Linda V Palmer
Romance Writer
For Grownups
including reads by Jael Gates
(my occasional alter ego)
Books
Six years as a divorce lawyer have convinced Sam Knight that wedded bliss and happily ever after are merely myths he wants no part in perpetuating. So when he discovers his Arkansas mountain fishing resort has been converted to a honeymoon hideaway, he storms into Wildwood, demanding an explanation from manager Libby Turner. Libby knows exactly how to show Sam the value of his remodeled investment. She will prove to this marriage Scrooge that love isn't a one-way ticket to divorce court. But with his rugged good looks and stubbornness, Sam is intimidating and more man than she's ever encountered. Can a hopeless romantic persuade a determined realist that sometimes fairy tales really do come true?
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Kat Tremaine is cursed. After crushing a phoenix egg on expedition to Egypt, she now goes up in flames each equinox and solstice, only to rise from the ashes in a new body. This limits her relationships to one-night stands since no guy could ever explain her if the two of them accidentally fell in love. Along comes Jase Cooper, a doctor with the schedule from Hades. Their chemistry is undeniable, but she keeps her secret. As the seasons--and her appearance--change, she is drawn to him again and again even though she knows better. Is it love? For her, yes. As for Jase...how can it be, when he thinks he's with a different woman every time?
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Raised by an elderly grandmother and spinster aunts after the death of her mom, Aimee Kendall has lived a sheltered existence. Now that everyone she loves has died, she is on her own and trying to get on with her life. Step one of that process is detaching herself emotionally so that she'll never again experience the pain of losing a loved one. Step two is resisting the efforts of her widowed landlady to annihilate step one. Senior citizen Rose Reinhardt is as lonely as her renter and can't understand why Aimee resists all her offers of friendship and keeps to herself. Enter Mick Doonan, Rose's in-your-face great-nephew, there for Rose's birthday. From the moment Aimee and Mick clash, she is drawn to him and can't understand why. He's loud; he's nosy; he's bossy. He's also gorgeous in a rough edges sort of way, and, she quickly realizes, totally irresistible. Does she dare lower the emotional barriers that protect her heart? Or should she simply wait for Mick to barge right through them?
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Karlie Nilsen, owner of Kaffebar coffee shop in Blue Harbor, South Carolina, isn’t who everyone thinks she is. Almost three years ago, she did "the right thing," which resulted in her having to change her name, her location, and her profession to hide from some bad men seeking revenge. Understandably, she hasn’t told a soul in town her story. When a sweet Muslim friend is accosted by a racist redneck outside her shop. Karlie rushes outside to stand up to him. The altercation is on Facebook that night and popping up on other social media outlets until it finally hits a cable TV network. There’s no hiding anymore, so it’s no real shock when an agent named Aaron shows up to talk about her safety options now that her cover has been blown. The DOJ has apparently turned over its ensconced witnesses to a private company. Aaron checks out okay, but Karlie can't help but wonder if he's for real. Ty Delaney, the high school crush who broke her heart, shows up. Ty says he's been looking for her for years and wants to apologize for the way he treated her. Does Karlie dare risk trusting either of them?
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Libby has devoted her life to Mia ever since their parents died. Now Mia's marriage to Rob threatens all Libby's big plans for little sis, making it very hard to be happy for the couple. So far, Jake, big brother of the groom, has ignored Libby's pleas for help derailing the wedding train. In fact, he's actually footing the bill for their siblings' last-minute Christmas nuptials. And though Jake is good looking, smart, and funny, Libby is determined not to like him. When a winter whiteout results in a lodging crunch, Jake volunteers to share a room with Libby, who can't say no without making a scene. It's only when they're alone that she learns he has an ulterior motive for choosing this particular Ozark Mountain hotel for the honeymoon. Jake, host of a paranormal television show, hopes they'll be visited by the ghost supposedly haunting the old building. He's even focusing his video camera toward the bed he has graciously turned over to Libby.
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Coming soon:
Aged to Perfection