Bøger af Chris McFarland

Some choices are hard to make...Heroic Choices - When the bomb went off...Major Brian Whitely lost not only his arm, but his independence. Now, faced with the prospect of returning to Fortune County to a house that is no longer really his home, he finds himself at the mercy of the woman who left with his heart years ago ... and possibly something else. When the phone rang...Reality caught up with Nicole Minor. After trying to make a new life for herself following the death of her father, Nikki finds herself in Founders, discovering too late the town's connection to her past. Now the only man she has ever loved is back in her life and her secrets are being revealed. Will the people she has come to love and trust ever be able to forgive her lies? ...but some lessons are harder to learn.Heroic Lessons - Grace Strong doesn't put up with whiners. After losing her parents at a young age and then losing her leg in Afghanistan she understands better than most that the only way to get through life is to keep moving forward. Everyone who does otherwise is just wasting her time. So why did she take a job treating a playboy celebrity who cares more about his ego than the advice of the people around him? To the world Steven Whitely is a carefree baseball player who doesn't form attachments and only comes home when needed. Yet the world has only scratched the surface of who he really is. Injured in an on-field brawl, Steven is forced to face down his emotional scars when his journey to recovery takes him home to Fortune County and places him in the care of the one woman who finally sees through him.

Two Stories, One Place to Find Your HeartAN ARRESTING PROPOSALTo say that Beth Massey's life wasn't going the way she'd planned it, would have been an enormous understatement. With the death of her husband, the emotional withdrawal of her children, and now an arrest on her record, moving home to Founders seemed like the only way she was going to be able to hit reset on her chaotic existence. Too bad some of her troubles decided to follow her.Abel Quinn knows a little bit about living chaotically. Not knowing the name of your father until you are eighteen will do that to you. However, this cop's decade long search for the man who sired him is finally drawing to a close in the small community of Founders. Unfortunately, his father isn't the only person of interest he discovers in this coastal farming community. Why does the sister of the local feed store owner look like the woman he arrested a few months back?Can the two of them move past their previous encounter come together to keep Beth's life from completely imploding once secrets starts to come to the surface? NO MORE WASTED TIMENot all princes ride white horses.Born with a heart defect that was supposed to kill him before he reached adulthood, Eric Flannery knows he's been living on borrowed time. He's never wanted to commit to anyone for fear of leaving them heartbroken in the end. Especially not the sweetest girl he's ever known. But miraculously he receives a second chance...both in life and in love. Will he be heroic enough to take a stand and fight for his place beside her?Not all princesses can dance.Sofie Michaels has always known that she was different. It would have been hard for her not to know considering she could barely walk without tripping over her own feet. For years she's battled Cerebral Palsy and the limits it has placed on her life. One constant has been her friendship with Eric and the freedom it gives her to just be herself. When Eric receives the miracle he's been waiting his whole life for, Sofie starts thinking about shedding her own limits and living just for herself. But does that mean she can't still have Eric in her life?

John Marshall has spent the last three years of his life travelling the world. When he discovers Founders, a small coastal town cut off from the rest of the world by the very geography that makes it beautiful, he thinks he has finally found the one place where he can rest, and where his past will never catch up to him. That is until a local rancher's daughter with a familiar name and a spit-fire attitude wanders into his warehouse and sets his world spinning.Everyone knows what Delores "Della" Whitely should do with her future. With a brilliant head for numbers and the voice of an angel, Della could write her own career ticket. The only problem is that she is tired of everyone else deciding what is best for her. Taking a stand she accepts a date with the all too tempting new guy in town. Suddenly her dreams start to take shape before her eyes, but all too soon a terrifying reality sets in. Is the secret he is hiding putting her happy ending - and her life - at risk?

When Jenny Grant returned to Founders under a cloud of mystery all anyone knew for sure was that she'd returned without her husband...and she wasn't sharing why. Because the truth was too much for her to bear. Now one year - and a finalized divorce - later Jenny is beginning to wonder whether she will ever be truly free of her past. It's not until her life collides with an injured little girl and a nosy ER doc that the future finally starts to open up for her.Dr. Aidan Flannery is getting little tired of his brothers calling him interfering. He doesn't mean to butt in where he's not wanted, but he hates seeing the people he cares about in any sort of pain or discomfort. Determined to start backing off, his resolve is tested almost immediately when Jenny Grant keeps getting thrown in his path in situations that are increasingly harder to ignore. Can he look past the secrets she is determined to hold on to, or will he find himself pushing one more person away?

Jake Marshall made a huge mistake. When his family needed him the most he cut and run, thinking that hiding from his anger and fear was much better than dealing with it. Now, eight months later, Jake is back in town, looking to make amends and hoping that his family will forgive him for his stupidity. Only his problems haven't disappeared.Daphne Parks wants to believe in happy endings. She wants to believe that knights slay dragons, and heroes always win. Unfortunately, experience has told her otherwise. Now she has a chance to start over, away from the world of motorcycles and gangs that she was raised in. So why in the world is she allowing herself to fall in love with a biker?

Real Estate Super Star Rachel Conner has always lived in the shadows of those around her. The younger sister to her twin brother. The meek tag-along to her adventurous best friend. Never quite willing to stand up for herself, Rachel spent her entire life simply agreeing to whatever other people thought was best for her. Until everyone else leaves her behind. Now she is finally finding out what it means to be her own person and she refuses to let anyone stand in the way of what she wants. Including the only man she has ever really wanted.Jeff Marshall knows what it's like not to be in control of his own future. Unwanted from birth by both the mother who abandoned him and the grandparents who resented him, he took control of his life the day he set foot in Fortune County and confronted the father he never knew. Though he was welcomed with open arms by the community at large, the only person he truly wants to accept him has always kept him at arm's length...until he decides to give up on her. When his past forces its way into his future Rachel is the one there to hold him up, but will their Happy Ever After last when even more tragedy tests their new found bond?