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The Ballad of Jack O'Dair

Jessie Jerome, a lovely, creative folksinger, seeks the answer to her lifelong quest. She is sent back to the days of the Klondike Gold Rush to learn the ending of the song about the legendary Jack O'Dair. She meets Jack, who is every bit as heroic as the ballad led her to believe. But can love prevail over a natural disaster to keep them together?

"...readers [will] be immediate caught up in the action, colorful backdrop, and the cleverness of the plotline.  Enjoy suspending your disbelief and relish this delightful tale."
--Romantic Times ****

"...a clever tale that showcases the story telling talents of Linda O. Johnston.  With this astute tale, romance readers will sing the Ballad of Linda O. Johnston."
--Harriet Klausner for Painted Rock Reviews

"Linda O. Johnston has created a fine folk myth in The Ballad of Jack O'Dair.  Imaginative and clever, this book is a true page turner."
--Affaire de Coeur ****1/2

"Ms. Johnston brings the ghost town of Dyea alive with colorful characters and descriptive words...  This book will add spice to a boring day."
--Rendezvous

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Love Spell Timeswept
October 2000

ISBN 0-505-52404-X

Third Place Winner
Rising Star Contest
Best Paranormal

Orange Rose Contest
Finalist
Best Paranormal/Time Travel

Once a Cavalier

A twentieth century doctor, Larryn Maeller, meets the handsome, tormented ghost of a seventeenth century doctor, Thomas Northby, Duke of Seldrake, who had pledged his life to saving children from the Great Plague in London. Their dogs, both Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, lead Larryn into the past, where she must keep Thomas from becoming a tortured ghost... while learning that love transcends the centuries.

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"Linda O. Johnston has gained a well-deserved reputation for exciting romance novels...  Ms. Johnston provides readers with a wonderfully picturesque tale that will leave historical and time travel romance aficionados seeking the author's other works."
-- Affaire de Coeur

"Another super story from an author who excels at time travel."
--Rendezvous

"Ms. Johnston delivers an engaging tale of love, honor and betrayal set amid a London stricken by the Great Plague."
--Romantic Times

"A touching romance that is steady rather than fast paced.  Set in one of my favourite eras it is one that fewer novels are set in than I would like.  I was delighted to find that I was not disappointed in Linda O Johnston’s interpretation of this era and I would hope that some day she will return to it with another novel."
--LouisaBrown.net

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Jove Time Passages
June 2000

ISBN 0-515-12847-3

"ONCE A CAVALIER is an entertaining time travel romance that will provide much pleasure to sub-genre fans. ...Linda O. Johnston [tells] an exciting story that paints a vivid picture of a bygone era. The lead characters are a dynamic duo whose need to help the young during the health crisis adds to their appeal. Ms. Johnson is a natural who makes reading fun."
--Harriet Klausner, Under the Covers

"Once a Cavalier isn’t your ordinary romance or time travel tale. It’s a compassionate story of a life, loyalty, and perseverance. Ms. Johnston uses strong characters, a descriptively accurate historical past, and the reader’s curiosity to keep the reader involved. This one has plenty of everything to keep the pages turning passion, romance, danger, and intrigue; a wonderful experience in an entertaining read."
--Brenda Weeaks, MyShelf.com

Winter Wonderland

Christmas is coming, and the streets are alive with the sounds of the season: "Silver Bells" and sleigh rides, jingle bells and carolers. Choruses of "Here Comes Santa Claus" float over the snow-covered landscape, bringing the joy of the holiday to revelers as they deck the halls and string the lights "Up on the Housetop." And when the songs of the season touch four charmed couples, melody turns to romance and harmony turns to passion. For these "Merry Gentlemen" and their lovely ladies will learn that with the love they have found, not even a spring thaw will cool their desire or destroy their winter wonderland.

"Up on the Housetop"
by Linda O. Johnston

In "Up on the Housetop," Carrie Ritenour, a lovely young widow, wants nothing more to do with men but yearns to adopt a baby. As Christmas approaches, Carrie finds the ideal situation, a pregnant teen who intends to give up her baby. But Carrie is stymied by the interference of the teen's handsome older brother, Sam DiGregorio. Carrie lobbies Sam, the mayor of their small town, to prove she is the right mother for the baby... and in the process finds love Up on the Housetop.

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Love Spell Anthology
"Up on the Housetop"
October 1999

ISBN 0-505-52339-6

"This anthology is a great read with four stories by four superb writers. Every story is full of life, love and hope. These four authors know how to pen a wonderful romantic story."
--Robin Peek, Under the Covers

Stranger on the Mountain

According to family legend passed along from her Native American ancestors, Dawn Perry can only find true love when mountain lions return to Central Pennsylvania. But the large cats have been extinct there for more than 100 years. Dawn scoffs at the legend... yet when a mountain lion unexpectedly appears, she can't help wondering if its presence has caused ruggedly handsome Jonah Campion to come into her life.

But, Dawn is a straight-laced lawyer determined to save the cougar from overeager hunters by placing it in the safety of her grandfather’s animal sanctuary. And Jonah is an ex-con who reveres freedom--his own, and the mountain lion’s--above all else.

Can the legend come true and bring them together? Or will the mountain lion’s unexpected presence, and their differences about how to save it, keep them apart?

“Skillful plotting, an intriguing legend, a compelling mountain lion... all wrapped around a wonderfully tender love story. Romance at its best!” - Sandra Hill

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Love Spell
March 1999

ISBN 0-505-52301-9

"Linda O. Johnston gives readers a tale of people learning to put aside prejudices and accept human imperfections. STRANGER ON THE MOUNTAIN works as a warm and loving drama." -- Romantic Times

Point in Time

As a successful Hollywood executive, Mariah was on the lookout for the perfect screenplay, and she thought she had it. With an old-fashioned setting and Thorn, a hero to die for, she knew it would make a great movie. Then a visit to a historical park sent Mariah back in time-to frontier Fort Pitt, where she was rescued by a very real Thorn. Now that she'd found him, she wondered if they were doomed for a tragic Hollywood ending-or if she'd discover that, in affairs of the heart, real life seldom follows a script.

Point in Time, my third romance for Love Spell, published January 1998, is a time travel romance that takes place in my favorite place, my hometown, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

"Point in Time by Linda O. Johnston is a well written book. It has everything from suspense to steamy romance. The hero and heroine is well matched. Their supporting characters are humorous, loyal, and fit right in with the theme of the book. The entire range of human emotions are depicted in Point In Time. From the gentle first kiss of a would be lover to the demented mind of a killer, Linda O. Johnston leaves nothing out. I highly recommend this book to romance lovers."
--BooksHills.com

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Love Spell Timeswept
January 1998

ISBN 0-505-52244-6

The Glass Slipper

BY THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT, YOU MUST KISS THE HANDSOME PRINCE WHO WILL BRING YOU BLISS.

By no stretch of the imagination did Paige Conner consider herself a princess. She was far more interested in pursuing her research than in attending gala balls or dressing in frilly gowns. Then the feisty beauty's bumbling fairy godmother arranged for her to take a job that landed her in a small kingdom - and in the arms of a prince with more than dancing on his mind. Enchanted from the first, Paige longed to lose herself in her royal suitor's loving embrace. Yet she feared that their desire was a result of a seductive spell and not her own considerable charms. And Paige wouldn't agree to live passionately ever after until she had claimed the prince's heart with a magic all her own.

"Linda O. Johnston has written a winner!" - Romantic Times

"In the age of computers and hundred dollar sneakers, Linda O. Johnston provides an entertaining contemporary fairy tale romance.... readers will enjoy this highly recommended read." - Affaire de Coeur

"... a wonderful, make-believe tale filled with magic and romance...." - Rendezvous

"... a contemporary Fairy Tale filled with humor, romance and most of all the faith that Fairy Tales can come true!" - Romance Forever

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Love Spell Faery Tale
July 1996

ISBN 0-505-52111-3

The Glass Slipper was my retelling of the Cinderella story -- complete with a real, live fairy godmother! It was a July 1996 release, one of the Love Spell Faerie Tale series.

A Glimpse of Forever

The Seer

Her wagon stranded on the Spanish Trail, pioneer Abby Wynne searched the heavens for rain. Gifted with visionary powers, Abby sensed a man in another time gazing at the same night sky. But even she could not foresee that she would journey to the future and into the arms of her soul mate.

The Stargazer

Widower Mike Danziger had escaped the L.A. lights for the desert, but nothing prepared him for a beauty as radiant as the doe-eyed woman he found. His intellect couldn't accept her incredible story, but her warm kiss eased the longing in his heart.

A Glimpse of Forever

Caught between two eras bridged only by their love, Mike and Abby fought to stay together, even as the past beckoned Abby back to save those trapped on the trail. Was their passion a destiny written in the stars or only a fleeting glimpse of paradise?

"... a poignant and warm-hearted tale of soul mates reaching across time to fulfill their destined love." - Romantic Times

"... an impressive, steamy romantic adventure." - Rendezvous

"With more novels like this one, the O in Linda O. Johnston will surely stand for outstanding." - Affaire de Coeur

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Love Spell Timeswept
December 1995

ISBN 0-505-52070-2