Donna Kimel Vitek

Kate hadn't planned to settle old scores with Alasdair Drummond. But when he reappeared in her life, she realized that here was her chance. He had been her first love, yet he hadn't even considered her as more than a friend. This time around, Alasdair made it clear he found Kate desirable, so she was going to make him surrender to passion--on her terms. Only, just when she thought she had Alasdair where she wanted him, the tables were turned on her...

When the defiantly northern Wyverdale District Council fails to satisfy a government audit, a New Labour fixer, Alex Clifton, is despatched from the capital to formulate a robust recovery plan. But resources spent on websites, 'faith festivals' and council leaflets in Bengali seem beside the point to the Labour old guard, struggling as they are to provide basic services to an alienated and divided electorate. What's more, the reforms seem only to fan the flames of racial tension, and when riots break out, everyone starts looking for someone to blame.

When Devon awoke after a fabulous night, she wasn't sorry she had had it. They were going to marry. But within a few days, he had disappeared. So she married Ben Andrews. She survived the terrible days, the lonely nights, the birth of her son, and the last 7 months of Ben's life....until...the big Texan rancher returned. He said that he hadn't deserted her at all. Devon wanted to believe him, but who was telling the truth...her dead husband,Ben or the rancher, Ryan??? or perhaps her own reckless heart??