About The Author

Rachel Wilson

In an effort to avoid what she knew she should be doing, Rachel Wilson (also known as cozy mystery author Alice Duncan) folk-danced professionally until her writing muse finally had its way. Now a resident of Roswell, New Mexico, Rachel enjoys saying "no" to smog, "no" to crowds, and "yes" to loving her herd of wild dachshunds.

Books

Haunting Hearts Series

Restless Souls

Montana native Penelope Potter is in England for the first time to attend the nuptials of Arthur Collingsworth--her brother Harry's best friend--whom Penelope met on his trip out West.
 
While harboring romantic feelings for Art, Penelope knows he must marry the woman his family has chosen--the well-bred and moneyed Miss Juliette Griffin.
 
Then Harry begins behaving like a wild and wooly Western character after drinking corn liquor Arthur purchased while in New Mexico.
 
Art offers Penelope his every assistance, and together they discover the spirit of Chester Pease, who's about to teach them about the power of true love. But can Penelope and Art convince Chester to leave Harry, before Harry is forever lost?

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Heaven's Promise

In the timeworn pages of a secret diary lies the dark mystery of a woman's soul... and the shining destiny of a woman's heart.
 
It's 1895, forty years since Susanna Clement's great-aunt disappeared, leaving only a mysterious diary as her legacy, and much to Susanna's annoyance, Julian Kittrick--a dashing, care-for-nothing newspaperman--is creating new scandal out of old stories.
 
But when the ghost of her great-aunt's beloved fiancé begins making trouble, and memories of her dearly departed ancestor invade Susanna's dreams, she reluctantly teams up with Julian to free a spirit trapped on earth—and a love waiting to be born.

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Bittersweet Summer

According to local lore, Crowfoot Castle in Bittersweet, New York, is haunted. It's not the castle ghost who's unnerving the new owner, Indian War veteran Tobias Rakes--but the beautiful housekeeper, Genevieve Crowfoot.
 
Genevieve knows she should leave Tobias to the mercy of the castle ghost. But when she spies the tenderness beneath his haughty eyes, she refuses to abandon him, and stays on as his housekeeper.
 
Now, Genevieve faces a new invisible force--a love that'll strike like summer lightning. But first, she and Tobias must survive the shadowy assailant who intends to do more than just run them out of the castle.

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Spirit of Love

Prim and proper, Georgina Witherspoon travels to the Wild West to care for her crazy grandmother. But when she arrives, she discovers Grandma isn’t mad—she’s being haunted by the ghost of her true love, Devlin, who never declared his feelings while he was alive.

Now Georgina is playing referee between a ghost and her angry grandmother, while trying to manage the handsome, rugged sheriff Ash Barrett, who constantly teases her for her stuck-up Easternly ways.

Problem is, no matter how desirable Ash finds Georgina, he’s dead set against marriage.  But with Devlin's haunting help, Ash Barrett just might see the error of his ways, before he loses life's most precious gift...

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