Harlequin Next
5 total works
SOMETIMES IT TAKES A NEW YORK BLIZZARD TO TEST A SOUTHERN WOMAN'S METTLE…
Determined to prove she's no wilting magnolia blossom, jilted heiress Annie Macy strikes out for New York City to make it on her own. Annie's plan just never involved having a money launderer for a boss…or stealing "evidence" during the company Christmas party. Now with an angry Santa in hot pursuit, Annie jumps into the nearest cab, only to discover her "driver" is P.I. Joe Brady–hired by Annie's meddling family to keep an eye on her. Stuck in a rusty old taxi in the middle of one of New York's worst blizzards, Annie and Joe are dodging the bad guys and heating up the backseat at every stop. And while they are waist-deep in snow and clues and lust for each other, Annie is about to discover the woman she's hidden inside herself for too many years…
SURPRISE!
If she needed a reminder of how different life was from her mother's favorite happily-ever-after movies, Dinah Dewberry got one on her fortieth birthday. That's when she found the black 42-double-D bra in her husband's pants pocket. Dinah was barely a B.
And as Dinah raged about the other woman, her estranged sister, Dottie, arrived on her doorstep. Dottie was pregnant, and had a favor to ask would Dinah raise the child?
Craving a baby and a shoulder to cry on Dinah opened up to her long-lost, hard-living sister. And Dottie's unconventional life came in handy tracking down the mystery lingerie's owner...to a drag club! But by then, Dinah and Dottie had made the most important discovery of all sisterhood is powerful.
What's a fortyish woman to do if...
Her free-spirited elderly mom's movingin, her previously do-gooder teenage daughter's sneaking out, her prize-winning stud bulldog can't get it on and her soon-to-be ex-husband can't get his mind off girls half his age?
A. have nervous breakdown
B. run away
C. eat massive quantities of ice cream
D. see a counselor
CiCi Dupree chooses. She doesn't have time for a breakdown, can't afford to run away and she is a counselor.
Until she fears her daughter-and even her widowed mother-are repeating her mistakes. CiCi realizes she has to do something, because after all, her family ties might be a bit frayed, but they still could bind nonetheless...
Jennifer Archer has survived maneuvering through life in seven states, raising two teenage boys and, this year, her very first hot flash-all without serious medication.
Twenty years ago Dana Logan reacted to this statement as any new mother would-with disbelief. Tomorrow? Didn't the years ahead stretch like a long, sunny road...with no end in sight?
Well, Dana's just fallen into that end. Hard. It's as if her whole life has been a prep course-only, without warning, they've canceled the test. Her children don't seem to need anything she is able to give.
Okay-so she'll just have to find someone who does want what she has to offer. If she has to drive into hell to do it...
Judging by the sign she just passed-"Welcome to Hell. Population 512"-she already has....