A one night stand gets heart strings all tied up for a medic and a flight nurse. Neither knows more than a name and that he lives in Marietta, Montana and that she lives somewhere in Texas. Fate steps in with surprise when she takes a job in Marietta and they run into each other. Things are not as either one desires in this maybe yes, maybe no romance.
Traumatic head injury Army RangerOwen returns home to enlist the only person he believes can hasten his recovery. Carly operates and is director for an equestrian therapy program for injured Vets. They were high school loves and that love still runs deep. Carly fights it; Owen embraces it. At odds, they work together but complications are ever present.
Great mystery! A man found guilty of a murder he claims innocence is released from prison and another woman is murdered in the same property and area. His daughter has been working for fifteen years to clear his name. When the second murder occurs and her father is arrested, she finds the one son that can attest to the violent nature of his father-the one Carly believes is guilty of both murders. An emotional story of brothers with shattered lives uncovering deeply hidden memories of events that could tear them apart.
The deep, emotional struggles of three sisters was overwhelming. One sister is a drug addict in prison for a crime she was present at. Her twin is driven by the need and desire to create songs for a long overdue album. The third sister took upon the caregiver role when their usually absent mother was gone. Her drive is to control as much as she can of her and her sisters’ environments. The story is a rough journey for all of them, overly pushing and pulling each other.
It is not an easy read; often it is very difficult to digest.
This is an incredible story with two timelines telling of love in WWI and the secrets that love created for a family. The WWI story covers that of a young girl falling for a poet and of the relationship of her brother and their friend. The story of them is compelling and lovely. The war interrupts both relationships and begins a timeline of deeply held family secrets.
In the second timeline, the family of the men begins to unravel when a pre-WWI trunk is discovered in the basement. The daughter of one of the family women is a historical researcher on WWI poets and she begins to research the family’s past with surprising information.
An incredible story of families, fortunes, friendship, and deep abiding love. There is definite intrigue when Curtis Gage returned after twelve years. He immediately engages his teen love, Rae Alden, as his corporation’s lawyer. From there the story rockets into controlled actions by Curtis with unstated motives becoming clear with each chapter. An exciting and intriguing novel.
Past friends reconnect at the hospital where they work in their hometown in Alaska. She was married to his best friend and he loved her from afar. Now, with a chance to make fake dating real, he hopes with all his might to win her at last.
Meanwhile, the snake who was trying to gain mineral access to the land is back and up to his old tricks and intimidation.
A very thoughtful and captivating novel all around.
