Bøger af Frances Cowie

The path of unrequited love. It's such a heartbreaking journey. On a cold winter's day, Vanessa Blinkly stands at the back door of a Rata River farmhouse and peers inside. The villa is rundown, the people in it strangers, so why would her mother bring her here, away from her new home and the father who loves her? Just shy of sixteen, Liam O'Leary struggles with the intrusion of the new housekeeper and her brat of a daughter. The kid wears the chip on her shoulder with pride and won't do as she's told. What was his father thinking, employing someone with a child in tow? Over the years, Liam fascinates and infuriates Vanessa in equal measure. But as the truce they form settles into a semblance of normality, one reckless choice will affect their lives for years to come. Fate brought them together on a whisper. Will it now tear them apart? Book 2 in the standalone Clifton Falls companion series, Field of the White Snow is so much more than a coming of age, second chance story. All they needed were forty-eight sunsets. Contains sexual references.

He needs a wife. She needs a safe haven. What could possibly go right? The very week Tayla Whitman dumps one slightly used ivory silk wedding gown at the charity store, Mitchel Harrington asks her to marry him. The guy double-crossed her once. Hell will freeze over before she lets him do it again. And yet... With her dignity in tatters and her parents' livelihood at stake, options are thin on the ground. Mitch might have built a highly successful organic orchard from his grandfather's legacy, but he doesn't always get it right. Like his offer to buy the neighboring property on a drunken handshake, for instance. Could a fake marriage to the beautiful but aloof girl next door save her parents from financial ruin and keep his reputation intact? There's only one way to find out. One reluctant kiss would never be enough. Book one in the standalone Reluctant Kiss series. Authors Note: For all troupes, tags, and content information, please check the author's website. Contains sexual references.

The worlds of business and art are about to collide. AJ Tanner. He wears a beard, tames his locks in a man bun, and a tribal type tattoo flirts across his upper arm and chest. Some days, wearing a suit and tie is a requirement, but paint splattered jeans and a seen better days t-shirt are more his style. Liz Dobson. All curls and determination. Savvy, focused, and yet when it comes to men, newly insecure. She meets the mysterious AJ in a moody London bar. He checks every box on her 'Hell No' list, but she invites him into her bed anyway. After all, it's just for one night. Un Beso Imaginado. Strokes on canvas of an imagined kiss. Painted by Jacobs, owned by Tanner, coveted by Dobson. Will Liz ever get her hands on the work she admires so much, or will AJ continue to deny her the opportunity? Sometimes steamy, often funny, and with tension that leaps off the page, The List Maker is a standalone contemporary romance and book one in the Imagined Kiss series. AN ARTIST - A DREAMER - AN IMAGINED KISS. Author's Note: For all tropes, tags, and content information, please check the author's website. Contains sexual references.

On a dry summer's day in 1977 Rose Churchill, full of shyness and romantic dreams, waits under Rata River Bridge for a young man whose life will be forever altered.Jessa Reynolds is bound by a cosmic thread to a man she has never met, and drawn to the life of the aunt her family has kept from her. The aunt they never speak of. When the paths of William Cook and Jessa finally cross, he is a well-respected architect in his thirties, she a student of seventeen about to embark on her university studies. His familiarity is beyond her understanding and his conservative and unyielding persona frightens her.Jessa's haunting angelic beauty fascinates William. He knows he should stay away, but he can't resist tiptoeing into her world. It takes Jessa five years before she fully understands the mysteries of the past surrounding William and her aunt Rose-mysteries that may tear her family apart. Will William step over the line drawn for him by Jessa's grandfather the year she turned eighteen?Set in New Zealand and spanning four decades and three generations of women, The Watershed is a tale of love lost and forever searched for. If you like your romance served with a touch of family saga, a hint of the paranormal, a dash of sensuality and an moody male thrown in for good measure, The Watershed won't disappoint. But first, ask yourself one question: Do you believe love can span more than one lifetime?Book one in the Clifton Falls companion novel set. Contains sexual references. Author's Note: For all tropes, tags, and additional information, please check the author's website.

"I wish we could live like there's no tomorrowand love like there is." He picked her up from the side of a dirt road.Ankle: Sprained.Mood: Agitated.>Oh, the romance of that balmy summer.Floating on the swell at Sandwater Bay.Eating plump white-flesh nectarines straight from the tree.Singing along to Calvin Harris on the radio.>An off-the-cuff remark from her father tossed them into turmoil.>He met her again a few years later, not by fortune or design, but rather by a twist of fate.Face: Elegantly beautiful.Mood: Indifferent.>The second chance he never saw coming. He wouldn't drive away this time.>One Reluctant Kiss Would Never Be Enough. Welcome to Luka and CeCe's story. Book two in the standalone Reluctant Kiss series. Author's Note: For all tropes, tags, and content information, please check the author's website. Contains sexual references.