Kathleen O'Brien

9 to 5 MEMORANDUM To: Lindsay From: Danial McKinley Subject: CHRISTMAS IS CANCELED! Lindsay couldn't believe it. She was working on a major deal – with a very important client. Daniel McKinley. But Daniel was a workaholic and, even though it was almost Christmas, he insisted Lindsay drop everything and spend the holidays with him… talking business! In fact, Lindsay shouldn't have been surprised.Three years ago, she'd dared suggest there was more to life than making money – and Daniel had fired...

Fast Fiction Romantic – short stories with a Happy Ever AfterGreta Kinyon should be looking forward to a romantic vacation with her boyfriend at her favorite bed-and-breakfast, the Hideaway. Instead she finds herself unceremoniously dumped. Luckily, she can always rely on the inn's owner, Gabriel Lennox, to offer his rather broad shoulders for her to cry on…

Members of the wedding party are starting to die.No one could believe that Thomas Beckham was the kind of man to leave a woman at the altar, but he couldn't marry his bride-to-be. Not after what he'd seen her do. His only choice was to leave and never look back–and to keep to himself everything he'd witnessed.After the wedding-that-wasn't, everyone, including Kelly Ralston, went on to other things. Or so it had always seemed. But ten years later, Kelly finds herself attending...

One night. That's all Kitty Hemmings wants. An escape from her heartaches. So what if guarded David Gerard is the type of man she doesn't usually trust? He's also kind, sexy…and looking for his own temporary escape.Eight weeks later, Kitty's running again. This time to San Francisco to tell David he's going to be a father. His solution? Get married. Not the answer in Kitty's eyes. Their compromise? Moving in together.Turns out that arrangement isn't exactly working, either. Because the longer...

Mayor Nora Carson knows that council's plan to bulldoze the Killian family's mansion won't just stir up bad blood–it will attract the last person on earth she wants to see: Jack Killian. Run out of town when they were high school sweethearts, the big city lawyer is back to protect his turf–but what he'll find is Nora's eleven-year-old secret.Her worst nightmare is that he'll put two and two together and start asking questions. But there's no way she can tell him how she came to be a single...

Brianna Wright has ventured to the Bell River Ranch to make peace with her sister.With enough time here in Colorado, Bree might accomplish that goal and forget the mess of her business back in Boston. Of course, none of that will happen if she lets herself get distracted by a certain gorgeous and charming cowboy—Grayson Harper.Really, resisting a guy as carefree as him should be easy for someone as responsible as her. But it’s clear Gray has his sights set on her and his determination is...

Adam Kendall: He's rich, he's powerful–he's a man who gets what he wants. When he left town, he was a nobody. Now he's the somebody everyone wants to know–everyone except Lacy Morgan.Lacy Mayfair Morgan: After Adam left, Lacy married money–but only because she had no other choice. Some would say she's worked even harder than Adam to get what she has. But Adam has his doubts.Adam's never forgiven Lacy for lying to him all those years ago. And now that she can afford...

A Daughter’S TrustSue Bookman wishes she believed that Rick Kraynick would make the best parent for her tiny foster baby. As the girl’s uncle, he’s got a strong claim. But is he blinded by the daughter he lost? And will he ever forgive Sue if she doesn’t choose him? For the Love of Family Belle Carson can’t bring herself to tell Matt Malone that she’s the girl he almost went home with. She needs this job too much. But Belle’s certainly never forgotten him. What’s a girl to do? Stay quiet or tell...