Debra Clopton

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International Bestselling author Debra Clopton has sold over 3 million books. She writes both clean & wholesome and inspirational, small town romances, especially with cowboys but also loves to sweep readers away with romances set on beautiful beaches surrounded by topaz water and romantic sunsets. She recently launched her first wholesome women's fiction with romance and combined both her love of cowboys and beaches in her new Star Gazer Inn of Corpus Christi Bay series. She and readers are loving the experience!

Debra is a multiple award-winning author, but of all her awards, it is her reader's praise she values most. If she can make someone smile and forget their worries for a few hours (or days when binge reading one of her series) then she's done her job and her heart is happy. She really loves hearing she kept a reader from doing the dishes or sleeping!

In 2016 she decided to take control of her publishing career and returned contracts along with advance money to her traditional publishers of 10 years and opened her own publishing company and never looked back. Her books now sell worldwide and are regulars on the Bestseller list in the United States and around the world.

A sixth-generation Texan, Debra lives on a ranch in Texas with her husband surrounded by cattle, deer, very busy squirrels and hole digging wild hogs. She enjoys traveling and spending time with her family.

Visit Debra's website and sign up for her newsletter for updates at http://www.debraclopton.com

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Her newest 5-star series!
SUNSET BAY ROMANCE SERIES
LONGING FOR FOREVER
LONGING FOR A HERO
LONGING FOR LOVE
LONGING FOR EVER-AFTER
LONGING FOR YOU
LONGING FOR US

RANSOM CREEK SERIES
HER COWBOY HERO #1 Free
THE COWBOY'S BRIDE FOR HIRE
CHARMED BY THE COWBOY: Cooper
THE COWBOY'S JUNK-STORE PRINCESS: Shane
HER SECOND-CHANCE COWBOY: Vance
THE COWBOY AND MAISY LOVE: Drake
NOT QUITE LOOKING FOR A FAMILY: Brice

New Horizon Ranch
HER TEXAS COWBOY #1 FREE
RAFE book #2
CHASE book #3
TY book #4
DALTON book #5
MADDIE'S SECRET BABY short story #6
TREB #7
AUSTIN #8

WINDSWEPT BAY SERIES
FROM THIS MOMENT ON #1 FREE
SOMEWHERE WITH YOU #2
WITH THIS KISS short story #3
FOREVER AND FOR ALWAYS #4
HOLDING OUT FOR LOVE #5
WITH THIS RING #6 (The Men of Windswept Bay)
WITH THIS PROMISE #7
WITH THIS PLEDGE #8
WITH THIS WISH #9
WITH THIS FOREVER #10
WITH THIS VOW #11

Dream With Me Cowboy #1 FREE (PREVIOUSLY TITLED The Trouble With Lacy Brown)
Be My Love Cowboy #2
This Hearts Yours Cowboy #3
Hold Me Cowboy #4
Be Mine Cowboy #5
Marry Me Cowboy #6
Cherish Me Cowboy #7
Surprise Me Cowboy #8
Serenade Me Cowboy #9
Return To Me Cowboy #10
Love Me Cowboy #11
Ride With Me Cowboy #12
Dance With Me Cowboy #13

Turner Creek Ranch that continues the Mule Hollow books:
TREASURE ME COWBOY #1 Free
RESCUE ME COWBOY #2
COMPLETE ME COWBOY #3
SWEET TALK ME #4

more coming soon
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What New Beginnings Are Made Of (Star Gazer Inn of Corpus Christi Bay Book 1) Aug 27, 2020

by Debra Clopton

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New beginnings take courage…
She’s a fifty-five-year-old widow feeling like she’s lost herself.
On a whim of her aching heart, Alice McIntyre buys the Star Gazer Inn and is looking for a fresh start…something to put a spark back into her life.

But first she has to tell her four sons, who have problems of their own but have smothered her with their protective instincts. She’s lived on the huge South Texas ranch just outside of Corpus Christi since their father carried her over the threshold. She’s raised them on the massive McIntyre Ranch—one of the largest, wealthiest in Texas. It’s been her home and theirs. Will they understand that it’s time for her to leave? Time for her to move on?

Jackson McIntyre is shocked by his mother’s announcement. Guilt-ridden in the aftermath of his father’s accident, Jackson is determined to do whatever it takes to help his mother find her way to move forward. But this new idea of hers has him reeling.

Nina lives next door to the inn and is living a quiet life, keeping a low profile. She has her reasons. Will the opening of the inn and her new neighbors, especially the oldest son of the new innkeeper, tempt her to step back into the light and out of the shadows of her past?

Lisa, Alice’s best friend and recent divorcee, has been traveling the world since the breakup that left her shaken and feeling just as lost as Alice. A brilliant cook with a flair for entertaining, she loves Alice’s idea and joins her to open the inn. But Lisa has her own secrets.

Can these two friends, and their new neighbor Nina, find fresh starts as they ready the Star Gazer Inn for its new beginning?

Will Nina find the courage to take one more chance on love with her new friend’s son?

Three women find friendship and courage on the shores of Corpus Christi Bay. Come visit the Star Gazer Inn, with a side trip to the McIntyre Ranch, as Alice finds her way between two worlds.

This new series follows Alice, her sons, and her friends—and new loves—on the South Texas coast with its sparkling topaz water.

You’ll want to dip your toes in and stay awhile.

Heartfelt women's fiction: faith, family, love.

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What Hopes are Made of (Star Gazer Inn of Corpus Christi Bay Book 3) Mar 25, 2021

by Debra Clopton

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Catch up as the story continues on Star Gazer Island. Three women find friendship and courage on the shores of Corpus Christi Bay. Come visit the Star Gazer Inn, with a side trip to the McIntyre Ranch, as widow Alice McIntyre finds her way between two worlds.

The Star Gazer Inn is packed as the summer nights cool off, but temperatures are rising as Alice and Seth are exploring a new level of their "friendship" and both are nervous.

Oh the "Glamping" we will do...Riley has more than he bargained for as the venue opens, and the women show up in droves ready to be pampered while roughing it on the ranch's beach side retreat. And the woman he's been hoping he would find just pulled into the park...

Jackson and Nina are expecting...puppies!

And Lisa is not happy when an old flame shows up as a guest at the Inn.

Put your feet up, grab a glass of sweet iced tea, or a glass of your favorite wine and enjoy time on the Texas coast.

This new series follows Alice, her sons, and her friends--and new loves--on the South Texas coast with its sparkling topaz water.

You'll want to dip your toes in and stay awhile.

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What Dreams are Made of (Star Gazer Inn of Corpus Christi Bay Book 2) Dec 30, 2020

by Debra Clopton

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New beginnings take determination…

Welcome back to Star Gazer Inn. Alice McIntyre’s fresh start after buying the Star Gazer Inn is filling her days, and she’s now ready to open with the help of her best friend Lisa’s culinary skills and uplifting attitude. And her soon-to-be daughter-in-law Nina by her side, too.

And the magic of her new friend and contractor Seth Roark’s tireless attention to detail.

Seth and Alice have both suffered loss, both are starting over, and both are treating this new friendship and attraction they feel toward each other with caution.

Alice’s son Dallas is realizing he may not have what it takes to continue riding in the pro rodeo bull riding circuit. He’s home at the South Texas McIntyre Ranch after injuring his shoulder and checking out what’s going on at his mother’s new inn. When he meets a beautiful woman on the beach under unusual circumstances, he has no idea how his life is about to change…

Meanwhile:
Riley McIntyre is full speed ahead on getting the new "glamping" venue on the ranch’s coastal beachfront property up and going for the ladies who like a little glamor and luxury to their camping experience.

Jackson and Nina are planning their wedding.

Lisa’s past is causing problems and with the opening of the inn, Alice needs her to be focused and her culinary skills to be at their best. Can she handle the pressure?

Three women find friendship and courage on the shores of Corpus Christi Bay. Come visit the Star Gazer Inn, with a side trip to the McIntyre Ranch, as Alice finds her way between two worlds.

This new series follows Alice, her sons, and her friends—and new loves—on the South Texas coast with its sparkling topaz water.

You’ll want to dip your toes in and stay awhile.

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DREAM WITH ME, COWBOY: The Trouble With Lacy Brown (Texas Matchmakers Book 1) Mar 5, 2017

by Debra Clopton

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Love is in the air...and the hair -- or so wacky hairstylist Lacy Brown believes when she swoops into Mule Hollow. The town placed an ad for wives, and Lacy's salon is going to guarantee pretty ones!The moment cattleman Clint Matlock meets the spitfire stylist, he can tell she won't last. Attractive women just don't stick around dusty cow towns; his mom certainly hadn't. But Clint never expects Tornado Lacy to set his emotions spinning. Perhaps the trouble with Lacy Brown is that her last name should be Matlock.

Previously published as the Mule Hollow series. Note: This book was previously published as The Trouble With Lacy Brown. This enhanced edition includes some fun extras.

More Books in Texas Matchmakers
1-Dream With Me, Cowboy (Book 1 FREE)
2-Be My Love, Cowboy
3-This Heart's Your, Cowboy
4-Hold Me, Cowboy
5-Be Mine, Cowboy
6-Operation: Married by Christmas
7-Cherish Me, Cowboy
8-Surprise Me, Cowboy
9-Serenade Me, Cowboy
10-Return To Me, Cowboy
11-Love Me, Cowboy
12-Ride With Me, Cowboy
13-Dance With Me, Cowboy

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Longing for a Hero (Sunset Bay Romance Book 2) Jun 15, 2019

by Debra Clopton

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A dog walker with a secret crush and a jilted fireman with no desire to risk watching his heart go up in flames ever again.

Fire Chief Brad Sinclair had his future planned and then his fiancée married someone else and left him and his heart in ashes. He’s started over, seems to have picked up the pieces...but now his brother is getting married and his happy news is stirring up emotions Brad would rather he didn’t feel. When the cute dog walker’s apartment goes up in flames, he suddenly finds himself feeling the heat from attraction and the local ladies who think she’s just what the local hero needs to put his life back on track.

Lulu Raintree is feeling mixed up and out of control—is she a stalker? She’s been obsessed with the gorgeous Fire Chief ever since she moved to town. So much so that she sometimes hides behind bushes just to get a glimpse of him but she avoids coming face to face with him at all cost. When her apartment catches fire there is no place to hide as the handsome hero comes to her rescue.

But things are not as they seem and her past that sent her running to hide in the beautiful beach town of Sunset Bay might be the key to her infatuation with the handsome Brad Sinclair.

Heartaches are hard to get over, can love find a way to mend the broken hearted...and slightly obsessed?

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Longing for Forever (Sunset Bay Romance Book 1) May 14, 2019

by Debra Clopton

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A burned-out trauma doctor at a crossroads returns home to help out at a small-town family practice, a coffee shop owner with a second chance at living, is she just what the doctor needs?

Doctor Adam Sinclair is at a crossroads, burned-out and searching, after losing a young patient he felt he should have been able to save. He returns home to Sunset Beach searching for a way out of the dark hole he’s found himself sinking into. He agrees to help out at his mentor’s small-town family practice, a lot different than the fast-paced trauma units he’s used to. He’s not sure what life holds for him. But when he moves into a rundown beach cottage he plans to renovate and meets the ray of sunshine that is his new neighbor, his life will never be the same…

Rosie Olsen nearly died and has been given a second chance at living and she is doing that full force. Spreading joy and smiles with her coffee shop and homemade muffins and other pastries, she is on a mission to change lives. But when the good-looking doctor moves in next door to her she spots a chance to help change his life.

She’s just not counting on how he will change her life. And make her want things she isn’t sure she can handle.

Can love find a way…will they risk their hearts?

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Cooper: Charmed by the Cowboy (Cowboys of Ransom Creek Book 3) Mar 27, 2018

by Debra Clopton

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Romance, cowboys, rodeo, ranching and wild mustangs...the Presley men, aka the cowboys of Ransom Creek, will win your heart and have you longing for Texas.

After making a major dating mistake, Cooper Presley has sworn off women. But then he meets his new neighbor and she's making his new "no dating policy" hard to abide by. She's special and he knows it, but what's he going to do about it?

Beth Lee is happy to settle into her new property with her baby goats and her dreams of a small productive farm. Forced to hide from her ex-boyfriend, she isn't looking for romance of any kind. Especially with a cowboy with a jealous ex of his own. But after Cooper rescues her baby goats she can't get the handsome cowboy off her mind. When her past catches up to her, Cooper Presley comes to her rescue. Now, despite all the rumors and the jealous ex’s, Beth is at risk of falling in love with the sexy cowboy.

The small town of Ransom Creek is buzzing with rumors, a little suspense...and a lot of speculation that Cooper Presley might be the first of those handsome Presley men to fall in love.

This is book 3 of Debra Clopton's new contemporary western romance series introducing the Presley brothers. Meet the Cowboys of Ransom Creek: Cooper, Shane, Vance, Drake and Brice along with their cousin Carson and best friend Trip. Get ready for the latest of Debra's new clean and wholesome cowboy series. If you've read Debra's WINDSWEPT BAY SERIES, you'll remember them from book 7 WITH THIS PROMISE, they are the heroine, Lana Presley's gorgeous Texas brothers.

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Longing for You (Sunset Bay Romance Book 5) Dec 31, 2019

by Debra Clopton

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Stuntman-heartthrob Tate Sinclair is every woman’s dream guy: he’s gorgeous, adventurous, and successful as a movie stuntman and adventure seeker. Gigi Mason isn’t immune to his good looks but she is immune to the wanderlust in his veins. She’s been burned before by a walk-away-Joe kind of guy who chose the call of the wild over a life with her. And she’s determined it won’t ever happen again.

After a close call on a movie set plagued with trouble, Tate returns to Sunset Bay for his brother Brad’s wedding. Love is in the air all around him and he’s feeling torn by this new tug toward wanting a love of his own. When he finds Gigi in an embarrassing situation and rescues her, his interest is stirred…but she’s not interested in him and makes it more than clear.

Tate was born loving a challenge and Gigi is about to find out that he’s not that easy to ignore…the more she tells him she’s not interested, the more he’s determined to change her mind.

But is it the love of a challenge or actually love?

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Longing for Us (Sunset Bay Romance Book 6) Mar 31, 2020

by Debra Clopton

( 92 )

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A fireman with a wounded heart and a woman with an adventurous free spirit, can one choice change their lives?

A sought after internationally recognized photographer, Cassie Sinclair, is at a turning point after an accident on the side of a mountain. Now struggling with uncertainties, she returns home for her brother’s wedding and an extended stay. When she is suddenly needed as a backup nanny for the handsome firefighter’s daughter, her uncertainties multiply when sparks fly between them and the unexpected attraction throws them both into turmoil.

Hunter Claremont has been through enough heartache and disappointment where love is concerned. He’s focused now on his new job as a fireman in Sunset Bay and raising his young daughter, helping her overcome the tragedy of losing her mother. They’ve found a place to start over in the small coastal town, among its caring and sometimes eccentric folks. And they’ve found friends in the Sinclairs, the family his sister has married into, with strong family ties and big hearts, who have welcomed him and his sweet daughter with open arms. His only problem...he keeps thinking about Cassie Sinclair and he can’t seem to get her off his mind.

Can a small-town fireman and a woman with wanderlust in her veins find a happy ending?

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Her Texas Cowboy: Cliff (New Horizon Ranch: Mule Hollow Book 1) Mar 25, 2014

by Debra Clopton

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She needed someone to love her and never let her go...but she's afraid.

Professional bull rider Cliff Masterson has been chasing his dreams for years but after rescuing a beautiful cowgirl from being trampled by a bull now he's suddenly dreaming of love, home and hearth.

Because Maddie Rose has had enough people in her life leave and she's not willing to risk her heart on anyone, especially a bull rider with wanderlust in his veins.

Sparks fly as this determined cowboy tries to prove to this feisty cowgirl that the only thing he's chasing now is wedding bells with her...

Thankfully he's got the help of three meddling matchmakers to help him get his happily ever after?

Other Formats: Audible Audiobook , Paperback

Longing for Love (Sunset Bay Romance Book 3) Jul 28, 2019

by Debra Clopton

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Sometimes a dream might need a rewrite…

Erin Sinclair’s dream of running a successful B&B is on shaky ground. Her tiny Inn is building a good reputation but needs more guest and more good reviews. When a New York Times bestselling author’s agent books the honeymoon suite as a writing retreat it is an opportunity to put The Inn at Sunset Bay on the map. The Nash Bond is coming to her B&B for two months and Erin can hardly believe it. But he has a reputation of being hard to handle when he’s in the midst of a book. And he’s reclusive too. So what is he doing coming to her B&B? And what if she’s unable to satisfy him? What if instead of a good review he gives her a terrible review?

Everything is on the line, is she up for the challenge? She has to be.

Nash Bond needs this book. He needs to get out of the slump he’s in, but a year ago his life changed when he lost his adoptive father, his hero and the words that had once flowed without worry suddenly dried up in his grief. Now his agent is shaking things up by booking him a special room in a special place, her words, and she insist he give it a try. She reminds him his publisher is getting impatient. He knows everything is on the line. He doesn’t like it at all and when he meets the gorgeous, but pushy B&B owner sparks fly. He’s suddenly feeling things he’s never felt before…but with his past he knows all too well that longing for love leaves a person open to pain thus he locked his heart away a long time ago and has no plans to change.

But on the shores of Sunset Bay can romance bloom? Can love heal a broken heart and give him a happily-ever-after he never thought he wanted? Or needed?

SUNSET BAY ROMANCE SERIES
Longing for Love
Longing for a Hero
Longing for Love
Longing for Ever-After (Coming Soon)
Longing for I Do (Coming Soon)
Longing for You (Coming Soon)

WINDSWEPT BAY SERIES
From This Moment On (FREE)
Somewhere With You
With This Kiss
Forever and For Always
Holding Out For Love
With This Ring
With This Promise
With This Pledge
With This Wish
With This Forever
With This Vow

COWBOYS OF RANSOM CREEK SERIES
Her Cowboy Hero
The Cowboy's Bride for Hire
Cooper: Charmed by the Cowboy
Shane: The Cowboy's Junk-Store Princess
Vance: Her Second Chance Cowboy
Drake: The Cowboy and Maisy Love
Brice: Not Quite Looking for a Family

NEW HORIZON RANCH SERIES
Her Texas Cowboy (FREE)
Rafe
Chase
Ty
Dalton
Maddie's Secret Baby
Treb
Austin

She has released 13 books in Enhanced Editions with extra audio clips and photos inside of her TEXAS MATCHMAKERS SERIES set in her world of Mule Hollow. These Christian Romances will soothe your heart and tickle your soul:
Dream With Me, Cowboy
Be My Love, Cowboy
This Hearts Yours, Cowboy
Hold Me, Cowboy
Be Mine, Cowboy
Marry Me, Cowboy
Cherish Me, Cowboy
Surprise Me, Cowboy
Serenade Me, Cowboy
Return To Me, Cowboy
Love Me, Cowboy
Ride With Me, Cowboy
Dance With Me, Cowboy

The TURNER CREEK RANCH SERIES that continues the Mule Hollow books:
Treasure Me, Cowboy
Rescue Me, Cowboy
Complete Me, Cowboy
Sweet Talk Me, Cowboy

TEXAS BRIDES & BACHELORS SERIES
Heart of a Cowboy
Trust of a Cowboy
True Love of a Cowboy

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Longing for Ever After (Sunset Bay Romance Book 4) Sep 20, 2019

by Debra Clopton

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Jonah Sinclair gave up looking for his own happily-ever-after until he sees Summer Claremont and decides he's ready to try again. But Summer is haunted by her past and has a lot to overcome before she can think about falling in love...they say when you fall off a horse the best fix is to get back in the saddle--but she's learned that isn't as easy to do as it sounds.

Can Jonah soothe her soul and mend her heart and have her longing for ever-after with him?

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