Love a Dark Rider

by Shirlee Busbee

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Orphaned at sixteen, Sara Rawlings is rescued by her father's distant cousin, Sam Cantrell, who takes her to his rancho in San Felipe.There, Sara meets Sam's son, Yancy. The attraction is instant, but Sara is already half-in-love with the widowed Sam.Then Sara finds Yancy's ex-fiance?e with a dagger through her heart. When she returns to the scene with Sam, the dagger is missing. Sara reluctantly agrees she was mistaken and Yancy leaves to join the Union Army.Sam prepares to join the Rebels, show more but first convinces Sara to marry him so she is provided for should he not return.When Sara and Yancy meet again, the rancho in tatters from the war, the attraction between them is just as powerful, and equally unwanted. But with Sam gone and someone attempting to end their lives, Sara and Yancy must join forces before love can chase the darkness from their broken hearts.THE SOUTHERN WOMEN, in series orderThe Tiger LilyEach Time We LoveAt Long LastLove a Dark RiderTHE LOUISIANA LADIES, in series orderDeceive Not My HeartMidnight MasqueradeLove Be Mine show less

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Shirlee Busbee was born on August 9, 1941 in San Jose, California. She received a certificate from the Burbank Business College in 1962. She has worked as a receptionist for the Marin County Title and Abstract Co., as plant supervisor for Fairfield Title Co., and as secretary and drafting technician for the County Parks Department of Fairfield, show more California. She started writing historical romance novels in 1977. She has written over 18 books including Gypsy Lady, Lady Vixen, Love a Dark Rider, A Heart for the Taking, and Love Be Mine. She has received numerous awards including the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award and Affaire de Coeur's Silver and Bronze Pen Awards. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Original publication date
1994
First words
Sara dreamed of the Dark Rider for the first time the night her father, Matthew Rawlings, was killed in a saloon gunfight.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)They were both flushed and breathless when Yancy finally lifted his head, and with the sensuous promise of sweet delights to be shared through the years gleaming in his golden gaze, he said softly, "Let's go home, sweetheart...."

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Fiction and Literature, Romance, Historical Fiction
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999

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