Brenda Novak

Originally published as Big Girls Don't Cry, this charming romance shows that sometimes Mr. Right couldn't be more wrong, and Mr. Wrong couldn't be more right... Thanks to a devastating revelation about her husband, Reenie Holbrook's once-perfect marriage is over. For eleven years she had the life she wanted-and now it's gone. Reenie decides that the first step in recovering from her ordeal is to find work; after all, she has three young children...

Four years ago... Skye Kellerman was attacked in her own bed. She managed to fend off her knife-wielding assailant, but the trauma changed everything about her life. As a result of that night, she joined two friends-also survivors-in starting The Last Stand, an organization to help victims of crime. But now... Her would-be rapist is getting out of prison. Skye knows that Dr. Oliver Burke hasn't forgotten that her testimony cost him his reputation-and...

Twenty years ago Madeline Barker's father disappeared. Despite what everyone else thinks, Madeline's convinced her stepfamily had nothing to do with it. But the recent discovery of his car finally proves he didn't just drive away. Worse, the police find something in the trunk that says there's more to this case than murder. With no other recourse, Madeline decides to hire a private investigator-even if the cops don't like it. Even if her family doesn't...

Old grudges become new loves in this enchanting contemporary romance originally published as Stranger in Town. The car accident was Hannah Price's fault-a tragic mistake that changed Gabe Holbrook's life forever, destroying everything he'd been or ever wanted to be. He was a man who'd had it all. Intelligent, handsome, talented, rich, he'd been one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL. Now he's come home to Dundee, the small town where he was...

Three special Christmas stories from New York Times bestselling author Brenda NovakJust Like the Ones We Used to KnowAngela Forrester is determined that her foster child will get the one thing she wants for Christmas - to meet her real dad. Even though he doesn't even know he has a little girl... But Matt Jackson is a surprise to both of them. The best kind of surprise! On a Snowy ChristmasWhen their private plane crashes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains...

When their private plane crashes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains shortly before Christmas, two political enemies must do what it takes to survive in the icy terrain. Neither one of them ever thought they'd have to rely on the other to survive. But they soon discover that survival means more than just staying alive. In their case, it also means falling in love... Originally published in 2009.

Every town has its secrets-and Stillwater, Mississippi, has more than most! Starting with a murder almost twenty years ago... There's a body buried behind a Mississippi farmhouse. Grace Montgomery knows who it is, and she knows why it happened. She was only thirteen the night it all went wrong. And now, like then, she has no choice but to keep her mouth shut. Grace left the town of Stillwater thirteen years ago, trying to forget, trying to make...

Virgil Skinner cumplió una condena de catorce años por un asesinato que no había cometido. Finalmente, fue absuelto. Sin embargo, no podía escapar de la banda mafiosa a la que se había unido en la cárcel para poder sobrevivir. Ellos estaban dispuestos a hacer lo que fuera con tal de impedir que contara todo lo que sabía. Y si no podían llegar hasta él, irían a por su hermana y sus sobrinos. El Departamento de Prisiones de California necesitaba...

A Magazine Celebrating RomanceISSUE 8: APRIL 2018Lezli Robyn & Tina Smith, EditorsShahid Mahmud, PublisherHeart's Kiss is a bi-monthly romance magazine published by Heart's Nest Press, the romance imprint of Arc Manor, an award-winning independent publisher based in Maryland.The magazine has a mix of original and reprint stories, excerpts, serializations, columns and non-fiction, book recommendations and interviews with prominent personalities in...