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Award-winning and bestselling author, international traveler, feted at a Hollywood premiere . . .
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All true . . . but my regular life is a whole lot more routine. Deal with the five big puppers who share our house, babysit our grandson, battle the jungle that is our yard, pray for summer in winter and dream of winter in summer, and hunker down at the computer -- that's my real life.
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I grew up in Oklahoma and had the fun of living in Georgia, Alabama, California and the Carolinas, thanks to my husband's Navy career. When he retired, we came home to Oklahoma and have lived in the same house for seventeen years. That's a real "Wow!" for someone used to the nomadic military life.
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Writing was the perfect career for all that moving. Have computer, will travel. I've set books, or part of them, in every state we've lived in and been inspired by every place I've ever been. I've now written somewhere around 80 books, and I think I've got only about 8,000 stories left to tell.
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My biggest hobby is starting new projects -- starting. Not completing. I'm still not done with the cross-stitched Army seal I started when our son joined out of high school. He did tours in Georgia, Colorado, Korea, Italy, Iraq, Afghanistan and Louisiana, and has been out for a few years. So I'm a little slow.
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I like to think about getting organized, painting my living room in cool beachy colors, and turning my entire five-acre yard into a garden. I also dream about having every room in my house clean at exactly the same time, but I live by the motto of the woman who taught me to quilt: A clean house is the sign of a bored woman.
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And I've never been bored.
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== Books ==
 
== Books ==
* [[Rogue's Reform - Marilyn Pappano|''Rogue's Reform'']]
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* ''[[Bayou Hero]]'' - 2015
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* ''[[Big Sky Lawman / Honourable Intentions]]'' - 2000
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* ''[[Bluest Eyes In Texas]]'' - 2005
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* ''[[Cabin Fever]]'' - 2003
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* ''[[Cattleman's Promise]]'' - 1999
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* ''[[Chance Of A Lifetime]]'' - 2015
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* ''[[Cody Daniels' Return]]'' - 1988
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* ''[[Convincing Jamey]]'' - 1997
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* ''[[Copper Lake Confidential]]'' - 2013
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* ''[[Copper Lake Encounter]]'' - 2013
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* ''[[Copper Lake Secrets]]'' - 2012
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* ''[[Criminal Deception]]'' - 2010
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* ''[[Dangerous Man]]'' - 1991
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* ''[[Dangerous Reunion]]'' - 2020
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* ''[[Detective Defender]]'' - 2017
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* ''[[Detective On The Hunt]]'' - 2019
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* ''[[Discovered: Daddy]]'' - 1996
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* ''[[Family For Christmas]]'' - 2013
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* ''[[Father To Be]]'' - 1999
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* ''[[Finally A Father]]'' - 1994
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* ''[[First Kiss]]'' - 2000
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* ''[[Forbidden Stranger]]'' - 2009
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* ''[[Gabriel's Angel]]'' - 1999
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* ''[[Getting Lucky]]'' - 2001
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* ''[[Greatest Gift]]'' - 1989
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* ''[[Guilt By Association]]'' - 1988
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* ''[[Heaven On Earth]]'' - 2002
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* ''[[Hero To Come Home To]]'' - 2013
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* ''[[Holiday Protector]]'' - 2000
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* ''[[Horseman's Bride]]'' - 1999
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* ''[[In Sinful Harmony]]'' - 1995
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* ''[[In The Enemy's Arms]]'' - 2012
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* ''[[Intimate Enemy]]'' - 2009
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* ''[[Killer Secrets]]'' - 2018
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* ''[[Killer Smile]]'' - 2018
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* ''[[Knight Errant]]'' - 1988
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* ''[[Lawman's Redemption]]'' - 2002
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* ''[[Lights Of Home]]'' - 1987
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* ''[[Love To Call Her Own]]'' - 2014
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* ''[[Loving Abby]]'' - 1991
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* ''[[Man Like Smith]]'' - 1995
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* ''[[Man To Hold On To]]'' - 2014
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* ''[[Memories Of Laura]]'' - 1993
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* ''[[Michael's Gift]]'' - 1994
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* ''[[More Than A Hero]]'' - 2008
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* ''[[Murphy's Law]]'' - 1999
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* ''[[My Secret Valentine]]'' - 2001
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* ''[[Nights With A Thief]]'' - 2016
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* ''[[No Retreat]]'' - 1993
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* ''[[Not Without Honor]]'' - 1990
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* ''[[Older, Wiser...Pregnant]]'' - 1998
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* ''[[One Stormy Night]]'' - 2008
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* ''[[One True Thing]]'' - 2004
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* ''[[Open Season]]'' - 2010
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* ''[[Operation Homefront]]'' - 1992
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* ''[[Overnight Alibi]]'' - 1998
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* ''[[Passion]]'' - 1996
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* ''[[Passion To Die For]]'' - 2009
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* ''[[Princess And The Mercenary]]'' - 2002
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* ''[[Probable Cause]]'' - 1991
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* ''[[Promise Of Forever]]'' - 2015
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* ''[[Protector's Temptation]]'' - 2010
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* ''[[Regarding Remy]]'' - 1994
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* ''[[Rogue's Reform]]'' - 2000
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* ''[[Room At The Inn]]'' - 1988
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* ''[[Safe Haven]]'' - 1990
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* ''[[Scandal In Copper Lake]]'' - 2009
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* ''[[Season For Miracles]]'' - 1997
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* ''[[Sheriff's Surrender]]'' - 2001
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* ''[[Small Wonders]]'' - 2003
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* ''[[Some Enchanted Season]]'' - 1998
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* ''[[Somebody's Baby]]'' - 1989
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* ''[[Somebody's Hero]]'' - 2007
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* ''[[Somebody's Lady]]'' - 1992
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* ''[[Something Of Heaven]]'' - 1989
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* ''[[Summer To Remember]]'' - 2016
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* ''[[Survive The Night]]'' - 1996
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* ''[[Suspicion]]'' - 1997
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* ''[[Sweet Annie's Pass]]'' - 1993
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* ''[[Taming Of Reid Donovan]]'' - 1997
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* ''[[Trouble With Josh]]'' - 2003
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* ''[[Truth About Tate]]'' - 2001
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* ''[[Undercover In Copper Lake]]'' - 2014
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* ''[[Within Reach]]'' - 1987
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* ''[[You Must Remember This]]'' - 1998
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==Anthologies==
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* ''[[Christmas Confidential]]'' - 2012
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* ''[[Covert Christmas]]'' - 2010
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* ''[[Who Do You Love?]]'' - 2000
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==Series/Related Titles==
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'''36 Hours''' (multi-author series)
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:  12. ''[[You Must Remember This]]''
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:  16. ''[[Holiday Reunion]]''
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:  19. ''[[My Secret Valentine]]''
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'''American Hero''' (multi-author series)
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:  5. ''[[No Retreat]]''
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'''Bethlehem'''
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:  1. ''[[Season For Miracles]]''
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:  2. ''[[Some Enchanted Season]]''
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:  3. ''[[Father To Be]]''
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::  3.5 ''[[Gabriel's Angel]]''
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:  4. ''[[First Kiss]]''
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:  5. ''[[Getting Lucky]]''
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:  6. ''[[Heaven On Earth]]''
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:  7. ''[[Cabin Fever]]''
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:  8. ''[[Small Wonders]]''
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'''Copper Lake'''
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# ''[[One Stormy Night]]''
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# ''[[Forbidden Stranger]]''
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# ''[[Intimate Enemy]]''
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# ''[[Scandal In Copper Lake]]''
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# ''[[Copper Lake Secrets]]''
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# ''[[Copper Lake Confidential]]''
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# ''[[Copper Lake Encounter]]''
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# ''[[Undercover In Copper Lake]]''
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'''Daddy Knows Best''' (multi-author series)
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* ''[[Discovered: Daddy]]''
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'''Heartbreak Canyon'''
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# ''[[Cattleman's Promise]]''
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# ''[[The Horseman's Bride]]''
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# ''[[Rogue's Reform]]''
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# ''[[The Sheriff's Surrender]]''
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# ''[[Lawman's Redemption]]''
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# ''[[One True Thing]]''
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# ''[[The Bluest Eyes In Texas]]''
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'''Men In Blue''' (multi-author series)
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* ''[[Murphy's Law]]''
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'''Montana Mavericks''' (multi-author series)
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:  28. ''[[Big Sky Lawman]]'' / ''[[Honourable Intentions]]''
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'''Romancing The Crown''' (multi-author series)
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* ''[[The Princess And The Mercenary]]''
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'''Romantic Traditions''' (multi-author series)
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* ''[[Finally A Father]]''
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'''Southern Knights'''
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# ''[[Michael's Gift]]''
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# ''[[Regarding Remy]]''
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# ''[[A Man Like Smith]]''
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# ''[[Convincing Jamey]]''
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# ''[[The Taming Of Reid Donovan]]''
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# ''[[Knight Errant]]''
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# ''[[The Overnight Alibi]]''
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'''A Tallgrass Novel'''
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:  1. ''[[A Hero To Come Home To]]''
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::  1.5 ''[[A Family For Christmas]]''
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:  2. ''[[A Man To Hold On To]]''
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:  3. ''[[A Love To Call Her Own]]''
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:  4. ''[[A Promise Of Forever]]''
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:  5. ''[[A Chance Of A Lifetime]]''
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:  6. ''[[A Summer To Remember]]''
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'''Related Books
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# ''[[The Truth About Tate]]''
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# ''[[The Trouble With Josh]]''
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# ''[[Room At The Inn]]''
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# ''[[Older, Wiser...Pregnant]]''
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# ''[[The Lights Of Home]]''
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# ''[[Guilt By Association]]''
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# ''[[Something Of Heaven]]''
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# ''[[Somebody's Baby]]''
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# ''[[Somebody's Lady]]''
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==Awards==
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*2015  [[RT Reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - Harlequin Romantic Suspense, ''[[Bayou Hero]]''
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*2001  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Winner - Long Contemporary Romance, ''[[Rogue's Reform]''
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*1996  [[RT Reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - Romantic Suspense, ''[[Passion]]''
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*1989  [[RT Reviewers Choice Award]] Winner - Series Romance Book of the Year, ''[[Somebody's Baby]]''
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==Recognitions==
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*2014  [[Publishers Weekly]] Starred Review, ''[[A Love To Call Her Own]]''
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*2014  [[Publishers Weekly]] Starred Review, ''[[A Man To Hold On To]]''
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*2013  [[Publishers Weekly]] Starred Review, ''[[A Hero To Come Home To]]''
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*2004  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Contemporary Single Title Romance, ''[[Small Wonders]]''
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*2000  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Contemporary Single Title Romance, ''[[Father To Be]]''
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*2000  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Romantic Suspense, ''[[Murphy's Law]]''
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*1994  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Long Contemporary Romance, ''[[Sweet Annie's Pass]]''
  
== Awards/Honors ==
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== Awards (body of work) ==
* [[1992-1993 Career Achievement Award Winners|1992-1993 Career Achievement Award Winner]] - [[Romantic Times Magazine]] - Innovative Series Romance
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*1992-1993 [[RT Career Achievement Award]] Winner - Innovative Series Romance
* [[2001 RITA® Winners|2001 RITA® Winner]] in the [[RITA®: Best Long Contemporary Series|Long Contemporary]] category with [[Rogue's Reform - Marilyn Pappano|''Rogue's Reform'']]
 

Latest revision as of 01:50, 7 October 2024


Award-winning and bestselling author, international traveler, feted at a Hollywood premiere . . .

All true . . . but my regular life is a whole lot more routine. Deal with the five big puppers who share our house, babysit our grandson, battle the jungle that is our yard, pray for summer in winter and dream of winter in summer, and hunker down at the computer -- that's my real life.

I grew up in Oklahoma and had the fun of living in Georgia, Alabama, California and the Carolinas, thanks to my husband's Navy career. When he retired, we came home to Oklahoma and have lived in the same house for seventeen years. That's a real "Wow!" for someone used to the nomadic military life.

Writing was the perfect career for all that moving. Have computer, will travel. I've set books, or part of them, in every state we've lived in and been inspired by every place I've ever been. I've now written somewhere around 80 books, and I think I've got only about 8,000 stories left to tell.

My biggest hobby is starting new projects -- starting. Not completing. I'm still not done with the cross-stitched Army seal I started when our son joined out of high school. He did tours in Georgia, Colorado, Korea, Italy, Iraq, Afghanistan and Louisiana, and has been out for a few years. So I'm a little slow.

I like to think about getting organized, painting my living room in cool beachy colors, and turning my entire five-acre yard into a garden. I also dream about having every room in my house clean at exactly the same time, but I live by the motto of the woman who taught me to quilt: A clean house is the sign of a bored woman.

And I've never been bored.

Books

Anthologies

Series/Related Titles

36 Hours (multi-author series)

12. You Must Remember This
16. Holiday Reunion
19. My Secret Valentine

American Hero (multi-author series)

5. No Retreat

Bethlehem

1. Season For Miracles
2. Some Enchanted Season
3. Father To Be
3.5 Gabriel's Angel
4. First Kiss
5. Getting Lucky
6. Heaven On Earth
7. Cabin Fever
8. Small Wonders

Copper Lake

  1. One Stormy Night
  2. Forbidden Stranger
  3. Intimate Enemy
  4. Scandal In Copper Lake
  5. Copper Lake Secrets
  6. Copper Lake Confidential
  7. Copper Lake Encounter
  8. Undercover In Copper Lake

Daddy Knows Best (multi-author series)

Heartbreak Canyon

  1. Cattleman's Promise
  2. The Horseman's Bride
  3. Rogue's Reform
  4. The Sheriff's Surrender
  5. Lawman's Redemption
  6. One True Thing
  7. The Bluest Eyes In Texas

Men In Blue (multi-author series)

Montana Mavericks (multi-author series)

28. Big Sky Lawman / Honourable Intentions

Romancing The Crown (multi-author series)

Romantic Traditions (multi-author series)

Southern Knights

  1. Michael's Gift
  2. Regarding Remy
  3. A Man Like Smith
  4. Convincing Jamey
  5. The Taming Of Reid Donovan
  6. Knight Errant
  7. The Overnight Alibi

A Tallgrass Novel

1. A Hero To Come Home To
1.5 A Family For Christmas
2. A Man To Hold On To
3. A Love To Call Her Own
4. A Promise Of Forever
5. A Chance Of A Lifetime
6. A Summer To Remember

Related Books

  1. The Truth About Tate
  2. The Trouble With Josh
  1. Room At The Inn
  2. Older, Wiser...Pregnant
  1. The Lights Of Home
  2. Guilt By Association
  3. Something Of Heaven
  1. Somebody's Baby
  2. Somebody's Lady

Awards

Recognitions

Awards (body of work)