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There's no place like home Celia Dunne may be an old spinster, but she's no fool. She knows that changing her will to leave the grand family estate, Dunnian, to her grand-nephew will ruffle feathers within the family. But Celia also knows that Dunnian has stood solemn and empty for far too long, and she intends for that to change after she's gone. Humphrey's children will turn the creaky old house back into a family home-just the way it was meant...
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Celia Landrey is guiding her last walking-tour of the season in historic Pass Creek. Myriad tasks await her attention, such as planning her wedding to handsome cowboy real estate agent, Jake Flagg. Discovery of Smoke Allenby's bones wasn't on the agenda. But there they are, turned up in the removal project of an old underground fuel tank at Jolly Hoffman's service station. A situation Celia, town leader, can hardly ignore. Before he abruptly disappeared...
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Celia Landrey, walking-tour guide and innkeeper, must deal with a mysterious female newcomer to her small town; a woman bent on destroying their most famous structure, a house where Clark Gable lived as a young man. She dons an additional role as sleuth, and struggles through a maze of secrets and lies, murder and romance to save Gable House, her town, and her life.
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A shocking job loss will force Renee to remember the beauty of new beginnings. Summers at Whispering Pines defined Renee's childhood. Days meant swimming and sun. Nights meant ghost stories and campfires. Best of all, Whispering Pines meant time with Celia, her favorite aunt. Through the years, Celia would remain Renee's most steadfast confidant, but trips to Whispering Pines would fade to memories. Raising kids alone and a demanding career consumed...
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Often the most difficult choices can lead to the greatest joys, but what if the stakes feel too high? Jess is ready for a fresh start. Her twenty-five-year marriage is over, her youngest is heading off to college, and all she wants to do is retreat to Whispering Pines, a place of peace and solitude, to start rebuilding her life. She's watched her sister Renee make the most of second chances, and now it's her turn.But when her estranged husband crashes...
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Convicted of witchcraft and sentenced to hang, Tempest Winslowe is swept from the gallows by Captain Garrett D'Arcy. Aboard the Wind Rover, Tempest forges new friendships and wins the admiration of the crew as first a pirate attack, and then a storm at sea test her mettle. But her most troublesome challenge lies in the containment of the impassioned fire that simmers just below the surface of her carefully controlled demeanor as she is thrown into...
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A father rethinks his vision of the perfect family, true friendship, and what home really means. When Ethan's wife walks out, his first priority is to protect his three teenagers from further heartache. He could have been a better husband. It's time to be a better dad. Ethan grew up in a loving, supporting family, and his kids deserve the same. Besides, he doesn't have to go it alone. Rex, Ethan's best friend, is more than willing to step in and...
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Escaping England after the Royalist defeat at Worcester in 1651, Adler Hayward and his friend, Latimer Draye, join the Fortier family bound for New Netherland. Heartbroken at leaving his home and family, Adler finds solace in the eyes of Glynneth Fortier, the wife of Etienne Fortier, who suffers from consumption. Though Adler loves Glynneth more than life itself, he is devoted to her husband, and he and Draye are protective of the Fortier family....
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Lady Elizabeth D'Arcy has traveled to London with her Aunt Phillida in the hope of finding love and adventure. She may have found both when she intervenes, with the help of the ever so handsome William Hayward, to help Annis Blanchard escape the clutches of the villainous Lord Creighton, so Annis can be with the man she loves, Sir Jeremy Danvers. With each passing day, Elizabeth finds herself falling more and more in love with William as he helps...
10) Choosing Again
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In the stillness of a warm summer evening, she'll choose to change her life. Val loves being a wife and mother, but something is missing. She understands romance takes a hit when there are kids to raise and money is tight. One careless act magnifies their problems, but they'll figure it out. They always do. Until the shrill ringing of a telephone in the dead of night splits their world into before and after. As her husband drifts away, torn by the...
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Amaryllis Bowdon has spirited her young siblings, the two-year old Sir Charles and six-year old Tabitha, away from their home because she believes their aunt is attempting to kill the young baronet so her own son can become the baronet. In their fearful flight, Amaryllis never expected to be befriended by Lady Selena D'Arcy and her much too handsome brother, Reginald D'Arcy. Reginald is charged with escorting his sister to their uncle's manor in Leicester...
12) La mission
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Le roi de Monoceros a une bien drle d'idée... Il décide d'envoyer sa fille, la princesse Célia dite Lune-de-Cœur, à l'école du village pour moderniser la monarchie et effacer les tensions entre la famille royale et les villageois.
C'est du jamais vu! Célia ne connaît rien à la vie ordinaire. Ce n'est certainement pas son frère aîné, le prince Éric, qui lui viendra en aide. Bien au contraire, Éric fait tout pour lui empoisonner la vie....
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Lady Timandra Lotterby has traveled with her dear friend Eliza Tilbury and Eliza's siblings to Eliza's great uncle's estate in the wilds of Northumberland, England. Timandra is accompanying her friend to lend support to Eliza after the death of Eliza's father and the uprooting of Eliza and her siblings. Their seemingly inauspicious arrival as the sun is setting has them all on edge as they stare in wonder at the rambling Perfidious Brambles. Great...
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Lady Rowena Crossly is determined to rescue her daughter, Cecily, from the Cromwellian Cecily has been forced to marry even does she have to shoot the man, but luck is on her side. Haspel, the Cromwellian carting her daughter away, has been stopped by a gang of highwaymen. They help Rowena rescue her daughter, but then she and Cecily must travel with the highwaymen if they are to stay out of Haspel's clutches. Needing to don various disguises and...
15) Celia's Gifts
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Fierce friendships, a fragile family, and a young woman's only sanctuary. Intent on escaping the far-off echoes of war, plus the heat and humidity of a Minnesota summer, Celia tags along with college friends to a tranquil lake resort. She quickly realizes that one glorious month at Whispering Pines-filled with sun-splashed days and crackling bonfires under starry night skies-will never be enough. Something about the resort pulls at Celia. Heartaches...
16) Revenge al Dente
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Celia Brockwell writes the truth and takes no prisoners. She's exposed predators, dogged charlatans, and even told the story of an infamous serial killer. It's how she has made her career. Going after the brutal facts is how she's made her career.However, sometimes her matter-of-fact approach makes enemies. So when her friend is kidnapped, it doesn't surprise Celia that the kidnapper contacts her.So who is this mysterious criminal? Is it her old boss,...
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Lady Rotherby is determined she will train Lady Selena to be the lady that Selena's mother so desperately wants her to be, so Selena will find happiness and love with a man of her social standing. Because Selena loves her mother, she has promised she will do her best to become that lady of quality. But that was before she met Calder Grantham, neighboring yeoman, and the most handsome man Selena has ever encountered. After a few short meetings with...
18) Celia's Legacy
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She only has one chance to leave the legacy her family deserves. Celia sacrificed too much for her dream career, but retirement means freedom. She plans to relax and have fun at Whispering Pines . . . unless haunting memories threaten that dream, too. Old friends make the best friends, and when Eleanor suggests it's time to walk away from Whispering Pines, Celia is afraid she might be right. She used to fantasize about seeing the world. Should she...
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