Author: abbyknox
After seven years behind bars, notorious local bad boy Paul has only one thing on his mind: to pay a visit to the judge who sentenced him. A man with nothing left to lose, he cares nothing about the consequences, or who might be left broken … or heartbroken. Or so he tells himself.County Judge Drea shrinks away from nothing, including the news that one of the town’s worst criminals she once … she once sentenced is about to be released. Although her family is bent out of shape that she has no plans to protect herself, the fearless Drea…
From the author of Saved for Me, The Christmas Pickup, and Take Me Home…Jane doesn’t know her name, where she is, or why she’s on the street in a flimsy nightgown in broad daylight. As far as her memory is concerned, she is almost a blank slate. Taking a chance on the kindness the handsome owner of a local coffee shop, she gets more than just a few free samples. Shepherd is having such a … having such a smashing grand opening of his new coffee shop, fate has landed the blonde bombshell of his dreams right in front of…
Tow truck driver Bear Bailey is the city’s unsung hero on Christmas Eve, out rescuing stranded motorists in the decade’s worst snowstorm. When he happens to spot the cute local weather girl stuck on the side of the road, his Christmas wish has just come true. He’ll be picking her up, but has no plans to drop her off anytime soon.Meteorologist Mary Reed knows all too well she shouldn’t be out … be out driving in weather like this. But she has very good reasons. Her car ends up in a snow drift, because of course it does, and it…
Lars Anderson is an undercover cop investigating the dirty deeds of a powerful crime lord. Complicating matters is Lars’s innocent new neighbor, who may as well have a target on her back in this seedy neighborhood. Whether she wants it or not, she’s under his protection now.Wendy Wilson is a poor college student who’s been on her own for some time. When she takes out an online ad looking for … for babysitting work, she finds herself in a dangerous predicament. But the one person who shows up to help her might be even more dangerous to her virtue than…
Part Two of the Windy City Holiday Duet! Joy is a happy little cookie baker in her happy little Cookie Cottage. Every holiday season, she delivers sweet confections and Christmas cheer from one end of the city to the other. One day, she gets a surprise visit from a health inspector who turns her life, her livelihood and her heart, upside down. Brady is a health code inspector who receives a … who receives a complaint about a local cookie baker. When he investigates, he comes face to face with his high school crush. The old flames of attraction rekindle,…
Maxine “Pumpkin” Novak is coming home to Chicago to do three things: eat turkey with her family; chill with her best friend, Joy; and avoid all the awful people who gave her that childhood nickname. But a run-in with a dreamy old classmate sidetracks her plans in a heartbeat, and gets her heart pounding.Bartender Talbot “Stoner” Spice has out-performed his high school epithet and whooped his … whooped his childhood demons. Dividing all his time between running the neighborhood bar and caring for his widowed mother, he has never seen the need for a serious relationship. That all changes when…