Ana Seymour - Gabriel's Lady

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Praise 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

Excerpt “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 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 Please address questions and book requests to: Harlequin Reader Service U.S.: 3010 Walden Ave., P.O. Box 1325, Buffalo, NY 14269 Canadian: P.O. Box 609, Fort Erie, Ont. L2A 5X3

Title Page Gabriel’s Lady Ana Seymour www.millsandboon.co.uk

About the Author ANA SEYMOUR has been a Western fan since her childhood—the days of the shoot-’em-up movie matinees and television programs. She has followed the course of the Western myth in books and films ever since, and says she was delighted when cowboys started going off into the sunset with their ladies rather than their horses. Ms. Seymour lives with her two daughters near one of Minnesota’s ten thousand lakes.

Dedication To Midwest Fiction Writers “veterans”: Kathleen Eagle, Tami Hoag, Betina Krahn, Pam Muelhbauer I was so lucky to have you as mentors… and I am now even luckier to have you as friends.

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

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

“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

Please address questions and book requests to:

Harlequin Reader Service

U.S.: 3010 Walden Ave., P.O. Box 1325, Buffalo, NY 14269

Canadian: P.O. Box 609, Fort Erie, Ont. L2A 5X3

www.millsandboon.co.uk

ANA SEYMOUR

has been a Western fan since her childhood—the days of the shoot-’em-up movie matinees and television programs. She has followed the course of the Western myth in books and films ever since, and says she was delighted when cowboys started going off into the sunset with their ladies rather than their horses. Ms. Seymour lives with her two daughters near one of Minnesota’s ten thousand lakes.