Jubilee Point Novel

Fame, fortune and true loveEmma McDaniel thought she had it all.But stardom came at great personal costa painful divorce from her childhood sweetheart and the shattering of all her dreams. Fleeing the press and her own despair, Emma heads to Scotland for the role of a lifetime. There, brooding historian Dr. Jared Butler will help her become the legendary Lady Aislinnunless his surly attitude tempts Emma to slay him with the lady's sword first.Scarred by a disastrous marriage of his own, Jared has little use for womenand none at all for pampered starlets. But as the two lose themselves in the lore of the past, Jared is stunned to find in Emma a kindred spirit. Will he dare to leave the safety of his history books and risk his heart with a woman of flesh and blood?

Finnoula O'Grady had never had a homeGrowing up in foster care, Finn had spent her childhood longing for a little house with a white picket fence. Years later her dreams came true when she inherited the rundown March Winds. But someone else was in love with her houseyoung Emma, the lonely niece of her next-door neighbor Cade McDaniel.Cade knew nothing about being a single parent. The only love and caring he'd ever done were for the old houses he restored for a living. But there was no denying that Finn's arrival had him feeling decidedly more human than usual. And when Emma finds a child's 150-year-old diary, they unearth a story that brings the three wounded souls together and begins to change March Winds from just a house into a home.

SHE'S GOT A KNACK FOR TROUBLEAND IMPOSSIBLE DREAMSAt twenty-seven, free-spirited Rowena Brown has never fit in anywhere not with her ambitious family, not at veterinary school and certainly not in any relationship she's ever had. But surely the good people of Whitewater, Illinois, will welcome a pet-store owner whose talent is finding the perfect home for "problem" animals, even if they do have names like Destroyer.When a hundred-pound monstrosity of a dog appears at his door, Whitewater deputy Cashel Lanahan knows he's in trouble. A single dad with two young daughters, Cash wants more chaos in his life about as much as he wants to find himself drawn to the eccentric Rowena. But if he's not careful, the unruly hound and his unconventional owner might reignite Cash's hopes along with his heart and help them all find home at last.

A former wild childDeirdre McDaniel will never forgive herself for leaving her daughter on her brother's doorstep, believing it would give Emma a better life. Determined to make up for lost time with Emma, while struggling to overcome the demons of her own past, Deirdre discovers a letter that could destroy her entire family. With no other choice, she turns to the last person she wants to deal with: the rugged private investigator who brought grim news on the eve of her brother's weddingA cynical PIJake Stone still carries the weight of guilt over what happened to the McDaniels. As much as he wants to forget, he's haunted by his memories of the fiercely protective Deirdre and the vulnerable side she fought to hide. Now the woman who still inhabits his dreams has unexpectedly shown up at his office, wanting to hire him.As past and present collideJake faces an impossible choice: help Deirdre uncover mysteries from the past, or convince the headstrong beauty that some secrets are better left buried