EMILIE RICHARDS

USA TODAY bestselling author Emilie Richards continues the journey begun in her beloved novel Whiskey Island with this unforgettable tale of star-crossed lovers, murder and three sisters who discover a hidden legacy that will lead them home at last to Ireland. Megan, who is feeling hopelessly unprepared in her new marriage, has no idea how to fix the problems already facing her relationship. Casey, who is happily married to her high school sweetheart, is facing a new challenge: motherhood. And Peggy, who always dreamed of becoming a doctor, has put medical school on hold with the discovery that her young son is autistic. Each facing her own difficulties, the Donaghue sisters are brought to the remote Irish village of Shanmullin by Irene Tierney, a distant relative who hopes that they will be able to help her learn the truth about her fathers death in Cleveland more than seventy-five years ago. As a stunning tale of secrets and self-sacrifice, greed and hidden passions unfolds, the life of each sister will be changed forever.

The deeper the darkness, the brighter the light For more than a decade minister Analiese Wagner has felt privileged to lead her parishioners along a well-lit path. Her commitment has never been seriously tested until the frigid night she encounters a homeless family huddling in the churchyard. Offering them shelter in a vacant parish house apartment and taking teenage Shiloh Fowlera girl desperate to rescue her parentsunder her wing, she tests the loyalty and faith of her congregation. Isaiah Colburn, the Catholic priest who was her first mentor and the man she secretly longed for, understands her struggles only too well. At a crossroads, hes suddenly reappeared in her life, torn between his priesthood and his growing desire for a future with Analiese. Divided between love and vows theyve taken, both must face the possibilities of living very different lives or continuing to serve their communities. With a defeated familys trust and her own happiness on the line, Analiese must define for herself where darkness ends and light begins.

Meet four women who think they share nothing but a spit of land called Happiness Key. With her husband in prison, pampered Tracy Deloche is left with five ramshackle beach houses and no idea how to start over. Janya Kapur left her close-knit Indian family for an arranged marriage to a man she barely knows. Wanda Gray takes a job guaranteed to destroy her already failing marriageif her husband cares enough to notice. Widow Alice Brooks has grown forgetful and confused. Her family comes to stay with her, but Alice isnt sure shes grateful. When the only other resident of Happiness Key dies alone in his cottage, the four women warily join forces to find his family. Together they discover difficult truths about their own lives and the men they loveand uncover the treasure of an unlikely friendship.

Christy Haviland served eight months in prison, giving birth behind bars to the child of the man who put her there and might yet destroy her. Now shes free again, but what does that mean? As smart as she is, a learning disability has kept her from learning to read. And thats the least of her hurdles. Georgia Ferguson, talented educator, receives a mysterious charm bracelet that may help her find the mother who abandoned her at birth. Does she want to follow the clues, and if she does, can reticent Georgia reach out for help along the way? Both women are standing at a crossroads, a place where unlikely unions can be formed. A place where two very different women might bridge the gap between generations and education, and together make tough choices. Somewhere between the townships called Luck and Trust, at a mountain cabin known as the Goddess House, two very different women may even, if they dare, find common ground and friendship.

Recipient of the Romance Writers of America RITA award as well as a rare 5 star review from Romantic Times magazine, Dragonslayer is the story of a minister who has lost his faith in God and a woman who, despite being surrounded by poverty and gang violence, has never lost her faith in humanity or the Corners, the inner city neighborhood where she grew up.

Homicide detective Sam Long is determined to solve his latest case, but he cant move forward without help. His best witness to arson and murder is a little girl, and whatever she saw on the night of the fire is safely locked away in her mind.The last thing Sam wants is to consult with anyone, especially Dr. Antoinette Deveraux, a beautiful psychologist trained in hypnosis. Hes certain theres no place for someone like compassionate Antoinette in a murder investigation. But when she unlocks the childs memories, Antoinette unlocks something primal and compelling in Sams own heart.

ANNA FITZGERALD IS NOT WHO SHE SEEMS... Anna Fitzgerald tries not to think about the years when she was Rosie Jensen, the stepdaughter of a powerful Minnesota senator. Now living in Florida with her young son, Ryan, she counsels the inhabitants of First Day, a shelter for runaways. No one from her past knows where she is, although she still foolishly yearns for the older sister who betrayed her. Anna understands what the First Day inhabitants have undergone, and she knows how to help them. When Grady Clayton, Sun County prosecutor, mistakes her for a resident, Anna immediately sets him straight. Grady is more than the scion of a wealthy Reynaldo Beach family and a candidate for States Attorney. He believes in finding the truth and upholding it, no matter the cost. Unfortunately, this time the cost may be too dear. Despite trying not to, he and Anna fall in love, and she knows too well how their relationship may affect his election. Before she can move into the future, Anna must step back into her own dangerous past and tell the world her story. Can she find a way to admit the truth and still keep Grady by her side?

The quilters of the Shenandoah Community Church Bee are busy. Not only are they finishing a new quilt, Peaks and Valleys, for a charitable fundraiser, together and individually they are working on other quilts, too. As always, each quilt tells its own heartwarming story. Steps to the AltarWhat do you do with a quilt created especially for a wedding if the wedding is cancelled? Can Rebecca and Connor find a way to solve their problems so they can finally take the steps to the altar and sleep under their wedding quilt at last? Woven PathsWhen Kate Brogans mother dies, Kate must drive her intellectually-challenged twin sister, Bejoy, from Florida to Virginia so her future can be decided. The journey opens new possibilities for both sisters, but will their paths diverge once they arrive at last? Contrary WifeCathy Adams, bee president, refuses to go when her husband, Alf, announces he wants to leave their country home and move back to the city. When another quilter suggests Cathy create a Contrary Wife quilt, Cathy tackles the project with enthusiasm. Marriage isnt always about compromise. Will standing firm be the key to marital happiness?

UNDER AN OUTLAW MOON Escaped murderer or fugitive betrayed? When Tate Cantrell moves into the primitive Ozark mountain cabin she inherited from a father she never knew, she expects hardship. She doesnt expect to be held at gunpoint by a convict from nearby High Ridge Penitentiary. Carl Petersen is armed, dangerous and wounded. But when he tells her hes really an undercover operative named Simon Vandergriff, sent to investigate conditions at the prison, Tate finds enough proof to wonder. How can she turn him over to the sheriff, knowing that she might be sending an innocent man to his grave? As a runaway Tate learned to be suspicious of authority figures. Now, as she cautiously nurses Simon back to health and attraction grows, she is torn. Is Simon a good man in trouble or has she fallen under the spell of a master manipulator and murderer? With her adopted family a thousand miles away and her new one suspicious and distant, Tate has no one to help her. No one but Simon himself.

Can the Maid of Honor Survive the Wedding? When private investigator Kelley Samuelss best friend and partner asks her to be the maid of honor at her wedding, she cant refuse. After all, wearing a frilly dress and dealing with the brides mother are minor irritations. Then on the trip down the aisle, all hell breaks loose. Between barrages of gunfire and a lunatic seemingly intent on wiping out the wedding party, Kelley has to protect guest and film action hero Griff Bryant. While neither Griff, intent on playing a real life hero, nor Kelly herself can capture the shooter, when the smoke clears, no one is really sure who the gunfire was meant for. Kelley, a former child star, has a clear-eyed view of the film industry, and when shes cornered into becoming Griffs pretend lover and real-life bodyguard, she cant wait for the assignment to end. But as she and Griff encounter more violence, and his pre-teen daughter is endangered, too, Kelley finds herself deeply involved with the man shes supposed to protect. Kelley knows she can protect Griff from harm, but how can she protect her own heart?

Mary Kate McKenzie has pledged herself to a life of service, but a knock on the head shatters her rose-colored glasses. She awakens, a stranger in her own mysteriously pregnant body. The starry-eyed young woman, who had planned to devote her life to the Edens Gate religious community, suddenly transforms into an outspoken, take-no-prisoners dynamo, who avoids all sentiment and religion.When sexy journalist Charles Casey arrives to do an article on the center, his presence unlocks memories, but of whose life? And whose child is she carrying? Will the father step forward once the pregnancy is obvious, or is he praying she never regains her memory?As Mary Kate searches, she is faced with a choice. Should she move toward the exciting future she craves, or find happiness with Casey, her own son or daughter, and the troubled teens shes learned to love?

A beautiful story Diane Chamberlain How far would you go to help your sister? As children in foster care, Cecilia and Robin vowed they would be the sisters each other never had. Now famous singer-songwriter Cecilia lives life on the edge, but when Robin is nearly killed in an accident, Cecilia drops everything to be with her. Reunited, the sisters begin to work on a project that could uncover memories for them both. Yet soon dark secrets of the past emerge that could test their bond to its very limit. Fans of Tracy Buchanan, Diane Chamberlain and Jodi Picoult will adore When We Were Sisters.

Some betrayals are like rivers, so deep, so wide, they cant be crossed. But for those with enough courage forgiveness, redemption and love may be found on the other side. On the night her home is consumed by fire, Janine Stoddard finally resolves to leave her abusive husband. While she is reluctant to involve her estranged daughter, she cant resist a chance to see Harmony and baby Lottie in Asheville, North Carolina, before she disappears forever. Harmonys friend Taylor Martin realizes how much the reunited mother and daughter yearn to stay together, and she sees in Jan a chance to continue her own mothers legacy of helping women in need of a fresh start. She opens her home, even as shes opening her heart to another newcomer, Adam Pryor. But enigmatic Adam has a secret that could destroy Taylors trustand cost Jan her hard-won freedom.

Former lovers are reunited as a hurricane approaches the island of Oahu.Once, Julianna was plain Julie Ann, a girl from the wrong side of the tracks who dared to love the son of the towns most powerful family. Gray loved her, too, and married her to give their unborn child a name, but sometimes love isnt enough. Ten years later they meet again. She is successful, beautiful, and certain that a decade ago he betrayed her, but despite their painful past, both are helpless to deny a love that never died. As secrets are slowly revealed and new and surprising friendships develop with otherrefugees from the storm, the past and present come together in one tumultuous explosion.From Glowing Embers is the first book of a four book series set among four islands in the Pacific. Smoke Screen, Rainbow Fire and Out of the Ashes follow, featuring characters introduced here.

A Nun With A GunSister Felicia dislikes the serene life at the Blessed Garden Convent, most especially the goats. Instead of obedience and prayer, every night she escapes her room to make sure a visiting nun, Sister Mary Grace, survives her stay unharmed.When a mysterious vagrant arrives to assist the convent caretaker, Sister Felicia goes on high alert. Is this man something more than he seems, something deadly and dangerous?Josiah Gallagher has his own concerns. Who is the beautiful young nun who prowls the ground when the rest of the nuns are sleeping? The nun who removes her homespun robe to swim naked in the convent spring?When Sister Felicia is kidnapped by mysterious assailants, Gallagher comes to the rescue. Stranded in the desert, they are forced to rely on each other for survival. Sister Felicias courage convinces Gallagher she is more than she seems. She reluctantly comes to the same conclusion about him.As their pasts and missions entwine, they must work together to guarantee their safety and that of Sister Mary Grace. Will the attraction simmering between them be the answer to a prayer or a curse?

The fragile young woman, lying comatose in the ward of City Hospital in New Orleans, has no name and no memories. When she finally awakens, the one thing she can remember is a mans voice calling her back to consciousness. In all his years of training, no one has touched psychologist Joshua Martane in the same way, and he is determined to help her. Suspected prostitute. Near victim of a serial killer. Mystery surrounds who she isand who she isnt.One thing is certain. Joshua realizes he has become entranced with the woman he names Maggie. Therapists should never be involved with their patients, but Maggie quickly becomes more to him. Whatever her secrets, Joshua knows he has to help her find answers. For both their sakes.

Tate Cantrell se quedó paralizada en la puerta de su casa, aislada en la montaña. Aquel desconocido armado era un preso que se había fugado de la cárcel. Estaba herido y necesitaba ayuda urgente.Carl Petersen se habia propuesto dar con el traidor que lo habia vendido, pero una bala lo habia herido y se hallaba solo en pleno bosque. No sabia que estaba a punto de encontrar a la mujer que iba a iluminar su existencia, la mujer con la que cumpliria una cadena perpetua de amor Sin embargo, pronto tendria que huir de nuevo porque, si los encontraban juntos, podria no ser el unico que pagara con su vida.