SARAH RICHMOND




	Available DEC 2011 FROM ~ Avalon Books ~ After her father’s death, Dulcie Crowder leaves their El Dorado claim and travels to Hangtown. Her aim is matrimony and she sets her hat for the handsome deputy, Tom Walker. When Tom balks, she knows why. He wants a woman he can be proud to walk beside, so Dulcie tries hard to transform herself into a lady. Tom has vowed to bring law and order to the hardscrabble gold rush town and knows Hangtown is no place for a wife and family. As Dulcie tries to turn his head and win his heart, he notices. So do the hoards of other lonely men in their community. Dulcie finds out her father was hung for murder and Tom is the one who put the noose around his neck. She has to dig deep for forgiveness and wonders if the citizens of Hangtown will ever accept her as one of them. The Vigilance Society is ready to run her and other strangers out of town. There’s an election coming up and the head of the Society is standing for Sheriff. When Dulcie discovers corruption in the judiciary during the trial of a friend, she naturally turns to Tom. The deputy looks for evidence but Dulcie has other ideas on how to catch a varmint. As she works for justice, will she jeopardize her chances with Tom?					AMAZON \| B&N
	Dory Watkins arrives in Ragtown in 1854 by wagon train. She finds the love of a good man in the hard scrabble town and discovers her own truth as a pioneer lady. Lena Carlson and her husband come from the Old Country in 1861 and buy the Mercantile. Lena’s husband dies, leaving her alone and lonely in a foreign land until she meets Henry Barrett, a man searching for his kidnapped daughter. Lena and Henry join forces and find a second chance at love. Southern Belle Rosy Sherry overcomes her self-doubt and traditional past to take her place in history as Ragtown’s first school teacher. When she falls in love with a loner Yankee sheriff, she discovers forgiveness is the only way to heal a broken heart. READ THE REVIEWS					AMAZON \| B&N \| ARe
	In the gilded age of Edwardian England, when wealth and title were the measures of a man, John Darlington, Seventh Earl of Westhaven, schemes to marry a Wainwright heiress. His ancestral home is near bankruptcy because of death duties, and only marriage to wealth will save him. The issue of a first marriage, the child shuttled off to boarding school and forgotten, Helen Wainwright is a modern woman who supports herself by teaching school. Upon her father’s death, Helen returns home to discover her family in turmoil over the Earl’s arrival as they seek position and security for her step-sisters. John must convince Helen that the past is worth preserving and Helen must let go of a past that has rejected her. As the Empire prepares for the coronation of a new monarch, they both learn that life’s greatest gifts are the ones that bring you home. READ THE REVIEWS					AMAZON \| B&N \| ARe