A wonderful 2-in-1 title that celebrates the joy and hope of the Easter holiday. Written by two talented authors, this volume features two troubled heroines who each find true love while visiting home for Easter.
"The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" by Lauraine Snelling Romance blooms between Blythe Stensrude and Thane Davidson after their dogs tangle leashes in the park--until Thane becomes guardian to his three-year-old niece. Blythe doesn't think she's mother material, but how can she refuse Thane's r...
This time the emptiness wasn’t from missing Kaylee. Instead, he was preoccupied with thoughts of Ashley. She’d been gone since Friday and arrived home last night. So much had happened since they’d talked, and his news wasn’t meant for a phone call. He wanted to see her reaction and hear what she ...
Unless Laura counted the heat in Paco’s gaze each time he glanced in the rearview mirror or looked over at her. The weather was mild so she wasn’t too miserable. But she was pretty sure the man driving was full of misery. He didn’t want to be here, but his sense of duty obviously trumped any pers...
“Daddy! Daddy!” the girls cried. “Go to the girls,” Sara said calmly. “And stay down.” They both felt their way into the dark hallway. “Where do you keep flashlights?” she asked. “Everywhere. Kids are ...
A ceiling that had shimmering stars painted on it. When he heard a soft feminine sigh, he turned to see Sophia asleep on top of the colorful quilt with a light chenille blanket over her body. She still wore her clothes from yesterday. What had happe...
Caught between a rock and a hard place, as her mother used to say. Rory was coming by to walk Vanessa to the cookout. Which was a surprise since he’d been all business at the rummage sale meeting the other night. Nice, polite, full of charm and wit, but he’d also been focu...
He couldn’t move from the spot under the big towering cypress tree. How could his life have changed so completely in the blink of an eye? Yes, it had to do with seeing Alma all sad and lonely the other day in the early morning light. It also had to do with knowing she’d suffered through such a tr...
Ella volunteered to drive and now she glanced over at Jake. “So not much new from the crime scene people. But they did find some red-colored fibers on that poor little baby goat.” “That’s something at least.” Jake sat wedged against the passenger’s-side door as if he wante...
Brenna held her cell phone away from her ear and hit the speaker button while her papa let out a string on angry words that cleared the static coming over the wireless. “I’m with Nick at Fleur House. I don’t think I can make it back to town.” “Of course you can’t make it,”...
The command was steeped in such a sweet smile, Marla wondered how she’d be able to decline Hattie Marshall’s request. She’d planned for this delivery to be an in-and-out kind of thing. Just place the requested food in the huge kitchen and let the hired staff do the rest. Not that Marla minded hel...
Nothing like spending New Year’s Eve alone, wearing sweats decorated with sequins instead of a cocktail dress and sparkling shoes. She’d sent Uncle Floyd and Aunt Verde out the door earlier. “Don’t worry about me. Just have fun with your church grou...
Anderson said, trotting Chestnut down the long lane toward the unfinished alligator pond. “This is one hard-working quarter horse. Did your daddy teach you about horses, too?” Jennifer patted the mare she called Sadie, then shook her head. “No, my mother is the horse expert. Suzanne Myers Rodgers...
She’d already had formal photographs taken of her in her wedding dress. Those would go to the local newspaper to run the week after the wedding.She stopped, held a hand to her heart, and stared out her bedroom window. She could see the Mississippi River flowing and gurgling, as old as time and su...
Lara glanced from Malcolm’s dour expression to Gabriel’s puzzled one. “What do you think, Gabriel?” She’d decided this morning that she would venture out, but no one in the house seemed to think that was a good idea. Lara wanted to shout that she knew her tormentor and he ...
What do you mean, I’m the main reason you’re here?” She stepped closer. “You said there was a lot more to it and I think I need to know what that means.”Jonah slapped at a mosquito buzzing by his ear. He shouldn’t have blurted that out, but it was the truth. Well, part of the truth, at least. But...