Star-Crossed Parents

by C.J. Carmichael

Published 1 July 2007

Few people can say they're starring in a real-life version of Romeo and Juliet. And single mom Leigh certainly doesn't want to play the role of disapproving mother. But when her daughter runs off to New Hampshire for a boy she's met over the Internet, it's a discomfiting reminder of Leigh's own past....

The problem is Sam Wallace, the boy's father, and his ridiculous notion that love conquers all. Worse still is that Sam could be a pretty darn good (not to mention attractive) distraction for Leigh. But how can Leigh think about herself when her daughter is about to make the worst mistake of her life?


Love and the Single Mum

by C.J. Carmichael

Published 1 March 2008

Overcoming her Ex-factors took perseverance…

She was an ex-wife, ex-lawyer and soon-to-be ex-owner if her restaurant didn' t turn around. To top things off, Margo Evans' s ex was getting married again. What if her two children preferred their new stepmom?

But all was not lost. A new lunchtime regular, Robert Brooks, seemed likely to add some spice to her life–or he would if a single mom hadn' t recently left him standing at the altar, wrenching away the child he' d begun to love.

Could Margo coax the conservative banker to swallow his fear of women with kids? And show him to a table for four?

SINGLES…WITH KIDS

Is it really possible to find true love when you' re single…with kids?