Rock Creek Six Series by Linda Devlin, Linda Winstead Jones

Eden Rourke bravely makes her way toward Rock Creek, Texas, determined to join the only family she has left. Her brother, Jed. As she’s making her way through a small town she finds herself rescuing a man who’s badly outnumbered and being beaten by ruffians. She could pass by, ignoring a situation that is clearly none of her business, but Eden has never been very good at passing by when someone is in need... moreEden Rourke bravely makes her way toward Rock Creek, Texas, determined to join the only family she has left. Her brother, Jed. As she’s making her way through a small town she finds herself rescuing a man who’s badly outnumbered and being beaten by ruffians. She could pass by, ignoring a situation that is clearly none of her business, but Eden has never been very good at passing by when someone is in need. When the man she rescues turns out to be a good friend of her brother’s, she knows it wasn’t coincidence, but fate, that caused their paths to cross. Sinclair Sullivan wants only to head back into the town where he was ambushed to claim his hat and deliver a dose of payback, but he knows he can’t leave Jed’s sister to fend for herself. She and the two young kids she’s taken in have no business traveling in rough country on their own. What kind of friend would he be if he let her continue on unguarded? He’ll watch over the pretty blonde and see her safely to Rock Creek, and then she’ll be Jed’s problem. But Eden is harder to leave than Sullivan ever suspected, and even in tough, dry Rock Creek, you never know where an unexpected love will take hold and bloom. less

Jed Rourke has been a soldier, miner, cowhand, gambler, and most recently a Pinkerton detective. Stopping in Rock Creek to see his sister, Jed finds a compelling reason to stay--prim and sensible Hannah Winters. Hannah has come to comfort her sister, whose husband has been charged with murder. Hannah doesn't believe the claim and sets out to solve the crime--with Jed's help.

A Face From His Past To the folks in tiny Rock Creek, Texas, Daniel Cash was a ladies' man with a smile as quick as his draw. Yet the infamous gunslinger with the legendary charm harbored painful memories of the girl he'd left behind when the War Between the States demanded his duty. Cash believed Nadine Ellington was better off without the man he'd become, but when she rode into town, dragging his past with him, Cash was tempted to consider another future...with her by his side... moreA Face From His Past To the folks in tiny Rock Creek, Texas, Daniel Cash was a ladies' man with a smile as quick as his draw. Yet the infamous gunslinger with the legendary charm harbored painful memories of the girl he'd left behind when the War Between the States demanded his duty. Cash believed Nadine Ellington was better off without the man he'd become, but when she rode into town, dragging his past with him, Cash was tempted to consider another future...with her by his side. Nadine had long ago given up waiting for Cash to return--she was too busy raising the son he didn't know he had. And though she'd never forgiven Cash's betrayal, she needed him now--to prove to their reckless, headstrong child that the life of a gun-for-hire is no life at all. But seeing Cash again awakens feelings she'd thought long dead--and soon she's wondering if the boy she once loved still lingers beneath the hardened man she can't resist... less