In this two volume collection, written especially for RT Booklovers Presents: The Haunted West, best-selling and award-winning authors take you on a time-traveling, spellbinding journey through America's sprawling West. Over twenty all new tales, both contemporary and historical, weave a web of mystery, the supernatural, and romance. Join us for a passionate tour of the West, accompanied by ghosts, witches, shapeshifters, time-travelers, vampires, and a glimpse into the afterlife. Fall in love... in the Haunted West.

In this two volume collection, written especially for RT Booklovers Presents: The Haunted West, best-selling and award-winning authors take you on a time-traveling, spellbinding journey through America's sprawling West. Over twenty all new tales, both contemporary and historical, weave a web of mystery, the supernatural, and romance. Join us for a passionate tour of the West, accompanied by ghosts, witches, shapeshifters, time-travelers, vampires, and a glimpse into the afterlife. Fall in love... in the Haunted West.

Zodiac Lovers Book 2 Taurus Successful, handsome psychiatrist, Talon Berger, has been studying and searching for a true case of reincarnation for years. Hoping to find the proof he desperately longs for. Into his office walks patient, Matt Braun, a very hunky architect, and says, “I’ve been having recurring dreams from past lives. . . and in them I always die. Can you help me?” Is this finally the proof, and the man, Talon has been searching for? Gemini The Golden boys, Tommy and Taylor, are baseball’s most successful double-play. They’ve been together since high school and are at the top of their game. Amazingly talented, popular and handsome, it seems nothing can stop them—except the dark secret that no one must ever discover. Cancer Father Seamus hears a confession: “Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned. I am in love with a priest in your church—and he is in love with me. You have to help me?” Seamus fears the man may be talking about his friend and protégé, handsome, Father Kell Vidnovic. In their ten years together as priests, Kell has never mentioned being gay. Of course, Seamus has also not revealed the skeleton in his own closet. He must figure out a way to help this man and Kell. His faith has never been put to such a test. Can Divine Guidance help this time?

The Excelsior Hotel and Casino. Built in Las Vegas in 1960 by mobster Louis "The Lip" LaFica. For decades the towering hotel has been the subject of incredible stories and rumors that have kept it in the public eye the world around. Why have so many lovers been mysteriously, magically, magnetically drawn to this magnificent edifice? And why now have so many bestselling authors at last come together to reveal the adventures of these lovers who have stayed at the glorious Excelsior?

Eden’s Gate Kacie Cameron fell in love with Eden’s Gate Plantation when she read of its history. Drawn by a tremendous longing to learn more, she made a trip to Eden’s Gate. When Kacie saw the portrait of the original owner’s son, Bradford Hampton for the first time, the power of the feelings that swept through her almost frightened her. She told herself it was crazy to react that way to the portrait of a dead man…of a man who’d died in a steamboat explosion so long ago. The gut-wrenching emotions churning within her as she’d stared up at the dark-haired, handsome Brad’s compelling features did not disappear, though, and when she is miraculously swept back in time, she knows she must find a way to save him from that terrible fate. Something Blue Stationed in Arizona, Cavalry Captain Philip Long returns to Boston for the reading of his wealthy father’s will and to settle the estate. Philip is deeply troubled when he learns his father added a clause to the will that dictates he must marry within six months and stay married for a year or he will lose every cent of his inheritance. Unless he chooses to walk away from his fortune, Philip knows he’s trapped. But when he rescues young saloon girl Mattie Jackson from an attack by some vicious drunks on his trip back to Fort McDowell, he believes he’s found the answer to his problem. He’ll propose a “marriage in name only” to Mattie to save her from the life she’s been forced to lead, and once their year together is over, he’ll pay her a substantial amount so they can part ways…Or will they? Love might just interfere. Lottery of Love Elise Matthews has worked hard to make her catering service a success in order to support herself and her younger brother, Rod, after their parents died, and she buys lottery tickets every week just to keep up the tradition her father had. When she lands a contract with the rich owner of the local football team, she’s ecstatic. She rushes to the auto body shop where Rod works to tell him and their friend, Zach Thomas, who owns the shop, the news. Zach is happy for Elise. He secretly loves her and has always wanted the best for her, but now that she’ll be dealing with the rich folks on a regular basis, he fears she won’t have much use for a regular working guy like him anymore. Elise has always longed to be rich, and when the team owner proposes to her, she finds herself torn between the surprising love she’s finally realized she feels for Zach and the prospect of marrying a very wealthy man. Will true love win out? Will Zach win “The Lottery of Love?” Time Stolen Love For an investigative report on serial killers, television reporter Roni Mitchell is in London walking the streets of Whitechapel where Jack the Ripper once roamed. In an antique store she finds a gold pocket watch that was found at the scene of one of the Ripper’s murders. As she is heading back to her hotel, she hears the muted sound of a chime. Puzzled, she opens the box to discover the watch is working. Suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, a dark, threatening figure attacks her. Roni manages to escape, but as she flees she realizes she’s traveled back to the time of the Ripper, and that she can now research her story firsthand . . .

Zodiac Lovers Book 4 Scorpio Rain is able to be read tea leaves and can see everyone’s future but his own. He meets devastatingly handsome Southern gentleman, Creighton Marlin, and Rain knows what he wants: a future with this man. But when he reads Creighton’s tea leaves, he sees an ominous future for the men, but Creighton is determined to thwart the inevitable and will do everything possible to secure their happiness. Sagittarius Championship rodeo rider, Colton James, has always been lucky on a horse but unlucky in love, until he falls for hot-looking, real estate investor (and part-time astrologist), Ryland McAuliffe, at the National Rodeo Finals in Las Vegas. Colt is ready, at last, for the ride of his life. The future looks bright, except for the terrible accident that no one could have predicted. Capricorn Gardner Braxton, an award-winning photojournalist, is in Egypt doing research for his big book on The Seven Wonders of The World. The problem is: he doesn’t know how to get photos of the other six no-longer-existing Wonders. Deep inside The Great Pyramid of Khufu, he stumbles upon a lamp. Thinking he has nothing to lose, he rubs the lamp, like Aladdin did, and the most perfect-looking genie appears—Djinn, who offers him three wishes . . . or as Gardner soon finds out, maybe more. The attraction between the two is immediate as well. This could be the answer to his problem of getting his photos of the other Wonders. Can Djinn help him time-travel to the Ancient Wonders? And more importantly, can he have a future with a genie?

Zodiac Lovers Book 5 Cetus Ransom St. James, the dashing captain of a gay cruise line, finally meets the man he has been waiting for his whole life, when, Clint Porter, a successful Hollywood film editor boards his ship to set sail for the Caribbean. Passions ignite, and secrets unfold, but Ransom’s past may be too much for Clint handle… or believe. Spells. Voodoo. A terrible curse. Can love really conquer all? Ophiuchus Adventurer, Roark Lennox, meets Riley Miller, a professional baseball player, in a New York City airport, seemingly by chance. Their attraction is immediate and fiery, but when Roark warns Riley not to get on the plane because he has had a vision of impending disaster for their flight, Riley wonders who this man really is. . . and why he feels compelled to believe him. From New York to Las Vegas to the City of the Dead in ancient Egypt, Roark and Riley’s story unfolds and they discover why their “chance” meeting was not a coincidence at all.