Books by Sandra Merville Hart

Taming the west-one heart at a time.Healing HeartLonnie Holt's external scars remind him of his failures, his internal scars torment him. Genny Collins seeks safety at the ranch once owned by Lonnie's uncle. When Lonnie and his brother arrive, sparks fly and distrust abounds. While Lonnie and Genny fight the love growing between them, his past haunts him, and her past pays them a visit. Becoming BraveWhen Coy Whittaker stumbles upon a grisly scene littered with bodies, he wants nothing more than to get his boss's cattle out of Indian Territory. But when a bloodstained Aimee Kaplan draws down on him, his plans-and his heart-screech to a halt.Trail's End Wade Chadwick has no money until his boss's cattle sell, so he takes a kitchen job at Abby's Home Cooking. The beautiful and prickly owner adds spice to his workday. Abby Cox hires the down-and-out cowboy even though the word cowboy leaves a bad taste in her mouth. Just as she's ready to trust Wade with her heart, money starts to disappear … and so does her brother.Loving a Harvey GirlEva Knowles can't imagine why the local preacher doesn't like Harvey Girls-women who work serving tables instead of finding a husband and falling in love. But if Eva can get the handsome and wayward cowboy Cal Stephens to join her in church, maybe the reverend will accept the girls. Or maybe she'll forfeit her job for a husband, hearth, and home!

Can I count on you in times of great need? Callie Jennings reels from her pa's demand that she marry his friend, a man older than him. Her heart belongs to her soldier hero, Zach. Pa won't change his mind, and Callie has nowhere else to go. Then her sister, Louisa, proposes a shocking alternative.Zach Pearson still hears his pa's scornful word - quitter. He's determined to make something of himself as a soldier. He'll serve the Confederacy until they win the war. If they win the war.Callie and Louisa disguise themselves as soldiers and muster into the Confederate army in the fall of 1864. Times are tough and getting tougher for their Confederacy. For Callie, shooting anyone, especially former countrymen, is out of the question - until truth and love and honor come together on the battlefield.