Author: debraclopton

New beginnings take determination… tireless attention to detail.Seth and Alice have both suffered loss, both are starting over, and both are treating this new friendship and attraction they feel toward each other with caution.Alice’s son Dallas is realizing he may not have what it takes to continue riding in the pro rodeo bull riding circuit. He’s home at the South Texas McIntyre Ranch after injuring his shoulder and checking out what’s going on at his mother’s new inn. When he meets a beautiful woman on the beach under unusual circumstances, he has no idea how his life is about to…

Desperate for a fresh start, 55-year-old widow Alice leaves her Texas ranch behind and purchases an inn! With the help of her best friend and her new neighbor, can Alice discover a second chance at happiness? A heartwarming Christian tale from an author who “gives readers exactly what they want” (RT Book Reviews).

His wounded heart can’t risk more pain–but she needs him…can he help her, then let her go?Hunter Claremont has been through enough heartache and disappointment where love is concerned. He’s focused now on his new job as a fireman in Sunset Bay and raising his young daughter, helping her overcome the tragedy of losing her mother. They’ve found a place to start over in the small coastal town among … town among it’s caring and sometimes eccentric folks. And they’ve found friends in the Sinclairs, the family his sister has married into, with strong family ties and big hearts who…

Stuntman-heartthrob Tate Sinclair is every woman’s dream guy: he’s gorgeous, adventurous, and successful as a movie stuntman and adventure seeker. Gigi Mason isn’t immune to his good looks but she is immune to the wanderlust in his veins. She’s been burned before by a walk-away-Joe kind of guy who chose the call of the wild over a life with her. And she’s determined it won’t ever happen again.… again.After a close call on a movie set plagued with trouble, Tate returns to Sunset Bay for his brother Brad’s wedding. Love is in the air all around him and he’s feeling…

Jonah Sinclair gave up looking for his own happily-ever-after until he sees Summer Claremont and decides he’s ready to try again. But Summer is haunted by her past and has a lot to overcome before she can think about falling in love…they say when you fall off a horse the best fix is to get back in the saddle–but she’s learned that isn’t as easy to do as it sounds.Can Jonah soothe her soul and … and mend her heart and have her longing for ever-after with him?more

Sometimes a dream might need a rewrite¿Erin Sinclair’s dream of running a successful B&B is on shaky ground. Her tiny Inn is building a good reputation but needs more guest and more good reviews. When a New York Times bestselling author’s agent books the honeymoon suite as a writing retreat it is an opportunity to put The Inn at Sunset Bay on the map. The Nash Bond is coming to her B&B … B&B for two months and Erin can hardly believe it. But he has a reputation of being hard to handle when he’s in the midst of a…

A dog walker with a secret crush and a jilted fireman with no desire to risk watching his heart go up in flames ever again. Fire Chief Brad Sinclair had his future planned and then his fiance married someone else and left him and his heart in ashes. He’s started over, seems to have picked up the pieces…but now his brother is getting married and his happy news is stirring up emotions Brad would … would rather he didn’t feel. When the cute dog walker’s apartment goes up in flames, he suddenly finds himself feeling the heat from attraction and…

A burned-out trauma doctor at a crossroads returns home to help out at a small-town family practice, a coffee shop owner with a second chance at living, is she just what the doctor needs? Doctor Adam Sinclair is at a crossroads, burned-out and searching, after losing a young patient he felt he should have been able to save. He returns home to Sunset Beach searching for a way out of the dark hole … hole he’s found himself sinking into. He agrees to help out at his mentor’s small-town family practice, a lot different than the fast-paced trauma units he’s…

If they can overcome their past these cowboys will make great husbands.A tragedy he can’t forget or forgive, a child she’ll fight for. Will a little boy’s love bring them together and heal their hearts?After her sister dies, Annie Ridgeway learns her six-year-old nephew isn’t fatherless but has a daddy she never knew about. Turns out it’s the little boy’s hero, bull-rider Colt Holden and now … she’s on a mission to right a terrible wrong and discover whether Colt is daddy material. She’s seen the cocky cowboy on TV and she’s not holding her breath.Colt Holden wishes he were…

If they can overcome their past these cowboys will make great husbands.As a kid Kurt Holden and his brothers grew up in a bad home situation until they left to make it on their own in the rodeo. Now, Kurt’s bought a ranch and is determined to expand it so his brothers will have a legacy that has nothing to do with the legacy of their past. Finding a wife is not on his to-do list.But he wasn’t … counting on sassy Mandy Brown coming to town with her undeniable charm and determination to go for her rodeo dreams.Now he’s…