Trust in Me (53 page)

Ties That Bind: Amazon
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Reese Bishop and Kate Renado were young lovers in law school and thought nothing could tear them apart. But they were wrong. Competing jobs, a child, differing outlooks on their future and acute jealousies caused a bitter divorce. But when a woman they defended hangs herself in prison and blames them in a suicide note for her despair, they have to come together to prove their integrity to the legal world. In the process, they find each other again and the sparks fly.

Someone To Believe In: Amazon
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Close To You: Amazon
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Taking The Heat: Amazon
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Meet the O’Neils: Bailey, the Street Angel who fights conservative senator Clay Wainwright for funds and Washington support to do her work; Aidan, her older brother who falls for a Secret Service agent guarding his sister; and Liam, another older brother and a sensitive widower with a troubled seven year old who meets, loves but can’t have daring firefighter Sophie Tyler. Read all three or as stand-alone full length novels.

Still The One: Amazon
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In book one of the Educators series, Annie Jacobs has made something of herself after a rough adolescence. She’s the mother of twin boys, a respected and well-liked English teacher and has good friends. But when her former high school teacher, Dylan Kane, comes back to town, Annie’s carefully created world starts to crumble. She and Dylan have a past, one which almost destroyed her. Now, he wants to be the next principal of her school. Annie’s afraid their previous relationship will endanger the job she loves. She’s even more fearful that her feelings for Dylan will rekindle, or worse, never died.

Someone Like You: Amazon
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In book #2 of The Educators, teacher Brie Gorman and Coach Nick Corelli come together to help the star of the football team. A fiery passion erupts between them, even when they clash over the best way to save the boy’s life.

Maybe This Time: Amazon
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In book #3 of The Educators, Maybe This Time, teacher Delaney Dawson and lawyer Gage Grayson hook up before they know he's the father of one of her students. Putting aside their feelings, they try to help Gage’s daughter stay on the straight and narrow. All three are threatened by the deadly violence which is about to erupt in their school.

The Betrayal: Amazon
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Darcy Weston and Jordan Mackenzie meet as teenagers when she flees to her grandparents’ abandoned farm in upstate New York and he helps hide her. Twelve years later, she’s a famous painter and he’s published a book, one that reveals secrets he kept for her years ago. The two are thrown together over murder, police investigations and their irrepressible passion for each other.

The Father Factor: Amazon
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When law student Nick DiMarco meets school counselor Amanda Carson, they clash over the best way to handle his very depressed daughter. What they don’t expect is a passion for each other that they can’t deny.

Just One Night: Amazon
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In
Just One Night
, polar opposites Zach Sloan and Annie Montgomery married despite their differences, then divorced because of them. Five years later, they come together during a tragedy and in the aftermath, conceive a child. But will the baby be able to keep them together this time?

A Price Worth Paying: Amazon
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A Price Worth Paying
is Kathryn Shay’s sizzling new summer read that includes passion, romance, a sexual predator, infidelity and the enduring love of two characters whose marriage withstands the unthinkable. This is a major original novel by the author who reviewers say has “earned a well deserved place among the top romance authors.”

Finally a Family: Amazon
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Visit Guardian Flight Base, a medical helicopter unit with a crew that routinely performs daring rescues. But when the pilot falls for the CEO of a foundation who may fund them, conflict of interest abounds. Researched at a real life medevac operation, FINALLY A FAMILY has the kind of grit, realism and emotional situations that Kathryn Shay is known for. Previously published by Harlequin.

Michael’s Family: Amazon
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The last thing widower Luke Rayburn expects--or welcomes--is his adopted son Michael's request to find his birth mother.  But the boy's insistence brings beautiful, haunted Meredith Hunter into their lives. And with Meredith comes a secret that could destroy them all. “With brilliant characterization and sizzling sensuality, Kathryn Shay gifts us with an emotional powerhouse of a love story.”  RT Book Reviews

Practice Makes Perfect (Serenity House): Amazon
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Fifteen years ago they spent time at Serenity House, a home for troubled girls. Now, as adults, they’re women to be reckoned with. In Practice Makes Perfect, Paige Kendrick is a successful doctor who keeps people at a distance and refuses a relationship with hunky doctor Ian Chandler. But Ian won’t stop until he gets what he wants—Paige! “Heart wrenching and poignant.”

A Place to Belong (Serenity House): Amazon
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When they meet at her daycare, Darcy O’Malley and Hunter Sloan have more in common than they know. Both have troubled kids, both grew up as outcasts in their hometown, and both find a deep and driving passion for the other that cannot be denied. Highly emotional and poignant, Shay continues her Serenity House trilogy with a winner!

Against the Odds (Serenity House): Amazon
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When she was eighteen, troubled Anabelle Crane fell in love with Nathan Hyde, the town’s fair-haired boy. He broke her heart and she left town to become a highly valued undercover cop. Now she’s back in Hyde Point to guard him against a stalker and he’s a congressman. But some things haven’t changed and Anabelle and Nathan find that the passion they have for each other has not died!

Serenity House Trilogy Box Set: Amazon
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Welcome to SERENITY HOUSE, a trilogy about women who spent some of their adolescent years in a group home for troubled girls. Each story explores what effects their dysfunctional backgrounds had on them. Trust—not being able to trust—is a big issue for all three. But with the help of those who love them, each woman overcomes her difficult beginnings and becomes the person she was meant to be.

Home for Christmas: Amazon
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To most people, high school principal Seth Taylor is a hero. But Seth has never forgotten the mistakes he made years ago with his students. And neither has Lacey Cartwright, because one involved her brother. But attraction then love flares between them and Lacey fears she’ll she loose what’s left of her family. Originally published in 2000 as A Christmas Legacy by Harlequin Superromance

Cop of the Year: Amazon
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When Captain Mitch Lansing is assigned to Cassie Smith’s high school classroom, sparks fly. He’s by-the-book, and she’s unorthodox and innovative in her teaching methods. But when Mitch develops an unstoppable bond with her students, Cassie finds her attraction to him irresistible.“ An emotionally powerful tale that leaves you breathless.” RT Book Reviews

Because It’s Christmas: Amazon
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To most people in town, high school principal Seth Taylor is a hero. But Seth has never forgotten the mistakes he made years ago with his students. And neither has Lacey Cartwright, because one involved her brother. But attraction then love flares between them and Lacey fears she’ll she loose what’s left of her family. “Rich characterizations and emotional intensity.” RT Book Reviews

Count on Me: Amazon
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Zoe Caufield and Kurt Lansing were once deeply in love—until he betrayed her. Now, Kurt’s back in Bayview Heights, running a clinic where her students volunteer, and he wants another chance with Zoe. But she’ll never trust him again, and there’s nothing he can do to win her back. Or is there? “A fascinating and emotionally gripping story.” RT Book Reviews

Bayview Heights Trilogy: Amazon
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Bayview Heights has one of the best educational systems in the state, but they have their problems, too. Gangs are encroaching from the city, the town newspaper is criticizing them, and an angry board member objects to some innovative classes. These issues frame three intense romances where teachers must overcome personal issues as well as professional ones.

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Excerpt from A Price Worth Paying

Nick left the diner and drove back to the doctor’s. A little over an hour had passed. Pulling up to the spot where he dropped her off, he waited. He sat there for fifteen minutes, studying the pattern the snow made on the windshield, listening to car doors slam, even seeing one happy couple, exuberant over expecting a child, leave the office tucked in each other’s arms. But Callie didn’t come out so finally Nick threw open the door and headed into the office.

The four-by-four foyer walls were decorated with pictures of women in various stages of pregnancy. The sight took his breath away, facing the reality of what would happen to Callie’s body. With a gloved hand, he reached out and ran a finger over the rounded belly of a blond woman who resembled his wife. He almost left, but he was too worried about her to go. Inside, the waiting room to the right was empty. Just ahead of him, a small sign told him the office closed at noon on Saturday. “Mr. Muscato?” a nurse behind the receptionist window asked.

“Yes?”

“Dr. Corrigan would like you to go right in.”

“Right in?”

“Yes.” She smiled indulgently. He noticed her white sweater was clipped with a stork pin. “Is this your first child?”

His heart pumped in his chest. “My first?”

“It’s common procedure to bring the dad in on prenatal visits. The doctor would like to see you.”

The dad.

Before he could protest, Nick was ushered through the door to the patient rooms. Dumbstruck, his gut churning, he followed. There were pictures back here, too, happy women cuddling newborns, their grinning-like-idiots husbands by their sides.

The nurse opened an examining room door. Callie sat up on a long narrow table with stirrups on the end, fully dressed and pale as a ghost. Behind her were more baby pictures--chubby little faces, stocky arms and legs that mocked him. To the right of the sink was a model of a female form with a baby inside. On the far wall were diagrams of the various stages of a fetus’ development. Baby, baby, baby. Somebody else’s baby.

The doctor perched across from her on a stool and looked over when Nick entered. “Ah, Mr. Muscato. I’m Kaitlyn Corrigan.” She shook Nick’s hand. “Sit down.”

Instead, Nick stood by his wife. “Callie, are you all right?”

Eyes wide with concern, Callie swallowed hard.

“She’s going to be fine, Mr. Muscato,” the doctor answered. “But I wanted to talk to you about her physical condition.”

His heart rammed against his rib cage. Instinctively, he grabbed for Callie’s hand. Hers was ice cold. She clenched his, like she did on a roller coaster or at a scary movie. “What’s going on?” he asked the doctor.

“Callie is six weeks pregnant. She’s underweight and weak. You can tell that by just looking at her, but I’ve done blood work that I’m sure will confirm anemia and excessive fatigue. She’s been vomiting almost every day, but eating as much as she can. That happens the first few months of pregnancy, but we need to keep an eye on her condition. I’d like her to take some time off from work. Rest. She tells me she can’t, so you need to talk to her about that.” The doctor smiled. “She says you’re a better cook than she is, so maybe you could make her favorite foods.” Corrigan handed Nick a paper. “Also, fill this prescription for vitamins.”

Stoically, Nick took the script.

“I
am
somewhat worried about her age, and I’ve suggested an amniocentesis in a month or so.” The doctor went on with other advice about Callie’s physical health: walking indoors, back rubs to help lower back pain, warm, not hot, baths.

Nick listened to her, tight-lipped.

“And it’s all right to have intercourse. Being physically close helps ease the stress of a first pregnancy and will bond you with the baby, Mr. Muscato.”

Nick thought he might puke.

When the doctor finished and showed them to the entryway, Nick told Callie to wait while he retrieved the car, then got out and boosted her into the front seat. She was searching for the seat belt with shaky hands. Her face was averted but he knew she was crying. He batted her hands away from the belt and drew her to him. She cuddled into him, grasping his shirt with fuzzy white-mittened hands.