Book Cover by Nicola Martinez

Book Cover by Nicola Martinez

             CIRCLE OF LOVE

   Joanna returns to a small Missouri town for her high school reunion and comes face to face with Pete, the love of her life. A college professor in Tennessee, she has never married and he, a prosperous farmer, is now a widower with five children.
    Their attraction is as strong as it was on graduation night when Pete was leaving for boot camp. He never knew that she had his child and gave her up for adoption.     
    They begin a new relationship but  Pete's children resent Joanna's presence in their father's life. And because of the guilt she hides in her heart, Joanna knows she can never marry Pete now.
    Despite their diverse lives and the obstacles they must overcome, will they be able to find happiness in a lost love that has come full circle?  


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      LET NOTHING YOU DISMAY

    Kala's position as tour guide at a Kentucky Welcome Center isn't enough to cope with huge debts left by her late husband's illness, but she manages to make ends meet . . until her car quits running. To save money on repairs, she enrolls in an auto-mechanic class taught by Rex, a handsome part-time instructor whose broken heart needs repairing, too. After recently losing his important job and family, he has sworn never to get involved with another woman.
    Kala discounts her growing attraction to Rex when she learns he is years younger, until the winter storm of the century throws them together. When the Interstate closes down, Kala opens her home to a houseful of strangers. Despite fire, flood, and friction, she creates an old-fashioned holiday rich in the true spirit of Christmas. In the process, Kala and Rex discover the greatest gift of love.