Books by Jill Marie Landis

RANCHER SEEKING WIFEA newspaper ad is the desperately needed answer to Kate Whittington's prayers. Abandoned by her mother-the town tramp, raised in a bleak Maine orphanage, and a spinster without prospects, Kate dreams of a home and family of her own. Unfortunately, when she arrives to begin her new life, the man she believes she married by proxy denies placing the ad. He denies ever corresponding with or marrying her. Worse, he's a Texas Ranger who's recently been wounded while rescuing a boy from the Comanche-a boy he believes may be his long lost son. Reed Benton doesn't want a wife, doesn't believe Kate's story of an ad and letters, but he does need help taming the wild, resentful young boy under his roof-a boy who is a painful reminder of a past filled with betrayal and lies. There is no place in Reed Benton's heart for a woman.Can the faith of one woman with nothing left to lose create a miracle and heal two damaged souls?"A tender, satisfying historical romance"-Publishers Weekly"A gifted writer . . . able to enthrall readers and touch their deepest emotions."-Romantic TimesAbout the Author Jill Marie Landis is the New York Times bestselling author and seven-time Romance Writers of America Finalist for the RITA Award. Long known for her historical romances, Jill Marie Landis also now writes The Tiki Goddess Mysteries (set on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, where she lives with her husband, actor Steve Landis.)

Return to Twilight Cove for a tender and suspenseful story of families lost and found, of unexpected love, and second chances.Betrayed and broke, but not broken …Tracy Potter lived a perfect life, created a loving home for her family, but her husband's sudden death reveals her perfect life has been a lie-from the marriage vows to their wealth. Determined to remake her life on her own terms, Tracy focuses on resurrecting the Heartbreak Hotel-a long-abandoned turn-of-the-century inn overlooking the Pacific Ocean. But her vow to trust only herself is tested the night mysterious loner Wade MacAllister checks in.The little known Heartbreak Hotel is the perfect place for Wade to disappear from the world for a while, from his notoriety as an author, and from the shocking events of his past. But Tracy's struggle and determination all too quickly fire his desire and capture his imagination and emotions. What he feels for her is dragging his long dead writer's muse out of hiding and forcing him to risk the anonymity on which his survival depends. Will Wade's dark past destroy their chance to find love again?Author Bio: A seven-time Romance Writers of America finalist for the RITA Award, Jill Marie Landis also now writes The Tiki Goddess Mysteries (set on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, where she lives with her husband, actor Steve Landis.)

In the first book of the Irish Angels series, we meet Laura Foster, a woman with the darkest of pasts, and Reverend Brand McCormick, a man with everything to lose by loving her. Having escaped a life she never chose, Laura Foster is finally living her dream. But even after four years of posing as a respectable widow in Glory, Texas, she is always afraid someone from her past might reveal her true identity. Believing no man could love her if he knew the truth, Laura tries to resist Brand's courtship. His reputation would be shattered if Laura's former life is discovered. But it's not only Laura's past that threatens to bring him downit's also his own. As they open their hearts to love and faith, will Laura and Brand find the depth and power of forgiveness from their community?