Perfect Books In Order
- Perfect Together (2003)
- Perfect Switch (2004)
Morrow Creek Books In Order
- The Matchmaker (2003)
- The Scoundrel (2006)
- The Rascal (2006)
- Mail-Order Groom (2010)
- The Bride Raffle (2011)
- The Honor-Bound Gambler (2013)
- Morrow Creek Runaway (2015)
- Morrow Creek Marshal (2015)
- Notorious in the West (2014)
- Miss Wilson’s Secret Seduction (2017)
- Morrow Creek Marriage (2017)
- Something Borrowed, Something True (2018)
Kismet Christmas Books In Order
- Home For The Holidays (2008)
- Holiday Affair (2010)
- Together for Christmas (2012)
- All He Wants for Christmas (2014)
- Recipes from Together for Christmas (2013)
Novels
- Surrender (1997)
- The Honeymoon Hoax (1998)
- Outlaw (1999)
- Lawman (1999)
- My Best Friend’s Baby (1999)
- Man of the Year (2000)
- Her Best Man (2000)
- Making Over Mike (2001)
- Falling for April (2002)
- The Drifter (2002)
- Reconsidering Riley (2002)
- Josie Day Is Coming Home (2005)
- Mad About Max (2006)
- Let’s Misbehave (2007)
- My Favorite Witch (2009)
- Chances Are (2009)
- Winter Song (2009)
- Melt Into You (2012)
- So Irresistible (2013)
Omnibus
- Timeless Spring (1999)
- Timeless Winter (1999)
- Santa Baby (2002)
- Once Upon a Christmas (2005)
- I Shaved My Legs for This? (2006)
- Hallowe’en Husbands (2008)
- Weddings Under a Western Sky (2012)
- Timeless (2013)
Novellas
- Just Jennifer (2013)
- Merry, Merry Mischief (2017)
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Lisa Plumley Books Overview
Perfect Together
After her long running sitcom is cancelled, actress Marley Madison finds herself a typecast has been at the ripe old age of twenty seven. Her career needs a jump start, fast and an incognito appearance on the hit reality game show Dream Date will prove her acting ability to the world. Before long, she finds herself wanting to prove something entirely different to her fellow contestant, Jake Jarvis. There’s something decidedly un Hollywood about Jake. The better Marley gets to know him, the harder it is to remember her motivation.
The Matchmaker
A secret matchmaker has all the bachelors of Morrow Creek worried in this lighthearted tale from bestselling author Lisa Plumley.
The Scoundrel
This lighthearted western historical romance tells the tale of brawny blacksmith Daniel McCabe, who finds himself in charge of his eastern nephew and decides to solve the problem by getting hitched to his sensible schoolteacher pal, Sarah Crabtree. But Daniel gets more than he bargained for when Sarah decides to turn their convenient marriage into a real love match instead…
no matter how creative she has to become to accomplish it! Follow up to The Matchmaker September 2003
The Rascal
When saloonkeeper Jack Murphy tries to pair up rabble rousing suffragist Grace Crabtree with ‘a suitable husband’ of his choosing, he’s shocked to learn that Grace has a few ideas about love herself! Follow up to The Scoundrel April 2006 and The Matchmaker September 2003
Home For The Holidays
Jet set stylist Rachel loves her job and her life. But the good times come to a halt when Rachel learns that her best client has been sleeping with her boyfriend a perk that’s definitely not included in her services! Impulsively, Rachel gets her revenge thanks to a hideous designer mashup of an awards show ensemble but her satisfaction comes at too high a cost. Blackballed from the glamorous life forever, she heads home to the last place she ever thought she’d return, her snowy, tiny, totally UNsophisticated Midwestern home town. A short term Christmas fling might be just the thing to put the jingle back in her bells, Rachel decides when she arrives…
and the local guy who’s had a crush on her since high school looks like an excellent candidate.
Holiday Affair
While helping out at his family’s B&B in Michigan during the holidays, single dad turned globe trotting adventurer Reid Sullivan falls for a certain guest California girl Karina Barrett who, unbeknownst to him, is a spy for a company who wants to buy out this popular hotel.
Outlaw
Mason Kincaid is on a mission to reclaim his young son and his good name from the men who had stolen both. But even an Outlaw can’t leave a lady alone in the middle of the Arizona territory especially after she’s been accidentally dumped from the stagecoach he’s just held up. Now, Miss Amelia O’Malley is along for the ride and this mismatched duo is headed for an adventure together that could be the beginning of a future destined to last.
Lawman
He followed the trail of an outlaw…
In rough and tumble Arizona Territory, the desert sun burned hotter than Pinkerton agent Gabriel Winter’s need to bring an elusive stagecoach robber to justice. There, he quickly encountered a formidable obstacle Megan Kearney, the suspect’s daughter. He wondered how such a rare beauty had avoided marriage in a town crawling with bachelors…
Until he discovered she was holding out for true love. On top of that, the spitfire spinster hotly defended her father’s innocence. For some reason, Gabriel wanted to believe not just her na ve claims about her father, but her outlandish romantic notions as well. Still, no outlaw had ever slipped through his fingers, and he wasn’t about to risk that hard earned reputation for the pleasures promised in Megan’s fiery gaze…
Into the arms of a forbidden womanMegan had to find her father before Gabriel did which meant monitoring his every move. Accompanying him amid the saloons and brothels crowding Tucson’s dusty streets, Megan intended to clear her father’s name even if it meant using her feminine wiles to charm the city slicker detective. She would prove that the maddeningly self assured Gabriel had underestimated her resolve. But Megan soon discovered that she had underestimated the powerful feelings one man could arouse in a heart that ached for passion…
and everlasting love.
Her Best Man
In Her Best Man, beloved author Lisa Plumley offers us the story of an impetuous heiress trying to do a simple favor for her best friend and hijacking the wrong man! Unless he’s right for her, of course…
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Making Over Mike
Amanda Connor is a life coach not a magician! Granted, as a televised publicity stunt for her new business, the savvy entrepreneur has promised to transform some poor slob into a perfectly balanced example of modern manhood. But Mike Cavaco gives ‘raw material’ new meaning. With her future at stake, what can Amanda do but roll up her sleeves, get down to work…
and pray for a miracle? In a city crawling with hot restaurants and hotter women, culinary whiz and contented bachelor Mike has been in his glory until now. Simultaneously jobless and dateless, he’s forced to trade his sweatpants, poker games, and pay per view sports to spend 24/7 with a hyper enthusiastic mentor who happens to be easy on the eyes but impossible in every other way. Unwilling Mike never suspects that he’s about to become the man of Amanda’s dreams or that she might just turn out to be the woman of his…
Falling for April
Her hometown gourmet catering company may be in a slump, but April Finnegan isn’t about to begin again. Determined to save her business, she sets out to win some local sponsors, unaware she’s not the only one in Saguaro Vista with that idea. Turns out wealthy department store mogul Ryan Forrester is one step and thousands of dollars ahead of her. Clearly, this sunny southwestern town isn’t big enough for both of them. Somebody has to go and it sure isn’t going to be April! All his life, Ryan has relied on his family money and connections to get by. Now the outrageously offbeat, infuriatingly alluring April has challenged him to survive a week in Small Town, USA without either. He takes her up on it, knowing it means being with her constantly but never imagining he might lose his heart in the process! Thanks to their wager, now that Ryan most wants to impress a woman, he’s a penniless pauper. He’ll have to rely on his charm alone to convince April that he’s a prince of a guy and well worth falling for.
Reconsidering Riley
A contemporary romantic comedy where high heels meet hiking boots, self help meets self reliance…
and old flames spark up nothing but trouble. Having based her best selling relationship book on her own personal experience with gorgeous, outdoorsy photojournalist Riley Davis who stole her heart then skipped town author Jayne Murphy organizes a workshop for dump ees. But the ‘retreat’ she’s planned could be a disaster when she finds out that the leader for her group’s week long nature jaunt is Riley. Will their past attraction re ignite?
Josie Day Is Coming Home
Her Name Was Josie, She Was A Showgirl…
Until the night she Heimliched a martini olive out of fabulously wealthy and eccentric casino owner Tallulah Carlyle. Now Josie Day proud new owner of one of Tallulah’s spare estates is leaving Vegas behind for…
Donovan’s Corner, Arizona? Ironically, her ‘reward’ has brought her right back to the dusty hometown she thought she’d left behind forever. Still, Josie’s ready to prove there’s more to her than feathers and a wicked rumba. She plans sell the old mansion and use the profits to open a dance school. But first, she’ll have to figure out some fancy footwork to avoid knocking heads and other things with caretaker and local bad boy Luke Donovan…
It isn’t every day a woman like Josie comes strutting into town which is fortunate, since her presence on the estate has Luke hotter and more bothered than he’s been since, well, ever. He’s a little annoyed with his Aunt Tallulah, though. This was supposed to be his property to renovate and sell an opportunity to make good after being cut off from the family fortune. But Josie doesn’t have to know that…
at least not until Luke figures out a way to make both their dreams come true and prove that Vegas isn’t the only place where taking a chance can change everything…
Mad About Max
In this laugh out loud romantic adventure from bestselling author Lisa Plumley, a kooky vintage clothing store owner and a designer clad businessman cross paths…
and discover that opposites really do attract! Sushi for pooches, belly dancing, men in their underwear. It’s all in a day’s work for Lucy Logan…
and so is getting unemployed folks spruced up with designer duds at the charity shop Successfully Dressed. Anyone who knows Lucy knows her heart is always in the right place. But the guy who shows up wearing nothing but tighty whities and a frown doesn’t know Lucy or understand why she won’t just let him buy back his ‘lucky suit.’ Instead, she insists he earn it back through volunteer work. Of course, Max Nolan’s killer abs and effortless charm have nothing whatsoever to do with Lucy’s good intentions…
From minute one, Max can’t keep his eyes off the skimpy skirted, boho punk vision that is Lucy Logan. She’s a woman of ideals, while he’s a man of action but that doesn’t mean they can’t collaborate on…
any number of things. Beyond getting his suit back, Max figures he can make some great contacts with the shop’s rich benefactors, exactly what he needs to get his pampered pets boutique off the ground. And if he gets a little okay, a lot closer to Lucy in the process, well, that’s a sacrifice he’s only too willing to make…
Let’s Misbehave
With no skills besides scoring the perfect stilettos, maxing out her credit card, and partying till dawn, Marisol Winston is about to get a lesson in the real world and in love…
After years of perfecting her party girl image, Marisol wants to open an L.A. based deluxe boutique. Unfortunately, her father refuses to foot the bill until she agrees to do a stint in shopaholic rehab. Surely, she can survive a few weeks without Dior, right? But part of Marisol’s anti retail remedy entails getting a real job as a nanny/housekeeper in Podunkville, Arizona. Suddenly she’s knee deep in PB & J and dirty laundry, surprised to find herself just a teensy bit smitten with her three sticky fingered charges and their deliciously distracting Dad even if he does wear discount denim…
Quarterback Cash Connelly has one last shot at being re signed to the pros, which means he needs a nanny who runs a tight ship. Marisol seems to know way more about Tiffany’s than T ball, and she has more mini skirted sex appeal than is strictly necessary for laundering jockey shirts. But his kids seem positively smitten. Well, who wouldn’t love a woman who serves up ice cream for breakfast? Now if only Cash can find a way to stick to his strict hands off the nanny policy…
My Favorite Witch
Dayna Sterling’s always been betwixt and between. Born in a desert town populated by witches and blissfully ignorant humans, Dayna had magic, but no clue how to handle it. So she left to forge a workaday life among ordinary Joes. Which is fine, really until the day one most extraordinary Joe turns everything upside down…
The assignment is simple. Trace the runaway witch; bring her home for compulsory ‘cusping’ training. So why does Dayna set T.J. McAllister’s half warlock blood buzzing? Maybe it’s the bonding spell that spontaneously connects them. Or the fact that T.J.’s powers go wonky whenever he’s around Dayna. In any case, the attraction is making it damn hard for T.J. to accomplish his most important mission: prevent a dangerous uprising by locating a powerful witch prophesied to help him. She could be anywhere. She could be closer than he thinks…
Santa Baby
This title contains stories including ‘A Baby for Christmas’ by Lisa Jackson, ‘Under the Mistletoe’ by Elaine Coffman, ‘Holiday Stud’ by Kylie Adams, and ‘Merry, Merry Mischief’ by Lisa Plumley. ‘A Baby for Christmas’ It’s turning out to be a Christmas of surprises for lonely Annie McFarlane. First, there’s the adorable baby left on her doorstep, followed a day later by the angry, dangerously attractive man claiming to be the child’s father. Liam O’ Shaughnessy may be intimidating, but this is one precious gift Annie isn’t giving up without a fight…
‘Under the Mistletoe’ Dr. Stanley Levine keeps his house like his life orderly, predictable, serene until the day eccentric Southern belle Holly Noel moves in next door with her brood of seven girls. It may be Christmas, but that doesn’t mean the dedicated bachelor has to kow tow to an unruly clan defended by one maddening, sultry mama…
‘Holiday Stud’ The only way single, successful career woman Audra Jarecki can face a Christmas homecoming and the pitying eyes of her family is with a gorgeous boyfriend on her arm. Hiring hunky Colby Douglas may be the worst mistake of Audra’s life…
or the answer to everything on her Christmas wish list…
‘Merry, Merry Mischief’ Flirty Katie Moore is the ultimate good time girl. Too bad she’s held up at the office, helping nose to the grindstone architect Jack Brennan with a very special project: emergency babysitting for the boss’ tiny daughter. Now, the party girl and the workaholic are joining forces to give the little bundle of joy a Christmas she’ll never forget…
Once Upon a Christmas
Three stories by USA Today bestselling author Lisa Plumley are collected in this special volume ideal for winter reading. Includes ‘Mistletoe and Holly,’ ‘Christmas Honeymoon,’ and ‘A Baby for Christmas.’
I Shaved My Legs for This?
‘Love is blind or at least nearsighted’ Theresa Alan. When it comes to dating, Heather’s been pretty lucky. Well, if you don’t count the verbal flasher and the guy who started going out with another woman halfway through their first date. If only she could find a guy like her first love. Now, the one who got away just may lead her to the one she can’t lose. ‘Cleo Barnes: Worst Blind Date Ever’ Holly Chamberlin. Nine months after Cleo Barnes dumped her cheating, lying boyfriend, she’s become a full blown, she devil man hater. But when she spies her ex out with another woman, it’s time to get serious and prove to him and the rest of the world that Cleo Barnes is alive and well and getting a man, whether she like it or not. ‘Love is like a box of chocolates’. Judith Howland is the queen of disastrous blind dates. On the road to finding Mr Right, she’s been fixed up with Mr Seriously Broke, Mr Grope, and Paw, and Mr. Certifiable. With all the good men taken, Claudia’s not willing to sample even one more guy from the fix me up box, no matter how tempting. ‘Just Jennifer’. Breezy California girl Jennifer Merryn has a knack for picking fun friends and butt enhancing jeans, but she’s got lousy radar when it comes to men. So why not let her friends choose her blind dates, thirty different prospects in thirty days.
Hallowe’en Husbands
Three diverse authors capture the spine tingling thrills and romance of Hallowe’en in this original collection of stories. Includes ‘Marriage at Morrow Creek’ by Lisa Plumley, ‘Wedding at Warehaven’ by Denise Lynn, and ‘Master of Penlowen’ by Christine Merrill.
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