Women's Fiction

Perri’s dream of becoming a Master Chef was right on track with the completion of her apprenticeship and the opening of the restaurant she designed in Rome.  Too bad the same couldn’t be said for her love life.  Her friends kept asking her when she would finally put the past to rest and close the disastrous chapter in her life which had led to the birth of her precious daughter, despite the denial and despicable behavior of the child’s father, Brad, who’d wanted her to end the pregnancy as finally as he’d ended their affair.  When he abruptly reappears in her life requesting her catering services, she decides it’s time to bury the past along with the love she’d once felt for Brad and finally move on with her life.  She agrees to take the catering job he offers her despite her fear of him finding out she had the child he’d denied and demanded she get rid of.

Ten years after a tragic accident claimed the lives of her husband and firstborn daughter, Katy Barron is finally ready to move on. Her son has started college and the time has come for Katy to concentrate on the next chapter in her life. Planning to meet her three best friends in Dallas for a week-long vacation, she discovers that she is not the only one who is at a crossroad. And when the Fab Four walk into the upscale Dallas restaurant, Chloe’s Place, and meet the owners, life will never be the same for any of them.

Summer Alvarez is successful, independent, and a loner by choice.  Since losing her family as a child, she decided long ago that it was better to only rely on herself and to avoid any close relationships.  In between jobs, she answers an ad for a bilingual teacher for a preschooler, the daughter of Gabriel Rodrigo, a world famous singer and entertainer.  Although the idea of world travel is enticing, the reason she feels compelled to accept the position, despite her instant dislike for Gabe, is his adorable little girl, Marisol.
Gabe is used to women throwing themselves at him and after a disastrous marriage, he’s learned not to trust women, especially attractive women like Summer.  Intrigued despite himself, he hires her to tutor his four year old while he tours Europe.  It doesn’t take long for Gabe to realize that Summer is altogether different from any woman he’s ever met.  Aside from her beauty and intelligence, and aside from the fact that she’d great with his daughter, what he finds most fascinating is the fact that she’d not the least bit interested in him or anything he has to offer.  
Taking her on a family vacation to Spain, Gabe decides to take a chance and act on the strong attraction he feels toward Summer.  But will Summer ever consider him as anything other than her employer, and can he charm his way into her well barricaded heart?

Sassy Callie Dubeck not only has a mind of her own, but when she makes up that mind, there’s no deterring her.  After breaking things off with her fiancé and escaping New York and his wrath with her best friend, Eva, she heads back home to El Paso, Texas where her family lives and owns a ranch.  In addition to Callie’s wise grandfather and protective brothers, the man Callie really loves and who has made it crystal clear that he doesn’t return her feelings, awaits her.

In a moment of truth, Cade kisses Callie with all the pent up passion he’s kept hidden for years, and she realizes that he’s not quite as indifferent to her as he’d proclaimed.  That’s all the encouragement Callie needs to make up her mind to have Cade, with or without his cooperation.  But will her mindset overturn his conviction that they don’t belong together?  And when danger chases after Callie, will Cade be able to protect her while keeping her at arm’s length?