Author: jeanbrashear
Her dream house is the scene of his darkest hours. With his own hands, artist Micah Smith built every inch of the cottage for the fragile wife he cherished and the child who cost her life. His dreams gone and his heart broken, he left everything familiar behind, including the cottage he’d built with such love.A foster child most of her life, bar owner Jezebel Hart has spent her life longing for … spent her life longing for family and home. In this abandoned, neglected cottage she sees a chance to create her dream at last. That she cherishes what…
Can her family forgive what she can’t forgive herself?Ria Channing ran from a tragedy of her own making six years ago, a pariah in the family and home that were once perfect…until she destroyed them. But a deathbed promise to her only friend forces her to return for the sake of the grandson her parents have never met. Homeless, hungry and worn out from fighting for survival, she carries with her … from fighting for survival, she carries with her no expectation of forgiveness—only heartfelt hope that the house that love built will welcome and care for her child, if not…
Once they had it all: a home with a man who adored her, three children they cherished, a life filled with passion and promise.Until one troubled child cost them everything.After a childhood of constant upheaval, all Cleo Formby wanted was to put down roots, to fill a house with family and love. When Malcolm Channing swept into her life, she gained it all: the home, the children, the love of a … her life, she gained it all: the home, the children, the love of a good man who adored her—Until their firstborn daughter tore their family apart, and even…
The golden boy and the rebel girl who cost him everythingTough prosecutor Callie Hunter left the small town and never planned to return, but an unexpected inheritance requires her to return to the scene of her life’s greatest heartache.When she encounters the town’s golden boy who once owned her young heart—only to learn he’s fresh out of prison. All David Langley wants is to be left alone to … David Langley wants is to be left alone to scrape together a life unrecognizable to the boy who once carried the town’s dreams on his shoulders.Until he let Callie Hunter derail…
Gabriela Navarro believed she and Eli Wolverton would always be together…until he abandoned her.Years later, Gaby has made a new life in the big city. Her future is bright, and Eli is her past. When she returns to bury her father and learns that Eli is accused of his murder, she is stunned, but she no longer knows the man who’s replaced the boy she loved. Then their paths cross again, and though … loved. Then their paths cross again, and though the longing between them is more powerful than ever, Eli refuses to defend himself and pushes her to go. Does…
They had the perfect marriage…until he lost his way. Then he lost Bella.The blueblood and the bohemian married despite all the odds against them. They raised two children in a home that blossomed like the gardens Bella nurtured. But somewhere along the way, they lost who they’d been. At a crisis point, Bella sought time and space to think. Devastated by his role in her heartbreak, James had no … his role in her heartbreak, James had no choice but to let her leave.Only she never came home. Never answered even calls from their children.A frantic search. A woman with amnesia. A…
Will the light that fills her draw him out of the darkness?Special Forces veteran Gabriel Coronado is haunted by nightmares that keep him in the shadows, exiling himself from human companionship as he wrestles with his demons. Walking the night to outrun his memories of those he wasn’t able to save, he comes to the rescue of a small, valiant woman who puts herself in danger to save a young … danger to save a young runaway.Jilly Sullivan’s life is dedicated to making a difference for the poor, championing one hopeless cause after another, spending time in the worst parts…
Confessing his deception means risking his career, but not coming clean with her could risk her lifeDetective Sean Fitzgerald is hot on the trail of a man who is key to breaking a human trafficking ring, but he needs a way to get close without arousing suspicion. His opportunity comes in the form of film star Annabelle Quinn, who’s in town and in need of a bodyguard. Her best friend is his top … Her best friend is his top suspect, and he can use the connection to break his case.But when Annabelle comes to mean so much more than…
Find unexpected romance and lost love in Sweetgrass Springs, Texas, with this box set of warm-hearted tales! “Jean Brashear’s distinctive storytelling voice instantly draws in the reader. She writes with warmth and emotional truth” (Debbie Macomber).
It’s New Year’s Eve…and now or never for these two heartsWhen a woman with no faith in love meets the quintessential nice guy determined to breach her mile-high walls, sparks fly as both fight a decidedly unwelcome but equally unavoidable attraction.Steph Hargrove was a bombshell, a sexy, intrepid woman operating in the business world with guts, brains and daring. She was accustomed to going … and daring. She was accustomed to going after whatever she wanted until a man she called friend betrayed her and the company she’d helped build—and nearly killed her in the process. Since that time, she’s…