Grandmother's Rings

3 primary works

Amethyst

by Kathryn Quick

Published 24 August 2009

Love magic? Somer Archer didn’t believe such a thing existed when her mother handed her and her siblings each one of their grandmother’s rings and told them the rings would help them find their soul mates. As a reporter for the local paper, Somer deals in fact, not fiction. A New York City police officer assigned to rural New Jersey as part of a Homeland Security cross-training initiative, Nick Daultry plans on completing his assignment and getting back to the city as quickly as possible. But when he finds Somer going through his desk at the station, suddenly small-town crime seems awfully interesting. Despite mixing as well as oil and water, Somer and Nick find themselves caught up in the same case. Is it just a reporter’s interest in a story that draws Somer to Nick as well, or is her grandmother’s ring working some magic after all?

Sapphire

by Kathryn Quick

Published 24 December 2009

Darn those rings anyway! It’s bad enough that Trent Archer has to be in his sister’s wedding, but she has him paired up with his new brother-in-law’s partner, a female police officer from New York City who looks like she’d rather be anywhere but in New Jersey. The weekend could not be over fast enough for him. Linda Wolff vows to throw the bridesmaid gown she is being forced to wear into the Hudson River right after the wedding. Three reasons: it’s mocha, the bow is too big, and she has to wear heels. No way it’s staying in her closet! Trent and Linda begin as unwilling wedding party draftees, but end up as much more when the ring Trent’s mother gave him to help find his perfect match seems to work its magic on this reluctant couple.

Citrine

by Kathryn Quick

Published 24 August 2010

Ali Archer is the last one standing. One by one she has watched her siblings fall in love after getting one of their Grandmother’s rings from their mother. She is determined not to let the last ring get her. Jake Daultry is on 30-day leave before going back to his unit in Iraq. All he wants is to enjoy his family and decompress for a while. But it seems as though a bigger skirmish begins the day he meets Ali. At first, it is a classic clash in a contest of wills, but when it culminates in a kiss on the front porch, each feels an attraction that can’t be denied. Can the environmentalist and the soldier find some neutral territory in order to follow their hearts, or will Ali and Jake just have to settle for some combat wounds that may never heal?