Author: leannedavis
Ally McKinley has been told how perfect she is so often that she now strives to live up to that ideal. Her father abandoned her family when she was a just a kid, but it taught her the importance of taking care of herself. She must keep everything around her under perfect order and control to avoid ever again being so blindsided. Her type A personality helped her sail through school and her … college years, but that merely reinforces the positive aspects to being so perfect.It also prevents almost everyone from ever seeing who she really is.Nate Stratton attends…
AJ Reed grew up in foster care until he ran away in his teens and started earning his way through the rodeo circuit, until injury made him quit. Left adrift with no real skills, he wandered through almost as many towns and jobs as he did women. He’s finally found a decent place to settle as the foreman on the Rydell River Ranch, until he is faced with the shocking surprise that shows up one … afternoon in the form of a girl who the state claims is his daughter. Kate Morgan comes to the Rydell River Resort to stay…
Something happened to Kylie McKinley during her freshman year in college. Something no one knows about. The thing is: she can’t remember it fully, so what could she possibly have to say about it? Why, then, does it keep screwing with her head so much? When another, far braver girl than she comes forward with a story that is eerily similar to Kylie’s own, she begins to see she can’t keep silent … forever. Bolstered by this girl, Kylie finally finds the necessary strength after two years of indecision to do something about it. But will it be enough to…
If cheating is a story element that offends you PLEASE be aware it is a central theme in this book ~Natalie~ My life hasn’t been going well of late. Recently contacted by a girl who claims to be my sister, I’m now haunted by a family I never knew about, and swore to never associate with. After all, I was given away at birth; why should I care about anyone who would abandon me? I’ve worked for … who would abandon me? I’ve worked for years as a patrol cop, beating the streets of my hometown, of San Francisco until…
Luke Tyler wants peace from the grief that has ruled his life in the three years since his wife’s death. Instead he is forced to share a house with Kelly Reeves as they care for their shared nephew. He dislikes everything about Kelly until he begins to glimpse the true woman hiding beneath the notorious reputation that Kelly has carefully created. Kelly thought her trip to the small town of … Seaclusion, Washington, would be nothing but a forgettable two-week vacation. Then she accidentally witnesses Luke’s staggering grief and suddenly reevaluates what is truly important. Soon, Luke becomes the only…
Jason Malone has spent his life being denied by his family. His father, the respected mayor of his hometown, has all but ignored his existence, while his drug-addicted mother has always caused him more harm than good. After being unjustly imprisoned for crimes that lead back to his absentee family, he is finally starting to get his life back together again. Until the day his estranged brother’s … brother’s fiancée walks into his life and changes everything. Christine Andrews is the dutiful daughter of a rich and powerful family, engaged to Trent Gallagher, her father’s right hand man, and poised…
Angie Peters has come home to Seaclusion, Washington, the town she fled six years ago after giving her daughter up for adoption. She once again has a secret she will tell no one, especially not Sean Langston, the boy she had a child with so many years before. Sean Langston has a reputation he can’t shake as a result of what happened with Angie. For reasons he refuses to reveal, he is trying to … trying to restore a historical house he plans to make into a bed and breakfast named Seclusion. The old, decrepit house has come to represent…
Rob Williams used to be the lead singer of his band, Zenith, before his alcoholism destroyed his career, his marriage and his life. Now, writer, Rebecca Randall wants to chronicle his recovery and in the process, establish herself as a successful author. What this mother of three young girls doesn’t realize is how well the tattooed, former rocker, Rob fits into her small town, country life. That … That is until Rebecca’s estranged husband comes home and wants to rebuild their relationship. As Rob leaves and attempts to make his dreams of Zenith come true, Rebecca’s life falls into a…
Dr. Erica Heathersby is the last person Spencer Mattox, ex-band member of Zenith, should ever be attracted to. When Erica offers Spencer a job, he resents her for it, because she is successful in her career, her life, and as a person, in ways Spencer believes he can never be. But Erica soon finds her medical practice the target of political debate, and herself the target of someone’s violent … desires. Erica turns to Spencer for protection, which develops into a relationship that neither of them is prepared for. Erica knows that in order to keep Spencer from destroying what…
When Sarah Langston catches teenager Angie Peters shoplifting a maternity shirt from her store, the last thing she intends is to become involved with Angie or her family. But something tugs at her heart and she finds herself struggling to help Angie deal with the pregnancy she has hidden for months. Scott Delano, Angie’s uncle, has taken care of Angie and her mother since his father died six … years ago. Despite his efforts he doesn’t seem able to reach his niece and is thankful when Sarah steps in. Sarah becomes the victim of anonymous pranks that start out small…