She needs a man to help with the repairs on their home, but no one wants to work for the stiff-necked spinster and her 'strange' sister. Set in 1880s Oregon, Allie's Moon tells the story of Allie Ford, who lives on the outskirts of Decker Prairie with her sister Olivia. Harrington proves in this lovely romance.' Trust is a difficult lesson, but love makes an amazing teacher-as Ms. Cindy Rowe noted in Romance Reader online that Harrington 'allows Dylan and Melissa to glimpse the joyous possibilities of life in spite of their fears. The bruise on Melissa's face persuades Dylan to accept the trade, despite his past bad experience with women, and a roughly drafted arrangement transfers Melissa's marriage pact from a man she hates to one she does not even know.

Dylan finally calls in the overdue debts and Coy offers as payment his wife, Melissa, and their baby daughter. In Harper's Bride Dylan Harper, the owner of a Yukon trading company, refuses to extend more credit to shiftless, drunken Coy Logan. Revenge is a powerful medicine soon on the trail again, love is kindled when they are forced to seek shelter in an empty miner's shack during a mountain ice storm. During her recovery, Kyla begins to trust him. Jace fails to realize that the young man he has met is really a young woman, until Kyla is shot. Kyla Springer Bailey is looking to hire someone to return to Oregon and kill a man, and thinks she has found him in bounty hunter Jace Rankin.

The novel is Harrington's account of what life was like in 1880s Montana. In 1983 she began her first novel, Homeward Hearts, which she finished and sold to a publisher ten years later. SIDELIGHTS: Alexis Harrington is a novelist who specializes in historical romances. Martin's Press, 1994, and Chocolate Kisses, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 2003.Ĭontributor to anthologies, including Midsummer Night's Madness, St. Harper's Bride, Penguin Books (New York, NY), 1997.Īllie's Moon, St.

Homeward Hearts, Penguin Books ( New York, NY), 1994.Ī Light for My Love, Penguin Books ( New York, NY), 1995.Ī Taste of Heaven, Penguin Books (New York, NY), 1996.ĭesperate Hearts, Penguin Books (New York, NY), 1996. MEMBER: Romance Writers of America, Rose City Romance Writers.ĪWARDS, HONORS: Editor's Choice award and historical category award, Cascade Retreat and Recharge contest, 1991 Laurel Wreath Award, Volusia County Romance Writers, 1996, for A Taste of Heaven Knight in Shining Silver award, Romantic Times, 2000, for Allie's Moon. Formerly worked as a secretary and in administrative positions. Hobbies and other interests: Rock 'n' roll, movies, reading.ĪDDRESSES: Office-P.O. Education: Attended Portland State University.

A Taste Of Heaven by Alexis Harrington