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Fortunes of Texas: The Lost Heirs #5.5
Gifts of Fortune (3 Novels in 1)
Let bestselling authors Barbara Boswell, Jennifer Greene and Jackie Merritt enthrall you with a Texas-size celebration! Determined to repay the people who stood by him in his darkest hours, Ryan Fortune bestows on them three special gifts intended to bring love and the promise of family...
The powerful sheik. Ryan gives wealthy sheik Nico Tan-efi his prized signet ring with hopes that the brooding ruler can woo back his ex-fiancee...
His daring rescuers. Two strangers are each given a home -- only it's the same house! Can Ryan's matchmaking scheme pull these orphans together?
The diligent doctor. Two million dollars allows researcher Dr. Maggie Taylor to hire her sexy rival to her cause, only his cause is loosening her tightly leashed passion!
377 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published November 1, 2001
About the author
Barbara Boswell
118 books43 followersBarbara Schroeder was born on 28 October 1946 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA. She worked as nurse, before she married William P. Boswell, a attorney, and they had three daughters.
She has been a longtime romance novel fan, becoming hooked on the romances by Harlequin back in the mid-‘70s when she was home with her three small daughters. When the youngest reached school age in 1983, she wanted something to do with her extra time. She thought about going back to nursing, but didn't care to deal with hospital shifts. She'd often made up stories in her head and/or continued the stories that she'd read, so it seemed like a fun idea to try to write a story of her own. It took a lot more effort and organization than the loosely strung-together scenes she'd run through her mind, but she was right about the fun part! She enjoyed the whole process and wrote a story that she knew she would enjoy reading. She sent it off and was thrilled when it was accepted! It was even more exciting to see her name on the book cover. Some 50-plus books later, it's still a thrill to see her name on the book and it's still fun to make up stories — at least most of the time!
Barbara gets her ideas from everywhere but especially from reading, which she loves to do. Sometimes, just a sentence in a newspaper or a magazine will spark an idea to develop into a romance. Other times, she'll be inspired by another romance novel and she will try to put her own spin on a favorite old plot. Barbara believes that we all have our preferences — she's always been partial to the "secret baby" story line. That, plus the "marriage of convenience" and class or family conflicts are some of her particular favorites.
Her three daughters are all grown up now, and she and her husband are the proud grandparents of a beautiful little grandson. They also have three cats who seem to think that they are the rulers of their house. They are terribly spoiled, and they just might be right.
She has been a longtime romance novel fan, becoming hooked on the romances by Harlequin back in the mid-‘70s when she was home with her three small daughters. When the youngest reached school age in 1983, she wanted something to do with her extra time. She thought about going back to nursing, but didn't care to deal with hospital shifts. She'd often made up stories in her head and/or continued the stories that she'd read, so it seemed like a fun idea to try to write a story of her own. It took a lot more effort and organization than the loosely strung-together scenes she'd run through her mind, but she was right about the fun part! She enjoyed the whole process and wrote a story that she knew she would enjoy reading. She sent it off and was thrilled when it was accepted! It was even more exciting to see her name on the book cover. Some 50-plus books later, it's still a thrill to see her name on the book and it's still fun to make up stories — at least most of the time!
Barbara gets her ideas from everywhere but especially from reading, which she loves to do. Sometimes, just a sentence in a newspaper or a magazine will spark an idea to develop into a romance. Other times, she'll be inspired by another romance novel and she will try to put her own spin on a favorite old plot. Barbara believes that we all have our preferences — she's always been partial to the "secret baby" story line. That, plus the "marriage of convenience" and class or family conflicts are some of her particular favorites.
Her three daughters are all grown up now, and she and her husband are the proud grandparents of a beautiful little grandson. They also have three cats who seem to think that they are the rulers of their house. They are terribly spoiled, and they just might be right.
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August 2, 2015
Gifts of Fortune is an omnibus of three short stories in the Fortunes of Texas series.
In The Holiday Heir, by Barbara Boswell, Ryan Fortune provides his friend, Sheik Nico Tan-efi of Imarco, a cottage where he can try to win back the ex-fiancee he rashly gave up. Esme Bakkar, daughter of a powerful family in the neighbouring country of Rayaz, has been heartbroken since he broke off their engagement. And then she did something foolish, so she knows she’ll never be accepted as Nico’s bride now. But is Nico quite as traditional a Sheik as Esme thinks? Esme might be surprised. Ryan certainly will be.
In The Christmas House by Jennifer Greene, Ryan gives two strangers who saved his life the keys to a new home. Sebastian Quentin and Jessamine Mitchell don’t know each other: they first met when trying to pull Ryan Fortune from a burning car. Now they have keys to the same house. Jessa loves the house. Sebastian finds it reminds him too much of his parents, and a tragedy he wants to forget. But Jessa knows the house would be perfect for Sebastian’s work with troubled teens. Will this special house, with its own history, work the magic Ryan hopes for on these two?
In Maggie’s Miracle by Jackie Merritt, Ryan gives Dr Maggie Taylor a very large sum of money in gratitude for saving his life after he was poisoned in a murder attempt. His instruction to her is to use it as she wanted but not to forego romantic love. He knew she would use it to research a cure for her sister, Hannah’s rare blood disorder. For that, she needs the help of the best medical research doctor in Texas, Elliott Sanderson. She takes an uncharacteristic step to attract him to her laboratory, and awakes a passion that neither of them realised was there. This is not Jackie Merritt’s best romance.
Overall, 3.5★s
In The Holiday Heir, by Barbara Boswell, Ryan Fortune provides his friend, Sheik Nico Tan-efi of Imarco, a cottage where he can try to win back the ex-fiancee he rashly gave up. Esme Bakkar, daughter of a powerful family in the neighbouring country of Rayaz, has been heartbroken since he broke off their engagement. And then she did something foolish, so she knows she’ll never be accepted as Nico’s bride now. But is Nico quite as traditional a Sheik as Esme thinks? Esme might be surprised. Ryan certainly will be.
In The Christmas House by Jennifer Greene, Ryan gives two strangers who saved his life the keys to a new home. Sebastian Quentin and Jessamine Mitchell don’t know each other: they first met when trying to pull Ryan Fortune from a burning car. Now they have keys to the same house. Jessa loves the house. Sebastian finds it reminds him too much of his parents, and a tragedy he wants to forget. But Jessa knows the house would be perfect for Sebastian’s work with troubled teens. Will this special house, with its own history, work the magic Ryan hopes for on these two?
In Maggie’s Miracle by Jackie Merritt, Ryan gives Dr Maggie Taylor a very large sum of money in gratitude for saving his life after he was poisoned in a murder attempt. His instruction to her is to use it as she wanted but not to forego romantic love. He knew she would use it to research a cure for her sister, Hannah’s rare blood disorder. For that, she needs the help of the best medical research doctor in Texas, Elliott Sanderson. She takes an uncharacteristic step to attract him to her laboratory, and awakes a passion that neither of them realised was there. This is not Jackie Merritt’s best romance.
Overall, 3.5★s
November 26, 2017
Three stories by different authors, each has the story of the a person who helped Ryan Fortune when he needed help. This brings people together.
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