Jane's rule about marriage: if at first you don't succeed, don't try againA bigamist ex-husband, an anonymous stalker, a murder inquiry. Magazine editor Jane Hamilton is not having a good month. But with the support of her best friend, Brad Manchester, she's coping–until they become lovers and Brad complicates things even more by proposing marriage.Brad understands Jane's fears, but he's ready for a wife and family, ready to move forward. Especially when he finds out she's pregnant with his...
Fast Fiction Romantic – short stories with a Happy Ever AfterBill Mendholson is used to being in control. As a detective, he's trained to keep his suspects, and his emotions, in check. But when the woman he loves, social worker Mary Anderson, is caught in a brutal storm with several small children, Bill fears he won't be able to get to Mary in time. That he'll never get to tell her how he feels—or discover her secret….
I wasn't supposed to love Nate Grady, let alone marry him. But we found a love that triumphed over all adversity–just like Jane Eyre, my very favorite heroine.I was young, bookish, naive–on the verge of entering the convent–and then I met him…. The day I abandoned my old life, the day I agreed to marry him, now seems an eternity ago. But despite everyone's objections, I fell for Nate. An older, previously married man. My first and only love. My husband.When I looked into Nate's eyes on our...
Leslie Sanderson's brother, Cal, is dead–and he's left behind two children no one knew he had. She and Kip Webster, Cal's closest friend, «inherit» these secret kids.As they form their makeshift family, Leslie and Kip decide to share a house. And that leads to other kinds of sharing…. One night, just before Christmas, Leslie tells him about the devastating thing that happened when she was young–something she's kept secret all this time.Because in Kip, she finds the promise of safety, acceptance...
WHO IS BETH ALLEN? AND WHO–OR WHAT–IS SHE RUNNING FROM?Beth only wishes she knew. Six months ago, she woke up in a shabby Arizona hotel room with no memory of her past. What she did have was a bruised face, $2,000 in cash–and a little boy who called her «Mama.»What's her real name? Is she a victim or a criminal? The child's savior or his kidnapper? Until her memory returns and she can answer those questions, Beth knows she has to hide. She's chosen Shelter Valley as her sanctuary.The town...
There are some things only a mother can feel…At one time, Amy Wainscoat had it all–wealth, control of her family's Chicago business, a handsome and loving husband, a child she adored. But her husband was killed in a boating accident a year ago. And now, most devastating of all, five-year-old Charles has been kidnapped, apparently by the nanny she'd recently fired.Despite the involvement of the police and the FBI, despite the fact that she's hired one of the best private investigators around,...
