Desert Rose #1-Warrior Series“A firecracker of a book from Laura Taylor! In the beautifully written Desert Rose, a downed pilot imprisoned in the Middle East learns the true meaning of love when a lovely humanitarian relief worker is thrown into the next cell. Ms. Taylor ... brilliantly depicts the price sometimes asked of individuals in the name of higher causes." Romantic Times Book ReviewDesert Rose Book #1-Warrior SeriesA Special Author's Cut Updated Edition of the Bantam Loveswept Novel #555:“A firecracker of a book from Laura Taylor! In the beautifully written Desert Rose, a downed pilot imprisoned in the Middle East learns the true meaning of love when a lovely humanitarian relief worker is thrown into the next cell. Ms. Taylor brings more than one tear to the eye as she brilliantly depicts the very high price sometimes asked of individuals in the name of higher causes. But it is the joy of her lovers’ triumph over their adversity that will linger with you always.” Romantic Times Book ReviewsRomantic Times Book Awards for Desert Rose:Reviewer’s Choice Certificate of Excellence for Best Series Romance NovelReviewer’s Choice Award for Best Bantam Loveswept Novel of the YearReader Praise for Desert Rose:“I absolutely loved this book!”“If you like patriotic, tough as nails military guys with a sensitive side, read this!”“Loved the book … I look forward to reading more from Laura Taylor!”“Great writing style by the author.”“Compelling!”“I loved this story!”“Yet another winner by Laura Taylor!”“They found true love in the most terrifying place.”“I love everything Laura Taylor writes.”

A desert princess bears a foreign king's child, but his nation's scorn threatens to destroy their love.Can a desert princess find love with a foreign king? Johari lives in the shadow of her beautiful sister until a foreign king notices her, but in her haste to prove herself worthy of affection she finds herself compromised and on a difficult journey to make things right. This is a short story set in the world of Nälu years before the opening scene of Secrets Kept, a fantasy novel.

An unforgettable addition to his widely acclaimed body of work, The Late Child is Larry McMurtry's tender, funny, and poignant sequel to The Desert Rose. McMurtry delivers another rich cast of characters -- and a heartfelt, bittersweet story that unfolds on the open road, in one woman's search for strength, understanding, and hope. Harmony is the optimistic, resilient Las Vegas ex-showgirl who returns home one day to the news that her beloved daughter has died, in New York, of AIDS. She manages to stay afloat, buoyed by her precocious five-year-old son, Eddie, and her two outspoken sisters as they set forth on a journey across the country, seeking answers about her daughter's death. From Nevada to New York to Oklahoma, the eccentrics Harmony and her entourage meet nudge them closer to an inner peace with life, and a way to find hope in the future. Alive with inventive storytelling and honest emotion, The Late Child is a warm, enriching experience that celebrates the unique relationship between mother and child.

Three talented women brought together by a man's love...When Rose Macklin is asked to help Alec Thurston, the one man she's ever truly loved, by coming to Palm Desert, California, she doesn't hesitate. He's dying of cancer and needs her help overseeing the sale of his hotel, the Desert Sage Inn, to another hotel group. With her marketing skill and as the owner of a very successful blog, she's his perfect choice to make the sale a smooth transition while ensuring the new owners will maintain the reputation and image of the upscale property after the sale. She arrives to find Alec has summoned two other women to help with the project. Lily Weaver was once Alec's assistant, and Willow Sanchez was like a daughter to him. They join forces to help him, lovingly accepting his nickname for them—the Desert Flowers, similar to the well-known Charlie's Angels of TV fame.When Rose is assigned to work alongside Hank Bowers, an independent consultant to the hotel...

A letter from the grandfather she never knew brings Meagan Rae King home to learn that she has inherited Meadow's Run, the largest ranch in Oklahoma. Here, she plans to escape her past and focus on her art career. However, with her co-owner, an old high school crush, Trystan Andrew Welsh, it's hard to concentrate on anything other than him. "luckily, Meagan's two best friends, Jenny and Harper, are by her side, and they will do anything they can to help her."

When Lorrine runs off with a wild mage, she leaves behind a woman in tears, whose shattered life may not be worth repairing. Will Kama recover? Will Lorrine ever grow up and recognize her own feelings? Or will wild magic bring an end to them all...Summer has set in the small coastal town of Breezewater, Georgia, and nineteen-year-old Sarah Towson has returned home from college in California. In the midst of her fresh return, she finds her family and friends are much adjusted to life without her. On the other side of town, Joel Sealet, who went to high school with Sarah, uncovers a sad truth about his own family. And unlike the high school valedictorian, Joel stayed close to home, a place he has discovered might be suffocating him.While neither is looking for love, the two meet and discover that the Earth revolves no matter what others do to them. And this one summer... Sadly, they'll have to let it go.

Longarm wrangles with some cattle rustlers in the heat of the desert!A pack of rustlers have made a recent habit of holding up trains coming through Rampart Valley and raiding their cattle shipments. And they’ve managed to confound everybody in the district by leaving behind not a single trace—of themselves or the stolen cows.   Now it’s up to Longarm to ride into the Llano Caliente—the hottest, deadliest desert around—and figure out how a gang of thieves and the beef they stole have managed to vanish into thin air.   The sooner he tracks ’em down the better—especially as he’s got a very pretty tomboy who promises to make his coming back in one piece worth his while.

Pulitzer Prize-winner Larry McMurtry writes novels set in the American heartland, but his real territory is the heart itself. His gift for writing about women -- their love for reckless, hopeless men; their ability to see the good in losers; and their peculiar combination of emotional strength and sudden weakness -- makes The Desert Rose the bittersweet, funny, and touching book that it is. Harmony is a Las Vegas showgirl. At night she's a lead dancer in a gambling casino; during the day she raises peacocks. She's one of a dying breed of dancers, faced with fewer and fewer jobs and an even bleaker future. Yet she maintains a calm cheerfulness in that arid neon landscape of supermarkets, drive-in wedding chapels, and all-night casinos. While Harmony's star is fading, her beautiful, cynical daughter Pepper's is on the rise. But Harmony remains wistful and optimistic through it all. She is the unexpected blossom in the wasteland, the tough and tender desert rose. Hers is a loving portrait that only Larry McMurtry could render.

Axel Waldermann's days in paradise are numbered, and he knows it. The last thing this reluctant hero needs is temptation in the form of a curvy she-wolf. One step too close, one kiss too many, and he'll shatter the fragile alliance between his shifter clan and the powerful wolves of Twin Moon pack. But with destiny whispering in his ear and desire pumping through his veins, how can he resist?

A fast-paced modern romance: Tariq el-Tayeb emotionally blackmails Katie Sharpe into helping him, but that doesn't mean she belongs to him. Katie has only one motive, and together, they have to survive unexpected turns and twists until love finds them worthy of each other.