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Beach Roses
Bantam, April 2003, 6.50, 336 pp. ISBN 055358412X An anonymous benefactor is willing to contribute to a wellness center if the residents of Martha's Vineyard show they want it. Doctor Hastings comes up with the idea of a breast cancer support group to show how much the center is needed and asks Rita Blair-Rollins to be the head of it. She reluctantly agrees because she wants what is best to help see her three charges through their ordeals. K...
Off Season
Bantam, Jan 2001, 5.99, 361 pp. ISBN: 0553580868 Everyone who knew Jill McPhearson wonders why she gave up her TV news anchor career and her engagement to Christopher “the sexiest man alive” Edwards to return to her home in Martha's Vineyard. Jill knows that behind the façade of the contented anchorwoman was an unhappy person. Her move turns blissful when she falls in love and marries carpenter Ben Niles. However, a serpent enters Ed...
Once Upon a Bride
Bantam, Feb 2005, 6.99, 294 pp. ISBN: 0553586858 Four women are getting together because Elaine is marrying for the second time and wants her college pals (Jo, Sarah, and Lily) as her bridesmaids. The trio detests the wedding dress that might look great on a teen bride, but horrendous on a forty-three year old mom. As they continue to discuss the woeful selections for a mature second time bride, the quartet form a wedding planner partnership ca...
Trust Fund Babies
Bantam, Apr 2002, 5.99, 337 pp. ISBN: 0553584111 On Park Avenue in Manhattan, secretary Carla DiRoma separately informs face to face the shocked Atkinson cousins (Mary Beth, Nikki, and Gabrielle) that their investment banker Lester Markham absconded with their trust funds. The trio know that they are broke and used to a golden spoon from having inherited their respective money. Now the cousins needs to find a way to earn money for basic sus...