Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Deep Purple by Parris Afton Bonds

Title: Deep Purple
Author: Parris Afton Bonds
Publication Year: 1984
Publisher: Fawcett Books
Cover Model: Ellen Michaels

I am featured as the Cover Model for this western historical romance novel, Deep Purple by Parris Afton Bonds, which was published by Fawcett Books in 1984.

In this novel, the young school teacher, Catherine Howard, travels to Arizona searching for adventure and struggles against the lawlessness of the frontier to build a life for herself.

She finds her fate deeply intertwined with a rugged, defiant rancher named Chance Walker, plunging her into a stormy world of frontier passion and dangerous lawless rivalries.

The journey leads her straight into the heart of the Huachuca Mountains and the forbidden Cristo Rey land grant.

Drawn into a century-old mystery involving a local legend known as the Ghost Lady, Catherine must risk everything to claim what is rightfully hers and survive the dangers of an untamed territory.