Screenwriter Wyatt Taylor can’t let his dying father’s work on a book about century-old Ladera Inn by The Sea go untold, even if fulfilling that promise means going toe-to-toe with the innkeeper’s spitfire daughter. His history with Alexandra Roman dates back to a competitive childhood rivalry, so he expects more of the same animosity.He must really be grieving to be caught off guard by Alex’s beauty and compassion.For her part, working together with Wyatt is unfamiliar territory to Alex. The...
Just how…committed…is he?There is nothing Cristina Roman loves more than being a mom. Although working as the chef at her family’s inn, Ladera by the Sea, is a close second. And a quickly rising third is her new – or actually old – love interest, Shane McCallister, the local contractor.After her soldier husband’s tragic death, Cris thought she would never be able to move on. But with the way Shane bonds with her five-year-old son, she might be persuaded. Except then her in-laws sue her for...
If he stays, she's in danger. But if he leaves… All Mike Ryan can tell her is his name. Revealing any more to this beautiful stranger would put her in danger. And he's not willing to jeopardize Stevi Roman's–or her family's–safety any more than he already has. Why this angel has taken him in, nursed him and trusted him, he can't fathom. But it has been the best few weeks he's ever known. For the first time, Mike can imagine having a real life, a real identity, a...
There's more than the inn at stake… Logan MacArthur had to have grown up under a rock. Was anyone really that cold-blooded? Sure, Andy–the youngest Roman daughter–understood that attorneys had to be detached and analytical, but Logan took it to a whole new level. How could she make him see that acquiring her family's beloved inn for his client–the State of California!–was so much more than just a real estate transaction?She had only a few days, with Logan marooned by torrential rains...
