Debra Parmley Books in Order

In 1860 Nevada, Lillian Hayes is tortured for stolen gold she knows nothing about until horse wrangler Nick Brace rescues her. Their growing attraction is tested when his trading deal brings them back into contact with her attacker.

Widow Kara wins a Caribbean cruise and meets Nate, a Marine and diving instructor who helps her face fears of deep water and romance. When her boss’s unwanted attention turns threatening, Nate’s protection becomes vital beyond their holiday.

Bethany hopes her eighteenth birthday trip to Hot Springs will free her from controlling relatives and an arranged engagement. Detective Paul Tollick, pursuing Al Capone’s gang, is drawn to her, but other suitors threaten the independence she craves.

Debra Parmley’s early poems move from solitary experience toward relationships, creativity and family life. Organized around widening circles of connection, the collection also considers the towns people inhabit and the larger world they encounter through travel.

In a tightly controlled future, dancer Clarissa misses a compulsory injection after becoming trapped in a shuttle lounge. Navy SEAL Warren West rescues her, and they flee authorities together as her modest vacation plans become a dangerous struggle for freedom.

Grieving her mother, romance writer Jenna Heart attends a retreat in the Tennessee mountains hoping to avoid spending Christmas alone. An attraction to model and actor Nicolo Maldini offers new possibilities, but his determined ex-girlfriend threatens their developing relationship.

Sally Wheeler follows the husband who stole her son along the Chisholm Trail toward Texas. Accompanied by her daughter, an old mule skinner, and a maverick seeking revenge, she faces frontier dangers and a chance to trust someone again.

Shy librarian Betsy Bobbin falls for Marine veteran Nash Ware after he helps her during a storm. His injuries and PTSD complicate their trust, while a stalker targeting her sister brings danger into the relationship they are trying to build.

Flapper Suki injures her foot escaping a Chicago nightclub shooting and accepts help from gangster Frank Omato. As their romance takes her toward Miami, she struggles to balance his protection with the freedom and dancing career she longs to reclaim.

After Carolyn Truman’s father is killed, a neighbor claims their ranch and pressures her to marry him. Her brother and fellow Texas Ranger Jake Brace come to help, but Carolyn’s abduction turns their resistance into an urgent rescue mission.

Leann Bobbin’s new job at a bank becomes dangerous when robbers strike while she is working. Hiding from them, she calls her boyfriend in the local police department and hopes he can reach her before her refuge is discovered.