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The Hospital Breakfast Club Series
Join the Hospital Breakfast Club ladies as they meet every Tuesday morning in the Barton Medical Center cafeteria. Some are coming off night shift, some are starting their work day, and some come despite not working because these women mean everything to them.
Nurses, doctors, social workers, pharmacists and physical therapists, the women come from different healthcare professions, but they are all passionate about the patients they serve. They juggle stressful careers, challenging kids, aging parents, marital struggles, surprise curveballs, devastating losses and even unexpected love by turning to each other for support, love, sanity checks, hard truths and a lot of laughter. The ladies know tears aren’t unusual, but you never know if they are from heartbreak, heartwarming emotion or laughter that makes you wish you’d run to the bathroom first.
Beware of southern sass, steamy romance, soldiers who cuss like sailors, amusing kids and a plenty of stories these women don’t realize are a tad medically graphic.
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Heart on the Fence
A Later In Life, Single Parent, Small Town Romance
Book 1 of the Hospital Breakfast Club Series
Casey, like most single moms, has a more-than-full plate with no room for romance.
When friends encourage her to date, she assures them she will give it another shot once her teenage daughter heads to college. Until then, there isn’t any more time or emotional energy to go around.
Much to her surprise, Casey finds herself drawn to the handsome new neighbor temporarily caring for his niece and nephews while their parents are deployed. Going from bachelor to temporary guardian of three elementary aged children, Peter struggles to find his footing and depends Casey, who repeatedly saves the day.
The undeniable attraction between them trumps the difficult reality of his looming departure and the challenge of dating as single parents.
But when Casey accidentally discovers the connection between them goes far beyond love and sexual chemistry, will the information she finds destroy any chance they have of a future together?
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Restart the Heart
Restart the Heart
A Later In Life, Single Dad, Second Chance, Small Town Romance
Book 2 of the Hospital Breakfast Club Series
Dr. Eliot “Ellie” McLaren, M.D., has moved to Osprey Inlet and befriended the ladies of The Hospital Breakfast Club. After learning the hard way she isn’t wired for one night stands, she is shocked to discover the father of a new young friend is the same man she’s tried hard to forget. Sam Lorenson is equally stunned to find his quirky 7-year-old son chatting up the one woman he regrets walking away from. While he knows he should keep his focus completely on his son and his auto shop, he can’t help but pursue the unique woman fate keeps throwing in his path. Still struggling with the guilt from the end of his marriage, he is shocked to find love and happiness again. But when his ex-wife unexpectedly returns, is the life Sam and Ellie envisioned torn apart?
Coming Summer 2023
Remember the Heart
A Later In Life, Celebrity, Friends to Lovers Romance
Book 3 of the Hospital Breakfast Club Series
Between caring for her cancer patients and her aging parents, Louise doesn’t have any time to spend looking for love. And while her Hospital Breakfast Club friends are supportive, none of them understand the physical and emotional burden of caring for a mother with dementia – or the father who wants nothing to do with his “crazy” wife. But her online support group has been her lifeline, one person in particular. But when she discovers her online BFF is far more than just another anonymous soul on the internet, her life gets even more complicated.
Hollywood’s favorite leading man is having the most challenging year of his life. After his wife left him for a younger actor and his father’s dementia had progressed to the point where he could no longer live alone safely, he has gone from the glamour of the red carpet to parenting his teenage daughter and college-aged sons alone while trying to care for his deteriorating dad, all while avoiding the paparazzi. The pressure of keeping all the balls in the air is crushing, and the only place he can get the support he needs is in a wonderfully anonymous online support group. There he can be himself and not have to be a superhero. But when a connection grows with someone he’s met through the group, will his real identity destroy any chance of happiness?
Coming Summer 2023
A Healing Heart
A Later In Life, Forced Proximity, Small Town Romance
Book 4 of the Hospital Breakfast Club Series
Finally rid of her ex-husband, Christy is looking forward to a future where she in charge of her own life. Leaving her night shift as an Emergency Room nurse early she is shocked to discover a car accident on a country road in the wee hours of the morning. Flagged down by a superbly capable dog, she discovers Hen, a retired Navy SEAL, trapped in his car with serious leg injuries. His first concern was the wellbeing of his retired Military Working Dog, Fern. Christy agrees to care for Fern while Hen is in the hospital. Their connection continues when she invites him to stay with her as his home doesn’t have a first floor bathroom or bedroom. Have the scars of their pasts hardened their hearts too much? Or can love – and a determined canine – conquer all?
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