Harlequin Next
9 total works
Like Mother, Like Daughter (But in a Good Way)
by Jennifer Greene, Peggy Webb, and Nancy Robards Thompson
Playing rockabilly music in church was one thing...
Blowing a hole in her roof to chase a phantom intruder was quite another. And when Delta Jordan hears about her best friend's meltdown, she starts packing. It's clear Emily Jones needs her to be a safety net until she's strong enough to fly solo.
Whisking Emily off to Tuscany, Delta witnesses the Italian countryside's healing effect on her friend. Which is a good thing, because now Delta is the one needing Emily's advice. A renowned Italian artist has decided she's The One. But twice divorced (Emily calls her ex-husbands cowardly knuckleheads), Delta isn't falling into that trap again.
Or is she? Because a wonderful thing happens when both women discover they can face the future and embrace its limitless possibilities....
Avril Carson had to try.
Because the hairdresser-turned-actress (turned hairdresser) had left little Sago Beach, Florida, with her whole life in front of her and the man she'd loved by her side. Now she'd come back, with his ashes in an urn, and not even the chance of a child in her future. But she had a sneaking suspicion there was one in her late husband's not too-distant past...
And as for romance- well, those days were behind her. Or were they? For Max Wright was pursuing her with a vengeance that made her feel things she thought she'd never feel again. Maybe it was time to practice some beauty shop magic on herself...
Surprise even yourself!
When longtime best friends, Patsy Leslie and Louise Jernigan decide to jump-start their not-so-dead libidos, quilting and bridge suddenly take a backseat to, well, more amorous pursuits. Local tongues wag, and Patsy's son and Louise's daughter–who happen to be married to each other–demand answers to the burning questions Who is this man and where's the rest of Mama's skirt?
Then life throws Patsy and Louise another sharp curve, and they don't know whether to drown their shock in hot fudge or buy some strong binoculars and take up spying–on each other! Can forty-five years of friendship and family ties survive unexpected detours on the bumpy road to liberation? Maybe all Patsy and Louise need is to grow wings and learn to fly again….
"Ask your husband what he's been doing all those nights he claimed to be at the hospital..."
The aforementioned suggestion would never be welcomed by any woman who'd been married for the better (well, mostly) part of twenty years. But for Kate Hennessey, who was celebrating turning forty by taking a fabulous vacation with her two best friends, the timing was not the best.
Does she go, or does she stay?
She'll get the answer soon enough. And though her world may be rocked, maybe she can cope better than we think. Because design is her business, after all. You know, changing things around and putting the pieces together in a whole new way....
Two halves of a whole
Once, long ago, Skye and Summer had looked so much alike that no one could tell the twin sisters apart. Now there was barely a trace of a resemblance. Once, the two of them had been huddled together against a world that neither one of them could deal with alone. Now they hadn't seen each other for years.
But it was time for them to get together once more-for Skye Woods and Summer Russo were on the road again. And this time they're in search of their other sister, Jane-the piece of the puzzle that, once inserted, might finally just make their family whole.
Not normal, mind you. But whole...
They couldn't be any more different
Poppy Thompson: The self-proclaimed homeliest woman in town, she deals with animals for a living rather than people.
Bren Price: The ever-proper minister's wife, she does everything her husband tells her, but lately her best just isn't good enough.
They'd never even spoken to one another until a surprise inheritance brings them together. A fortune in sparkling jewelry could give them what each desires most-Poppy's surgical transformation, Bren's escape from her husband. Yet the real treasure just might be the friendship these two total opposites form once they discover all that glitters isn't gold.
WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH...
Join the PTA? Yes, according to Maggie, Barbara and Elizabeth. Because despite their differences-one is a recent widow; one is a late-in-life mother; and one is a supermom whose surprise pregnancy, she fears, will result in complications-all three women have one thing in common: their daughters. They'd do anything for them....
But is anything enough?
Because one girl just can't adjust, one is terrified to be alone-and one is the mystery blogger who's wreaking havoc from one end of the student body to the other. Seems as if there are a lot of secrets in this small town. And despite the gossip, not a lot of talking going on....