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Explore Connie Mason books in order, from adventurous historical romances to linked series, with short summaries, series notes, and easy starting points.

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Tender Fury

by Connie Mason

1984

Gabrielle LaFarge leaves a convent to marry moody plantation owner Philippe St. Cyr in Martinique. War, jealousy, and emotional distance keep them apart even as passion forges a bond neither can deny.

Caress and Conquer

by Connie Mason

1986

After being transported to the American colonies as an indentured servant, Amanda Prescott discovers her new master is Tony Brandt, the man who helped ruin her life. Their attraction only makes the danger sharper.

For Honor's Sake

by Connie Mason

1987

Juliet Darcy flees a forced marriage and ends up on a ship of mail-order brides bound for California. Rodrigo Delgado plans restraint at first, until Juliet's spirit makes keeping his distance impossible.

My Lady Vixen

by Connie Mason

1987

Alexa Ashley is abducted aboard a privateering ship by Adam Foxworth, the man bent on revenge against her family. Later she returns transformed, ready to meet betrayal with daring, passion, and payback of her own.

Desert Ecstasy

by Connie Mason

1988

Lady Christa Horton is bound for white slavery until the feared Desert Hawk claims her instead. In an exotic, dangerous setting, captivity gives way to a romance driven by fate, pride, and overpowering desire.

Promised Splendor

by Connie Mason

1988

Glenna O'Neill heads into the Colorado wilderness to avenge her father's death, but Kane Morgan complicates everything. Love and vengeance pull against each other until she must choose what future she wants.

Bold Land, Bold Love

by Connie Mason

1989

Convict Casey O'Cain is sent into the brutal world of early New South Wales, where landowner Dare Penrod makes no secret of wanting her. On the Australian frontier, danger and desire arrive together.

Wild is My Heart

by Connie Mason

1989

A sweeping historical romance of fierce attraction and stubborn hearts, set against a world where danger never feels far away. Mason gives the love story heat, momentum, and a strong sense of risk.

Beyond the Horizon

by Connie Mason

1990

On the Oregon Trail, sheltered Shannon Branigan is thrown into hardship, danger, and the orbit of scout Blade Stryker. The farther west they travel, the harder it becomes to deny their fierce attraction.

Tempt the Devil

by Connie Mason

1990

When the notorious pirate Diablo escapes the noose and abducts Lady Devon, she swears she will never yield. Yet long days at sea and longer nights make resistance much harder than she expected.

Love Me with Fury

by Connie Mason

1991

Bounty hunter Jess Wilder takes captive the woman he believes caused his brother's death. Revenge drives him at first, but the more he learns, the more justice begins to look a lot like love.

Brave Land, Brave Love

by Connie Mason

1992

Ben Penrod wants no part of marriage until Tia Fairfield upends every certainty he has. On the Australian frontier, wit, pride, and explosive attraction make this a lively enemies-to-lovers romance.

Ice & Rapture

by Connie Mason

1992

Reporter Maggie Afton wants to cover the Klondike gold rush, but Chase McGarrett wants her nowhere near the Yukon. Forced together in brutal country, they discover desire hot enough to melt the ice.

Surrender to the Fury

by Connie Mason

1992

A passionate historical romance where danger and desire keep colliding. Mason builds the story around powerful attraction, hard choices, and two lovers forced to fight their way through the chaos around them.

Wild Land, Wild Love

by Connie Mason

1992

In 1812 Australia, headstrong Date McKenzie believes she can survive on her own. Former convict Robin Fletcher proves otherwise, and the rough frontier soon turns their clash into a fierce love story.

A Promise of Thunder

by Connie Mason

1993

During the Oklahoma land rush, Storm Kennedy loses her claim and blames the Sioux for all she has suffered. Marrying Grady Stryker may be the only way to fight back, if she can survive wanting him.

Lord of the Night

by Connie Mason

1993

Exiled and hungry for revenge, Jaime Mortimer returns as the shadowy Lord of Darkness. He plans to seize his enemy's bride, but Lady Aleta Somerset proves far harder to command than he imagined.

Treasures of the Heart

by Connie Mason

1993

This sweeping historical romance blends danger, longing, and hard choices as two strong-willed people chase security and love. Mason keeps the emotional stakes high and the path to happiness anything but easy.

Tears Like Rain

by Connie Mason

1994

Cheyenne heroine Tears Like Rain rescues wounded cavalry officer Zach Mercer so she can claim him as her captive. Hatred, desire, and divided loyalties turn captivity into an unforgettable frontier romance.

Wind Rider

by Connie Mason

1994

Raised by the Cheyenne, Wind Rider follows a different path than the white world expects. When Hannah McLin flees a cruel master, trusting him may be her only route to freedom, and to love.

Sierra

by Connie Mason

1995

Sheltered Sierra Alden risks scandal to travel west in search of the siblings she has only heard about. Guide Ramsey Hunter can lead her to them, but he may be the greater danger to her heart.

The Lion's Bride

by Connie Mason

1995

After saving William the Conqueror's life, Lord Lyon of Normandy is rewarded with a bride chosen by the king. Ariana of Cragmere sees the Norman warrior as an enemy, which makes surrendering to love harder still.

Pure Temptation

by Connie Mason

1996

When Moira O'Toole lands at Graystoke Manor, she finds a rake, a restless ghost, and far more trouble than she expected. Jackson Graystoke is charming enough on his own, even before the haunting begins.

Taken by You

by Connie Mason

1996

English nobleman Morgan Scott attacks a Spanish ship bent on revenge and seizes a young Spanish nun as his prize. But hatred turns complicated when passion and conscience begin to pull in opposite directions.

A Love to Cherish

by Connie Mason

1997

Young widow Belle McAllister hides her son from a powerful grandfather, only to trust the very detective hired to find them. Casey Walker's secret threatens everything just as real love begins to grow.

Flame

by Connie Mason

1997

Ashley Webster heads west to clear her brother's name and learns a lone woman cannot safely join a wagon train. Her answer is a marriage of convenience with Tanner MacTavish, a man far too tempting to trust.

Shadow Walker

by Connie Mason

1997

Dawn Cobb escapes one terrible fate only to fall into the orbit of Cole Webster, the man who kills the outlaw who claimed her. Cole offers justice and safety, but his kiss promises far more.

Sheik

by Connie Mason

1997

Warrior princess Zara becomes the captive of Sheik Jamal after a raid. He offers her freedom if he cannot seduce her within four weeks, a wager that turns pride, captivity, and desire into a dangerous game.

To Love a Stranger

by Connie Mason

1997

Wounded fugitive Pierce Delaney hides in Zoey Fuller's root cellar and agrees to a short-term marriage to protect her ranch. Their bargain should be temporary, but passion quickly makes it much more dangerous.

Promise Me Forever

by Connie Mason

1998

Captain Matthew Hawke sees wealthy Lily Montague as the answer to both desire and ambition. But what begins as a bold pirate's plan deepens into a Revolutionary-era romance neither of them can easily control.

To Tame a Renegade

by Connie Mason

1998

Bounty hunter Chad Delaney expects to keep moving through life alone until he crosses paths with Sarah Temple and her young son. Helping her changes everything, including the future he thought he wanted.

Viking!

by Connie Mason

1998

Thorne the Relentless becomes obsessed with the woman he sees bathing in a forest pool and decides only a Viking raid can claim her. What follows is a fierce, sensual clash of power and longing.

Gunslinger

by Connie Mason

1999

A deadly western hero meets a woman who turns vengeance and survival into something far more personal. Mason builds the story around danger, simmering attraction, and a love that arrives under fire.

Pirate

by Connie Mason

1999

Nearly destroyed by betrayal, Guy De Young remakes himself as a pirate bent on revenge. When his lost love Bliss Grenville falls into his hands, old wounds and old desire flare all over again.

The Black Knight

by Connie Mason

1999

A feared knight in black armor meets the one woman capable of shaking his deadly control. Their attraction is immediate, but passion is tangled up with danger, pride, and the brutal world around them.

To Tempt a Rogue

by Connie Mason

1999

Kitty O'Shay survives among robbers by disguising herself as a boy. Ryan Delaney finds her while searching for a dying man's lost daughter, and their forced partnership becomes a risky road to love.

A Taste of Sin

by Connie Mason

2000

Lady Christy is determined to claim the husband who has left her a bride in name only. Her plan is bold, but the rogue called Lord Sin proves every bit as dangerous as he is irresistible.

Jess

by Connie Mason

2000

Outlaw doctor Jess Gentry is captured, then unexpectedly tends the wounded bounty hunter who meant to bring him in. Attraction grows fast, but trust is hard for two people used to living on guard.

Rafe

by Connie Mason

2000

Wrongly facing the gallows, outlaw Rafe Gentry is saved when Sister Angela Abbott claims him as her promised fiance. Their desperate lie becomes a marriage, and neither is prepared for the heat between them.

A Breath of Scandal

by Connie Mason

2001

Lord Julian Thornton, earl and secret agent, is saved by Lara, a half-gypsy heiress on the Scottish coast. A protective marriage turns into a deeper scandal when they meet again in society.

Sam

by Connie Mason

2001

Wanted man Sam Gentry takes a ranch job and is stunned to find his past waiting there in the form of Lacey, now a widowed mother. Old betrayal and unfinished love make every reunion dangerous.

The Dragon Lord

by Connie Mason

2001

A battle-hardened knight is ordered to marry an heiress he has never met. Rose outwits everyone by taking her twin's place, setting off a medieval romance built on deception, pride, and dangerous attraction.

A Touch So Wicked

by Connie Mason

2002

Damian Stratton rides into the Highlands to stop a politically dangerous wedding. Capturing Elissa Fraser should solve the problem, until he is forced to marry the fierce woman he was meant to control.

Lionheart

by Connie Mason

2002

This medieval historical romance pairs a formidable warrior with a heroine caught in the pull of power, loyalty, and desire. Mason keeps the stakes personal and political as attraction turns into allegiance.

The Rogue and the Hellion

by Connie Mason

2002

After a highway thief robs him at gunpoint, Gabriel Bathurst vows to track her down. Olivia Fairfax is no helpless victim, and their duel of pursuit quickly becomes a heated battle for heart and pride.

Seduced by a Rogue

by Connie Mason

2003

Lord Braxton agrees to charm information out of Phoebe Thompson, the woman who once broke his heart. But with her father missing and an ancient artifact at the center of the mystery, seduction becomes a dangerous game.

The Laird of Stonehaven

by Connie Mason

2003

Blair MacArthur, a healer touched by faery lore, dreads an arranged marriage to the Highland laird who already haunts her dreams. Legend, desire, and fear of losing herself shape the romance.

The Last Rogue

by Connie Mason

2004

Lucas Westmore retreats to stormy St. Ives determined to reform his life. Instead he finds smugglers, danger, and Bliss Hartley, the kind of woman who can tempt even the most determined rogue.

The Pirate Prince

by Connie Mason

2004

Willow Foxburn is bound for a sultan's harem when a handsome pirate intercepts her fate. Caught in a struggle between powerful men, she discovers her captor may be both her danger and her rescue.

A Knight's Honor

by Connie Mason

2005

Mariah tends a mysterious knight named Falcon while her aging husband urges a desperate solution to secure an heir. Desire, duty, and Falcon's lost past make this medieval romance especially fraught.

Gypsy Lover

by Connie Mason

2005

A Romany horse trader unexpectedly inherits a grand estate, along with the bride the old marquis chose for him. Wealth changes everything, but it cannot make class prejudice and desire any simpler.

A Taste of Paradise

by Connie Mason

2006

Sophia Carlisle stows away on a ship bound for Jamaica and finds Christian Radcliff at the helm. Old heartbreak, close quarters, and tropical temptation make their voyage as risky as it is passionate.

Highland Warrior

by Connie Mason

2007

A proud heroine and a battle-tested hero collide in a historical romance shaped by duty, desire, and stubborn pride. Mason builds the story around fierce attraction and two people who are hard to bend.

The Price of Pleasure

by Connie Mason

2007

Pleasure comes at a cost in this high-drama historical romance, where a strong-willed heroine and a dangerous hero are drawn together by desire, secrecy, and a bargain that grows harder to escape.

Viking Warrior

by Connie Mason

2008

Wulfric the Ruthless wants vengeance on the Danish raiders who destroyed his life. Then he meets Reyna, a beautiful Dane who turns revenge into a far more dangerous conflict of desire and loyalty.

Lord of Devil Isle

by Connie Mason

2010

Privateer Nicholas Scott rescues Eve Upshall from the waters off Bermuda, then promptly tries to order her future. Eve refuses to be ruled, and their clash of wills turns dangerous, witty, and deeply romantic.

Sins of the Highlander

by Connie Mason

2010

Elspeth Stewart never expects a stranger to snatch her from her wedding and carry her into the Highlands. With two clans ready for war, captivity gives way to fierce attraction and a fight for survival.

A Christmas Homecoming

by Connie Mason

2011

Two Christmas novellas bring together lonely families, winter travel, and second chances. From colonial Virginia to Colorado, Mason pairs holiday wonder with love that arrives just when it is needed most.

Christmas in the Old South

by Connie Mason

2011

In Connie Mason's Civil War novella, a Christmas birth in a Georgia field hospital rekindles an old love. Against the chaos of 1864, the season offers a fragile chance at healing and peace.

Christmas Miracles

by Connie Mason

2011

A warm historical Christmas romance where hardship gives way to hope, family, and unexpected love. Mason leans into the season's promise that even bruised hearts can find their miracle.

Lord of Fire and Ice

by Connie Mason

2012

Brandr the Far-Traveled is tricked into slavery and bound to the fierce Katla the Black. In the frozen North, vengeance, desire, and looming betrayal force two stubborn survivors into an uneasy, burning alliance.

One Night with a Rake

by Connie Mason

2013

Nathaniel Colton thinks charming Lady Georgette will be easy. Instead, the earnest reformer forces him to prove he can care about more than pleasure, and their battle of wills turns unexpectedly tender.

Waking Up with a Rake

by Connie Mason

2013

Disgraced former officer Rhys is ordered to ruin innocent Olivia before a royal marriage can go forward. But the more he gets to know her, the less willing he is to sacrifice her for duty.

Between a Rake and a Hard Place

by Connie Mason

2014

Sir Jonah Sharp expects seducing Lady Serena Osborne to be a simple job for the Crown. Then he finds her breaking every rule in sight, and a dangerous royal plot turns flirtation into rescue, scandal, and very real stakes.

Where should I start?

If you want classic western and frontier romance: To Love a StrangerTo Tame a RenegadeTo Tempt a Rogue
If you like Scottish and medieval drama: A Taste of SinA Breath of ScandalA Touch So Wicked
If you want adventurous standalones: The Dragon LordTaken by YouA Knight's Honor
If you prefer Regency rakes and intrigue: Waking Up with a RakeOne Night with a RakeBetween a Rake and a Hard Place
If you want a sweeping frontier family saga: Bold Land, Bold LoveWild Land, Wild LoveBrave Land, Brave Love

Author bio

Connie Mason built her career on historical romance that moves fast and feels big. Her books travel all over the map, from wagon trails and pirate ships to Scottish castles, colonial outposts, and the Australian frontier. She wrote more than fifty novels and novellas, and readers who enjoy older historical romance often come to her for high emotion, dangerous settings, and stories that never sit still.

Before her first novel was published in 1984, Mason was a full-time homemaker. She was also an avid reader, and writing had long been one of the dreams she kept in the background of daily life. That first published book was Tender Fury, and it opened the door to a long run of romances that mixed love stories with travel, peril, and adventure.

Travel mattered.

Mason spent years living in Europe and Asia as the wife of a career serviceman, and that sense of distance and discovery shows up again and again in her fiction. Even when a book is set in the American West, there is often a feeling that the world is wider, stranger, and more unpredictable than the characters first imagine. Her stories like to push people out of safe rooms and into rough country.

Her backlist is broad, but a few titles give a good feel for the range. Bold Land, Bold Love and Beyond the Horizon lean into frontier hardship, migration, and survival. Taken by You heads to the high seas for a darker pirate romance. A Taste of Sin brings in Scottish passion and family tension. The Dragon Lord turns to medieval romance, with forced marriage, deception, and clashing wills. Later, she also teamed up with Mia Marlowe on the Regency series that begins with Waking Up with a Rake.

What links these books is not one setting, but one style of storytelling. Mason liked strong-minded heroines, dangerous heroes, outlaw reputations, mistaken identities, kidnappings, forced marriages, revenge plots, and lovers who have to work their way toward trust. There is usually action around the romance, not just conversation in drawing rooms. Even the quieter books tend to have an undercurrent of risk.

She kept going.

Romance readers and industry insiders noticed. Romantic Times named her Story Teller of the Year in 1990, and she later received a Career Achievement Award in the Western category in 1994. In 1995 she was featured on 48 Hours in a program about the romance industry, which says something about both her visibility and the moment historical romance was having.

The personal details that come through are pleasantly unshowy. Mason has spoken about loving travel, reading, dancing, playing bridge, and freshwater fishing. She also clearly enjoyed talking about her family, especially her three children and nine grandchildren, and about the memories she carried from those years abroad.

She has made her home in Tarpon Springs, Florida. By the time readers find one Connie Mason book, they usually discover a whole shelf behind it, full of privateers, scouts, lairds, outlaws, and stubborn women who are every bit as hard to forget as the men who fall for them.

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