Parker J. Cole

When her brother dies in the earthquakes that destroy Silverpines, Elena Somersville knows she needs protection from the ruthless gunslinger, Mace Thorne. Her brother's gambling habit had betrothed her to the outlaw and now there is no one to keep him at bay. A mail order husband seems the only way to keep Mace from collecting his debt. Tobias Clayborne vows to avenge his best friend and his wife’s death at the hands of the notorious gunslinger. When he discovers Mace Thorne has a wife waiting for him in Silverpines, he responds to a mail-order husband advertisement in order to search and kidnap the gunslinger’s wife and use her as bait to lure the killer. Little does Tobias know that Elena, his intended bride he never had any intention of developing feelings for, is promised to a man he despises. Her deception at Tobias's expense keeps Elena from opening her heart to the stirrings of love growing between them When their secrets are exposed, will her brother's past prevent Elena from having her happy ever after? Can this Man of Honor save the woman he loves from the outlaw he hates?

Be swept away to the grandeur and opulence of Louis XVI’s French court with this captivating friends to lovers romance. From first kiss  To husband and wife? Dieudonné, the Comte de Montreau, steps in when he catches a disreputable suitor trying to ruin his friend, heiress Evena. Only to accidentally compromise her himself, forcing them to wed!  Dieudonné might be the man who occupies Evena’s thoughts, but he’s not the well-connected nobleman she needs to help her ailing father. And now, as they head to the altar, their friendship is in jeopardy, too! Could her convenient husband ever see her as more than a burden…and could their bond become something even more thrilling?From Harlequin  Your romantic escape to the past.Proposals in ParisBook 1: Marriage Bargain with the Comte