FICTION · ROMANCE
Alison Kent
Also known as: Michaila Callan, ALISON KENT
Alison Kent was a born reader, but it wasn't until she reached thirty that she knew she wanted to be a writer when she grew up. Five years later, she made her first sale. Alison lives in a Houston, Texas suburb with her hero, three teenagers and a dog named Smith. And she actually manages to write in the midst of all that madness.
"Run, Liberty! Run, run, run!" She couldn't run because she couldn't see where she was going.
— from Larger Than Life
Most acclaimed
Striptease
Melanie Craine knows romance isn't in the cards for her. She's ambitious, and has no time for a man in her busy life. With all of the other women at the funky gIRL-gEAR.com Web site meeting Mr. Right, someone has to keep things afloat! Then, when hot videographer Jacob Faulkner films her behavior at her friend's wedding, she's livid. Determined to make him see what's beneath her attitude, she tapes herself doing a steamy striptease...for Jacob's eyes only.Jacob never expected Melanie to retaliate the way she did when he sent that tape! Watching her slowly remove each item of clothing from her body is the most erotic thing he's ever seen. Now that he's on board to film the gIRL-gEAR group for a documentary on successful businesswomen, there's no way he can keep things "professional." And it can't get any better when he finds out she doesn't want anything more than a sexual relationship. But will it be enough in the end?
Kiss & tell
Miranda Kelly has a secret. Or two. Relentlessly hounded by the bloodthirsty media since her bitter—and very public—divorce, Miranda retreats to the sanctuary of her old hometown.She also returns to an old passion—donning daring costumes at night to transform into Candy Cane, singer extraordinaire at the Club Crimson! When Caleb McGregor is seduced by the sultry swing of Candy's hips, Miranda loses herself and her troubles in Caleb's arms.But Caleb is keeping a big secret of his own. And when Miranda discovers the cruel truth, she can't ever return to his bed. Not even for the most earthshaking sex she's ever experienced...
The second chance cafe
Growing up, Kaylie was shuffled from foster home to foster home before being welcomed into Winton and May Wise's family. Years later, May leaves Kaylie the money she needs to open her own cafe in the charming Victorian house they once shared in Hope Springs. Kaylie's determined to finally make all her dreams a reality-- and unearth answers to lingering questions about her past. Tennessee Keller, the carpenter Kaylie hires, is proving to be a very unneeded distraction. Kaylie must decide where her heart lies: with the ghosts of her past or the love and promise of her future.