Bøger af Cat Shaffer

As the only reporter in the small town of Fortuna, Ohio, Tessa McDonald hopes every phone call will be the big story that brings glory to both her and the radio station, WFRT. When Eugene, the town's one goth/gangsta teen calls, she only goes to check out his supposedly gone-crazy mom to keep from disappointing him. But when some of Fortuna's already colorful characters go waaay around the bend, she knows more help is needed.Carson Hayes of the Ohio Bureau of Investigation returns to Fortuna to aid the local police after a 60-something shopkeeper disappears. While he searches through bank records and waits for a ransom call, he's also rolling with the chief as the newly nutty are taken to the local psych ward. He's thrilled to spend his nights with Tessa, despite the cranky cat she's guilted into sheltering, the morose appearances of Eugene, and her predilection for always being on the wrong end of a gun.

Anthology of yuletide stories that bring joy any time of the year, ranging from fantasy to sweet romance and family relationships. These are authored by members of KYOWA Writers.

The last thing Betsey Jones intended to do on her annual visit to her great-aunt was become the oldest contestant ever in the Miss Firecracker pageant. And the worst punishment Quentin Hayes could imagine was being forced to return to the small town he hated to write about that pageant for his newspaper. When fate throws them back together, neither one of them is happy about it ... until a fateful kiss outside the bowling alley.

Heather Whitestone's life is too full for romance. Twenty-four hours shifts as an EMT and time with brother's family leaves precious little time to worry about a man. Her priority is to pull down as much overtime as possible to save up for more educationi so she can fufil her dream of being a paramedic. The last person she expects to see when she rushes into the emergency department with a critical patient is her brother's best friend, the new doctor at the hospital. And the last thing she expects is for him to make propose marriage. Zach Miller has a problem. After an internship in Las Vegas, he's returned to his home town of Addam's Ridge, Ohio, for a position as an emergency room physician. He's barely had time to settle in when he learns that he's the father of a two-year-old daughter. He wants nothing more than to raise her in his hometown, but her Nevada grandparents are trying to keep her. His best hope to gain custody is to be married. And when he sees Heather with her nephews, he decides a business arrangment might be in order: A temporary marriage with him paying for her paramedic training as a reward.

The most absolute, horrible thing that ever happened to Violet Greene was being transferred from her high school to a special place for non-magicals like her. After all, she couldn't help being born without magical abilities. And her life was going to be totally ruined being stuck in a place like Hempstead Academy with a bunch of losers. But when she found her tribe, she realized while things might be different, they could also be okay.

Who knew that being nothing special would make Violet Green so extraordinary? Being kicked out of her old school for a lack of natural magic and being sent to the Hempstead Academy for vocational training was the absolute worst that could ever happen. But once she met the Terribles, discovered her talent for lawnmower engine repair, and met the cutest boy ever, life began to look a little brighter - at least until a nosy guidance counselor, her former high school principal and a decision to enter the district's spelling bee, the greatest magic event of the year, made her rethink every decision.

Dorothea Pfister has perfected the role of the dutiful daughter of a wealthy Chicago lawyer. But when she finds herself trapped into accepting the proposal of a man she most definitely does not want to marry, she rebels by hitting the highway. Rick Rahall figures the assignment will be simple. How much detective work can it take to find a woman whose life is an open book? But finding Dorothea becomes a far greater challenge, especially when she becomes someone new and intriguing

When Miranda Coulsen accepts a summer assignment that takes her to Colorado and away from her daughter, she doesn't expect to encounter the sexy Rik Hallowell. He's even hotter now than a decade ago, when they had a brief, sizzling relationship that fell apart once she returned to Michigan and Rik went back to the family ranch. Rik has returned just long enough to get the place back in shape and hire a manager. His father's death and his brother's decision to take off without giving the ranch a thought has trapped him there for at least the rest of the summer. When he encounters Miranda, he realizes the sparks are still hot and he's quite willing to engage in another summer fling...or more. But they're no longer the kids they used to be. And the secrets they've harbored for ten years may be far stronger than the passion they both feel and the love neither is willing to confess.

Jessi Flint has a perfectly good life with a successful business and the perfect man. So he's only in her dreams...until her flaky assistant goes to a New Age fair and Jessi suddenly begins receiving gifts with love notes signed by a mysterious Damian. Figuring it's a joke, she returns to her Michigan hometown for her class reunion and her cousin's wedding and the inevitable questions about her lack of a boyfriend. When Damian is waiting when she arrives at the airport in Detroit, her confusion only deepens when she realizes he really is the man of her dreams. Or rather, men of her dreams, as she seems to live in different eras but always with him. But how can this stranger know all about her...and how can she live without the man she lives when their enchanted time together is over?