CHILDREN · FICTION
Brian Keaney
The world is a dangerous place.
— from Secrets and Lies
Most acclaimed
Secrets and Lies
When former Secret Service agent Alex Stone is asked to impersonate a foreign dignitary who wears a full beard and is rarely seen without his sunglasses, it’s not a problem. But getting someone to impersonate the man’s new bride, a beauty the world adores, is a little bit harder. Melusine Brand looks astoundingly like the pampered princess. She’s also a rough and tumble Oklahoma Tom boy with colorful language. Besides, she’ll never agree. Only, she does. Alex has to tutor her to survive the glitzy world he’s used to. But when things take a turn and they’re on the run in the wilderness with killers on their heels, it’s Mel’s turn to school him. Depending on each other to stay alive, these two opposites find a love that’s stronger than either of them could have imagined...and hope they can live long enough to claim it. The Oklahoma Brands: The Brands Who Came for Christmas Brand New Heartache Secrets and Lies A Mommy For Christmas One Magic Summer Sweet Vidalia Brand (From the Amazon description, :) )
Family matters
2001
"When aging, balding copy editor Ernest "Sparky" Hemingway (no relation) got a call from Tenishia, the daughter of his late Vietnam buddy George Washington (also no relation), he was faced with a choice: head out to Minneapolis to help her out of a jam or hang up the phone. He made the decision to help, and it changed his life. Along with his old army buddy Doc Holiday (you guessed it - no relation), Sparky faced down the bad guys and found out who caused Washington's death." "Sparky then chooses to give Tenishia a shot at a normal life and takes her back to the little North Dakota town of Hardwood, filled with decidedly odd folks who just do what they have to in order to get along - a place where everybody knows everybody else's secrets but pretends he doesn't." "When he begins the unenviable task of rearing an almost-grown inner-city teenager, many in the town think he's nuts. But this girl isn't just anybody, and the bonds - and promises - made in war sometimes last even longer than a man's life." "Just when Sparky thinks he's got the hang of his new lifestyle, he gets roped into becoming a deputy sheriff and runs smack-dab into a political wrangle over the proposal to build a major trauma center in the town. The hospital could be just the thing to save a sleepy little hamlet that loses farm kids every year to the big cities. But Hardwood isn't the only town that is vying for the honor, and where people's jobs and lives are at stake, is there any doubt that a dead body or two will join the party any minute?"--BOOK JACKET.
That's what friends are for
1968
OLD FLAMES REKINDLED He'd once loved her so much that he'd been willing to let her go. Now popular soap opera star Brad Crawford was attending Penny Blackwell's wedding--to another man! But when the groom didn't show up, Brad knew what he had to do. After all, what are friends for? Penny's world had been turned upside down. Brad, who had left her years ago to pursue his acting career, had breezed back into her life, making it seem like old times. Everything had always been more exciting when he was around. But she wanted her leading man to play a starring role in her life . . . forever