Valentines in Sweetwater County
Valentines in Sweetwater County

Author: Ciara Knight

Publisher: Defy the Dark Publishing, LLC

Published: 2015-09-21

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 193908119X

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Rusty Miller struggles to care for his ailing grandfather while balancing dead end jobs and big dreams. His only wish is to save enough money to buy an engagement ring for his beloved, Rebecca. But when his grandfather’s condition worsens, he’s trapped between the loyalty of a promise and the future with the love of his life. Abandoned by her mother, Rebecca West has spent the last few years avoiding commitment. Now she’s faced with the possibility of everything she’s wanted; a home, family and an amazing man. But then she makes a horrific mistake that costs the one she loves everything, and she is once again faced with a life of loneliness.

Christmas in Sweetwater County
Christmas in Sweetwater County

Author: Ciara Knight

Publisher: Defy the Dark Publishing, LLC

Published: 2015-09-21

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13: 1939081297

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Cathy Mitchell dedicates her life to helping others in Creekside even when they protest her interference. When Devon West swaggers into town, Cathy promises to help him reunite with his estranged daughter. Devon is enamored with the strong, honest and passionate Cathy. She's like no other woman he's ever known, and he wants to win her heart. But when Devon's ex-wife appears in Creekside, she forces him to choose between protecting his daughter or keeping his promise to the woman he loves.

Love in Sweetwater County
Love in Sweetwater County

Author: Ciara Knight

Publisher: Defy the Dark Publishing, LLC

Published: 2023-11-21

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 1939081920

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Single mother, Ruth Barnes, has devoted most of her adult life to caring for her son who struggles with addiction. She is empty inside from the sorrows she’s faced and the realization that there is nothing left she can do for him now that he is twenty-one. When a charming, good-looking, honest, and most of all clean and sober man, enters her life, will she be able to let go of her parental responsibilities to make room in her heart for a good man? Craig Reid has failed at everything in life including marriage and children due to alcoholism. Now, ten years sober, he awakens to a drama-free, simplistic existence where he avoids anything that could thwart his sobriety, including a romantic relationship. When a beautiful woman-a muse-inspires him to paint for the first time in years, he finds himself questioning all his self-imposed rules. Will their budding affection blossom into true love, or will the truth of addiction fester causing them both to lose hope?

Love on the Prairie
Love on the Prairie

Author: Ciara Knight

Publisher: Defy the Dark Publishing, LLC

Published: 2017-03-02

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 1939081645

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It took the burning of Atlanta to break up seven sisters. Abigail McKinnie refuses to allow her sisters to be dispersed across the nation as mail-order brides. Even though the Union soldiers took everything from them during their march through Atlanta-their lands scorched, house burned, food stolen-she won’t give up. With a plan in place, she sets out for Kansas to her second cousin under the guise of marriage. But instead, she plans to convince him that the seven of them can help run the homestead for him. Her plan is foolproof until she makes the arduous journey to discover he’s dead. Owen Baker vows to never have a woman in his life again after the death of so many loved ones, but when Abigail McKinnie struts onto his land claiming ownership on behalf of her dead cousin, he’s dumbfounded by her drive and beauty. Despite her abilities and their attraction, he vows to throw her over his horse to deliver her to the first train home the minute she recuperates from her trip.

In All My Wishes
In All My Wishes

Author: Ciara Knight

Publisher: Defy the Dark Publishing, LLC

Published: 2022-08-22

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 1939081467

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Escape with this second chance, small-town romance. At the age of fifteen, Anna Baker was ripped from her childhood home, and her one true love, vowing to return the minute she graduated high school. Professor Liam Harrow once believed his childhood sweetheart would return home to him, but during college, he faced reality and hardened his heart to love. When Historic Hall faces demolition, both Anna and Liam search for options to save their childhood memories, but when secrets unravel and the truth of Anna’s childhood departure is revealed, it could corrupt their memories, risk their present, and destroy their future.

In All My Life
In All My Life

Author: Ciara Knight

Publisher: Defy the Dark Publishing, LLC

Published: 2022-08-22

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 1939081521

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Shamed and dismissed from the Atlanta Sheriff's Department, Larson Rader abandons big city law enforcement for a small town campus police job. He only hopes it's far enough to escape the publicity of putting a man his own sister falsely accused in the hospital. Helen Simpson returns to Riverbend for a new start with her young daughter running a battered women's shelter. Small town life gives them a peace they never had, until a dangerous man from her past, untouchable by police, threatens to kidnap her daughter. A payment he feels is due to him for the humiliation she brought upon his family for fleeing the cartel and her husband. Helen must learn to lean on someone again or she'll lose her daughter. But will Larson be able to trust her, or will he abandon her to her fate?

Love on the Coast
Love on the Coast

Author: Ciara Knight

Publisher: Defy the Dark Publishing, LLC

Published: 2022-03-07

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 1953396070

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A fake marriage for these enemies turned lovers will be tested and only trust can save them. Irish immigrant Edward O’Neal landed in America as a little boy with the promise of a better life but found prejudice and poverty. Poverty that took his entire large family from him. He’s spent the last twenty years hiding his heritage and building his fortune so he’d never go hungry again. But when he discovers that his partner ran away with a prostitute to escape his gambling debts and his empire is crumbling, the last ace in his pocket is his mail-order bride -- a woman of pure breeding, with a political family name, high class, and huge dowry. Cora McKinnie managed to live through the Civil War long enough to see her parents, brothers, and fiancé die and to send her six sisters away to wed. Alone, she makes the arduous journey to San Francisco to marry and start her own loving family. Dreams sour when she discovers her betrothed is dead and his jilted, angry partner despises her for being Irish and the only woman available to marry. To recover his fortune, Edward must pull off the event of the year with little funds. A nearly impossible task without the help of the distracting, beautiful, thrifty Irish woman with a huge heart.

Love in the Rockies
Love in the Rockies

Author: Ciara Knight

Publisher: Defy the Dark Publishing, LLC

Published: 2022-02-23

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 1939081688

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Josephine McKinnie wants to escape. Escape the aftermath of General Sherman’s march through Atlanta where he burned her land, her home, and her honor. In the hope for a new life far away from her memories and shame, Josephine travels to Colorado to marry a man that will never know the truth of her past. Hope is restored in her life, until she reaches the small town where she faces the disapproving mother-in-law, a man who threatens to reveal her secret, and her marriage bed. Nathaniel Branson needs a wife if he’s to be mayor of Silver Ridge, Colorado, but his mother’s choice will never work. Not if he wants to keep his secret that he’s half a man. With the wounds of war leaving deeper scars than mere physical wounds, he hopes that the sweet woman-his soon to be -will appreciate the finery he can give her, even if he can’t give her the ultimate gift. Children.

Love on the Sound
Love on the Sound

Author: Ciara Knight

Publisher: Defy the Dark Publishing, LLC

Published: 2022-02-23

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 1939081912

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Southern Belle, Francine McKinnie, faces a difficult life as a logging man’s wife after sacrificing her mail-order proposal to a cattle baron for her sister's sake. A decision she’s comfortable with as long as her husband is kindhearted and soft-spoken. But when she arrives to discover intended striking another man, she seeks shelter with his brothers. Walter Hunt followed his brothers across the country only to discover his own kin stole his woman and his land, now he plans to fight for what’s his. When his mail-order bride is manipulated by his siblings. Walter realizes he wants nothing more than to break the chains of family and strike out on his own. The only issue is that he’ll have to overcome his hermit lifestyle and learn to schmooze investors in order to start his own sawmill. Walter proposes a business arrangement to Ms. McKinnie, his protection for her help in acquiring investors. Their marriage would be a ruse, but a beneficial one for them both. But when brother faces brother and truths unfold, does Francine trust the man who offers her safety and security, or the one who offers her a happily ever after?

Love on the Border
Love on the Border

Author: Ciara Knigth

Publisher: Defy the Dark Publishing, LLC

Published: 2022-02-23

Total Pages: 157

ISBN-13: 1953396046

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Eli Hayes knows what it takes to survive. A lesson he learned at a young age when he witnessed the death of his mother along with hundreds of others during the Mountain Meadow Massacre. Living in a Mexican border town where resources are scarce and safety is a myth, he’s organized a way to stay alive by robbing rich stagecoaches and giving the bounty to his poor townspeople. Hannah McKinnie has maintained her moral compass while faced with the devastation to her family and lands during the civil war. When seeking a new life and refuge in the arms of her betrothed, her optimism is sorely tested by robbers who steal her few remaining possessions, including her wedding dress. When Hannah meets the man she’s to marry, a scar on his hand gives him away as the despicable bandit who broke her resolve, and she is faced with the decision to marry a handsome stranger with a corrupt soul or face the realization that Eli Hayes be right. Is hope really only a lie?