Patricia Werner Books in Order

Researcher Susan Franks prepares to expose false government reports on private citizens, then becomes attracted to Congressman Geoffrey Winston. His warning against further investigation leaves her unsure whether he is an ally or part of the conspiracy she is uncovering.

In Oklahoma Territory, Kathleen Calhoun falls for educated Creek man Raven Sky while struggling with traumatic memories of her parents’ deaths. Her attempt to begin an independent life becomes a conflict between inherited fears and the relationship she wants to pursue.

Returning home after her mother’s death, Leigh Castle faces a disputed will and renewed rivalry with her three sisters. When one sister is found dead in a mine, Leigh’s attraction to estate lawyer Braden Lancaster develops amid mounting suspicion and danger.

Despite her father’s dying warning, Rhionna Fowley travels to his ancestral home in Cornwall. There she meets the enigmatic Lord Geoffrey Rhyweth, whose appeal draws her deeper into a place her father had urged her to avoid.

Roslyn Dwayne wants to leave her childhood among bank and train robbers behind and live respectably in Tulsa. Falling for Marshal Luke McBride threatens the secret of her outlaw identity, forcing her to balance a new future against exposure of her past.

Raised in an orphanage, Heather Blackstone has grown up with tantalizing hints of a castle and fortune connected to her family. Seeking the truth about that inheritance leads her into a confrontation with the forbidding Sir Byron Worthington.

During celebrations of President Jackson’s election, Kit Newcomb meets Native American delegate Red Hawk and feels an immediate attraction. Convinced he is the man she wants, she begins a romance across the different worlds represented at the gathering.

Eileen returns to her island home after her father’s death, hoping to claim her inheritance and recover from lost love. Strange incidents, questions about missing jewels, and an attraction to her step-cousin draw her into a dangerous family mystery.

Hilary Fenton has spent years wondering what became of the father who left to seek gold in Yosemite Valley. Frontiersman Christian Reyeult offers a way to search for him, but his attraction and concealed secrets complicate the journey.

Gail Brenwaithe returns to her ancestral Florida home to write a history of her family. Her research threatens to uncover secrets someone is determined to preserve, and anonymous threats make the effort to understand her past increasingly dangerous.

Renowned actor Marco Giovinco falls for socialite Elisabeth Kendall and hopes to draw her into his traveling life. Her parents’ opposition places their growing attraction in conflict with the respectable, settled future they intend their daughter to pursue.

Determined to escape a restrictive convent, Judith seeks refuge at the Frankish court. The freedom she hopes to find instead draws her into murderous intrigue involving Count Marcus Petronius, entangling her future with a man at the center of danger.

Amanda Whitney refuses to accept a marriage based only on convenience, while British aristocrat Edward Pemberton intends to secure an heiress. Their attraction pits her demand for genuine love against his practical ambitions for a wealthy match.

Eldora Rawley takes her father’s place commanding a pirate ship and encounters Robert Lamley, once Captain Kidd’s first mate. His determination to vindicate Kidd and recover lost treasure brings him into a formidable partnership and rivalry with her.

After losing the man she loved to the Knights Templar and escaping an unhappy marriage, Lindsey Ware joins a pilgrimage to Byzantium. Her abduction by the notorious Guy de Jansens turns the journey into an unexpected romantic encounter in unfamiliar surroundings.

French noblewoman and troubadour Allesandra fights to protect herself and her land from the Inquisition. Sent to defeat her, Gauclem Deluc finds his ambitions changing as attraction draws him toward the woman whose holdings he was supposed to seize.

Annie Marsh secretly performs onstage to escape her strict family’s rules. When rancher Grant Worth recognizes her, she claims the dancer is her estranged twin Grace, only to find herself falling for the man now courting her invented alter ego.

SWAT officer Matt Forrest moves in to protect his late partner’s widow Tracy and her daughter after a hostage crisis. With a killer still free, their long-suppressed attraction complicates a duty he is determined to fulfill at any cost.

Still recovering from a failed romance, Jenny hopes to avoid Christmas cheer at the retirement home where she works. Resident’s son Parker McAllister has other plans, and his enthusiasm begins breaking through the defenses she built against another disappointment.

Kelly Tucker struggles to continue her late father’s work while a saboteur threatens everything he built. The worsening danger forces her to rely on Ross King, a man partly responsible for her father’s death and whose trustworthiness remains uncertain.

Adriane Hollander travels to remote Glamorgan Castle to claim inherited paintings and discovers a history of vanished women. A portrait and diary connect an old disappearance with people around her, making the castle’s disturbing legends increasingly difficult to dismiss.