RESTORE MY HEART" Leo Desalvo, a loving husband and father is dead. It appears he committed suicide, but nothing could be further from the truth. And Leo's wife knows it. Although son Joe Desalvo would rather grieve in private, he agrees to help his mother prove a murder occurred, not a suicide.
Sally Clay desperately needs her auto restoration business to succeed. Not only is it her livelihood, but she's caring for her father. She hopes the garage will lure him out of his self-imposed exile and back to the world of cars he once loved. But new competition, and the death of her best customer, auto dealer Leo Desalvo, leave her struggling. When Joe approaches Sally to appraise his father's rare, classic sports car, she welcomes the business.
There is something fishy about the car, however, and Sally is beginning to suspect shady dealings in Leo's business. Is Joe involved too? And is Sally becoming involved with Joe? When her long-time friend and employee is murdered, Sally realizes it's too late to back out of the investigation she's inadvertently stumbled into. And it seems it's too late for her heart as well ...
RUNNING SCARED:
Although newly divorced Ashley Adams thinks her ex-husband is trying to kill her, she’s not Running Scared. Months of therapy and determination have strengthened her resolve to stop being a victim, while months of dedicated training have prepared her to run her first marathon.
Homicide detective Rick Edwards is coping with the deaths of his wife and daughter the only way he knows how—by focusing on his work. He is hoping to solve the murder Ashley witnessed during a training run, but first he must win her trust. And keep her alive.
But it doesn’t take Rick long to realize Ashley Adams is hardly a damsel in distress. In fact, she may be the one woman who can save HIM. He has found danger—has he also found love?—in the most unexpected of places.
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When Sofia Desalvo enters the Witness Security Program, she transforms her sleek, sophisticated image into nondescript, ordinary Elizabeth Stevens, an English professor with a passion for Shakespeare. In a quiet, small town she disappears to pursue a teaching career without the threat of an assassin lurking in the shadows. She must testify against Frank Sullivan, a respected Lexington doctor accused of racketeering in a multi-state illegal gambling ring and murdering a Kentucky Derby–winning jockey. Until this organized crime leader is convicted, she will live with a contract on her life. Sullivan wants her dead.
Sherriff Wilson Drake never knew Sofia Desalvo. He meets a plain, toned-down version of the intelligent beauty. Yet Sofia’s charisma and charm emanate from Elizabeth, her beautiful alter-ego with a gift for drama. Jaded by her ex-fiancé, she fears intimacy with any man. Wilson finds the magnetic professor irresistible and alluring . . . with a dangerous past.
When two women close to Elizabeth are murdered, his once-safe community turns into a sinister domain where high-stakes investigation takes over. It’s only a matter of planning and time before the killer hits again, sending another victim to a premature, violent death. Wilson knows that Elizabeth is next, and it’s up to him to protect her. Next time . . . the woman he loves will die.
ROMANCE ON ROUTE 66 anthology with Judith Leigh:
Four romance novellas set in four different decades in four different states along the Mother Road:
TWILIGHT TIME
Matt Hershey didn’t realize his vintage 1954 automobile once belonged to a guy who jilted his pregnant girlfriend. Suddenly transported to 1959 Santa Rosa, New Mexico, Matt has the chance to make changes in history and save Olivia Carter from a terrible fate. Cheryl Norman steps out of her romantic suspense writing for a little something different.
BAD MOON RISING
Return to 1969 Missouri with Cheryl Norman’s mystery romance. Celeste Lucas mourns her husband, a victim of a kidnapping gone deadly wrong the previous year. But she discovers disturbing secrets about the man she thought she knew. Jack Lucas harbored a secret love for his sister-in-law, one he’s tried to forget. Then she shows up asking for his help. Should he tell her his suspicions about his brother, or does he have a serious conflict of interest?
