"Takes Bridget Jones's mantle and runs with it" Heat Magazine "Made me laugh out loud" Richard Madeley Can Andi Evans find the strength to start again? Betrayed and broken-hearted, Andi's redundancy is one shock too many. Suddenly single and in debt, a summer working in the pretty Cornish town of Rock seems the perfect solution.Determined never to trust again, will a chance meeting with a stranger change her mind? Andi's sister, Angel, is determined to find a man who can keep her in style. Heading to Rock, summer playground of the rich and famous, seems an inspired idea until a misunderstanding threatens to end a romance that has started to mean more to her than she ever expected... Actress Gemma is no stranger to diets and disappointments. As the future of her career hangs in the balance, Gemma hopes a summer in Cornwall solves her problems. With a reality TV show being filmed in the seaside town surely she can avoid the pasty shops and win herself a role. Arriving in idyllic Cornwall, all three girls are hoping for a holiday to remember. But will this be for the right reasons? Or, as emotions run higher than the tide, will the summer escape turn their lives upside down?

    The artist Jean-Jacques Riveau is the enfant terrible of Urban Realism in France but forsakes his paint brushes to join the French Resistance movement. Cupido’s arrow is straight in the hearts of the two lovebirds but Océane steers clear from her boyfriend’s resistance activities. Until Jean-Jacques is arrested by the Gestapo and Océane’s convictions are heavily tested. She accepts a position as the personal physician to the head of the Paris Gestapo, Dieter Von Stein in the hopes of finding her beloved.But Von Stein has other plans, with Jean-Jacques and with Océane. When he’s transferred to a position in Northern Africa, Océane reluctantly follows. In the Egyptian desert a personal tug of war enfolds between the two smart, tenacious people. Only one can win.The Parisian Spy is the story of a reluctant spy-in-love whose medical precision and objective eye turn her into one of the most thought-after spies of the French Resistance.

    Her suitor abandoning her suddenly two years ago has left a mark on her reputation and deep scars on her soul, but her uncle, the Earl of Irvington insists that she should make an appearance in this year’s season.With the support of her childhood friend, Ambrose, she musters the courage to show up in London, but her resolve wavers when she encounters the man that left her broken…Walter Harris, the ever-charming Baron of Bartlett, is left speechless when he sees the woman that tore his heart out years ago. But the worst part is finding that he had been lied to! The very thing that caused his self-inflicted exile for so long was just a rumor and he was naïve enough to believe it!The young Baron makes it his purpose to try once again and win back Georgiana’s heart as well as find answers to the question burning in his mind: who would want to break him and the love of his life apart…?

    However, her plans go askew when she finds out that her husband-to-be lied about who he really is. Determined to leave him and in a moment of desperation, she meets Julian, a wealthy man who promises to help her escape her misery, and offers her a job as a chef on his father's ranch. Even though Savannah is suspicious at first, she trusts her instinct and quickly finds a place to call home and someone to count on. Will she finally take the leap to real love or will the social differences be too much to handle?Julian is a successful rancher who grew up in high society but truly believes in social equality of all classes. When he meets Savannah, he feels an inevitable need to protect her. Hiring her at his ranch seems like the perfect way to keep her safe. Unavoidable feelings will grow as they get to know each other, and Julian will quickly find himself surprisingly stricken with her wit and unique beauty. If their incompatible worlds unite, a chance at love may be finally within reach...Will obstacles such as status clash, spiteful schemes, and past trauma keep him from following his heart?Julian and Savannah are about to find themselves in a whirlwind of powerful emotions. She has to accept his aristocratic upbringing and he has to be willing to see her for who she really is. Serious decisions must be made if they want to find a way to make their two worlds one...With such a difficult beginning, can they ever hope to understand one another, let alone find love?"Trusting Her Righteous Heart" is a historical western romance novel of approximately 80,000 words. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after.

    One month earlier, Beck’s seemingly ideal existence imploded when her husband of thirty-four years announced he was leaving her. Now, so she has to sell her house, get a job, and somehow put her broken heart and life back together. She can’t do all that if she runs off to visit a woman she barely remembers. Or can she?Accompanied by her grown daughter who also longs for an escape, Beck heads to Coconut Key, where she’d lived the earliest years of her life. There, she forges a life-changing relationship with a woman she never really understood, dips her toes into the waters of a new romance, and begins the process of starting over. But when a secret kept for nearly fifty years comes crashing down on them, all of Beck’s dreams are once again threatened. Can she forgive the lies that have shaped her life, or will the past ruin her chance at a new beginning in Coconut Key?

    Course, we didn't know it at the time. You never know something like that, like it's the last one you'll ever get, till it's just a memory, hanging like mist. This is what happened that summer, true as I can tell it. Not a one of us was ever the same."Part road trip, part mystery, and completely unexpected, Saving Cicadas picks you up in one place and puts you down someplace else entirely. It's an eloquent reminder that life is a miracle--and even the smallest soul is a gift.ABA Indie Next Book 2010

    

    

    She never thought she'd be called upon to do it though. But when Willa and Ariel are taken, she has to do just that.She never expected to be saved or that the man that rescued and captured her daughters heart to also capture hers.When Fish and Willa realize that the monster has two faces, it'll take a miracle for Fish to keep both his girls alive.

    Fourteen years later the Petroski brothers arrived in London setting it alight with their breathtaking presence, bone melting accents and heart fluttering masculinity; eligible women were all interested in their availability. And yet the Prince’s betrothed, Miss Georgina Franklin, was yet to receive a visit.