Just the Messenger (16 page)

Body Combat

Charles Whitaker is taking his fall from grace hard. Once the top architect in San Diego, his business partner cooked the books and ran off with all his earnings. When the money left, so did his wife. To help Charles re-focus his energy on the future, he's taken a Body Combat course. Only he can't focus on anything but the beautiful instructor, Sammy Logan.
Sammy doesn't date clients. Even if she did, she's sure they'd run in the opposite direction as soon as they found out that she has no money and spends all her time protecting her mother from her drunken father. Still, the well-built man in the third row catches her eye and won't let her go without a fight. When her father crashes his car, Sammy has nowhere to turn and runs smack dab into Charles Whitaker.
Together, they try to mend a twenty-five-year family rift, caused by greed and stubbornness, by proving that love is more powerful than money.

Hit and Stay

Jake Harrison has a bad habit of swooping in to the rescue. Once burned, twice shy, the detective prefers to do the saving…and the leaving. But when he finds socialite Andrea Wadsworth collapsed in the street, he wonders if this time he won't be able to get away so easily, especially since his past is coming to find him.

Andrea Wadsworth thought she had everything she ever wanted—an ambitious and gorgeous fiancé, stability and looks to kill. One suspicious phone call leads to her life's undoing and she finds herself on the run from all she once adored, the only person able to help her is a complete stranger: The smoldering Jake Harrison.

Together they unravel an unlikely political plot, but in this game of love and loss, and with all the betrayal surrounding them, will they ever be able to trust again?

Finding Home

Jessica Deitermeier is on the run. The rings she inherited upon her mother’s untimely death are worth money, and her uncle will apparently stop at nothing to get them. In search of sanctuary, Jessica makes her way from Boston to Minnesota and finds work on a small farm. Everything goes smoothly…until the farmer's “prodigal son” comes home.

Ben Elkers is a failed businessman. After losing all his money in bad investments, he makes his way home to Sauk Centre. Considering the way he left his parents without so much as a phone call for the holidays, their unconditional welcome comes as a surprise. He’s even more surprised by the fiery red-headed girl who has taken over his old room.

Together, Jessica and Ben will discover the importance of family, but are they willing to do whatever it takes to find home?

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