Susan Leigh Carlton

Susan Leigh Carlton

Susan was born in Rock Hill, SC. She attended Purdue University. She has traveled throughout the US, and has visited 47 states. She began writing in August, 2012 and currently has 185 books on Amazon, most in her name and another pen name. To serve more readers, all of her books are in Kindle Unlimited (KU). Her writings are now primarily in the Western Romance, Time Travel, and Historical Romance genres. She has visited most of the settings in her books. Susan is an avid reader, and a history buff, primarily interested in the Civil War era. She spent a lot of time researching her family history, and is a member of the DAR, the Huguenot Society, and the Barons of the Magna Carta.


Books

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The Firefighter’s Second Chance: A tender small-town western romance about healing hearts and the family you choose. (Firefighters Romances)

He’s spent three years proving he’s changed.
She’s spent five years learning not to trust.

And her daughter might be the only one who sees the truth.

After a harsh reckoning, Jake Brennan walked away from his reckless past. Now Fire Chief of Copper Ridge, he’s determined to live with honor—even if he’s not sure he deserves a second chance.

Natalie...

The Firefighter Who Rescued Christmas (Firefighters Romances)

When Sarah Mitchell’s world crumbles, she discovers that the greatest gift isn’t being rescued—it’s finding the courage to open her heart again.
Six months after losing her husband in a tragic accident, Sarah is barely holding on. Working double shifts at a department store while raising two young children alone, she’s down to her last twenty...

The Marriage Clause

She inherited a ranch. He needed a wife. Their arrangement was supposed to be temporary—until love rewrote the rules.

When photographer Delilah Taylor returns to Wind River Station, Wyoming for her grandmother’s funeral, she expects a quick trip to settle the estate and escape back to her city life. Instead, she discovers a shocking stipulation...

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The Last Straw

Eliza's alarm blared at 5:00 AM, jolting her from a fitful sleep. For a moment, she stared at the water-stained ceiling of her studio apartment, disoriented. The locket she'd found last night lay heavy against her chest, its silver chain tangled around her neck from tossing and turning. Christmas morning. The thought brought no joy, only a hollow ache and the pressing weight of reality.

She silenced the alarm and forced herself to rise from the mattress on the floor. No...

Chapter 1: The Last Straw

Sarah's apartment smelled like failure.

That was the first thought that crossed her mind when she opened the door at 9:47 PM, arms laden with grocery bags containing exactly $23.47 worth of food that would have to last until her next paycheck. The smell wasn't literal—not garbage or mildew or anything she could spray away with the dollar-store air freshener she couldn't afford this week. It was the scent of dreams deferred, of potential curtailed, of a life that had...

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Empty Cupboards

The fluorescent lights of Brennan's Department Store cast everything in a harsh, clinical glow that made Sarah Mitchell's eyes ache. Or maybe that was just the exhaustion. She'd been on her feet for seven hours straight, and her shift didn't end for another three. "Excuse me, miss?"

An elderly woman held up a cashmere scarf, price tag dangling. "Do you have this in navy?" Sarah summoned a smile from somewhere deep, somewhere that still remembered how to pretend everything was...

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