TOP GUN DAD

The Rules Of Engagement Have Changed!

Lieutenant Colonel Chad Cassavetes has just been promoted…to the rank of single father. With his two daughters in tow, the daredevil fighter pilot is trading the open skies for the dusty plains of Oklahoma. But when his trailer breaks down, Chad doesn’t expect to be rescued by an angel in pink cowboy boots.

With her riot of red curls and roots deep in Okie soil, Kelbie Montgomery isn’t your ordinary savior. She’s also a single mom who’s sworn off military men. Until Chad starts changing her mind…

Falling for the feet-on-the-ground widow is risky business for a man whose heart has always been in the skies. But Kelbie and her daughter are tempting Chad and his two girls to combine forces. Because he has a new mission. To make Kelbie fall in love with a certain top-gun dad.

THE MAN SHE MARRIED

Maizie Walker’s hubby of twenty-two years is spending way too much time watching football/baseball/bass fishing/whatever and way too little time practicing the art of romance. He’s oblivious to sexy lingerie and even sexier suggestions, so what’s a girl to do? Hmm – how about making him jealous, and who better to flirt with than the hot new tennis pro at the country club?

Do you really think that’s going to work? As they say in the south – there ain’t no way. The Man She Married is a rollicking look at a bad concept that produces some interesting consequences. It’s a story of love that endures in spite of lame-brained courting/making up ideas, buttinski relatives and a not-too-nice stalker.

Join the eccentric and fun loving folks of Magnolia Bluffs, Georgia for a guaranteed good time. And stay tuned to see how Mama and her sisters manage to get out of the magnolia tree.

Goin' Down to Georgia

Magnolia Bluffs, Georgia -- on the surface is the perfect small Southern town.  But below the surface, as Zack Maynard discovers, is a different story.  There's trouble afoot--vandalism and maybe even murder.

Zack is a big-city California detective who arrives in Magnolia Bluffs to investigate what's happening with his family's real estate development.  That means dealing with Liza Henderson, a widow and one of the partners..and very much a Southern lady.  But Liza's not your typical belle.  She's wacky, passionate, charming, and unlike any woman Zack's ever met.

Although their initial meeting isn't love--or even like--at first sight, they're experiencing an incredible chemistry.  Will the real estate riddle turn into the case of the California Copy and the southern widow?

The Perfect Tree

Summer After Summer

In the summer of ’73, Jasmine and Charlie share a secret place by the river. Somewhere to laugh and dream on hot Texas nights. A place for making memories. For getting close... Then Jazzy’s girlfriend Bunny drops a bombshell that brings an end to teenage innocence—and the beginning of life without Charlie.

In the summer of ’93 and Jazzy’s got a rock on her finger and a successful architectural practice in California. Yet something’s missing. She bumps into Charlie at their high school reunion, and their feelings and shared memories are as powerful as ever. But before they can do anything about it, an urgent plea calls Jazzy away once more.

This summer... Her marriage over, Jaz heads for home again. For Texas. And for Charlie... This time, she knows it’s forever.

Harlequin Everlasting Love
ISBN: 0-373-65418-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-373-65418-5
September 2007

Georgia on His Mind

Somewhere Down in Texas

The Barbecue Isn’t The Only Thing Heating Up!

            Marci Hamilton loves her hometown of Port Serenity, but life’s been a little dull lately.  So she enters a barbecue-sauce cook-off with her flamboyant sister, Sissy Aguirre.  The events are held all over Texas and sponsored by country music superstar J.W. Watson.  Marci’s heard of J.W. but she sure wouldn’t recognize him, so when her car breaks down on the way to the first cook-off and Marci gets some unexpected help from a handsome cowboy, she has no idea that “Johnny Walker” is none other than J.W. himself!

            After a previous relationship disaster – with a guy featured on America’s Most Wanted – Marci is understandably cautious.  But the battle against falling in love with Johnny is a losing one.  This time around, Marci isn’t sure if she’s going to get burned or if she’s cooking up a Texas-size happy ending along with that award-winning barbecue sauce!

Harlequin American Romance
March 2007

Texas Born

When Dr. Olivia Alvarado, town vet and part-time coroner of Port Serenity, Texas finds out that her sweetie, Sheriff C.J. Baker, is married, she kicks him out of her life.  But things aren’t always as they seem.  And when they’re thrown together on a bizarre case, Livy can’t avoid spending time with C.J. – or falling for him all over again.  Then his ex-wife shows up.  What’s a girl to do?

Can romance bloom in the midst of murder, mayhem, and well-meaning, but ditzy relatives and felons bent on nefarious deeds?  Of course!  To quote C.J., “ain’t love grand.”

Harlequin American Romance
May 2006
ISBN 0-373-75119-2

A Texas State of Mind

The Police Chief Meets Her Match....

Single mother of two Livinia "Lolly" LaTullipe is busy enough as police chief of the little Texas Gulf town of Port Serenity. But her job gets way more complicated when dead drug dealers start floating onto the beach. Enter Christian Delacroix, an undercover state cop sent in to help solve the murders.

When he and Lolly first meet, the sparks fly--literally! The trouble is, they lead very different lives. But Christian's beginning to think he wants Lolly's white-picket-fence kind of life, complete with kids and a big shaggy dog.

Can he trade danger for diapers, big-city excitement for small-town quiet? Hmm, maybe not that quiet!

Harlequin American Romance
ISBN: 0-373-75080-3
July 2005