Expectations

by Brenda Novak

Published 1 February 2000

With her son, Ryan, Jenna's moved back to Mendocino, where she's living and working at the Victoriana Bed and Breakfast.

It's owned by the elderly Durhams-whose grandson, Adam, was her first love. And, in some ways, her last.... But that was fifteen years ago, before Adam abandoned her and his family for the bright lights and big city. For a successful career and a fast-track life.

When Adam and Jenna rediscover each other, he wants her back. But much as Jenna knows she could love him again, she also knows there are too many obstacles between them. Too much history. Too many expectations. And now...her baby. But Adam's a very determined man. A man she has reason to love...


Baby Business

by Brenda Novak

Published 1 December 2000

She needs money, a lot of it, to pay for her daughter's operation.

Macy McKinney will do anything for five-year-old Haley. Businessman Thad Winters, a widower, wants a child without the complications of a relationship. He's willing to pay for that.

He interviews applicants-and hires Macy to have his baby. Once Macy's pregnant, they decide that a temporary marriage will simplify the situation-but it does exactly the opposite!


Dear Maggie

by Brenda Novak

Published 1 May 2001

What Maggie does...

Maggie Russell, a police reporter in Sacramento, works the night shift. She's divorced and the mother of a very active three-year-old son. Maggie may not have much time for a social life, but she's recently begun an e-mail correspondence with a man named John.

What Maggie knows...

She's finally stumbled on the big crime story that will truly establish her career-if it doesn't end her life. A serial killer who moves from one city to the next. A murderer who chooses a female reporter and writes her letters...before he kills her. As if things aren't complicated enough, Nick Sorenson, the paper's new photographer, seems to be taking an unusual interest in this case. And in her.

What Maggie doesn't know...

Nick's an undercover FBI agent tracking the killer and keeping an eye on Maggie-at work and through his e-mail persona, "John." Maggie doesn't realize that she's falling in love with a man who's not what he seems to be. A man whose deceptions may save her life.


Snow Baby

by Brenda Novak

Published 1 September 2000

When Chantel Miller gets lost during an unexpected snowstorm, a stranger named Dillon Broderick rescues her.

In the hours they spend together they become very close and the intimacy of that night creates a special bond between them. But real life intervenes. The woman Chantel was on her way to see is her sister, Stacy. They've been estranged for ten years and Chantel is determined to regain her affection. The woman Dillon was on his way to see is...Stacy.

They've been friends for some time but now there's an added complication. Stacy's in love with him. Which means Chantel can't pursue a relationship with Dillon. Even when she discovers she's pregnant because of that snowy night...