Inspiring Romance from the Heart
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I write love stories that offer hope, healing, and a gentle place for your heart to rest. — Ann McIntosh
The Featured Series
Bridal Veil Falls
A four-book historical romance series set in 1880s Oregon
Book 1 — Now Available
The Sheriff’s Promise
“A frontier town. A hidden truth. A love neither expected.”
Anna Delaney comes to the frontier town of Bridal Veil Falls, determined to leave her past behind and focus on building her dreams there. Sheriff Gabriel Duncan has built his life on duty, law, and doing what is right, yet Anna’s arrival stirs questions his orderly world isn’t ready to answer. As danger edges closer and the truth threatens to surface, Anna and Gabriel are drawn together by a bond neither of them planned on—one that forces them to choose between the safety of old loyalties and the hope of a tender, hard-won love.
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BOOK 2 · COMING 2027
The Gambler’s Redemption
She believes every soul can be saved. He stopped believing long ago.
Meggie Delaney has devoted herself to teaching Bridal Veil’s children and building the family her orphaned sisters nearly lost. She knows exactly what a respectable future should look like — and it does not include Quinn King, the notorious gambler behind the town’s new saloon. Quinn has made vice, charm, and a dangerous reputation into armor. No one in Bridal Veil knows the grieving saloon owner is also a successful Western author, or that he still blames God for the woman he lost to the river on the Oregon Trail. While Reverend Jonathan Goodayle offers Meggie the worthy life she imagined, she cannot ignore the wounded man Quinn works so hard to conceal. Her faith in him stirs a hope he has spent years trying to drown — and gives him something precious to lose again. When relentless summer rains send the Columbia River over its banks and leave Meggie cut off from town, Quinn must face the terror that destroyed his first love. Saving her may demand more than courage. It may require the one gamble he swore never to make again: trusting his heart.
BOOK 3 · COMING 2027
The Doctor’s Choice
He came west to rescue his brother. She may be the reason he stays.
Dr. Aiden King traded a prestigious Philadelphia practice for the rough logging town of Bridal Veil for one reason: to save his grieving brother. Now Quinn is happily settled, and Aiden is finally free to return to the orderly life he left behind. Isobel Delaney has loved Aiden since he cared for her after a dangerous night lost on Palmer Mountain. The free-spirited painter sees the compassion beneath his reserve, but she refuses to beg a man to choose her over the future he has always planned. As their newly united families repeatedly throw them together, the feelings they have denied become impossible to hide. Yet Aiden’s ambition — and another woman’s determination to claim him — keeps Philadelphia between them. Then an epidemic strikes Bridal Veil. With the logging camp, mill, and town depending on him, Aiden must fight to save his neighbors and the woman who has become essential to him. The crisis will force him to decide where he is most needed — and where his heart truly belongs.
BOOK 4 · COMING 2027
The Healer’s Winter
Two worlds forbid their love. One brutal winter makes survival depend on it.
Fiona Delaney may be the youngest sister, but her sharp mind keeps the family general store thriving. Through its trade with Chaske, a respected Multnomah fisherman, craftsman, trader, and healer, she has discovered both a vital partnership and a love their divided communities may never accept. Chaske has admired Fiona’s courage from the moment they met. He also knows affection cannot shield her from the prejudice surrounding them. Determined to protect her future, he keeps their meetings focused on the goods that support both communities — even as every secret exchange draws them closer. Fiona refuses to believe that other people’s fear should decide whom she may love. But defying Bridal Veil’s most hostile townsmen could threaten the store, Chaske’s standing, and the fragile trust their families have built. When an earthquake cuts the snowbound town off from supplies, Chaske and his community become essential to Bridal Veil’s survival. In the brutal winter that follows, Fiona and Chaske must choose whether to surrender to prejudice — or claim a future strong enough to join two worlds.
More Worlds from Ann
Spirit Mates: The Elemental Saga
A paranormal romance series where elemental magic, destined bonds, and natural disasters collide. Four brothers. Four women. Four elemental gifts on the verge of extinction. Coming 2028.
BOOK 1 · COMING 2028
Earth Bound
“The earth has chosen them. Survival will bind them.”
Eva Fairbairn came to Portland to begin the career she has always wanted—not to survive a devastating earthquake in the arms of the city’s most elusive CEO. When the streets collapse around them, Tyee Forrester takes Eva to the safety of Palmer Mountain. There, amid ancient forests and a family bound to protect the land, Eva discovers that Tyee can sense emotions that are not his own—and that the wildlife gathering at her feet may be answering a power she never knew she possessed. To save the land and a heritage on the edge of extinction, Eva and Tyee must trust a bond neither expected.
BOOK 2 · COMING 2028
Tide Bound
“The tide carries secrets. Love must find a way to heal.”
Bree Fairbairn has built her life on staying calm when the world falls apart. But when relentless storms and contaminated floodwater threaten Cascade Point, the seasoned relief coordinator meets the one man determined to meet every danger—and every emotion—head on. Hunter Forrester is a veteran and head of security who knows what she is before she does: his spirit mate, the woman who may awaken the Water gift his people have nearly lost. To save the town, Bree and Hunter must surrender to a bond neither can command. But water remembers every wound.
BOOK 3 · COMING 2028
Flame Bound
“An ancient fire is awakening. Only their bond can contain it.”
Cara Fairbairn follows an old family journal to an abandoned geothermal station in Oregon’s volcanic high desert, expecting to uncover a forgotten chapter of her ancestry. Instead, she finds impossible heat, a stone burning from within, and a stranger who seems to know why the land responds to her. Geologist Jax Forrester has spent months investigating dangerous temperature spikes beneath the Mazama volcanic field. When Cara arrives, the readings surge—and so does an undeniable connection. To stop an eruption, Cara and Jax must unlock the Fire bond and complete an ancient rite before the volcanic field tears open.
BOOK 4 · COMING 2028
Sky Bound
“The final storm has begun. Their bond must unite the elements.”
Meara Fairbairn follows a trail of dying plants and impossible weather to Palmer Ridge Observatory. At the summit, the wind moves as if it knows her—and a reserved engineer watches her as though he has been waiting all his life. Kieran Forrester has tracked the violent atmospheric pattern forming above the Cascades for months. He recognizes her as his spirit mate, the woman whose Air bond could complete the elemental circle. Earth, Water, and Fire have awakened, but their power is colliding instead of settling into balance. To restore the Mother’s Breath and stop the destruction, Meara and Kieran must join the other Spirit Mates and unite all four elements.
Contemporary Romances
Beneath the Memphis Moon
Some secrets bloom only at night…
COMING SOON
Beneath the Memphis Moon
Some secrets bloom only at night…
Jennifer Duncan’s struggling Memphis PI agency needs a break. Instead, her first serious surveillance job—following Dawn Pyle, wife of notorious gambler Lazlo Pyle—leads to murdered casino hostess Allysa Bellows and a blackmail scheme aimed at the Pyle family. When a second woman dies and Jennifer becomes the killer’s next target, security expert Ryder refuses to let her investigate alone. With The Magnolia Circle, Detective Cunningham, and her own stubborn instincts, Jennifer follows the clues from a theater fundraiser and the Tunica casinos to a charity gala and a deadly trap. To expose the murderer, Jennifer must risk her life, trust Ryder with her heart, and prove she has what it takes to keep Magnolia Investigations alive.
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