Windswept Weddings

A proud Loyalist and a jaded patriot are bound by a child and a shared loss-but as sparks fly, they must decide if love is worth trusting the enemy. Heather has no reason to like Lucas Reed. He is an American, who's fight for liberty from England led to Heather's family's financial ruin and the death of her father. But her cousin's dying wish was that Heather take little Jamie to his father in Charleston, and she's determined to honor that wish, even if it breaks her heart to do so. Lucas Reed knows the boy at his door cannot possibly be his, but there's no denying that Jamie has the trademark Reed blue eyes, black hair, and dimples. Still, Lucas is ready to close the door to the boy and his escort until Miss Hawthorne presents him with a letter. He instantly recognizes the writing he thought he'd never see again. The contents of the letter shatter his resolve, forcing him to open his door-and his carefully guarded heart-to the boy and his steadfast guardian. As Heather and Lucas work together to create a new life for Jamie, can they resist their growing attraction? Or will mutinous hearts finally admit their love when an enemy's desperate plot threatens their lives? EPCA/CBA & Amazon Best selling author Vickie McDonough grew up wanting to marry a rancher but instead, she married a computer geek who is scared of horses. She lives out her childhood dream by penning romances set in the Old West. Vickie is an award-winning author of more than 50 books and novellas. Her books have won the Booksellers Best Award, OWFI Best Fiction Book Award, Inspirational Reader's Choice Contest, Texas Gold, and the ACFW Noble Theme contest, and she has been a finalist in ACFW's Carol Awards contest eight times and an Award of Merit winner in the Holt Medallion Contest. Vickie is the author of the Texas Boardinghouse Brides series and is a co-author of Texas Trails: A Morgan Family series. Her Pioneer Promises series features a family that runs a stage stop in 1870s Kansas. Whispers on the Prairie, book 1 in this series, was a Romantic Times Recommended Inspirational Book for July 2013. Vickie's latest series, Land Rush Dreams, is set during the Oklahoma land run days. The first book, Gabriel's Atonement, received 4 1/2 stars from Romantic Times and is a Will Roger's Medallion finalist. The second book, Joline's Redemption, and book 3 Sarah's Surrenders are now available. Vickie has recently stepped into independent publishing with her word search book, USA Word Find. Vickie and her husband live in Oklahoma. They have been married forty-five years and have four grown sons, one daughter-in-law, and a feisty granddaughter. When she's not writing, Vickie enjoys reading, gardening, watching movies, traveling, collecting antiques and doing stained glass projects. To learn more about Vickie's books, visit her website: www.vickiemcdonough.com

She blames him for her brother's death, and he's determined to make amends. But as family secrets and forbidden longing pull them closer, they must choose between pride and the chance to heal. Carina Zimmer has spent years hating the Bishops for destroying her family. Now managing Tanglewood Plantation and caring for her bedridden father, she wants nothing to do with Reed Bishop-the man who killed her brother. But when Reed returns from medical school and begins treating the injured and vulnerable, Carina can't ignore the compassion behind his actions or the growing pull between them. Reed Bishop came home to start a medical practice and make amends for past mistakes. But when he treats an injured slave at a neighboring plantation, he comes face-to-face with Carina Zimmer-the sister of the man he believes he killed in a duel years ago. He never expected to fall for the fiery woman struggling to keep her family's plantation alive. Yet every encounter with Carina challenges his guilt and deepens his desire to earn her trust. As secrets surface and loyalties are tested, Carina and Reed must decide if love is worth risking everything-even the legacy of those they've sworn to honor.

A Southern belle nursing a wounded stranger must choose between family duty and a love that defies everything she's ever known. Hannah Madison's life is comfortable, well-ordered, and safe. She knows what to expect. Including her mother's plans that Hannah marry Jamie Reed, the heir to the neighboring plantation. But her sheltered life is disrupted when she stumbles upon a seriously injured stranger in the Reeds' barn. He seems to need her help. As she nurses him back to health, Hannah is drawn to the handsome man with amnesia that she calls Adam. And as her feelings for him grow, Hannah must decide whether to follow her heart or honor her family's expectations. Adam remembers nothing prior to the day he met Hannah. Nothing of his true identity or the dangerous secret he carries. All he knows is he can't help falling for his graceful and kind caretaker. But when his memories return, he's faced with an impossible choice- pursue his love for Hannah and betray his family, or sacrifice his own happiness to preserve his family's unity. Can Hannah and Adam find the right path when duty and love collide?