Virginia left the country and Quinton threw himself into designing roller coasters for his family’s amusement park business; but he never forgot that night or the kiss that seared Virginia in his heart. No matter what corner of the world Virginia found, the memory of Quinton’s arms—safe, strong, homey—followed. When it’s time to return to the states, Quinn’s the beacon and the blanket that wraps her in warmth and courage. Once they meet again, at their ten-year reunion, it’s clear they’ve been changed by time, experience, and distance. However, nothing could erase the underlying attraction and deep friendship between them. As their feelings mature and build, they must decide if a marriage pact is enough or if they’re brave enough to reach for love.

     Esther fell in love at the age of five. When she finally married the boy of her dreams she knew her future would hold nothing but happiness. Jacob was the love of her life and had they only been blessed with a boppli; their lives couldn’t have been happier. The one dream that wouldn’t come true. After just three years of wedded bliss Jacob died unexpectedly, leaving Esther shattered, alone, and pregnant. After six weeks of trying to keep Jacob’s business open, Noah Miller can’t continue burning the candle at both ends. He hires a store manager, Daniel Fischer, to take charge of the store until Esther is in a better state of mind to make decisions about the store’s future. When Esther finds out her father hired a replacement for her husband in his own business, she is devastated. And then a life changing revelation is made, and Esther fears she is losing her faith. Why would God take her husband with one hand and answer her prayers with the other? She tries her best to be indifferent to Daniel Fischer but something about him makes her dream of the future again. Will Esther learn to open her heart to love again? Can Daniel accept another man’s child as his own? Follow this sweet heartfelt journey as Esther works through the grief of losing a husband and the scary prospect of falling in love again.

    It is an arranged match set by her rigid grandfather who is keen to maintain their royal bloodlines.Having no choice but to marry a man she doesn't care for, Jhanvi decides to go on a pre-wedding trip as a medical volunteer to a flood relief camp.There she meets a handsome Air Force Commander who melts her heart with his daring rescue ops.Jhanvi makes a bold proposition to him as a desperate attempt to stop her wedding.Although shocked, the commander agrees. But he puts in a condition of getting to know each other for two weeks before proceeding with an affair.Two weeks of whirlwind romance ensues, during which Jhanvi and the handsome commander fall deeply in love.Meantime back home, most of the wedding preparations are done while awaiting the arrival of thousands of guests to witness the royal event.Will Jhanvi go ahead with an affair? Will the royal wedding proceed? And if it does, whom would Jhanvi be getting married to? The man her family picked or the man she loves?Find out what happens at The Royal Wedding.NOTE: This is a Short Love Story of approximately 10K words or 50 pages.

    (Return to Welcome)Max Whyte moves to Welcome WA to live closer to his daughters after their mother remarries. He wants to fix up an old home, settle into his new position at an IT firm, and try not to think about turning forty alone.Burned by a single mother in the past, he vows not to get tangled with another woman with children. When he saves the life of a small boy, he finds himself tangled in more ways than he could imagine.When the boy’s mother turns out to be the perfect person to do his renovations, Max has trouble keeping his personal feelings out of their employer/employee relationship.Kaylin Simpson has returned to Welcome to give her boys the kind of home she wanted as a child. She needs a fresh, stable start and wants to run her own business. Her three-year-old twins keep her hopping, but after she finishes the renovations for Max, she hopes to have her life well in hand.Max is drawn to Kaylin and her adorable twin boys. Her wit and feisty spirit pull at his heartstrings until he realizes being a stepfather is never what he wanted.Christmas in Welcome can be a time to heal and move forward and Max and Kaylin must set aside their old hurts to allow love to blossom.

    Their happiness is interrupted when Seth travels west in search of his fortune. His obsession almost leads him to lose all that is precious. Seth’s legacy continues when the 7 pieces of his torn treasure map find their way into the hands of 7 more colorful brides and their pioneer husbands. RUBY'S RACE Ruby Murphy is a young orphan who is used cruelly by her aunt and cousins. When one of her cousins attempts to molest her and she defends herself, she is kicked out into the street and left to fend for herself. Homeless and unable to find employment, she turns in desperation to The Western Matrimonial Agency and answers a complete stranger’s advertisement for a bride. CORAL'S CRY Despite all her friends’ warnings, Coral is determined to marry Richard. Then, when he leaves her at the altar for his secret lover, Coral is unable to face people’s looks and disdain. The chance to move west and marry Thomas Winters seems the perfect escape route. AMBER'S ESCAPE Amber is highly amused at the sight of the ridiculous Lord Richard Clarington The Third, Earl of Suffolk, but she is horrified when she discovers that her father and stepmother intend to marry her off to him. When she refuses, her parents confine her to her rooms, but she and her maid, Felicia, plot her means of escape: Amber will become a Mail Order Bride. JADE'S JOURNEY Forced to sell her family home, Jade Fern finds her ancestor’s papers, including a piece of a map. Jade decides to go to Rainbow Mountain. Meanwhile, Julius Neil discovers deeds to the same land. A spirited rivalry springs up between them, but Sheriff Augustus Gordon has a scheme to bring them togther. SAPPHIRE'S SURPRISE The determined Sapphire Alexander is a successful nurse and midwife at San Francisco’s prestigious Central Memorial Hospital, but she is plagued by the attentions of Dr. Michael “Itchy Fingers” Spinks. Her repeated rebuffs only anger him, and he eventually has her fired because she won’t give in to him. Forced to travel west and terrible accident leads to love. AMETHYST'S SECRET Amethyst Mayfield is the daughter of an archeologist whose travels lead him to the Amazon forest - he never returns. Amongst the artifacts that he leaves is a fragment of parchment promising rich returns from the Montana hills. Amethyst, fascinated and keen to continue her father’s legacy, devises a way to move to Montana as a Mail Order Bride. VIOLET'S VICTORY Violet Wakefield faces the impossible dilemma of providing the necessary fees for her sick mother’s urgent medical care. She is led to respond to the pleas of a lonely logger from Rainbow Mountain, willing to pay a handsome dowry for a suitable Christian bride. She reluctantly leaves her mother to join Martin Allen, who pays for her mother’s medical care 7 COLORS OF LOVE Each of our brides has found love in Montana, but all are unaware that a storm is brewing. Creeping from the past comes a greedy hand ready to grasp the hidden treasure, but first the seven brides must be lured where their bounty can be stolen. Watch and wonder as the thrilling finale of the Rainbow Mountain Brides gallops to its conclusion.

    New boss, Kit Carroll, is hardly winning friends with his high-handed attitude, his foolhardy approach to production, and his tight-fisted treatment of the factory's employees. Marley Jacobs, his self-styled PA, is determined to make him see the error of his ways, and return the festive spirit to Carroll's Confectionary. Unfortunately, the little matter of their previous relationship, along with Kit's callous treatment of her when they were teenage sweethearts, keeps getting in the way of her good intentions. With encouragement from co-worker Don, romantic sister Olivia, and — astonishingly — the usually sceptical Great Uncle Charles, Marley decides to save this modern-day Mr Scrooge from himself, despite having no well-meaning ghosts to help her. But revisiting the past doesn't just stir things up for Kit. As Marley struggles to deal with bittersweet memories, present-day events take a surprising turn. Can the future be changed, after all? And is it only Kit who needs saving?

    I feel it was made to be enjoyed. I’m not interested in having a great career or climbing a corporate ladder or being inside much at all, actually.I don’t like to stay with things too long, either. I’ve worked as a short line cook, a firefighter and a dolphin trainer among other things. So, when the ladies at the Good Grief senior living center offer me a short term job as the photographer for the risqué nature calendar they want to pose for – to cross it off of Miss Agnes’s bucket list – I am all in.A few online photography courses later and I am ready to roll. Unfortunately, the guide of our choice, my sister’s fiancé, Bain, is all booked up. So he gets us his brother, Hoover, instead.Hoover and I have a bit of history, but he is as boring as the day is long and I couldn’t be less interested.Everything is going as planned until Miss Agnes decides she actually has being a photographer on her bucket list, Miss Harriet comes down with a severe case of sunburn on her nether regions and Miss Gertrude runs off with her favorite narrator.Suddenly I’m the star of the risqué calendar, Miss Agnes is taking my picture and Hoover…well, Hoover disapproves of pretty much everything, and he hates me, too. I want to fire him, but Miss Agnes has other plans…HooverI thought I was leading a tour to show the ladies Idaho’s scenic places and wildlife.I was misinformed, although Kori equals wild life. Way too wild for me. I mean, show the woman a mud puddle and she wants to skinny dip in it.Then, Miss Agnes decides that I should be in the calendar too, and I have an eighty year old woman explaining to me what a speedo is…I’m on to Miss Agnes’s plans, but I’m not sure Kori and I are strong enough to fight the tide…Books in the Sweet, Small Town Romantic Comedy in Good Grief, Idaho series:1. Me and the Cute Catastrophe2. Me and the Tidy Tornado3. Me and the Helpful Hurricane4. Me and the Sweet Snowstorm5. Me and the Dreamy Doomsday

    

    

    After losing her job as a teacher, she finds herself broke, unemployed, and tricked into accepting a date from a department store Santa Claus. When new opportunities and new love interests present themselves, will Hailey choose a career and a man she's always admired, or will she wait for the identity of her Secret Santa to be revealed?

    He was her constant…She was his reason…A Friends to Lovers novella.

    

    

    

    And now that she’s signed with Glitter Records and is working with her longtime celebrity crush, pop singer Matt, Lindsey is determined to win him over. But will burning bridges enable her to achieve her goals, or will she only end up badly burnt?*With a special cameo appearance from Maude Laurent (the French Girl series).This short story takes place before the start of A French Girl in New York.