Millie Shepherd -Author
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Before It's Too Late (Half Circle Creek 1)
Jack and Bella have been friends for as long as they can remember, yet now they want more. But will the rapist outlaw who’s cleverly disguising himself as a saddler let them have the happiness they deserve?
Arabella Askingly, the youngest daughter of Half Circle Creek’s leading midwife, is in the very beginnings of a courtship with her childhood friend and town deputy, Jack Klister. Their relationship starts out on steady footing, but everything is swiftly rattled when a labor call ends in a reeling catastrophe that causes Bella to slip into a deep depression. But just as hope begins to dawn again, another obstruction is tossed into the path of her happy ending with Jack.
Jack Klister doesn’t like Beau Smith, the new drifter in town. When Beau’s flirting with Bella gets out of hand, Jack’s jealousy unleashes. He knows Bella wouldn’t do anything behind his back, but there’s something about Beau that thoroughly disturbs the town deputy. When Jack has to go to Virginia City to get information on a man he’s arrested, he discovers something terrifying about Beau that sends him rushing back to Half Circle Creek in hopes he can get there before it’s too late.
Worth the Wait (Half Circle Creek 2)
He’s trying to keep a promise. She needs a way out of her war-torn town and a new life. Love isn’t what they’re after, but will they fall anyway?
Eli Blager’s five children are his most important treasures and his only reason for living. With his wife’s dying words still persistently haunting him, he vows to remarry purely for the sake of his little ones. The only problem–there’s no one for him to wed. So when a mail-order-bride advertisement in the newspaper catches his eye, it’s a godsend.
All Lisa Fullerton wants is to get out of her war-torn hometown where she scrubs dirty dishes and laundry to only half-survive, and Eli Blager’s proposal is just the thing she needs to escape Alabama. Once she arrives in Half Circle Creek, she finds a wonderful life filled with new friends, fresh opportunities, and a lovely, welcoming community. Everything goes smoothly despite the bumps tossed into the newlyweds’ path. That is until one kiss leads to more, ending in disaster. Heart sore, she agrees to be patient with Eli, but in the end, will it be worth the wait?
Time to Go Home (Half Circle Creek 3)
He wants to explore the world. Her deepest desire is a place to call home. Can they manage a simple friendship or will their bottled-up affection break their hearts when he leaves town?
Andrew Askingly has big dreams of traveling and seeing all the world has to offer. When he gets an opportunity that could be the beginning of making his ambitions a reality, he jumps on it like a cat on a mouse. But life throws him a double blessing and he has to decide what he wants more–living his dreams or loving his best friend.
Patricia Lowes’ life is crumbling around her, and she’s now an adult orphan living with a family she never knew existed. Yet her new friendship with Andrew is like a light at the end of a dark tunnel. Only it’s going to be blown out soon when he leaves for Carson City for a job. After several stolen kisses and many miles are in between them, disaster strikes, leaving Patty reeling from more than the loss of Andrew. But when he finally hears about the accident, will he realize it’s time to go home?
'Tis Wedding Season (A Standalone Country Rom-Com)
He’s scared of turning into his cheating dad. She had her heart shattered and hasn’t glued all the pieces back together yet. They agree to be just friends, but how long will that last as the sparks flame higher?
Trace
I needed a job and a way out of town, so when Ryder told me about the opening at the Bryford Barn, I jumped on it. He mentioned the boss’s daughter but excluded one not-so-minor detail–she’s a stunner. Not only do her tan legs go for miles and her snarky yet sweet personality makes my heart do things I don’t want it to, we’re working together. Like… day in, day out. I’m not interested in any relationship, let alone one with her, yet when Ryder and his girlfriend sucker me into a blind date, I’m terrified my new friendship with Shaley might be destroyed. But what I can’t understand is why staying “just” friends with Shay is turning out to be so hard…
Shaley
Wedding season… it runs my life. Well, technically that’s Bryford Barn, my family’s wedding venue. Unfortunately we need to hire a new hand since I can’t handle my duties by myself anymore thanks to our chock-full wedding schedule. I knew the new person was a man, but the last thing I expected was a handsome guy who’s my age. My heart is still sore from getting rejected by a jerk and I don’t want to risk hurting it again, but when Trace and I get closer, I don’t know what to think. I mean, how can a girl handle a dimple-flashing, hat-wearing gentleman with a heart of gold who understands her sense of sarcasm without slowly falling big time?
When We Run (A Standalone Historical Western)
“Promise me you’ll take care… of Ebony.” A gurgly cough interrupted his words, but as soon as he’d gotten his breath back, he continued. “Protect her. I trust you.”
“I promise, Grant.” Wes nodded, squeezing his hand tightly. And it was an easy thing to promise, though only he knew why. The love he harbored for Ebony Sawyer was a deeply buried secret. One he had no intention of ever telling.
As death slaughters his employer, Wesley Acton makes a promise he can only fiercely hope to keep: protecting Ebony Sawyer, his boss’s only daughter. But when their world crumbles around them and Ebony becomes orphaned, Wes is left with no other option but to run to the very same town he never desired to step foot in again.
Ebony’s life had always been delightfully sweet… until catastrophe strikes time and time again, leaving her destitute and alone for all but her treasured friend, Wes, who she’s secretly been in love with for years. When life takes an even worse turn, she readily and willingly runs away with him, not giving a second thought to the terrors that lie ahead.
With a rage-filled, evil step-father following their footsteps, the trek to Carson City for Wes and Ebony is nothing short of perilous and life-threatening, but will the journey of finally opening their hearts to one another turn out to be even more challenging?