Susan Carter has her hands full raising twins and running the Galilee Women's Shelter – she doesn't need darkly handsome pastor Gabriel Dawson complicating her life.But she can't avoid him, not after she opens his eyes to the plight of the battered women in his parish, whose drug-addicted men are connected to the Venezuelan cartel La Mano Oscura and the Diablo crime syndicate.Spending time with Gabriel, when he's her auctioned "date” and again with her daughters, shows Susan...
Light, melodic tones. That was a worship service. Not guitar music! At least, Haley Cartwright believed that, and she was willing to do anything to prevent the new choir director from changing things. No matter that the man stirred up more than just Haley' s anger and made her yearn for things she had long given up on.…Matt Brandon had come to the small Oregon town to start over. He' d never expected to face an adversary like Haley. And though she protested she wanted him out of town,...
Wayside, Oregon, population 17,900, seems like a Norman Rockwell painting come to life, with sixteen churches and a picturesque Main Street studded with cherry trees and flower borders.For caterer Amber Montgomery, Wayside is the perfect place to heal from her past as an abused wife and establish a new identity as the beloved local «cookie lady.» For Police Chief Paul Evans, Wayside is the ideal town in which to raise his orphaned niece and nephew, far from the violence and grit of his former...
R & B singer Marcus Ambrose needed a break from grueling work and travel, and participating in a small-town music and film festival in Oregon was the perfect excuse for a little rest and relaxation. But he never expected to fall head over heels for the town' s beautiful psychologist, who wasn' t at all impressed with his celebrity status.Dr. Kara Spencer seemed immune to Marcus' s attempts to woo her. Strong and independent, Kara wanted a man who believed in God, community and...
The Doctor's New FamilyDoctor Spring Darling has everything she needs. A wonderful family and a busy job helping the children of Cedar Springs, North Carolina. She's given up on adding love to that mix. Until the moment David Camden and his adorable son appear in her exam room. Spring assumes David is another down-on-his-luck single parent at the free clinic–but looks can be deceiving. Because David has a job–he's the architect proposing a new development in the middle of...
