Mr. Fix-It
2008
Awl’s well that ends well?
On the eve of her acceptance of the Torchbearer Award, an industry honor for the romance writer who best represents the genre, Khela Halliday reveals the deepest, darkest secret of her heart—that she doesn’t believe in love. Not at first sight, second glance, everlasting or springing eternal. But true just might be in Khela’s future when handsome handyman Carter Radcliffe helps her save face during the award’s weekend ceremonies.
Alluring, intelligent and delightfuly wacky, Khela interest Carter more than he'd like. Women typically wanted only one thing from him, and rarely was it the one thing he wanted to give. Through Khela's books, Carter finds the tools to unlock her impenetrable heart, all the while wondering if he can raze his own defenses to let her into his.
Blame It on Paradise
2008
Nothing comes between Jackson DeVoy and his briefs--his legal briefs, that is--until the ace attorney goes to Darwin Island to secure the rights to a "miracle" weight-loss aid from the island's enigmatic benefactor, J.T. Marchand.
The last person the money-driven workaholic expects to find is Lina, an ebony goddess who seduces him on his first night.
Forced to return to Boston without saying goodbye, Jack leaves Darwin convinced that his hasty exit is for the best. Never mind that he feels as if he’s leaving behind true love and not just a lover.
Lina turns up in Boston, her unexpected reunion with Jack generating a heat that makes it easy to forget feelings of abandonment and deception.
Once she’s in Jack’s world, Lina finds herself falling in love with clam chowder, Samuel Adams lager and a man who’s convinced that money is the only thing worth living for. But when Lina awakens Jack’s longing for things money just can’t buy, he has to decide which means more to him...his wallet or his heart.
Crush
2007
Sportswriter Miranda Penney knows all about men with balls and big sticks but she hits all the wrong notes when she finds herself falling for rock star Lucas Fletcher. No stranger to the pitfalls of dating a celebrity, Miranda would rather shun true love than risk having her heart broken by the one man with whom she might find it.
The daughter of an African-American baseball player who frequently cheated on her beautiful, accomplished Brazilian mother, Miranda also bears the wounds of having been cheated on by the ballplayer she herself dated.
Although she can’t deny her attraction to Lucas, Miranda can’t force herself to accept the love the handsome Welshman wants to give her. Their careers keep them surrounded by gorgeous, wealthy men and women of every color and description, but for Lucas and Miranda, when it comes to love, race doesn’t matter...But fidelity and trust do, and those are the two things Lucas is determined to teach Miranda to believe in.
