McRaes

Discover the RITA-nominated first book in The McRaes contemporary romance series!"A heartwarming [Christmas] tale... it might make you believe in magic." - All About Romance Twelve Days before Christmas, Rachel McRae opens her front door and a social worker puts a baby in her arms, a baby abandoned along with her four-year-old brother and eleven-year-old sister.Rachel and Sam have dreamed of a home filled with children -- but their efforts to have a family have led only to heartbreak.Sam McRae loves his wife, but blames himself for the accident that left her unable to have children. Feeling he has failed her, he's decided to leave her - right after Christmas - and hopes someone else can give her the life she wants.Neither of them expected to find their home suddenly full of children. For a magical moment in time, they have the life they always imagined.But they've been warned not to fall in love with these children. No one knows where their mother is. No one knows when or if she'll be back.Sam and Rachel vow they'll give the children a happy small-town Christmas, all while they try not to get their hopes up that these children will stay, and that their marriage will get a second chance during a season of miracles.AWARDS:RITA FinalistTHE McRAES contemporary romance series, in order:Twelve DaysEdge of HeavenBed of LiesFive Days GraceHero of My Heart

Spend Christmas with the McRaes, Books 1, 2 and 3 in the series, plus a bonus novella, Everything To Me. TWELVE DAYS -- Book 1 Twelve Days before Christmas, Rachel McRae opens her front door and a social worker puts a baby in her arms -- one who comes with a four-year-old boy and an eleven-year-old girl -- siblings abandoned and in need of a temporary home. Rachel and her husband, Sam, have dreamed of a house filled with children -- a dream that has led them to repeated heartbreak. Sam McRae has finally decided the only thing left to do is leave his wife. Reluctantly, Rachel and Sam take the children in, but just until after Christmas. They will do their best not to fall in love with them, not to get their hopes up that this time a miracle will happen. That these children will stay, and that their marriage can still be saved. The EDGE OF HEAVEN -- Book 2 She looks at him and thinks, "Please don't let him be more than twenty-five." He looks at her and thinks, "Please let her be at least twenty-five." Neither one of them is. And that's only one of their problems. Rye is a man with an ugly past. He didn't come to Baxter, Ohio, looking for a woman, but there she was. Emma is pretty and sweet, and the kind of woman he'd always wanted, but never dreamed he could have. Her innocence and vulnerability tugs at Rye's weary heart, and the sizzling sexual pull between them can't be ignored. But Emma has a dangerous ex-boyfriend, plus an outraged, overprotective father with a family connection that dooms Rye and Emma's relationship from the start. That and Rye's dangerous past make it seem impossible for them to have a future together. BED OF LIES -- Book 3 One very bad night, after more than a few drinks, the most perfect guy in the world falls apart and ends up in bed with Julie. She understands. It happens. It doesn't mean anything, she says, but she's lying to herself. It blows up her life and his -- a specialty of Julie's. Growing up, Zach McRae was her best friend's older brother, sweet, protective and perfect. He shows up out of the blue at her engagement dinner and instantly sees right through all the lies she's told herself. Like that she's fine, even happy and right where she wants to be. Zach, also, is no longer the perfect guy of her childhood, although he's trying desperately not to let it show. His life is increasingly and uncharacteristically out of control. It's time for he and Julie to face some hard truths from their past, plus puzzling ones from their present. Like that they can't stop thinking about each other, can't stop wanting each other, and can't stop ending up in bed together. BONUS NOVELLA: Everything To Me Catch up with the whole McRae family in Teresa's newest serialized romance, featuring Emma & Rye's oldest daughter, Dana, and Zach's fiancée's younger brother, Peter.