Parris Afton Bonds

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  • Bibliography:
    59 Books (6 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 1978
  • Latest Book:
    May 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Blue Bayou

1 - Fleur de Lils (Mar-2015)

Dream

1 - Dream Time (Jun-1993)
2 - Dream Keeper (Jan-1994)

Janet Lomayestewa, Tracker

1 - Dancing With Wild Woman (Feb-2012)
2 - Dancing With Crazy Woman (Mar-2015)

Midsummer Madness

1 - Midsummer Midnight (Oct-1985)
2 - Man for Hire (Aug-1986)
3 - Wanted Woman (May-1987)

The Texicans

1 - The Brigands (Nov-2019)
2 - The Barons (Jul-2020)
3 - The Bravados (Nov-2020)
4 - The Betrayers (May-2021)
5 - The Banshees (Jun-2022)

That...

1 - That McKenna Woman (Jun-1988)
2 - That Malcolm Girl (Sep-1988)

Book List in Order: 59 titles

  • Sweet Golden Sun

    BY PASSION POSSESSED In Victoria Romero de Kenton's veins ran the blood of her aristocratic Mexican father and breathtaking English mother. But her sheltered childhood was suddenly shattered by her parents' deaths. And her innocence as savagely en...

  • Savage Enchantment

    Love's fearful fire Disgust flooded through beautiful, tawny-haired young Kathleen Whatley when she was presented to her future bridegroom -- a man as perverse in his lusts as he was imperious in his power. Flight from aristocratic Boston was K...

  • The Flash of the Firefly

    ONE MAN CLAIMED HER HAND Otto Maren, the eloquent man of God, whose skillful tongue seduced young Anne McLennan into marriage, and lured her from her Caribbean plantation home to the untamed Texas frontier. ONE MAN POSSESSED HER BODY Brant...

  • Love Tide

    RACHEL SAXON She was too beautiful to remain a governess. But now her lovely face, ginger hair, and green eyes like a frosted sea had trapped her in the unwelcome embrace of her employer. She resisted and suddenly found herself an outlaw--running fr...

  • Made for Each Other

    Silhouette Romance - 70
    Silhouette Romance UK - 70

    SNOWBOUND IN A SECLUDED HILLTOP CABIN! Reporter Julie Dever thought she knew everything about New Mexico's youngest senator, Nicholas Raffer, not only his politics but his intimate social life as well. However, when he rescues her from a car wreck...

  • Dust Devil

    Their passion gave rise to a mighty desert empire... On the untamed Southwestern plains they made love--and history. Rosemary... the feisty Irishwoman with secret fears--and secret loves. She made the Cambria empire hers forever. Stephen......

  • Stardust

    Passion beyond reason, love beyond control... "I'm telling you, Maggie, I won't let you ride roughshod over me as you do other men. If we can't meet as equals then one of us will have to surrender. And it sure as hell won't be ...

  • Wind Song

    Silhouette Intimate Moments - 5

    WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE.... When socialite Abbie Dennis went to teach at the Kaibeto Reservation school it was as if she had been reborn in a world of primeval beauty and primitive passions. And the most elemental force of all was Cody Strawhand, th...

  • Lavender Blue

    Only one man was a match for her beauty...her daring...her spirit... She was in a stranger's bed, hating him . . . and wanting him. Each time Jeanette thought of the Frenchman, she tingled with reluctant delight. He was a mercenary with no ...



  • Deep Purple

    WOMEN OF THREE GENERATIONS...THEIR LIVES INTERTWINED FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY Catherine Howard She left behind everything she knew to go in search of the life she yearned for in the untamed land of Arizona. But it took the reckless, hot-blooded Lo...

  • Widow Woman

    Silhouette Intimate Moments - 41

    CASS DUVAL GAROLINI She had gone from small-town girl to international model, then home to New Mexico. Now she was the sheriff, but she was also something more: the Widow Woman, untouchable and unapproachable. CADE MONTOYA swore to make a dent i...

  • Mood Indigo

    She left comfort and luxury for danger and poverty to search for the man she loved... Beautiful Lady Jane Lennox, the daughter of Lord Wychwood, a member of Parliament, was in love with Captain Terence MacKenzie. but he father opposed the idea of ...

  • Spinster's Song

    Silhouette Intimate Moments - 77

    Assigned to desolate Kingdom Come, Texas, to work off her government loan, young Dr. Mary Margulies wanted only to put in her time and then to establish a profitable practice elsewhere. She had no ambition to form any lasting attachments in the pover...

  • Midsummer Midnight

    Midsummer Madness - 1
    Silhouette Intimate Moments - 113

    IN THE NAME OF FREEDOM Damon Demetrios temporarily "kidnapped" Sigourney Hamilton, a journalist whose by-line drew as much interest as her subjects. He wanted her to cover the Macedonian struggle for freedom, but she was afraid to become involved,...

  • Blue Bayou

    The du Plessis--their blood, their pride, their passion tamed the wilderness that was Louisiana They were a proud, aristocratic family--the flower of France. Until a powerful nobleman sought to destroy them, and they were forced to flee for their ...

  • Man for Hire

    Midsummer Madness - 2
    Silhouette Intimate Moments - 153

    HE WAS A DESERT CHIEFTAN but he looked to the West for his women. Khalid Rajhi had risen above his primitive upbringing to become a man of the world, irresistible to women. Alyx came to him with a proposition that was also a plea. Her daughter ha...

  • Wanted Woman

    Midsummer Madness - 3
    Silhouette Intimate Moments - 189

    SECRET LOVE... As an undercover agent for the Macedonian government, Lady Phillipa Fleming had to pose as Giles Hayes-David's sister, which didn't give either one of them the chance to express their growing feelings for each other. And Phillipa...

  • Snow and Ice

    DANGER LURKS IN THE GLAMOROUS WORLD OF MILLIONAIRES AND PLAYGIRLS From the exclusive slopes of St. Moritz to the plush casinos of Monte Carlo, Diana de Revillon lives the luxurious life of a golden girl out for thrills. But underneath that stunnin...

  • Run to Me

    Silhouette Romance - 526

    FACING THE PAST, FINDING THE FUTURE For Jaclyn Richardson, a retreat to the Arizona Indian reservation meant facing the demons of her childhood, spent in this same place. But what could she do? She had to protect her son from her ex-husband, who w...



  • Renegade Man

    Silhouette Intimate Moments - 218

    RITA-LOU RANDALL WAS BACK! Back with a vengeance, and Silver City, New Mexico might never be the same. Her leaving had been part of the biggest scandal ever to rock the town, but the educated, cultured woman she'd become had little in common with t...

  • That McKenna Woman

    That... - 1
    Silhouette Intimate Moments - 241

    THE COWBOY AND THE LADY . . . Marianna McKenna was used to bright lights, big cities and the glamorous life of a Hollywood star, so it came as quite a shock when she became the victim of a tragic mistake and found herself living at the Mescalero C...

  • That Malcolm Girl

    That... - 2
    Silhouette Intimate Moments - 253

    COLLISION COURSE! Roberta Malcolm had spent her life on the Mescalero ranch, and all her dreams centered on the high desert, the stark beauty of the West and a cutting-horse operation of her own. Then Hollywood -- and Jed Pulaski -- came to Mesca...

  • Blue Moon

    Lovely Roxana, brilliant Roxana ... a disgrace to her distinguished family. For Roxana wss defying her formidable father, the Honorable Supreme Court Justice Van Buren, and striking out on her own for the wild Southwest. Intent on the scandalous ...

  • Ravished!

    in Silhouette Summer Sizzlers 1989

    Nelli Walzchak was a take-charge nurse on the job, but her personal life was virtually nonexistent. A Mexican vacation changed all that when she found herself kidnapped by a dashing buccaneer who wanted her professional help, then asked her to stay o...

  • Sweet Enchantress

    CHATELAINE To some she seemed a seductress, to some a sorceress, but to the people of Montlimoux, she was chatelaine, mistress of moonlit spires and sunlit meadows, of a sleepy contented land that time had left behind. The bewitching Countess Domi...

  • For All Time

    SHE WAS SWEPT BACK MORE THAN A CENTURY From the moment Stacie Brannigan discovered her great-grandmother's diary, she knew her life would never be the same. Haunted by visions of long ago, Stacie suddenly found herself drawn back in time to ninete...

  • Written in the Stars

    in Valentine Sampler (Leisure)

    Disillusioned by the singles scene, Sarah discovered her soul mate in a different kind of singles game: tennis. And once she started playing to win, the score quickly changed from "40-love" to "deuce" now the match was going just the way she wanted i...

  • Dream Time

    Dream - 1

    A HARSH BUT BEAUTIFUL LAND, AND THE TWO WOMEN WHO WOULD MAKE IT THEIR OWN For Nan Briscoll, Australia was a prison. Exiled there after a heartbreaking betrayal, she vowed to survive for one reason only: revenge against the man whose actions sealed...

  • The Captive

    THE REIVER Once a powerful Highland clan, the mighty Kincairns had fallen prey to the conquering British army. His brothers murdered, his sister ruined, the new chieftain would see all their wrongs redressed. And in the dark of night, he seized the ...



  • Dream Keeper

    Dream - 2

    ONE IMPASSIONED FAMILY--ONE ENDURING LEGACY Almost against her will, Annie Tremayne rose to the top of her family's shipping empire in 1870s Sydney Nothing could stop her--neither the manipulation of her grandmother, Nan Livingston, nor the amorou...

  • Tame the Wildest Heart

    IN A WORLD WHERE MEN MADE THE RULES, SHE FOUGHT TO LIVE LIFE ON HER OWN TERMS Mattie McAlister was a woman to be reckoned with, and most folks were unforgiving of her tragic past. When she walked into a room, even the toughest of cowboys gave her ...

  • The Savage

    THE VIRGINIA COMPANY OF LONDON SEEKS MAIDS FOR MARRIAGE TO BACHELOR PLANTERS -- MUST BE YOUNG, HANDSOME, AND HONESTLY EDUCATED. Fleeing from arrest in London, Modesty Brown headed for the safety of wedding bliss in the New World. But the saucy wen...

  • When the Heart Is Right

    When Washington D.C. socialite Allessandra O'Quinn is diagnosed with tuberculosis, she must face certain death at home, or leave everything she knows to seek a cure in the dry desert air of New Mexico. Arriving at her new home, Alessandra is i...

  • Dancing With Wild Woman

    Janet Lomayestewa, Tracker - 1

    Hopi Indians believe it is their duty to dance in order to keep the world in balance. But with the recent Chilean earthquake, our axis has shifted, and our world is now off balance. Maybe Janet Lomayestewa, U.S. Customs tracker, ICE, needs to learn t...

  • Indian Affairs

    Turning conventional wisdom on its head, Washington socialite Alessandra O'Quinn and Indian shaman Manuel Mondragon, defy time and space and politics and families to come together in the sweeping canvas of the 1920's outpost of Taos, New Mexico. But...

  • Temptation

    Kingdom Come . . . Sam Cooper’s Passion Place. A passion that for the young woman had once meant the Texas high desert, its stark beauty, and a cutting-horse operation of her own. Then Hollywood and Matt Kratowski came to Kingdom Come, and sudden...

  • The Maidenhead

    "The Virginia Company of London seeks one hundred willing maids for marriage to bachelor planters of James Cittie Colony. Maids must be young, handsome, and honestly educated."Having read this promising broadside, Modesty Brown flees from arrest in ...

  • The Arrangement

  • Star Dust

    STAR CROSSED?She, from Ireland ~ he, from RussiaFrom the moment of their first meeting, an extraordinary bond was forged between them. A bond that was more than passion. A bond born of national revolutions and personal rebellions. Irish-born Maggie M...



  • Will-O'-the-Wisp

    Texas Ranger Steve Kaptain had taken Victoria one night in a Mexican bordello. Then, he had taken her heart. And next he had taken her with him, cursing him, across the face of rugged, desolate Southwest Texas. As many times as she had managed to...

  • Dancing With Crazy Woman

    Janet Lomayestewa, Tracker - 2

    US Customs tracker, Janet Lomayestewa must recover the sacred crystal chip, corner piece to the Fire Clan’s famed Stone Tablet, if she is to ever see her daughter again, much less keep the world in balance. But can she trust the irresistible counte...

  • Fleur de Lils

    Blue Bayou - 1

    From 1683 to 1803 ~From the corrupt courts of Versailles to the windswept tracks of Montreal ~From the sea-washed coasts of Nova Scotia to the searing deserts of Algiers ~And from the lush marshes of Louisiana ~The proud, aristocratic du Plessis live...

  • Enchantment

    Flight from aristocratic Boston and a forced marriage was Kathleen Whatley’s only hope. Contracting out as a tutor to a ranchero in distant, Spanish-owned California provided her escape from one forced marriage only to plunge her into another one ...

  • Flash of the Firelfy

    Sir Colin Donovan, British Under-secretary representative, won't give up until Anne Maren is his. Brant Powers, rogue scout for Sam Houston's Rangers, won't give up Anne Maren as his.And Anne Maren, young Scottish aristocrat, won't give up as captiv...

  • The Latest and Greatest

    When a heart-throb, drop-dead aviator steps off the theater screen to give seventeen-year-old Natalie McFarland an ultimatum of her death or that of detested geek-nerd, brain-drain Ted Kohlhaussen ~ and she has mere minutes to make the choice ~ well,...

  • No Telling

    In a love triangle, three is a crowd ~ especially if one of the three is the dark Angel of Death. There is no telling what is right or wrong when choices are forced, but:Looking for love, Rafe encounters lust.Looking for luck, Franni encounters life...

  • Trespass

    Anjanette Adams, golden girl of Hollywood, was the cowboy’s chattel, his piece of property, according to the State of Texas justice system ~ at least, for six months.Ted Cooper was a true cowboy, rugged and plainspoken, and he didn’t have much us...

  • The Calling of the Clan

    From somewhere among the colony of North Carolina’s Gaelic gentry, twenty-five-year-old backwoodsman Jacob Dare is determined to find a young woman to recreate the home that his father’s Dare Castle must have been. She would have to be well bred...

  • At First Sight

    UNLIKE ANY CHRISTMAS STORY YOU HAVE READ ~New Sweden, American colonies (when Christmas was outlawed)Five years before, in 1649, the heads of Lady Evangeline Bradshaw’s father and brother rolled on Cromwell’s chopping block, along with those of K...



  • Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves

    “Happy is the Gypsy woman, with feet dirty from dancing and a heart reckless from romancing.” Rapscallion Irish Traveller, Romy Sonnenschein, may bamboozle the gullible with her fortune telling and other tricks of the trade, but she is all to...

  • Monarchs and Painted Ladies

    A crazy cross between SOMEWHERE IN TIME and INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE:When Madness is Divine ~When a Viet Nam Vet ~ run-amuck ~ joins forces with a roué of a priest and a nutsy nurse to find the Holy Grail ~When Good and God are deceptive ...

  • The Brigands

    The Texicans - 1

    Before there was New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California, or Utah, there was Texas. Molded by Old Mexico and a new rough and ready breed of hearty settlers from around the world, The Lone Star Republic was the thing of dreams--land, riches, liberty...

  • Doorway to the Moon

    In folklore, mermaids have been portrayed as both unlucky omens and attractions for good fortune; as either foretelling or provoking disaster or providing assistance, gifts, and rewards. In 1879, twenty-one-year-old Mhaire O’Moore’s life in th...

  • The Barons

    The Texicans - 2

    By 1845, Don Alejandro de la Torre y Stuart, Baron of Paladín, a self-confessed scoundrel and reputed despoiler of ladies, has accomplished what he set out to achieve when first coming to Tejas in 1835 -- validate the land grant bequeathed to his fa...

  • The Bravados

    The Texicans - 3

    Arch foes and forces of nature align to challenge the indomitable Paladíns.When seventeen-year-old Drake The Rake Paladín shows up at the Barony with seven-year-old Angel, a marker for her mother's bet, the Paladín family is outraged. ...

  • The Betrayers

    The Texicans - 4

    Love and hate combine to endanger the Paladíns and all they hold dear.When a longtime family friend is wrongly accused of involvement in a Houston riot and mutiny, Drake Paladín vows to get the best attorney money can buy. That lawyer is no...

  • Reluctant Rebel

    The eyes may be said to be the scouts of the heart, but these two rebellious hearts might as well be blind.In January of 1917, young Piedad Arellano is riding the streetcar across the Santa Fe Bridge that connects Juarez, Mexico to El Paso where she ...

  • The Banshees

    The Texicans - 5

    The Paladíns face a hidden new threat to their lives, their loves, and their ancestral home.With the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Paladín family throws itselt whole into the great national effort of World War II. But each of them has a hidd...

  • Answering The Call

    It's never too late to have the adventure of a lifetimeWith her 70th birthday looming, Lauren Hillard is constantly thinking that there has to be an easier way. She has long felt that her family has simply stowed her away like a precious heirloom. Sh...

Award-Winning Books by Parris Afton Bonds

Blue Bayou
1987 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Historical Saga


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Parris Afton Bonds has published 59 books.

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The first book by Parris Afton Bonds, Sweet Golden Sun, was published in June 1978.

Yes. Parris Afton Bonds has 6 series.
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