When a divorce from her husband of twenty-five years leaves Kate McClure financially destitute and alienated from her two adult children, she and her aging mother Belle return to Paradise Ranch, the homestead they left when Kate was a child. In this quiet spot she can begin to put her shattered life back together, or so she thinks. She has scarcely set foot in the dilapidated old ranch house when her next-door neighbor, handsome bachelor Hank Sinclair, arrives to announce that he has a prior claim on Paradise. Against her better judgment Kate enters into a business deal with Hank and finds she is falling in love with him despite his frank admission that he wants no lasting relationship.
For three years Cara Williams's husband has been missing in action and presumed dead. She's moved on with her life to form new relationships and make new commitments. As World War Two draws to a close, she is shocked to learn that her husband is not only very much alive, he's coming home.How does she justify to him that she has turned his old homestead into a business site? How can she explain that she now has a darling little toddler who calls her Mommie? What does she tell him about her relationship with his cousin Evan? Most of all how does she deal with the resurrection of emotions and passion she had thought dead and long since buried?
Gayle Gentry is a hairdresser who works hard to support herself and her two teenage children. When handsome young Alexander Ellison offers her a hefty fee to come to his ranch and 'do' his mother's hair, she jumps at the opportunity to earn a few extra dollars. Her immediate attraction to the arrogant, complex, and reserved Alexander is more than she bargained for, and could also earn for her a broken heart
In 1966 Sarah Scott is paroled from federal prison with one thought in mind, to put her shameful past behind her, and once more gain control of her life. She meets Blake Hamilton, ex-rodeo cowboy turned nightclub owner. The chemistry between this unlikely pair is explosive and instantaneous. A chance meeting leads to passionate encounter that blossoms into a tempestuous affair. Blake's family disapproves of Sarah. Her few friends dislike Blake. Sarah wants forever. Blake lives only for today. Common sense tells Sarah her affair with Blake will end in heartbreak. When did passion ever listen to common sense?
Chadwick Hamilton decides to marry the mail-order-bride he wins in a poker game. He reasons that any female who is a graduate of Miss Lavenia Sitwell's Atlanta School for Young Ladies must be docile, refined and well-bred. His reasoning is sound but his assumptions are slightly erroneous. Miss Cherry Blossom is, by 1857 standards, a modern woman with strong beliefs and firm opinions. She is also a woman who is deeply in debt and in fear of being sent to debtor's prison, When her employer, Miss Lavenia Sitwell, offers her a way out of her dilemma, she promptly accepts.
Julie Anderson is not happy when her ex-husband comes to town early to attend their daughter Sharon's wedding. He brings with him a host of bad memories and that same old attitude. Max has always been more trouble than she can handle. He has broken her heart in the past - not once, but twice. Max returns home hoping for one last chance to make things right with Julie. He is caught in a double bind when he encounters the unstable circumstances surrounding his daughter's coming marriage. She is set to marry Dan Garner, the son of Julie's business partner, but he suspects her heart belongs to Brett Morrison, the former man in her life. The situation begs for his intervention. He intrudes with the best of intentions. When he does all hell breaks loose.
This collection of one hundred poems is charming and introspective with vivid and recognizable impressions, originality of diction and variations in tone. The author's devotion to craftsmanship lends immediacy and expressiveness to a wide variety of poetic images. The subject matter of What Will Suffice is diverse and varied. Each poem has a life of its own. The theme is that common thread of humanity that speaks to the heart through many forms, melodious language and personal emotions.
When gorgeous stranger Trace Randolph bursts into Lynn Evan?s Upper Crust Specialty Bake Shoppe, accuses her mother of seducing his father, then demands that Lynn put a stop to their dangerous affair, Lynn can?t help but burst out laughing. Lynn?s mother is a straight-laced, mousy little woman who wouldn?t have the faintest idea how to go about seducing a man. And she certainly couldn?t be endangering the life of Trace?s father by placing unreasonable sexual demands on him?or could she?Lynn already has more problems than she can handle, she surely doesn?t need this, too! The building that houses her bakery is in danger of being condemned for building code violations she can?t afford to have fixed. But even more disturbing, is her tenth high school reunion that is just around the corner; her ex-husband is going to be there, and Lynn has yet to find a date!As the arguments heat up and the sparks fly, Lynn learns that Trace is a carpenter, and she gets talked into a zany plan to help break up their parents? affair in exchange for bringing her building up to code before her citation date. Does Lynn stop there? No way! The shrewd businesswoman also talks the hunky Trace into posing as her reunion date.But who is fooling whom? As Trace discovers the voluptuous, passionate woman lurking under the starched white bakery apron, he and Lynn become more embroiled in their scheme of deceit. Feelings get out of hand and the pretense of seduction becomes all too real in this fun, fabulous, and fiery new read by Barri Bryan!
Poetry: Chapter And Verse has one theme--love. Yet there is diversity within that unity, both in form and substance. The poems run in length from a few short lines to a several verses. The rhyme schemes are many and varied. The subject matter addresses the charm, the mirth, the drama, the chivalry, the bliss, the gravity, and the mystery of love. Each poem speaks directly to the heart with its symmetry of ideas and its eloquent development of thought. Each one is finely wrought, well crafted, and easily unfolded. But the book's overall appeal lies in its poignant simplicity. It is imbued with a charm that points without emphasis and a beauty that transports as it inspires.
When a divorce from her husband of twenty-five years leaves Kate McClure financially destitute and alienated from her two adult children, she and her aging mother Belle return to Paradise Ranch, the homestead they left when Kate was a child. In this quiet spot she can begin to put her shattered life back together, or so she thinks. She has scarcely set foot in the dilapidated old ranch house when her next-door neighbor, handsome bachelor Hank Sinclair, arrives to announce that he has a prior claim on Paradise. Against her better judgment Kate enters into a business deal with Hank and finds she is falling in love with him despite his frank admission that he wants no lasting relationship.
Murder brings him back to the mountains. A cold case could get him killed. The discovery of a body becomes personal when special agent Garrett Sneed is forced to work the case with law enforcement ranger Madison Lynley, his ex-girlfriend. But when another homicide reveals a possible link to his mother’s unsolved murder, Garrett is out for blood. As a cold case escalates into a murder spree, he must stop a serial killer who has now targeted Madison… From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served. Discover more action-packed stories in the The Lynleys of Law Enforcement series. All books are stand-alone with uplifting endings but were published in the following order: Book 1: Special Agent Witness Book 2: Christmas Lights Killer Book 3: Murder in the Blue Ridge Mountains Book 4: Cold Murder in Kolton Lake Book 5: Campus Killer
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