In the summer of '73, Jasmine and Charlie share asecret place by the river. Somewhere to laugh and dreamon hot Texas nights. A place for making memories. Forgetting close… Then Jazzy's girlfriend Bunny drops abombshell that brings an end to teenage innocence—and the beginning of life without Charlie.It's the summer of '93 and Jazzy's got a rock on herfinger and a successful architectural practice in California.Yet something's missing. She bumps into Charlie at theirhigh school reunion, and their feelings and sharedmemories are as powerful as ever. But before they cando anything about it, an urgent plea calls Jazzy awayonce more.This summer… Her marriage over, Jaz heads for homeagain. For Texas. And for Charlie… This time, she knowsit's forever.

Summer After Summer

Literature & Fiction

DeFee, Ann

United States

Harlequin Everlasting Love

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A Texas State of Mind

Harlequin American Romance

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Texas Born

Romance

Contemporary

The Barbecue isn't The Only Thing Heating Up!  Marci Hamilton loves her hometown of Port Serenity, but life's been a little dull lately. So she enters a barbecue-sauce cook-off with her flamboyant sister, Sissy Aguirre. The events are held all over Texas and sponsored by country music superstar J. W. Watson. Marci's heard of J.W. but she sure wouldn't recognize him, so when their car breaks down on the way to the first cook-off and Marci gets some unexpected help from a handsome cowboy, she has no idea that  'Johnny Walker' is none other than J.W. himself!  After a previous relationship disaster—with a guy featured on America's Most Wanted—Marci is understandably cautious. But the battle against falling in love with Johnny is a losing one. This time around, Marci isn't sure if she's going to get burned or if she's cooking up a Texas-size happy ending along with that award-winning barbecue sauce!

Somewhere Down in Texas

It seemed like an easy bet: All Washington lawyer Win Whittaker has to do is prove to his business partner that he can live the "simple life" in Magnolia Bluffs, Georgia, for one month. With no extra cash or credit cards, Win is forced to get a job. He might be a terrific lawyer, but his other skills are decidedly lacking. So he applies for the only job he can find—shampoo girl at Kenni McAllister's salon, Permanently Yours. Kenni is cautious around her handsome new employee, but she can't help being attracted by his charm. The more time she spends with Win, the more she likes what she sees. Of course, Kenni doesn't know about Win's other life, his real life. But when a good friend of hers desperately needs a lawyer, Win's deception is revealed. Do the country girl and the city guy have a shot at love? Win hopes so, because he's got a lot more than Georgia on his mind!

Georgia on His Mind

"Noelle and the Wise Man" by Roz Denny Fox Noelle Hale, who runs her family's Christmas-tree farm in Oregon, has always dreamed of growing the White House tree. The perfect tree. Then newcomer Camden Latimer takes over the farm next door. Will Noelle's dream blind her to the possibilities of a perfect life?"One Magic Christmas" by Ann DeFeeBah! Humbug. Honey Campbell is definitely a bit of a Scrooge. But when a snowstorm strands her at the Magic Tree Farm with the ex-husband she's never stopped loving― and three kids plus a dog―she just might rediscover the spirit of Christmas! "Tanner and Baum" by Tanya Michaels Tanner Waide thought he was meant for bigger things than the town of Mistletoe, Georgia, could offer him. But leaving Lilah Baum was his biggest mistake, and now he's determined to make it up to her by ensuring that this Christmas―and each one in their future―is absolutely perfect.

The Perfect Tree: An Anthology

Michaels, Tanya

Fox, Roz Denny

After more than twenty years, Clay Walker still looks like the sexy surfer dude Maizie married. But lately their relationship has been getting a little stale. It's time to shake things up and get the old juices goin'. Maizie's solution? Some harmless flirting with the studly new tennis pro to make Clay pea-green jealous. But when the plan backfires—and Clay moves out—Maizie and her gal pals mount an all-out campaign to win him back. Between her aiding and abetting mother, a potentially dangerous admirer and one unforgettable karaoke serenade, this Southern belle needs nothing short of a miracle. The one constant is her enduring passion for Clay. Can Maizie find what she's looking for without losing the only man she's ever loved?

The Man She Married

Lieutenant Colonel Chad Cassavetes has just been promoted…to the rank of single father. With his two daughters in tow, the daredevil fighter pilot is trading the open skies for the dusty plains of Oklahoma. But when his trailer breaks down, Chad doesn't expect to be rescued by an angel in pink cowboy boots.With her riot of red curls and roots deep in Okie soil, Kelbie Montgomery isn't your ordinary savior. She's also a single mom who's sworn off military men. Until Chad starts changing her mind…Falling for the feet-on-the-ground widow is risky business for a man whose heart has always been in the skies. But Kelbie and her daughter are tempting Chad and his two girls to combine forces. Because he has a new mission. To make Kelbie fall in love with a certain top-gun dad.

Top Gun Dad

Only desperate, try-anything-once CiCi Hurst would agree to take the job of mascot for her daddy's football team. But the recently dumped Hill Country heiress doesn't expect to be tackled to the ground by six feet five inches of flat-out gorgeous male….Jake Culpepper is every woman's dream. Too bad the pro-football star is exactly the type CiCi's vowed to avoid. It's a no-brainer: no more low-down, cheating athletes! So why is she getting the feeling Jake's different?Jake can't believe he just decked the boss's daughter! Now he's paying the price by working for CiCi at her family's camp for underprivileged kids. He didn't plan on playing the hero. Or falling so hard for her.He just hopes CiCi feels the same way. Or he'll be the loneliest hero in the Lone Star State!

Hill Country Hero

What does Dr. Olivia Alvarado— full-time vet and part-time coroner for Port Serenity, Texas—do when she discovers that the man she loves is married? She doesn’t often give her heart away, and this time she did it in spades. Talk about being annoyed—big time! How dare the scoundrel sweep her off her feet when he already has a wife. Sheriff C.J. Baker has discovered the hard way that no good deed goes unpunished. Back when he was a narcotics cop, he married Selena to get her away from the clutches of a Columbian drug cartel. His relationship with Selena has always platonic, and now that he’s divorced he wants to make amends with Olivia, his fiery-tempered brunette beauty.To complicate—or perhaps facilitate—the situation, Olivia and C.J. are working together on a suspicious death case. And to make matters worse, Selena’s brother is trying to drag her back to South America. Sparks are flying between C.J. and Olivia, and life in Port Serenity is never dull, especially when mayhem and romance are involved.

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Summer After Summer

A Texas State of Mind

Texas Born

Somewhere Down in Texas

Georgia on His Mind

The Perfect Tree: An Anthology

The Man She Married

Top Gun Dad

Hill Country Hero

Texas Born