The town of River's Edge welcomes grieving young widow Harper into its fold. She is lost without the life she and her husband planned. When she meets Christmas lover and woodworker Cam, she finds a friend to listen to her. Slowly her walls begin to fall but her grief still lingers. Cam, she finds, is the best man to reckon with and handsome, too. A very sweet and moving Christmas romance.
A Christmas romance to love. Love is in the air at a winter lodge between a lawyer and a musician. Jeannie is not quite sure of Everett, a guitar player. He is cute and nice and so much more. Everett is sure that Jeannie is meant for him. He is aware of her having her eye on an associate at work-a playboy at that. The magic of Christmas and the wonder of the stars brings them close as the notion of the other guy hovers.
Loved this story to bits. The decision of a man to seek the woman he loves is so precious. Celie had a middle School crush on Jake. Jake barely noticed Celie. Then, he has to tell her that her fiance is bailing on her. This makes Celie despise him. All the while, Jake had developed a thing for Celie and when she leaves to work on a cruise ship, he finally decides to take action. He signs up to take her cruise and the excitement takes off. It is such a sweet romance.
A lively and engaging story of a writer searching for idea content for a bestseller and a guy she hopes will create the story within her. Aspen wrote an emotional bestseller but her two next books flopped. She thinks that if she recreates the emotions that triggered her first book, it will happen again. Enter Brick-desperately striving to revive his grandfather’s business and a willing player in Aspen’s plan. Brick and Aspen make a deal to both of their advantages but a contract does not guarantee the outcome.
A great Kay Scarpetta crime solving novel. I have been a reader of Patricia Cornwell for years and love her interlacing of forensic details, interrelated crimes, and deep characters with flaws.
In this novel, a longtime friend and once lover is violently and brutally murdered. Microscopic clues are the sole source of information. Kay’s job is to determine what connects another death to this one and who did it.
The death of a middle school secretary brings all sorts of trouble out of the woodwork. Leslie, a dog groomer and amateur detective, is in the thick of it because she found the body. The Ag teacher who grows chili peppers and the school groundskeeper are prime suspects. But who did the deed? Leslie is nosing around town to find out.
A cute cozy mystery.
A beautiful story of loss, friendship, belief in magic, and the pull of home. The characters all struggle with past mistakes and the serious course they took for each one. Their belief in the power of mountain magic and lore deeply shadowed the truth of mistakes, failure, regret. A simply wonderful novel.
Life teeters on the edge for editor Caroline. She has been at odds with her career since her mother’s death. With an ultimatum to find her next book to publish, she goes to spend Christmas at her mother’s cabin with her sister. A detour to Aspen happens when she reads a mysterious letter to her mother from there. Many things happen in Aspen, testing Caroline over and over.
A captivating Regency romance. The fortunes of Raven are changing and he puts into motion his plan to woo and marry a high bred woman. To do this, he leases a picturesque mansion of a dowager whose property is in dire straits. The dowager’s granddaughter is put in charge of agreeing to renovations and she and Raven are well matched. But, he is dead set on his plan.
What happens is a Regency lover's dream.
A second chance to love blooms in Napa when Chiara and Jameson begin to work together on a winery project. Always friends but never romantic, it is finally their chance if things align. A sweet Christmas romance.
Wolf Comte made a vow to the deceased team leader in the service that he would look up his three biological half-brothers. He never dreamed that his flame of many years would work and live on their ranch with his three year old son. Wolf had no idea that he had a son. The child’s mother tried but was unable to contact Wolf to tell him. Now. Wolf is back in Last Stand making a stand for Taya and his son. And, there are his three half-brothers to contend with.
A hard hitting, second chance romance, lovely in content and connections.
The excitement and joy of a young boy and the gentleness of his father draw Amanda to Isaac and Rafe. Her life holds deep sorrow as does Rafe’s. Can they overcome fear and let love capture their hearts? Only the magic of Christmas will determine.
A lovely, lovely story of second chances for 80 year old Augusta and 83 years old Irving who were teens in love but thwarted at every turn. The sweetness of young romance in the 1920’s is told against the confusion and misunderstandings of the 1980’s. A very, very enjoyable novel.
A short story about friendship between two women. One woman is surprised to find a friend so well matched to her. It is a fast and easy friendship that is not what it seems.
Well written with the right tones to create a friendship that might be the best.
Amy Star and Logan Bullock were teens deeply in love. His abusive, destructive father is getting worse as time passes. To save Logan and force him to get away from Last Stand, Amy ruthlessly broke his heart. Ten years later and face to face, they are dealing with realities of past and present.
A touching novel crafted within the defiance of Amy and the love of Logan.
Helen Rogers cannot help it. She keeps stumbling over dead bodies. With her friend, Carol Adams, the next adventure into solving a murder begins. Suspects, clues, and swirling questions arise as they move closer to an answer.
I tried, really tried to get through this book. I kept asking what the point was. If it was to introduce a rather unlikeable character and go through his life in stages, then it is. Everything else about the book is not anything I wanted to know.
A woman running from her powerful, abusive husband arrives in Gold Creek and her life begins to change. She meets the local tattoo artist who introduces her to her group of friendly ladies. The good that begins to happen to her contrasts with the fear that her husband will track her down. A story of deep friendships, romance, and facing fears.
What a great story. Growing love along with crazy chemistry trying to tie Matt and Tessa together. They, however, are at odds with their careers. Matt, long missing Marshall son, returns home at his brother’s bidding. Vet Tessa is contracted to try and stop a disease plaguing the cattle. Sparks fly as they work together and they misread each other. When it comes down to the wire, who, what, and how will they choose?
Chief Inspector Shadow is called to a burglary only to present to investigate a murder in the same town. Clues come in many forms and circulate around an ancient map of a hidden treasure. Everyone seems suspicious. It is up to Shadow to come to the right conclusion.
A sweet story of love finding two people, both not looking for love. The meddling and sweet hearted shopkeeper in a small French village uses her wits to bring an English journalist to the village with the intention of matchmaking her with a handsome, recluse. Neither of them is looking for love or romance but the power of chemistry and of opposites attracting are forces too hard to battle.
This is an absolutely fabulous book. The story tastefully and gracefully engages the heart with the struggles of a neurodivergent woman while not stereotyping her nor her characteristics. Her husband is the perfect character and her boss is a total jerk. I adored the story.
The horror of the crime seamlessly unfolds, uncovering a scene of carnage, of evil, of blackmail, and of greed.
A fantastic police drama that will cause you to gasp in dread as your eyes continue reading.
