by Mary Campisi (2013)
Harry Blacksworth is rich, handsome, the ultimate playboy with a killer smile and a clever wit. He's fought it, denied it, ignored it, but the damn truth won't go away: He's fallen in love. And just when he's accepted that fact, Greta Servensen, the only woman he's ever trusted, breaks his heart. Christine Blacksworth and Nate Desantro beat the odds when they fell in love and married. But staying married is threatened when the foundation behind every good relationship-trust-is challenged. Gloria Blacksworth descends upon Magdalena in all of her designer-clad arrogance, determined to make Christine change her course and return to Chicago and her old life. It may take a well-planted lie or two, but Gloria doesn't plan to fail. When she finally confronts Miriam Desantro, the other woman, Gloria discovers more than she ever wanted to know ... or admit. Angelo Pop Benito is The Godfather of Magdalena. Nothing happens in that town without his knowledge or approval. And Pop doesn't do anything without a long sit-down with his dead wife, Lucy, and a half dozen pizzelles by his side. He'll need a lot of lung power and a tray of his favorite treat to help Nate and Christine out of a real mess. And he may need the help of his checkers buddy and Magdalena's shining star, Lily Desantro.
Dori Hillestad Butler
For 13 year old Samatha,life consists of too many unanswered questions. Why as her father not tried to contact her all these years? How could he have allowed her twin sister to drown in the old Clearwater quarry when they were only three? And how can Samatha's mother expect her to accept some man she hardly knows as her new father? Samatha already has a father out there. Somewhere.
Judie Angell
Upset and angry that her mother has separated from her drug addict father and may divorce him, Nicki spends her early teen years dropping in and out of school and trying to find a life for herself.
Linda Markowiak
He'll do anything to get his daughter back Nathan Perry has a perfect motive for marriage. He's going to lose his daughter for the second time unless he can persuade Libby Jamieson, the woman who's planning to adopt motherless little Sara, to marry him. Nate hasn't seen his daughter since she was placed in a witness protection program with her mother, Nate's ex-wife, eight years ago. More than anything, he wants his child back. But his daughter loves Libby and Nate's beginning to understand the little girl's feelings. In fact, his real motive for marrying Libby is beginning to change .
Mollie Poupeney
During the Depression era of the 1930s Maggie grows up in logging camps and small towns of Oregon while living in the midst of a troubled family with an abusive father.