Jane McBride Choate Books In Order

Novels

Badge of Love (1989)
Sweet Lies and Rainbow Skies (1993)
Design to Deceive (1993)
All That I Ask (1996)
Think of Me (1997)
Convincing David (1997)
Heartsong Lullaby (1997)
Never Too Late for Christmas (1997)
Cheyenne’s Rainbow Warrior (1998)
Mile-High Love (1998)
Desert Paintbox (1999)
The Courtship of Katie McGuire (2002)
Love by the Book (2002)
Trust Me (2002)
Love and Lies (2003)
Mustang Summer (2003)
A Match Made in Heaven (2004)
Blessings of the Heart (2006)
Hidden Blessings (2006)
Wolf’s Eye (2006)
Blessings in Disguise (2006)
Star Crossed (2007)
Sheriff’s Choice (2008)
Bride Price (2010)
Eden’s Garden (2010)
Larrabee’s Luck (2011)
A Man for Amanda (2012)
For Pete’s Sake (2012)

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Jane McBride Choate Books Overview

Sweet Lies and Rainbow Skies

Brittany Howard, a special education teacher in Last Stop, Colorado is a forgiving person except when it comes to dishonesty. As guardian to her sister’s son, Andy, she has learned the hard way that honesty is the best policy, no matter how painful it may be. When Clinton Bradley, president of his own highly successful construction firm, arrives quite by accident at Brittany’s front door, he is totally fed up with corporate life. So when Brittany mistakes Clint for an out of work laborer, he seizes the opportunity to be what he once was a simple carpenter. Day by day, the warm friendship between Brittany and Clint grows into love, with only Clint’s false identity standing between them. When Brittany discovers Clint’s deception, she thinks she will never be able to trust him again. But, with a rainbow of love, one little boy may just know how to bring the two together…

Think of Me

Think of Me is Jane’s thirteenth novel for AVALON. Also available from AVALON are Blessings in Disguise, Blessings of the Heart, and Hidden Blessings, the series featuring minister Carla Stevens.

Convincing David

Convincing David is Jane’s fourteenth novel for AVALON. Also available from AVALON are Blessings in Disguise, Blessings of the Heart, and Hidden Blessings, the series featuring minister Carla Stevens.

Heartsong Lullaby

Schoolteacher Meghan Sullivan needs to prove herself. When she accepts the job in Flintrock, Montana, as sole teacher to five grades, she confronts the biggest challenge of her life. Luke MacAllister, president of the Flintrock school board, takes on look at Meghan and doubts she has the grit to last out a year in a one room school. Guardian to his two nieces, Luke has no reason to trust women or the emotion called love. The pretty schoolteacher challenges everything he thought he knew. Meghan teaches him that love isn’t a trap but a different kind of freedom.

Never Too Late for Christmas

Never Too Late for Christmas is Jane’s sixteenth novel for AVALON. Also available from AVALON are Blessings in Disguise, Blessings of the Heart, and Hidden Blessings, the series featuring minister Carla Stevens.

Mile-High Love

Mile High Love is Jane’s seventeenth novel for AVALON. Also available from AVALON are Blessings in Disguise, Blessings of the Heart, and Hidden Blessings, the series featuring minister Carla Stevens.

Desert Paintbox

Desert Paintbox is Jane’s nineteenth book for AVALON. Heartsong Lullabye, Mile High Love, and Cheyenne’s Rainbow Warrior are also available.

The Courtship of Katie McGuire

Six year old Justin Chase wants a mom more than anything in the world. He has the perfect candidate picked out his first grade teacher. All he has to do is convince his dad and his teacher that they belong together. Single father Dave Chase has his hands full trying to run his software business and take care of his son. When Justin makes trouble at school, Dave is determined to find out why. In the first grade classroom, he meets Katie McGuire. Katie believes in happily ever afters, and when Dave Chase appears, she thinks maybe she has found her Prince Charming. Dave knows that happily ever afters are only found in books. He’s been burned once before and doesn’t intend on making the same mistake again. Katie loves both Dave and Justin. Can she convince Dave to let go of the past and look to the future?

Love by the Book

Reading specialist Anna Lancaster loves her seventeen year old brother, Jeff, but he has grown progressively more unreachable. Now he’s been arrested for possession of mari*juana. Meanwhile, Detective Sergeant Brady Matthews is struggling to be both father and mother to his orphaned niece and nephew. After discovering that his niece, Jennifer, has dyslexia, he seeks help and contacts Anna. As Anna and Brady try to help the children in their lives, they discover that something special is growing between them. But even though Brady knows he and Anna belong together, family loyalties threaten to destroy their fragile friendship. Can he convince Anna that with love, no hurdle is insurmountable?

Trust Me

Trust Me is Jane’s tenth novel for AVALON. Also available from AVALON are Blessings in Disguise, Blessings of the Heart, and Hidden Blessings, the series featuring minister Carla Stevens.

Love and Lies

When Stephanie Jameson hires carpenter Grady Chapman, she has no idea he has been sent to spy on her by an uncle she’s never met. But after a few days of working with Stephanie, Grady who was blackmailed into the assignment is conflicted. Can he find a way of earning Stephanie’s love without betraying a trust?

A Match Made in Heaven

A Match Made in Heaven is Jane’s twelfth novel for Avalon. Also available from Avalon are Blessings in Disguise, Blessings of the Heart, and Hidden Blessings, the series featuring minister Carla Stevens.

Hidden Blessings

Hidden Blessings is Jane’s seventh novel for AVALON, and the third in a series featuring minister Carla Stevens Hastings. The first two books in the series, Blessings of the Heart and Blessings in Disguise, are available now from AVALON.

Wolf’s Eye

Businessman turned naturalist, Matthew McCall, is ready for the greatest challenge of his life restoring gray wolves to their former home in the high desert of Arizona. His love for the animals dates back to the stories with which his grandfather regaled him. Beautiful Native American rancher, Rebecca Whitefeather, is as strong and unyielding as the rugged land she calls home. Rebecca’s heritage has instilled within her respect for the magnificent predators, but a rancher can’t afford to be sentimental about wild animals, especially those who raid her flocks and cost her her livelihood. Rebecca believes in love and its healing power. Distrustful of his feelings, Matt doesn’t believe in love or in happily ever after. Despite the barriers separating them, Rebecca and Matt share a deeper attraction. Can Rebecca find a way to reach his heart and persuade him that they have a future together?

Star Crossed

Estrella ”Star” Whitney is at the top of her game as one of Hollywood’s most sought after actresses, and she gets what she wants. On location in Wyoming, she finds out her agent has been passing on some more challenging roles, and she chooses to drive herself back to Los Angeles rather than fly with the rest of the crew. Her road trip is spoiled when a jaywalking rabbit causes her to swerve, lose control of the car, and end up in a gully. Rafe McKenzie is fighting to keep his ranch. A round up, bringing his cattle to the high country for the summer, is a last ditch attempt to save the ”Heartsong.” Finding a pretty city girl along the way is the last thing he needs. Still, honor won’t permit him to ignore her plight. Star hurts her ankle and can’t travel, forcing Rafe to stay behind and care for her. The two of them are drawn closer together by the struggles and hardships they must face while finding their way through the wilderness. However, upon reaching civilization, Star can no longer keep her identity a secret. Learning that she is an actress, that she has lied to him, Rafe turns away from her. Star must convince him that they belong together. Fate crossed their paths, but now it’s up to Star to take their relationship from ”Star Crossed” to ”happily ever after.”

Sheriff’s Choice

Colorado Springs, a booming town in a new state, has come a long way. It boasts a school, a post office, and even a library. But rustling is stripping local ranchers of their livelihoods. The town council has brought Ford McKinnon, a sheriff with a reputation of a fast gun and a cool hand, to put an end to it. Ford McKinnon has never belonged not to a place, not to a woman, not even to himself, only to the job. Cady Armstrong, on the contrary, belongs to Colorado Springs. Owner and editor of the Colorado Springs Gazette, she reports the news, writes the editorials, and prints the paper. The daughter of the town’s former sheriff, Cady has a special interest in watching how the new sheriff handles himself, and she isn’t impressed. Ford and Cady have nothing in common, except a desire for the truth. But what they discover might divide them forever.