Leslie Collins, an African-American bank officer, is forced to flee her hometown to escape a man who attempted to rape her. After three years in jail, he is seeking revenge. Leslie takes a job as a cook on the Saber, Estate for Jordan Saber, a successful, white university professor. Even though t...
Lacette Graham's twin sister, Kellie, has been competing with her since they shared a crib. And in thirty-three years, nothing has changed--except success, money, and men have come into play. But when the girls' parents separate, and their grandmother dies, Kellie's selfish manipulating reaches n...
The boardinghouse called Thank the Lord is a place where lost and wandering souls come to settle down and find themselves. Neither Sara Tilman nor Craig Radcliff expect to be drawn to each other in this place. What is even more unexpected is discovering just how important they will become to each...
An ambitious novelist falls in love with the subject of her expose but the secrets she uncovers threaten to destroy her future. Will she risk her happiness?"
Everybody's guilty of something and judge Kendra Rutherford is guilty of letting handsome architect Reid Maguire become a tempting distraction, and allowing his legal battle to become too heated and personal.
In the much anticipated follow-up to Once in a Lifetime, full-figured caterer Velma Brighton is constantly comparing herself to her thin, beautiful sister, Alexis, who seems to have everything. On Alexis's wedding day, Velma's insecurity kicks into overdrive when she puts on a formfitting maid-of...
After a bitter divorce, Lynne is faced with the prospect of not knowing what to do with the rest of her life. A highly-ranked pro tennis player, she gave it all up six years ago when she got married. Now, with nothing to lose, can she make a comeback on the tennis circuit? And can she regain her ...
“Come see me as soon as you get in. R.” She dropped her briefcase on the floor beside her desk and went to Ray Gilder’s office.“Seems the Underwoods are in for it,” he said. “You had a line on this a couple of days ago. Barber-Smith, Incorporated is trying a hostile takeover of Dreams. Something ...
She had to get up and get Tara ready for school, but his fingers teased her flesh and her body vibrated from his powerful, rhythmic strokes. He possessed her still. I’m in deep trouble. He hasn’t quite forgiven me for not telling Allen Krenner of my relationship with his daughter. What will I do ...
So many of the houses were colonial. He had the feeling of being in two vastly different eras. Realizing that he’d been holding Darlene’s hand tightly, he loosened his grip. “What’s the matter?” she asked, her face bearing an expression of concern. He was about to say “Nothing,” but he knew that ...
She moved away from the mirror and dressed hurriedly, anxious to get into the Christmas spirit. She hadn’t worn a cap in the shower, and her hair was frizzly and unmanageable. I don’t care, she told herself, as she tied it back with a small silk scarf, I’m going to be happy, and I’m not going to ...
She dashed into La Belle Époque Restaurant seconds before a torrent of rain exploded from the sky, and entered the cloakroom out of breath. “I was hoping you’d get here a little early,” Natalie, the blonde who she was replacing, said, “but it doesn’t matter. I can’t go anywhere in this downpour.”...
He phoned Meade. “You did what you had to do, man. Great job. I sure didn’t tell you all this, so you went to the right sources for the filler.” “Glad you’re pleased. I decided not to include that incident I saw tucked on a back page of The Washingt...
He’d skipped breakfast rather than deal with Shirley’s lackluster demeanor and her disinterest in anyone and everything around her. He had tried to reason with her and to make her understand that her misery sprang from her own unwillingness to accept the truth and to acknowledge that Carson had b...
He looked down his little patient’s throat, didn’t see any evidence of a problem, confirmed that she should see a dentist and was about to tell the twelve-year-old as much when, to his amazement, she smiled and winked at him. He could see that she’d reached puberty, but he wouldn’t have thought t...
Right Chapter 8 Exhausted from the long day that had begun at six o’clock in Frederick that morning and shifted to the world of cruise boats, slot machines and line dancing, Tyra leaned against Byron and stifled a yawn. Not that she was sending him a message, she wasn’t. She made it a habit not t...
Great elms, oaks, and pines, heavy with branches, bowed as she drifted among them; hyacinths and roses showered her with perfume; and the squirrels, raccoons, foxes, and bears smiled at her with greenish-brown eyes as she passed. She wandered out of the forest and down to the beach and dug up a h...
He knew his mother pampered him, and he knew she did it not just because he’d built a beautiful, modern home for her and contributed to her support, although she worked at the post office as she had for years. Love overflowed from Noreen Hamilton, and apart from himself and Willis, who she had em...
“So I’m not stupid. Harper is downright suspicious, and I suspect he’ll mention it to Jolene before he leaves her tonight.” “Yeah. My thoughts exactly. What do you think of him so far?” “Looks solid to me. I think she’s done well for herself.” He slid his arm around Francine’s waist and began wal...
He looked down and saw a beautiful little girl of about seven or eight who looked up at him and smiled. “Hello,” she said. “That was me playing “Clair de Lune” when you knocked. Did you like it?” Shock didn’t quite cover his reaction, but he was more than surprised. “I certainly did,” he said, co...