Rita Herron

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Rita Herron is a USA Today bestselling author known for her romance and romantic suspense novels. She began her writing career after working as a kindergarten teacher. Herron's works often blend elements of murder, mystery, and romance, along with some romantic comedies.

Rita Herron's works include "Insatiable Desire" (also published as "Heartless"), "Dark Hunger" (also known as "Mindless"), and "Forbidden Passion" (also titled "Soulless"). These novels explore intense themes of desire and darkness. Additionally, Herron contributed to "The Ten Brides for Ten Heroes Cookbook," alongside authors such as Mimi Barbour, Donna Fasano, and Rebecca York. The cookbook features recipes from these renowned writers. Herron's narratives and culinary contributions showcase her versatility and depth in storytelling.

Bachelor Pact

Marry Me, Maddie

(2001)

Sleepless in Savannah

(2003)

Love Me Lucy

(2012)

Badge Of Courage

The Secret She Kept

(2021)

The Body in the Wall

(2022)

Badge Of Honor Mysteries

Mysterious Abduction

(2020)

Left to Die

(2020)

Protective Order

(2020)

Suspicious Circumstances

(2020)

Badge Of Justice

Redemption at Hawk's Landing

(2017)

Safe at Hawk's Landing

(2017)

Hideaway at Hawk's Landing

(2018)

Hostage at Hawk's Landing

(2019)

Brides & Grooms

Here Comes the Bride

(1999)

There Goes the Groom

(2012)

Bucking Bronc Lodge

Certified Cowboy

(2012)

Cowboy in the Extreme

(2012)

Cowboy to the Max

(2012)

Cowboy Cop

(2012)

Native Cowboy

(2013)

Ultimate Cowboy

(2013)

Cold Case

Cold Case at Camden Crossing

(2013)

Cold Case at Carlton's Canyon

(2013)

Cold Case at Cobra Creek

(2014)

Cold Case in Cherokee Crossing

(2014)

Demonborn

Insatiable Desire / Heartless

(2008)

Dark Hunger / Mindless

(2009)

Forbidden Passion / Soulless

(2010)

Detective Ellie Reeves

The Silent Dolls

(2020)

Wildflower Graves

(2020)

The Burning Girls

(2021)

Frozen Souls

(2021)

Stolen Angels

(2022)

Hidden Bones

(2022)

The Girl in the River

(2022)

Widow Lake

(2023)

The Sleeping Girls

(2024)

The Ice Sisters

(2024)

Falcon Ridge

The Man from Falcon Ridge

(2004)

Return to Falcon Ridge

(2006)

Force of the Falcon

(2006)

Graveyard Falls

All the Beautiful Brides

(2015)

All the Pretty Faces

(2016)

All the Dead Girls

(2016)

Guardian Angel Investigations

Silent Night Sanctuary

(2008)

His Secret Christmas Baby

(2009)

Unbreakable Bond

(2010)

Guardian Angel Investigations: Lost & Found

The Missing Twin

(2011)

Her Stolen Son

(2011)

Hartwell Hope Chests

Have Baby, Need Beau

(2001)

Have Husband, Need Honeymoon

(2001)

Have Gown, Need Groom

(2001)

Have Bouquet, Need Boyfriend

(2003)

Have Cowboy, Need Cupid

(2003)

Heroes Of Horseshoe Creek

Lock, Stock and McCullen

(2015)

McCullen's Secret Son

(2015)

Roping Ray McCullen

(2016)

Warrior Son

(2016)

The Missing McCullen

(2017)

The Last McCullen

(2017)

Keepers

Pretty Little Killers

(2018)

Good Little Girls

(2018)

Little White Lies

(2018)

Dead Little Darlings

(2019)

Manhunt

Safe in His Arms

(2013)

Safe by His Side

(2013)

Safe with Him

(2013)

Nighthawk Island

Silent Surrender

(2002)

Memories of Megan

(2002)

The Cradle Mission

(2003)

Undercover Avenger

(2004)

Midnight Disclosures

(2004)

Mysterious Circumstances

(2005)

Vows of Vengeance

(2006)

Look-Alike

(2006)

Up in Flames

(2007)

Under His Skin

(2008)

In the Flesh

(2008)

Seven Nights

Bed of Roses

(2014)

One Night to Kill

(2014)

Slaughter Creek

Before She Dies

(2012)

Dying to Tell

(2012)

Her Dying Breath

(2013)

Worth Dying For

(2014)

Dying for Love

(2014)

Colorado Confidential

Rocky Mountain Maverick

(2003)(By: Gayle Wilson)

Special Agent Nanny

(2003)(By: Linda O. Johnston)

Kiss and Tell

(2003)(By: Amanda Stevens)

Covert Cowboy

(2003)(By: Harper Allen)

A Warrior's Mission

(2003)

Cheyenne Wife

(2004)(By: Judith Stacy)

Rocky Mountain Marriage

(2004)(By: Debra Lee Brown)

Cowboys Royale

Brandishing a Crown

(2010)

Seized by the Sheik

(2010)(By: Ann Voss Peterson)

Ransom for a Prince

(2011)(By: Lisa Childs)

By Order of the Prince

(2011)(By: Carla Cassidy)

Sovereign Sheriff

(2011)(By: Cassie Miles)

The Black Sheep Sheik

(2011)(By: Dana Marton)

Diamonds & Daddies

Platinum Cowboy

(2009)

Desert Ice Daddy

(2009)(By: Dana Marton)

Baby Bling

(2009)(By: Elle James)

Priceless Newborn Prince

(2009)(By: Ann Voss Peterson)

Her Protector

Send Me a Hero

(1998)

Kenner County Crime Unit

Secrets in Four Corners

(2008)(By: Debra Webb)

Profile Durango

(2009)(By: Carla Cassidy)

She's Positive

(2009)(By: Delores Fossen)

Collecting Evidence

(2009)

Snowed in with the Boss

(2009)(By: Jessica Andersen)

Criminally Handsome

(2009)(By: Cassie Miles)

Lights Out

Royal Lockdown

(2007)(By: Rebecca York)

Safe Before Dawn

(2007)(By: Linda Castillo)

A Baby Before Dawn

(2007)(By: Linda Castillo)

Anything for His Son

(2007)

Meet Me at Midnight

(2007)(By: Jessica Andersen)

Mossy Creek

(2001)(By: Debra Dixon,Sandra Chastain,Donna Ball,Deborah Smith,Virginia Ellis,Nancy Knight)

Reunion at Mossy Creek

(2002)(By: Sharon Sala,Martha Shields,Carmen Green,Debra Dixon,Sandra Chastain,Carolyn McSparren,Deborah Smith,Virginia Ellis,Nancy Knight,Dee Sterling)

Summer in Mossy Creek

(2003)(By: Anne Bishop,Martha Shields,Debra Dixon,Sandra Chastain,Judith Keim,Carolyn McSparren,Deborah Smith,Susan Goggins,Kimberly Brock,Patti Callahan Henry,Bo Sebastian,Shelley Morris)

Blessings of Mossy Creek

(2004)(With: Karen White,Martha Kirkland,Martha Shields,Missy Tippens,Debra Dixon,Sandra Chastain,Gayle Trent,Deborah Smith,Virginia Ellis,Susan Goggins,Berta Platas,Chloe Mitchell,Lillian Richey)

A Day in Mossy Creek

(2006)(By: Sabrina Jeffries,Carmen Green,Debra Dixon,Sandra Chastain,Carolyn McSparren,Deborah Smith,Virginia Ellis,Donna Sterling,Susan Goggins,Maureen Hardegree)

At Home in Mossy Creek

(2007)(By: Sabrina Jeffries)

Gone But Not Forgotten: Novella

(2008)(By: Sabrina Jeffries)

Critters of Mossy Creek

(2009)(By: Michele Hauf,Debra Dixon,Sandra Chastain,Carolyn McSparren,Deborah Smith,Susan Goggins,Maureen Hardegree,Martha Crockett,Pam Mantovani,Kathleen Watson-Hodges)

Homecoming in Mossy Creek

(2011)(By: Debra Dixon,Sandra Chastain,Carolyn McSparren,Nancy Knight,Susan Goggins,Maureen Hardegree,Berta Platas,Martha Crockett,Darcy Crowder,Brenna Crowder)

Closer Than They Appear: Novella

(2014)(By: Sabrina Jeffries)

Christmas in Mossy Creek

(2017)(By: Carolyn McSparren,Nancy Knight,Susan Goggins,Maureen Hardegree,Martha Crockett,Darcy Crowder)

Seeing Double

Peek-A-Boo Protector

(2009)

Covert Cootchie-Cootchie-Coo

(2012)(By: Ann Voss Peterson)

Silver Star Of Texas

Six-Gun Investigation

(2007)(By: Mallory Kane)

Trace Evidence In Tarrant County / For Justice and Love

(2007)(By: Delores Fossen)

Justice for a Ranger

(2007)

Silver Star Of Texas: Cantara Hills Investigation

The Heart of Brody McQuade

(2008)(By: Mallory Kane)

Beneath The Badge

(2008)

Questioning the Heiress

(2008)(By: Delores Fossen)

Silver Star Of Texas: Comanche Creek

Classified Cowboy

(2009)(By: Mallory Kane)

Shotgun Sheriff

(2010)(By: Delores Fossen)

Rawhide Ranger

(2010)

Stormwatch

Frozen Ground

(2019)(By: Debra Webb)

Deep Freeze

(2019)(By: Vicki Hinze)

Wind Chill

(2019)

Black Ice

(2019)(By: Regan Black)

Snow Brides

(2019)(By: Peggy Webb)

Snow Blind

(2020)(By: Cindy Gerard)

Welcome To Matrimony

Going to the Chapel

(2014)

Standalone Novels

Child's Play

(1971)

Thief of Hearts

(1997)

Husband Hunting 101

(1998)

Mirror, Mirror

(1999)

Her Eyewitness

(1999)

Under the Covers

(2002)

A Breath Away

(2005)

Last Kiss Goodbye

(2006)

In a Heartbeat

(2006)

Say You Love Me

(2007)

Don't Say a Word

(2007)

His-And-Hers Twins

(2010)

Single and Searching

(2011)

On the Edge

(2021)(With: Tess Gerritsen)

Short Stories/Novellas

Hank / Redbird

(2004)(With: Diana Palmer)

Non-Fiction

Surviving Summers with Kids: Funfilled Activities for All

(1993)

Take Charge Now!

(1994)

Memory Away

Lover, Stranger / Love Is A Stranger

(1991)(By: Amanda Stevens)

The Man She Married

(1991)(By: Dani Sinclair)

A Woman of Mystery

(1999)(By: Charlotte Douglas)

To Save His Baby

(1999)(By: Judi Lind)

Undercover Dad

(1999)(By: Charlotte Douglas)

A Night Without End

(2000)(By: Susan Kearney)

Forgotten Lullaby

(2000)

Safe Haven

The Message

(1988)(By: Stella Cameron)

Measure of Deceit

(1988)(By: Caroline Burnes)

Come Gentle the Dawn

(1989)(By: Lindsay McKenna)

Life Line

(1990)(By: Rebecca York)

Deadly Currents

(1992)(By: Caroline Burnes)

The Reluctant Bride

(1992)(By: Barbara Bretton)

A Haven in His Arms

(1993)(By: Phyllis Halldorson)

Hired Hand

(1993)(By: Elizabeth Bevarly)

Dead Heat

(1993)(By: Patricia Rosemoor)

Night Prince

(1994)(By: Muriel Jensen)

Tempting Faith

(1994)(By: Susan Mallery)

Odd Man Out

(1995)(By: B.J. Daniels)

True Lies

(1995)(By: Ingrid Weaver)

At the Midnight Hour

(1995)(By: Alicia Scott)

Caitlin's Guardian Angel

(1995)(By: Marie Ferrarella)

His Friend's Wife

(1995)(By: Janice Kay Johnson)

Badlands Bride

(1996)(By: Cheryl St. John)

The Marrying Kind

(1996)(By: Beverly Bird)

Renegade's Redemption

(1997)(By: Lindsay Longford)

Sunset Promises

(1997)(By: Carla Cassidy)

The Amnesiac Bride

(1997)(By: Marie Ferrarella)

Return to Sender

(1998)(By: Merline Lovelace)

Clay Yeager's Redemption

(1999)(By: Justine Davis)

Keeping Annie Safe

(1999)(By: Beverly Barton)

Her Private Bodyguard

(2000)(By: Gayle Wilson)

Inadmissible Passion

(2000)(By: Ann Voss Peterson)

One Good Man

(2000)(By: Julie Miller)

Secrets and Lies

(2002)(By: Maggie Shayne)

Memories of Megan

(2002)

Walk Down the Aisle

Yesterday and Forever

(1992)(By: Sandra Marton)

The Husband Campaign

(1999)(By: Barbara McMahon)

The Arabian Mistress

(2001)(By: Lynne Graham)

Have Baby, Need Beau

(2001)

Undercover Baby

(2001)(By: Adrianne Lee)

Trading Places

(2001)(By: Ruth Jean Dale)

His Witness, Her Child

(2001)(By: Ann Voss Peterson)

His Child or Hers?

(2001)(By: Dawn Stewardson)

Top Secret Babies

The Bodyguard's Baby

(2001)(By: Debra Webb)

Saving His Son

(2001)

Undercover Baby

(2001)(By: Adrianne Lee)

The Secret She Keeps

(2002)(By: Cassie Miles)

Heir to Secret Memories

(2003)(By: Mallory Kane)

Claiming His Family

(2003)(By: Ann Voss Peterson)

Undercover Babies

(2005)(By: Alice Sharpe)

Mommy Under Cover

(2005)(By: Delores Fossen)

Not-So-Secret Baby

(2005)(By: Jo Leigh)

Men In Uniform

Heart of the Tiger

(1988)(By: Lindsay McKenna)

Five-Alarm Affair

(1988)(By: Marie Ferrarella)

The White Night

(1989)(By: Stella Bagwell)

Informed Risk

(1989)(By: Robyn Carr)

By Leaps and Bounds

(1990)(By: Jacqueline Diamond)

Return To Tomorrow

(1990)(By: Marisa Carroll)

Moriah's Mutiny

(1991)(By: Elizabeth Bevarly)

Serious Risks

(1991)(By: Rachel Lee)

Bad Moon Rising

(1991)(By: Kathleen Eagle)

One Last Chance

(1993)(By: Justine Davis)

A Vow to Love

(1994)(By: Sherryl Woods)

A Match for Celia

(1995)(By: Gina Wilkins)

Deputy Daddy

(1996)(By: Carla Cassidy)

A Family Man

(1996)(By: Mindy Neff)

The Sheriff's Proposal

(1996)(By: Karen Rose Smith)

Strangers When We Meet

(1997)(By: Rebecca Winters)

The Hero's Son

(1998)(By: Amanda Stevens)

Snowbound Bride

(1998)(By: Cathy Gillen Thacker)

Remember My Touch

(1998)(By: Gayle Wilson)

AKA: Marriage

(1998)(By: Jule McBride)

The President's Daughter

(1999)(By: Annette Broadrick)

Baby Our Baby

(1999)(By: Patricia Thayer)

The Major and the Librarian

(1999)(By: Nikki Benjamin)

Mistaken Identity

(2000)(By: Merline Lovelace)

My Baby, My Love

(2000)(By: Dani Sinclair)

Landry's Law

(2000)(By: Kelsey Roberts)

Same Place, Same Time

(2000)(By: C.J. Carmichael)

Love at First Sight

(2000)(By: B.J. Daniels)

That's Our Baby!

(2000)(By: Pamela Browning)

Daddy in Dress Blues

(2000)(By: Cathie Linz)

Special Assignment: Baby

(2001)(By: Debra Webb)

Code Name: Prince

(2001)(By: Valerie Parv)

Dear Maggie

(2001)(By: Brenda Novak)

Have Gown, Need Groom

(2001)

The Marriage Conspiracy

(2001)(By: Christine Rimmer)

If You Don't Know By Now

(2001)(By: Teresa Southwick)

The Woman for Dusty Conrad

(2001)(By: Tori Carrington)

On Pins and Needles

(2002)(By: Victoria Pade)

Pregnant And Protected

(2002)(By: Lilian Darcy)

Return of the Lawman

(2002)(By: Lisa Childs)

The Man From Texas

(2002)(By: Rebecca York)

The Sheriff of Shelter Valley

(2002)(By: Tara Taylor Quinn)

Serving Up Trouble

(2002)(By: Jill Shalvis)

A Randall Returns

(2003)(By: Judy Christenberry)

Babe In The Woods

(2003)(By: Caroline Burnes)

Surprise Inheritance

(2003)(By: Charlotte Douglas)

The Good Daughter

(2003)(By: Jean Brashear)

Secretly Married

(2004)(By: Allison Leigh)

Secret Witness

(2004)(By: Jessica Andersen)

Too Many Brothers

(2004)(By: Roz Fox)

Bullseye

(2005)(By: Jessica Andersen)

Men: Made in America

Dream Come True

(1982)(By: Ann Major)

Winter Lady

(1983)(By: Janet Joyce)

Another Kind of Love

(1983)(By: Mary Lynn Baxter)

Kiss Yesterday Goodbye

(1984)(By: Leigh Michaels)

Moments Harsh, Moments Gentle

(1984)(By: Joan Hohl)

Call It Destiny

(1984)(By: Jayne Ann Krentz)

The Wrong Man

(1984)(By: Ann Major)

Tangled Lies

(1984)(By: Anne Stuart)

Too Near The Fire

(1984)(By: Lindsay McKenna)

To Love A Dreamer

(1985)(By: Ruth Ryan Langan)

Starstruck

(1985)(By: Anne McAllister)

Borrowed Dreams: Alaska

(1985)(By: Debbie Macomber)

Rocky Road

(1985)(By: Anne Stuart)

A Time and a Season

(1985)(By: Curtiss Matlock)

Natural Attraction

(1985)(By: Marisa Carroll)

A Class Act

(1985)(By: Kathleen Eagle)

Love By Proxy

(1985)(By: Diana Palmer)

Straight from the Heart

(1986)(By: Barbara Delinsky)

In Good Faith

(1986)(By: Judith McWilliams)

Deceptions

(1986)(By: Annette Broadrick)

For Old Time's Sake

(1986)(By: Kathleen Eagle)

The Security Man

(1986)(By: Dixie Browning)

After the Storm

(1986)(By: Rebecca Flanders)

The Devlin Dare

(1986)(By: Cathy Gillen Thacker)

Within Reach

(1987)(By: Marilyn Pappano)

Stormwalker

(1987)(By: Dallas Schulze)

Bayou Midnight

(1987)(By: Emilie Richards)

A Time to Keep

(1987)(By: Curtiss Matlock)

Pros and Cons

(1987)(By: Bethany Campbell)

To Tame a Wolf

(1987)(By: Anne McAllister)

All in the Family

(1987)(By: Heather Graham Pozzessere)

Author's Choice

(1988)(By: Elizabeth August)

Nobody's Baby

(1988)(By: Barbara Bretton)

Rogue's Valley

(1988)(By: Kathleen Creighton)

The Bargain

(1988)(By: Patricia Coughlin)

Finders Keepers

(1989)(By: Carla Neggers)

The Love Thing

(1993)(By: Dixie Browning)

Full House

(1993)(By: Jackie Weger)

Murdock's Family

(1994)(By: Paula Detmer Riggs)

Arizona Heat

(1995)(By: Jennifer Greene)

The Wolf and the Woman's Touch

(1996)(By: Ingrid Weaver)

A Husband by Any Other Name

(1996)(By: Cheryl St. John)

The Paternity Test

(1997)(By: Pamela Toth)

Midnight Wishes

(1997)(By: Carla Cassidy)

The Silent Groom

(1997)(By: Kelsey Roberts)

Send Me a Hero

(1998)

Warrior's Embrace

(2000)(By: Peggy Webb)

Found: His Perfect Wife

(2000)(By: Marie Ferrarella)

Mysterious Stranger

(2000)(By: Patricia Rosemoor)

Baby Business

(2000)(By: Brenda Novak)

The Temptation of Rory Monahan

(2001)(By: Jennifer Greene,Elizabeth Bevarly)

The Marine's Babies

(2009)(By: Laura Marie Altom)

The Fireman's Christmas

(2009)(By: Meg Lacey)

Bachelor CEO

(2009)(By: Michele Dunaway)

A Cowboy's Promise

(2009)(By: Marin Thomas)

The Rodeo Rider

(2009)(By: Roxann Delaney)

Once a Lawman

(2009)(By: Lisa Childs)

The Chief Ranger

(2009)(By: Rebecca Winters)

The Wrangler

(2009)(By: Pamela Britton)

The Texas Ranger's Twins

(2012)(By: Tina Leonard)

Top Gun Dad

(2021)(By: Ann DeFee)

Trading Places

The Rancher Wore Suits

(2002)

The Doctor Wore Boots

(2002)(By: Debra Webb)

Christmas Angel for the Billionaire

(2009)(By: Liz Fielding)

Her Desert Dream

(2009)(By: Liz Fielding)

The Eclipse

A Dangerous Inheritance

(2004)(By: Leona Karr)

Midnight Island Sanctuary

(2004)(By: Susan Peterson)

The Man from Falcon Ridge

(2004)

Eden's Shadow

(2004)(By: Jenna Ryan)

The Substitute Sister

(2005)(By: Lisa Childs)

A Rose at Midnight

(2005)(By: Sylvie Kurtz)

Shadows on the Lake

(2005)(By: Leona Karr)

The Sedgwick Curse

(2005)(By: Shawna Delacorte)

Mystique

(2005)(By: Charlotte Douglas)

Urban Sensation

(2005)(By: Debra Webb)

Return to Stony Ridge

(2005)(By: Dani Sinclair)

Primary Suspect

(2006)(By: Susan Peterson)

Stoneview Estate

(2006)(By: Leona Karr)

Beneath the Texas Moon

(2006)(By: Elle James)

Return to Falcon Ridge

(2006)

Charmed

(2006)(By: Leona Karr)

To the Rescue

(2006)(By: Jean Barrett)

Force of the Falcon

(2006)

Gravity

(2012)(By: Michelle Leighton)

Anthologies

Epiphany

(2005)

The Ten Brides for Ten Heroes Cookbook

(2014)

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