Hometown Reunion

Raine is pregnant. For a dancer, that's a disaster. Especially when the father is more interested in being in the limelight than being a daddy. So Raine has run home to her mother, and her dear friend Gabe. Gabe is some sort of saint. That's what they say about him in Tyler. The handsome firefighter would give the shirt off his back. . . . But Raine is another story entirely. No one's fooled by their marriage. Everyone knows it's just a matter of time before Raine runs back to New York, leaving Gabe behind, hurting. Again.

A May/December romance is out of the question for Gracie Lawson. Apart from the age thing, she's not looking to settle down with anyone; she's just starting to spread her wings. Fourteen years ago, Roger had worshipped Gracie from afar. Now, the worship is up close and personal, but she won't hear of becoming his lover. He has to make her understand. This isn't puppy love anymore. And Gracie is throwing away the best thing that could happen to either one of them for the sake of small-town convention.

Reporter Rob Friedman is determined to prove Celeste Huntington is a murderer, before she can hurt anyone else. By default, he's now protector of a woman who'd rather throw herself in front of a freight train than listen to him. Judy needs protection, but she's damned if she'll take it from Rob Friedman. In her mind, reporters only make a bad situation worse. Still, he's her only link to the sister she's lost and the child that Celeste will stop at nothing to possess. With Celeste in hot pursuit, Rob is looking more and more like Judy's white knight.