Believing in Dreams Maggie’s through with being betrayed and deserted by men. Ian’s sure she’s perfect for him and is determined to win her. But as danger quietly moves closer, can he also keep her safe? Spirited and outspoken Maggie O’Hearn is deserted by her family and left to fend for herself in the young and rowdy town of San Francisco. She finds work in one of the grand houses springing up on a fashionable hill overlooking the sparkling bay. But the house residents have secrets. Secrets that can be fatal when Maggie becomes their target. Ian Dolan is following his dream and building a new life out west when Maggie walks into it. She’s perfect for him, but reluctant to give in to her heart. He soon becomes her protector, as well as her suitor, when a deadly menace moves steadily closer and Maggie doesn’t seem to know it. As her attraction for the tall, courageous man grows, even Maggie’s spunk and Ian’s strong arms may not be enough to keep her safe. Believing in Dreams is the first book in the Circle of Friends Series. It is a stand-alone novella of romance and suspense set in 1850 San Francisco. Come meet Maggie, Ian and all the unusual, bold and engaging people around them, who band together and form an unbreakable Circle of Friends. Readers Note: This novella does have some spice and heat.

John Davis is a man on a mission, and he doesn’t have the time to go chasing after some misguided female, no matter how much he’s attracted to her, which suits Bethany just fine. She has her own plans. But with a killer close on her trail, she’s forced to run hard and fast. Can John find her before the bounty hunter who was paid to see her dead? John Davis has a problem. He's tracked two killers from Boston to the Barbary Coast of the young and glittering-in-gold town of San Francisco, but now he can’t find them. He doesn’t have time to get tangled-up with a woman full of secrets, like Bethany Mason. No matter how attracted he is to her. Bethany has her own problems. Her father died and her very controlling, half-brother Lewis is acting oddly. So oddly she's forced to run for her life. And abandon her growing feelings for John. Too late to stop her, John gives chase. But in between them is a killer, and he has Bethany in his sight down the barrel of a rifle. Bethany is brave and smart, but out of her element on the unmarked trail to the mountains, and no match for a murderous bounty hunter. To have any chance of reaching her in time, John desperately needs help from her very different but fiercely loyal circle of friends. Set in 1851 San Francisco, Believing in Love is the second book in the Circle of Friends Series. Come meet Bethany and John, and all the unusual, bold and engaging people around them, who band together and form an unbreakable Circle of Friends. Believing in Love is part of a series that includes recurring characters, but can be read as a stand-alone book. It contains romance, suspense and action as well as some spice and heat.

She was his from the moment he set eyes on her. He was everything she’d dreamed about and never believed she deserved. But a revenge-minded killer has his own, deadly plan for them. At the height of the gold rush, Lillian is content with the life she’s built, and the friends and family she’s surrounded with in the glittering town of San Francisco. She never believed she’d meet anyone like the handsome, Southern gambler who stepped into her life one night. Charles lost his heart from the first minute he set eyes on Lillian Smith. But when his brother, Eli, disappears, and Eli’s family becomes Charles’s responsibility, a distance grows between them that Lillian believes is for the best since his family should come first. Until a pair of determined killers unites them in their fight to protect each other as well as everyone they both call family, and a love too strong to deny. Only One Dream is the third book in the Circle of Friends Series. It does have recurring characters, but can be read as a stand-alone novel filled with romance and suspense set in 1852 San Francisco. Come meet Lillian, Charles and all the unusual, bold and engaging people around them, who band together and form an unbreakable Circle of Friends. Readers Note: This novella does have some spice and heat. A prior book, Blue Silk and Gold, which was published for a very short time before being discontinued in favor of developing this series, was originally intended to be this story. Please be advised that some passages and some, altered chapters from the original book were incorporated into this story.

Tremain slowly rose to his feet, his gaze never leaving her face. “That’s all you have to say to me? Thank you for your help?” “What are you expecting me to say?” Rayne put some bravado into her voice but took a cautious step backward. “Think hard on it, Rayne. I’m sure what I expect you to say will come to you.” Rayne made the trip from the family ranch into town to deliver a present for Lillian’s wedding. Friends from childhood, Rayne would do anything for Lillian and the rest of the small band of women she considered part of her family. Even put up with their matchmaking schemes. Tremain came to San Francisco to make things right with his brother, Charles, and to meet his brother’s soon-to-be bride, Lillian. The last thing Tremain wants to do is make things worse with Charles, which is exactly what will happen if he takes up with Lillian’s long-time friend. But when trouble lands on Lillian’s doorstep, Rayne is determined to stand between her friend and the threat of danger, and Tremain finds himself chasing after the rancher’s daughter, trying to keep her safe. Can he succeed and convince her that despite her certainty he won’t stay, he’s the right man for her? Only One Love is the fourth book in the Circle of Friends Series, and also a stand-alone novel of romance and suspense set in 1852 San Francisco. Come meet Lillian and Charles and all the unusual, bold and engaging people around them, who band together and form an unbreakable Circle of Friends. Only One Love is part of a series that includes recurring characters, but can be read as a stand-alone novel. It contains romance, suspense as well as spice and heat.

The bargain is struck—his name and protection for her medical skills to help his younger brother Dr. Abagail Metler’s life is full taking care of her patients and extended family. She isn’t looking for a husband. But life isn’t easy, or safe, for a female doctor in the young and rowdy, gold rush town of San Francisco. Marshal Cade McKenzie has his hands full raising his sick, younger brother and tracking down a gang of killers. He sure doesn’t have time for a wife. But Abby and Cade need each other to solve a problem, and as hearts become involved and the gang of killers try to use a wife of convenience to lure the marshal into a trap, their bargain turns into a fight to save each other and a love that may have no chance to survive.