New Releases by Barbara Freethy

As she tries to decide between two men, Charlotte Adams ends up at the wrong place at the wrong time, which places her under investigation and forces her to face a high school nemesis and the lost dreams of her youth.

Three women, three birthdays and one unforgettable night that will change their lives forever. One night in San Francisco, three women make a birthday wish believing it can''t possibly come true. Liz is turning thirty. A successful nurse, she has a good career, but no man to share her life. All her friends are married, and she''s alone, still trying to outrun a tragedy from her past. Then she meets a handsome stranger. Carole, a corporate wife, is staring down forty candles. Having grown up poor, she worked hard to get ahead, but when her kids bail on her birthday, and she discovers her husband with another woman, she realizes that she may have nothing at all. She goes back to where it all began, the mother she left behind, and the man whose heart she once broke.

Customers who enjoy books by Robyn Carr, Debbie Macomber and Susan Wiggs will enjoy this contemporary romance set in the lush horse country of Kentucky filled with small town charm, romance, love, family and friends from #1 NY Times bestselling author Barbara Freethy. Katherine Whitfield hadn''t left her seamless life in California to get mixed-up with a rough around the edges man like Zach Tyler. With his well-worn jeans and slow, seductive smile, he was nothing but a cowboy on the wrong side of the Mississippi - a diversion in her heartfelt quest to discover the father she never knew. Zach has a gentle hand with horses and a seductive touch with women ... and when he takes Katherine in his arms, he unleashes the passion simmering just below her cool exterior. Yes, her probing questions and tantalizing ways could cause nothing but trouble - but sometimes a man needs a little trouble ....

"Adrianna Cavello''s life changed in an instant when a break-in at her restaurant took the life of her boyfriend and left her too traumatized to return to work. Months later, with everything she''s ever wanted on the line, Adrianna makes a wish by tossing a coin into a fountain known for making miracles.Wyatt Randall is also in need of a miracle. Two years earlier, his ex-wife kidnapped their daughter, and Wyatt is desperate to find his little girl. A new lead raises his hopes, but quickly fizzles out. When his coin clashes with another, he sees what little hope he has flying away. Adrianna and Wyatt soon learn that they have more in common than two coins that collided. In fighting for the lives they lost, they must learn how to trust again. Only then will they discover that meeting each other might not be what they wished for, but exactly what they need..."--Back cover.

From # 1 NYT Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy comes an emotional and romantic contemporary novel about love, family and a little bit of magic. Customers who like books by Debbie Macomber, Nora Roberts, and Robyn Carr might enjoy this story. A HEART IS CALLED HOME... Famous photojournalist Ryan Hunter has come back to a family torn apart by mistrust and resentment -- to the father who disowned him, to the brother who betrayed him, to the little boy who shares his features. Ryan, the charismatic "bad boy" son, has returned -- stirring up past conflicts like a whirlwind...and throwing Kara Delaney''s fragile, passionate heart into turmoil. ...AND LOVE IS WAITING. Kara has struggled back from a disastrous marriage to build a new life for herself and her little girl -- a peaceful existence now jeopardized by vicious, small town politics, by her daughter''s fanciful ghost stories...and by Ryan''s return. Now nature''s impending fury threatens to expose long-buried secrets. And Kara must join with the enigmatic, misunderstood Ryan -- to discover the truth that will save their families.... and to explore a dangerous, irresistible love as mighty and enduring as the onrushing river.

"Ex-Marine Gabe Ryder is fulfilling the last request of his best friend, Rob, who was killed in a firefight during their final days of service. He promised to help Rob''s family-- especially Rob''s twin sister, Alicia--with their struggling river rafting business. Gabe has a hidden past with Alicia, though. She''s the woman who taught him that love might exist, yet he walked away from her."--Provided by publisher.

Fans of Debbie Macomber, Susan Wiggs, Kristin Hannah and Robyn Carr will enjoy this emotional novel of romantic women''s fiction featuring love and family from #1 New York Times Bestseller Barbara Freethy. A perfect choice for your bookclub! WINNER OF RITA Award for Best Contemporary Romance - Romance Writers of AmericaThis is a full length novel of approximately 100,000 words. From the back cover: Reckless Youth ... In her impetuous summer of love, Jenny St. Claire found Luke Sheridan -- her dashing knight in intern''s scrubs. But a fast-track future and rigid, ambitious parents drove passion out of Luke''s life. And the summer ended, leaving Jenny with a broken heart... and a beautiful son, Danny, to help mend it. From the back cover: Love Reclaimed ... Years later it is tragedy that reunites them -- the father whom a son longs to know, and the mother who has tried desperately to forget. And as Luke and Jenny struggle to ignore the pain and desire reborn in a look and a touch, only the remarkable courage of a young boy -- and the help of a rather unorthodox guardian angel -- can offer them the most precious gift of all: a second chance at the love of a lifetime.

Known for her emotional and compelling stories of love and family comes a romantic and suspenseful adventure from #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy * Silent Fall is the second book in the Sanders Brothers Duo (Silent Run is the first book). The heroes are brothers and the books are loosely connected but can also be read on their own. Dylan Sanders is attending a wedding in the mountains when his trip takes a terrible turn. A former lover appears out of nowhere, demands a private conversation, and lures him into the woods, then leaves him there, drugged and disoriented. The next morning, the woman has disappeared, and Dylan is accused of her murder. Catherine Hilliard, a beautiful psychic haunted by her own dark past, is reluctant to offer up her cryptic visions to help skeptical Dylan figure out what''s going on, but she can''t leave her best friend''s brother-in-law on his own ... or deny the powerful, inexplicable connection between them. It soon becomes clear that a wily and ruthless mastermind has targeted both of them, with a motive that''s very personal. Soon their race to expose the truth is no longer about staying out of jail but about staying alive ...

Customers who like books by Kristin Hannah, Luanne Rice, Robyn Carr and Susan Wiggs will enjoy this emotional and romantic piece of contemporary fiction from #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy. This is a full length novel of approximately 100,000 words. Take a romantic journey with award-winning author Barbara Freethy to Tucker''s Landing, Oregon, where Sam and Alli Tucker have made a life together ... a life about to be tested by the return of the only woman who can break them up ... Alli''s sister, Tessa. A baby brought them together -- and even though Alli has always loved her strong, sexy husband Sam and the life they''ve built together, she has decided to set him free to follow his youthful dreams. It is no longer enough for her to be wife and lover when she knows she holds so little of his heart. Sam has always dreamed of a life away from the close-knit world of Tucker''s Landing, but marriage and fatherhood ended all that. Now Sam is torn between what was and what was meant to be. He must decide if it''s time to rekindle the dreams of the past ... or accept Alli, and her love, just the way she is.

From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy comes an award winning tale of romance and suspense. Fans of Carla Neggars, Karen Robards, and Nora Roberts will enjoy this intricately suspenseful story that begins with the question -- what if you looked exactly like someone in a famous photograph? From the back cover: Everything she''s been told about her past is a lie ... Julie De Marco is planning a perfect San Francisco wedding when she comes face-to-face with a famous photograph, the startling inage of a little girl behind the iron gate of a foreign orphanage -- a girl who looks exactly like her. But Julia isn''t an orphan. She isn''t adopted. And she''s never been out of the country. She knows who she is -- or does she? Haunted by uncertainty, Julia sets off on a dangerous search for her true identity -- her only clues a swan necklace and an old Russian doll, her only ally daring, sexy photographer Alex Manning. Suddenly nothing is as it seems. The people Julia loved and trusted become suspicious strangers. The relationships she believed in -- with her mother, her sister, and her fiance -- are shaken by new revelations. The only person she can trust is Alex, but he has secrets of his own. Each step brings her closer to a mysterious past that began a world away -- a past that still has the power to threaten her life ... and change her future forever.

From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy comes an emotional and romantic story of love and family. Rachel fell in love at nineteen with a man who came into her life on a whirlwind of sunlight and romance. She married Gary Tanner, had his son, and thought she would live happily ever after. But fate had other plans. Gary died in a tragic accident ... at least she thought it was an accident. Now, there are questions that need to be answered, and only one man she can turn to, Gary''s best friend, Dylan. Rachel was everything Dylan Prescott wanted in a woman. But Gary met her first, so she became untouchable. For years he stayed away from her. Now Rachel is a widow, her marriage is over, and she turns to him for help. The passion he feels for her is no longer out of his reach. The life he always wanted is beckoning to him, but when the secrets come out, will their love find a way to survive?

From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author, Barbara Freethy, comes an emotionally compelling, romantic and suspenseful story ... A woman wakes in a hospital bed with no idea of who she is. Her memory is gone, her baby missing. All she has is the gripping certainty that she is in mortal danger. Then a handsome, angry stranger barges in and makes a terrible accusation. He was her lover--and her child''s father--until she disappeared seven months ago. Jake Sanders swore he''d never forgive Sarah Tucker, but he isn''t about to let her get away again--especially not with his daughter still missing. If he has any chance of recovering his baby, he must help the woman who betrayed him retrieve the pieces of her shattered memory--without letting his feelings get in the way. Haunted by troubling flashes of memory, Sarah begins to realize she''s lived a life of lies. But what is the truth? And where is her baby?

Years after a summertime romance that left her pregnant and brokenhearted, Jenny St. Claire is reunited with Luke Sheridan by their determined young son and an unorthodox guardian angel.

The final book in a heart-tugging contemporary romance series from USA TODAY bestselling author Barbara Freethy, set in the California town of Angel''s Bay. Dr. Charlotte Adams is torn between two men. Rev. Andrew Schilling is her past, a high-school romance that went drastically wrong. But he''s back in town now and part of her present--along with newly-divorced Police Chief Joe Silviera, whom she''s been powerfully attracted to for months. The question is, which man is her future--and Charlotte has to face and accept her past before she can build a life with Joe.

Mysterious dreams draw costume designer Isabella Silviera to Angel’s Bay, the California coastal town where angels occasionally dance above the waves—bestselling author Barbara Freethy enchants again in this emotional and compelling tale of family secrets, abiding friendships, and heart-touching romance. Isabella’s drive to Angel’s Bay would have ended in tragedy when her car slid off a cliff if she hadn’t been rescued by Nick Hartley. As he helps her to safety, she realizes he is the man who has haunted her dreams. Nick, however, is committed to reconnecting with his estranged teenage daughter, refusing to respond to his powerful attraction to Isabella. And Isabella’s police chief brother has his hands full with a missing mother, an abandoned baby, and an unknown father. What is Isabella’s role in the mysteries—both past and present—that swirl around the town? When she starts helping at the Hartley family theater, all the pieces begin to link together. Loves found and lost, heartbreak and happiness, courage and betrayal are all part of the patchwork quilt of the community—and of life. Isabella’s gift is seeing the patterns.

From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author comes a romantic and suspenseful story of three best friends and a terrible, life-changing secret. She was their closest friend, or so they thought -- until years later, when her secrets send them on a perilous search for the truth about who she really was ... and why she died ... Ten years ago, during a party gone out of control, beautiful, vibrant Emily plummeted to her death, leaving her three best friends and sorority sisters -- Natalie, Laura and Madison -- devastated. None of them has ever forgotten that night -- or the role each may have played in Emily''s death, the guilt that has pursued them, and the loss they still suffer. Now an unknown writer has rocketed onto bestseller lists with a novel that eerily mirrors their own story. Who is he? How does he know the intimate details of their lives? And why is he accusing one of them of murder? As they begin to unravel the startling truth about their friend, each will rediscover a love she lost long ago and uncover secrets that will forever change her life...

#1 NY Times Bestseller! Fans of Nora Roberts, Luanne Rice and Kristin Hannah will enjoy this book filled with romance, mystery and adventure. Bestselling author Barbara Freethy presents a powerful contemporary novel -- the story of three unique sisters ... the secrets that bind them for life ... and the summer that will set them free. Eight years ago, the three McKenna sisters -- Kate, Ashley, and Caroline -- had their fifteen minutes of fame. Driven by their ambitious father, they won an around-the-world sailing race as teenagers. But something happened out on the turbulent sea during a fierce storm they could never forget ... Now Tyler Jamison has come to Castleton, a picturesque island off the coast of Washington State, asking questions about the famous McKennas. But even as the sisters close ranks against the tenacious repoter, the past threatens to drown them in its wake. It will take Caroline''s willingness to right a wrong, Ashley''s struggle to face her greatest fears, and Kate''s attempt to embrace life -- and love -- again to finally calm the winds and stop the rain.

An emotional and compelling novel about love and family by award-winning author Barbara Freethy

Customers who like books by Nora Roberts, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, and Debbie Macomber will enjoy this romantic and emotional story by award-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author Barbara Freethy. ASK MARIAH was a finalist in the RITA''s for Best Contemporary Romance. This is a full length novel of approximately 100,000 words. From the back cover: Joanna Wingate knows something is missing from her life, something she never dreamed she''d find in a handsome stranger''s children -- mischievous six-year-old twin sisters who look up at her adoringly ... and call her "Mama." Since his wife''s accidental death, Michael Ashton has struggled with his many responsibilities as a single parent to twin daughters who, though they clearly love him, refuse to speak to him. Then he meets Rose and Lily''s new teacher, and his emotions spin out of control. For Joanna Wingate is the mirror image of his late wife. Bizarre coincidence, a strange destiny... or something altogether different has joined these four lives. The twins believe Mariah -- a magical fortune-teller in a crystal ball -- has the answers. But only Joanna and Michael''s willingness to confront long-buried secrets can guide their families back to wholeness ... and unite them in a love that seems meant to be.

From the bestselling author of Suddenly One Summeru200b and On Shadow Beach comes a mystery full of suspense, betrayal, and unexpected passion from the most unlikely source... The theft of three priceless paintings sent Derek Kane to prison and destroyed the dreams of his wife, Brianna. When Derek unexpectedly dies just weeks before his release, Brianna returns to Angel’s Bay with her young son, determined to prove her husband’s innocence and find the missing paintings. Her efforts are stymied by Jason Marlow, the police officer who sent Derek to jail—betraying his former friend. And when unexpected passion flares between Brianna and Jason, she must choose between the past and the present, the guilty and the innocent, the truth and the lies. For nothing is what it seems…

The second book in a heart-tugging contemporary romance series from bestselling author Barbara Freethy, set in the California town of Angel’s Bay. Lauren Jamison hasn’t been back to Angel’s Bay since she was a teenager—not since her sister Abby was murdered and Lauren’s boyfriend, Shane Murray, was accused of the crime. When Lauren reluctantly returns home to assist her ailing father, the old attraction again flares between Lauren and Shane. But the terrible days after Abby’s murder still stand between them, as well as the secrets Shane has yet to unveil. Finding the truth could bring closure—but at a cost. For there are people who don’t want old mysteries brought to light—people whose fear makes them very dangerous.

The first in a contemporary romance suspense series from New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Barbara Freethy, set in the coastal California town of Angel’s Bay. In Angel’s Bay there is a local legend: spirits from an 1800s shipwreck protect the townspeople, bringing about a belief in miracles and an ability of the community to heal wounds and save souls. So when Jenna Davis’s sister left instructions for keeping her daughter, Lexie, safe from her abusive father, Jenna obeyed her late sister’s wishes and took Lexie to Angel’s Bay. For three months, the two live quietly. But when a young woman jumps over the pier into the ocean, Jenna dives in, saving the woman’s life. Now a hero in the eyes of the locals, Jenna tries to lie low, but reporter Reid Tanner is determined to figure out just who she is and what she’s hiding from—without realizing the possible cost.

For Patrick it was summerano school, no Sister Joseph, a time to have fun with his friends. Patrick and his friends, aThe Dynamiters, a had all of their plans made. This was going to be their summer, a summer for fun and pranks. The plan was set until the aunfortunate incident, a after which Pat is faced with the possibility of spending the summer alone. That is, until Caddy comes into his life. Between Caddyas antics and Patas grandfatheras boyish need for excitement, his life will never be the same. It isnat all fun and games, though. Pat is faced with some important questions. His beliefs are challenged, and his family ties are strengthened.

A 28 ans, Julia DeMarco pensait savoir qui elle était. Jusqu''au jour où, dans une exposition à San Francisco, elle tombe sur la photo d''une petite orpheline russe qui porte un pendentif identique au sien. Mêmes cheveux blonds, mêmes yeux bleus, même grain de beauté... Julia s''interroge. Elle sait qu''elle a été adoptée, mais se pourrait-il qu''on lui ait menti sur ses origines ? Le photographe est décédé, et Julia retrouve son fils, le reporter Alex Manning. Ce baroudeur plein de charme lui apprend que c''est en fait lui qui a pris la photo alors qu''il était un jeune garçon. Juste avant de mourir, son père lui a fait jurer de n''en parler à personne. Pourquoi ? Quel mystère entoure cette petite fille ? Qui, vingt-cinq ans plus tard, a intérêt à la faire disparaître ?

Evan lived a rather uneventful life, until the day a monster flew into his village and stole his sister. On that day, Evan''s life changed forever. With his father near death, he is faced with the fact that he must go and rescue Mya. The last thing his father tells him is to seek counsel from Goyae, an elder of their village. Goyae gives Evan four pieces of magic. Then he tells Evan that he must right all wrongs done by the evil Drenmore to be able to cross back over the Lake of Death and return home. He is forced to overcome many obstacles. He makes new friends, like the Pawquas, a village of people no larger than a corncob. Each new friend and each obstacle brings him closer to rescuing his sister and ending the evil caused by Drenmore.

Alone in the world, Faith Christopher had always yearned for love and a man who''d make her heart pound. Alex Carringan like fast cars, fast women, and fast deals. Then his family moved in, and Alex had to face the end of his bachelorhood. Enter Faith. Little did the outspoken and beautiful baker know that deep inside Alex was a well of tenderness, waiting for her tender touch. Get to know Barbara Freethy in "Get a Little Love" at avonbooks.com/romance.