Deborah Wood,
Author & Oregon Coast Resident

Deborah Wood, the author of eight historical romances, also writes under the pseudonym, Deborah Lawrence. She lives in the northwest, takes long walks on the beach and loves watching sunsets through the pines. Always a daydreamer and fascinated with the past, Ms. Wood puts her experience and knowledge to good use in the books she writes. She was raised by her grandmother and never tired of the stories about her great-grandparents, and their 19th Century farm fueled her imagination.

Disappointed by her past marriage, Sarah is fiercely independent and adamant about staying that way. She plans to devote herself only to writing about the advocacy of women's equality for the local newspaper. But while Sarah's strong opinions are known to the town, she also guards a secret. Under an assumed name, she writes a column that teaches men how to court ladies. One mysterious man guesses her secret and challenges her ideas so eloquently that Sarah can't help herself from becoming intrigued.

The one disappointment in Caroline's life was that she had no children. Vowing to raise the twins as her own was a rare gift.

Daniel agreed to repair Caroline's damaged house, but he was quickly drawn into her life. As Christmas day approached, he realized that he wanted to spend the day with her, and the two precious babies. His hopes and dreams for happiness in his first marriage had evaporate with time, but with Caroline he felt an overpowering surge of expectation that their life together might be all he had envisioned.

Caroline and Daniel, each independent, also possess a strong sense of responsibility. But as his desire soars, Daniel knows he must overcome an obstacle from his past before pledging his love to Caroline.

Emma thought she was content running her shop, The Hat Box, until Kent's gentle teasing won a place in her heart, and she discovered that love wasn't beyond her reach. Kent always moved on when his work was done, but he had found a reason to stay in Pelican Cove, at least for a while.

By the time Katherine Turner was fourteen her father's reputation as an outlaw had become a burden she desperately wanted to escape, and by the age of twenty-three she vowed to put him behind her. She and her mother moved to a little town in the Montana Territory and went by the name of Kate Miller to avoid any connection with her outlaw father, Hank Turner.

After witnessing his father's death during a bank robbery, Parker Smith swore to settle the score with Hank Turner, but he hadn't bargained for Turners fiery tempered daughter, Kate. She loathed being an outlaws daughter and denied it when Parker Smith came to town in search of the bank robber who killed his father. When Parker's appointed sheriff and insinuates himself into her life, she struggles to keep him at rifle length.

As Parker's interest in Kate grew, he knew there was no chance that she might care for him once his business was finished. After all, how could a woman love the man who killed her father?