Gabriel's Lady. Ana Seymour

      Table of Contents

       Cover Page

       Praise

       Excerpt

       Dear Reader

       Title Page

       About the Author

       Dedication

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

       Chapter Six

       Chapter Seven

       Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

       Chapter Ten

       Chapter Eleven

       Chapter Twelve

       Chapter Thirteen

       Chapter Fourteen

       Chapter Fifteen

       Chapter Sixteen

       Chapter Seventeen

       Chapter Eighteen

       Author Note

       Copyright

      Critical acclaim for Ana Seymour

       Moonrise

      “Fast-paced adventure and sensuous romance…impossible to put down.”

      —Affaire de Coeur

      “…memorable lovers…secondary characters who add humor and excitement.”

      —Romantic Times

       Brides for Sale

      “…fast-paced romance…titillating right up to its fantastic finale.”

      —Affaire de Coeur

       Angel of the Lake

      “…a love that stands the test of tragic circumstances.”

      —Romantic Times

       The Bandit’s Bride

      “…a beautiful love story…”

      —Rendezvous

      “Do you know how to fire a gun?” Gabe asked.

      “I’ve never even touched a gun,” Amelia replied. “Much less fired one. And I haven’t the slightest desire to do so.”

      

      His fingers slid down her cheek to trace the fine line of her jaw. “You’re in the Wild West now, Amelia. Things out here aren’t resolved at tea parties.”

      

      She drew in a breath and waited for his fingers to leave her skin so that she could swallow the liquid that had pooled in her mouth.

      

      He dropped his hand. The sun glinted highlights in his hair and mustache. Amelia tried to concentrate on what she was saying. “I…don’t think I could fire a gun.”

      

      “Then I’ll teach you,” he said. His deep voice had taken on that husky tone again. Something was definitely happening between them, and Amelia had absolutely no idea what to do about it!

      Dear Reader,

      

      Ana Seymour has set her sixth book for Harlequin Historicals in a gold-mining town in the Dakota Territory. Gabriel’s Lady is the story of an eastern dogooder who heads west to rescue her wayward brother and finds herself falling in love with his disreputable mining partner. This delightful Western is the first of two connected stories, so keep an eye out for the brother’s story, Lucky Bride, coming in January.

      For those of you whose tastes run to medieval novels, Knight’s Ransom is the next book in Suzanne Barclay’s dramatic ongoing series, The Sommerville Brothers. This story of a French knight who captures the daughter of his enemy to avenge the murder of his family marks the author’s exciting return to the series that won her several awards and terrific reviews.

      RITA Award finalist Laurel Ames is back with Tempted, her new novel that Affaire de Coeur calls an “exciting, unusual, and delightfully quirky Regency.” And Emily French rounds out the month with her emotional tale, The Wedding Bargain, about a Puritan woman who defies her community to marry a bondsman with a tortured past.

      We hope you’ll keep a lookout for all four titles wherever Harlequin Historicals are sold.

      

      Sincerely,

      

      Tracy Farrell

      Senior Editor

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      Gabriel’s Lady

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