Starting Over in Wyoming - Book 1
Riding Alone
Tragic events force Hollywood screenwriter Griff Richardson to drive away to the birthplace of his grandfather, Laramie, Wyoming. Hoping to find a temporary hiding shelter from the journalists and reporters that are hounding him, Griff becomes every day more attached to this new place. The beauty of the wide open spaces, natural and untouched by humans, the friendliness of the neighbors and of his newly-found relatives, the pleasant morning rides in the company of his horse Bucky, all make him realize that there is a different way of life than his glamorous previous one in the movie world, a simpler, more convenient and suitable to him, way of life.
Norah Fuller moves with her uncle John Parker at his ranch to take care of him. Her uncle has been her rock ever since she was twelve and alone in the world. He has always cared and helped her the best he could. Now it is her turn to make sure he is not alone in his old age.
Their quiet life changes when Norah falls in love with a mysterious stranger, a man way out of her league, who is here only temporary and who will return soon to his life in Hollywood. Add to this the drama in Griff’s own life and the killer who follows him here and life gets even more complicated.
Starting Over in Wyoming - Book 2
The Old Homestead
The old homestead, neglected for a long time and abandoned since the last owner passed away, is like an eye-sore in the middle of the field.
“It needs to be torn down,” decides a neighboring rancher, a gruff man who served for ten years in the Marines. He wants to buy the property as he needs more grazing land for his cattle.
“Not so fast,” objects a young woman, heir to the previous owner, ready to move in. She is a city-girl from Pittsburg and doesn’t know that to live through a Wyoming winter isolated on a ranch is not for the faint of heart.
“It can be fixed,” argues the estranged brother of the rancher. He is recently returned home after an absence of many years and probably his interest in the old homestead is only to antagonize his brother.
Who will win this battle of wills?
The old homestead, looking tired in its state of disrepair, is an enchanted place. It beckons people with its cozy and comfortable interior and the promise of revealing hidden family secrets.
Tales of Old Wyoming - Book 1
The Younger Brother
Laramie, Wyoming Territory, 1888
Alone in the world after his parents died of typhus, Pierce Monroe decides to sell the small family farm in Kansas and to travel to Laramie, Wyoming where his older brother Bill is sheriff.
Bill is not exactly happy to see his younger brother. Outlaws are plaguing his county and Bill has no time to take care of a naïve, inexperienced country boy. They strike a deal and Pierce goes to manage the ranch that Bill has acquired by chance and is not interested in.
A lot of unsavory characters are holed up at the ranch and Pierce seems unprepared to deal with them all. Is he going to give up and run away or will he succeed to overcome all the difficulties? Will the younger brother surprise the sheriff with his fortitude and courage and win the bet and the heart of the woman he wants to marry?
Historical Note – Located on Ivinson Street, Kuster Hotel was built in 1869, by the Dawson brothers costing $5,000 at the time. It is the oldest stone building in Laramie. At the beginning it served as a hotel for traveling cowboys and railroad workers and also as a depot for the Fort Collins and Walden stage line, and later on as a bus depot. The hotel had twenty-six rooms and a restaurant on the first floor. The original building had larger windows with cornices and lintels over them, and arches over the entrance. These architectural details have been lost to later remodeling, in late 1920s, when simpler lines were preferred for the front of the building.
Return to Wyoming - Book 1
Connor Monroe is a gruff somber man. His ranch is his life and the approaching Christmas doesn’t mean much to him. He’s not exactly a Grinch, but who has time for decorating and celebrating when there is work to be done?
Discovering a young woman lost on the country road that leads to his ranch, he has to take her home as a blizzard is coming.
Violet Kendall was looking for the sister she has never known she had, and her tiny car was ill equipped to face a real Wyoming snowstorm.
Is Connor going to appreciate the real Christmas gift he got this year? And are the secrets Violet is hiding going to place in danger these people that she has come to love? Will the stern Wyoming rancher and the delicate girl from Atlanta find a way to happiness in this season when miracles are possible?
Minnie Gardner returns to Laramie, Wyoming after eight long years. The shy poor girl from the trailer park, who lived with her drunken father and brothers, has changed into the confident Dr. Gardner, the new principal of one of the high schools in town.
Adam Monroe knows Minnie as the girl who rejected his brother’s love and who left town and her friends without looking back, animated only by her ambition. As the owner of an auto service business, he repairs her car, but tries to ignore the attraction he feels for Minnie.
Coming home after such a long time is never easy. The town and its people have changed and life is full of surprises. Was it a good decision to return?
Four years after his wife left him, Ethan Monroe decides to return home to Laramie, Wyoming and make a new life for himself here, in the town where he was born. It’s Christmastime and the city is decorated festively. People are rushing to finish their last gift shopping, smiling happily in anticipation of the joyous celebration. Only Ethan is dispirited and sad. He hopes that starting an interesting job and being surrounded by his family will give him a sense of peace and quiet. He is surprised when his life becomes anything but quiet.
First, he meets Kay, a young woman who reminds him of his ex-wife, pretty, but high-spirited and ready to take the world by storm. Then, his family sets him up on a blind date with a nice, decent woman. Despite her modest and gentle personality, Marjorie has secrets of her own. His ex-wife Ashley comes back in need of a temporary place to stay and of course, she wants money. And if this were not enough trouble, a mobster searches his house looking for stolen jewelry.
In this season of miracles, will the magic of Christmas bring Ethan a little joy and make his sadness and melancholy go away?
It is Christmastime and Zack Monroe decides to sell his hunting lodge in Alaska and to return home to Laramie, Wyoming, hoping that after the tragic loss of his twin brother he could find some balance and a new direction in his life.
It looks like Santa had forgotten him, or did he?
On a frosty Christmas night, Zack finds a friend and business partner, a piece of land where he can envision building his future guest ranch and he meets a strange woman, a wounded soul like him.
Despite her weird looks and defiant attitude, Zack is attracted to Georgiana Bennett and wants to know the real woman under the mask she wears like a shield. Life was not easy for her and she made mistakes in her teenage years. The people in town don’t want to forgive and forget. Only Zack knows the truth. He wants to prove to himself, to his family, and to the whole town that she is a diamond in the rough worth knowing and loving.
Old West Wyoming - Book 1
Laramie, Wyoming Territory, December 1887
This is the story of the first Maitland who bought a ranch north of town and became a prosperous landowner and businessman, fighting greedy neighbors, outlaws, train robbers, hired gunslingers, surviving in a harsh climate and protecting his ranch and his rights.
After five years of hard work, Elliott Maitland has succeeded to make profitable the ranch he bought on a whim from a gambler who had no interest in working with cattle. A frosty winter day finds Elliott in town, hoping to conclude his business before the blizzard starts in earnest. Sam, the owner of the mercantile, asks him to give shelter to the new schoolteacher, who just arrived in town and has nowhere to stay.
Celestine Tillman is in desperate need of a job and a place to live. Being hired as a teacher in Wyoming is a blessing. Discovering that no one is waiting for her at the train depot and no room is available in town so close to Christmas is distressing. Going home with this rancher could be dangerous, but what choice does she have?
This adventure packed fictional story is set in Laramie, Wyoming at the end of the nineteen century and presents a true picture of the western town with all the good and the bad, the modern and the old west mixed together. An enduring town moving forward and changing with the times.
Old West Wyoming - Book 2
Laramie, Wyoming Territory, Spring 1888
The spring of 1888 will bring unexpected changes in the three Richardson siblings’ life.
Lloyd Richardson doesn’t want much in life, just the family ranch and his girlfriend Emily. It looks like he’s not going to get either. His father leaves the ranch to his older brother Neil. And, while Lloyd is in Denver for a longer time taking care of business, Emily marries another man.
Neil has dreamed all his life of traveling the world. His father’s will and a tragic accident make this dream impossible.
Esmé meets a charming and mysterious stranger on the train to Laramie. A perfectly well-mannered gentleman that makes her smile.
Then she sees his face on a Wanted poster. A robber and cold-blooded killer with a high reward on his head, dead or alive.
Could he be the same man?
Old West Wyoming - Book 3
Laramie, Wyoming Territory, Summer of 1888
The stagecoach line from Laramie to Centennial is going
to be closed, anticipating the building by Union Pacific of a railroad
branch to this small town in the Medicine Bow Mountains. The last
stagecoach is attacked by robbers. Deputy Sheriff Orville Maitland
riding shotgun, jumps down and holds the attackers, while the stagecoach
turns back to Laramie.
Sheriff Bill Monroe is bound to see this last stagecoach get
to the mining town of Centennial and he wants to search for his deputy.
Being aware of the risk to be attacked again, the passengers are
determined to travel again. The sheriff has in his charge a variety of
characters, a banker carrying the miners’ payroll, a pastor, a gambler
very fast with a gun, a flamboyant singer, with secrets of her own.
Add to this the mail-order-bride of the deputy, freshly
arrived from Baltimore, who has no idea what dangers are in the west,
but insists stubbornly to go and rescue her future groom, that she’d
never seen in her life.
What the sheriff hopes to be a short thirty-five mile drive turns into a
longer adventure for all of them.
Historical Note – Medicine Bow Mountains were the only local
source of timber for the Union Pacific railroad while it advanced west
through south Wyoming. The company promised to build a branch to
Centennial, since 1868 when the railroad had reached Laramie. It didn’t
happen until 1907. Until then, the stagecoach line was bought and
operated by Augustus Trabing, a businessman from Laramie, who owned
three stagecoach lines, to Centennial, Syblee, and Walden, Colorado. He
also owned a large ranch, twenty miles north of Laramie, and a retail
and wholesale store Trabing Commercial Company at the corner of Garfield
and Second South Street in Laramie.
Seattle Rain - Book 1
In this women’s fiction contemporary novel, set in the rainy, beautiful Pacific Northwest, the lives of four women blend in an unexpected way, as they help each other to get through difficult moments.
It all starts with the mysterious disappearance of Miranda Henderson’s two valuable art objects, a Chihuli glass bowl and an abstract painting.
Miranda Henderson lives almost like a recluse after the death of her daughter Cassidy and husband Bob, trying to cope with life alone, when a chain of events changes her monotonous everyday life.
Liz Barton is Miranda’s neighbor, a successful and wealthy divorce lawyer. At thirty-eight years of age, she is very content with her life except that she wants a child before it becomes too late biologically. For two years she has tried dating, internet matching, and Prince Charming failed to materialize. Or did he?
Miranda’s good friend, Cindy Wallenstein, empty nester with two sons in college, is shocked when her husband of twenty-five years leaves her for a younger woman and she is served the divorce papers.
Allison Porter, the mysterious cousin from Kansas, at thirty-three decides to leave Wichita and come to Seattle to meet Miranda and start a new life.
This is the story of four women having to come to terms with the past, supporting each other, and making plans for the future. It is the story of friendship.
Seattle Rain - Book 2
This women’s fiction novel is part of a series set in the rainy Pacific Northwest. Come meet three generations of women in the Price family.
Grandma Rose at eighty-four feels the difficulty of coping with the increasing frailty of her aging body while memories of times gone by keep popping up in her mind with clarity as if they happened yesterday.
Rolanda Price at thirty-eight is a successful business owner, a realtor well known in the Seattle area. Being unmarried and independent suits her. Her busy doctor boyfriend doesn’t interfere with her hectic lifestyle. When temptation comes unexpectedly, why change?
Rolanda’s older sister, Heather has her life turned upside down when she discovers her husband Bart is cheating and when her smart twenty-year-old daughter Emily drops another surprise on her.
Emily, the youngest of the Price women, is an ambitious college student. Partying is fun, but her goal is to be a physician scientist and become a leading researcher in the field of genetics. Her career plans get derailed, but she relies on her family to help.
In difficult times, the Price women stick together and hope to make the right decisions for all involved.
Seattle Rain - Book 3
Book 3 from the Seattle Rain series is the story of three sisters who rely on each other to cope with unfortunate changes in their life, and to understand family secrets from the past.
A former principal ballerina with a brilliant career, Leah has to come to terms and accept that after an accident put an abrupt ending to her future as a dancer, she needs to make a new life for herself. Supported by her two sisters, Leah finds satisfaction and happiness again.
Jill, a housewife with two young boys, thinks she is happy with her life and very much in love with her husband Erik, a high school teacher. An unfortunate incident at his high school forces Jill and Erik to make necessary adjustments to their life.
Claire, the youngest, is a medical resident who has a tough time going through the demanding residency program, especially the ICU rotation. Patients love her, but her attending considers her too soft and hesitant in her decisions.
Will Claire convince the severe Dr. Olney that she’s a good doctor? What about the mysterious neighbor who crosses her path so often? And who’s the tattooed biker who parks his vehicle in front of Leah’s yoga and ballet studio?
Welcome again to life in the city of Seattle, the real main character in this series.
Summer Days In Wyoming - Book 1
The Sheriff's Story
This summer Sheriff Jack McRavy’s quiet and predictable life is shaken by a series of events. Just when he decides to leave Laramie, Wyoming, he falls in love with… a house and sixteen acres of land on the outskirts of town, and buys it immediately. Then he meets a seven year old boy who is fending for himself and his little dog the best he can. He is living with his uncle, who doesn’t care about him. And finally, the sheriff’s best friend, TJ Lomax asks him a favor. The granddaughter of some retired ranchers, friends of TJ, needs a better social life. Could the sheriff ask her on a date, please?
Veterinarian Iris Richardson comes back to Laramie, Wyoming to live with her grandparents who raised her. She works as an associate doctor at the Maitland Veterinary Clinic. Her calm, self-assured personality hides a deeply hurt, broken heart inside. When the attractive sheriff asks her on a date, she knows she’s not ready to let another man in her life.
Summer Days In Wyoming - Book 2
The Deputy's Story
His wounds not entirely healed, rugged Marine veteran, Nathan Young takes a job of Deputy Sheriff in Laramie, Wyoming for the summer. He finds a picture of a beautiful woman and keeps it on his nightstand. When he meets the real Laura he is charmed by her and wants to know her better. Meanwhile, what he thought to be an easy job in a peaceful town, turns dangerous with the return of the outlaw Coyote, wanted for arson. Mysterious fires at midnight keep ranchers and the sheriff on edge.
Laura Delaney is back in Laramie, Wyoming to work as a pediatric nurse at the hospital. Her past as a battered wife at the hands of an abusive man has made her wary of men. She likes the new Deputy Sheriff very much. He is very gentle and wonderful with her six year old son, Joey. Could she get over her fear and give the handsome deputy a chance?
Summer Days In Wyoming - Book 3
The Navy SEAL's Story
After twenty years as a Navy SEAL, Dane McRavy returns home. On his way to Texas he decides to stop in Laramie, Wyoming to see his younger brother, Jack who is sheriff here. The beautiful country, the friendly people and an enchanted place convince him to settle here. When an old legend about a treasure hidden by an outlaw a hundred years ago is revived by the existence of a map, Dane and his friends are confronted by all sorts of treasure hunters interested to unlock the secrets of a deep canyon on Dane’s newly bought property.
Minnie Gardner is a poor nineteen year old girl working at a truck stop off the highway. When Dane McRavy saves her from her cruel father and drunken brothers and offers her shelter at his ranch, Minnie is very grateful to him. Or perhaps she feels more for him.
Emma Sanders comes home from Denver only to be surprised naked in the bathtub by a stranger. Emma cries out in fear, not knowing that her father had invited Dane to live with them until his house is built. In time, when she gets to know him, her feelings change. Very sensitive about his scarred face, Dane can’t accept that a beautiful woman like Emma is attracted to him.
Could Emma convince Dane that her feelings are real? And what about Minnie? Also, is there a treasure in the canyon as the legend claims or is it only a story fabricated by generations of fancy minds? And if the treasure is real, who will get to it first?
Wyoming Christmas - Book 1
Tom's Story
After his longtime girlfriend marries another man, Tom Gorman, owner of a large ranch in southeastern Wyoming, thinks there will never be a happy ending for him. To avoid people’s knowing stares and nosy questions, he rarely comes to town and then only briefly. Working on his ranch and taking care of his two siblings becomes his life. As a favor to an old friend, he invites a young widow with her two little boys to stay at his ranch.
Lottie Donovan grew up as an orphan raised in foster care, and she has been alone for most of her life. Now at thirty years of age, she is alone again after her husband Wyatt, a police officer, is killed during a bank robbery. She struggles to take care of her two boys from her income as a schoolteacher. When her house sells faster than she expected, she has no place to live. Tom Gorman offers her temporary shelter at his ranch and Lottie wants to pay him back by transforming his house into a home and making his family happy. The approaching Christmas celebration is a great opportunity to bring his family together.
If only she could ignore the attraction she has felt for Tom ever since they were in high school when Tom was the high school quarterback. Lottie was secretly in love with him then, while Tom had eyes only for his beautiful girlfriend Faith Parker.
Will the magic of Christmas bring together these two lonely people who are so much in need of true love?
Wyoming Christmas - Book 2
Brianna's Story
Brianna Gorman wanted to be a rancher ever since she was a little girl. She rides better than many cowboys and she is trusted by her older brother Tom with all the aspects of their ranching business. Falling in love with the wrong man when she was eighteen didn’t induce her father to trust her with any part of the family ranch. His will left her only money. What else can she do but to continue to work on the ranch that now belongs to her brother. She has no place to call her own.
Virgil Townsend is a homely cowboy with not much to his name. He ran away from home at twelve to escape his abusive stepfather. Secretly in love with Brianna from the first moment he saw her, he goes to work at the Diamond G Ranch to be near her. But Brianna doesn’t look his way and it seems that nothing can come out of his deep love for his Boss’ sister.
Can a mysterious visitor for Christmas change all the misunderstandings and bring together two people that were meant for each other?
Wyoming Christmas - Book 3
Chris' Story - Available Now
Chris Gorman has grown up like a gipsy, moving with his mother from place to place. When at last she confesses who his father is, it is too late for Chris to meet him. His father died without knowing that he had another son. His brother Tom takes him in and welcomes him into the family. Not having any other home, Chris decides to stay at the ranch. He is good with the horses despite his disability, having almost no hearing at all.
Karilyn Dermott, heiress to one of the largest ranches in Texas, comes to Wyoming to buy a purebred horse from Tom Gorman’s ranch. Accustomed to men fawning over her, she is surprised by the distant manner of the deaf wrangler. He assesses her with cool eyes, almost with disdain. Desiring to see wild mustangs, Karilyn leaves for the wilderness on a bright, sunny morning. When a blizzard strikes unexpectedly, Chris goes to find her.
It’s a disaster to be trapped on the mountain during a snowstorm. Or is it a second chance?
Virginia Lovers - Book 1
Alexandra's Story - Available Now
This is a contemporary romance, Book 1 of Virginia Lovers series.
Alexandra Stewart leads a happy life with her husband, thoracic surgeon Dr. Michael Donovan in Bethesda, Maryland, close to her parents’ house in Fairfax County, Northern Virginia. Her life changes when her husband moves out and she is served the divorce papers. Distressed and not knowing what to do, Alexandra moves back home and finds solace in the wonderful garden tended by her Aunt Loretta. April in Virginia, with flowers blooming, birds chirping, and the garden a paradise of colors and fragrances, gives her comfort and healing. And the handsome landscaper who rebuilds the gazebo is not too bad to look at.
Brad Russell had a hard time taking care of his four younger brothers and the family’s nursery and landscaping business, after his parents’ death in an accident when he was eighteen. Eight years later, life is much better. His brothers have grown up and his business is thriving. Brad always admired Alexandra from afar and now that she moved back home, he gets to know her better.
Is Alexandra going to let herself be persuaded that their love is the real, forever kind, despite her doubts and the age difference between them?
Virginia Lovers - Book 2
Ariel's Story - Available Now
This is a contemporary romance, Book 2 of Virginia Lovers series.
Successful architect, Ariel Stewart anticipates an enjoyable vacation with her family in Northern Virginia and on the shores of the ocean at Virginia Beach, before packing her bags and leaving for a longer project in Europe. She has the shock of her life when the daughter she gave up for adoption fourteen years ago, shows up at her door. Forced by the circumstances, Ariel takes Mellie with her, and her carefully planned vacation is turned upside down. It doesn’t help that Mellie gets her embroiled with a gruff, reclusive carpenter and his adorable mutt.
Kyle Fergusson lives like a recluse with only his dog for company since he was released from prison five years ago. Once a wealthy investment banker, Kyle had to pay for his negligence when his friend and partner disappeared with their clients’ money never to be heard from again. None of the audits could pin embezzlement on him, but he was found guilty nevertheless. Now, all he wants is to be left in peace. He certainly doesn’t need the pesky kid coming every day to play with his dog and bringing him unexpected gifts. And the attraction he feels for the girl’s mother is also unwelcome.
Could the famous slogan ‘Virginia is for lovers’ prove true and bring together two such different, yet lonely people?
Virginia Lovers - Book 3
Lulu's Story - Available Now
Unlike her sisters, Louise Stewart had not been successful at anything she had tried in her life; several career paths abandoned and several boyfriends that had abandoned her. Yet Lulu plods through life with courage, joking, laughing, and mostly hiding her hurt. She also hides a big secret. Ever since she was a little girl, Lulu was in love with her older sister Alexandra’s boyfriend, Aeneas. When she was sixteen, her Christmas wish was that Aeneas would see her all grown up, and not the pesky kid sister of his girlfriend, tagging along when all he wanted was a little privacy to steal a kiss from Alexandra. She also wished to find true love.
Aeneas Foster, renowned photojournalist, comes home to Northern Virginia to take a break from facing perils in all the dangerous places on the globe and to write a book about his travels thinking his old girlfriend, the beautiful Alexandra, is recently divorced and in need of comfort. Unfortunately, he finds Alexandra remarried and his eyes turn more toward her sister, the lively Lulu with her laughing eyes and enchanting voice.
Liam Hennessy is a wealthy businessman, a developer involved in politics, an active presence on the Washington DC political and social scene. Accustomed to the glamorous women of his world, he is taken by surprise by the spontaneous, natural Lulu. What starts as a simple act of helping a friend, develops into strong feelings of love and passion.
Will Lulu return Liam’s feelings, or will the ghost of an old love make her come back to Aeneas? Will the magic of Christmas bring true love to her and make an old wish come true?
Maitland Legacy, a family saga - Book 1
Lance's Story
This is a contemporary western romance.
Romance writer Annabelle Lacroix from New York City decides to travel to Wyoming to research the history of the American West for her next book, to meet people and see places, to experience the spirit of the west. She is also motivated by an image of a cowboy from a box with old pictures. The image started coming into her dreams beckoning her to come to Wyoming.
Out west, exploring Laramie’s high plateau, this rugged, sparsely populated land, Annie gets lost on one of the secondary roads.
Lance Maitland, owner of a small ranch north of Laramie, left to him by his uncle Erik, is struggling to manage the spread, despite being estranged from his family and plagued by cattle rustlers. Coming home from Laramie, Lance finds Annie just when a storm is brewing and he offers her shelter at his house.
Landed in the middle of a family feud, supporting Lance and his ranch hands in their fight against cattle rustlers and arsonists, Annie gets to know better and fall in love with this honest cowboy, with mesmerizing aqua-blue eyes, and this rough but beautiful land. She helps heal a dysfunctional family, wounded by old misunderstandings and of course discovers the identity of the mysterious cowboy from the old picture.
Maitland Legacy, a family saga - Book 2
Tristan's Story
This is a western contemporary romance, Book 2 of The Maitland Legacy, A Family Saga
Veterinarian Tristan Maitland lives a quiet life with his son Zach in Laramie, Wyoming, close to his family ranch. He made peace with his two brothers and the father that had adopted him when he was four years old, and moved into a great house together with his son Zach and their household of assorted animals. His life becomes complicated when Zach’s mother, who left when the child was born, comes to town to get custody of him. Meanwhile, Tristan’s own attempt to find his biological father has an unexpected outcome.
Difficulties at work and a break up with her fiancé make Eleanor Jackson, district attorney in New York City, put her career on hold and cancel the wedding. She drives to Laramie, Wyoming for her sister Annie’s wedding. Here, she meets the brother of the groom, a veterinarian doctor and the instant physical attraction they both feel is very strong, a complication Eleanor doesn’t need. Can this feeling lead to the same all-encompassing, overpowering love that shines in her sister’s eyes?
Maitland Legacy, a family saga - Book 3
Raul's Story
A western contemporary romance, Book 3 of The Maitland Legacy, A Family Saga.
Two years ago, Raul Maitland changed overnight from a poor cowboy into a respected, wealthy rancher. This change brought him satisfaction and happiness, but also he felt profound grief and disappointment when the woman he loved left him for another man. After spending Thanksgiving with his family, December 1st finds him in Cheyenne for a business meeting.
The town is preparing for the Christmas celebration and everywhere he turns there are ornaments, lights, and traditional merry songs. In an old tavern where he enters to have a bite for lunch, he has an unexpected encounter with Faith Parker, the sister of the woman he loved, a very beautiful, but proud and conceited woman. Or so he remembered.
Two years ago, Cassandra Faith Parker, confident in her beauty and talent, left her family home at a ranch near Laramie, Wyoming to go to New York City to achieve her life dream, to be a singer on Broadway. Things didn’t go exactly as planned and not knowing what to do, Faith comes back to Wyoming and takes a job as waitress in a tavern. Meeting Raul, a man from her past she had treated with disdain, makes her none too happy.
In the middle of the joyous Christmas holidays, and a winter storm, Raul and Faith learn a few things about each other and discover that love and passion can be unexpected and healing.
This is a western contemporary romance, 2nd edition, rewritten and revised.
Successful Boston attorney Christy McKinley has her routine life interrupted when unexpected events force her to take a leave of absence from work and fly to Colorado to find her two-year-old stepbrother, Matthew.
Rugged rancher Jared Reed finds himself in charge of a failing ranch and his two-year-old nephew when his brother and sister-in-law die in a car accident.
You could not find two people more different than Christy and Jared. They disagree on everything except their love for little Mathew and their determination to save the ranch.
As weeks go by, the attraction between them grows and the old saying that opposites attract comes true.
This is a contemporary novel set in a small town, a funny, heart-warming story. The small town comes alive in this amusing tale of small scale conflict.
Charlie Callahan is a retired baseball player living in Hunters Crossing, Ohio with his wife, Lorena and two boys, Rob, a college student, and Drew, a senior in high school. Charlie, a coach for the local high school football team, is quite happy with his life until things start to change; an old girlfriend comes to town, the adult daughter he’d never met wants to get to know him, and a silly argument with the Mayor’s wife after a football game turns into a more serious power play.
When what he thought to be only a minor incident threatens to turn his life upside down, Charlie is forced to change his passive attitude. When the small town is taken by storm, sides are taken. Some people who knew him for years desert him, while new friends come to support him.
In the end, as Shakespeare said, ’All’s well that ends well’.