Cheryl St.John

"Connecting with the reader on an emotional level is a vital skill that every writer must learn to master. Whatever the genre, emotion, tension, conflict, and pathos are essential to hooking the reader's interest from the very first page. Writing With Emotion, Tension, and Conflict gives writers a variety of intensive tools and techniques for instilling emotion into plots, characters, dialogue, and settings in order to achieve the highest impact with each element."--Publisher's website.

Techniques for Crafting an Expressive and Compelling Novel

Writing With Emotion, Tension, and Conflict

Protecting people runs through Jonas Black's blood, and Eliza Jane Sutherland is one woman who needs his strong arms around her. A rugged Montana man, Jonas will guard Eliza from her vile brother-in-law as fiercely as he guards his own heart. But though he can fight her enemies, he can't fight the attraction between them. Soon Jonas is sure they have a future together--only Eliza hides secrets that could change everything....

Her Montana Man

Secrets And Lies Made Poor References, Linnea McConaughy knew. But her survival depended upon keeping her past hidden, especially from her employer, rancher Will Tucker. True, he'd shown her kindness, even tenderness, but could he ever accept her shameful past—and another man's baby? Will Tucker Did Not Like Surprises, and Linnea McConaughy was not the sturdy, past-her-prime widow he'd expected to manage his household. Instead, she was a tiny slip of womanhood desperately seeking a place to belong. Yet much to his growing surprise, that place seemed to be in his home—and his heart!

The Tenderfoot Bride

His Secondhand Wife (Mills & Boon Historical)

Renee Ryan

A fresh start for these Irish sisters… The Wedding Journey by Cheryl St.John With a mysterious inheritance, Irish lass Maeve Murphy and her sisters can come to America. She’s sure happiness awaits her, even if it can’t come from widowed ship doctor Flynn Gallagher. Flynn may have his pick of the ladies, but only one cares as he does for the sick and poor. With Maeve, has his heart found safe harbor at last? Mistaken Bride by Renee Ryan When William Black’s mail-order bride fails to appear at the Boston docks, beautiful, vibrant Bridget Murphy steps in. She will be a temporary nanny to his young twins…but she will not marry without love. William couldn’t be more different from her faithless ex-fiancé. Yet that integrity Bridget so admires binds William to a promise that could keep them apart forever.

The Wedding Journey & Mistaken Bride

Christine Johnson

Christina Rich

Sherri Shackelford

Regina Scott

Love Inspired Historical brings you four new titles! Enjoy these historical romances of adventure and faith. A CONVENIENT CHRISTMAS WEDDING Frontier Bachelors by Regina Scott Nora Underhill needs a husband to fend off her overbearing family, and Simon Wallin wants the farmland he’d earn by marrying her. Their marriage of convenience seems like the perfect bargain…as long as love isn’t part of the deal. COWBOY CREEK CHRISTMAS Cowboy Creek by Cheryl St. John and Sherri Shackelford Children bring couples in a Kansas boomtown together for the holidays in these two stories that show that the best Christmas present of all is a true family. MAIL ORDER MOMMY Boom Town Brides by Christine Johnson Amanda Porter came to town in answer to a mail-order-bride ad placed by Garrett Decker’s children—only to find the groom-to-be didn’t want a wife. Now she’s a housekeeper for the man she hoped to marry, but his children are determined she’ll be their mother by Christmas. THE NEGOTIATED MARRIAGE by Christina Rich The only way Camy Sims can save her land from the railroad threatening to take it is by agreeing to marry a stranger. But can she really trust Duncan Murray with her farm…and her heart?

An Anthology

Harlequin Love Inspired Historical November 2016 Box Set

Conseguiria viver naquele sítio... com aquele homem? Disparar contra um criminoso foi a primeira coisa que a jornalista Hallie Wainwright fez ao chegar ao selvagem oeste, para onde viajara com um grupo de noivas por correspondência. Contudo foi o conforto íntimo dos braços de Cooper DeWitt que fez com que o seu coração batesse muito depressa, tornando mais difícil explicar àquele homem do oeste que ela não era a mulher que fora até lá para ser a sua esposa...

Noiva por correspondência

Victoria Bylin

Carolyn Davidson

A Christmas Child by Carolyn Davidson Marianne Winters has no one in the world but her baby brother, and with Christmas approaching she needs somewhere warm to stay. Will she find her home and a loving heart with the lonely pastor, David McDermott?

The Magic of Christmas: A Christmas Child / The Christmas Dove / A Baby Blue Christmas (Mills & Boon Historical)

Debra Ullrick

Winter of Dreams by Cheryl St. John If Violet Kristofferson had known that her new employer was the town undertaker, she might never have come to Carson Springs as his cook. Yet she needs a fresh start away from scandal. And Ben Charles's unflinching faith could be her path to something truly precious–a new family. The Rancher's Sweetheart by Debra Ullrick The cowboys on her uncle's ranch show Sunny Weston no respect–except for foreman Jed Cooper. A riding and roping contest is Sunny's chance to prove herself. But now that she's falling for Jed, will she find courage to take the biggest risk of all, and trust her heart?

Winter Of Dreams/The Rancher's Sweetheart

Heather Johnson had never intended to return to Whitehorn, Montana. But restoring an inherited ranch seemed the perfect way to pass the summer with her three kids. The moment she hired carpenter Mitch Fielding, though, his motherless twin daughters in tow, those short-term plans suddenly went awry. Mitch was the first man in her life who truly seemed to notice her. And as his skillful hands restored the ranch and ignited a passion she'd never known, her fragile heart began to heal, as well. For once in Heather's life everything seemed magnificent. And that scared her. Because the future she wanted—and the past she'd run from—were forever in Whitehorn….

The Magnificent Seven

Jillian Hart

Carol Finch

Christmas at Cahill Crossing: One Christmas night, outcast Lucas Burnett finds a silver-haired angel buried in the snow. But Rosalie Greer is no pale spirit--she's a fiery, independent woman, as wild as the mustangs Lucas breeds. Can she be the one to finally thaw Lucas's frozen heart?"--Publisher.

The Cowboy's Christmas Miracle\Christmas at Cahill Crossing\A Magical Gift at Christmas

Snowflakes and Stetsons

A experiência ensinara-a a procurar defeitos até num homem perfeito... como ele! Depois de passar por tantas tragédias, Meredith Malone tinha qualquer coisa para festejar: ter trazido ao mundo uma menina linda. Finalmente, concretizara o seu sonho de ser mãe, embora a pequena Anna fosse de uma raça diferente da sua. Fugindo da confusão que o evidente erro da clínica de dadores de esperma provocara, Meredith acabou nos braços de Justin Weber. O atraente advogado preenchia os seus dias e as suas noites com uma paixão que ela jamais vivera. Mas porque tinha a sensação de que, por detrás da sua natureza reservada, ocultava algum segredo?

A menina dos seus olhos

Unexpected father! The pretty redhead Seth Halloway pulls from a derailed train has surprising news for him. The children she's accompanied to Cowboy Creek aren't hers – they're his, thanks to the last wishes of a late friend. Busy rancher Seth must suddenly cope with three rambunctious boys...and try to ignore his growing feelings for independent Marigold Brewster. Marigold hopes to start over as the town's new schoolteacher. She'll choose her own path, and stay aloof from the adorable Radner boys – and their guardian. But the man who rescued her from a wrecked railcar might just be the one to save her from loneliness...if she dares to let him in.

The Rancher Inherits A Family

The Rancher Inherits A Family (Mills & Boon Love Inspired Historical) (Return to Cowboy Creek, Book 1)

Charlie McGraw never should have bought the angel book for his precocious daughter. Because then Meredith wouldn't be convinced that getting a new mommy was as simple as having an "angel" sprinkle him with her "miracle dust. " And she never would have believed the beautiful blond haired woman who drove a truck called the "Silver Angel" was some treetop angel come to life. Starla Richards was no angel. But try telling that to a five-year-old who was so starved for a mother's love that she'd stowed away on Starla's rig. Or convincing herself that miracles just didn't happen to ordinary people when Starla found herself snowbound with the handsome, caring widower and his adorable daughter…

Charlie's Angels

MEMORIES Tye Hatcher returned to Aspen Grove to find that life in the sleepy Western town hadn't changed much. The townspeople stubbornly refused to see the man he had become. That is, everybody but Meg Telford. Meg definitely took notice of the reticent rancher and gave him a chance in life when no one else would. Still, Meg clung to the memories of her late husband, afraid of the feelings Tye aroused in her heart. And though Tye vowed to prove his worth to the town, could he ever prove to Meg that he was worthy of her love?

Joe's Wife

Craft an Emotionally Charged Story That Will Resonate with Readers Emotional impact shouldn't be dropped into your novel as an afterthought or forced upon your story with a pair of pliers and an iron grip. It should be carefully sewn into the fabric of the story to create tension-filled moments that will keep readers turning pages. In Writing with Emotion, Tension, & Conflict, you'll learn how to layer emotional moments and deep connections to create a tapestry filled with conflict, pathos, and genuine feeling. • Create emotional depth, conflict, and tension in your novel by carefully crafting your plot, characters, setting, word choice, and more. • Learn what makes readers "tick"--and what will elicit the strongest emotional responses. • Write believable, emotional scenes and dialogue--and trim away the sappiness. When writing a novel, your ultimate goal is to make readers smile, weep, rage, and laugh right along with your characters. Writing with Emotion, Tension, & Conflict will show you how to evoke a multitude of feelings in your readers--and keep them coming back for more.

A Husband By Any Other Name by Cheryl St.John released on Oct 25, 1996 is available now for purchase.

A Husband by Any Other Name

Cowboy Creek Christmas: Mistletoe Reunion (Cowboy Creek) / Mistletoe Bride (Cowboy Creek) (Mills & Boon Love Inspired Historical)

Dianne Drake

Kathleen Farrell

L’enfant d’un médecin, Dianne Drake Impossible... L’enfant qu’elle porte serait celui d’un donneur anonyme, et non celui de son meilleur ami, qui avait accepté de l’aider à avoir un enfant ? Comment la clinique a-t-elle pu commettre une erreur aussi incroyable ? Deanna est sous le choc ; mais, une fois sa stupeur passée, elle n’a plus qu’une idée en tête : trouver cet homme, le père de son enfant, et lui expliquer la situation. Et, après de longues recherches, elle retrouve enfin sa trace : il s’appelle Beau Alexander, et est médecin à Sugar Creek. Mais au dernier moment Deanna hésite: peut-elle bouleverser pour toujours la vie d’un homme qui ignore tout de son existence ? Un mariage presque parfait, Cheryl St John Accepter la demande en mariage de Dev Holmes, trois jours après leur rencontre, est la chose la plus impulsive que le Dr Brynna Holmes ait jamais faite... Et celle dont elle est la plus fière. Mais aujourd’hui, huit mois plus tard, malgré l’amour qu’elle porte à son mari, elle ne peut s’empêcher de douter. Surtout depuis qu’elle a annoncé à Dev qu’elle était enceinte : loin de la réaction de joie à laquelle elle s’attendait, l’indifférence qu’a affichée Dev l’a bouleversée. Et Brynna se demande si, au fond, elle connaît vraiment l’homme qu’elle a épousé... + 1 TITRE GRATUIT Une femme déterminée, Kathleen Farrell

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