Ballad Beauty

by Lauren Linwood

Soul Mate Publishing

Historical Romance, Historical Romance: Old West

March 25, 2015

ISBN-10: 1682910164

ISBN-13: 9781682910160

Available in: e-Book

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Ballad Beauty
by Lauren Linwood

After ten years apart, Boston schoolmarm Jenny McShanahan receives a letter from her beloved father that instructs her to join him in Texas. She has no idea that he's become Famous Sam McShan, the Robin Hood of the West. She arrives to find Sam already gone, but he left instructions for Jenny to hire a guide and rendezvous with him in Nevada.

Texas Ranger Noah Daniel Webster knows Sam personally because his father, Pistol Pete Webber, was Sam's longtime partner in crime. When Pete is killed during their last big score, Noah requests the assignment to bring Sam to justice. Going undercover, he volunteers to act as Jenny's escort across the dangerous prairie, using her to track her outlaw father's location.

As they journey through rough country, love blossoms---but Noah knows the second he arrests Sam, his betrayal will kill Jenny's love for him. Should the lawman do his duty as a Ranger, or should he let love rule? The choice Noah makes will change their lives forever.



Lauren Linwood's Bio

Lauren Linwood's historical romances use history as a backdrop to place her characters in extraordinary circumstances, where their intense desire for one another grows into the treasured gift of love. Her romantic suspense novels feature strong heroes and heroines who unite to defeat a clever antagonist and discover a deep, abiding love during their journey. A native Texan, Lauren is an avid reader, moviegoer, and sports fan who manages stress by alternating yoga with long walks. She plans to start a support group for Fixer Upper addicts---as soon as she finishes her next piece of dark chocolate. Lauren also writes the medieval romance series The Knights of Honor as Alexa Aston for Dragonblade Publishing.