New Releases by Ruth Ryan Langan

Sheriff Conover knew trouble when he saw it -- and Billie Calley was definitely big trouble. Problems erupted from the moment she arrived in the Badlands town of Misery.But the brawls over Billie in the Red Dog Saloon were nothing compared to the war Gabe was waging with his unexpected desire for the mysterious woman! And when Billie was accused of murder, the by-the-book sheriff would have to decide which master to follow -- the law...or his heart?

Conor, a young Irish aristocrat, was recruited by the Queen of England due to his incomparable looks and talent. Around the same time, Emma started attending the queen’s court as a lady-in-waiting. However, she was actually sent there as a spy to investigate Conor, who has great influence over the queen! But the more she gets to know him, the more these forbidden feelings grow in her heart. “I can’t believe I fell in love with him!”

In the sixteenth century, Ireland is embroiled in a heroic fight against England. Amid the fighting, AnnaClaire, the daughter of an English nobleman, meets Rory, the man known as a hero throughout Ireland. Despite knowing he’s an enemy combatant, AnnaClaire is charmed by the man as handsome as the devil himself… One night, the Irish servants of her home harbor an injured fugitive in the stables. That fugitive is none other than Rory!

Ecosse, 1315 Sauvageonne éprise de liberté, Meritt Lamont voit sa vie basculer quand sa famille est décimée par une attaque féroce du clan ennemi des Campbell. Devenue chef de clan du jour au lendemain, elle apprend à manier l''épée et se bat comme une lionne pour faire vivre ses vassaux. Un jour, elle sauve un homme tombé dans une embuscade et le soigne avec dévouement... jusqu''à ce qu''elle découvre que leur hôte n''est autre que le frère cadet du chef des Campbell. Furieuse, elle prépare sa vengeance, mais sa jeune soeur, secrètement amoureuse du blessé, s''oppose à ses plans...

Book 2 in The Mystical Highlands Series. Grant MacCallum, a powerful laird, journeys to the Mystical Kingdom seeking a woman with the gift of Sight who will help him uncover a traitor in his clan. Kylia Drummond has always known he would come, since she has seen him in dreams from childhood. She eagerly accompanies him on this dangerous quest. But there are those who will do all in their power to destroy both Grant and Kylia, and end forever their blossoming love.

Book 3 in The Mystical Highlands Series. Unlike the other members of her magical family, Gwenellen Drummond has never been able to discern her special powers until a spell gone awry drops her in the midst of carnage. When Andrew Ross returns to find his castle burned, his father and all who lived within its walls dead, he vows revenge against his enemy. Standing in the smoldering ruins is a woman with the face of an angel. Is she here to help him, as she claims, or has she been sent by his enemy to destroy him? Gwenellen will uncover her true gift, but will it come at the cost of love?

Book One in The Jewels of Texas Historical Romance Series by New York Times Bestselling Author Ruth Ryan Langan.Diamond Jewel is a spoiled, willful hellcat, bent on avenging the murder of her beloved father. When down-on-his-luck rancher Adam Winter is found not-guilty of the crime, Diamond refuses to believe in his innocence and sets out to mete out her own justice. But something about this mysterious stranger stirs her blood in other ways. Diamond may be a master gunfighter, but she''s a babe-in-the-woods when it comes to matters of the heart. Though both fight to deny their feelings, love has a way of conquering all.The Jewels of Texas Historical Romance Series:DiamondPearlJadeRubyMalachite

Book Four in The Jewels of Texas Historical Romance Series by New York Times Bestselling Author Ruth Ryan Langan.Ruby Jewel, fresh from the Louisiana bayou, is all curves and passion and heat. Marshal Quent Regan is a straight-arrow lawman who has his doubts about Ruby''s honesty. But his obsession with this sultry beauty threatens to have him breaking all his long-held rules.The Jewels of Texas Historical Romance Series:DiamondPearlJadeRubyMalachite

Book Two in The Jewels of Texas Historical Romance Series by New York Times Bestselling Author Ruth Ryan Langan.Prim and proper Pearl Jewel arrives from Boston as soon as she reads of the death of her beloved father. She receives a frigid reception from Diamond Jewel, who considered herself the only child and heir of her father''s successful ranch, until the arrival of this stranger.Cal McCabe, Diamond''s ranch foreman, is a hard-as-nails cowboy with no ties. He likes it that way. But he can''t deny an attraction for this shy elegant woman he can never have.The Jewels of Texas Historical Romance Series:DiamondPearlJadeRubyMalachite

Some of your favorite romance authors present five stories told through the looking glass—including "Wonderment in Death," a Lieutenant Eve Dallas novella from #1 New York Times bestselling author J. D. Robb! You’re late for a very important date... Enter a wonderland of mesmerizing tales. It’s a place that’s neither here nor there, where things are never quite as they seem. Inspired by Lewis Carroll’s whimsical masterpiece, ranging from the impossible to the mad to the curiouser, these stories will have you absolutely off your head. Don’t be afraid to follow them… DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE

Two Holiday Novellas from New York Times Bestselling Author Ruth Ryan Langan.HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, a Contemporary Romance Christmas Novella:Successful novelist Adam Holt returns to the inn owned by his childhood sweetheart, Caroline Stark. He broke her heart once. Can she trust the feelings that surface now that he''s back in her life?CHRISTMAS AT BITTER CREEK, a Historical Romance Christmas Novella:Despite the fact that Matthew Braden was always in trouble, Laura Connors had lost her young heart to him. Years later, when he shows up at her isolated cabin, she does her best to nurse him through his injuries, knowing he''ll soon be back on the trail and running with outlaws. But she can''t help wishing that just this once, she could get her Christmas wish that Matthew would stay.

Angleterre et Ecosse, 1292. C''est avec méfiance que Leonora, une jeune Anglaise, assiste à l''arrivée au château paternel de Dillon Campbell, un chef de clan écossais venu avec ses frères entamer des pourparlers de paix avec deux représentants du roi. Sa chambrière ne lui affirme-t-elle pas depuis toujours que les Highlanders sont de vrais sauvages ? Contrariée de devoir accueillir pareils barbares, elle se montre peu aimable, et Dillon Campbell, dont les parents ont été tués par les Anglais, n''est pas plus amène. Mais la situation dégénère vraiment quand les sbires du roi, brisant la trêve, font prisonniers les frères de Campbell. Fou de rage, ce dernier enlève Leonora et la séquestre dans sa forteresse de Kinloch...

Na de dood van haar ouders blijft Olivia St. John eenzaam en berooid achter. Ze heeft geen andere keus dan met haar wrede oom en tante mee te gaan. Na een afschuwelijk incident moet ze vluchten en komt ze op het landgoed Blackthorne terecht, waar ze als gouvernante van de jonge Liat zal gaan werken. Hier liggen weer heel andere gevaren op de loer. Wat betekent die broedende blik in de donkere ogen van de mysterieuze Lord Quenton Stamford? Welke huiveringwekkende gebeurtenissen hebben hier plaatsgevonden waardoor de broer van de lord niet meer kan lopen of spreken? Olivia is vast van plan alle duistere geheimen van Blackthorne te ontrafelen, en vooral die van de geheimzinnige Quenton Stamford...

Jamie MacDonald, a fierce warrior known throughout the Highlands as the Heartless MacDonald, searches for a traitor among the feuding clans. Lindsey Gordon, proud, willful daughter of a noble clan chieftain, is the only woman who can reach this warrior''s carefully-concealed heart.

Five twists on classic fairy tales from five mesmerizing authors—including "Taken in Death," a Lieutenant Eve Dallas story from #1 New York Times bestselling author J. D. Robb. Once upon a time, in a world far removed from the days when fairy tales were new, five bestselling authors spin versions that take the classic stories into a new dimension. You’ll recognize Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and other enduring characters, but they’ll exist in realms beyond your imagination, where the familiar is transformed into the extraordinary and otherworldly. Find happily ever after with... MIRROR, MIRROR

From New York Times Bestselling Author Ruth Ryan Langan ... A Historical Romance Classic.\"Ruth Ryan Langan tells a story that''s warm as a quilt on a snowy evening and tender as love''s first kiss.\" - Nora RobertsIrish immigrant Molly O''Brien has earned herself quite a reputation in Delight, Wisconsin. Raising four orphans all on her own certainly hasn''t helped. Nor has the fact that she''s just taken in two strangers with serious gunshot wounds, planning to nurse them back to health. There''s just one problem. One of the men is an outlaw and the other''s a federal marshal 0́4 and she has no idea which is which ....When U.S. Marshal Hodge Egan wakes to a beautiful vision standing over him, he can''t believe his good fortune. That is, until he realizes the woman seems to be under the mistaken impression that he''s an outlaw. Unfortunately, by the time she realizes the truth, it might be too late for both of them.

A Ruth Ryan Langan Historical Romance Classic.A blood feud.Blazing hatred.Love denied.As the last survivor of her clan, Alana O''Donnell is targeted for death by Sloan Townsend, son of an aristocratic English mother and raised in the Court of Charles I after his Irish father was murdered at the hands of the hated Curran O''Donnell.Sloan returns to the land of his birth to avenge his father''s death. Instead, he finds himself bewitched by the beautiful Alana. To save her inheritance, she is forced to marry the hated son of her enemy, even though she vows to make his life a living hell.These two proud, strong-willed warriors must join forces if they are to survive betrayal and a bloody war. By doing so, they uncover a blazing passion. But can their forbidden love survive the pain of their past?

A Ruth Ryan Langan Historical Romance Classic.Abby Market and her family join a wagon train heading West, leaving behind all that is familiar.A gunman named Rourke, a loner, a battle-scarred Union veteran, hires on to guard the wagon train to its final destination, California. Rourke finds himself drawn against his will to the tough, determined Abby.Across the miles, as they face the perils of death, disease and attack by those who would destroy them, Abby and Rourke band together to survive, and discover a love as fierce as the land itself. But when Rourke''s bitter past threatens to destroy them, they must do everything in their power to survive, even at the cost of the love they have come to treasure above all else.

Settle in for five startling tales of uncanny suspense and disquieting romance—including an In Death story featuring Lieutenant Eve Dallas from #1 New York Times bestselling author J. D. Robb. Eve and Rourke return to investigate the murders of a series of luckless indigents—and the strange connection to a brilliant young surgeon in J. D. Robb''s "Chaos in Death." In Mary Blayney''s "Her Greatest Pleasure," a shopkeeper''s solitude is complicated by a magic coin, a daring rogue, and dreams of her late husband, who whispers but one word...wish. A lonely woman and a hotline psychic turn their astonishing connection to the other side into an unexpected romance in Patricia Gaffney''s "Dear One." The shattered soul of an angry spirit imprisoned in a Scottish manor house could be a young widow''s only salvation in Ruth Ryan Langan''s "The Unforgiven." And in Mary Kay McComas''s "His Brother''s Keeper," a young ghost eases his brother''s pain and guilt by inviting him into the dreams of an imaginative author of children''s books.

Four tales of suspense, intrigue, and out-of-this-world passion. . . . Nora Roberts, writing as J. D. Robb, puts futuristic lieutenant Eve Dallas in a supernatural showdown with a most seductive criminal. Mary Blayney whisks an American woman and a handsome aristocrat into the past and into each other''s arms; Ruth Ryan Langan offers a timeless Highland romance, and Mary Kay McKomas gives a modern woman a magic carpet ride.

Featuring an In Death story from #1 New York Times bestselling author J. D. Robb, this thrilling anthology ventures into a world where the rules of love, time, and place can be forever lost... In J. D. Robb’s "Missing in Death," Detective Eve Dallas investigates a female tourist’s disappearance during a ferry ride and starts to wonder…if she didn’t jump, and she’s not on board, then where in the world is she? In Patricia Gaffney’s "The Dog Days of Laurie Summer," a woman awakens after a severe accident to find a world as familiar as it is unsettling. In Mary Blayney’s "Lost in Paradise," a man locked in an island fortress finds hope for freedom in an enigmatic nurse. And Ruth Ryan Langan’s "Legacy" belongs to a young woman who unearths a family secret buried on the grounds of a magnificent but imposing Irish castle.

Amérique, 1880. Seule et sans ressources, Isabella Mac Cree répond à l''annonce matrimoniale de Matthew Prescott, un riche rancher qui dresse des chevaux sauvages. Mais, une fois sur place, elle reçoit un choc quand l''intéressé lui affirme d''un ton glacial n''avoir aucune intention de se marier. Consternée, Isabella découvre alors que c''est Aaron, l''aîné des quatre enfants de Matthew, qui a écrit la petite annonce.

Angleterre, Ecosse et Irlande, 1563. Megan, la benjamine des sœurs MacAlpin, est nommée chef de clan après le mariage de ses aînées. Dotée d''une force d''âme et d''une intrépidité qui contrastent avec son visage d''ange, elle prend très à cœur ses nouvelles fonctions et se forge vite une réputation de guerrière. Pourtant, un jour où elle chasse dans la forêt, la jeune Ecossaise est surprise par une attaque anglaise. Elle se croit perdue quand surgissent Kieran et Colin O'' Mara, deux frères irlandais tout juste évadés de prison. Ils sauvent Megan, mais, dans la mêlée générale, celle-ci reçoit un coup sur la tête et devient amnésique...

La rebelle des Highlands : Ecosse, 1562. Quand Morgan Grey, un guerrier anglais, vient avec ses troupes encercler le château écossais des MacAlpin, il se retrouve face à Brenna, une altière jeune femme dont il n''imagine d''abord pas qu''elle est le chef du clan. Il le découvre peu après quand 13renna l''oblige, sous la menace de ses hommes, à baisser les armes et à lui révéler l''objet de sa visite: une proposition de trêve faite par la reine Elisabeth à Marie Stuart, reine d''Ecosse. Bien que réticente, Brenna se voit contrainte de lui offrir l''hospitalité. Mais, entre eux, très vite, la tension monte et les négociations tournent mal. Rompant alors la trêve, Morgan enlève Brenna afin de gagner à la reine l''allégeance des MacAlpin...Tendre revanche de Janet Grace : Lorsque Constance fait connaissance avec son nouveau voisin, le comte de Cheney, elle est outrée par son arrogance. Et au risque d''écorner son image de jeune fille de bonne famille, elle ne se prive pas de le lui dire...

#1 New York Times bestselling author J. D. Robb presents four stories of paranormal desire and suspense—featuring a Lieutenant Eve Dallas novella. In J. D. Robb''s "Ritual in Death," Eve Dallas plunges into the violent aftermath of a ritualistic murder—and into the mind of an alleged witness who can’t remember a thing to save his life. Mary Blayney''s "Love Endures" investigates a deception that has kept two lovers apart for years. Ruth Ryan Langan''s "Cold Case" brings a lost man out of a storm to face a breathtaking twist of fate. And Mary Kay McComas''s "Wayward Wizard" follows a mother, her son, and a wizard lost through the threads of time.

Écosse, 1561. Après le meurtre de son père, attribué au redoutable Brice Campbell surnommé le barbare des Highlands, Meredith MacAlpin se retrouve propulsée à la tête de son clan. Aussitôt, Gareth Mackenzie, chef d''un clan ami, lui fait valoir que leur alliance et celle de leurs guerriers ; dissuaderait Campbell d''attaquer une nouvelle fois. Meredith, qui n''a pas envie de se marier mais veut protéger ses vassaux, consent à cette union. Mais, le jour des noces, Brice Campbell surgit dans l''église et enlève Meredith...

Angleterre, 1610. Fille adoptive d''un célèbre corsaire, Constance Thornhill a repris le flambeau et mène une double vie : corsaire pour le roi de France et demoiselle d''honneur de la reine d''Angleterre. Un jeu de masques qu''elle maîtrise à merveille - jusqu''à ce jour fatal où le destin la remet en présence de Rory MacLaren, un séduisant aristocrate écossais dont le visage lui est familier. Jadis capturé par son père, et galérien à bord de son navire, il a volé à Constance un baiser qui a mis le feu à sa mémoire...