Bøger af Jackie Calhoun

A decision to share expenses and households sets off a chain of surprises for Mallory, Caitlyn and their families.

Meg Klein has two enduring loves--horses and Nicky Hennessey. When Meg buys a house with a barn and a few acres, her plans to convert it to a profitable stable go downhill with the economy. She finds it impossible to turn away horses whose owners can no longer afford them. Her bank account, however, is no match to her huge heart. Nicky Hennessey is having financial and personal problems of her own. Her photography business has fallen off the economic cliff. Her relationship with Beth Forrester is in deeper trouble than she knows. Spending time with Meg at the stable is much easier than going home. When Meg is thrown from her new horse, Nicky is there to get her help--but Dr. Tina Rodriguez proves to be a wild card. Faced with losing everything she's worked for, Meg realizes she may not be the only one at the end of the rope. Jackie Calhoun's long-time fans may recognize Meg and Nicky from Triple Exposure and Wrong Turns. In this romantic tale, two women who ought to have sorted out their futures long ago may finally get it right.

Sarah lay in the bed she shared with Fran and wondered what had gone wrong. Her heart had been so full of love, but now something else was creeping in - a strange emptiness that left her feeling alone and desperate. She did not know when it had started, or why. Perhaps it was the shock of her mother's death, the frustration with Fran's mother's advancing senility, or the stress of her dead-end job. Sarah saw only one way out - she made up her mind to leave.

Carly finds her lover in bed with another woman and flees to the family homestead at Tamarack Creek. Within weeks she meets Serena and begins a clandestine affair--all that stands between them is Serena's abusive husband.

Chelsea Danforth Browning left her marriage, her two grown daughters, and her best friend in Indiana to move to Wisconsin for a woman, June Paulson.When she discovers June has been having an affair with another woman, Chelsea is devastated. Determined to make it on her own, she picks herself up and starts to rebuild her life. She attempts to reconnect with her daughters, edits books for a lesbian press, and finds a part-time job. Along the way, she makes friends and falls in love.Will she manage to create a meaningful new life without losing those she loved and left? Does she get a second chance at happiness?

Much to her surprise, Olivia Langley falls into bed with Bri Killington on the last day of vacation in Costa Rica. This unexpected turn of events changes Olivia''s busy and mundane life into one that is demanding but exciting. Finding time in her crazy work hours for her two daughters and her mother and Bri proves to be almost impossible. But her passionate encounters with Bri are the bright spot in Olivia''s otherwise stressed-out existence.However, life keeps throwing coincidences at Olivia, including a new perspective on an old friend...

Sarah Sweeney and Hayley Baxter are incredulous when they literally bump into each other among the tens of thousands of protesters at the Wisconsin State Capital. Sarah has neither heard from Hayley nor seen her since Hayley moved to New York City and a journalism career eleven years ago. Hayley offers to share her hotel room in Madison on weekends. With misgivings, Sarah takes her up on it and quickly realizes her once fierce love for Hayley still simmers under the surface of her anger. When the protests move to the next stage--collecting signatures for recall--the weekends in Madison end. Sarah goes back to teaching, certain that Hayley will never leave her roommate and job in New York. However, the bad economy causes Hayley's newspaper to go belly-up and she is forced to return to Wisconsin, to the lake where it all began... Storyteller Jackie Calhoun weaves a tale of personal and political awakenings as two women try to find peace with the present and the future.

"Sam Thompson thinks her problems stem from an unrequited crush on her roommate, Nita Perez, until she and her best friend, Jamie Carpenter, are involved in a near accident while looking for Dr. Julie Decker. Sam and Jamie find themselves running for their lives, and everything pales in comparison to Sam's fear--except her newfound friend, Karen McGregor. When Jamie turns to his aunt for help, Edie Carpenter arrives at the University of Wisconsin Madison campus hoping to solve Jamie's problems and perhaps still have time to see the enticing Claire Bouveau again. When Edie takes Claire home, she gets much more than a cup of coffee. But Edie is an avid skier, and in Jennifer Gottshalk, she finds an equal."--P. [4] of cover.

Returning home to Pine Hill to attend her mother's funeral Ellie sees her childhood friend Helen for the first time in thirty years. When Ellie stays on in Pine Hill to settle her mother's estate, Helen jumps at a chance to resume their long lost friendship, and Ellie, despite reservations, can't resist.