When successful bookstore owner, Shelly Keel, is returning to her home in Boston from a business trip, she recognizes a fellow passenger on her flight as David Street, the man that broke her heart ten years before. Although tempted, she resists confronting him and quickly goes about living her life which is very full except for love. A few weeks later Shelly comes face to face with David at a North Side restaurant. When David indicates to her that he would like to get together with her, she turns him down cold. David, a private detective, finds out where Shelly works and comes to see her at her store. Reluctantly, Shelly agrees to have lunch with him and hear his explanation of why he walked out of her life ten years before. David wants to reestablish a relationship with Shelly, but she wants no part of it. When problems at the bookstore, create a need for a detective, Shelly’s partner convinces her reluctantly to allow David to enter the scene in his professional capacity. The close proximity and a developing relationship between Shelly’s partner and David’s associate draw them closer together. A sudden crises forces Shelly and David to confront their feelings for each other and their future.

When Pasts Collide

Summitt, Rod

Literature & Fiction

Crystal Dreams Pub

When nurse Diane Rodgers moved to the Tri-County Area of Eastern Colorado, she was not looking for a new romance. She was only looking to escape the heartache of her broken relationship with Dr. William Stevenson. Although she had lived her whole life in Chicago, she quickly adapted to the small town life in Tri-County. Deputy Sheriff Shawn White met Diane in his official capacity on her first day in the area, but quickly decided he wanted to know her personally, not professionally. His early attempts to cultivate a relationship were carefully parried by Diane, but soon his persistence appeared to be paying off. However, a misunderstanding drove a wedge between them. When Diane finds herself in a crisis and in need of help from Shawn in his official capacity, they find that they must also confront their personal relationship head on.

The Nurse and the Deputy

Romance

Contemporary

Lee Bishop, a hardware sales rep, decides to make his last cross-country sales trip by car instead of flying. One of his main reasons was to stop in the town in Iowa where he went to school, both to see the school again and to visit with his old college roommate who is now the president of the local bank with whom Lee has been corresponding through yearly Christmas cards. When he arrives in town, he tries to hook up with his old friend, Carl Kyle, but is told by his friend that he must leave town on business and that they won't be able to meet. Lee decides to drop in at the bank anyway for a quick hello, and when directed to Kyle's office sees a man who is a complete stranger. Lee learns that while the man at the bank is obviously not his old friend, he is accepted by the townsfolk as the man who was once Lee's roommate at the local college. About ready to continue his trip and leave the perplexing puzzle behind him, Lee discovers that the editor of the local newspaper is Pete Riley, another old friend from college and enlists his help in solving the mystery of just who is the bank president and what has happened to Carl Kyle.

Reunion With A Killer

Edgerton, Richard

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When Pasts Collide

The Nurse and the Deputy

Reunion With A Killer