Devil's Dare

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Her first published historical romance, Defiant Heart, a medieval, was published in 1987. Her sixth book, The Raven and the Swan, a Harlequin Historical novel, won the 1995 National Readers' Choice Award in the short historical division.

Laurie has been a full-time emergency room nurse for 28 years, and is a former paramedic and Lifeflight nurse. She now works in a family practice doctor's office while remaining part-time with the E.R. as a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, or S.A.N.E. She says having two very diverse worlds keeps her more sane in each of them.

She is married to her own real-life hero and has two daughters, two stepdaughters, three grandchildren (with another on the way!), two horses, three dogs, two cats, and lives in rural central Ohio.

Laurie's fans may contact her through her Web site, www.sff.net/people/LaurieGrant, or via snail mail at Laurie Grant, P.O. Box 307274, Gahanna, OH 43230.

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Rede Smith wasn’t counting on finding love with the beautiful and respectable Adelaide Kelly. Her tender mercies and intoxicating touch gave him hope for a life free of the dark secret that plagued him. But Addy had a secret too she was neither a widow nor respectable in small-town eyes. But the scandal her divorced status would create paled beside the shocking fact that she’d allowed the rugged Texas Ranger into her home, heart and deepest desires.

Chase Wheeler's Woman by Charlene Sands

All of Chase’s defences shattered when he saw the very beautiful, very spoiled Letty Sue Withers. Her coquettish charm had brought small-town bachelors to their knees. It was Chase’s job to protect her and keep her safe from her own recklessness. But he was shocked when Letty Sue risked her life for his...and bound him to her forever! Could the wilful Letty Sue be the strong, proud woman he had always wanted by his side?

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You Just Couldn't Count On A Woman

That's what Garrick Devlin believed when his wife deserted him after the war. Now he'd been deceived by a woman again. The man he'd hired for his Texas newspaper had turned out to be a meddlesome female and a Yanker to boot! But her fiery beauty still attracted him, though he knew perfectly well that a woman couldn't be trusted.

Love saw with the heart, not the eyes. And Maggie's heart longed for Garrick Devlin and his young son. But would Garrick ever learn to trust her? Or would a foolish liaison from her past forever destroy their newfound chance at happiness?","rating":"3.47","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":12007,"isbn13":"9781460857465","title":"Maggie And The Maverick","seo":"maggie-and-the-maverick","summary":"You Just Couldn't Count On A Woman That's what Garrick Devlin believed when his wife deserted him after the war. Now he'd been deceived by a woman again. The man he'd hired for his Texas newspaper...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781460857465.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Historical","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027050"},{"name":"Romance / General","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027000"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"
Morgan Calhoun Was A Wanted Man

Morgan knew he would someday prove his innocence, but for now Sarah Challoner needed his protection, and he was determined to guard her with his life even if it meant loosing both his freedom and his heart!

Sarah's lofty title had proven to be of little use in the rugged lawlessness of the American West, and when exrancher Morgan Calhoun offered her his help, she could only hope that her faith in the desperate man was not a mistake she would later regret!","rating":"3.37","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":12579,"isbn13":"9781460863947","title":"The Duchess And The Desperado","seo":"the-duchess-and-the-desperado","summary":"...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781460863947.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Historical","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027050"},{"name":"Romance / General","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027000"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"
Olivia Didn't Believe in Second Chances

She and Cal Devlin had been in love a lifetime ago, before she'd lost everything and been branded a \"scarlet woman.\" And though she longed for nothing more than to be back in Cal's arms, their passion could only mean his ruin !

Caleb had learned that some Texans never forgave their native sons who fought for the Union, but as the new lawman in town, he was determined to prove himself worthy of respect, and win back the heart of the woman he'd left behind.","rating":"3.88","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":12924,"isbn13":"9781460870303","title":"Lawman","seo":"lawman","summary":"...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781460870303.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Historical","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027050"},{"name":"Romance / General","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027000"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"
A GOOD MAN WAS HARD TO FIND

Especially for Mercy Fairweather, whose preacher father kept her well hidden. Mercy was innocence, smarts and beauty tempting to the Devil himself. But even an angel deserved some fun. So when cowboy Sam Devlin asked her to dinner, she found a way to say yes.

Sam Devlin knew a pretty lady when he saw one, and Mercedes LaFleche was one such woman. He'd heard she was \"particular\" with her favours, but he'd never wined and dined a more blushing, naive little gal, and he was beginning to wonder if this was, indeed, the infamous soiled dove.

Don't miss this new tale by READER'S CHOICE award nominee Laurie Grant","rating":"3.37","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":13659,"isbn13":"9781460876503","title":"Devil's Dare","seo":"devils-dare","summary":"...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781460876503.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Romance / General","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027000"},{"name":"Historical","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027050"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"
How Could One Hide A Noble Heart?

Alain, Baron of Hawkswell, knew his children's winsome nursemaid was not all she seemed. Nay, beneath her serf's homespun lay a golden soul whose mysterious allure would change his life forever!

Lady Claire de Coverly dared not reveal her Norman identity or her duplicitous mission to the imposing Lord of Hawkswell Castle, for to do so would destroy the joy she found with his children and end the exquisite passion she felt in his arms!","rating":"3.42","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2012-07-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":13688,"isbn13":"9781460876855","title":"My Lady Midnight","seo":"my-lady-midnight","summary":"...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781460876855.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Romance / General","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027000"},{"name":"Historical","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027050"}],"scheduled":[]}],"scheduled":[],"products":[]}