Linda Lael Miller

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Linda Lael Miller
  • Bibliography:
    133 Books (20 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 1978
  • Latest Book:
    June 2025
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About the Author

Linda Lael Miller is a New York Times best-selling author. Although Linda has written successfully in other genres, she is best known for stories set in the West. Her stories, set in yesterday's world, and today's, are historical romances, romantic thrillers, and other contemporary tales. They consistently score on prestigious national bestseller lists. The Romance Writers of America awarded her their prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007.

Linda lives in Spokane, Washington. She enjoys riding her horses and playing with her dogs. She is an advocate for the Humane Society's Pets For Life program which teaches pet owners how to care for their furry friends.

Full Series List in Order

Australian

1 - Moonfire (May-1988)
2 - Angelfire (Sep-1989)

Australian II

1 - Only Forever (Feb-1989)
2 - Just Kate (Aug-1989)
3 - Daring Moves (Feb-1990)

Beyond the Threshold

1 - There and Now (Jul-1992)
2 - Here and Then (Aug-1992)

Brides of Bliss County

1 - The Marriage Pact (Jun-2014)
2 - The Marriage Charm (Feb-2015)
3 - The Marriage Season (Jun-2015)
4 - Christmas in Mustang Creek (Oct-2015)

Carsons of Mustang Creek

1 - Once a Rancher (Apr-2016)
2 - Always a Cowboy (Sep-2016)
3 - Forever a Hero (Mar-2017)
4 - A Snow Country Christmas (Oct-2017)

Clare Westbrook

1 - Don't Look Now (Sep-2003)
2 - Never Look Back (Aug-2004)
3 - One Last Look (Jan-2006)

Corbins

1 - Banner O'Brien (Jul-1984)
2 - Corbin's Fancy (Aug-1985)
3 - Memory's Embrace (Jan-1986)
4 - My Darling Melissa (Feb-1990)

McKettrick Cowboys

1 - High Country Bride (Dec-2002)
2 - Shotgun Bride (Oct-2003)
3 - Secondhand Bride (Dec-2004)
4 - McKettrick's Choice (Jun-2005)
5 - Sierra's Homecoming (Dec-2006)
6 - McKettrick's Luck (Feb-2007)
7 - McKettrick's Pride (Dec-2004)
8 - McKettrick's Heart (Apr-2007)
9 - The McKettrick Way (Dec-2007)
10 - A Mckettrick Christmas (Feb-2008)
11 - Tate (Feb-2010)
12 - Garrett (May-2010)
13 - Austin (Jul-2010)
14 - A Lawman's Christmas (Oct-2011)
15 - An Outlaw's Christmas (Sep-2012)

Mojo

1 - Deadly Gamble (Nov-2006)
2 - Deadly Deceptions (Mar-2008)

A Mojo Sheepshanks Novel

1 - Arizona Wild (Aug-2016)
2 - Arizona Heat (Jan-2017)

Montana Creeds

1 - Logan (Feb-2009)
2 - Dylan (Mar-2009)
3 - Tyler (Apr-2009)
4 - A Creed Country Christmas (Nov-2009)
5 - A Creed in Stone Creek (Feb-2011)
6 - Creed's Honor (Jun-2011)
7 - The Creed Legacy (Jul-2011)

Orphan Train

1 - Lily and the Major (Dec-1990)
2 - Emma and the Outlaw (Jun-1991)
3 - Caroline and the Raider (Mar-1992)

Painted Pony Creek

1 - Country Strong (Jan-2020)
2 - Country Proud (May-2021)
3 - Country Born (May-2022)
3.5 - Christmas in Painted Pony Creek (Nov-2023)

Parable, Montana

0.5 - Batteries Not Required (Jun-2005)
1 - Big Sky Country (Jun-2012)
2 - Big Sky Mountain (Aug-2012)
3 - Big Sky River (Dec-2012)
4 - Big Sky Summer (Jun-2013)
5 - Big Sky Wedding (Sep-2013)
6 - Big Sky Secrets (Jan-2014)

Quaid

1 - Fletcher's Woman (Aug-1983)
2 - Daniel's Bride (Sep-1992)
3 - Yankee Wife (Jun-1993)
4 - Taming Charlotte (Nov-1993)
5 - Princess Annie (Dec-1994)
6 - Courting Susannah (Oct-2000)
7 - The Yankee Widow (Jun-2019)

Rachel/Susannah

1 - Fletcher's Woman (Aug-1983)
2 - Courting Susannah (Oct-2000)

Springwater

1 - Springwater (Jan-1999)
2 - Springwater Seasons: Rachel (Feb-1999)
3 - Springwater Seasons: Savannah (Feb-1999)
4 - Springwater Seasons: Miranda (Apr-1999)
5 - Springwater Seasons: Jessica (May-1999)
6 - A Springwater Christmas (Nov-1999)
7 - Springwater Wedding (Apr-2001)

A Stone Creek Novel

1 - The Man From Stone Creek (Jun-2006)
2 - A Wanted Man (Jul-2007)
3 - The Rustler (Oct-2008)
4 - A Stone Creek Christmas (Dec-2008)
5 - The Bridegroom (Aug-2009)
6 - At Home in Stone Creek (Nov-2009)
7 - A Creed in Stone Creek (Feb-2011)

Vampires

1 - Forever and the Night (Nov-1993)
2 - For All Eternity (Nov-1994)
3 - Time Without End (Nov-1995)
4 - Tonight and Always (Nov-1996)

The Women of Primrose Creek

1 - Bridget (May-2000)
2 - Christy (Jun-2000)
3 - Skye (Jul-2000)
4 - Megan (Aug-2000)
5 - The Last Chance Cafe (May-2002)

Multi-Author Series List

Man of the World

4 - Wild About Harry (Oct-1991)

Book List in Order: 133 titles

  • Pirates

    Phoebe Turlow needs to get out of Seattle and forget about the man she just divorced, her dwindling finances, and the lonely nights that stretch ahead of her. But she can't foresee what awaits her on Paradise Island. Duncan Rourke is known to hist...

  • Fletcher's Woman

    Quaid - 1
    Rachel/Susannah - 1
    Tapestry - 22

    RACHEL MCKINNON'S UNIQUE BEAUTY IGNITED A WAR OF PASSION AND PRIDE. Griffin Fletcher had promised Rachel's dying mother that he would protect her. The darkly handsome physician gave that promise unwillingly. He was a man who had learned to...

  • Desire and Destiny

    Tapestry - 30

    "MCFARREN CAN'T BE DEAD!" A bellow of primitive rage escaped Joshua Tanner. He felt possessed, demonic. The pleading of his sister went unnoticed. He had only one thought, one need. He had to find McFarren's daughter. But wou...

  • Banner O'Brien

    Corbins - 1
    Tapestry - 44

    IN 1886, ONLY A HEADSTRONG WOMAN COULD HOPE TO BE A DOCTOR! Banner O'Brien overcame every obstacle and won her coveted medical diploma. Still she longed to escape from Portland, and the nightmares that left her shaking, screaming one man's...

  • Snowflakes on the Sea

    Silhouette Intimate Moments - 59
    Silhouette Sensation - 43

    MALLORY O'CONNOR McKENDRICK To the daytime TV audience she was the ruthless Other Woman, but the real Mallory's marriage seemed to be falling victim to a woman who was truly as unprincipled as the character Mallory played. NATHAN McKENDRICK ...

  • Willow

    Tapestry - 51

    WILLOW WAS A TINY, GOLDEN-HAIRED BEAUTY -- TORN BETWEEN THE BROTHER SHE ADORED AND THE HUSBAND SHE LOVED. Montana was a wide-open, lawless land when the golden-haired Willow married Gideon -- a railroad magnate turned U.S. Marshal. Their union was...

  • Part of the Bargain

    Bestselling Author Collection - 26
    Men Made In America (reissues) - 26
    Silhouette Intimate Moments - 87
    Silhouette Sensation - 73

    HOMECOMING... Libby Kincaid has returned to the ranch where she grew up to heal the wounds that a broken marriage and the death of her beloved stepson have left. But instead of the solace she craves, she finds Jess Barlowe. For years Jess had ...

  • Corbin's Fancy

    Corbins - 2
    Tapestry - 69

    FANCY JORDAN KNEW MANY A MAGIC TRICK -- BUT WINNING JEFF CORBIN'S LOVE WOULD TAKE A MIRACLE! When a traveling carnival left Fancy Jordan stranded in the rugged Washington Territory; she thought her luck had run out. Alone, penniless, she wel...

  • State Secrets

    Harlequin Famous Firsts - 5
    Mills & Boon Special Edition - 277
    Silhouette Special Edition - 277

    Holly Llewellyn's life was suddenly swept away in the current of controversy. She was an honest, hardworking cookbook author. But her brother was a fugitive who left Holly with his young son, calling only to ask for money. And Holly's cousin was a...



  • Memory's Embrace

    Corbins - 3
    Tapestry - 80

    ONLY ONE MAN ROUSED HER HEART TO LOVE -- AND ONLY SHE COULD FREE HIM FROM HIS HAUNTING, TRAGIC PAST! In the wilderness of 1880's Oregon, lovely Tess Bishop was captivated by the most fascinating stranger ever to drift into her small lumber t...

  • Ragged Rainbows

    Bestselling Author Collection - 35
    Mills & Boon Special Edition - 324
    Silhouette Special Edition - 324

    SHAY KENDALL Bright, determined, she had lived her life in the shadow of her movie-star mother. But now that Rosamond's illness had forced her into retirement and obscurity, Shay's life was fading as fast as her mother's Hollywood glory. MITCH...

  • Lauralee

    SHE BRAVED THE HEIGHTS OF A PASSION BEYOND REASON... Lauralee Parker knew too well what drink could do to a man. Her own husband had died at the door of a town saloon. With hymns and hatchets, Lauralee and the women of Halpern's Ferry closed down ...

  • Wanton Angel

    ONLY ONE MAN COULD EVER CLAIM HER... When Bonnie McKutchen left her wealthy husband inn a storm of heartache and betrayal, she fled New York with nothing but the dress on her back. Eli McKutchen finally caught up with her in a Washington mining to...

  • Moonfire

    Australian - 1

    TO DENY HIM WAS TO CHALLENGE DESTINY IYSELF! Stranded by a shattered promise on Australia's vast shores, Maggie Chamberlin vowed to shape a new life for herself in Sydney. Then she encountered arrogant, wealthy Reeve McKenna, a man as ruggedly spl...

  • Used-To-Be Lovers

    Mills & Boon Desire - 438
    Silhouette Desire - 438

    DANGEROUS CHEMISTRY At first the powerful chemistry between Sharon Harrison and Tony Morelli had yielded heart-stopping passion, then marriage and children. But under pressure, their happy home became an explosive battleground. Not even divorce...

  • Only Forever

    Australian II - 1
    Bestselling Author Collection - 39
    Mills & Boon Desire - 480
    Silhouette Desire - 480

    LET THE BUYER BEWARE Nick DeAngelo was home with the flu, but he started feeling better the moment he switched on the TV shopping channel and saw Vanessa Lawrence. The charming hostess offered a wealth of intriguing items - her heArt, however, was...

  • Just Kate

    Australian II - 2
    Bestselling Author Collection - 51
    Mills & Boon Desire - 516
    Silhouette Desire - 516

    TO LOVE AGAIN Kate Blake had decided to turn her life around. After dumping her useless fiance, she left her meddling family and her high-pressure job behind. Kate headed for Australia and freedom--and landed straight in the arms of powerful Sean ...

  • Angelfire

    Australian - 2

    Shocked by the threat of an arranged marriage to an aging magistrate, Bliss Stafford fled through the rugged New Zealand countryside. But chance--and the barrel of her father's pistol--wed her to Jamie McKenna, a handsome, headstrong rancher whose bo...

  • My Darling Melissa

    Corbins - 4

    THEIR PASSION WAS AS FREE AND SPLENDID AS THE TOWERING WILDERNESS OF THE GREAT NORTHWEST... Devastated on her wedding day by a shattering revelation, Melissa Corbin turned to a stranger with a brazen bargain: she would take his name in exchange fo...



  • Daring Moves

    Australian II - 3
    Mills & Boon Desire - 547
    Silhouette Desire - 547

    TAKING CHANCES... After a broken love affair, Amanda Scott grasped at one straw after another, until finally she ended up in a line waiting to have the latest popular self-help expert autograph his book. Was it fate that placed Jordan Richards bes...

  • Mixed Messages

    Bestselling Author Collection - 72
    Mills & Boon Desire - 568
    Silhouette Desire - 568

    NOT JUST ANOTHER PRETTY FACE Carly Barnett was determined to show i. world she was not just another beauty queen pageant bimbo. Journalism was her lifelong dream, and she was determined to make it come true--despite top reporter Mark Holbrook's di...

  • Escape from Cabriz

    Mills & Boon Desire - 589
    Silhouette Desire - 589

    PRECARIOUS PREDICAMENT Kristin Meyers's second thoughts about her impulsive decision to marry the exotic prince of Cabriz escalated to panic on their wedding eve. As angry rebels stormed the palace and her royal fiance became a coldhearted strange...

  • Lily and the Major

    Orphan Train - 1

    Llily Chalmers wanted only two things from life--a farm of her own, and to find the sisters she hadn't seen since they were all little girls heading West on the orphan train... She certainly had no desire for a husband. Yet proud, innocent Lily h...

  • Glory, Glory

    Bestselling Author Collection - 8
    Mills & Boon Desire - 607
    Silhouette Desire - 607

    FIRST LOVE...ONLY LOVE Eight years ago, Glory Parsons had said goodbye to her first love, Jesse Bainbridge. She'd been forced to flee her hometown--and leave behind the man who'd stolen her heart. But he would never know about the heartbreaking pr...

  • Emma and the Outlaw

    Orphan Train - 2

    Despite her unconventional upbringing--she'd been adopted off the orphan train by the local "madam"--Emma Chalmers was the most prim and proper young lady in all of Whitneyville. Why, she wouldn't even permit Fulton Whitney to kiss her, and they were...

  • That Other Katherine

    in Haunting Love Stories

    A dying woman's fervent prayer transports her back in time for a second chance at life...and love....

  • Wild About Harry

    Bestselling Author Collection - 63
    Man of the World - 4
    Mills & Boon Desire - 667
    Silhouette Desire - 667

    MR. AUSTRALIA Name: Harry Griffith Challenge: To win the heart of Amy Ryan. Relationship: He'd been her husband's best friend in school. Amy couldn't believe her eyes. There stood her late husband, as plain as day, telling her she'd soon mee...

  • Caroline and the Raider

    Orphan Train - 3

    Holding her lovely head high, Wyoming schoolmistress Caroline Chalmers did what no lady should: she marched right into the local saloon to sec the dashing and reckless Guthrie Hayes. Worse still, she went to ask him for help. She needed the former Co...

  • The Leopard's Woman

    in Silhouette Summer Sizzlers 1992

    It was a "research'' trip to Baja, a trip that was supposed to be the next best thing to a vacation for Olivia Stillwell. There she was kidnapped and taken to the seaside domain of Estaban Ramirez...alias the Leopard. He intended to make Olivia his w...



  • There and Now

    Beyond the Threshold - 1
    Bestselling Author Collection - 5
    Mills & Boon Special Edition - 754
    Silhouette Special Edition - 754

    Heartsick from Seattle's rat race, Elisabeth McCartney sought her childhood haven, never suspecting the Pine River house harbored an escape hatch to an earlier era, its key the necklace she clutched to her chest .... Tumbling over the threshold an...

  • Here and Then

    Beyond the Threshold - 2
    Bestselling Author Collection - 6
    Mills & Boon Special Edition - 762
    Silhouette Special Edition - 762

    Rue Claridge's cousin, Elisabeth, had disappeared--evidently returning to an earlier era. Someone had to investigate, so intrepid globetrotter Rue donned a mysterious necklace that could catapult her over the threshold . . . into a different century....

  • Daniel's Bride

    Quaid - 2

    Jolie McKibben figured that when a woman has to choose between death and marriage to a total stranger, she must be in a desperate predicament. And Jolie, standing under the hot sun with a noose around her neck, surely was. But something--the defiant ...

  • The Scent of Snow

    in Avon Presents: A Christmas Collection

    In America's West, a desperate woman trapped in a web of lies discovers new hope for romance at Christmastime through an act of faith...and the steadfast devotion of a handsome farmer....

  • Store-Bought Woman

    in To Love and to Honor 1993

    Jilted at the altar, a young woman of refinement sets out for America's heartland after impulsively agreeing to marry a stranger - only to find herself smitten with her fiance's charmingly uncouth ruffian brother....

  • Yankee Wife

    Quaid - 3

    AFTER ALL, WHEN A SPITFIRE HEROINE AND A PROUDLY STUBBORN MAN DISAGREE ABOUT EVERYTHING BUT DESIRE, SPARKS MUST TURN TO FLAMES... Lydia McQuire's courage had never wavered during the bloodiest days of the Civil War. A year later, the pretty former...

  • Forever and the Night

    Vampires - 1

    Neely Wallace thought she had found the perfect lover. Aidan Tremayne was both angel and devil, as tender and sensitive as he was powerfully erotic. Then she learned the secret that tormented his soul. . . Aidan was cursed with the dark gift of immor...

  • Taming Charlotte

    Quaid - 4

    Kidnapped and confined in a harem--that's not the scenario Charlotte Quade envisioned when she prayed for just one grand adventure before sailing home to Washington Territory from Europe. While exploring the ancient, exotic island kingdom of Riz, Cha...

  • Switch

    in Purrfect Love

    A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND He loves you unconditionally. He curls up with you in bed at night and doesn't steal the covers. He greets you at the door every time you come home. He lets you talk on and on about your dreams, your desires, your ambiti...

  • A Midsummer Day's Dream

    in Timeless

    Takes a vintage dress-shop owner on a breathtaking adventure in medieval England - where a bewitching love awaits....



  • The Legacy

    "She who loves and runs away, lives to love another day" was Jacy Tiernan's credo. Only this fair-haired beauty had never loved again after Ian Yarbro. Ten years ago, she had fled her beloved Australian homestead with a shattered soul. Ian,the rugged...

  • For All Eternity

    Vampires - 2

    I will love you beyond forever, in heaven or in hell, in life or in death.... She is a creature of the night. Beautiful. Seductive. Immortal. Her kiss brings the mercy of death to wounded soldiers at Gettysburg. Her courage defies the darkest schem...

  • Princess Annie

    Quaid - 5

    A visit with Bavia's royal family was supposed to be the stuff dreams were made of for Annie Trevarren, an American girl abroad. Instead it was turning into a disaster. First Annie impetuously crawled onto a castle roof and had to be rescued by Crown...

  • Resurrection

    in Everlasting Love

    In the springtime, our thoughts do turn to love...to the sweet thrill of a first kiss...a romantic walk at twilight...a glance across a crowded room that says, your're mine. Now savor the magic of love everlasting with five new tales of romance and i...

  • Time Without End

    Vampires - 3

    He is breathtakingly beautiful. Wickedly seductive. Dangerously irresistible. He is the vampire Valerian From his first passionate encounters with love and death in the dark days of the fourteenth century to his dazzling fame as a master of illus...

  • Knights

    In medieval England, Gloriana, Lady of Kenbrook, awaits her husband, Dane St.Gregory, whom she has not seen since childhood. she is stunned to discover that he has returned with a betrothed; beautiful Gloriana is to be cast into a nunnery. Dane's mys...

  • Together

    IN ALL SEASONS Together as two hearts once torn apart by greed and deception are united by a vow of eternal love. THE SCENT OF SNOW Together when true caring overcomes desperation and turns mistrust into devotion. STORE-BOUGHT WOMAN Together...

  • Tonight and Always

    Vampires - 4

    Linda Lael Miller introduces a passionate new heroine: Kristina, the daughter of Miller'; beloved characters Maeve Tremayne and Calder Holbrook. Her smoldering beauty befits a child of vampires, but Kristina does not possess their dark, seductive gif...

  • My Outlaw

    Seven-year-old Keighly Barrow never forgot the night she spied a boy her own age at her grandmother's Redemption, Nevada, mansion. He was staring back at her form an antique mirror in the ballroom, standing among gaudily dressed women in an old-time ...

  • The Vow

    After twelve years, the headstrong Annabel McKeige is back in the frontier town of Parable, Nevada. Back to face the husband she left behind ...the son she never saw grow to manhood ...and the home where her heart broke when she lost a beloved daught...



  • Two Brothers: The Gunslinger & The Lawman

    THE LAWMAN Marshal Shay McQuillan has a lot on his hands -- stagecoach robbers to track, a murdered fiancee to avenge--and he doesn't need an identical twin brother, who he never knew existed, turning up out of the blue. Then Shay's world is tru...

  • Never Been to Anphar

    in In Our Dreams

    Heartthrobs, Hunks, and Heroes... They make your heart race and inspire your most secret fantasies. They're your favorite heroes from movies and television, and they're about to make your dreams come true. Ten of today's top romance authors create wo...

  • Springwater

    Springwater - 1

    Montana Territory, 1870
    Evangeline Keating came west because she had to; after her husband's passing, she needed to build a new life for her young daughter, and marrying a stranger from Montana Territory was her best chance. After a diffic...

  • Springwater Seasons: Rachel

    Springwater - 2

    Montana Territory, Spring 1874
    Springwater Seasons takes place in the tiny stagecoach stop called Springwater, as it blossoms into a bustling Montana town. For a pretty schoolteacher who is new to Springwater, an unexpected love turns up i...

  • Springwater Seasons: Savannah

    Springwater - 3

    Montana Territory, Summer 1875
    Springwater Seasons takes place in the tiny stagecoach stop called Springwater, as it blossoms into a bustling Montana town. For a dance hall girl who's never had much luck with dreams, Springwater may hold t...

  • Springwater Seasons: Miranda

    Springwater - 4

    Montana Territory, Fall 1875
    Springwater Seasons takes place in the tiny stagecoach stop called Springwater, as it blossoms into a bustling Montana town. For an unwed mother with nowhere else to go, Springwater may be just the place to cal...

  • Springwater Seasons: Jessica

    Springwater - 5

    Montana Territory, Winter 1880
    Springwater Seasons takes place in the tiny stagecoach stop called Springwater, as it blossoms into a bustling Montana town. For a spinster newspaper reporter with a mind of her own, Springwater offer a chanc...

  • A Springwater Christmas

    Springwater - 6

    Montana Territory, Fall 1882 Come home to the heart of a frontier town .... Now, come back to Springwater for an unforgettable holiday--and join in the tears and the smiles when a prodigal son returns to find love at long last. When Jack McLaug...

  • One Wish

    She was the only child of a rich and powerful rancher. He was the son of a drunken ne'er-do-well. But when eleven-year-old Luke Shardlow rescued eight-year-old Charity Barnham from drowning, she promised him one wish ...any wish his heart might desir...

  • Bridget

    The Women of Primrose Creek - 1

    They are the women of Primrose Creek, and their strength and passion is a match for the Nevada frontier they call home. Linda Lael Miller masterfully captured the hardships and dangers of a country swept by the winds of war--and the daring and determ...

  • Christy

    The Women of Primrose Creek - 2

    They are the women of Primrose Creek, and their strength and passion is a match for the Nevada frontier they call home. Linda Lael Miller masterfully captured the hardships and dangers of a country swept by the winds of war--and the daring and determ...

  • Skye

    The Women of Primrose Creek - 3

    They are the women of Primrose Creek, and their strength and passion is a match for the Nevada frontier they call home. Linda Lael Miller masterfully captured the hardships and dangers of a country swept by the winds of war--and the daring and determ...

  • Megan

    The Women of Primrose Creek - 4

    They are the women of Primrose Creek, and their strength and passion is a match for the Nevada frontier they call home. Linda Lael Miller masterfully captured the hardships and dangers of a country swept by the winds of war--and the daring and determ...

  • Courting Susannah

    Quaid - 6
    Rachel/Susannah - 2

    When Susannah McKittrick leaves Nantucket for the boomtown of Seattle, she is hardly looking to strike it rich; she is headed west to care for a newborn left motherless after Susannah's cousin died. Although the rigorous trip depletes all of her savi...

  • Springwater Wedding

    Springwater - 7

    Springwater, Montana, 2001
    Be transported to the rugged beauty of the American West, where Springwater, Montana, once a dusty stagecoach stop, is now a frontier town for the twenty-first century. Cattle rustlers have gone high-tech, and th...

  • The Last Chance Cafe

    The Women of Primrose Creek - 5

    When a blinding Nevada snowstorm and broken-down truck force Hallie O'Rourke and her two young daughters into the warmth of the Last Chance Cafe, Hallie could not know she would find a new beginning at the roadside diner. Or that the handsome strange...

  • High Country Bride

    McKettrick Cowboys - 1

    One ranch. Three sons. Only one will inherit...and on one condition. Tired of waiting for his sons to settle down, Arizona-territory rancher Angus McKettrick announces a competition: the first son to marry and produce a grandchild will inherit Tr...

  • Don't Look Now

    Clare Westbrook - 1

    A DEADLY CRIME. A DANGEROUS PASSION. Defense attorney Clare Westbrook functions very well in crisis mode -- whether taking the media rap for an explosive case or bargaining with her teenaged niece, whom Clare is raising. But a shocking crime -- th...

  • Shotgun Bride

    McKettrick Cowboys - 2

    One special lady will help this cowboy lawman win his father's ranch -- and steal his heart in the bargain.... Kade McKettrick's got five mail-order brides-to-be camped out at the local hotel, all more than eager to provide him with the heir that...

  • Never Look Back

    Clare Westbrook - 2

    A hungry attraction. A hidden enemy. Devoted defense lawyer Clare Westbrook, used to working for others, can now call the shots on her own terms. A multi-million-dollar inheritance from the father she never knew has allowed her to start her own pr...

  • The 24 Days of Christmas

    in Jingle All the Way

    Feeling the chill of winter? Then grab a glass of egg nog, take a seat by the yule log, and warm yourself heart and soul with these four captivating tales of passion that make mistletoe seem so unnecessary... A matchbox advent calendar first brou...

  • McKettrick's Pride

    McKettrick Cowboys - 7

    A new generation of McKettrick men stake their claim to their land -- and the women they love... The only wide-open space Rance McKettrick wants to see in his future is his hometown in his rearview mirror. The down-to-earth ex-rancher is determi...

  • Secondhand Bride

    McKettrick Cowboys - 3

    To win his father's ranch, a hard-living cowboy settles down and takes a wife -- another man's wife! The youngest McKettrick brother, Jeb, is the wild one who never could stay out of trouble. And trouble is what he gets when he proposes to Chlo...

  • McKettrick's Choice

    McKettrick Cowboys - 4

    When news came that there was trouble back in Texas...Holt McKettrick left a mail-order bride and his family on the spot! And he never looked back. He just prayed he'd be in time to save the man who had raised him as a son and keep his best friend...

  • Batteries Not Required

    in Beach Blanket Bad Boys
    Parable, Montana - 0.5

    The only boyfriend Gayle Hayes has is the battery-operated kind. But when she returns to her small Montana hometown, rodeo bad boy Tristan McCullough gives her a whole new lesson in power surge......

  • One Last Look

    Clare Westbrook - 3

    A senseless murder. A sizzling adventure. Clare Westbrook is a survivor who built her law practice from sheer determination -- and an unexpected inheritance. Now Clare, carrying her lover Tony Sonterra's child, has taken the biggest risk of all: ...

  • The Man From Stone Creek

    A Stone Creek Novel - 1
    Mills & Boon Super Historical

    There was trouble in Haven, Arizona, and Ranger Sam O'Ballivan was determined to sort it out. Badge and gun hidden, he arrived posing as the new schoolteacher, and discovered his first task was to bring the rough ranchers' children under control. So ...

  • Christmas of the Red Chiefs

    in I'll Be Home for Christmas

    LINDA LAEL MILLER delivers a holiday miracle in the bittersweet tale of a young woman who can't hide her broken heart -- or her past -- when she returns to her hometown. But a sexy widower may just help her discover the true meaning of home in "Chris...

  • Deadly Gamble

    Mojo - 1

    THIS GAME HAS SOME VERY UNUSUAL PLAYERS... She's got an uncanny knack for winning at slots, but her home-sweet-home is Bad-Ass Bert's Biker Saloon. She'd love to go deep undercover with an irresistibly hot cop, but he's got baggage as big as his bic...

  • Sierra's Homecoming

    McKettrick Cowboys - 5
    Mills & Boon Special Edition - 1833
    Silhouette Special Edition - 1795
    Silhouette Special Edition Large Print - 1795

    When she moved to her family's ancestral ranch, single mom Sierra McKettrick was disconcerted by the Triple M's handsome caretaker, Travis Reid. But when her son claimed to see a mysterious boy in the house, and an heirloom teapot started popping up ...

  • McKettrick's Luck

    McKettrick Cowboys - 6

    A new generation of McKettrick men stake their claim to their land -- and the women they love... Like his celebrated ancestors who tamed the wilds of Arizona, Jesse McKettrick's Indian Rock ties run deep. The Triple M Ranch is in his blood, alon...

  • McKettrick's Heart

    McKettrick Cowboys - 8

    A new generation of McKettrick men stake their claim to their land -- and the women they love... Keegan McKettrick has learned the hard way that women can't be trusted. The only female in his life these days is the young daughter he sees all too...

  • One Last Weekend

    in Sun, Sand, Sex

    College sweethearts Teague and Joanna Darby, once passionately in love, are on the brink of divorce. When a ferry strike leaves them stranded together at their beloved beach cottage, it could be the most awkward weekend ever. Or the perfect chance to...

  • A Wanted Man

    A Stone Creek Novel - 2

    The past has a way of catching up with folks in Stone Creek, Arizona. So schoolmarm Lark Morgan and Marshal Rowdy Rhodes are determined to hide their secrets--and deny their instant attraction. That shouldn't be too hard, since each suspects the othe...

  • The McKettrick Way

    McKettrick Cowboys - 9
    Mills & Boon Special Edition - 1904
    Silhouette Special Edition - 1867
    Silhouette Special Edition Large Print - 1867

    She wanted his baby... and he wanted her! Meg McKettrick longs for a baby--husband optional. Perfect father material is gorgeous Brad O'Ballivan, old flame and new owner of his family's ranch in Stone Creek. But Meg--as strong, proud and stubborn ...

  • A Mckettrick Christmas

    McKettrick Cowboys - 10

    Lizzie McKettrick is on a homebound train with a Christmas Eve surprise for her family -- a special young man, Whitley Carson. He might seem a little too interested in the McKettrick money, but Lizzie's certain Whitley cares for her deep down. But fa...

  • Deadly Deceptions

    Mojo - 2

    Linda Lael Miller is back with reader favorite Mojo Sheepshanks, the irreverent newbie P.I. who finds truth in the strangest places... Mojo is trying to enjoy her posh new home, but she'd rather be back living over Bad-Ass Bert's Biker Saloon, whe...

  • More Than Words Volume 4

    in More Than Words Volume 4

    You might meet them at the coffee shop, the grocery store, or walking down the street. They're women across North America committed to reaching out and changing lives one good deed at a time. Five of these exceptional women have been selected as this...

  • The Rustler

    A Stone Creek Novel - 3

    Secrets and danger explode on the Arizona frontier in this passionate new Stone Creek tale Where does an outlaw go when he's ready to turn straight? For Wyatt Yarbro, reformed rustler and train robber, Stone Creek is his place of redemption. And l...

  • A Stone Creek Christmas

    A Stone Creek Novel - 4
    Mills & Boon Special Moments - 18
    Silhouette Special Edition - 1939

    A horse in need ... is matchmaker indeed! Stone Creek veterinarian Olivia O'Ballivan communicates easily with animals, but men are another story. Especially rugged architect-turned-rancher Tanner Quinn. Olivia's uncanny bond with his daughter Sophie...

  • Logan

    Montana Creeds - 1

    Descendants of the legendary McKettrick family, the Creeds are renowned in Stillwater Springs, Montana--for raising hell... After years of wandering, Logan Creed, a cowboy with a dusty law degree, has returned home. To put down roots, to restore h...

  • Dylan

    Montana Creeds - 2

    Descendants of the legendary McKettrick family, the Creeds are renowned in Stillwater Springs, Montana--for raising hell... Hailed as "rodeo's bad boy" for his talent at taming bulls and women, Dylan Creed likes life in the fast lane. But when the...

  • Tyler

    Montana Creeds - 3

    Descendants of the legendary McKettrick family, the Creeds are renowned in Stillwater Springs, Montana -- for raising hell... Whether winning championship belt buckles or dealing with Hollywood types for endorsement deals, former rodeo star Tyler ...

  • When I'm with You

    Explore the wilder side of New York Times bestselling authors Linda Lael Miller and JoAnn Ross in four steamy short stories . . . One Last Weekend College sweethearts Teague and Joanna Darby never imagined they’d end up on the brink of divorce...

  • The Bridegroom

    A Stone Creek Novel - 5

    Undercover agent Gideon Yarbro is renowned for stopping outlaws almost before they commit a crime. But now he must stop a wedding--despite the bride's resistance. Lydia Fairmont will lose everything if she doesn't honor her betrothal to a heartless b...

  • A Creed Country Christmas

    Montana Creeds - 4

    In the Montana wilderness of 1910, Lincoln Creed is up against more than rustlers, wolves and winter storms. His young daughter, Gracie, has needs beyond the beans and bacon he can barely cook.. The widowed rancher must find Gracie a suitable governe...

  • At Home in Stone Creek

    A Stone Creek Novel - 6
    Mills & Boon Cherish - 2
    Silhouette Special Edition - 2005

    THE ONLY SINGLE WOMAN IN STONE CREEK Everyone in Ashley O'Ballivan's life is marrying and starting families -- except her. But what date can compare to Jack McCall, the man who broke her heart years ago? And now he's mysteriously back. But he isn't...

  • Tate

    McKettrick Cowboys - 11

    There are barely enough hours for divorced dad Tate McKettrick to run the Silver Spur ranch, do the suit-and-tie thing for his business and run herd on his beloved six-year-old twin daughters. But time stands still at the sight of Libby Remington. Wh...

  • Garrett

    McKettrick Cowboys - 12

    Fast track up the political ladder, fast cars, fast women--that's Garrett McKettrick. Make that was. A scandal has brought him home to Blue River, Texas, a place where a man can slow down, take stock and plan his next move. Which doesn't include stay...

  • Austin

    McKettrick Cowboys - 13

    World champion rodeo star Austin McKettrick finally got bested by an angry bull. His career over, his love life a mess, the lone maverick has nowhere to go when the hospital releases him. Except back home to Blue River and the Silver Spur ranch. But ...

  • A Creed in Stone Creek

    A Stone Creek Novel - 7
    Montana Creeds - 5

    When single attorney Steven Creed becomes guardian of an orphaned five-year-old boy, he trades his big-city law firm for a ranch near his McKettrick kin in the close-knit community of Stone Creek, Arizona. Taking care of little Matt and fixing up his...

  • Creed's Honor

    Montana Creeds - 6

    Conner Creed knows exactly who he is: a hard-working rancher carrying on his uncle's legacy in Lonesome Bend, Colorado. Maybe a small-town cowboy's life isn't his dream, but he owes the man who took him in as a kid. Until the twin brother he's been e...

  • The Creed Legacy

    Montana Creeds - 7

    Rough-and-tumble rodeo cowboy Brody Creed likes life on the move. Until a chance encounter with his long-estranged twin brother brings him "home" for the first time in years. Suddenly Brody is in Creed territory -- at thirty-three, he's a restless ba...

  • A Lawman's Christmas

    McKettrick Cowboys - 14

    The sudden death of the town marshal leaves Blue River, Texas, without a lawman...and twenty-five-year-old Dara Rose Nolan without a husband. As winter approaches and her meager seamstress income dwindles, she has three options. Yet she won't give up...

  • Big Sky Country

    Parable, Montana - 1

    The illegitimate son of a wealthy rancher, Sheriff Slade Barlow grew up in a trailer hitched to the Curly-Burly hair salon his mother runs. He was never acknowledged by his father...until now. Suddenly, Slade has inherited half of Whisper Creek Ranch...

  • Big Sky Mountain

    Parable, Montana - 2

    With his rugged good looks, vast wealth and family name, hell-raiser Hutch Carmody is still the golden boy of Parable, Montana. But he's done some growing up -- making peace with his illegitimate half brother and inheriting half of Whisper Creek Ranc...

  • An Outlaw's Christmas

    McKettrick Cowboys - 15

    With his wild heart, Sawyer McKettrick isn't ready to settle down on the Triple M family ranch in Arizona. So he heads to Blue River, Texas, to seek a job as marshal. But in a blinding snowstorm he's injured -- and collapses into the arms of a prim a...

  • Big Sky River

    Parable, Montana - 3

    The "First Lady of the West," #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Linda Lael Miller, brings you to Parable, Montana--where love awaits. Sheriff Boone Taylor has his job, friends, a run-down but decent ranch, two faithful dogs and a good horse....

  • Big Sky Summer

    Parable, Montana - 4

    Linda Lael Miller welcomes you home to Parable, Montana -- where love awaits. With his father's rodeo legacy to continue and a prosperous spread to run, Walker Parrish has no time to dwell on wrecked relationships. But country-western sweetheart C...

  • Big Sky Wedding

    Parable, Montana - 5

    Linda Lael Miller, cordially invites you to Parable, Montana -- where love awaits Wedding bells are ringing in Parable, Montana, but Brylee Parrish hasn't enjoyed the sound since being jilted at the altar by Hutch Carmody. She's over Hutch now, a...

  • Big Sky Secrets

    Parable, Montana - 6

    New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller delivers the stunning finale of her acclaimed series set in Parable, Montana -- where love awaits Self-made tycoon Landry Sutton heads to Hangman Bend's Ranch to sell his land to his brother Zan...

  • The Marriage Pact

    Brides of Bliss County - 1

    The women of Bliss County are ready to meet the men of their dreams! See how it all begins in this enthralling new series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller Ten years ago, Hadleigh Stevens was eighteen and this close to say...

  • The Marriage Charm

    Brides of Bliss County - 2

    The women of Bliss County have a pact -- to find husbands. The right husbands. One already has: Hadleigh Stevens, who married rancher Tripp Galloway a few months ago. Now Melody Nolan thinks it's her turn. Melody has recently found success as a j...

  • The Marriage Season

    Brides of Bliss County - 3

    Will the marriage pact be fulfilled? Return to Mustang Creek, Wyoming, with #1 New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller for more Brides of Bliss County! Since Hadleigh, Melody and Bex -- the best of best friends -- entered into a marri...

  • Christmas in Mustang Creek

    Brides of Bliss County - 4

    No one does the holidays like Linda Lael Miller, whose Christmas novels have warmed the hearts of millions of readers the world over! Charlotte Morgan grew up in Mustang Creek, Wyoming, and couldn't wait to escape to the big city. But life in New...

  • Interlude // Coming Home

    A contemporary Western romance novella from the #1 New York Times bestselling author who “creates vibrant characters and stories I defy you to forget” (Debbie Macomber).   Cassidy McCullough has come home to the family ranch outside Busted S...

  • Once a Rancher

    Carsons of Mustang Creek - 1

    The Carsons of Mustang Creek: three men who embody the West and define what it means to be a rancher, a cowboy and a hero in this brand-new series from the queen of Western romance SLATER CARSON might be a filmmaker by trade, but he's still a cow...

  • Arizona Wild

    A Mojo Sheepshanks Novel - 1

    Starting over has never looked so good Mojo Sheepshanks knows a thing or two about new beginnings. After a long-ago tragedy she's never fully remembered and a childhood spent moving from place to place, she's making a home in the small town of Ca...

  • Always a Cowboy

    Carsons of Mustang Creek - 2

    He's the middle of the three Carson brothers and is as stubborn as they come -- and he won't thank a beautiful stranger for getting in his way! Drake Carson is the quintessential cowboy. In charge of the family ranch, he knows the realities of th...

  • Arizona Heat

    A Mojo Sheepshanks Novel - 2

    Some secrets are too hot to handle in this classic tale from Linda Lael Miller, previously published as Deadly Deceptions After years spent trying to remember her past, Mojo Sheepshanks just wants to put it behind her. She's finally got the life s...

  • Forever a Hero

    Carsons of Mustang Creek - 3

    For the youngest Carson brother, finding and fixing trouble seems to be all in a day's work Mace Carson doesn't consider himself a hero. Back in college, he came upon a woman in trouble and intervened but he was just one irate Wyoming cowboy with ...

  • A Snow Country Christmas

    Carsons of Mustang Creek - 4

    It's a Christmas affair to remember as a Hollywood mogul discovers his inner cowboy -- and the woman of his dreams -- amid the rugged beauty of Wyoming. Raine McCall would take snow-covered mountains over a star-studded premiere any day. But when...

  • The Yankee Widow

    Quaid - 7

    A richly layered saga is set against the backdrop of the Civil War In The Yankee Widow, gifted storyteller Linda Lael Miller explores the complexities and heartbreak that families experienced as men took up arms to preserve the nation and defend t...

  • Forever and a Day

    Two restless hearts will meet their matches in a Linda Lael Miller fan favorite and an unforgettable bonus story from Lee Tobin McClain. Mixed Messages by Linda Lael Miller Award-winning journalist Mark Holbrook doesn't know if beautiful an...

  • Country Strong

    Painted Pony Creek - 1

    For the men of Painted Pony Creek, it’s never too late for a second chance… Cord Hollister is a true cowboy at heart. As a man who has devoted his life to training horses under the big skies of Montana, he thrives on the stability of ranch lif...

  • Country Proud

    Painted Pony Creek - 2

    Don’t miss Country Proud, the second book in Linda Lael Miller’s Painted Pony Creek series about three best buddies whose strength, honor and independence exemplify the Montana land they love. There’s something missing from Eli Garrett’s l...

  • Creed's Redemption

  • Country Born

    Painted Pony Creek - 3

    J.P. McCall has known Sara Worth his entire life. She’s his best buddy’s sister. She played with them as kids and even taught them how to not step on their partner’s toes before the big eighth-grade dance. Suddenly, though, J.P. is seeing singl...

  • Coming Home

    Don't miss author Linda Lael Miller's next heartwarming holiday drama, Christmas in Painted Pony Creek, where a single mom and her daughter find their lives magically changed and filled with the love and kindness of a man who would do anything to pro...

  • Christmas in Painted Pony Creek

    Painted Pony Creek - 3.5

    Get cozy with this heartwarming holiday story! Can a Christmas miracle mend her broken heart? Tessa Stafford will do anything for her daughter, Isabel…even stay on the run to protect Isabel from her narcissistic grandmother. But when her car...

  • The Way Back to You

    A second-chance romance from beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller. Tony Morelli had always pursued the things he wanted with single-minded tenacity and authority. It had been a very successful strategy in business, and it...

  • Where the Creek Bends

    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller comes a brand-new story about the ties that bind a family, the power of friendship and the love that can sustain us. Madison Bettencourt has always wanted to be part of a bustling family....

  • In Need of a Cowboy

    A fascinating portrait of the progressive female trailblazer and US Secretary for Labor who navigated the foreboding rise of Nazism in her battle to make America a safer place for refugees.ASK ME AGAIN by Linda Lael Miller Sudden fatherhood turns an ...

  • Small Town Hero

    Bestselling authors Linda Lael Miller and Maisey Yates team up for a western romance anthology celebrating the men who risk their lives every day to keep their communities safe - the quintessential small-town hero!The towns may be small, but the hear...

Award-Winning Books by Linda Lael Miller

Angelfire
1989 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Sensual Historical Romance
Deadly Gamble
2006 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Paranormal Romantic Suspense
Emma and the Outlaw
1991 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Historical Sequel
My Darling Melissa
1990 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Historical Sequel
The Rustler
2008 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- K.I.S.S. ('Knight In Shining Silver') Hero
Two Brothers: The Gunslinger & The Lawman
1998 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- K.I.S.S. ('Knight In Shining Silver') Hero


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Linda Lael Miller has published 133 books.

The next book by Linda Lael Miller, Small Town Hero, will be published in June 2025.

The first book by Linda Lael Miller, Pirates, was published in June 1978.

Yes. Linda Lael Miller has 20 series.
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