Castillo's Bride

Castillo’s Brideby Anne Marie Duquette 2001

A partnership of two – some might call that a definition of marriage… But Jordan Castillo insists that he wants a partner, not a wife. Jordan’s the only surviving son of a family that can trace it heritage back for centuries. He’s also a salvager searching for sunken treasure – Castillo treasure. He knows of one person who can help him find it. A woman. A woman named Aurora Collins.  She has her own reasons for agreeing to be his partner. Reasons that, like Jordan’s have everything to do with family. As Jordan and Rory work together, as they risk their lives, they learn to trust each other. And trust can turn into love… Which means that this Castillo might want a bride after all.

Endless Chain by Emilie Richards. Copyright2005

Sam Kinkade is finally feeling at home as a minister in rural Toms Brook, Virginia, content with his life and Shenandoah Valley congregation. But his plans to welcome the area’s growing Hispanic community are being met with resistance. Fortunately, when the church-run community center is threatened, a stranger named Elisa Martinez walks through his door and Sam realizes he has found a woman capable of building bridges. Elisa isn’t looking to make connections. She has come to Tom Brooks to hide. But despite her fears of discovery she is enchanted by the beautiful work of – and the friendship offered by – the women who invite her to join their quilting circle. And even thought she fears the consequences for both of them, she finds herself powerfully drawn to Sam, and to the generations-old love story rooted in the town’s past. Will she and Sam repeat the past, or can they find the love and freedom they seek at last?

Red Lily by Nora Roberts Copyright 2005

Three women meet at a crossroads in their lives, each searching for new ways to grow – an find in each other the courage to take changes and embrace the future.

With the undying support of her friends, Hayley an her new daughter have laid roots in a new town. But when one of those friendships blossoms into something more, Hayley must choose between two different kinds of  love…

Third in a new trilogy from Nora Roberts

Hollywood Moon by Joseph Wambaugh Copyright 2009

There is a saying at Hollywood Station that the full moon brings out the beast – rather than the best- in the local citizens. One moonlight night, veteran officers Dana Vaughn and “Hollywood” Nate Weiss get a call about a prowler who’s been brutally attacking women. Meanwhile, a pair of cops with the surfer sobriquets Flotsam and Jetsam are on the lookout for a smooth-talking player in dreads and a crazy-eyed, tattooed biker. But something bigger, more high-tech, and much more deadly is about to go down. After a dizzying series of twists, turns, and chases, the cops discover that they’ve stumbled upon a complex web of crime where event the criminals aren’t sure who’s conning whom. And for some of the men and women in blue, public duty will  exact the heaviest of tolls.