Lipstick and Lead Series

In 1880 Zenith Texas, the McKenzie sisters, Meg, Annabelle and Ruby find themselves penniless after the death of their father. When the bank threatens foreclosure, the women realize they need a way to support themselves. They have three options; marriage, women's work or… following in their papa's footsteps. After her failed proposal of marriage, Meg McKenzie, turns to her dream of being a seamstress and discovers its not all its cracked up to be. Sweet and practical Annabelle McKenzie gives waitressing, a whirl, but soon wandering hands shove her out the door. The youngest of the McKenzie sisters, Ruby has her rose-colored glasses tarnished when she discovers cleaning houses can be hazardous to her virtue. Spectacularly fired from their traditional jobs, they have no choice but to follow in their father's footsteps-bounty-hunting.  Bounty Hunter Women –They Always Get Their Man.  

Second Chances at Love Can Be Deadly  Heavily burdened with the responsibility of her sisters and her homestead, Meg McKenzie must dress in men's clothing and take on a job as a bounty hunter. One last captured outlaw will pay off the farm, leaving her free to pursue her dream of becoming a dressmaker. Once again, the man who refused her marriage proposal stands in her way of happiness.  In the small Texas town of Zenith, only Meg McKenzie could expose Sheriff Zach Gillespie and leave him vulnerable, naked and tied up. To keep her from getting too close to the truth, he must outmaneuver her and guard his secret. Forced to make a difficult decision, will Zach choose Meg, or betray a misguided loyalty.  Can these two look beyond the obvious and find true love? 

The Hunt of a Lifetime Becomes a Journey of the Heart Annabelle McKenzie stays at home and takes care of the farm and the bookkeeping for their family bounty hunting business while her two sisters take all the risks. Except that she's grown bored and longs for adventure. The chance to show her sisters that she's just as capable of bringing a man to justice and collecting a bounty as they are. When opportunity bumps into her at the bank, she recklessly follows her prey out of town. Only she soon realizes she's chosen the wrong man to hunt.   Beau Samuels has a dark secret that goes beyond the price on his head. And now there's a wanted poster with his face plastered in every small Texas sheriff's office.  As if things couldn't get worse, now he has a novice in a skirt brandishing a gun and is determined to collect his reward. Could he get away from the blonde spitfire with his heart intact?   When Annabelle unlocks the secrets to his heart and reveals the true man behind the wanted poster, can she lay aside her scruples and allow herself to love an outlaw?    

Sometimes the Past Refuses To Stay In The Past  In west Texas, bounty hunter, Ruby McKenzie loves using her beauty and wiles to chase bad guys and bring them to justice. Her married sisters refuse to let her pursue criminals alone so Ruby takes her greenhorn cousin Caroline out on a hunt, where they stumble upon the cowboy who rejected Ruby. Deke Culver, the only man who ever resisted her charm.  Bounty hunter Deke Culver is shocked when Ruby, the woman he dreams of, rides into his camp and steals his outlaw. After Carolyn shoots a bank robber, Deke convinces Ruby that her cousin is one bullet away from getting hurt. Alone, the two embark on a journey to recapture Ruby's father's killer, unprepared for the unfulfilled feelings that are reawakened.  But Deke has secrets that haunt him and keep him from committing to a woman. Can Ruby heal his wounded heart and help him learn to love again? Or will those skeletons keep him prisoner? 

Revenge or Redemption? Hell hath no fury like a woman betrayed. Hannah Williams' first goal after becoming a bounty hunter is to kill her stepfather who sold her into prostitution. Even though her life is in jeopardy, Hannah returns to Hide Town, Texas only to stumble across a man brutally beaten. Upon taking him to her hideout, she is horrified to discover he's the man who turned his back on her, during her blackest moment. Preacher Jackson Colster never thought he would see Hannah Williams again. The last thing he expects is for the girl he refused to help, to save his life after he's left for dead. Now, he has to convince Hannah not to seek the revenge she craves. In mending her wounded past, can she help him confront his own haunting nightmares. Can Hannah and Jackson heal their wounds, silence the past, and let love guide their future?

The bumbling female bounty hunter meets a dime novelist and does he have a story to tell.   Escaping her matchmaking mother, Caroline Mckenzie becomes the bumbling female bounty hunter. Luck protects her from her inept self, until she meets Trent Holmes. Then all bets are off.   Using his past experiences riding with a gang, Trent Holmes is writing dime novels, trying to stay alive. Until Caroline attempts to arrest him for the crimes he's hoping to escape.   With secrets between them, can two misfits come together before their pasts tear them apart?

A Burning Need for Revenge   Addie King will stop at nothing to get her revenge. Not even a Texas Ranger can slow her down. But she's more than happy to wreck havoc in the lawman's life, if he gets in her way. Until the night she realizes she may have met her match.   Texas Ranger, Wesley Selig knows that a savage gang is being run from Central Texas and is determined to find who they're working for. Only problem a devious redhead who is under the false belief she's a bounty hunter. Determined that only she will bring in the ruthless outlaws, they play a dangerous game of cat and mouse, until she's caught in his trap.   Can the lawman and the bounty hunter bring in the mysterious ringleader creating mayhem in the county? Or will her need for revenge and his need for justice tear them apart?

Some Husbands Just Won't Die   On the brink of losing everything, Dora Tennyson learns her dead husband is alive and well in Fort Worth. And married. Determined to capture the man who stole her inheritance, she becomes a bounty hunter. Only problem is three orphaned children and one gorgeous cowboy stand in her way.    Jesse Moore vows revenge on the man who fatally poisoned his sister—Leo Tennyson…her husband. Raising his sister's three children, he's shocked when a woman shows up claiming to be Leo's legal wife.    Who will find Leo first, the betrayed bounty hunter or the enraged brother? Along the trail, sparks fly between Dora and Jesse, igniting an inferno. Will desire bind them together forever or will a secret Dora keeps tear them apart?