Forgiveness

by Jean Brashear

Published 1 September 2006

Ria Channing fled from her family six years ago, running away after committing a sin no parent could forgive–driving drunk in the crash that killed her younger brother.

The golden child, gone. The demon child, walking away unharmed.

Now Ria is back, hungry and exhausted, fighting for survival…with a son of her own. The loving home she left, though, no longer exists. Her parents, once so adoring, have divorced. And Ria regrets returning to the family she destroyed.

But when her mother's protective friend Sandor Wolfe confronts Ria about her rebellious past, he's intrigued by her vulnerability. Soon loyalty and love collide. Sandor may have to choose, and there may be a price.


What the Heart Wants

by Jean Brashear

Published 18 June 2004

Then the baby came…

Ivy Parker is a woman who can't stop crusading. Now she's trying to save a dusty Texas town.

She's also a woman who can't stop rescuing lost souls–like Linc Garner, the impoverished carpenter who shows up one day at the café she runs.

Linc and Ivy fall in love, but one thing is clear. Unless he can find some way to fulfill his family obligations, he'll lose the woman he wants. He may anyway, once she finds out what he's really doing in Palo Verde–and who he really is.

But losing her will be twice as hard, because she's carrying his child!