Circle of Friends (Putney)

This novel was previously titled as Stirring the Embers. It is now being rereleased under its original title The Burning Point. The first contemporary novel by New York Times bestselling author, The Burning Point is a riveting story of the ties that bind two people together-and the incendiary forces that can tear them apart. Kate Corsi always dreamed of working for her family's world famous explosive demolition business-a wish her old-fashioned father denied until the day he died. According to his will, Kate will receive a fortune while her ex-husband, Donovan, will inherit the family business. But only if they agree to live under the same roof for a year. Forced into a reluctant alliance, Kate and Donovan must discover the truth about her father's death-and confront the past that almost destroyed them both. And as they face their shattered dreams, their wrenching secrets and bitter resentments, they find themselves sliding perilously toward the burning point where passion catches fire once more... The Circle of Friends Trilogy: #1: The Burning Point #2: The Spiral Path #3: An Imperfect Process A Holiday Fling (A Circle of Friends Novella).

This novel has been previously published as Phoenix Falling. It is now being rereleased under its original title, The Spiral Path. For years, Kenzie Scott was everything to Raine Marlowe-the friend she turned to for courage and comfort, the lover who touched the hidden depths of her heart, the husband she adored but never really knew. Even as their marriage disintegrates into a civilized divorce, he helps her achieve her dream of becoming a director by agreeing to play the lead in The Centurion, the movie she has dreamed of making for years. Rainey knows the role of the mysterious, tortured hero is perfect for Kenzie-but he fears that the character's dark secrets may be dangerously close to his own. When filming begins, Kenzie realizes that he must make peace with the tragic past he has buried for years-or lose the one woman he will love for all time...

This novel has been previously released under the title Twist of Fate. From bestselling author Mary Jo Putney comes an emotionally charged story of a man and a woman brought together by a passion for justice, a hunger for change, and an imperfect process. Corporate law has given Val Covington high profile success, Armani suits-and no time for a life. Recklessly she walks away from her uptown job and starts her own practice, determined to do work that matters. Renting a remodeled church for her new office gives her an unexpected bonus in the form of her landlord. Rob Smith is the kind of guy Val is always attracted to: mysterious, handsome, and haunted. Which means, based on her track record, that he is also a loser, but this time she's smart enough to avoid involvement with the wrong man. Then Val's assistant makes a desperate plea for help in saving her one-time lover from being executed for a crime he didn't commit. Val agrees to try, though success seems impossible. Rob, who has private reasons for wanting to work with Val, offers his formidable investigative skills in the quest for justice. Working against the clock, Rob and Val discover irresistible mutual passion as well long hidden secrets. But will their new evidence be enough to save a life? And can two very different people change enough to build a life together? Perhaps they can, when fate takes a hand... This novel was named a "Top Pick!" by Romantic Times Magazine. The Circle of Friends Trilogy:#1: The Burning Point#2: The Spiral Path#3: An Imperfect Process#4: A Holiday Fling (A Circle of Friends Novella)

* A Holiday Fling is also available in the author's Christmas novella collection, Christmas Revels. * This novella was also previously released under another title: A Christmas Fling. British actress Jenny Lyme is having a pretty decent career. Though she may not have become an international movie star, she's well-loved in England for a role on British TV and continues to work regularly. Now her hometown community center is in danger of being sold. The only hope for its salvation is if Jenny can film the Christmas Revels production she's directing and sell it for television broadcasting. For that she needs a really good cameraman-and she just happens to know one... Greg Marino has worked hard for his success as a Hollywood cinematographer, and he has an Oscar sitting by his coffee maker to prove it. But he still has fond memories of the fling he had with Jenny Lyme ten years earlier when they worked together on a disastrous movie. When she calls and asks if he'd film her community Christmas show, he decides it would be a fun break in his demanding life. And it would be really, really nice to see Jenny again. The show is a delight, and Jenny and Greg find the old attraction is still there. But is it possible to build a life together when both have demanding careers thousands of miles apart? Jenny and Greg are characters from The Spiral Path, the second novel in the Circle of Friends Trilogy. The Circle of Friends Trilogy: #1: The Burning Point #2: The Spiral Path #3: An Imperfect Process A Holiday Fling (A Circle of Friends Novella).