Setting: Beaumont, Texas, 1911

Sensuality: 7

Beautiful Evelyn Thurgood-Baron is the sole heiress to the Baron Oil fortune and has had 26 years of ladylike, rigidly proper upbringing. She longs to kick over the traces and experience travel and adventure but her father has other plans. When he announces that he's negotiated an engagement for her as part of a lucrative business deal, Evelyn packs a bag and runs away, posing as a ladies' maid to board the Lone Star Limited.

Falsely accused of murder and chasing the only man who can exonerate him, New Orleans police lieutenant Luke Deveraux boards the Lone Star Limited disguised as a woman. Neither Evelyn nor Luke has time to adjust to their new identities before danger forces them to jump from the train and shed their costumes. Then fate pairs them in a race across Texas that has them hiding from the police, private detectives, and bandits. Neither of them is prepared for the attraction that daily grows stronger between them, but if they survive their dangerous journey, is there any hope for a future between an heiress to millions and a New Orleans cop?

The turn-of-the-century setting of The Runaway Heiress is rich with colorful detail in a plot that contains one hair-raising, life-threatening scene after another, supported by a hero and heroine strong enough to survive and thrive despite the danger. Don't miss this wonderfully romantic historical. --Lois Faye Dyer


Review
Romantic Times Laced with humor and passion, Stef Ann Holm's novels tickle the funny bone, capture the imagination, and give readers "a true sense of 'being there'"


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Raised in stfling luxury and determined to escape an arranged marriage, Evelyn Thurgood-Baron masquerades as a lady's maid and hops the next train out of Beaumont, Texas. When her employer turns out to be a wanted man in disguise, she wonders whether scandalous behavior will be her undoing. But Evelyn is all too willing to stand by this stranger, who can offer her nothing but adventure...and a broken heart. Framed and branded a criminal, New Orleans police lieutenant Luke Devereaux will do anything to get to El Paso and clear his name...even sneak aboard a train while wearing women's clothing. He never bargained on having a maid -- particularly not one with such deep blue eyes. As they cross the harsh Texas terrain, renegade lawman and rebellious lady fall in love. But can Luke overcome betrayal and learn to trust in tomorrow?


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"Raised in stifling luxury and determined to escape an arranged marriage, Evelyn Thurgood-Baron masquerades as a lady's maid and hops the next train out of Beaumont, Texas. When her employer turns out to be a wanted man in disguise, she wonders whether scandalous behavior will be her undoing. But Evelyn is all too willing to stand by this stranger, who can offer her nothing but adventure...and a broken heart. Framed and branded a criminal, New Orleans police lieutenant Luke Devereaux will do anything to get to El Paso and clear his name...even sneak aboard a train while wearing women's clothing. He never bargained on having a maid -- particularly not one with such deep blue eyes. As they cross the harsh Texas terrain, renegade lawman and rebellious lady fall in love. But can Luke overcome betrayal and learn to trust in tomorrow? "

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Raised in stfling luxury and determined to escape an arranged marriage, Evelyn Thurgood-Baron masquerades as a lady's maid and hops the next train out of Beaumont, Texas. When her employer turns out to be a wanted man in disguise, she wonders whether scandalous behavior will be her undoing. But Evelyn is all too willing to stand by this stranger, who can offer her nothing but adventure...and a broken heart.

Framed and branded a criminal, New Orleans police lieutenant Luke Devereaux will do anything to get to El Paso and clear his name...even sneak aboard a train while wearing women's clothing. He never bargained on having a maid—particularly not one with such deep blue eyes. As they cross the harsh Texas terrain, renegade lawman and rebellious lady fall in love. But can Luke overcome betrayal and learn to trust in tomorrow?

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