Another man in uniform isn't part of her planShe's earned some good karma. An army widow at twenty-one, Heather Clarke has spent the past three years running her aunt's quilt store, raising her twin girls alone and earning a degree in landscape horticulture. Finally, she's launching her new career and starting to feel as though she's on solid ground. And then Rick Slater rides onto her job site.Heather needs a mysterious, gorgeous, ex-army distraction like a hole in the hea...

Not everybody gets a second chance...Back in Sparrow Lake after fifteen years away and Sam Larson's already messing with Priscilla Ryan's life. Saying yes when they were kids and he asked her to be his girl was her biggest mistake. The bad boy rode out of town the next day. She isn't about to make a second mistake by falling for him again.Getting his dude ranch off the ground is the ex-rodeo star's first priority. That, and reconnecting with the quiet girl he took ...

Police chief Alex Novak is exactly the kind of man Kristen Lange could fall for–if she were staying in Sparrow Lake. But she can't fall. And she can't stay. Moving home was a temporary setback, not a life choice! As soon as she lands a job in Chicago, Kristen will be packing her Manolo shoes and hopping back on the fast track.If she's going to meet her goals, she can't afford distractions–or involvement. Not in her aunt's quilting store, not in her widowed sister's life, and certai...

Preserving nature. Growing love. Can they do both?Grace Huber has no interest in taking over the reins of her father's successful development company. Instead, she's busy building a dream of her own: a "green" housing community in Wisconsin's Sparrow Lake. Educator and conservationist Caleb Blackthorne is not only on the same page, the handsome single father tempts goal–oriented Grace to take time out to smell the flowers. But Caleb's rebellious teenage da...

Not everybody gets a second chance…Back in Sparrow Lake after fifteen years away, and Sam Larson's already messing with Priscilla Ryan's life. Saying yes when they were kids and he asked her to be his girl was her biggest mistake. The bad boy rode out of town the next day. She isn't about to make a second mistake by falling for him again.Getting his dude ranch off the ground is the former rodeo star's first priority. That, and reconnecting with the...

Falling in love is not the planPolice chief Alex Novak is exactly the kind of man Kristen Lange could fall for—if she were staying in Sparrow Lake. But she can't fall. And she can't stay. Moving home was a temporary setback, not a life choice! As soon as she lands a job in Chicago, Kristen will be packing her Manolo shoes and hopping back on the fast track.If she's going to meet her goals, she can't afford distractions—or involvement. Not in her aunt's quilti...

They were assigned to be marriage partnersGillian Flannery's marriage project worked great with her high–school students. But when she was assigned a partner herself, her "marriage" to John Slater quickly ran into trouble.In real life, Gillian soon learned, people came burdened with troublesome personal baggage. Gillian herself had a deep aversion to conflict. As for John, he came with two half–grown daughters who bickered constantly. Worse, his ex–wife had...

Another man in uniform isn't part of her plan.She's earned some good karma. An army widow at twenty–one, Heather Clarke has spent the past three years running her aunt's quilt store, raising her twin girls alone and earning a degree in landscape horticulture. Finally, she's launching her new career and starting to feel as though she's on solid ground. And then Rick Slater rides onto her job site.Heather needs a mysterious, gorgeous, ex–army distraction like a hole in the he...

Not everybody gets a second chance…Back in Sparrow Lake after fifteen years away, and Sam Larson's already messing with Priscilla Ryan's life. Saying yes when they were kids and he asked her to be his girl was her biggest mistake. The bad boy rode out of town the next day. She isn't about to make a second mistake by falling for him again.Getting his dude ranch off the ground is the former rodeo star's first priority. That, and reconnecting with the q...

Police chief Alex Novak is exactly the kind of man Kristen Lange could fall for. If she were staying in Sparrow Lake.But she can't fall. And she can't stay.Moving home was a temporary setback, not a life choice! As soon as she lands a job in Chicago, Kristen will be packing her Manolos and hopping back on the fast track. If she’s going to meet her goals, she can’t afford distractions – or involvement. Not in her aunt’s quilting store, not in her widowed sister’s life, and c...

Will History Repeat Itself?Hollywood, 1953Anita Brooks and Price Garfield were all the rage, perfect partners on and off the dance floor—until Price married an ambitious starlet and Anita fled to Broadway.Los Angeles, 2011Anita's daughter, Gabrielle Brooks Lacroix, is lured to California to dance at the opening of a nostalgia club, Cheek to Cheek. The problem is her partner will be Kit Garfield, whose very name conjures up memo...

Preserving nature. Growing love. Can they do both?Grace Huber has no interest in taking over the reins of her father's successful development company. Instead, she's busy building a dream of her own: a "green" housing community in Wisconsin's Sparrow Lake. Educator and conservationist Caleb Blackthorne is not only on the same page, the handsome single father tempts goal-oriented Grace to take time out to smell the flowers. But Caleb's rebellious teenage dau...