Madeline Baker

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  • Bibliography:
    59 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    August 1985
  • Latest Book:
    November 2021
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About the Author

Madeline Ruth was born on 1963 in California, where she raised. She married her high school sweetheart and they have three sons, all handsome enough to be cover models, and the most beautiful, adorable, brilliant grandkids in the world. Madeline loves animals, over the years, she's had numerous diferent types of animals.

Madeline started writing when her children were still at home, and she wrote for several years, finding time to write after her children were in bed and her husband was at work. In true cliché fashion, she wrote the books and put them under the bed, never telling anyone what she was doing, until one day she let a friend read one. Encouraged by her friend's comments, and armed with a copy of Writer's Market supplied by said friend, Madeline began sending out query letters. After six years and 31 rejections, Leisure Books bought Reckless Heart, and she's been writing ever since. After writing several Westerns, Madeline decided to try her hand at something else and wrote her first vampire romance. It was a short story titled "Masquerade" for an anthology. She loved writing that so much that she wrote her first full-length vampire romance, Embrace the Night, and thus Amanda Ashley was born. Madeline loves to hear from her readers. You can reach her online at DarkWritr@aol.com or by mail at PO Box 1703, Whittier, CA 90609-1703.

Full Series List in Order

Apache Runaway

1 - Apache Runaway (Mar-1996)
2 - Chase the Wind (Sep-1996)

The Lightning

1 - Chase the Lightning (Oct-2001)
2 - Catch the Lightning (Oct-2010)
3 - Capture the Lightning (Feb-2011)
4 - Seize the Lightning (Jan-2013)

Loving Apache at Christmas

1 - Loving Sarah (Nov-1992)
2 - Loving Devlin (Nov-1993)

Reckless

1 - Reckless Heart (Aug-1985)
2 - Reckless Love (May-1987)
3 - Reckless Desire (Sep-1988)
4 - Reckless Embrace (Oct-2002)
5 - Reckless Destiny (Sep-2011)

Time Travel

1 - The Spirit Path (Mar-1993)
2 - The Angel and the Outlaw (Mar-1996)
3 - Feather in the Wind (Mar-1997)
4 - A Whisper in the Wind (Mar-1991)
5 - Under a Prairie Moon (Jun-1998)
6 - Unforgettable (Sep-2000)
7 - Shadows Through Time (Aug-2009)

Book List in Order: 59 titles

  • Reckless Heart

    Reckless - 1
    Ellora's Cave: Blush

    THEIRS WAS LOVE THAT WOULD NOT DIE They had played together as children, the Indian lad and little Hannah Kincaid. Then Shadow and his people went away, and when he returned, it was as a handsome young Cheyenne brave. Hannah, now a beautiful you...

  • Reckless Love

    Reckless - 2

    Two men claimed her -- only one could tame her reckless heart... JOSHUA BERDEEN was the cavalry soldier who had traveled the country in search of the lovely Hannah Kincaid. Josh offered her a life of ease in New York City, and all the finer thin...

  • Love Forevermore

    The West -- it had been Loralee's dream for as long as she could remember, and Indians were the most fascinating part of the wildly beautiful frontier she imagined. But when Loralee arrived at Fort Apache as the new schoolmarm, she had some hard...

  • Reckless Desire

    Reckless - 3

    "You say you love my daughter. I forbid it! You have no right to interfere in her life so long as she is bound to another." So spoke the great Cheyenne warrior Two Hawks Flying, and Cloud Walker knew his harsh words were only too true. Serenel...

  • Renegade Heart

    A WANTED MAN AN INNOCENT WOMAN A WANTON LOVE When beautiful Rachel Halloran took Logan Tyree into her home, he was unconscious, a renegade Indian with a bullet wound in his side and a price on his head. To Rachel he was nothing but trouble, a ma...

  • First Love, Wild Love

    FIRST LOVE From the moment she caught sight of him working on the road gang, Brianna knew the Indian was forbidden to her. He was a prisoner, a heathen, a savage male animal who would have no mercy on her tender youth and innocence. Yet one look in ...

  • Love in the Wind

    HER ENEMY'S EMBRACE Shattered by grief at her fiance's death, lovely Katy Marie Alvarez decided to enter a convent. But fate had other plans. En route to her destination, the coach in which Katy traveled was attacked by Indians and Katy, the lon...

  • Lacey's Way

    Lacey Montana was alone in the world except for her father, so when he was sentenced to twenty years in Yuma Penitentiary, she had no choice but to follow the prison wagon. The long trek across the plains had barely begun when things took a surprisin...

  • Forbidden Fires

    Beautiful and hot-headed, Caitlyn had vowed to hate all Indians until the day she died. After all, weren't they the ones responsible for the senseless massacre of her beloved brothers? But when she gazed into the defiant eyes of the half-breed ...



  • A Whisper in the Wind

    Time Travel - 4

    THE BLACK HILLS, 1876 It was a land where a man could ride for days without seeing anything but fragrant pines, an occasional deer, or a lone eagle soaring in the limitless blue sky -- a land where the Indian still roamed wild and free -- a land t...

  • Prairie Heat

    WILDFIRE A remorseless bounty hunter, an impenitent outlaw, and a renegade Apache boy -- they made strange traveling companions for a prim, Boston-bred spinster like Matilda Thornton. But before the stagecoach could rattle its dusty way through t...

  • Comanche Flame

    HALF-BREED... He was a loner, a drifter, a fast gun whose aura of dangerous virility turned pretty heads all across the West. But if his reputation as an outlaw didn't warn decent women away, his Comanche blood did... HEARTBREAKER... He ...

  • Midnight Fire

    He was a hard-riding, hard-drinking drifter, a half-breed who had no use for a frightened white girl fleeing an unwanted wedding. He told himself he needed only the money she offered to guide her across the plains, but half-way between Galveston and ...

  • Loving Sarah

    in A Frontier Christmas
    Loving Apache at Christmas - 1

    A white woman learns the true meaning of Christmas from the Apache brave who has opened her heart to love....

  • The Spirit Path

    Time Travel - 1

    THE MEDICINE MAN Strong and wise beyond his years, Shadow Hawk was the spiritual leader of his people, but he had seen a troubling vision that even he could not understand. THE SPIRIT WOMAN Beautiful and infinitely desirable, she seemed to ...

  • Warrior's Lady

    THE WARRIOR He was everything a woman dreams of in a man -- strong, virile, courageous. More at home on the battlefield than in the bedroom, he would give his heart only once and fight to the death to protect his love. THE LADY A creature o...

  • Loving Devlin

    in A Wilderness Christmas
    Loving Apache at Christmas - 2

    For a half-breed Apache, love comes full circle as he witnesses the miracle of a Christmas birth, helping his woman bring forth her babe far from the comforts of civilization......

  • Cheyenne Surrender

    CALLIE She had the face of an angel and the body of a temptress. Her innocent kisses said she was still untouched, but her reputation said she was available to any man who had the price of a night's entertainment. CALEB Callie's swe...

  • Beneath a Midnight Moon

    THE MAN OF HER DREAMS He came to her in visions -- the hard-muscled stranger who promised to save her from certain death. She never dared hope that her fantasy love would hold her in his arms until the virile and magnificent dream appeared in the f...



  • Heart of the Hunter

    in Enchanted Crossings
    Ellora's Cave: Blush

    A Lakota warrior must defy the boundaries of life itself to claim the spirited beauty he has sought through time. Kelly McBride, the owner of a Montana ranch, is torn between two lovers: a Lakota spirit warrior who guards gold, and his flesh-and-b...

  • Masquerade

    in Secrets of the Heart

    A talented beauty... A tormented soul... A tortured love... He must see her again. Her resemblance to his long-ago love and her beauty lures him to Leanne, a singer in the cast of "The Phantom of the Opera". Jason Blackthorne pretends to be a co...

  • Lakota Renegade

    THE OUTLAW HEART Handy with six-guns and fists, Creed Maddigan liked his women hot and ready. But the rugged half-breed wasn't used to innocent girls like Jassy McCloud who curtsied and made ginger snaps. Then Creed was falsely jailed for a crim...

  • To Love Again

    in Love's Legacy

    Imagine a book - a love story - so hauntingly romantic, so emotionally powerful that it changes the lives of all who read it. Eleven of the greatest romance writers in the world have envisioned such a tale and brought it to life, creating a heartfelt...

  • The Angel and the Outlaw

    Time Travel - 2

    THE OUTLAW'S ANGEL An outlaw, a horse thief, a man killer, J.T. Cutter wasn't surprised when he was strung up for his crimes. What amazed him was the heavenly being who granted him one year to change his wicked ways. Yet when he returned...

  • Apache Runaway

    Apache Runaway - 1

    APACHE CAPTIVE Ruthless and cunning, Ryder Fallon could deal cards and death in the same breath. Yet when the Indians took him prisoner, he was in danger of being sent to the devil --- until a green-eyed angel saved his life. APACHE RUNAWAY ...

  • Chase the Wind

    Apache Runaway - 2

    HEADSTRONG Elizabeth Johnson was a woman who knew her own mind. Not for her an arranged marriage with a fancy lawyer from the East. Defying her parents, she set her sights on the handsome young sheriff of Twin Rivers. But when Dusty's virile half...

  • Feather in the Wind

    Time Travel - 3

    BLACK WIND He gazed out over a land as vast and empty as the sky, praying for the strength to guide his people, and he saw her face. She came to him in a vision, a woman as mysterious as the new moon over the prairie, as tender as springtime in ...

  • Under a Prairie Moon

    Time Travel - 5

    "He is the most frightening, handsome man I have ever seen" Although these words had been written in another time, in another woman's diary, Kathy Conley thought they described Dalton Crowkiller perfectly. He was the kind of a man a woman would s...

  • Hawk's Woman

    Ellora's Cave: Blush

    John Walking Hawk, a half-Lakota man pursuing the marauders who killed his family, lies wounded in a convent in the Colorado territory, where he is found by a young nun who soon faces the decision of her life. Original....



  • Spirit's Song

    She was a runaway wife, with a hefty reward posted for her return. And he was the best darn tracker in the territory. For the half-breed bounty hunter, it was an easy choice. His had been a hard life, with little to show for it except his horse, his ...

  • Jessie's Girl

    in Paradise

    The lush tropical beauty of Hawaii has inspired plenty of romance. But then, so have the croonings of a certain hip-shaking rock'n'roll legend. In these tales of love by some of romance's brightest stars, four couples put on their blue suede shoes an...

  • Apache Flame

    Ellora's Cave: Blush

    As a child, Mitch Garrett was excluded from respectable society. His father was the town drunkard, his mother was an Apache, and his only friend was Alisha Faraday, the sweet, innocent daughter of a preacher. But as adults, their secret affection ...

  • Unforgettable

    Time Travel - 6

    The last thing Shaye Montgomery needs is another man in her life. Especially a gambler who was hanged a hundred years before she was born. But Alejandro Valverde won't leave her alone. As she walks the deserted streets of a California ghost town, his...

  • Chase the Lightning

    The Lightning - 1

    Amanda can't believe her eyes when the beautiful white stallion appears in her yard with a wounded man on its back. Dark and ruggedly handsome, the stranger fascinates her. He has about him an aura of danger and desire that excites her in a way h...

  • Lakota Love Song

    Ellora's Cave: Blush

    A Daring Rescue When Kaylee Matthews finds a wounded Lakota warrior on her family's property, she knows she must help him--even though it means concealing him from her watchful stepfather. As she secretly tends to the stranger's injury, Kaylee feels...

  • Reckless Embrace

    Reckless - 4

    JOEY AND BLACKIE Some folks said they were just two kids who should never have met--a girl from the wrong side of town and a half-breed who was determined to make his mark on the world. Their families had fought on opposite sides at the Little Big...

  • Dude Ranch Bride

    Silhouette Romance - 1642

    Sexy Native American Ethan Stormwalker vowed never again to speak to his ex-flame, Cindy Wagner. But when she showed up at his dude ranch wearing a wedding gown -- without a groom! -- all promises were off. Gone was the girl who had broken his heart,...

  • Wolf Shadow

    Ellora's Cave: Blush

    Kidnapped by Sioux Indians as a child, Teressa Bryant was raised a beloved member of their tribe. Ten years have erased the memory of her capture--and her birth parents. Now called Blue Rain, she is on the verge of accepting the marriage proposal of ...

  • Wolf Dreamer

    in Lakota Legacy

    Pregnant and alone on the Colorado prairie, Rebecca Hathaway's prayers were answered -- by rugged Wolf Dreamer. Will her search for home and family lead them to a new life together?...



  • West Texas Bride

    Mills & Boon Romance (Australia) - 6239
    Silhouette Romance - 1697

    She'd come to Texas for a little R and R, but after meeting her sexy riding instructor, sophisticated Carly Kirkwood began experiencing sleepless nights filled with vivid dreams. For Zane Roan Eagle was like no man she'd ever met, and his chiseled La...

  • Callie's Cowboy

    Mills & Boon Romance (Australia) - 5840
    Silhouette Romance - 1728

    He was gorgeous -- from his cutoff tee and skintight jeans... down to his scuffed boots. She'd only dared to sneak a peek. Then, with a knowing wink and a roguish grin, the sexy cowboy was gone. Callie Walker figured she must have been hallucinat...

  • Under Apache Skies

    Ellora's Cave: Blush

    When a rugged stranger darkens the door of her family ranch, Martha Jean Flynn can tell right away that Ridge Longtree is nothing like the other cowboys who usually show up in search of work. For in the eyes of this raven- haired, half-Indian loner, ...

  • Every Inch a Cowboy

    Mills & Boon Romance (Australia) - 6014
    Silhouette Romance - 1760

    SHE'D NEVER TRUST A MAN AGAIN... All Dana Westlake wanted was to be left alone to mend her broken heart. Then one stormy night, a wounded cowboy appeared on her doorstep. And though Dana tried to protect her emotions while she nursed Chay Lone Elk...

  • Dakota Dreams

    Ellora's Cave: Blush

    The desperate convict... Wrongly convicted of murdering his wife, Nathan Chasing Elk has never lost hope of avenging her death and reclaiming his lost daughter. His only chance is to break free from prison -- but with his escape comes a grave injury ...

  • Loving Jake

    Ginny Whelan is less than enthusiastic about house-sitting for her sister, Debra, in Southern California. Norco, known as the “Horse Capital of the World,” is a far cry from what Ginny is used to. But when Debra’s VW breaks down and Ginny meets...

  • Shadows Through Time

    Time Travel - 7
    Ellora's Cave: Blush

    Kelsey St. James is a city girl through and through, unable to understand her grandfather's fascination with the old West. She likes Starbucks and Donna Karan and would've made a lousy pioneer. It's too bad, then, that she manages to step through a p...

  • Love's Serenade

    Ellora's Cave: Blush

  • Catch the Lightning

    The Lightning - 2

    Macie Jenkins decides her life isn't worth living only to be transported back in time on the back of a legendary white stallion. The horse takes her to a wounded man, Ace Bowdry, who needs her help. Will Macie find something, or someone, worth living...

  • Passion's Promise

    Injured and captured, Riley Culhane faces death at the hands of the Cheyenne. Winter Star is put in charge of caring for the white captive until his fate is decided. As she tends him, she is drawn to learn more of him. Culhane is also attracted to th...



  • Capture the Lightning

    The Lightning - 3

    The white stallion, Relampago, travels through time as he hears the call of someone in danger.With a toss of his head, the stallion began to run, mane and tail flying in the wind as he raced swiftly over the rolling hills. It was not an Apache warrio...

  • In the Shadow of the Hills

    You may have heard of me, John Jacob McKenna. I had quite a reputation as a fast gun back in the early part of the 1870s. I killed Red Wade and Curly Jack Turner, and a score of other men whose names and faces I can't recall. There were my loves, als...

  • Reckless Destiny

    Reckless - 5

    Novella Length - Daniel Blue Hawk is a man unsure of his place in life. He yearns for the days of old and chafes against what others call progress. Then, an unusual solution is offered by a medicine-man called Fox Hunter.Is it possible to travel in t...

  • Tales of Western Romance

    In this first single-author collection of Madeline Baker's works from Publishing by Rebecca J. Vickery you will find the following stories: Catch the Lightning " In this sequel to Chase the Lightning, the legendary white stallion Relampago carries ...

  • Seize the Lightning

    The Lightning - 4

    Mix a wild white stallion which travels through time with troubled hearts seeking romance and you have an unforgettable Madeline Baker story... Clint Gray Bull has a good life, including a fiancée and his own company, but he feels as if there shou...

  • Journey to Yesterday

  • When Lightning Strikes

    When Lightning Strikes A Short Story Collection Stories with a sensual flavor include: Catch the Lightning Macie Jenkins decides her life isn't worth living only to be transported through time on the back of a legend-ary white stallion. The horse tak...

  • Love's Sweet Embrace

    Cathy Stevens is distraught when her parents announce they must move to a small town in New Mexico. Her only consolation " she will be able to have her own horse. And on her first day exploring, a Horse for Sale sign grabs her attention. Randy Lani...

  • Follow The Lightning

    Jenna McLaughlin loves the West, loves the ranch her father wrested out of the wilderness. Even after her mother returns to the east and her father passes away, even after her brother runs off and leaves her alone, Jenna refuses to give up the land s...

  • Kade

    On the run and badly wounded, the half-breed known only as Kade closes his eyes and waits for death.Riding the outskirts of her South Dakota ranch, Norrie McDonald finds a man lying in the dirt, unmoving, his shirt covered with blood. Thinking him de...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Madeline Baker has published 59 books.

Madeline Baker does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Kade, was published in November 2021.

The first book by Madeline Baker, Reckless Heart, was published in August 1985.

Yes. Madeline Baker has 5 series.
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