Award-Winning and Best Selling Author
Stacey Haynes
Dusty and Callie made me laugh many times during this exciting and drama-filled story. Diamonds and Dust is filled with fun, excitement, drama, romance, and unexpected twists and turns. You should read it soon.
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Diamonds and Dust
Pinkerton agent, Dusty Sloan, isn’t just another cowboy who enjoys charming the ladies. He is dedicated to his job, especially when stolen diamonds and a stubborn woman are involved. Can he protect her and find the mystery of the stolen gems, or will his heart get involved?
Miss Callie Beckman needs to find her missing brother. Bad men have kidnapped him, and they have threatened her not to involve the law. Yet, how can she shake off the Pinkerton agent who is determined to be her knight in shining armor? If only Dusty’s eyes weren’t so dreamy and his kisses so passionate, maybe she would be able to focus better on finding her brother.
Sapphire and Silk
Paige Whiting sets out to find her father, but she runs into the one man she hoped to never see again. Can absence truly make her heart grow fonder?
Sheriff Jonah Garrison is determined to find those responsible for the disappearance of Paige’s father. Stolen sapphires are on Jonah’s list to find, but he never thought that this adventure with the woman who’d broken his heart would be so dangerous… and so wonderful at the same time.
Rubies and Rivers
Whitney Brooks compares herself to Robin Hood. She steals from the rich to give to the poor. But she only takes money from bad people. However, after she is crippled in a carriage accident, she must change her ways. Now, she is righting the wrongs in her life, and she ends up in Fort Benton, Montana. When she recognizes a man from her past, she fears U.S. Marshal Jake Sterling might just arrest her.
Although Jake Sterling is not a hero, he takes his job seriously and follows an outlaw to Fort Benton. Jake has a gut feeling that the outlaw will steal the rubies coming on one of the steamboats. But the more he gets to know the woman who is lovelier than a desert rose, the more he believes she is a thief and working side-by-side with the outlaw. How can he tell his heart that Whitney isn’t the woman for him when her passionate kisses tell him differently?
Emeralds and Evergreen
Danger is afoot. Trust no one.
Texas Ranger, Dallas Sterling, has had nothing but trouble since being entrusted with a safe full of expensive rubies. All he wants to do is deliver them to Bozeman, Montana, then return to his home in Austin, Texas. For a delivery that was to be a secret, it seemed that all the bandits in Montana knew about the gems. However, a lovely lady who continues to get in his way, is also filling his thoughts.
New Pinkerton Agent, Emma Johnson, is traveling with her partner on a case to find the stolen emeralds. From what they’ve been told, the bandits are posing as lawmen. Wanting to make a good impression as an agent, she is determined to hogtie any bandit that remotely looks like a thief disguised as a lawman, especially if he’s traveling with a safe, like the so-called handsome Texas Ranger, Dallas Sterling.
With everyone trying to steal the gems, who will save whom?
Garnets and Gypsies
When Grey Hamilton becomes lost on his journey back home, he stumbles into a gypsy's camp and meets a beautiful woman who captures his interest immediately. The Texas Ranger part of him feels she is running from the law, but his heart tells him he is in danger if he allows himself to fall in love.
Which feeling will he believe?
Jades and Justice
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Pretending comes with a price. So does living on the run.
Maggie Collings has been running for far too long from people who want to put her in prison. Finally, after two years, she finds a place to call home, and she’s able to be herself – to a point, anyway. But when she realizes one of the bounty hunters who has been after her is now working with the town’s sheriff, she is ready to run again. But then, he doesn’t recognize her. So, perhaps she will stay and watch him closely. And just maybe she can convince him that she is not the criminal he’s been hunting, but a woman who is lonely for love and acceptance.
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Opals and Orphans
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When Charlene Harris’ family died in a house fire years ago, she learned to rely on herself and no one else. Trust doesn’t come easily. But when she travels to a different town to begin a new position as the orphanage’s schoolteacher, the new people she meets happily welcome her. However, someone wants her to leave and is threatening her life. Can she allow the handsome U.S. Territorial Marshal, Garrett Masterson, to protect her?
Garrett has been tinkering with the idea of finding a different job where he can settle down in one place, fall in love and marry, and raise children. When he meets the new schoolteacher, he’s smitten. But Charley avoids him like the plague. Yet he is determined to save her from the person trying to ruin her life.
Will they trust each other long enough to fit the puzzle pieces together and find out who is trying to kill her for her opal heirloom ring?
Moonstone and Mistrust
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When Alexa Moore sets her mind on something, she goes for it. After her father’s bank is robbed and the thief injures her brother, she decides to hunt the man down and put him behind bars, which will help her become the Pinkerton agent she has always dreamed about. She knows the thief is a man with dark hair and green eyes and goes by the name of Hawk. When her travels take her to Longmont, Colorado, she finds a man who fits that description. As she gets to know him, she hopes he isn’t the thief… but will she listen to her gut or her heart?
After Ash Hawk was released from being a prisoner in the mines of Tooele, Utah, he finds himself lost and alone. As a child, he was captured and brainwashed to believe his family was dead, and that God didn’t care. When he moved to Colorado as an adult, his life changed for the better, and he realizes he has a giving heart… especially when a beautiful woman comes to him, pleading for his help.
Will they learn to accept each other as they face danger and search for the secretive moonstone mine?
Charity's Challenge
The Suffrage Spinster Series
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Charity Burke wants nothing more than to speak her mind, especially when it comes to the roles of women. Many men have asked for her hand in marriage, but she’s refused them, leaving her father, the mayor, very upset. She wants to be a schoolteacher, but a woman schoolteacher is unheard of. Her father won’t listen to her. She was told that attending the Suffrage meetings would help her gain a voice. There is no harm in attending these meetings, is there?
Detective Nick Young was following a lead of a group who planned to overturn the government in Rochester, New York, when Mayor Burke sent him on an important assignment to find his daughter who keeps sneaking out. When Nick sees Charity with his sister, Ellie, he knows he must keep them safe while attending the Suffrage meetings. Little did he know, being around Charity will make him understand women and their changing roles in the world. Could Nick give his heart to an opinionated woman, or will he be like any other man in Rochester?
A Pirate's Kiss of Fate
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​A Pirate’s Secret…
Many mysteries surround Brenden Hunter. He has done terrible things in his life, but always had a purpose, thanks to his rotten stepfather. After he was kidnapped by pirates at a young age, he has learned how to fight, spy, and charm women. Now as captain of his own ship, his main purpose is to spy on the Royal Navy and help protect the Colonies. When he meets the lovely Miss Turner, he is overcome by her determination for justice and her pure beauty, but a lady like that would never love a pirate.
A Lady on a Quest…
Clarissa Turner has done the unthinkable. She sneaks on a ship known for rescuing lost boys before they are sold into slavery. Someone dear to her heart has been taken and she needs the assistance of Captain Hunter. Instead, she ends up on Captain Hawk’s pirate ship. She holds secrets that if in the wrong hands, could change the outcome of the coming war. Dare she trust the pirate whose kisses make her forget her mission?
With secrets, war, and social status, will fate be in their favor?
Gretta' s Gamble​: Sweet American Historical Romance, Love's Wager Book 1
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He will do anything to find his target, even charm the thief’s sister.
As a Pinkerton Agent for the New York City office, Levi Montgomery has been searching for a jewel thief, and he is running out of time. In desperation, he disguises himself as the missing thief’s friend to assist Gretta Barrington, Countess of Brinley from England, in searching for her brother. Soon Levi finds himself in a tangled web of deceit, especially feeling his heart skips when he is with the countess—and that is not what he wants.
Gretta doesn’t know if she can trust her brother’s friend, only because she has caught him in a lie. Fearing for her brother’s life, she had no choice but to allow Levi Montgomery to assist her. However, to prevent a scandal, she appoints him her servant. But being a countess, she isn’t supposed to have feelings of desire for her footman.
Will love’s wager be more than they can handle?
Cara's Chance​: Sweet American Historical Romance, Love's Wager Book 2
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Cara Barlett wants to be a businesswoman even if the town looks down on her. When her grandfather leaves his lumber business to Cara and her brother, she finally believes her dream will come true… Until she meets the stubborn Harrison Holt who claims he owns half of the land and business since he won it from her brother in a card game. She doesn’t want to give him an inch, however, striking a bargain with the irritatingly handsome man might be to her advantage.
Renea's Risk​: Sweet American Historical Romance, Love's Wager Book 3
Renea Harrington is determined to prove that her mom is still alive… which is why she left her home in England after the death of her father and is now living with her gambling uncle and his clueless wife. Because of her uncle’s gambling debts, he hands her over to the town’s investigator to work for free. The only reason she agreed was to convince the investigator to help find her mother. What she didn’t plan on was how old-fashioned and arrogant he was. Dare she trust him?
Greggory Caldwell is walking on sunshine. Out of his five friends, three of them have lost the wager they made a few months ago and have given into love and marriage. He won’t let that happen to him. But when the stunning blue-eyes British beauty starts working for him and he sees her independence, he is compelled to play her protector. Each day with her is getting him closer to losing the wager. Will he be able to stop it before it’s too late?
Mail-Order Wainwright: Honorable Husbands Series (Releasing Oct. 31, 2024)
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Desperate times mean taking desperate measures.
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Her husband is dead and now her children are being taken away. Hannah Butler is struggling with the loss of her husband and the family business. Her in-laws have given her until the end of the month to either sell the wainwright business or remarry. Since she refuses to give up her deceased husband’s dream that leaves her only one choice… to marry and to do it quickly. In desperation, she sends out a plea in the territory’s newspaper for an honorable husband who knows how to build wagons and to help her manage the business. Never did she think someone would answer it. But he did.
Calvin Henderson is on the run. His father, the notorious outlaw, Ray ‘The Ox’ Henderson wants Cal to continue the family’s criminal ways and will go to all lengths to round him up and bring him in. Wanted posters are plastered everywhere in Nevada, by the gang, claiming he had stolen silver from a mine in Carson City. His best bet is to hide somewhere his father would never look for him… Utah. But luck seems to be on his side when he sees a woman’s plea for a mail-order husband, even though he knows nothing about running a business or being a wainwright. At least it will keep him hidden until he runs again. But could Hannah change his mind?