Hollis Griffin never knew her father. His choice; New Orleans power-broker Olivier DuChesne had knocked up a waitress and then cut her and her daughter out of his life. Although she and her mother never enjoyed DuChesne’s wealth or status, Hollis grew up to be self-sufficient and independent. She has no interest in meeting the father she never knew.But as he’s battling a terminal illness, DuChesne needs to see her. So he hires private investigator Ray Fargo to find her and bring he...

Widowed schoolteacher Lainie Lovett has three passions: her two nearly-grown children, her fourth-grade students at the Hopwell School, and the Rockettes, her recreational soccer team. One evening after soccer practice, she’s startled to spot the husband of one of her teammates canoodling with another woman in a local eatery. She’s even more shocked when he turns up dead the next day. And more shocked yet when she winds up under suspicion as an accessory to murder. But Lainie is smart and ...

A year ago, Conor Malone’s wife died in an accident. Conor and his daughter Amy were too grief-stricken to celebrate Christmas that year. But they’ve healed, and this year he wants to restore the joy of the season for his little girl. The only problem is, Amy is convinced that if she’s a good girl, Santa will bring her the one gift she wants: her mother, alive and well once more. Amy’s old enough to know better, but Christmas is all about magic and believing.Child psychologist Eliz...

Steve Chambliss just may be the sexiest carpenter in San Francisco. At least that’s what TV talk show host Gwen Talbot thinks when Steve arrives at her apartment to repair her bedroom door. And when Steve agrees to appear on Gwen’s show, all of San Francisco agrees with her. Before long, he’s got bands of groupies chasing him through the city and offering themselves up to him.Steve finds the attention amusing, but there’s only one woman in town who turns him on: Gwen. The trouble i...

Bloom's, the world-famous gourmet delicatessen on Manhattan's Upper West Side, has found its groove under the management of its new president, Julia Bloom, granddaughter of the business's founders, Ida and the late Isaac Bloom. With guidance from her fiancé, business reporter Ron Joffe, and the assistance of her flaky sister Susie, Julia has updated the place, improved marketing, and gained control of the company's erratic finances. To her surprise, she's discovered that she actually likes...

After witnessing a professional hit, Seattle architect Pamela Hayes has testified in court against the hit man. Unfortunately, a mistrial is declared and the hit man is released on bail while awaiting a new trial. He intends to silence the sole witness to the murder before that new trial begins. She needs to hide, and she runs as far as she to steamy Key West., Florida.Jonas Brenner, a Key West bar owner and easy-going slacker, is about to lose custody of his orphaned five-year-old...

Free-wheeling, easy-going Dan Macklin runs Camp Mohawk, a boys’ summer camp across the lake from Camp Chippewa, a girls’ camp run by his good friend. The two camps are friendly rivals, and Dan can’t wait to renew that rivalry as the camps open for the summer. But this year, his friend is sidelined by illness and the camp is run by Rebecca Pruitt, an administrator at a posh prep school during the year. Rebecca is most definitely not free-wheeling and easy-going.In fact, she’s kind o...

Winner of the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award!Book One of Judith Arnold’s popular Daddy School series. Jamie McCoy is the ultimate guy: thirty years old, carefree and professionally successful as the writer of a nationally syndicated humor column called “Guy Stuff.” Nine and a half months ago, he spent a week basking on the beach in Eluthera and indulging in a fling with a woman at the resort. Never did he expect to find the unplanned result of that fling—a healthy, wailing b...

Bloom's. It's not just a delicatessen—it's a destination. An institution. A world-renowned food emporium that draws millions of customers craving home-style stuffed cabbage, gourmet olive oil, and the best bagels on the planet to its block-long building on Manhattan's Upper West Side.It's also a family. Julia Bloom, the third-generation president of Bloom's, struggles to keep not just the business but all the Blooms productive and flourishing. She needs to balance the store's Old-W...

A huge sum of money has gone missing from the Hopwell School’s parent-teacher organization. The evidence points to a ditzy school secretary, but when she dies abruptly, Lainie Lovett’s colleagues turn to her to figure out where the money went. Did the secretary embezzle it before she died? Did one of the aggressive Super Moms who run the organization pocket the money? What’s going on with the cute new gym teacher at Hopwell? And what’s the deal with the secretary’s husband and his odd hair...

Reporter Sandra Garcia wants to write solid, meaningful news stories, but her editor at the Los Angeles Post always hands her feel-good puff pieces aimed at the Latino community. When he assigns her to write a profile of Rafael Perez, the founder of Aztec Sun, a production company specializing in Spanish-language movies, she expects to find herself stuck penning yet another puff piece. But things at Aztec Sun are not what they seem, and Rafael is clearly hiding something.Rafael Per...

Lila Chapin feels invisible. A devoted wife and mother of two, she sacrificed her teaching career as her husband’s job moved the family around the country. Now settled in the Boston suburbs, he is swiftly climbing the corporate ladder while she takes care of him and their sons. She is greatly appreciated at the soup kitchen where she volunteers, but at home she’s taken for granted. She realizes just how true this is when her husband and children forget her fortieth birthday.She wit...