Heart – Warming Tales
HEARTWARMING TALES consists of six stories of Romantic Relationships., Mystery, and Crime.
The Caregiver is a romance fiction.
Her Online Predator is a mystery – thriller /romance.
Marriage on the Rocks is about a young couple who had serious problems in their marriage.
Dead Business is about a suspicious woman who doubted her husband.
The Psychiatrist and the Thief is a comedy-mystery.
No Wedding Bells for Amy: Amy is rejected by a married man and she goes after his son.
Life on the Porcelain Edge
Tessa Tarrington's life is swirling out of control. No job. No apartment. Sick Dad…And she's back in high school! Teaching at her Gibson's Run alma mater would be tolerable, except she's sharing purgatory with her mortal enemy, Ryland Jessup.
But eight years post-high-school, and after tragedies she can barely understand, Ryland no longer fits her mental image of the over-sized bully he once was. In fact, much to her disgust, he's finding his way into her heart.
After the sudden death of his wife, Ryland hung up his professional shoulder pads and picked up a whistle. Now he's focused on coaching the high school football team and raising his daughter.
Love's Reflection
Amy Gage and her husband, Bryce, have enjoyed a loving, polyamorous relationship with Raine Anthony for several years. However, she's floored when Bryce and Raine ask her permission to have a child together. A baby is the one thing Amy cannot give him.
Bryce is desperately caught between his lifelong love for and commitment to Amy, and the opportunity to have a child of his own with Raine. He's determined to overcome the tricky emotional landmines to make everyone happy.
Although Raine loved Amy first, Bryce owns her heart. She views having his child as the family's opportunity to receive something beautifully unexpected.
Leather and Lace
Sam Coalson, ex-Navy Seal, has returned to Grafton for the wedding of his brother. After being run out of town fifteen years ago for a crime he didn’t commit, he’s determined to claim what is rightfully his and take on anyone crazy enough to try and stop him.
Angel Devereaux is smart, sexy and definitely on Sam’s blacklist. After siding with Sam’s enemy fifteen years ago, Angel can’t help but wonder what if….what if Sam had never left? What if he could forgive her now? She had her reasons, but he won’t listen. So enough with words, sometimes action is exactly what’s called for.
Lily's Payback
Imagine four schoolteachers in a romantic thriller. At her twin brother's funeral, Lily touches his casket, whispering a Scottish blood oath: “If your killers were from the Diabhal, then they should know that I'll be a Deamhan and will pursue them until your soul is avenged.”
A middle school science teacher, Lily involves three teacher colleagues to help her avenge the murder. They risk all in their pursuit, hitting dead ends while confronting the police, the FBI, local mobsters, and even the CIA. Their illusive target is Zakov, a legendary assassin for the Russian Mafiya who has more than 200 kills.
Healing Notes
Forgiving yourself is the first step, but helping others forgive may be just too hard.
Each note Rachel Cullen plays on her violin comes straight from the heart. But life isn’t easy. A Scottish immigrant to America, she embraced the Celtic and Bluegrass communities. Unfortunately, divorce, rape and distrust leave her emotionally crippled. Can Noel Karshaw, an English teacher and poet with a young daughter, be the key to help her reconcile who she is, what she wants, and how to get there?
It takes both music and words to make a love song. With Noel by her side, Rachel has a chance to be part of the family she’s always wanted—a chance to make love strong.
Hello, My Love!
What would Elizabeth Bennet be like if she had been born today? In this modern-day tale inspired by Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South, bright, beautiful law student Elise Halverson looks forward to a promising career. The last thing she needs is to fall in love with well-known playboy Greg Thorpe. Besides, he's engaged to be married.
Greg finds Elise so unlike the women he used to date and he's deeply intrigued. But distrusting the image she has of him, Elise tries to keep away.
Heart of a SEAL
They’re brothers in arms, Navy SEALS risking their lives for their country . . . and the women they love.
This is Luke Harding’s story.
Six months in a desert hellhole taught Navy SEAL Luke Harding things he never wanted to learn about life and death. Only tender memories of the beautiful brunette he met a few weeks before his deployment helped get him through the torturous days and nights. Back in the States after a perilous rescue, physically and emotionally damaged, Luke’s about to plunge into a new kind of war. In a seemingly bucolic Idaho town, Sally Duncan faces real—and unpredictable—danger.
