, My Luve is like a red, red rose
That’s newly sprung in June.
O, My Luve is like a melodie,
That’s sweetly played in tune.”
By Robert Burns2) Characters-
Drew Morris is a widower, having been married to the late Eve for 12 years until Eve passed away from cancer (page 143). Drew worked long hours, pretty much from dawn to dusk daily even Saturdays, and on Sunday afternoons he held a clinic for children (page 143). He did minor surgery and was always willing to stand in for other doctors at the local hospital (page 143). Drew’s face had deep lines and he was beginning to gray at the temples. He had been overweight when Kitty started working for him but due to his long hours he is now streamlined (page 167). Drew has no patience on the anniversary of Eve’s death with patients running for the door after their appointment. Kitty and Nurse Turner even drew straws to see who would get to leave early and who had to stay with Drew to close down the office at the end of the day (pages 170-177, 190). Drew didn’t realize he loved Kitty until Matt Caldwell told him (page 263).Kitty Carson is an only child, whose parents are both dead, though her Mom died first. Kitty’s late father was a colonel of the green berets, a Vietnam veteran who had a bad habit of running people over (pages 144-145). Dr. Jeb “Copper” Coltrain knew Kitty when she was a little girl when she would trot behind her father, marching like a proper soldier (page190). Kitty didn’t date much because of her father, terrified the young men who wanted to date her (page 147). That is why Kitty was thrilled to go out on a date with Guy Fenton, but he flirted with another woman and Kitty left the movie theatre disappointed (pages 152-155). Kitty is an asthmatic (page 142) which can be a problem and she sometimes has to be hospitalized for it. She has dark hair (page 143), she likes dragons (page157), has green eyes and wears glasses (page 143). Drew started calling Kitty “Kitty Cat” at the office to the amusement of his little patients (page 159).
3) Secondary Characters-
Matt Caldwell-has his own book-Matt Caldwell: Texas Tycoon
Nurse Turner
Dr. Jeremiah “Copper” & Louise “Lou” Coltrain-they have their own story-Coltrain’s Proposal
Guy Fenton-has his own story-Love with a Long, Tall Texan. Guy Fenton is 29, dark headed and gray eyes with a lean physique and wandering eye (page 151).
Eve Morris (deceased)-Eve had had blonde hair
4) Pets-
Neither Drew or Kitty have petsBlurb from back of the book-
That Texas man was long and lean...and just ripe for loving on a hot summer night. But convincing him of that fact would be a difficult task indeed. Because men from Jacobsville, Texas, are a different breed, and tough to convince in matters of the heart. They are men of iron, men forged to long-lasting steel under the hot Texan sun.Tom Walker...Drew Morris...Jobe Dodd...They grow ‘em tall in the saddle in Jacobsville. It’s a summer to remember, with men you won’t want to forget-all brand new and decked out for romance!
we find out in another book that Drew and Kitty were expecting she would be younger than the Coltrain's Son.
Sarah Lehman
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Amy
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13985 postsSep-06-07, 02:23 PM (EST) 6. "RE: HQN and MIRA titles Complete book info"
In response to message #5
A Long Tall Texan Summer-Tom Walker 1) Publication Date-1997, ISBN-0-373-21838-9
Prologue to book: “This bud of love, by summer’s ripening breath,
May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet.”
By William Shakespeare, Romeo & Juliet
Prologue to Tom Walker: “If love is what the rose is,
And I were the leaf,
Our lives would grow together
In sad or singing weather.”
By Algernon Charles Swinburne
2) Characters-
Tom Walker had a difficult childhood. “His father had beaten both of them (Tom and his sister Kate) both of them as children and raised the devil every time one of them so much as smiled at the opposite sex.” (Page 22). He has Native American ancestry (Sioux) from his great-grandfather (30), green eyes and dark hair (page 58) and 34 (page 22). Tom knows a lot about Native American history and tells Chrissy about it at dinner (Pages 80-81). Tom and his sister Kate had been reunited with their mother at Kate’s wedding (page 22). When Tom found out he is Chrissy’s father and confessed to Luke Craig (Elysia’s brother) about how he felt after sleeping with Elysia (page 65). Tom used to be in advertising, but gave that up to learn investments and moved to Houston to work with Logan Deverell, but left after Logan married his secretary, so he moved to Jacobsville because of his friend Matt Caldwell (pages 24-25).Elysia Craig Nash is Luke Craig’s sister. Both Elysia and her daughter Chrissy live with Luke in his house which is the family‘s home (page 39). Elysia owns an exclusive fashion boutique (page 38) and had bought into Luke‘s cattle farm owning half ownership of it (page 42), had pretty blonde hair, gray eyes and a neat little figure (page 23). Elysia married Fred Nash when pregnant with Chrissy to give her child a name, though they lived as friends not spouses (page 61). Luke and Elysia were abused as children as well, their father was a drunk (page 57).
Chrissy (Christine) Nash reminded Tom of his sister Kate, with her olive skin and light green eyes. She had long, straight black hair which she loved wearing in braids (pages 34-35). She loves spending time with her uncle Tom and fishing (pages 58-59). She is 5 years old (page 35) and in kindergarten (page 59).
Both Tom and Elysia had been virgins until Tom got drunk at his sister’s wedding reception and they slept together (pages 23-24).
3) Secondary Characters-
Luke Craig, who has his own book, Love With a Long Tall Texan
Jacob, Kate and Hunter Cade
Matt Caldwell
Fred Nash (deceased)-he had cancer, which he died from. His first wife divorced him
to marry a richer man when Fred was diagnosed with cancer. Fred and Elysia were
friends and he loved Chrissy (Pages 31-32). He had red hair (page 59).4) Pets-
Tom has a dog, a German shepherd mix named Moose, originally named Shep, but his name was later changed (page 20). Moose has a black coat of fur and beautiful markings but is a walking disaster (page 21).Elysia and Luke have 2 cats, Petunia and Winter (they named the cat Winter because that is when they found her), and Luke has a special nickname for Petunia (damn) because she likes his shaving lotion (page 83).
At the end of the book, Elysia was pregnant.
Blurb from back of the book-
That Texas man was long and lean...And just ripe for loving on a hot summer night...
But convincing him of that fact would be a difficult task indeed. Because men from Jacobsville, Texas are a different breed, and tough to convince in matters of the heart. They are men of iron, men forged to long-lasting steel under the hot Texan sun.Tom Walker...Drew Morris...Jobe Dodd... They grow ‘em tall in the saddle in Jacobsville. It’s a summer to remember, with men you won’t want to forget-all brand-new and decked out for romance!
Sarah Lehman
Berkley, Michigan
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13985 postsSep-06-07, 02:23 PM (EST) 7. "RE: HQN and MIRA titles Complete book info"
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Long Tall Texan Summer-Jobe Dodd 1) Publication Date-1997, ISBN-0-373-21838-9
Prologue to book: “This bud of love, by summer’s ripening breath
May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet.”
By William Shakespeare, Romeo & Juliet
Prologue to Jobe Dodd: “’Tis the last rose of summer,
Left blooming alone,
All of her lovely companions
Are faded and gone.”
By Thomas Moore, Irish Melodies2) Characters-
Jobe Dodd is like most men and wasn’t interested in matrimony (page 319). Jobe has blond hair, gray eyes, lean hands and lean hips (page 271) and he is 36 (page 289). He has a high school education, and some vocational education in animal husbandry (page 273). Jobe thought that Sandy was having delusions of grandeur, that Jacobsville wasn’t big enough for her, that she wanted big lights and the big city and suave company (page 284). His parents weren’t happy, so he had a rough childhood. Jobe’s mother was a scientist, who worked in nuclear research and she had several degrees. His father was a cowboy who knew the weather and animals and that was pretty much it. His mother made his father feel stupid and inadequate, and Jobe’s father shot himself when Jobe was 10. After that Jobe went to juvenile hall and his mother wanted nothing to do with Jobe, because she didn’t think Jobe was intelligent enough for her (pages 299-301).Sandy Regan is Ted Regan’s sister. Sandy has dark hair (page 272), she likes children (page 285), is 26 (page 298) and knows computers (page 283). Sandy cannot cook to save her life (pages 275-276). Ted would like Sandy to computerize the ranch and that’s when the sparks fly between Jobe and Sandy. Sandy works in Victoria, Texas for Phillip Cranson programming computers, setting computers up for businesses, retrieving information that people thought they lost. Sandy will inherit a fortune from a trust fund when she turns 28, but will let their kids inherit her trust and live off of what she and Jobe earn together (pages 331, 360).
Jobe and Sandy became engaged at the fishing hole, and both of them were virgins when they got married, and Jobe wanted to wear a white suit at their wedding (page 262).
3) Secondary Characters-
Missy who has long straight black hair, oval face and big brown eyes, a pretty mouth, and is very thin (page 303-304).
Ted and Coreen Regan-they have their own story, Regan’s Pride
Mr. Phillip Cranson4) Pets-
Neither one has pets, but since Jobe is Ted’s foreman he is around cows all day long
Blurb from back of book-
That Texas man was long and lean...and just ripe for loving on a hot summer night...But convincing him of that fact would be a difficult task indeed. Because men from Jacobsville, Texas are a different breed, and tough to convince in matters of the heart. They are men of iron, men forged to long-lasting steel under the hot Texan sun.Tom Walker...Drew Morris...Jobe Dodd...They grow ‘em tall in the saddle in Jacobsville. It’s a summer to remember, with men you won’t want to forget-all brand new and decked out for romance!
Sarah Lehman
Berkley, Michigan
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13985 postsOct-20-07, 07:55 PM (EST) 8. "RE: HQN and MIRA titles Complete book info"
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LAST EDITED ON Nov-11-07 AT 11:03 AM (EST)
Love With a Long, Tall Texan-Christopher Deverell1) Publication Date-1999 ISBN-0-373-48379-1
Prologue to Christopher Deverell: “But there’s nothing half so sweet in life
As love’s young dream.”
By Thomas Moore2) Characters-
Christopher Deverell is Emmett Deverell’s cousin, and brother to Logan Deverell. Christopher had been in an auto accident and his looks had changed. “His once handsome face was now less pleasing to the eye, two long furrows having been carved into one lean cheek by shattered glass. He’d lost the sight in one eye, although plastic surgery had spared him deformity (page253). “He has an olive complexion, liquid black eyes with thick black lashes and eyebrows, and a chiseled mouth” (page 253), and he’s 33. Christopher and Logan’s father is dead and he was Spanish and both Christopher and Logan resemble him (page 259). Their stepfather was French, of course, Tansy has been married 5 times, and was 40 when Christopher was born (pages 330-331). He drives a Lincoln (page 265), dropped out of college during his sophomore year-he was too busy drinking and carousing to study (page 285). He was a merc and fought in Desert Storm (page 326). Christopher and Della go to London to try to find a missing Tansy (who is Christopher & Logan’s mother).Della Lawson has “pale gray eyes, pretty complexion, rounded chin, bow mouth, short blond hair with a wave over the pencil-thin eyebrow” (page 256), is a size 10 (page 313) and has an hourglass shape (page 335). Della works for Weatherby News Service and she’s trying to find Tansy as Tansy is the main suspect in the suspicious death of Lord Harvey (page 264). Della was raised by missionaries (page 293) but both of her parents are dead (page 269) and she lives with her Grandfather Herbert Lawson. Della was engaged, but she caught her fiancé with one of her bridesmaids at the rehearsal dinner, but he almost raped her when she told him she wouldn’t marry him (pages 291-292). Reporting is in Della’s blood because her Grandpa Herbert Lawson was a war correspondent (page 355).
Tansy Deverell has a history of going missing (pages 251-252). Tansy has blue eyes, a fair complexion, looks girly pretty (page 259). Dane Lassiter is the private investigator who the Deverell’s hire to locate Tansy (pages 284-285). Tansy was the main suspect in the murder of Lord Harvey, but she had been kidnapped and it was actually Lady Harvey who murdered her husband. Tansy is a diabetic as well, but likes her sweets.
3) Secondary Characters-
Lady Harvey
Seth
Logan Deverell mentioned-has his own book-Case of the Missing Secretary
(info on Logan and Kit with son Bryce on pages 251-252)
Emmett Deverell mentioned-has his own book-Emmett
(info on Emmett who is married to Melody on page 252)
Dane Lassiter mentioned-has his own story-Case of the Mesmerizing Boss
(info on Dane & his history with the Deverell family on pages 284-285)
Herbert Lawson (info on Herbert on pages355, 267-269, 272)4) Pets-
Neither one had petsBlurb from back of book:
They’re long and lean...and impossible to resist. Mavericks through and through. And they have all the ladies in Jacobsville swooning. But not just any women can tame these rugged Texans and make them give up their bachelor ways. Because when these Long, Tall Texans fall in love, it’s for real, for life, no holds barred...Christopher Deverell: The man on the move. An ambitious reporter is about the break the story of the century-unless he can stop her...
Note: They were expecting a child in Desperado
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Desperado 1) Publication Date: Silhouette Books (21 Nov 2003) ISBN-10: 0373049390
2) Characters:
CORD ROMERO: - aged 34 yrs. Tall and lean man powerfully built for all his slimness, a tiger of a man who feared nothing in this world. He made his living as a professional soldier and he had few peers. He is handsome; with light olive skin and jet-black hair that has a slight wave. His eyes are large, deep-set, dark brown. He has a wide chiselled mouth
He has been widowed after his brief tragic marriage ended with his wife Patricia killing her self.
He is a full time mercenary who has just been blinded in a bomb accident. His special area is defusing bombs. At the moment he is re-looking at his life.
He owns a large cattle ranch just outside Houston Texas.
Cord has a love hate relationship with Maggie; he has feeling but thinks he should not so keeps her at arms length with harsh words.MAGGIE BARTON: - aged 26 yrs. Has long wavy black hair, green eyes and a very slender body. She never wears sexy clothes mainly professional be it at home or the office.
Her father died when she was very young. Her mother re-married but died when Maggie was four years old. Maggie lived then with her step-father for over two years and was only removed and placed into foster care when it was found out she was being abused.
When she was around eight years old Maggie went to live with Amy Barton, a local socialite whose sister was an employee at the juvenile detention centre. She was childless and lonely so became a foster mother Maggie. She later went on to adopt Maggie.
Maggie speaks fluent Spanish.
Maggie has been in love with Cord for years but has always found he push’s her away. The one time they did get close Cord hated her afterwards and kept his distance. Maggie still has feeling for Cord and will drop everything at a moments notice to go to him.3) Storyline:
Maggie flies back from the other side of the world the minute she is told that Cord has been blinded in an accident and was asking for her. On arriving at his ranch and seeing Cord she finds out it has all been a misunderstanding. Cord had been blinded but is fine now, he never asked for Maggie to come and in fact will be very glad when she goes again. Maggie runs once again to hide and lick her wounds only for Cord to turn up when he finds out she had flew half way around the world to care for him and that she might be in danger due to her knowing him. He asks Maggie to move back to the ranch so she is safe which she refuses to do.
They both have a past they are still trying to get over. The night their foster mother died Cord got very drunk and slept with Maggie he had not know she was a virgin and became very angry at her over it. They did not talk for some years after. To try and get over it Cord went out and married Patricia in a vain attempt to wipe out his obsession for Maggie. The marriage was domed as Patricia went and killed herself.
That same night Cord had slept with Maggie he had left her pregnant and alone. Maggie rushed into a marriage to cover up the pregnancy. It was not a happy relationship her husband beat her very badly causing her to lose the baby. At the same time he died in a car crash while she was still in hospital.
Maggie goes to work for Logan Deverell and becomes friends with his wife Kit. During a lunch date they place themselves in great danger with one of Cord’s evil enemies. Cord finds out when death threats are made towards Maggie and this time she has no say in weather she is going to stay on the ranch or not. Cord just up’s and removes her from the hotel. Cord hatches a plan to bring down this enemy and all his corporations. With Maggie’s help they travel to Spain to gather information while acting as if they are on holiday. While in Spain Maggie and Cords personal relationship deepens. Cord admits to Maggie he knows about the baby she lost and this draws then closer. Once they have the information they need they move on to Amsterdam. Maggie is feeling this is the happiest time of her life Cord loves her and she loves Cord. Within hours it all comes crashing down around her Cord has information about her past a secret she wants kept hid. Maggie feels hurt and betrayed and runs form Cord right into the line of fire from Cords enemy Gruber. Only Cord can save her and make her dreams come true. Cord catches up with Gruber and there is a shoot out. Gruber is killed and Cord is left wounded. Maggie is sweet talked into marrying Cord while he is wounded in the hospital. A few days later they fly out to the Bahamas and marry. Once back home Maggie begins to feel neglected as Cord catch’s up with ranch life but he also seems distant. Maggie goes to talk to Dane Lassiter to ask him if Cord might have information about her past. He explains that Cord hacked into the sealed files about her but is waiting for her to tell him about her past. Maggie realises to move forward she has to let go of the past and talk to Cord. Once back at the ranch Maggie tells Cord all about her childhood and the abuse. He says it does not matter he loves her to much to lose her.
Months later the miracle they thought could not happen does, Maggie is pregnant. Six months later their son Jared Mejias Romero is born to two very happy parents. At the same time Maggie turns in her first novel about international espionage which is to be published and Cord settles down to life as a rancher. Their future looks so much brighter now.4) Back-cover blurb:
He is every inch a desperado.
Tough, relentless and a force to be reckoned with, Cord Romero lives for the adrenaline rush that comes with being a mercenary for hire. Risking his neck is all in a days work.
But this time the job is personal.
Having barely survived a murder attempt, Cord is looking for vengeance. But to get to his target means joining forces with Maggie Barton.
No longer the impressionable young women he once knew, Maggie is now strong and independent. But a tragic secret from her past threatens her relationship with Cord…and makes her a pawn for his deadly enemy.
Forced to trust each other for their very survival, Cord and Maggie embark on a lethal game of cat and mouse that can leave only one winner standing.5) Children: Maggie lost her first child (Cord was the father) when her then husband was beating her and pushed her through a marble table. Maggie is told she will never have anymore children. By the end of the book she finds out she is pregnant and goes on to give birth to a son Jared Mejias Romero.
6) Pets: Only Cords prize Bulls and cattle
7) Other Characters:
MEJIAS ROMERO: - Cords father and one of the most famous bullfighters in Spain. He died in fire along with Cords mother.
JUNE TRAVIS: - slight blond women with dark eyes. At first Cord talks about her like she is his new girlfriend but we later find out she is the daughter of Darren Travis Cords cattle foreman. June is just the temporary housekeeper and cook.
PATRICIA ROMERO: - Cords late wife. She killed herself
RED DAVIS: - one of Cords ranch foreman. Red hair and blue eyes
MRS AMY BARTON: - a socialite whose sister was an employee at the juvenile detention centre. She was childless and lonely so became a foster mother to Cord and Maggie. She later went on to adopt Maggie.
BART EVANS: - Maggie’s first husband. He was a wealth banker. He was also a wife beater unknown to the outside world. Maggie was his third wife.
KIT DEVERELL: - wife of Logan Deverall a tall brunette who works for Lassiter Detective Agency. Maggie has met her at a seminar years before.
LOGAN DEVERELL: - husband of Kit. He runs a investment firm where Maggie applies for a job.
DANE LASSITER: - owner of Lasitter Detective Agency and husband of Tess.
TESS LASITTER: - wife of Dane and also works for him. They are parents to a little boy and girls.
RAOUL GRUBER: - chief executive officer of a shady global corporation that dabbles in child slavery. He has already tried to kill Cord once with the bomb that blinded Cord.
COUSIN JORGE: - Cords grandfathers, brother’s son who lives north of Malaga Spain. This makes him Cords cousin. Jorge is a white haired man who looks very elegant and aristocratic.
COUSIN AHMED: - cousin of Jorge’s grand-nephew a Berber who owns a small import/export business in Tangier.
BOJO: - a mercenary originally from Morocco. He’s a small arms expert, who has relatives in most Muslim nations so a great source for information. (No book of his own but been in ‘Lord of the Desert’ 2000, ‘The Last Mercenary’ 2002)
EB SCOTT: - Has hared the same profession as a mercenary. He went out with Maggie at one time might have even married her if she was not in love with Cord. He now teacher’s specialized tactics for covert operations on his ranch. (From the book ‘Mercenary’s Woman’ 2000, ‘The Last Mercenary’ 2002, Outsider 2006’)
RODRIGO: - a tall slender, handsome man, with dark hair and eyes with very graceful movements. He is of Mexican nationality who works undercover for Micah within Lopez’s organisation. (No book of his own but been in ‘Mystery man’ 1997, ‘The Winter Soldier’ 2001, ‘The Last Mercenary’ 2002, ‘Outsider 2006’)
PETER STONE: - a dark haired and eyed young man, new to the group. He’s a computer specialist from Brooklyn. He is also a linguist who is able to pass himself of as an Arab or Israeli. (No book of his own but been in ‘The Last Mercenary’ 2002 and ‘Renegade’ 2005)
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Paper Husband
Harlequin Romance #3427
October 1996
Title of Book: Husbands on Horseback
ISBN: 0-373-03427-xBack Cover Blurb:
Where is it written that a rancher's daughter has to marry a long, tall Texan--- or lose the ranch? In her father's will--- and Dana Mobry's just discovered that her partner in this marriage of convenience is non other than the sexiest cowboy in Texas--- Hank Grant!Location: Jacobsville
Main Characters:
Dana Mobry
22, slender and of medium height, with dark blonde hair. Plain face with huge dark blue eyes. Firm, rounded chin, straight nose, and a perfect bow of a mouth that as a natural light pink. Afther her mother left her father, he bought a ranch, and that is where they have been living since. Her father had recently died, and had left a will stating that she would have to marry her neighbor Hank in a month or the land would be sold to be a stock car race track. She has been in love with Hank since she was 17.Hayden "Hank" Grant
36, tall, lean, dark face, dark eyes, black hair, and very handsome. Ex-wife left him 10 years earlier for hie more wealthy friend at that time. He thought he was still in love with his ex-wife when she and her husband came back to town to get rid of some of their investments. Married Dana because he wanted to ward off his ex-wife, and he wanted her ranch. He thought he was still in love with his ex-wife until he realized how shallow she was, and then realized he was in love with Dana.Seondary Characters:
Betty Collins
Ex-wife of Hank, brunette, 30, beautiful, selfish, and flirty. Uses her beauty to get what she wants. She left Hank to marry Bob who was more well off at the time. Doesn't marry for love, she marries for security and wealth. Hank helped her get back on her feet after Bob dies. She wanted to remarry Hank, but Hank realized he loved Dana.Bob Collins
Betty's husband, and Hank's ex-friend, older, slightly balding. He is not as well off as he used to be. Came back to sell his race horse to Hank. He died on the way of showing Hank his horse. Hank had to take care of his finances and funeral details.Other Characters that were mentioned:
Ballenger Brothers
They were mentioned as being happily married. (pg. 35)Dr. Lou Coltrain
When Dana started to get morning sickness she went to see Dr. Lou Coltrain who told her she was pregnant. Dr. Lou Coltrain was recently married.Dane Lassiter
When Dana ran away to Houston, Hank hired Dane Lassiter to find her. Dane Lassiter has a picture of his wife and two young sons on his desk. He also gave Hank some marriage advice because he has been married for awhile now.Children:
Donald Mandel Grant
Born on Hank's birthday at 2 AM.Hang Trinh
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