Frank Carlson Library

When his precious wife of thirty years received a devastating diagnosis, John Brighton's world fell apart. As his wife slipped from him day by day, his love was being tested as never before, and he found himself confronted by a weakness he never knew he had. He desperately needed a confidante in this dark time, and a young widow named Julia Sinclair seemed to understand his pain as no one else could. Torn between doing what he knew was right and what...

The first time Penny Hayden and Sam Roberts met as teenagers, she stormed off in an outraged huff. The second time, nine years later, she hauled off and kicked him in the shin! It was then that penny's grandfather knew they were a match made in heaven. Oh, sure, Penny said that Sam was an insensitive jerk. And Sam insisted that he didn't need anyone in his perfectly solitary life. But her grandfather could read between the denials. And even if it...

Nothing appeals to Annie Sullivan's sense of romance like hunting for a missing heirloom. She can't get enough of the stories surrounding Sinclair Drummond's Scottish ancestors. But when they search his mansion together, she can't get enough of her boss—and they make love.
Simply shocking.
For a divorcé determined to stay single, Sinclair is on thin ice...with his housekeeper, no less. And when he takes Annie to a gala on his neighbor's...

Natalie and Joseph Reyes have everything any young interracial couple could desire - a loving marriage, children together, wealth, and enterprise. But the demands of a controlling mother-in-law and her husband's unaccounted hours spent in places unknown to Natalie threaten to drive a wedge between them. With dwindling trust in her beloved accompanied by mysterious symptoms within her body, Natalie agonizes as a single mother within her marriage. Relatives...

A Wager Most Wild. With businesses to conquer in Singapore and a centuries-old family heirloom to find in Scotland, investor James Drummond is no stranger to a challenge. But making the mysterious Fiona Lam his represents his riskiest power play yet. When he offers her the moon and stars, Fiona counters with a proposal of her own--a bet, to be exact. Winning a high-stakes horse race against James is Fiona's best chance at reclaiming her family's factory--and...

Zelda Lane... her very name made the local gossips raise their eyebrows. She'd scandalized an entire town and filled upright Taylor Matthews with enough young love to burst all bounds of propriety. But that was long ago. Now a pillar of the community, Taylor privately rued the day he'd let Zelda go. But not as much as he dreaded her return! Because Zelda was back - as beautiful and bold as ever. She was carrying a torch - as well as a grudge. And...

A bookish woman must marry a playboy CEO to protect her family's business In this contemporary romance by a USA Today–bestselling author. Walking down the aisle toward striking but cold CEO Chase Whitaker was never meant to be Zara Elliot's fate. But to safeguard the family business, she'll have to play along . . . Chase is only interested in one thing-his own dark game of revenge against Zara's father. The one thing he hadn't counted on?...

Overwhelmed by single fatherhood, widower David Winthrop feared he was failing his savvy, sad-eyed, ten-year-old son. Still, he never expected hotshot divorce attorney Kate Newton to descend upon him like some avenging angel, bristling with maternal indignation on behalf of Davey junior, her pint-size "client." Worse, David found himself itching to peel away Kate's power pinstripes... But could this tough lady lawyer, so adept at wrenching marriages...

Rosie Delacroix returns to New Orleans after her mother's disappearance, is pulled into an unimagined world and gets more than she bargained for.Ensconced in the life of magic and voodoo, she's surrounded by unlikely allies. Julian Quibodeaux, an old flame, re-enters her life and their love is once again reignited like dry tinder to a flame. However, he's been cursed and unaware he holds a terrible secret…One that could destroy their relationship.She'll...

Body Heart Soul: A leap of marital proportions. Desiree Greene protects herself and has one rule; she doesn't date her patients, no exceptions. Meeting O, she begins to question her ways and her rules. As her heart yearns for O, Des knows she's risking his safety and worries that her secrets should remain hidden. After all, those secrets could get them both killed. Odysseus Kerrigan is an injured vet, younger than Des, with his sights set on her....