Catherine Anderson

"After a career on the rodeo circuit, Ben Sterling longs to settle down on his farm in Mystic Creek, Oregon, and start a family like his brothers. The only woman to spark his interest is the new owner of the local café. Getting her attention won't be easy since she's determined to make it on her own"--

"After years of living in fear of her husband, Amanda Banning has left him and moved to Mystic Creek, Oregon, for a fresh start. But she is having a tough time providing for herself and her daughter. Writing her secret yearnings on slips of paper and sending them into the wind helps her cling to the hope that things will get better and that she can find happiness again. Jeb Sterling has no idea that the handwritten messages he finds scattered across...

To support her orphaned niece, Brianna O'Keefe accepts work with a Colorado rancher, resorting to a harmless little lie to avoid unwanted attention: that she's married to a Denver gold miner named David Paxton. When her boss forces her to write her "husband," hoping he'll take Brianna off his hands, she can only pray there's no real David Paxton to expose her. But as soon as Colorado marshal David Paxton receives the letter, he dutifully sets out...

Erin De Laney came to Mystic Creek hoping that the slower pace might rekindle her enthusiasm for law enforcement. Instead she feels as frustrated as she did in the city, and when her disillusionment with the job increases, she takes a position at her uncle's ranch. Erin's life has enough complications without her attraction to handsome, deaf cowboy Wyatt Fitzgerald, the foreman on the ranch. Wyatt has sworn off dating, and Erin fears that nothing...

Ten years ago Joe Lakota had left behind his small Oregon town and the only woman he'd ever truly loved for the empty promises of the big city. Now he's returned, seeking to raise his young son with values you can only find at home, and longing to rekindle the passion he'd once had with beautiful Marilee Nelson. But Marilee isn't anything like the gentle yet self-assured girl he'd left behind. In her place is a woman tormented by a secret she refuses

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New York Times bestselling author Catherine Anderson explores the history of the beloved Coulter Family with this timeless tale that will make you believe in the power of love…
 
The year is 1889, and Rachel Hollister hasn’t set foot outside her house in five years. Ever since a savage attack left her family dead, she’s cordoned herself off from the outside world, afraid to let anyone into her home—or...

In Mystic Creek, Oregon, Tanner Richards and Crystal Malloy cross paths as they both try to help Crystal's grandfather, who constantly skirts the rules of the retirement center where he lives. As they bond over her grandfather's escape artist dog, Crystal must deal with secrets from her past if their love is to survive.

Mandy Pajeck had a tough childhood. Now at 28, she feels responsible for the accident that took her younger brother's sight, but his complete reliance on her care is making them both miserable. When she meets handsome Zach Harrigan and his mini guide horse, she thinks she's found the ticket to her brother's happiness--and maybe her own.

Random, Colorado, is just another stop on the road for solitary gunslinger Gabriel Valance. Known for his drinking, gambling, and womanizing, he prefers to remain a stranger to anyone who crosses his path. But when an upstart gunslinger catches Gabe off guard and shoots him down, he regrets his empty, lonely life with his dying breath. Golden-haired beauty Nancy Hoffman settled in Random after fleeing an abusive past. Caring for her younger sister...

When Hank Coulter discovers that Carly Adams is carrying his child and that the pregnancy threatens her eyesight which has recently been restored by an operation, Hank tries to convince Carly that one moment of risk can bring about a lifetime of joy.