Melinda Curtis

A cook rediscovers her passion… Thanks to a new chef in town If she’s to keep her diner afloat, single mom Ivy Parker must overhaul her menu. When high-profile chef Cam Monroe comes to Second Chance, she’s wary of asking for help. Would a perfectionist like him approve of the corners she cuts to find time for her children? But as Cam helps her rediscover her love for cooking, Ivy finds they have more in common than she expected…

A man called Joe Building a new life for himself and his preteen daughter brings Joe Messina home to Harmony Valley. That and showing his town that the onetime bad boy is now a responsible single father. His first move is to get his grandfather's defunct garage up and running. Except now he's got the FBI poking around, and there's a beautician with her eye on the abandoned auto parts. An artist who's happiest turning rusty junk into sought-after treasure,...

She could never love a cowboy Until she does… Racing boat captain Olivia Monroe never imagined breaking up with the ocean and starting a fake relationship with too-charming cowboy Rhett Diaz. Now her family's insisting Olivia and Rhett take an adventurous road trip as a "couple." Only somewhere between zip-lining and rappelling down a waterfall, Olivia's rediscovering her courage-and dangerous new feelings for Rhett. But how can a sailor love...

Harmony Valley - not so harmonious after all! Christine Alexander needs to prove herself as a top-notch winemaker, and in Harmony Valley she's got a chance to build something legitimate, quality and lasting. What she doesn't need is part-owner Slade Jennings poking his nose in her cabernet. Brooding, buttoned-up Slade Jennings won't be making things easy for his new hire. Someone has to worry about the bottom line. Forced into an uneasy partnership,...

A holiday visit… Or a season for love? As an orphan, Maxine Holloway has never known what "family" truly feels like. That is, until Max and her daughter spend Thanksgiving in Second Chance, Idaho, with the boisterous and prominent Monroes-including ridiculously handsome cowboy Bo Monroe. For the first time ever, Max doesn't feel like an outsider. But can she let down her guard enough to let the Monroes-and especially Bo-be her home beyond the...

SOMETIMES WISHES DO COME TRUE, SHE'D HEARD IT SAID Will Jackson was a control freak and a killjoy. He had been since they were kids. He'd made it his mission to come between Emma Willoughby and her best friend - his little sister - all their lives. But why? Until the day of the accident, Emma had always thought of herself as adventurous, not dangerous - . And then her friend had almost died. She desperately needed to apologize, to try to explain,...

What we do for family... and love Third-generation firefighter Captain Ben Libby is sworn to keep Harmony Valley safe. But a recent series of fires points to arson. Not that Ben really suspects Mandy Zapien, who's back in town to reopen the defunct post office - a potential fire hazard. Turns out Ben and Mandy - she of the incredible smile - have a lot in common. They're both trying to rebuild their lives. Mandy's raising her teenage sister, just...

This cowboy's done with love… Or is he? Former rodeo queen Ronnie Pickett has always had a talent for matchmaking-and now she's going pro. Her first customer? None other than her friend and teen cowboy crush, Wade Keller. Of course, convincing the widowed bronc rider and single dad that it's time to date again is gonna be a challenge. But no one warned Ronnie about the occupational hazard of falling for her very first cowboy client… USA TODAY...

A love that never died… Could be rekindled this Christmas Helen Blackwell never stopped loving horse trainer Nash…even when she divorced him. When the stoic cowboy bets the ranch on her winning a cutting horse competition-and she's terrified to ride-she wonders if there's any hope for them. Renewing the love between them may take more than a moment under the mistletoe. But working together could heal past hurts and give their five-year-old...

A fresh start - for both of them As a kid from a shattered family, Kathy Harris couldn't wait to get out of Harmony Valley. Yet here she is, back home, determined to rebuild her life and regain her young son's trust. But she doesn't expect to work miracles - unlike Dylan O'Brien, the enigmatic cowboy rumored to be a healer of misfit horses. As they work to save an injured colt, Kathy starts to believe in a future with Dylan that she never thought...