Lyn Cote: 19 books

A young beauty flees the royal court to the Amercian wilderness~ In the early 1770's, Christiane Pelletier, an extraordinarily beautiful young woman, is next in a line of courtesans who have been favorites at the French court during the reigns of two monarchs. Yet she longs to be the beloved...

Coming of age in the deep Depression, Chloe's daughter Bette faces a troubled world. Her mother and father have taken in Gretel, a Jewish girl her same age sent by her family from Nazi Germany. In the KKK South this is met with animosity. As she finishes high school, Bette falls in love with a young...

Some secrets chill to the bone.... Smashed heirlooms, ripped upholstery and rifled drawers-who is breaking into homes during a record-breaking snowy winter, vandalizing and stealing.  Whoever it is--is targeting the most vulnerable--the seniors of a small northwoods town. As the new...

Bred to be the perfect Southern belle, Chloe faces the young 20th century and becomes more than she ever imagined~ Born at Carlyle Place, the plantation her family has held for over two hundred years, Chloe Kimball was raised to be the perfect Southern lady. Still, she resists being the prize...

Some call him half-breed and she's called a lady. Few in 1825 would judge them equals~ Rafe McKuen, the son of an Osage chief's daughter and a successful American fur trader turned planter, has one foot in each world. Since childhood, he's visited his mother's tribal camp near St. Louis. And...

Sometimes the storm takes you with it~ Thea Glenheim's new next door neighbor turns her small town upside down. Trace Della's handsome, successful and committed to helping high risk boys. And he's changing things in ways a lot of people don't like. One in particular.  Bad...

Happily single, Winter Woodard who inherited her grandfather's nursery is looking forward to a busy, fun fall and holiday season.  And it all begins with her cousin's wedding where Winter meets the man the ladies around town have been buzzing about. Single by choice, Clay Dixon, the very successful...

Some shadows are hard to shake. And someone has a mean sense of humor.  And is springing nasty pranks around town. Who and why? And more importantly how can Keely Turner and Burke Sloan, the newest sheriff's deputy, stop the malicious prankster before someone gets hurt badly? Keely, the daughter...

A child of the sixties, Leigh Sinclair always knows what she wants. So why does her mother Bette always try to hold her back? Leigh senses there must be something behind her mother's inclination to overprotect her. But her mother will not let go and it builds a wall between them. When Dr. Martin...

A secret separates Leigh from her daughter Carly. After surviving a childhood trauma, Carly is driven to test herself, trying to be free of the past she doesn't understand. Instead of going off to college at seventeen as expected, Carly does the completely unexpected. She enlists in the army. Her...

**Some endings are the hardest to forget~ ** Two dedicated doctors with wary hearts challenge a new danger to their town. Will someone die by summer's end? Small town Steadfast, Wisconsin, has spent the last six years raising funds to help a medical student stay in med school. In return,...

New deputy in town, a single mom, two wounded hearts with a puzzle to solve--will love spark under the mistletoe? Deputy Sage Dietz lost her first love and must now raise little Tucker alone. Deputy Garrett Connolly thought he'd found a lasting love, but instead has left his hometown for a...

What could unite a disgruntled DA and the pretty teacher, responsible for his hung jury? Perhaps a little boy in need of love... Young and eager, Patience begins her first year of teaching. One first grader, Jackson, sparks her concern. Can she help him start off his school years on the right...

What will it take for a clueless computer genius to notice the loving woman at the desk beside him? Caring, hardworking, Annie Petrov's about to quit the job she loves. Why? From day one she's been in love with Jack Lasater, her computer-genius boss who--grasps intricate code and computer security...