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Three seconds is all it takes to turn a whole life around
And if anybody knows about bouncing back after disaster, it's fortysomething Clare Wilson. She's had it with being married to a serial cheater, and no way is he getting another chance. Even her own son thinks she should have kicked his dad to the curb ages ago. Now she's done it for good, and Clare is finally feeling the rush of unadulterated freedom.
But when a freak car crash lands Clare in the hospital, her life takes another detour. She might be banged up and bruised, but suddenly men are coming out of the woodwork. Even her ex is pining for her. It seems being an independent single woman is a powerful aphrodisiac. But amidst all the lust, the last thing Clare expects to find is love.
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NEVER TOO LATE
Mass Market Paperback (May 2006)
Mira Books; ISBN: 0778322971 |
Not much can go wrong when you're traveling first-class with your fabulously wealthy boyfrienduntil you find his wife's body in your hotel suite.
Convinced she's next on Nick Noble's hit list, Jennifer Chaise takes off down the Vegas Strip with only her wits and Kate Spade bag full of money. Giving herself a drastic makeovercomplete with a new nameshe lands herself a waitressing job in a nearby town. For someone used to private jets and waterfront condos, the change in lifestyle couldn't be greater. Yet, oddly enough, Jennifer couldn't be happier.
And then she meets Alex Nichols. One of the Las Vegas police department's finest, he's everything she's ever wanted. But when Nick's bodyguards arrive in town, Jennifer knows that if she wants a future she's going to have to deal with the past. |

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Nikki Burgess has survived a terrible marriage and an even worse divorce. And she's just about given up hope of every finding love and happiness. But when her ex-husband suddenly dies, she gets custody of her kids again and a chance to start over and do it right.
Dixie McPherson, on the other hand, has had way too much love. She has eleven tennis bracelets, dozens of trinkets, piles of sexy lingerie and a tarnished reputation when all she ever wanted was true love, a partner and a family.
Carlisle Bartlett is loyal, generous, kindhearted and the funniest guy slinging drinks in the back of an airplane. But he has an ugly little secret. The only kind of love he's used to comes with bruises.
They are three people who could seriously use a break. A fresh start. A shot of success and a chance to shine. Maybe a little romancethe kind that sticks. And some adventure wouldn't hurt. So when they're presented with the challenge of joining a team starting a new airline in Las Vegas, they don't hesitate. With nothing to lose and everything to gain, these three friends are going in search of their own blue skies.
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Return with critically acclaimed author Robyn Carr to the fictional town of Grace Valley, California where neighbors are like familyand just as meddlesome, too. When the town's single doctor becomes pregnant, the pastor starts playing too much poker and the town's matriarch reveals a secret paramour, Grace Valley is overflowing with gossip. But when danger threatens the town and its people, this community shows exactly what it's made of.
June Hudson is the town's doctor, a caring, capable woman who now has a bit of explaining to do. People are beginning to notice the bloom in her cheeksand the swell of her belly. Happily, DEA agent Jim Post is back in June's arms for good, newly retired from undercover work and ready for new beginnings here in Grace Valley.
Expecting the unexpected is a way of life in Grace Valley, and the community is overflowing with gossip right now. Who is the secret paramour June's aunt Myrna is hiding? Does the town's poker-playing pastor have too many aces up his sleeve?
But when dangers, from man and nature, rise up with a vengeance to threaten June and the town, this community pulls together and shows what it's made of. And Jim discovers the true meaning of happiness here in Grace Valley: there really is no place like home. |

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Welcome back to Grace Valley, California, where the best things in life never change...
Here in this peaceful community, folks look out for one another like family, though sometimes a little too well. In a town like this, it's hard to keep a secretthough Dr. June Hudson has managed to keep one heck of a humdinger...
Though visits from her secret lover, undercover DEA agent Jim Post, are as clandestine as they are passionate, somehow it fits with her demanding schedule as the town's doctora calling that requires an innate ability to exist on caffeine, sticky buns and nerves of steel.
But how can a secret lover compete with a flesh and blood heartthrob from her past? June's old flame has just returned to town after twenty yearsand he's divorced. June is seriously rattled. So when the town's most devoted wife takes buckshot to her husband and some human bones turn up in her aunt Myrna's backyard, she's almost happy for the distraction.
Sooner or later, love with have its way in Grace Valley. It always does.
"Robyn Carr provides readers [with] a powerful, thought-provoking work of contemporary fiction." --Midwest Book Review on Deep In The Valley
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Charlene Dugan started her day as ususal--single. Then, all in the space of a few hours:
- Her daughter announced she doesn't want to "end up like her"
- Her absentminded mother got lost in a parking lot
- Her ex-husband accused her of being afraid of commitment
Now her decision to utter those three little words--let's get married--has everyone around her in a talespin. The maid of honor is in a tempest over a man fifteen years her junior. Her daughter, the official bridesmade, has decided to reinvent herself. The groom is spending all of his free time with the wedding consultant. And her ex-husband, a man who still drives her crazy, is making some pretty convincing arguments for a second chance.
The wedding party is out of control, they're calling for rain and the bride has cold feet. This isn't exactly what Charlene had in mind.
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"Carr offers a well-written, warm-hearted story and a genuinely fun read." Publishers Weekly
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Welcome to Grace Valley, California - where blood runs thicker, ties bind stronger and love is all the more sweet.
Visitors to the town often remark about the valley's peace and beauty - both of which are plentiful. Unlocked doors, front porches, pies cooling in the windows - this is country life at its finest. But visitors don't always see what lies at the heart of a community. Or just beyond....
June Hudson grew up in Grace Valley, the daughter of the town doctor. Leaving only to get her medical training, she returned home and followed in her father's footsteps. Some might say she chose the easy, comfortable route...but June knows better. For June, her emergency room is wherever she's needed- or wherever a patient finds her. Always on call, her work is her life, these people her extended family. Which is a good thing, since this is a town where you should have picked your husband in the ninth grade. Grace Valley is not exactly the place to meet eligible men- until an undercover DEA agent suddenly starts appearing at all sorts of strange hours.
Everybody has secrets down in the valley. Now June has one of her own.
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Elly, Sable, Barbara Ann and Beth. They have been drawn together by the sudden death of their friend Gabby- and the favor she has asked of them. For these four women, whose own lives have become unhappy works of fiction, a summer spent sorting through Gabby's personal papers offers the perfect challenge- and the perfect escape.
Elly- the intellectual spinster who's hidden herself within the walls of academia, afraid to admit that she's tired of being alone.
Sable- her bestselling novels have made her a star, but the woman who has everything in fact has nothing except a past she's desperate to hide.
Barbara Ann - the talent behind twenty-six romance novels, who wakes up one day to find she's lost control of her career, her sanity and her family.
Beth- her popular mysteries have become the only way she can fight back against the secret tyranny of her abusive husband.
In the house on Olive Street, away from their menagerie of troubles, these women will discover something marvelous: themselves, each other and pieces of a dream that only they can make happen. For in telling the hidden story of a remarkable woman, their own lives are about to change.
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"A warm and wonderful book about women's friendships, love and family." Susan Elizabeth Phillips
"This novel wins my vote for best book - it's simply splendid." Catherine Coulter
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