Books published by Wild Rose Press

Terri Quinn lives a double existence. Half of it is as a bestselling author, the other is as a collie, which makes Ugly Creek the perfect place to be. The unique town and its odd residents fuel her muse, and she feels accepted there as both human and shapeshifter. Hunter Deveraux has spent most of his life trying to prove his worth to his father. He's in Ugly Creek to write a book aiming to debunk tales of the weird and unexplained that are as much a part of the town as the beautiful scenery. Jeopardizing this plan is falling for the one woman who can prove him wrong. Terri has no idea how to handle loving a man who must choose between his lifelong view of reality and the woman he cares about. In the clash, when fantasy proves to be reality, will love be enough?

Biology Professor Kevin Ballard finds his quiet life rocked by a series of vicious mysterious events. First, his mother is slain in his childhood home. Then his girlfriend (and research assistant) is kidnapped from their cabin and he finds that the plant he's studying is apparently being used in strange local rituals. To top it all off, the police think Kevin is somehow involved. Who wants to wreck his life and why?

Dodging a future she wasn't sure she wanted in the first place, Flora MacDonald spins a new story for herself as a shopkeeper in a small Southern town, complete with a budding romance. When her lover Owen Drummond disappears, she discovers he is supposedly dead. Then a mysterious woman presents her with a unique opportunity. With nothing to lose but her future, Flora crosses the veil into the Otherworld, armed with only a fleeting knowledge of the Welsh Mabinogion texts, a paltry collection of artifacts, and a trio of unlikely guides to save the man who doesn't remember her. Her goal becomes survival for them both. But when gods are involved, Flora discovers saving the man she loves might not be her mission after all.

She thought they were her siblings. By the time she realized they weren't, one of them was dead. Doctor Emma Kerr had no right counseling them. Adopted and her birth records lost, she believed she was born a McKinney. Her face, intelligence, and depression resembled theirs. For years people mistook her for their sister. So she devised a plan.What begins as a scheme to counsel the McKinney family and determine if they are blood relatives, quickly causes Emma to wonder if she had truly done the manipulating. Is someone following her? Now Emma clamors to escape the McKinney world of domination and deception. Is she Mathew McKinney's sister? She can't be. Is he in love with her? He can't be. Then how do he and his sisters know more about her than she knows herself? This is a game to them. Is the game Suicide? Or Murder?

One man's junk might be her treasure... After suffering twenty-eight years in a sexless marriage, forty-nine-year-old Ginnie Snow, a self-described "walking vagina," scrabbles out of the doldrums of divorce and dives into the maelstrom of online dating. In her search for love, she is surprised, shocked, disappointed, and amused by the men she meets. She finds herself treading the swamp-waters of the internet world-deceptions, truths, and assorted "junk." But none of her internet dating adventures can compare to her own horrific deed of sexual need and betrayal.

"You met them in the Order of the Dragon Knights. Now, journey to the realm of the Fae and witness their legends!" Fenian Warrior, Rory MacGregor's love conquests are legendary, but he has never spoken of the one mortal female who captured his heart. After his dark secret is finally revealed, he is ordered to return and seal the wounds left open by her death. Yet, he finds the timeline altered and swears an oath to rewrite fate, even if it brings about his own death. Erina MacIntyre is known for her healing herbs and love charms. Determined to aid others, she refuses to listen to the whispers that call her a witch. When a Highlander steps forth into her path, he ignites a thread of strange familiarity and sparks a flame of desire she is unable to control. Can the destiny of two lovers find love once more among the ashes of death and betrayal? Or will history repeat itself, leaving a scorching path of destruction for both mortals and Fae alike?

By all appearances, Nicki Reading is a star. PR director at a major music label, Nicki is sharp, successful, independent, and confidently calls the shots. She dates whom she wants, when she wants, with no strings attached. But beneath that shine, loneliness flickers. Events from her past prove love leads only to pain. Commitment is not an option. Until Dex Hanover, a classy, principled, and prosperous CPA, enters the picture. Undeterred by his unhappy childhood, he has an amazing capacity to be both caring and generous, giving his free time as a mentor for a child from the projects. Dex wears his paternal yearnings on his sleeve, and he is at a point in his life where commitment is the only option. Despite their opposing views, Nicki and Dex ignite each other. But will events from their pasts ruin their challenging relationship and prevent them from experiencing everlasting love?

Samantha Ward hops a westbound train, risking everything to rescue her swindler father. When her train is robbed and she is taken hostage, she escapes. Alone in the wilderness, she comes across a lone cowboy and steals his horse and the shirt right off his perfectly sculpted back. But just as she falls for Jesse Colburn, she learns of a devastating connection behind her father's disappearance and the rugged rancher who stirs up all kinds of sinful thoughts. Jesse Colburn's sole desire is to redeem his late father's good name and save the family legacy, Enchantment Ranch. He must find out who is sabotaging his land and killing his livestock before he loses everything. Revenge is all he cares about until the mysterious spitfire Samantha Ward rides into town-on his horse. Her courage and curves threaten to distract him-until he discovers she may be part of the plot to steal his ranch.

Cass Beecher hopes Sergeant Zach Ravenswood will fall in love with her on an outing to Ford's Theater, only to have their world turned upside down with President Lincoln's assassination. Her romantic plans continue to be thwarted by family, friends, and a mysterious stranger. Can she save the man she loves from the enemies plotting to ruin him? Zach thought with the war over, he could turn his attention to wooing the lovely Cassandra, but a fortune teller's dire predictions begin to come true when a fire disfigures him, a nun poisons him, his uncle steals his inheritance, and he's shot. Is he going mad, or is everything not as it appears?

With her love on the line, only he has the key to unlock her heart... NYC advertising executive Erynne Sommers thinks she has a fairy tale marriage. Then she discovers her husband's sordid betrayal and learns the shocking truth about his past, thanks to the return of his former BDSM lover. As her once-perfect world crashes down around her, a series of dreams lead her from a pit of despair into the arms-and bed-of the man who unlocks her love. Evan Giamatti didn't mean to fall in love with his happily married coworker. That's not his style. But, when her life falls apart, staying in the friend zone isn't easy. Determined to be the compassionate friend she needs while she picks up the pieces of her fractured heart, he fights his own growing desire. Intent on convincing her to take a chance on a future with him, Evan prays her ability to trust and love again isn't irrevocably shattered.

When this killer is playing, every move could be your last. The Chess Master found something special in Violent Crimes Detective Jesse Reid...a worthy adversary. Never before has the game been so exciting. Never before have the stakes been so high. As the end game draws near, the Chess Master adheres to one rule above all else. When you find the right opponent, you do whatever is needed to keep him in the game. A devastating tragedy drove Jesse Reid to step away from a career that defined him. He distanced himself from everyone he cared about...until Charlotte McKenna saunters into his life, testing Jesse's resolve and awakening feelings he'd thought long dead. But in falling for her, Jesse places Charlie directly in the cross-hairs of an obsessed serial killer. Now Jesse's second chance at love is on the line as he's forced to navigate one last time through a twisted game of sudden death. Will Charlie heal Jesse's wounded heart? Or will the Chess Master beat Jesse to the final Checkmate?

Attending her best friend's wedding, Emily Parks tires of being asked when she'll marry. At the reception, the most attractive guy she sees is the portrait of the former home owner killed during the Civil War. After a few drinks, she takes a walk to clear her head. When she pauses to admire the full moon reflecting on the fish pond, a mysterious fog materializes, and she tumbles into the water ... and into the past. Samuel Marshall's life is out of control. He's engaged to a girl he doesn't love and is over his head running his father's plantation. And his best friend wants him to fight in the Union Army. When a mysterious woman appears in his bed, the world comes into focus. She's refreshing and different, and he's falling in love. Everything would be perfect, except the Civil War is about to begin. How long does "ever after" have to last for it to count as happy?

Buffalo Police Sergeant Brendan Fagan, investigating a series of grisly murders spurred by clashes between humans and automatons, only wants to save his city. The last thing he needs in his life is a rule-bending, steam-cannon-toting, unpredictable female like Ginny Landry, a woman who could possibly bring down his career and the one woman he quite likely can't resist. Ginny means to settle the estate of her mother, an infamous madam, quickly and get out of town. She has no intention of becoming involved with any part of her inheritance or falling for Brendan. In fact, she makes it a point never to date handsome men. But when her rash behavior brings them together, the attraction can't be denied. And when the city erupts in chaos, forcing her to choose a moral side, can she deny what's in her heart?

Two sex demons walk into a church and get married in the sight of God, surrounded by their friends and family. Sounds like the beginning of a bad joke? Not so much. All Perrian "Perry" Haines wants is to marry the man of her dreams-more like nightmares-and be left alone, but when Samael, a psychotic archangel, is out to murder her and all her kind, it puts a damper on her not so happily ever after. Submitting to Samael almost seems safer than her new husband, the seductive sex-demon O'Neil Haines, whose secrets hold the key to her survival and her humanity. Instant snark-filled sparks fly as Perry and Haines discover the origins of her birth and the real reason Samael wants to end her destiny. What a way to start a honeymoon! This book was previously self-published by the author and has been lightly edited.

On the road for eight months as part of the crew for a travel show, Chelsea Morrison expects to work hard, endure long nights, and enjoy some wicked adventures. But she doesn't expect to fall head over heels for the show's star. Henry Rush, son of a legendary rock star, is leery of women. He learned early they only want him for the fame that rightly belongs to his father. But when an intense friendship with Chelsea leads to so much more, he has to confront the one thing he's avoided all his life. Can these two friends navigate their way to a happy ending?

Romance is always hot in the desert. Park ranger Alex Mitchell finds that out first hand when she meets a gorgeous movie star filming his latest blockbuster in her park. Instead of managing Twisted Juniper State Park, all she can think about is the Hollywood womanizer with a sordid past. She doesn't want to be another notch in his belt, but she definitely wants that belt on her bedroom floor. He'll be gone in a couple of weeks. What's the harm? Blaze Johnson is used to getting what he wants, and he has his sights set on Alex. But the feisty ranger is different. She isn't falling for his sweet-talk or swagger, which means he has to work overtime to charm her. In an unguarded moment, he finally wins her over but ends up getting more than he bargained for.

It was a new age, one called the Age of Aquarius, with a restless, ideological generation full of a reverence for new worlds opening up to new ideas. When the Beatles introduced the mystique of India to pop culture, the Hippie Trail was established as hip adventurers traveled overland from Europe to Kathmandu and India. Hunter was not among these hipsters. Still bitter over the way he was treated as a Marine combat veteran home from the Vietnam War, he felt the allure of the open road in America and in Europe. While getting visas in Vienna, he came across a Polish girl, Ewa, whose Politburo father got her unequal privileges she gladly abused to join Hunter on the trek to India to check out the new-age ashrams. Shared experiences and hardships bonded them, but Cold War politics made falling in love the worst hardship of all.

Jobless and out of options, an unexpected inheritance seems like the answer to a prayer for Renata Barkely. When she meets the seductive and enigmatic caretaker, Kenrick Giles, and discovers the Southern estate is haunted, she realizes her good fortune might be worse than being broke. Caught between her increasingly erotic dreams of Kenrick and a vengeful ghost-witch who wants her for her own dark purposes, Renata must face her feelings before all is lost. When ecstasy battles revenge, will passion be enough to win in this fight for power?