A Circle of Friends: The Only One Books
(2018)(A book in the Circle of Friends series)
An omnibus of novels by Cathryn Chandler
Starting a new life in the young and rowdy, gold rush town of San Francisco was never going to be easy, especially when you've left your family behind - or they've abandoned you. But there's family by blood and family by choice, and sometimes it takes a little of both to make a new home.
Only One Dream: Lillian has had to make her own way ever since she lost her entire family to fever. Now she has a thriving business and a whole circle of friends she takes care of like family. And she has no time, or inclination, to fall in love with a man who is chasing his brother's killer and makes his living in the gaming halls. But the charming Southern gambler sees things differently and bets his whole heart that he can change her mind.
Only One Love: Rayne has come into town to help her best friend with her wedding. And that's all she intends to do before returning to her ranch. She doesn't count on the Southern gentleman who has landed in San Francisco to reconcile with his family and discovers the dark-haired rancher's daughter is exactly what he needs to make his heart whole again. But Rayne has no intention of leaving the ranch, and the horses she raises, to live on a plantation, and Tremain has a bumpy road ahead to try and persuade Rayne that he's the right man for her.
Only One Promise: Abandoned by her uncle, Shannon's family faces financial ruin until she starts secretly roaming the town's streets at night, gathering stories to sell to the Penny Press to help her family survive. The easy-going rancher, Luke, thinks she's just another spoiled society miss he wants nothing to do with. Until they face a deadly threat together and he decides it's his job to protect her, whether she wants him to or not, even it means getting married.
Only One Beginning: He's been the head of the cobbled-together and growing circle of friends who consider each other family, ever since he rescued the half-starved twelve-year-old girl and raised her as a daughter. Having seen her, and many of the other members of his family, find love and happily marry, he's a contented man, sure his life is complete. Until he meets Dina. Now he's thinking he might have a "happily ever after" of his own. Until his long-lost brother shows up, demanding he returns home to help the family he hadn't seen or heard from in many years. But that would mean leaving the family he'd made in San Francisco, and his new love, behind to return to the privileged life he'd abandoned long ago.
Genre: Historical Romance
Only One Dream: Lillian has had to make her own way ever since she lost her entire family to fever. Now she has a thriving business and a whole circle of friends she takes care of like family. And she has no time, or inclination, to fall in love with a man who is chasing his brother's killer and makes his living in the gaming halls. But the charming Southern gambler sees things differently and bets his whole heart that he can change her mind.
Only One Love: Rayne has come into town to help her best friend with her wedding. And that's all she intends to do before returning to her ranch. She doesn't count on the Southern gentleman who has landed in San Francisco to reconcile with his family and discovers the dark-haired rancher's daughter is exactly what he needs to make his heart whole again. But Rayne has no intention of leaving the ranch, and the horses she raises, to live on a plantation, and Tremain has a bumpy road ahead to try and persuade Rayne that he's the right man for her.
Only One Promise: Abandoned by her uncle, Shannon's family faces financial ruin until she starts secretly roaming the town's streets at night, gathering stories to sell to the Penny Press to help her family survive. The easy-going rancher, Luke, thinks she's just another spoiled society miss he wants nothing to do with. Until they face a deadly threat together and he decides it's his job to protect her, whether she wants him to or not, even it means getting married.
Only One Beginning: He's been the head of the cobbled-together and growing circle of friends who consider each other family, ever since he rescued the half-starved twelve-year-old girl and raised her as a daughter. Having seen her, and many of the other members of his family, find love and happily marry, he's a contented man, sure his life is complete. Until he meets Dina. Now he's thinking he might have a "happily ever after" of his own. Until his long-lost brother shows up, demanding he returns home to help the family he hadn't seen or heard from in many years. But that would mean leaving the family he'd made in San Francisco, and his new love, behind to return to the privileged life he'd abandoned long ago.
Genre: Historical Romance
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