Jay Keelan

The Sheriff's Proposal by V.R. Marks We meet Sheriff Ben Cochran and Ruth Williams who owns the local dinner in The Thief - VR's first novel. Ruth was away on a cruise in the first book but her life was threatened by the bad guy who was after her niece. We find out that Ben and Ruth have been having a secret affair and that worked just fine for Ruth. But for Ben after the threat on Ruth's life he realizes he doesnt want to live without her in his life - he wants the world to know they are together and proposes to her. Ruth who is in shock turns the proposal down. But the Sheriff decides he will just wait until Ruth comes around to his way of thinking. This was a nice short story to give us the background on Ben and Ruth's relationship and also showed us where the other couples were and gave us a quick glimps of Ava before her book The Hostage A sneak peak at the first chapter of The Thief is at the end.

Meddling with Mistletoe by Kimberly Hope Jack Heymore mother decided to play matchmaker with when he and his best friend Trish Robbins were 12. That backfired and Trish has done everything possible to stay away from Jack since that day. Well Mrs Haymore has had enough and on the night of her annual Christmas party she decides she is going to lock the two in cellar in hopes when she lets them out the following morning they will have admitted there true feelings for each other. After their story we get the first chapter of The Heiress and Her Fake Fiance which has Mrs Haymore playing match maker again but this time with her granddaughter.

Finding the Focus by Jay Keelan Three years ago Kate and Ethan lived together in New York but both of there jobs kept them apart for long hours and Kate started to feel like she was 2nd best to Ethan's photography career so she just up and left. Instead of ending up in California like she planned she ended up in North Carolina on a Blue Mountain Reserve for rare and endangered animals. After sending her boss on on a vacation and trying to comb applicants for a new media specialist who should ride up on a motorcycle looking for a job but none other than the man she hoped to never see again. Ethan never understood why Kate just up and left him 3 years ago. Since she'd left his passion for taking pictures went with her. He cannot believe his luck when he shows up to apply for the job and Kate is there. He vows to get to the bottom of what went wrong in there relationship all those years
ago.

Snow-Covered Resolutions by Regan Black It's New Year's Eve and all of the Pixie Chicks have someone special to kiss at midnight – except Austin. In this season of resolutions will she stick to hers, or will the snow-covered magic of Hobbitville sweep her up in a whole new adventure?… (más)