Автор: Judith Bowen

At their last reunion, they all accepted a challenge: look up your first love. Find out what happened to him, what kind of man he became.Since Zoey’s spending the month before Christmas back in her old hometown–Stoney Creek, in British Columbia’s interior–she decides she’ll take the opportunity to search for Ryan Donnelly, the boy she’d loved with all the passion in her teenage heart.Zoey ends up visiting the Donnelly ranch, and she discovers that Ryan–who’s still single–does seem interested in pursuing something with her. But what about his brother,…

Lydia Lane didn’t take the girlfriends’ challenge–to find her first love–seriously at all. But then, Sam Pereira finds her…or rather, his ex-wife does.Lydia runs a business called Domestica, organizing people’s lives and teaching them household skills. Sam’s ex figures he needs someone like Lydia to create order out of chaos–and Sam agrees.Back when Lydia first knew Sam, back when she was secretly in love with him, he was Trouble with a capital T. A sexy motorcycle-riding «bad boy.» Now he’s a successful lawyer and a single father–but still sexy,…

Charlotte’s taken the Girlfriends’ challenge: Find your first love. What’s he doing? How’s he doing? On a business trip to Prince Edward Island–searching for antiques and folk art–Charlotte doesn’t have to look very hard to find Liam Connery. But he’s not what she expected. Not at all….Instead of the pilot he wanted to be, he trains and raises dogs. He’s a man living a secluded existence in a rambling country house. A man with secrets.And yet–like Jane Eyre, with Liam playing the Mr. Rochester role–Charlotte’s powerfully drawn to him.…

A man with a wild child. A secret child…When Eva Haines first comes to remote (and supposedly deserted) Liberty Island, she has the uncanny feeling that someone’s watching her–and she’s right. A small wild-looking child with a huge black dog has been following her around. Eva, who’s spending a few weeks on the island to deal with an elderly relative’s estate, is puzzled. Who is this little girl? Where did she come from?Eva finds out soon enough. Fanny is the daughter of the reclusive Silas Lord. But once she learns this, Eva only has more questions. Why are Silas…

A secret marriagePhoebe Longquist and Lewis Hardin got married on impulse, without a fancy wedding, without family, without fuss. Phoebe wants to keep things quiet and uncomplicated…for a while, anyway.A family secretLewis would rather not deceive their families. But he’ll do it if she really wants…for a while, anyway. He might be a Glory boy made good, but he’s also an ex-con and hardly what Phoebe’s parents have in mind for their daughter.A glory ChristmasThen Lewis learns something shocking about his own family, about who he is. And it makes him take stock of what he…

MEN OF GLORYA cowboy town in a cowboy country.This is a place a woman could love.These are men a woman could love!She’s pregnant–and she’s his brother’s wife-to-beShe met Jesse Winslow at a cattle show. They had a brief affair–and now Abby Steen is pregnant. Jesse, a rancher from Glory, Alberta, offers to marry her, and Abby accepts. She leaves her home in South Dakota to come to the Lazy SB, jointly owned by Jesse and his brother, Noah.But while Jesse might have good intentions and lots of charm, responsibility isn’t his strongest trait. That’s always been…

MEN OF GLORYA cowboy town in a cowboy country. This is a place a woman could love. These are men a woman could love!Virginia Lake left town more than a decade ago–after a memorable night with a man her parents forbade her to see. Lucas Yellowfly, they said, was a troublemaker. Off-limits. Half-Native American and from the wrong side of town, he wasn’t good enough for Dr. and Mrs. Lake. But now…everything’s changed. Now Lucas is a successful lawyer in Glory. Practically a pillar of society.And now Virginia’s back, a single mother with a five-year-old son. She’s…