FICTION · ROMANCE
Christie Ridgway
They took Arlene's car because it had air-conditioning and Emily wasn't sure the Olds would make it.
— from Wish you were here
Most acclaimed
The thrill of it all
With a sweet, funny voice and stories that readers love, USA Today bestselling author Christie Ridgway is poised for great things. Let’s grow Christie the way we’ve grown Rachel Gibson!Felicity Charm went from dirt-poor desert rat to the “America’s Shopping Sweetheart” when she single-handedly broke out television’s hottest new shopping channel, GetTV, to a whole new audience of young, hip consumers. But try as she might to reinvent her background, the truth is bound to come calling-in the form of crazy Aunt Vi, who needs Felicity’s reliability to help sort out the latest family crisis. So she puts her ‘perfect’ boyfriend and ‘perfect’ life on hold, and strikes out in her Miata to Half Palm, CA, hoping to make fast work of her nutsoid relatives and get back to LA as quickly as possible. But before she manages that, she’ll meet Luke Nilsson, an extreme rock climbing star who’s just as caught up in the antics of the Charm family as Felicity is. He’s wrong for Felicity in every single way imaginable, but get the two of the together and things seem so right. Perhaps Aunt Vi isn’t so nutsoid after all…
Do not disturb
Angel Buchanan spent a lifetime believing her father, the world-beloved “Artist of the Heart,” had nothing to give her. But when he dies suddenly, she finds herself drawn to his funeral, perhaps to put that part of her past behind her forever. Just when she knows she should be walking away, the independent-minded journalist finds a story she can’t resist in former hotshot attorney C.J. Jones.But instead of sinking into the underworld of parties that C.J. used to be so famous for, she is whisked away to a nature resort where there is no place to plug in her cell phone. Not that this makes much difference, she quickly learns, since talking is not allowed. When she’s staring at Cooper over her granola and soy milk, she finds out just how overrated talking can be at times like this. Because Angel’s quest to find the truth of the father she never knew is leading her into a love she never imagined, and a new family she has always dreamed of.
Take My Breath Away
2002
Why are the bad ones always so very, very good? FBI special agent Nicola Guthrie is on her first field assignment. Her job? To find security expert turned art thief Gabe Wilder. She knows this is her big break. She has to get her man. And late one night, she does. Not to mention a whole lot more! Who knew her traitorous body would respond so strongly to Gabe's sensuous lips...his tall, strong body...her own irresistible need? Gabe can't believe that Nicola still thinks he's the bad guy! Then again, he's almost tempted to fess up, just so he can keep tasting her incredible mouth. Still, they have a job to do. A daring criminal is terrorizing the city's wealthiest art collectors. Gabe and Nicola quickly realize that the smartest way to catch their quarry is to join forces. Of course, they'll have to find their way out of bed first....