Star-crossed lovers as teens . . . are they doomed to repeat history?
Eighteen years ago, Catherine Davenport Carlton made a decision that changed her life. One she’s moved beyond, but also one she never recovered from. Now, with scandals plaguing her legendary family, and uncovered secrets rocking Cat to her core, she needs an escape. And maybe the time has come for some long-overdue closure, as well.
Brody Hollister has had one true love in his life—and many disappointments. But with each crushing blow, he’s risen and pushed forward. Now working as a professor of history in Dyersport, Maine, he’s carved out a life for himself. Only, he can’t help but yearn for more. Going for more, however, would mean shining a light on the skeletons hiding in his family closet. And that’s something he will never do.
When Cat shows up next door, Brody is on guard. Is she there to relive old times? To break his heart a second time? Or has she uncovered the secret he holds close? But what Brody doesn’t know is that he’s the last person Cat expects to find. Or that she’s got a secret of her own. One that, no matter the combustible chemistry that might remain between them, could shred their love forever.
Will her secrets destroy them both?
Once a sought-after model, now working behind the camera instead of in front of it, Vega Zaragoza is a woman on a mission. And that mission is to remain hidden in plain sight. No one recognizes her as the star player of one of the country’s most publicized scandals, and even if they did, few would appreciate how completely it destroyed her.
Powerful and enigmatic, JP Davenport is next in line to continue the family’s long-standing political tradition. Only, no one has ever bothered to ask if he wants to be a politician. If he pushes for his dream, however, he could risk tarnishing his family’s perfect image.
When Vega is sent to interview JP, she knows exactly what to expect. Arrogance. Charm. A playboy to the core. What she didn’t foresee was catching a peek of the man behind the mask. A man with deep-seated vulnerability. Nor did she anticipate the instant connection they both feel.
With neither able to deny their attraction, and Vega dead-set on their fling being just that, JP sets out to change her mind. Only, will the secrets she hides be both their undoing? Or will they learn that sometimes love is worth getting caught?
What if love really is meant to last?
Kelly and Becky Griffin can’t seem to keep their hands off each other — which would be fine if they weren’t divorced. Every few months, looking for 'closure', they fall into bed together. To keep his mind off of Becky and his foundering acting career, Kelly heads to Turtle Island, Georgia, to be a contestant in the Yummy Santa contest. But when Becky shows up, winning the title is suddenly the last the thing on his mind. Becky has arrived with more than hot ex-sex on the agenda. She’s got a big secret to get off her chest, if she can only get Kelly to listen. Will these two finally get the closure they need, or will their reunion spark a second chance at first love? All bets are off in this fun, sexy romance with Kim Law’s signature Southern charm.
Passion ignites when two longtime friends find themselves in the right place at the right time.
Jewel Jackson has pined for Bobby Brandon for years. He’s been “with his soulmate” since high school, so pining was all she ever expected. However, when he returns home to help out with his family’s stock contracting business, he shows up sans fiancée and suddenly looking at Jewel in a whole new light. As they work together to ensure the Brandons’ star bull has the best season of his career, sparks between the two of them begin to take on a whole new light. Could an easy summer fling inspire something more? And will either of them be willing to change their entire life to make it so?
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Sometimes dreams change…and sometimes it takes a dream reader to make it happen.
When Jaden Wilde’s girlfriend turns down his marriage proposal just months before he receives his master’s in counseling, he’s convinced that it’s cold feet. Until he learns that her no came at the advice of a new age “dream reader.” But Arsula’s hardly the woo-woo hippie his scholarly mind imagined. She’s charming, smart, and uncannily perceptive. And before long, he’s drawn to her—despite his ongoing skepticism for how her practice works.
Arsula’s intuitions led her to Birch Bay not to guide Jaden’s girlfriend—but to guide him to his best life possible. As the odd one out in an unsupportive family, Arsula can relate to the struggle to find one’s path, and she wants to see Jaden with the woman of his dreams. Although she’s cautious of being the rebound girl, what she’s starting to feel for him is too real to ignore.
When Jaden’s own volatile family issues come to a head and his doubts are made resoundingly clear, Arsula worries she’s misread the signs. Maybe they’re all wrong for each other. Maybe he should be with his ex. She’s supported him, but if he can’t believe in her, how will they ever find out if they’re truly meant to be?
Heather Lindsay loves falling in love-even though her blueprint for romance has failed her time and time (and time) again. But now that she's signed on to design an outdoor-wedding venue for her friend's home renovation show, Heather's found a new focus: her career. Only it's not long before she's being distracted-by the hunkiest man who ever swaggered down the streets of Red Oak Falls.
The show's new ranch manager, Waylon Peterson, a.k.a. Prince Harry in a cowboy hat, has every woman swooning. He's also got a bad-boy rep that's made him the hottest mess in town. In other words, he's catnip for Heather, the Texan queen of bad choices. That's why she's steering clear-even with Waylon's charm going full throttle.
Waylon is determined to trade one night stands for true love, but convincing Heather may be an impossible task. He's ready to settle down, but can she get past her fear of settling and give love one more shot?
Construction tip #1: Never anger a hot-tempered woman who knows how to wield a sledgehammer. And right now, Jill Sadler is spitting mad. Her company is competing on the wildly popular show Texas Dream Home, and she intends to give it her all.
The opposition: We Nail It Contractors, helmed by the man who once married her...and walked out twenty-four hours later. Jill can't let Cal Reynolds take this round. Not when she has her foster sisters and years of righteous resentment spurring her on. Winning the contest would do wonders for Cal's firm. Getting under Jill's skin is just a bonus.
She paints him as a villain, though Cal had no choice but to leave. Yet being around Jill again-fiery on the outside, vulnerable and warm underneath-is setting off sparks that can't be blamed on faulty wiring. And the only way to fix the Jill-size hole in his heart is to risk everything and see if this love is built to last...
Gabe Wilde has never been more ready for a change. Thirty-three and in the midst of a divorce, he’s packed up his second-grade daughter and come home to Birch Bay, Montana. New house, new career, new life. Only, with changes come stress. His daughter is struggling with the transition to their new norm—and Gabe is out of ideas as to how to help. Erica Bird is mired in her own worries. After impulsively leaving the teaching job she loved, she may finally be free from her cheating ex, but separated from her family and everything she’s ever known, second guesses linger. Substitute teaching in Birch Bay is fine for the time being, but what will her future hold? When Gabe’s daughter winds up in Erica’s class, the two meet—or rather, reunite. Neither has forgotten their college romance or the tender feelings they once shared, but will their complicated pasts destroy their second chance? Or will old desire lead to a new love when each needs it most?
Championship bull rider Nick Wilde is the face of Montana Pro Rodeo, with all the acclaim and fans he can handle. But is that enough? Contemplating his next career move, he's come home to his family's cherry orchard-and to his childhood crush, helicopter pilot Harper Stone. But Harper's not quite the sexy, badass girl he once lusted after. Recently widowed, she's broken in two. Wanting to help her move on, Nick finds himself aching for the kind of stability he never had as a child.
True love comes once if you're lucky, and Harper already had her shot. An accident took her husband eighteen months ago and left only pain and guilt in his place. Now Nick is waking up her body and heart to everything she might still have to gain ... or lose. A second chance is more than she thinks she deserves. But with a man like Nick doing the persuading, maybe it's time to try.
Sassy tomboy Ginger Atkinson would rather be captaining a deep-sea fishing boat than baking pies, yet she still wishes she had a man to bake for. Sure, the pretty redhead is happy running her late father's Turtle Island ferry business, but everyone in the world is finding love except her. Stuck on the wrong side of thirty, she's trying to accept singlehood by building a dream home-for one. In high school, Carter Ridley loved to sneak off with his good friend Ginger to watch the sun rise over the ocean. But after graduation, his path took a different route. One that, unlike Ginger's, did get him the spouse and house of his dreams. At least, until a scandal shattered everything. Running from his heartbreak, Carter returns to Turtle Island, where he discovers that Ginger is all grown up. His teenage friend has become the woman he's always wanted. But will Carter's pain scare him away from a chance at happiness? Or can he be the loving partner Ginger's been looking for?
After her mother's tragic death, Dani Wilde had no choice but to abandon her dreams. She left Columbia University and returned to her family's Montana cherry farm, intent on being a maternal figure to her brothers. Now the kids are grown, and it's finally her time to fly. Her sights are on New York City, and nothing will stop her-not even an old flame with gorgeous green eyes.
Celebrity photographer Ben Denton hasn't seen Montana in years-and hasn't spoken to Dani since "that night" so long ago. When he discovers he's a dad to a four-year-old-and the child's mother refuses to care for her-Montana and the Wilde farm spring to mind. The orchard is the only place that's ever felt like home, but will the warmth of the Wilde family be enough to help Ben figure out how to be a father?
As the Wilde family gathers for the yearly cherry harvest and Dani struggles to figure out what she really wants in life, she discovers the shocking truth about her own mother-and learns that following her heart may lead her to her dreams after all.
Catherine Davenport Carlton needs a break. After dedicating her life to her political-minded family, shocking scandals from the past have shaken her to her core. Summer in the quiet town of Dyersport, Maine, is just what she needs, especially with a super-hot neighbor right next door…who’s none other than Brody Hollister, the boy she fell in love with as a teen. Cat wants nothing more than to pick up right where they left off eighteen years ago, but she’s still haunted by a terrible secret that could devastate Brody. Brody Hollister spent years pining over Cat Davenport. They met young and loved passionately—until she disappeared from his life. Now she’s back, as spirited and beautiful as ever. But while Brody is determined to help Cat free herself from her family’s drama, his own family may be hiding something that could ruin their rekindled romance for good. In Book Two of the Davenports romance series, sex and politics collide…with passionate results.
