Rock Creek Six Series by Lori Handeland

If you liked the Magnificent Seven, you'll love the Rock Creek Six! Six elite Confederate soldiers band together after the War Between the States, hiring out their guns to protect lawless towns. Violence is all they know, until they make their way to Rock Creek, Texas. Mary McKendrick, a headstrong schoolteacher who wants nothing more than to find a home, takes charge when a band of ruffians attempts to destroy Rock Creek... moreIf you liked the Magnificent Seven, you'll love the Rock Creek Six! Six elite Confederate soldiers band together after the War Between the States, hiring out their guns to protect lawless towns. Violence is all they know, until they make their way to Rock Creek, Texas. Mary McKendrick, a headstrong schoolteacher who wants nothing more than to find a home, takes charge when a band of ruffians attempts to destroy Rock Creek. With very few men left in town after the war, Mary travels to Dallas to hire Reese, the mysterious, and reluctant leader of a band of guns for hire. Reese is haunted by the war and all he did during it. The only constant in his life are the five men willing to come whenever he calls them. They will do anything for each other; they are all they have left. Though Mary prides herself on managing everyone and anything, she can't manage Reese or her feelings for him. Reese doesn't believe he is worthy of loyalty and devotion; he certainly isn't worthy of love. In Rock Creek, Mary McKendrick teaches him differently. less

"Each new book in this fabulous series just gets better and better." Romantic TimesIf you liked the Magnificent Seven, you'll love the Rock Creek Six!Six elite Confederate soldiers band together after the War Between the States, hiring out their guns to protect lawless towns. Violence is all they know, until they make their way to Rock Creek, Texas. Rico is known as "the Kid" to the other members of the Rock Creek Six... more"Each new book in this fabulous series just gets better and better." Romantic TimesIf you liked the Magnificent Seven, you'll love the Rock Creek Six!Six elite Confederate soldiers band together after the War Between the States, hiring out their guns to protect lawless towns. Violence is all they know, until they make their way to Rock Creek, Texas. Rico is known as "the Kid" to the other members of the Rock Creek Six. Though he can't hit much with a gun, he is deadly with a knife--and with women. But like all of them, Rico has secrets that come back to haunt him. Lily Fortier has secrets of her own. She arrives in Rock Creek after winning the local saloon in a poker game and sets about making for herself the life she's always dreamed of having. Once known as the "ebony-eyed nightingale of New Orleans" Lily's beautiful voice has lifted her out of a shack in the swamps. Though she's always worked for others, she has her own place now, her own plans, her own life. She doesn't need a man in it--especially an aimless, decorative man like Rico. However, Rico proves himself to be much more than a pretty knife for hire. As they work together and make a home for both themselves and the two orphaned children who love them, the two begin to wonder if they might just be made for each other.But when a Pinkerton agent arrives in Rock Creek to drag Lily back to New Orleans to stand trial for murder, will Rico be able to save her?Rico is the third book in the six book Rock Creek Six series, written alternately by RITA Award Winning and New York Times Bestselling authors, Lori Handeland and Linda Winstead Jones. If you enjoyed the movie "The Magnificent Seven" or the novels of Linda Lael Miller and Jodi Thomas, give The Rock Creek Six a try!Series Order:Reese by Lori HandelandSullivan by Linda Winstead JonesRico by Lori HandelandJed by Linda Winstead JonesNate by Lori HandelandCash by Linda Winstead Jones less

When Josephine Clancy, the pastor's daughter, met gun-for-hire Nate Lang, she couldn't help but offer her friendship. Haunted by the War Between the States, Nate was the kind of man who needed someone. But Jo hadn't counted on falling in love with the hurting, secretive stranger--or the lengths she would travel to rescue him from the melancholy that threatened to destroy him... moreWhen Josephine Clancy, the pastor's daughter, met gun-for-hire Nate Lang, she couldn't help but offer her friendship. Haunted by the War Between the States, Nate was the kind of man who needed someone. But Jo hadn't counted on falling in love with the hurting, secretive stranger--or the lengths she would travel to rescue him from the melancholy that threatened to destroy him. Even the little town of Rock Creek, TX--and the five men Nate calls his only friends--hadn't succeeded in saving Nate from the emotional pain he can never escape. Spirited Jo was no different--until one passionate moment between them resulted in a hasty wedding. Yet Nate can't deny that Jo's trust in him is a gift he can't refuse--and that in her arms her love is his greatest joy. less