Few people can say they're starring in a real-life version of Romeo and Juliet. And single mom Leigh certainly doesn't want to play the role of disapproving mother. But when her daughter runs off to New Hampshire for a boy she's met over the Internet, it's a discomfiting reminder of Leigh's own past….The problem is Sam Wallace, the boy's father, and his ridiculous notion that love conquers all. Worse still is that Sam could be a pretty darn good ...
For Patrick Stevens less means more!Patrick Stevens is a great teacher. All of his «kids» say so–except Emily Patterson's oldest son, Jason. Jason is Patrick's lone failure–the one student he couldn't reach.And that's too bad, because when Patrick and Emily are thrown together on a project, Patrick realizes he'd really like to get to know Emily better. If only she didn't come complete with those four sons…. ...
Bryan James knows everything about hockey. That's a passion he and his daughter Allie share. What he doesn't know is how to be a single father. And the way he's scrambling to hold his thirteen-year-old's world–and his–together kind of proves that.So does the fact they're in community mediation after Allie's run-in with another player on her own team! There's probably some valuable learning in this for Bryan, but he's too distracted by the other ...
Zoe McCann doesn't care much for doctorsEspecially eminent neurosurgeons who are too busy to attend to their patients. Like Dr. Phillip Barry, who wasn't available the night Jenny, the daughter of Zoe's best friend, was brought to the E.R.So Zoe marches into Phillip's office. She hasn't spoken to him since they played together as children–she was the daughter of his parents' housekeeper. But the man she confronts isn't the unfeeling, egocentric ...
Dr. Annie Crawford is hoping for a peaceful summer on an isolated farm in northern Maine. She's happy to escape her hectic New York life and to spend time getting to know her troubled teenage child. But the two are not alone for long.First comes Nelly–the puppy Annie's ex promised their daughter. Then comes Lily, the elderly owner of the farm, whose son wants her to stay in a nursing home. Lily wants nothing more than to return home. And finally ...
A bereaved mother charged with murder and a dedicated lawyer determined to prove her client isn't guilty.What happens when the White Knight coming to their rescue is an actor turned private investigator?Jack Knight isn't used to having to prove himself to anyone. But that's exactly what he has to do. Because Diana Mason doesn't think he's the right man to find the evidence she needs to defend her client in court.After all, Jack joined his family ...
Susan Carter needs to find a man.Not just any man, but the stranger who fathered her unborn child. In desperation, she turns to David Knight, one of the detectives working for White Knight Investigations. She's sure she'll look bad to David–she doesn't even know the last name of the man she's searching for–but she has no choice. It's the only way to find out about her child's father.David Knight doesn't expect to like every client he has. What s ...
When Life Hands You Lemons…You make lemonade. That's what Lynn Duncan believes. A single mother and nurse practitioner, she works at The Lemonade Stand, a unique women's shelter supported by various businesses. That includes a physiotherapy service, where Grant Bishop, a landscape gardener, takes his disabled brother.When Grant and Lynn first meet they're intensely attracted to each other—but they don't see a future for thems ...
Will her secret tear them apart? At sixteen, when Talia gave her son up for adoption, she knew she was making the right decision. Now, as an adult, she's come home to Santa Raquel, California, where she volunteers at the Lemonade Stand and provides art therapy at local schools. One of her students is a troubled boy named Kent–the son she gave up all those years ago!She meets his widowed father, Sherman, and they develop an intense connection thr ...
