Contemporary romance

About Author

Roberta Helmer aka Christina Skye loved the power of the written word. The New York Times bestselling author of 36 novels, 7 novellas and four non-fiction books still wrote longhand. Usually when her characters refused to behave. She came to writing late. Once she realized that she could not become the heir to a small European mountain kingdom, writing seemed like the next best thing. She was a pushover for Harris tweed, Scottish cashmere, handspun merino yarn, Shanghai street dumplings, French macarons and dark chocolate. Not necessarily in that order. After receiving her doctorate in classical Chinese literature, she traveled for five crazy years, working as a writer, translator and consultant to travel magazines, national tourist agencies, importers, apparel companies and museums, including the National Geographic Society, the Asia Society and the American Museum of Natural History, spending most of that time in Asia. Her mileage points were awesome. Then the travel got old. In 1990 she sold her first novel in six days. Since then she has written five different series for six different publishers. She has appeared on ABC Worldwide News, Travel News Network, the Arthur Frommer Show, Geraldo, Voice of America, Looking East, and Good Morning, Arizona. In 2013 her contemporary romance, The Accidental Bride, was chosen as one of the ten best romance novels of the year by prestigious Booklist Magazine. In 2015 the book was chosen one of the 100 best books of the decade by the same premier review magazine. She was beyond thrilled by both honors. The book also received a reviewer's choice award from Romantic Times Magazine. Christina loved to sew, knit lace on big needles, drink tea and uncover odd historical tidbits that she could weave into her storylines.

Description

Laurie Gilmore is the pen name of American author Melissa McTernan. She is best known for her ongoing contemporary romance series Dream Harbor. The first book in the series, The Pumpkin Spice Café (2023), won the TikTok Book Awards TikTok Shop Book of the Year in 2024.

How the series evolves

beginning

My Spy

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finale

Bride Needs Groom

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overall

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Books in this Series

My Spy

Christina Skye, Marie Ferrarella

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Annie O'Toole has a past....The last time Annie saw Sam, they were lying in each other's arms beneath a canopy of stars. Now Annie paces a secluded airfield at midnight, awaiting the arrival of an unmarked Navy helicopter. Her assignment: Get this Navy SEAL back into fighting form pronto--and keep his identity a secret. But who's going to protect her from a man who looks at her as if she were a stranger and who doesn't remember the one night she'll never forget?His name is Sam McKade.Six foot four inches of tough, trained professional, Sam risked his life in an act of rare courage, saving a busload of schoolchildren from certain death. But becoming America's newest media hero can be dangerous for a man with an undercover past. Sam could do a lot worse than this secluded beach resort. Ditto the sexy therapist who seems maddeningly familiar--if he only knew where or when. But he's about to find out--as a dangerous enemy surfaces out of his shadowed past, leaving a trail of bodies right to Annie's door. Now the rugged SEAL who doesn't believe in love or commitment is about to risk everything...because for Sam McKade, protecting this woman, this extraordinary woman, has become the most important mission of his life....From the Paperback edition.

Bride Needs Groom

Wendy Markham

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Things to do before Grandpa Junie turns eighty-five -- and I'm disinherited: — Find a guy to marry (preferably a stranger of my own choosing, not Grandpa's) — Tell the groom it's only temporary (and platonic, naturally) — Tie the knot ASAP! — Untie the knot ASAP! — Queens-born-and-bred Mia Calogera needs a husband-like, yesterday. Eloping with her Internet pen pal Derek sounds like a plan. Which is why Mia's dressed in a beaded gown and white satin shoes, headed for Vegas. Advertising dynamo Dominic Chickalini has vowed to be the last single man standing. Then he spies the gorgeous bride-to-be in the aisle seat of the plane. The sexual sparks fly, but this woman's already spoken for. Or is she? When Mia's wedding plans go south, she makes Dom an offer that's hard to refuse. It's not like it's forever. It's not like they're even in love. So why does her heart pound at the thought of looking into his eyes and saying "I do"?