Regina Rodgers is an author from Kansas City. As a former Army wife, she’s been privileged to live all over the US and in Europe, living for three years in Italy. She’s been writing for as long as she can remember and, now that she’s retired, writes Inspirational and Western Historical romance novels. Regina is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) and was a 2022 semifinalist in their Genesis contest. She also won first place in HeRA’s Show Me the Spark contest and second place in the Historical category in Winged Publications’ 2022 Taking Flight contest.
What could a devil-may-care riverboat gambler and a widowed Christian horse rancher have in common?
As soon as Evangeline Gentry locks eyes with the rogue Black Jack Brannigan, he tells her she’s beautiful and insults her in the same breath. In spite of his insult, she can’t help the attraction she feels for him.
Jack soon lands in jail in Independence, Missouri. When he discovers his gambling winnings are gone from his saddlebags, he can’t pay his fine. To be released from jail, he must agree to thirty days of community service on Evangeline’s ranch.
For almost a month, Jack and Evangeline argue, take care of two orphaned children, and fall in love despite everything. After regaining his gambling winnings, will Jack decide to pursue his dreams in California, or stay and take the gamble on love? AMAZON
Could a wealthy Mexican heiress find her forever love in a humble American cowboy?
1869, Sonora, Mexico. Rachel Rios is engaged to Paulo Delgado, the son of a wealthy landowner, but she detests the man. Theirs is a marriage arranged between their fathers to combine the wealth of two powerful Sonoran families. She is resigned to her fate, until tall, rugged, Tennessee cowboy Rusty Cunningham thunders into the courtyard and brings her engagement party to a halt.
Rusty Cunningham arrives in Mexico to help his friend purchase horses for his ranch in Missouri. When his trail boss is shot by horse rustlers, Rusty goes in search of a doctor, leading him not only to Rachel but a mystery he must solve.
An immediate attraction draws Rachel to Rusty, the most unsuitable suitor she could imagine. As the pressure mounts and Rusty must leave, can Rachel make the long ride to love? AMAZON