Rita Hestand

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  • Bibliography:
    139 Books (15 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 2003
  • Latest Book:
    December 2021
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Full Series List in Order

The Amory's

1 - Heart of the Wild (Jan-2003)
2 - Sweeter than Wine (Apr-2011)
3 - Mail Order Nanny (Mar-2014)

The Armstrongs

1 - Forever in Love (Nov-2015)
2 - A Rebel's Love (Jan-2016)
3 - Remember Me (Mar-2016)
4 - Plunder My Heart (Mar-2016)

Brides of the West

1 - Heart of a Family (Oct-2014)
2 - Delivering the Bride (Jan-2015)
3 - Heart of a Woman (Jan-2015)
4 - Wanted: Bride (Feb-2015)
5 - This Side of Forever (Mar-2015)
6 - Shotgun Bride (May-2015)
7 - A Love as Big as Texas (Jun-2015)
8 - Heart of a Captive (Oct-2015)
9 - Wherever My Heart Roams (May-2016)
10 - In the Arms of an Angel (May-2016)
11 - Bride of Shenandoah (Jun-2016)
12 - Falling for the Bride (Jun-2016)
13 - An Unexpected Welcome (Oct-2016)
14 - A Desperado's Bride (Jun-2016)
15 - The Filly & the Gambler (Jul-2017)
16 - The Lady Train (Feb-2018)
17 - Comes a Hero (Aug-2018)
18 - An Unescorted Lady (May-2019)
19 - And Here I'll Stay (Sep-2019)
20 - The Drifter's Promise (Nov-2019)

Coming Home

1 - Picking up the PIeces (Sep-2018)
2 - Better Every Day (Apr-2020)

The Connors

1 - Cinderella Nanny (Feb-2015)
2 - Guarding Red Riding Hood (Jan-2017)
3 - Finding the Fairy Tale (Nov-2017)
4 - Saving Sleeping Beauty (Aug-2018)
5 - Beauty's Beast (Aug-2018)

Cowboy Lovin'

1 - Broken Hearted (Feb-2017)
2 - His to Hold (Aug-2017)
3 - All My Yesterdays (Apr-2018)

Doggie Heroes

1 - Jojo The One Eyed Puppy (May-2010)
2 - Tanker the Defender (Jan-2015)
3 - Jax's New Home (Oct-2017)
4 - The Forgotten (Dec-2017)
5 - The Faithful (Dec-2018)

Dreamcatcher

1 - Beyond the Dream Catcher (Oct-2010)
2 - Just One Kiss (Jan-2012)
3 - Ask No Tomorrows (Jul-2012)
4 - A Promised Heart (Apr-2016)
5 - Be Free My Heart (Sep-2017)
6 - Teach Me Your Love (Nov-2018)
7 - My Captured Heart (Jul-2018)
8 - Finding Her (Aug-2018)
9 - Guilty as Sin (Mar-2019)
10 - Stolen Heart (Jan-2020)

Issues

1 - The Witness (Mar-2018)
2 - The Christmas Wagon (Dec-2018)
3 - What's Under the Bed (Dec-2018)
4 - Against All Odds (Dec-2018)
5 - The Runt (Dec-2018)

The McKay's

1 - Raining In My Heart (Jan-2013)
2 - Ring of Fire (Aug-2013)
3 - Twelfth of Never (Oct-2013)
4 - Stand By Me (Apr-2014)

Red River Valley Brides

1 - Heart of a Lady (Jun-2014)
2 - Dancing With the Preacherman (Dec-2015)
3 - Last Bride, Last Man (Oct-2014)
4 - Winning the Lady (Oct-2014)
5 - Maggie's Dreams (Feb-2016)

Stalker

1 - Afraid in the Dark (Jun-2017)
2 - The Car Stalker (Mar-2020)
3 - Beyond Scared (Oct-2021)
4 - HIdden (Oct-2021)
5 - In the Eye of the Beholder (Dec-2021)

Travers Brothers

1 - Chief Cook and Bottle Washer (Oct-2009)
2 - Courting Abby (Oct-2009)
3 - Hannah's Man (Oct-2009)
4 - Along Came Love (May-2010)
5 - Avalanche of the Heart (Nov-2014)

Western Serial Killer

1 - Better off without Her (Aug-2011)
2 - Good Day for a Hanging (Mar-2014)
3 - Bad Day for a Killing (Jun-2014)
4 - The Ghost of Victor Frank (Oct-2017)
5 - Daughter of Iniquity (Sep-2018)

Willy

1 - Willy and the Spider (May-2010)
2 - Maebelle's Hat (May-2010)
3 - Poor Mo (May-2010)
4 - Tick or Teet (May-2010)
5 - Other's Day (Apr-2013)
6 - Out Foxing Socks (May-2013)
7 - Willy's Valentine (Jun-2013)

Book List in Order: 139 titles

  • Heart of the Wild

    The Amory's - 1

    Book One (of the Amory's) John Douglas thinks nothing of asking Chayton Amory to go get his daughter before her wedding and bring her to his cabin. Why should he, he thinks of Chayton like a son. But Chayton isn't a willing participant. And Kasie Moo...

  • Suspicions of the Heart

    Candy Arnold inherits a broken down ranch in the Panhandle of Texas. She's never had a home, but her ex-husband suggests she sell it. He's a lawyer and can help her.Candy doesn't want to sell, despite the fact that she was nearly killed in a rodeo ar...

  • Runaway Bride

    Savannah Kingsley wanted to marry Chad most of her life. That is until she found him in the rose garden with the best man. Shocked and hurt, Savannah didn't know what to do, so she ran. She took her parents car and headed west to an aunt she hadn't s...

  • Ben's Sacrifice

  • Fair Trade

  • Lie on a Yardstick

  • Chief Cook and Bottle Washer

    Travers Brothers - 1

    Emma is on the run to save her baby. Deke needs a housekeeper and cook. Emma fits the bill, but he's got other plans for her. She doesn't know it yet but she'll be the first bride on the 4 Bar None Ranch in years....

  • Courting Abby

    Travers Brothers - 2

    Clint and Abby had been best friends all their lives, until one night they let it go too far. Four years later, Abby was back, with Clint's son. But she quickly let him know he couldn't claim his son, and that she was fixing to be married.How on eart...

  • Hannah's Man

    Travers Brothers - 3

    Hannah just lost her father, now she was losing her ranch, through no fault of her own. Rusty Travers was her reluctant hero. Rusty owed the O'Leary's the way he figured it, but putting up his prize breeding stock was a bit much. Still that wasn't th...



  • The Red Jacket

  • Wandering Heart

    Angela Cummings thinks she has Mr. Right after being widowed for ten years. But her son doesn't like Greg. He's handsome, responsible, moral, he's everything but romantic. Then Cooper Johnson rides into town on a broken down Harley, looking sexier th...

  • Pretend Mom

    There’s always a price to pay for fame and fortune…And no one knows this better than singing sensation, Dixie Kincaid. After years on the road as a successful singer/songwriter, Dixie returns to Texas for her mother’s wedding. Going...

  • Along Came Love

    Travers Brothers - 4

    True love can strike like a bolt of lightning at any time…Jake Travers has reluctantly studied law all his life. And as the local sheriff, he has no time for romantic entanglements -- between helping his seriously ill father and his brother on thei...

  • Jojo The One Eyed Puppy

    Doggie Heroes - 1

    Jojo's mother quit giving milk, and now she wouldn't even move.So Jojo is forced to go out and find his own food. When he meets Tanker, a German Sheppard, he hopes he'llshare his food.But now the dog catcher is after him, what can he do?...

  • Maebelle's Hat

    Willy - 2

    Mother Hen wants all the farm animals in the barn because Nado is coming.But little Willy, the hard of hearing duck doesn't know what a Nado is.Everyone is finally in the barn except for Maebelle, so Willy set out to findher.Maebelle is so happy abo...

  • Poor Mo

    Willy - 3

    Little Wlly, the hard of hearing duck thought he heard Farmer Jack and Otis say that Mo was leving the farm.He was so upset he told Maebelle the cow, and Maebelle told Curly the pig and Curly told Sock the cat.Before long, the entire farm knew Mo was...

  • Tick or Teet

    Willy - 4

  • Willy and the Spider

    Willy - 1

    Willy loved to swimin the pond by the barnyard.But none of the other animals were swimming today.Whatever could be wrong. Even when they warned himhe didn't hear them, and went anyway.Was he in for a big surprise?...

  • Beyond the Dream Catcher

    Dreamcatcher - 1



  • The Far Side of Lonesome

    A novella for adults. Jeb and Hoot get more than they bargained for when they trade horses at the Indian village.What are two christian black men supposed to dowith a white captive woman and her Indian baby?...

  • Tina's Revenge

    This is a short story, in a series. This is the first story of the series.Every girl wants the most popular boy in school to notice them. But Tina was having a time getting Zach Taylor to pay any attention to her. Zach liked Jennifer, the cheerleader...

  • Nick's Baby

    Kelsey O'Sullivan wants to have a baby, but she doesn't want a husband. So she elects sperm donation as her way of accomplishing it. However, since she is a CEO of her own company she feels she should pick the donor herself.Nick Leonetti is applying ...

  • Strictly Business

    Kia Giavonni wanted better working conditions at Cunningham Hats. She went nose to nose with the boss everyday on the floor. So when he proposed to her, she was more than a little stunned. However after careful consideration she realized his plan was...

  • Tina and the Bullies

    The 2nd in the Tina series of short stories for teenagers. Tina's brother is quitting basketball, but why, he loves the game?Tina suspects something is up and she gets an earful one afternoon after school. Mario is being bullied. What can she do?...

  • Tina and the Teenage Mom

    This is a shosrt story, in a series, the 3rd of Tina's stories. When Tina finds her friend Jennifer on the bathroom floor at school, sick and crying, she wants to help her. Jennifer tells her she's pregnant with Zach's baby. Zach however, wants nothi...

  • Halloween Witness

    When the local town drunk sees a murder committed on Boot Hill on Halloween night, will anyone pay any attention to his story? Sheriff Joe Grubbs, though skeptical, investigates and finds the new grave. Now, he has a job to do and risks losing the lo...

  • Sweeter than Wine

    The Amory's - 2

    When Lacey Malone goes on vacation to prove a point to the Dean of the all girl's school, she doesn't expect to meet the charismatic Sam McKay. Likewise, Sam has his own problems, his father died telling him he was not his son. Sam is totally lost an...

  • Always Remember

  • Fast Forward Love

    This is a romantic short story! Connie Martin and Ed Harrington lived in the same small town for years. Both had been widowed, both were lonely, and it looked as though it might stay that way until one day at a basketball game. Even though their roma...



  • Better off without Her

    Western Serial Killer - 1

  • Love Rules

  • Jodi's Journey

  • Distracted

    Tara Simmons rents an old house outside of Sweetwater, Texas, only to find strange things beginning to happen about the place. When she calls the Sheriff's office she is quickly drawn to the deputy too. But who wants her out of the house, and why?...

  • Just One Kiss

    Dreamcatcher - 2

    Lee Nelson didn't realize until much later that when he stopped to help two suddenly orphaned children that it would change his life. Hattie Tanner challenged him in every way, and when she dared him to kiss her, he didn't refuse. Eight years later, ...

  • Grandma's Ghost Story

  • Ask No Tomorrows

    Dreamcatcher - 3

    Book 3 of the Dreamcatcher series. When Sam Tanner met Riley Morgan he had no idea what he was about to get into. She seemed nothing more than a little misfit that needed protection. But Sam always was a sucker for a hard luck story. What could he do...

  • Tina and the Cheerleaders

    Michael has become the star of the basketball team and Tina feels pushed to the side as everyone crowds around him. But Micahel has an idea to bring her closer. He wants her to try out for the cheerleaders team. Tina is interested but worries that he...

  • The Tina's World-Anthology

  • Raining In My Heart

    The McKay's - 1

    Julie McKay's father died, and now she had to go home and face the music. What worried Julie wasn't facing Cade Weston once more, but her daughter facing him. How would Kellie react once she knew Cade was her father?...



  • Other's Day

    Willy - 5

  • Out Foxing Socks

    Willy - 6

  • The Gimmick

    This is a mid-grade short story. Danny meet the new preacher and finds out that the old church is going to be torn down and a parking lot is going to replace it. Danny doesn't want this to happen because the lot behind the church is where he and his...

  • Romancing the Short Story

    This is a collection of short stories for adults. The first story The Far Side of Lonesome deals with two black men who make a trade for a white woman with the Indians and then must see her to her home and family. Halloween Witness is story of murder...

  • Thinking Time

  • Willy's Valentine

    Willy - 7

    Willy, the hard of hearing little duck is waiting for the ducks to fly into his pond. Eager to meet them, he finds a cute little girl duck and starts playing. But Waffles doesn't seem to like him. Whatever could be wrong?...

  • Ring of Fire

    The McKay's - 2

    Book Two of the McKay's, Letty has moved home as the stipulation of the will reads and spends her time doing modeling gigs and helping around the ranch. When she meets horse wrangler, Hank Silver she is instantly smitten. Only problem is, there's a h...

  • A Warrior's Survival

    Joe Daniel Baker was a computer geek. Despite the fact that his father tried to train him about living in the wilds of British Columbia. When Joe's house burns down while his mother and sister are gone, and his father on a business trip, Joe must fig...

  • Twelfth of Never

    The McKay's - 3

    Sandy McKay had dated Mike Tobin for several months when his brother came home from the war, a hero. Swept up in the excitement, Sandy soon found herself engaged to Chad. But something was missing...Mike!...

  • Good Day for a Hanging

    Western Serial Killer - 2

    When Sheriff Jim Bonner and his deputy, Smitty Younger find a local rancher hung on a scarecrow cross, with no legs and arms, and no blood, they are stunned. The whole community is upset and want answers. There are simply no clues, no witnesses and n...



  • Mail Order Nanny

    The Amory's - 3

    Sweet old fashioned romance. When Tanka Amory's daughters go behind his back and hire a mail order nanny Tanka is furious. How could they do such a thing? He was still grieving for his Gina. He'd just have to find a way to get rid of her....

  • Stand By Me

    The McKay's - 4

    Wendy McKay had a crush on Wade Weston for years. Admittedly he was too old for her, but she worked with him day after day and she thought she really loved him, until he brought a red head on his arm into the kitchen that morning and announced he was...

  • Bad Day for a Killing

    Western Serial Killer - 3

    Rusty Peters moved to Hard Tack and became their Sheriff, leaving his medical career and wife behind in Melville.Elmer Martin was looking for a new chance at life. He'd done some dastardly things and he wanted to change. So he became John Conroy to t...

  • Heart of a Lady

    Red River Valley Brides - 1

    Randal Thomas made it abundantly clear that Jo Ella Masterson would never be anything but a whore at Al's Saloon. But Jo Ella had other plans. Unlike most of the others she could read and when she found a newspaper ad for mail-order-brides, she talke...

  • Heart of a Family

    Brides of the West - 1

    Bonnie McDaniel struggled for four long years to protect and support her three brothers and a sister. She'd done well. But she'd finally ran out of money and know how. She was at her wits end. What she needed was a husband that would help her work th...

  • Last Bride, Last Man

    Red River Valley Brides - 3

    Nadine Williams needed to find herself a husband. A black husband. But most of the colored men in Vada were either already married or too young. That is until Gabrielle Lewis came to town to see his sister....

  • Winning the Lady

    Red River Valley Brides - 4

    Trish was married to Chester. She wasn't happy, but she was content, until Chester lost her in a poker game. Trish was devastated. How could he do such a thing? Gil Davis offered Trish a proposition. If she'd stay with him for the next three years, a...

  • Avalanche of the Heart

    Travers Brothers - 5

    Sammie Jo goes to Alaska to run a saloon when her grandfather dies, her father is ill, her cousin is moving to go to college, and her parents are forced to put the ranch up for sale to pay medical bills. That's where she meets Cody Talltree....

  • Delivering the Bride

    Brides of the West - 2

    Rachel Landers fell in love with the beautiful letters that she thought Hershel Newton wrote. So she left Philadelphia and went to Colorado to marry him. Only Hershel didn't write the letters. Had she married the wrong man?...

  • Heart of a Woman

    Brides of the West - 3

    Emily Carrington was running away from her controlling Uncle and over bearing fiance. When she met Cole Morgan he told her hedidn't allow unmarried women on his wagontrain west. However, since he needed a cookfor his men, he decided he could marry he...

  • Tanker the Defender

    Doggie Heroes - 2

    Tanker was once in the K-9 division of his master's army unit. But that was long ago, his master had gone away never to be seen again.Now Tanker had another job. He was to look out after all the dogs in the neighborhood and keep them safe. When Pug t...

  • Cinderella Nanny

    The Connors - 1

    A son he never knew he had, sent Mitch to West Texas to bring him home. But he hadn't counted on running into his voluptuous Aunt who wouldn't consider letting Mike go without her. From the moment they met, it was an attraction neither could deny, bu...

  • Wanted: Bride

    Brides of the West - 4

    Callie Evans was hanging around the wrong people, she was going to get into trouble if she kept it up. Gil Sutton had liked Callie all her life, but she had such a stubborn streak. Somehow he had to protect her from herself. And considering Joe Boggs...

  • This Side of Forever

    Brides of the West - 5

    Clay Reno had come home. Everyone had thought him dead, including Amy, his sweetheart. She was now engaged to George Talbot. Meanwhile her father and mother were at odds, and her father was pursuing her relentlessly. Clay was her only hope. She was i...

  • Shotgun Bride

    Brides of the West - 6

    A young female doctor, comes to Oregon in hopes things will work out for her career. But the people in Oregon are not much different thinking about doctors than the ones in Boston. Only a few months go by before a man comes in insisting she has to co...

  • A Love as Big as Texas

    Brides of the West - 7

    Jason Wyler arranged a marriage for his depressed and drunken son, Ben. Gabby Campbell had been abused by her husband not to mention nearly starved her and her son. Now Frank was dead and his parents wanted custody claiming she couldn't support him. ...

  • Heart of a Captive

    Brides of the West - 8

    Cale Matthews got more than he bargained for when he traded with the Huaco Indians. Amelia Harrison's picture had been at the General Store and Cale could take her to her family. Problem was she wasn't that anxious to see them again....

  • Forever in Love

    The Armstrongs - 1

    Home from the war, Joe Armstrong doesn't wait to marry his sweetheart. From the moment he touched her lips he knew he had set the lie into motion. But Joe and his brother conceded it was the only way for eitherof them to have what they really wanted ...

  • Dancing With the Preacherman

    Red River Valley Brides - 2

    Sarah had tried everything from putting up the hymnals every Sunday, to learning to make his favorite food, to get Joe Miller to pay attention, but the young preacher just wasn't interested. It looked like Sarah might be headed back to Al's Saloon....

  • A Rebel's Love

    The Armstrongs - 2

    Sam had been badly injured on the pirate ship and it had taken longer than he wanted to get back on his feet, but once he was well, he couldn't wait to get home. Since he had agreed to change places with his brother, he was happy that he could finall...

  • Maggie's Dreams

    Red River Valley Brides - 5

    Maggie Hilton is a singing sensation at the Golden Slipper Opera House, she's even set her cap for the Mayor of Vada. Trouble is, she finding she has less in common with him than she does with the handsome Indian, Dakota that has become her bodyguard...

  • Plunder My Heart

    The Armstrongs - 4

    He had orders to take her home over as a headquarters for the Union Army. Ann Hardy was no welcome committee for the Union soldiers. She'd fight tooth and nail to keep her home, and her sick mother from dying. But Christopher Armstrong had his orders...

  • Remember Me

    The Armstrongs - 3

    Zane Armstrong was hiding from the Yankee's when Susan Barrett met him, wounded on her cousin's property. She'd had saved Zane from being captured several times, and they had made love more than a few times too. He was smitten with her. But as the wa...

  • A Promised Heart

    Dreamcatcher - 4

    Eve and her daughter had been captured by the Comanche. Would the Arapaho save her? Was her son still alive?Hawk would claim the woman as his, to save her, but he knew this would change her life forever. He'd take her to Ft. Concho, but Eve was conce...

  • In the Arms of an Angel

    Brides of the West - 10

    Les Harper found refuge in Anna Prescott's barn during a bad storm. He was wounded, and her son found him the next morning. Anna removed the bullet, even though she was a cripple. Les knew he should leave when his leg healed, but every day was harder...

  • Wherever My Heart Roams

    Brides of the West - 9

    Beth Sawyer's Pa gambled away money he didn't have. So he gave his daughter in holy matrimony to Wade Cahill. She didn't know Wade. And although she was of age, she knew little about being a woman. But judging from his kisses, Wade knew how to change...

  • Bride of Shenandoah

    Brides of the West - 11

    Millie Powell had intentionally stowed away on a wagon train. She was to marry a man she could not stand, to save her families farm, Shenandoah. But that was before she met Joe Modoc. A man that she was taken with. Joe was either her hero, or her wor...

  • A Desperado's Bride

    Brides of the West - 14

    Chance Montgomery was back after ten long years. Bent on vengeance now and Jenny had to set him straight before it was too late. He wanted justice. And for some reason he wanted to give Jenny a chance at life that she'd never had. She was his good de...

  • Falling for the Bride

    Brides of the West - 12

    After his brother lost the deed to the ranch in a poker game and was killed in a shoot-out, Quint Hadley decided it was time to take matters into his own hands. When lovely Priscilla Brewster stood waiting for a ride to the Banks ranch, Quint obliged...

  • Off Limits

    This is a short story for teens. Mia Tyler had a crush on Jeremy Potter. Problem was Mia was only fifteen and a half and at an age where she wasn't old enough for some things and too old for others. Would Jeremy ever see her the way she saw him?...

  • Nancy Mae & the Sad Christmas Tree

    Children's Short Story for Christmas. Nancy Mae spent her time staring out the window for her parents. Like all the other kids that first came there, she just knew they would show up and take her home. But they never did. And the only thing that inte...

  • Silver Bells & Santa Hats

    A Christmas short story for New Adults and teens. Emily Morgan had a crush on Noah Ingram for years. He worked for her family on holidays off from college. Noah was studying to be a doctor and Emily's sister was studying to be a nurse. But Emily foun...

  • Surprise Under the Mistletoe

    This is a novella for New Adults and teenagers. Trudy O'Bryan and Mark Collins loved each other. Their relationship was challenged when they had a wreck on the way home from the dance and Mark had to carry Trudy to a railroad shack to get her out of ...

  • Don't Break My Heart

    Riley Coleman and Nick Stevens were in love, they'd been dating all through high school. But then he got a football scholarship to Michigan State, just as they were about to get engaged. Only she'd be in Alaska and he'd been In Michigan. Could a lon...

  • Get a Life

    Short Story for teens. Kelly Webster had literally buried herself in her phone since her father died in Afghanistan. So when her mother made her get out and join a club in school, she was headed for Yosemite National Park on a backpacking tour. Her f...

  • Paroled on Love

    This is a Young Adult novella. Leah Malone and Jeremiah Douglas were thrown together when she was sentenced to work on the Douglas farm for 12 weeks. In that time he taught her how to gather eggs, slop hogs, milk a cow and muck out the stalls of the ...

  • Temptation

    This is a novella. Callie just moved to San Diego and meets Jimmy Colton on the beach. He's almost the same age and they begin to spend a lot of time together. Callis isn't quite sixteen yet, and although she doesn't know it, she's going to do a lot ...

  • An Unexpected Welcome

    Brides of the West - 13

    Cord McCall left the town Doubtful ten years ago, when he killed a man at the age of sixteen. Back for his mother's funeral, the only ones in town that welcomed him was the doc and Lilly, the girl he'd left behind. When Lilly welcomed him home with a...

  • Gentle Ben

    Ben Tyler took a job at the Baldwin farm after Kitty's father died and Ben had moved home. He hadn't known the problems at the Baldwin farm were as bad as they were, when he found out, he set out on a mission to help Kitty, the girl he'd gone to scho...

  • Let it Snow

    Novella. Lanningham comes home to be with her Aunt through the holidays and maybe make a place for herself there. When she meets Mark the handyman, she's intrigued that he's a man after her own heart. Problem is, his heart is already taken, by a girl...

  • Ready or Not, Here We Come

    From Book 1: Zodiac Starforce returns!

    An elite group of teenage girls with magical powers have sworn to protect our planet against dark creatures . . . as long as they can get out of class! Known as the Zodiac Starforce, these high-school gir...

  • Part of Me

    Short Story for young adults. Amy Benefield is pregnant. Kevin is the father, but he won't own up to it, even though Amy was a virgin when he took her.Now her other best friend Carson Walker steps up and offers her marriage. Will she marry Carson or ...

  • Easy to Love

    Young and New Adult novella. Dori Hudson and Matthew Branson were best friends. They had been since Dori gave a little girl a black eye for bullying Matthew. But that was a long time ago, and now Matthew was her hero for the same reason. But no on...

  • Guarding Red Riding Hood

    The Connors - 2

    Daniel Connor accepts an assignment to protect a Senator's daughter from a drug lord. Her father suspects that she's romantically involved with this man. But he doesn't have all the facts. Gabby is out to save the drug lord's son, Tony. So now Daniel...

  • Broken Hearted

    Cowboy Lovin' - 1

    Andrea Colbert was home, to find her father very sick, her brothers trying to sell the ranch out from under him and her ex-husband a bitter man. But the love they once shared, still held a dangerous spark for them both. Could they ever rekindle the l...

  • Forever Man

    A new adult novella. Jolene had been abused by her father even before her mother died. So when Luke Garza came along and wanted to date her, she knew her father would never permit that. But Jolene really liked Luke and he was so good to her siblings....

  • Afraid in the Dark

    Stalker - 1

    Melanie George graduated College and Night Nursing School at the same time. She also acquired a position at one of the biggest hospitals in Houston. Knowing this she found an apartment close enough so she could walk if she had to. Everything seemed t...

  • The Filly & the Gambler

    Brides of the West - 15

    Cole Martin won a filly in a poker game from Harmon Gibson. Problem was, the filly, was his daughter, whom no one knew a thing about, including Cole. But the news that old Harmon was dying of a tumor, and the fact that he wanted to see after his daug...

  • His to Hold

    Cowboy Lovin' - 2

    After graduating college and vet school, Jodi Samuels returned home to face her nemesis, the boss and Ty Taylor. She'd made a big mistake four years ago, one she couldn't afford to repeat, or she'd have to leave Silver Springs for good. She was going...

  • Be Free My Heart

    Dreamcatcher - 5

    Matt Younger saved a Cheyenne Indian maiden from a rape, taking her into the mountains to escape outlaws. After learning she was married to a Cheyenne buck, he was determined to see her safely home. But the Cheyenne's were warring with the army and s...

  • The Ghost of Victor Frank

    Western Serial Killer - 4

    Benny Gates hated his mother, that's how it all started. She was the oldest whore in the saloon and everyone made fun of Benny, calling him a dim-wit, and trash because of her. Well, Benny had plans to change that. Plans no one would ever suspect. Jo...

  • Jax's New Home

    Doggie Heroes - 3

    Jax is a bassett hound that loves to sniff things. He forgets about things when he's sniffing. One day he wanders off from home and before he knows it, it's dark and he's lost. But Jax has a hard time finding home again, and when he does, there is...

  • God Knows Where his Children are

    Emma just moved to California and an earthquake woke her up one morning. Not knowing what an earthquake was, she was scared, but her new step-dad, Pappy told her not to be afraid, that God knew where his children were....

  • Finding the Fairy Tale

    The Connors - 3

    When one dreams, it isn't always for the best. Lucas had it all, a five star restaurant in Houston. He had a very high class girl-friend that he intended marrying. So why, when he saw Frankie McCall again did his heart and brain tell him he was makin...

  • The Forgotten

    Doggie Heroes - 4

    Penny the Irish Setter pup,meets Charlie when she's abandoned. Charlie isn't like other people Penny has known, he can't walk. But he's a lot of fun. He sits in some kind of chair and lives in a big building. The two become friends and Charlie takes ...

  • The Lady Train

    Brides of the West - 16

    Cully was hired to take a wagon train load of mail order brides to the California gold fields. Cully knew it would be no easy feat, and that they had no idea what they were getting into. Still, it was a job, and he'd do it to the best of his ability,...

  • Missing Grandpa

    Kevin's grandpa had fallen off his house taking Christmas decorations down. It was a rainy day, and his father had been on the phone most of the morning contacting his aunt and uncle and talking to the doctor. When he hung up, he told Kevin his grand...

  • The Witness-Issues

  • The Witness

    Issues - 1

    When the local town drunk sees a murder committed on Boot Hill on Halloween night, will anyone pay any attention to his story? Sheriff Joe Grubbs, though skeptical, investigates and finds the new grave. Now, he has a job to do and risks losing the lo...

  • Here Comes Trouble, My Trouble

    Remake of Runaway Bride. Savannah Kingsley is forced to become a runaway bride when she catches her husband-to-be in the arms of another on her wedding day. Chad Huntington II cannot face the deep, dark secret of his life, so Savannah flees the weddi...

  • All My Yesterdays

    Cowboy Lovin' - 3

    The only girl that stood out in Carson Wells past was Kathy Malone. She stunned him when he took her and found her a virgin. She was a loyal companion, she had character and strength about her. And she was the only girl that broke up with him first, ...

  • My Captured Heart

    Dreamcatcher - 7

    Lone Wolf, an Arapaho Indian saved a white girl from being assaulted. He took Hannah Caldwell as his white slave, at least that's what he told his people. Hannah tried to escape him many times. Each time he brought her back. She fought the attraction...

  • Beauty's Beast

    The Connors - 5

    San Diego was a lovely place to visit, but tied to a boring teacher's convention, Leann wasn't seeing much of it. Exhausted the very first day, she went to her room a bit more tipsy than she planned. But finding a handsome man in her room, with only ...

  • Comes a Hero

    Brides of the West - 17

    Quirt Noble is assigned to take charge of Ft. Davis when the Colonel is called to the north at the outbreak of civil war. Not only will he face daunting battles from the Comanche and the Kiowa Apaches, he must take care of a band of women sent by Was...

  • Finding Her

    Dreamcatcher - 8

    Aiden McCall was a bounty hunter, and very good at his job. The army had hired him to bring in the famous, White Silver Fox, a dangerous Sioux warrior. Aiden hadn't seemed to mind at first, that is until he met the Silver Fox. It seemed the famous...

  • Saving Sleeping Beauty

    The Connors - 4

    Book Four of the Connors. Ray Connor couldn't believe he was in the hospital. He was too healthy to be in the hospital. However, smoke inhalation had taken a toll on him in the last high rise fire, and his partner, Kelly Price had saved him by pul...

  • Daughter of Iniquity

    Western Serial Killer - 5

    Angelica had it all, her mother was the town doctor and well respected, and she was the bell of every ball. So what could go wrong?The truth! Angelica didn't know the truth, but when a stranger comes to town and reveals to her about her rea...

  • Picking up the PIeces

    Coming Home - 1

    Coming home from the Marines, Jacob Hamilton faced a problem that he was determined to tackle his parents murder. Deep in the piney woods of Lake Houston and the San Jacinto River, lay the cabin where they were murdered. The police hadn't a clue and ...

  • Most Unlikely Lovers

    This is a romantic short story for adults. Megan Cartwright and Joe Payne were stranded in an elevator. She was an Insurance Adjuster he was the maintenance man, working in the same building. Could Joe show her how to let her hair down and enjoy lif...

  • Teach Me Your Love

    Dreamcatcher - 6

    Trapped in a deceitful marriage Naomi Wilson saw no escape until a tribe of Comanches stole her away. Then an Apache, named Bear Foot traded for her, and she was on her way to Arizona to be his white slave. However she refused to be his slave until R...

  • Against All Odds

    Issues - 4

    Eddie lost his mother and his father in his grief married another woman quite suddenly so he could go to work on an off-shore oil rig. Eddie's dad had no idea what he let his son in for. Eddie was not quite eleven and he suddenly realized he was goin...

  • The Christmas Wagon

    Issues - 2

    Hunter and D.J. were asked by their parents to help their neighbors at Christmas time. Since they were young, theydidn't know how to go about helping. But it all came easy with help from their family and family dog. Having the Christmas spirit was so...

  • The Faithful

    Doggie Heroes - 5

    Old Henry was a mongrel dog that had only one master all his life. So when his master died, Old Henry went to live int he city so he could visit his mater every day at the cemetery. But Tanker, the defender of the neighborhood worried about Old Henry...

  • The Runt

    Issues - 5

    Tim Nelson was called the runt at school. He was shorter even than the girls. Tim was tired of them calling him that and he needed some space to sort out his problem. So he played hooky and went to the pond close to his house. There he sat on a limb ...

  • What's Under the Bed

    Issues - 3

    I was only six years old when I tried to solve the mystery of what is under my bed. I mean something is making a racket under there every night so I can't sleep. I had to find out what it was, even though it scared me. Was it an Alien? What it a mons...

  • Guilty as Sin

    Dreamcatcher - 9

    Shining Moon, an Arapaho Indian took shelter in a barn during a violent storm, only to wake up to people arguing. It was a man and a woman and the man was forcing himself on the lady. Defending her honor, Shining Moon jumped in to save her from a sad...

  • An Unescorted Lady

    Brides of the West - 18

    Trudy O'Toole had been whisked off the train station steps and into the arms of a man bent on kissing her. Not only that, he proceeded to drag her to the church. Before she knew what hit her, she was repeating the vows and saying 'I do'. He kept babb...

  • And Here I'll Stay

    Brides of the West - 19

    This is Book Nineteen of The Brides of the West series. Anna Lee Murray had been jilted, and this was the third time. Unfortunately for her, everyone in town knew it and teased her endlessly about it. But this time, it was too much. How could she fac...

  • The Drifter's Promise

    Brides of the West - 20

    Kate Marley's husband was killed by a Cougar. And now, she had two big crops she needed taking care of and no one to help her. When Wes Dolan came along, she thought her prayers were answered. But Wes was a drifter, and although he promised to get he...

  • Wish

    A Christmas short story, Beth Myers wished for one thing for Christmas, her boyfriend to come home from Afghanistan for Christmas. But she knew that wish was not possible. It was hard having a boyfriend so far away all the time. But her parents told ...

  • Stolen Heart

    Dreamcatcher - 10

    Black Wolf, the Shoshone Chief, had a hard time finding a wife. He could not choose any from his tribe,so when he met Sasha the healer, he was instantly attracted. Sasha was promised to another, Big Knife,and Black Wolf would have to challenge him fo...

  • The Car Stalker

    Stalker - 2

    Lee Cordell could fix anything, at least that's what he told Sid when he went for a interview of a job five years ago. Lee had worked on cars since he was little and helping his dad in his garage. Lee had built a life for himself now and he...

  • Better Every Day

    Coming Home - 2

    Joe Garcia was finally coming home from Afghanistan. Shannon O'Hara was there to meet him at the airport. When he passed right by her at the airport without a word, Shannon was sure he didn't even remember her. She put Joey, her son in the stroller a...

  • A Forbidden Love

    When Sarah Ford was ten years old her parents were killed during a Comanche raid on their farm. Sarah had hid herself in the barn under the hay. Little Bear a Wichita Indian came along just after the raid, and found Sarah hiding in the barn. He took ...

  • The Railroad Bride

    Sam Logan wasn't selling his ranch! He'd already made up his mind about that. The railroad company, the B & M Railroad wasn't going to cheat him out of his inherited property no matter what they said or did. He'd seen a lot of range wars in his time,...

  • Wanted One Male Order Bride

    Brides of the West Series, book twenty-two. Hannah Norton just laid her folks to rest. When her brother wrote for her to come up to Oregon and he would give her a job, she jumped at the chance. She sold the farm and bought a wagon and supplies to joi...

  • Beyond Scared

    Stalker - 3

    Emily Coleman's life was almost perfect. She became a doctor when she got out of college and bought herself a house the first year she opened her practice. She had a nice boyfriend and her future looked bright. And then the calls began, at f...

  • HIdden

    Stalker - 4

    Oscar Levitt had been a custodian for fifteen years at Macy High School. He'd been an immigrant when he went to work for the school. Thanks to an Uncle he had passed his citizenship ten years ago, and when his uncle died, he willed him his dilapid...

  • In the Eye of the Beholder

    Stalker - 5

    When John Nelson suddenly vanished from Pierceson Electronics after five years of working for the New York firm, his new wife Sidney didn't know what to think. Especially since he moved them to a remote part of Texas. She'd made good money in New...

  • A Christmas Wish for Henry

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    Jodi's parents were yelling al the time. So much so, most of the neighbors heard them. But it upset Jodi so much. She didn't understand.They never listened to her anymore. Sometimes they didn't even know she was in the room. So when Henry, the neighb...

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Rita Hestand has published 139 books.

Rita Hestand does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, In the Eye of the Beholder, was published in December 2021.

The first book by Rita Hestand, Heart of the Wild, was published in January 2003.

Yes. Rita Hestand has 15 series.
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