Second Chances Series

Is love is better the second time around?   With a bad marriage behind her and the note on her horse ranch coming due, young widow Katherine Logan has neither the time nor the inclination to save a low-down bandit, until the sight of wickedly tempting Jake Banner changes her mind. Taking advantage of a local custom, she saves him from the hangman's noose, but Jake's secrets run deeper than the crime that put him there.   Though the War Between the States is over, the tension in Missouri still runs high.  Former Confederate soldiers have banded together to form outlaw gangs—robbing trains, stages and banks. Second Chance, Missouri stands in the center of all the action. Jake and Katherine find themselves drawn into the wildness of the west and the temptation of each other.   Can they save Katherine's ranch, round up the bad guys and . . . fall in love?

Everything was perfect in socialite Gillian Faraday’s charmed life until her father died and left her destitute. Businessman Jack McLaren had his world under control until he took on the care of his troublesome preteen niece and nephew. Gillian needs a job. Jack needs help. The solution seems simple. The problem is, Jack is the major creditor who got the bulk of her father's estate and Gillian is not impressed. It will take overcoming a mountain of misunderstanding before Jack and Gillian dare to believe everyone deserves a second chance. 

All Tasha Pike has wanted for the past twenty years is to rent Sand Dollar Point for a summer. The grand Victorian on the beach of Summerbury, Maine was the object of her childhood fantasy and her standard of romance—and it was finally happening. Her dream summer is ruined, however, when she arrives in Summerbury to find that Hollywood superstar Spencer Ellis has muscled his way into the house instead. His offer that they share Sand Dollar Point is not only infuriating—it's insulting. He's a celebrity, and one she's determined to hate. Spencer's summer in Maine was supposed to help him get his head screwed on straight. One look at Tasha, however, made that impossible. She's beautiful. She's angry. She doesn't care who he is. She doesn't care about his fame. In fact, she doesn't even like him. She's irresistible. He's only got the summer. She's only got her heart. They've only got each other. 

Some rules are made to be broken… Deniece Malcolm is shocked and heartbroken when she finds out her baby sister, Janette, is marrying Terrance Wright, because she was the one who was supposed to marry him! Everybody knows there's a rule about dating exes. Janette is pregnant and not only is this wedding happening, but Deniece has to arrange the festivities. Deniece's feelings and pride are hurt, but surprisingly, Terrance's younger, sexier, cousin, Ethan Wright, is there to provide a listening ear and a strong bicep to cry on. Ethan's interested in Deniece, but she has a rule about dating younger men. Despite her resistance, things heat up between them and Deniece begins to wonder if it's time to break a few rules of her own.

She was promised to God, until she met him.   Charlie Coltrain has been an outlaw since the end of the Civil War. For the past year he has been working an honest job as a trail hand. After he saves a postulate from a gang of marauders, he takes her to the nearest town, hoping to put her on a stage back to the convent. Unfortunately, their journey is sidetracked by the bounty hunters and the ranger on Charlie's trail, this time for a crime he didn't commit. He is fascinated by Angelina's innocence, but he believes he is too old and too broken to ever share her life.   Angelina is captivated by Charlie's unearthly beauty, and the pain she glimpses in his eyes. She decides it is her mission to save Charlie from himself. She flees with him to Mexico hoping to show him that there is still good in this world and in him. She is uncertain what to do with the new and confusing feelings she has for the man. Is the only way to save Charlie by ruining herself?

Mayci "I'm leaving," he said, "right now, actually. Well, in about twenty minutes." Six years ago Dallas left me without a word.  We were going to graduate together, and after we threw our caps, I was going to reveal the biggest miracle of our lives - I was pregnant.  But he packed up and ran from me, taking my heart with him.  I didn't tell him about Raya, my precious baby, his baby. And I decided that I never would.  But now he's back in town, and he's trying to get me back. He and my daughter look so much alike.  Those big, beautiful blue eyes and killer smiles. There's no way he can't tell she is his. And after six years, I don't know that I can tell him.   Dallas When I left her, I was still in love with her. She was the person I loved most in the world, and I had hurt her. But hopefully not beyond repair. It was a rough six years, but now that I'm back, I will stop at nothing to get her back in my life. I don't care that she has a kid, either.  I will love Raya like she's my own. I'm going to give them both the life they deserve. It's not because I've waited for six years and can't let go. It's not because college was the best four years of my life. And it's certainly not because of Raya's big blue eyes, and how when I look into them I see myself. It's because Mayci is the only woman I've ever loved. But after six years, will love be enough?

Walk into your office to meet your new boss (you already hate him because he's been hired for a position YOU deserved), and guess what? He turns out to be your ex! No…get yourself together girl, you don't need an office romance to complicate your already complicated life! And certainly not with the man who broke your heart five years ago. I am trying hard to fight my heart, it still does a somersault in my chest. And suddenly, 'boss' begins to feel too formal. The intensity of his eyes makes me want to squirm, Not in a scary way, but in a god-I-need-you-to-touch-me way. Being with him feels so right. And his playing with my four year old feels just perfect.   I should be the happiest woman alive. Wasn't this how I wanted it to be? How it was supposed to be? The problem? Well, let's say that he's been so completely honest and open with me and I? I've acted like the biggest jerk, keeping the biggest secret of my life. A secret that would probably rock his world, hopefully for the better. But would he be able to forgive me and take a chance with me once again? Or would this ruin my so perfect happily ever after?

Two broken hearts. Six Years. And a HUGE Secret.   Torryn   What do you do when you are interviewing for a dream job and the interviewer turns out to be your crush from high school? The crush who left you without a word six years ago… Well, apparently, you are supposed to say no to the job! Unless…you are like me and decide to take revenge. Yes, I am going to make him fall in love with me all over again. And then, I am going to break his heart. Just the way he broke mine…six years ago. He's so gonna regret messing with me in the first place!   Lucas   It surely is a weird feeling…seeing her walk into the interview room in that tight pencil skirt and crisp white shirt. I shouldn't be looking at her this way. Not again… She's forbidden and she's never going to forgive me for what I did. But one look into her eyes lights that fire inside me and I know I can't stay away. I need her and will do everything to make her mine. I owe it to myself, to fate and to her! May be if I play my cards right, I will get my second chance with Torryn.