Jill Marie Landis ~ Booklist




		Summer Moon Publisher: Bell Bridge Books (September 4, 2018) Rancher seeking wife … A newspaper ad is the desperately needed answer to Kate Whittington’s prayers. Abandoned by her mother—the town tramp, raised in a bleak Maine orphanage, and a spinster without prospects, Kate dreams of a home and family of her own. Unfortunately, when she arrives to begin her new life, the man she believes she married by proxy denies placing the ad. He denies ever corresponding with or marrying her. Worse, he’s a Texas Ranger who’s recently been wounded while rescuing a boy from the Comanche—a boy he believes may be his long lost son. Reed Benton doesn’t want a wife, doesn’t believe Kate’s story of an ad and letters, but he does need help taming the wild, resentful young boy under his roof—a boy who is a painful reminder of a past filled with betrayal and lies. There is no place in Reed Benton’s heart for a woman. Can the faith of one woman with nothing left to lose create a miracle and heal two damaged souls? Books: Amazon eBooks: Kindle • Nook • Kobo • iBooks • Google

		The Orchid Hunter Publisher: Bell Bridge Books (August 8, 2017) Can an English lady raised as a "wild orchid" ever be truly tamed? When Trevor Mandeville leaves behind the drawing rooms of London and journeys to an island paradise in search of a rare orchid, he comes face-to-face with an even more shocking treasure. Stolen from her family at a young age, Joya Penn has spent most of her life running wild and free. Trevor tries to resist her charms, but soon finds himself captivated by the deliciously innocent—yet wildly seductive—young creature with eyes as blue as a mountain lake and blonde hair rippling down her back in an untamed mane. Given her first taste of desire by the handsome adventurer, Joya believes all her dreams have come true when Trevor agrees to escort her back to London. But her uninhibited ways quickly throw his entire household—and his heart—into delightful chaos. As Joya despairs of ever being the sort of "proper lady" Trevor could love, Trevor begins to wonder if he's finally found the treasure he has been hunting for his entire life . . . in the forbidden paradise of Joya's arms. Books: Amazon eBooks: Kindle • Nook • Kobo • iBooks • Google

		Jade Publisher: Bell Bridge Books (August 1, 2017) Can a mysterious beauty win the heart of the most eligible bachelor in San Francisco in this tender western romance? Jade Douglas is a determined young woman who risks it all to travel to San Francisco in the late 1800's to learn the truth about her father's mysterious death. J.T. Harrington is a handsome, rugged rancher who has just inherited a vast estate. When he finds the radiant beauty on his doorstep, he is tempted to ignore his vow never to love again and offer Jade both his name and his heart. Before their scandalous wedding can unveil the secrets of the past, J.T. and Jade find themselves torn apart by a dangerous deception, but brought together again by a desire too powerful for either one of them to deny . . . "Guaranteed to enthrall...a fast-paced love story with the sensuality of a red silk robe."--Romantic Times "Sizzling romance, mystery, and intrigue...a keeper you'll want to read over and over!"--Rendezvous "Jill Marie Landis is fabulous!"-- New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller "A gifted writer...able to enthrall readers and touch their deepest emotions."--Romantic Times "If you love historical romance, you'll adore Jill Marie Landis."--New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah "Historical romance at its very best!"--Publishers Weekly Books: Amazon eBooks: Kindle • Nook • Kobo • iBooks • Google

		Until Tomorrow Publisher: Bell Bridge Books (August 16, 2017) Can two yearning hearts learn to beat as one? Dake Reed is a jaded soldier traveling home from the Civil War when he stumbles across an ambushed wagon—and a helpless newborn in need of a mother. The last thing Cara James expects to see is a lean and handsome stranger riding across the lonely prairie with a baby in his arms. She's nothing but a backwoods girl with sky-blue eyes living on a Kansas homestead, making rag dolls . . . and dreaming of a better life. Desperate to find someone to share his burden, Dake uses his sweet-as-molasses drawl to coax Cara into leaving everything behind and joining him on his journey. As Dake and Cara travel to a place they both hope to call home, Cara dares to dream it's not just the child who needs her tender touch . . . but the man. Books: Amazon eBooks: Kindle • Nook • Kobo • iBooks • Google

		Past Promises Publisher: Bell Bridge Books (August 1, 2017) Can a proper lady coax a rugged cowboy into surrendering his heart in this delightful historical romance? Prim and proper Jessica Stanbridge is a brilliant woman who hides her beauty behind a pair of thick, wire-framed spectacles. She travels to the Wild West in search of historical artifacts, but instead finds an ornery—but gorgeous—cowboy who agrees to serve as her guide. Rory Burnett hides his passion in his secret poetry, but he can't disguise his growing desire for the determined young beauty . . . or his fear that Jessica's quest might lead her into deadly danger. As the spark of passion between them flares into an irresistible flame beneath the sizzling kiss of the desert sun, Rory and Jessica must decide if the promises of the past are going to lead them to destruction . . . or to a future in each other's arms . . . eBooks: Kindle • Kobo • iBooks • Nook • Google

		Glass Beach Publisher: Bell Bridge Books (April 29, 2014) Even paradise demands a price for love and happiness . . . Widowed Elizabeth Bennett believes her troubles are over. Her loveless marriage is at an end. The death of her husband leaves her free to raise their daughter, Hadley, alone on her beautiful Hawaiian ranch . . . until the handsome Spence Laamea, her husband's heir and illegitimate son from a liaison with a native woman, arrives. Spence takes the estate-and Elizabeth's fate-under his control. Despite her distrust and against a backdrop of disapproval among the island's strict nineteenth-century white society, passions erupt between them. Elizabeth and Spence struggle to build a life for themselves and her daughter. When a deadly hurricane bears down on the island, it tests the bonds of love and loyalty they've tried to deny. Books: Amazon • Barnes & Noble eBooks: Kindle • Nook • Kobo

		Magnolia Creek Publisher: Bell Bridge Books (September 6, 2017) A year after the Civil War's end, battle-scarred surgeon Dru Talbot—presumed long dead by all who loved him—returns home. Through everything he'd clung to the dream of starting life over with the bride he'd married on the very eve he left for war. Yet the truth that awaits him in Magnolia Creek is nothing like his fairy tale. Young widow Sara Collier had risen above her grief for Dru, refusing to mourn her life away. But she'd put her faith and trust in the wrong man and made one wrong choice that changed her future forever. Sara returns to Magnolia Creek an outcast, a fallen woman, the mother of a child born out of wedlock. Soon she must face the man she'd loved so desperately when she was young, innocent, and the world was hers. Can he forgive her? Can he truly still love her? Or her child? Books: Amazon eBooks: Kindle • Nook • Kobo • Google • iBook



		Heart of Stone (Irish Angel Series) Publisher: Zondervan (February 23, 2010) She had the darkest of pasts. And he had everything to lose by loving her. Laura Foster, free from the bondage of an unspeakable childhood, has struggled to make a new life for herself. Now the owner of an elegant boardinghouse in Glory, Texas, she is known as a wealthy, respectable widow. But Laura never forgets that she is always just one step ahead of her past. When Reverend Brand McCormick comes calling, Laura does all she can to discourage him as a suitor. She knows that if her past were discovered, Brand's reputation would be ruined. But it's not only Laura's past that threatens to bring Brand down---it's also his own. When a stranger in town threatens to reveal too many secrets, Laura is faced with a heartbreaking choice: Should she leave Glory forever and save Brand's future? Or is it worth risking his name---and her heart---by telling him the truth? Books: Amazon • Barnes & Noble eBooks: Kindle • Nook • Kobo • iBooks

		Heart of Lies (Irish Angel Series) Publisher: Zondervan (February 22, 2011) Raised in a tribe of street urchins, Maddie Grande was taught to be a thief and beggar on the streets of New Orleans. But Maddie doesn't know her real name or where she came from. Raised by Dexter Grande, Maddie and her twin 'brothers' have recently left New Orleans and moved to the bayou. The twins are rarely there, but Maddie has come to love the swamp. She has learned to fish and trap and sell pelts at the local mercantile. Maddie longs to change her life but knows that her brothers will never give up their lawless ways. When they kidnap the daughter of a wealthy carpetbagger, the twins force Maddie to hide the precocious eight-year-old while they return to New Orleans to wait for notice of a reward. Pinkerton agent Tom Abbott is assigned to the kidnapping case in which Maddie has become an accomplice. In a journey that takes them to Baton Rouge, a mutual attraction becomes evident, but Tom and Maddie cannot trust each other. Will Maddie ever discover who she is? Will her real family ever find her? Will Maddie and Tom listen to their hearts? Or will they choose honor over love? Books: Amazon • Barnes & Noble eBooks: Kindle • Nook • Kobo • iBooks

		Heart of Glass (Irish Angel Series) Publisher: Zondervan (March 20, 2012) Kate Keene's childhood memories compel her to take her newly-acquired architectural skills to a dilapidated Louisiana mansion. But when she returns to the Reconstruction-era South, she's shocked to discover the man she's dreamed of for so long has become a bitter, angry recluse. Colin Delany, the handsome older brother of her best friend, has lost all he once held dear, with no hope of ever restoring the Belle Fleuve mansion and plantation. Filled with spunk and determination, Kate feels it's her duty to help, so when Colin demands she roll up her drawings and get out, she refuses. And when Colin forces Kate to promise his dying sister they will care for his niece and nephew, she complies. Having been orphaned herself, Kate realizes she must put the children's welfare above her own, even if it means a marriage of convenience. But will Colin's hovering darkness ever lift? And can Kate's persistent love and faith transform their uncertain future? Book three in the Irish Angel series explores the hope of a reflection of love in a heart of glass. Books: Amazon • Barnes & Noble eBooks: Kindle • Nook • Kobo • iBooks

		Homecoming Publisher: Steeple Hill (July 1, 2008) For the first time, Eyes-of-the-Sky prayed to the white man's God. One look in the mirror told her she was not a Comanche…yet she remembered no other life. She watched the whites who had taken her in after her "rescue," the mother, Hattie, and her handsome son, Joe, and wondered what her life had been like before her childhood abduction. She looked at Joe, who had suffered much and forgave little, and knew longing in her heart. But questions remained: What am I? Who am I? Jill Marie Landis weaves an unforgettable story about a young woman adrift in two worlds, and her courageous journey to discovery, belonging and love. Books: Amazon eBooks: Kindle • Nook • Kobo

		The Accidental Lawman Publisher: Steeple Hill (June 1, 2009) Read Excerpt Not five minutes in a one-horse Texas town, and Hank Larson foils a bank robbery. No matter that one of the bandits tripped right over Hank's dusty boots. Suddenly, the newcomer is hailed a hero and anointed sheriff. Hank came to Glory to report crime in the newspaperÂ—not stop it himself. But everyone thinks the Lord led him there to save the day. Everyone except the town's beautiful healer, Amelia Hawthorne. The robber who got away was her nineteen-year-old brother. And it's Hank's job to bring the guy in. Hank knows all about losing family. And he slowly sets about restoring Amelia's shaky faith. But doing what's right might mean breaking her heart… and his own. Books: Amazon eBooks: Nook



		Lover's Lane Publisher: Bell Bridge Books (July 6, 2016) Read Excerpt For six years, Carly Nolan has built a life for herself and her son Christopher, never getting too close to anyone. Nobody in the sleepy little beach community of Twilight Cove suspects she is running—from the mistakes she made in her youth, the memory of her fiancé Rick and his unexpected death, and the rich, powerful people who want to take away her child. All that is about to change. Private investigator Jake Montgomery has been searching for the elusive Caroline Graham since the day she disappeared with Rick's baby. When he finally finds her living under an assumed name, she's no longer a wild teenager, but a devoted, utterly captivating single mother. Cautiously, Carly dares to trust an outsider for the first time in years. She never imagines that Jake, caught between his mission and his growing passion, poses a threat to her protected world. If her secrets are revealed, Carly risks losing the child she holds so dear—and the man who possesses the key to her heart. Books: Amazon • Barnes & Noble eBooks: Kindle • Nook • Kobo • iBooks

		Heat Wave Publisher: Bell Bridge Books (December 13, 2016) Read Excerpt Private investigator Kat Vargas once cared about someone so much it hurt. Once she lived a dream life with her first love and fiancé—until betrayal followed by shattering tragedy ended it all. Kat has sworn never to get too close to anyone again. But now the peace and quiet of Twilight Cove is driving the straight-talking, no-nonsense P.I. crazy. Then a prospective new client shows up at the door. Moved by his stubbornness and sincerity, Kat takes his case, breaking a promise to relax, recoup, and rethink her solitary life. Ty Chandler is desperate to locate the child he fathered nineteen years ago—a child he never knew existed until now. Although he's no stranger to heartache, he is irresistibly drawn to the exotic, vibrantly alluring P.I. Their search not only leads them to Ty's troubled, strong-willed daughter, but into each others' arms. Though Kat courageously works to help Ty reunite his family, she's terrified of confronting a painful secret of her own—one that will cost her the love of the only man capable of tearing down the walls she's built around her heart. Books: Amazon • Barnes & Noble eBooks: Kindle • Nook • Kobo • iBooks

		Heartbreak Hotel Publisher: Bell Bridge Books (April 4, 2019) Return to Twilight Cove for a tender and suspenseful story of families lost and found, of unexpected love, and second chances. Betrayed and broke, but not broken... Reed Benton doesn’t want a wife, doesn’t believe Kate’s story of an ad and letters, but he does need help taming the wild, resentful young boy under his roof—a boy who is a painful reminder of a past filled with betrayal and lies. There is no place in Reed Benton’s heart for a woman. Tracy Potter lived a perfect life, created a loving home for her family, but her husband’s sudden death reveals her perfect life has been a lie—from the marriage vows to their wealth. Determined to remake her life on her own terms, Tracy focuses on resurrecting the Heartbreak Hotel—along-abandoned turn-of-the-century inn overlooking the Pacific Ocean. But her vow to trust only herself is tested the night mysterious loner Wade MacAllister checks in. Little known Heartbreak Hotel is the perfect place for Wade to disappear from the world for a while, from his notoriety as an author, and from the shocking events of his past. But Tracy’s struggle and determination all too quickly fire his desire and capture his imagination and emotions. What he feels for her is dragging his long dead writer’s muse out of hiding and forcing him to risk the anonymity on which his survival depends. Will Wade’s dark past destroy their chance to find love again? Books: Amazon eBooks: Kindle • Nook • Kobo • iBooks • Google


		Mai Tai One On Publisher: Bell Bridge Books (July 1, 2011) "I loved this book!" -- Susan Elizabeth Phillips, New York Times Bestselling author "Smart and sassy, fun and endearing." -- Kristin Hannah, New York Times Bestselling author "Fun and fabulous." -- Stella Cameron, New York Times Bestselling author Six months ago, if anyone would have told Em Johnson she'd end up divorced, broke, and running the dilapidated Tiki Goddess Bar on the magical North Shore of Kauai she would have told them to shove a swizzle stick up their okole. As if all that isn't bad enough, when an obnoxious neighbor with a grudge is found dead in the Goddess luau pit, suspicion falls on Em and the rest of the Goddess staff. With the help of a quirky dance troupe of over-the-hill Hula Maidens, Em and the cast of characters must ban together to find the killer and solve the mystery before the next pupu party. www.thetikigoddess.com Books: Amazon • Barnes & Noble eBooks: Kindle • Nook • Kobo • iBooks

		Two to Mango Publisher: Bell Bridge Books (June 20, 2012) Forget the grass skirts. Some of the Island's top hula dancers are pushing up daisies. Everyone at Em Johnson's famous North Shore Kauai hang-out, The Tiki Goddess Bar, knows that the bar's irrepressible Hula Maidens take their hula dancing seriously. So when famed hula instructors from a rival dance troop start dropping like over-ripe passion fruit, Em and the Hula Maidens go undercover at the Kukui Nut Festival Hula Competition to uncover the killer. Em is once again up to her okole in danger and mystery, not to mention the seductive challenge of working with hunky detective Roland Sharpe, who moonlights as one of the island's sexiest fire dancers. The hula is lively, the luau is smoking, the mai tais are delicious, and a killer is looking to get away with murder in paradise. www.thetikigoddess.com Books: Amazon • Barnes & Noble eBooks: Kindle • Nook • Kobo • iBooks

		Three to Get Lei'd Publisher: Bell Bridge Books (2013) Someone on the island is "acting out," with murderous intent . . . A jigger of tranquility is all Em Johnson wants, but now that her beloved Tiki Goddess Bar has been chosen as the location for Trouble in Paradise, TV's hot new reality show, life is anything but tranquil. When a member of the camera crew is found dead in her kitchen—stabbed to death with Chef Kimo's sashimi knife—the scene on the sleepy North Shore of Kauai goes from eccentrically crazy to downright dangerous. Suspects lurk behind every paper drink umbrella. It's not enough that Chef Kimo is the number one suspect or that the life's-a-party Hula Maidens nearly burn down the place while dancing the hula with flaming coconuts. Em still has to deal with her Uncle Louie's wedding to the Black Widow—until his fiancée Mercedes plunges into the Pacific. Roland Sharpe, handsome Hawaiian fire-dancing detective, warns the locals not to interfere, but Em and the madcap Maidens can't help themselves and soon wind up knee deep in danger again. Can the irrepressible troupe solve three murders before the champagne goes flat? www.thetikigoddess.com Books: Amazon • Barnes & Noble eBooks: Kindle • Nook • Kobo • iBooks

		Too Hot Four Hula Bell Bridge Books (June 30, 2014) The drinks are hot, but Em's alibi is ice cold. A marauding monkey, a mysterious murder, middle-aged hula maidens, and mugs full of Mai Tai's. Just another day in Tiki Goddess Paradise . . . Crime-solving sleuth Em Johnson and her Uncle Louie, owner of the famous Tiki Goddess Bar on Kauai, head for the Cocktail Shake Off Competition in Honolulu. What is supposed to be a fun trip to a mixologist contest turns weird when Louie's legendary "Booze Bible" is stolen, and Em's ex-husband winds up dead--with Em the number-one suspect. Sexy Kauai detective and part-time fire dancer Roland Sharpe rushes to Em's side along with the unpredictable Hula Maidens, whose detective skills are even more haphazard than their dance routine at the island tiki bars. Toss in an escaped monkey and a killer who wants to make this the Last Call for someone's honky-tonk tiki-tossing night out, and it's going to be another wild escapade for Em and her Hula Maidens. www.thetikigoddess.com Books: Amazon • Barnes & Noble eBooks: Kindle • Nook • Kobo • iBooks

		HAWAII FIVE UH-OH! Bell Bridge Books (February, 2016) Em and the Hula Maidens are on the case . . . Em Johnson is prepping for the biggest catering gig she's ever booked, this time at the world famous Tiki Goddess Bar. Then she hears Kiki Godwin has just been released from the psych ward at Kukuoloko. If the unpredictable leader of the Hula Maidens isn't completely recovered from her PTMAD (Post Traumatic Monkey Attack Disorder), Em knows all hell could break loose at the upscale event. When the guest of honor's multi-million dollar paintings are stolen and a security guard turns up dead, Kiki's convinced the best way to get her mojo back is to capture the art thieves. Kiki and the girls come up with a plan to lure the felons out by staging a grand hoax. Their bait will be a cocktail party featuring paintings by the reclusive Alphonse Cappuccino, an "up and coming artist" who is none other than Kiki's furry nemesis. Hawaii Five Uh-Oh is hilarious, non-stop action. So pour yourself a tropical beverage, kick back, and join Uncle Louie, Em, Sophie Chin, and the Hula Maidens at the always unpredictable, ever-entertaining, Tiki Goddess Bar. www.thetikigoddess.com Books: Amazon • Barnes and Noble eBooks: Kindle • Nook • Kobo • iBook