Meet Rainey Valentine: thirty-five, twice divorced, a woman with broken dreams but irrepressible hope. When her mother dies she inherits a truck, an old barrel-racing mare, and a lifetime supply of Mary Kay cosmetics. Rainey packs it all up and heads off, leaving Valentine, Oklahoma in her rearvi...
Following her sister Rainey's story in Lost Highways, Charlene Darnell, a 40-something mother of three, struggles to put her life back together after her husband leaves her. A man who claims he's always loved Charlene reappears from her past and ignites a journey of self-discovery.
Marilee James's life consists of caring for her special-needs son, playing surrogate mother to her niece, and temporarily running the local paper until the new managing editor arrives. Tate Holloway speeds into town in his fancy sports car and begins a passionate and persistent campaign to win ov...
Curtiss Ann Matlock delivers the story of a woman who just needs a push in the right direction to end up At the Corner of Love and Heartache.When Marilee James announces her engagement to Tate Holloway, she doesn't expect to spend the next few weeks dealing with her ex-husband, Stuart, who sudden...
Mollie and Tommie Lee have been married for twenty-five years. They grew up in Valentine, Oklahoma, and were sweethearts from the get-go. But something is missing in their marriage, and Mollie can’t bear to stay where she doesn’t feel loved. Tommy Lee is confused and hurt and angry when she leave...
Pepper. The glass was dripping sweat. He quickly apologized, grabbed a towel and wiped it for her. His hands were dark and rough—the strong, banged-up hands of a man who worked hard for a living and then came inside and scrubbed raw to get clean, making his hands drier and rougher still. He brace...
The huge letters of Gerald’s Truck Stop have started to glow bright red in the darkening desert sky along Interstate 40, which cuts right through Albuquerque, New Mexico. The sign serves as a beacon for weary truckers trying to get in as many hauls as possible before Christmas Day, and for frazzl...