Writing is Love
Phyllis Houseman
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SOMEWHERE IN THE SILENCE
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In 1961, Belinda Brown, a young Los Angeles-based, rare-book expert wins a dream assignment to evaluate a private library in a small South American city.
Fresh from the disastrous ending of her three-year engagement, she becomes the romantic focus of feuding twin brothers.
Both men could pose for Greek-god statuary. Ricardo is dark, with a sunny disposition filled with Latin machismo. Karlos is blond, enigmatic, and profoundly deaf.
In the silence of the family’s vast library, Belinda finds their mother’s hidden diary, revealing a husband who was a Nazi sympathizer and maternal links to the Conversos — Jews who converted to Christianity to escape the Spanish Inquisition.
But it’s the biological secret concealed in that journal that alters the future for everyone.
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“While I read this, I had the same emotional high I had reading Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See – a book which won the Pulitzer Prize.
It’s beautiful. I don’t know if they ever award romance novels a big award like that, but I can tell you that the inspiring feeling of reading this was the same for me.”
Cherri Randall–Editor–Writer’s Digest
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another new year’s eve
EVE DIDN’T BELIEVE THAT TIME TRAVEL WAS POSSIBLE
BUT SHE WAS WRONG!
A working time machine was just what Eve Gray needed to keep her New Year’s Resolution…to banish Sam Davidson from her heart. Too bad she couldn’t go back to the day before she met the gorgeous computer security expert. Forewarned, she somehow would have kept herself from falling in love at first sight with a married man!
But then, a rip in the very fabric of time and space tosses Eve into the past–and into the arms of the man she had always been destined to love.
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“I have always loved this book and I am happy to find it here! Can’t wait to reread it. If you love books on time travel, other dimensions and smart women this is a book for you!”– Amazon Reader
the verdict is love
SECRET ADMIRER
When Kiri Adams was chosen for jury duty, she never expected to become the subject of a crime within the courtroom. The charge was note-passing in the first degree…enticing, lyrical letters of love…and the culprit could be anyone on the jury, from the kind, elderly foreman to the golden-eyed Adonis in the back row.
As Kiri investigated her suspicions, she kept encountering the penetrating amber gaze of Shaun Stevens. Although Shaun wasn’t the most likely suspect, Kiri was intrigued by the man, beyond the classic lines of his rugged profile.
Face to face, Kiri couldn’t resist Shaun. But she also couldn’t ignore the poetic notes that stirred a deeper part of her soul.
Was she falling in love with two different men?
there is a season
ON SHAKY GROUND
While working near the crater of an active volcano, ecologist Beth Cristie was pleased to find signs of life in the ash-covered landscape. From tiny ants to shiny green ferns, nature had survived the eruption of Mount St. Helens. Beth was chasing a pocket gopher with her camera, when she ran into a piece of seismic equipment and injured herself as she stumbled to the ground, trying to save the device.
The geologist who owned the equipment was not amused. When Joshua Hunter first saw Beth, he took her for a reckless teenager who had blundered into his camp. But a closer look at her petite figure, her amber eyes and her halo of light brown curls revealed that this was a beautiful woman. Joshua was furious over his ruined experiment. And he wasn’t about to let Beth off the hook.
Beth was wary of Joshua from the moment he lost his temper. The last thing she needed was another unpredictable man in her life. But when Joshua insisted on bandaging her wounded elbows, she saw that there were many facets to this man. He could be gentle, tender__and passionate. And the touch of his lips left her feeling as hot and volatile as the earth beneath their feet.
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Finalist Romance Writers of America
Golden Heart Award
“Explosive chemistry between the lovers and a fascinating scientific background…”
ROMANTIC TIMES
“A good mix of danger, intrigue, unusual location…and romance. Don’t miss it.” RENDEZVOUS MAGAZINE
To catch a lorelei
NOT JUST A PRETTY FACE
When she saw the gorgeous, bronze-skinned hunk posing in the ad for Anytime Jeans, Lorelei Hunt couldn’t help herself. The powerful message in Daniel Logan’s eyes prompted her to pick up a pen and write the first fan letter of her life. Although the letter was warm, funny, even poetic, she never expected Logan’s agent to call her with a publicity stunt. He wanted ordinary, unknown Lorelei to go on a well-publicized dream date with the one and only Daniel Logan.
Despite Lorelei’s refusals, the agent persisted. He even drove down to her exotic plant nursery in San Diego, arriving just as an overhead sprinkler broke down. Drenched with water, stinking of fertilizer, and squinting behind her old glasses, Lorelei was not looking her best. With one critical glance, the agent tried to call off the date. But Lorelei decided not to let Daniel Logan — or his agent — off the hook. She would go on the date and show Logan that true beauty involved more than a few curves and a pretty face.
From the moment Lorelei met Daniel Logan in the flesh, she knew her plan was doomed. The man wasn’t just masculine perfection; he was a compassionate, sensitive guy, too. He looked past her horn-rimmed glasses and preposterous makeup to the woman inside, the real Lorelei. Dazzled by his kiss, stirred by his tender touch, Lorelei wondered if Daniel would ever forgive her for trying to trick him.
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“A sparkling delight.”
ROMANTIC TIMES
“A memorable well-written story. Romance at its best.”
RENDEZVOUS MAGAZINE
“I would recommend this book to those who enjoy a good romance with a bit of a tingle.”– Amazon Reader
call back our yesterdays
As a boy, Miguel O’Brian has tried to fit in with the Pueblo people on the New Mexico reservation. The jet black hair and coppery skin he’d inherited from his mother marked him as one of their own, but the green eyes and the tall frame from his Irish ancestors reminded Miguel that he was different. Driven to make his own place in the world, he finished college and joined the Peace Corps.
There he found ash-blond, amber eyed Laura Nordheim. Their interlude together in South America was magical, yet all too brief, as Miguel realized he’d fallen in love with a woman who was out of his league — a woman who could never marry a half-breed raised on an Indian reservation.
Fifteen years later, it was a different man who crossed paths with Laura in a posh San Francisco hotel. Successful Michael O’Brian was more at ease with his identity. Their passion was still pure and hot, but their lives were cluttered with commitments destined to keep them apart. Could they rebuild their lives around a wild, reckless love?
somewhere in the silence
In 1961, Belinda Brown, a young Los Angeles-based, rare-book expert wins a dream assignment to evaluate a private library in a small South American city.
Fresh from the disastrous ending of her three-year engagement, she becomes the romantic focus of feuding twin brothers who’ve inherited the library.
Both men could pose for Greek-god statuary. Ricardo is dark, with a sunny disposition filled with Latin machismo. Karlos is blond, enigmatic, and profoundly deaf.
In the silence of the family’s vast library, she finds their mother’s hidden diary, revealing a husband who was a Nazi sympathizer and maternal links to the Conversos — Jews who converted to Christianity to escape the Spanish Inquisition.
But it’s the biological secret concealed in that journal that alters the future for everyone.