Böcker av Brenda Margriet

Ride hard or stay home...A phony friendship between an ex-con biker haunted by his past and a suburban mom with an uncertain future shifts gears with startling consequences.After more than two decades as a stay-at-home mom, Penta Potter's life is at a crossroads, her future stretching emptily ahead. When her youngest son vandalizes a local motorcycle mechanic's garage, confronting the forbidding yet compelling owner sparks deliciously wicked longings.Since his release from prison twelve years ago, Cash Rylance keeps his head down and his nose clean. He has no business aching for a fiercely protective, sweet-lipped, divorced mother of four. If he promises to keep his hands to himself, maybe she will help him be the dad his estranged daughter deserves.A fake relationship between these two restless hearts seems the perfect route to take...until their improbable plan detours toward a totally different destination.(Penta 44, Cash 48)

An adventurous, go-with-the-flow historian...a scrupulous, stick-to-the-rules scientist...an attraction so wrong it's absolutely right. Natalie Minton's cheerful exterior hides desperation. She's been out of work for months when her estranged sister appears on her doorstep pleading for help. An offer to write the biography of a local political legend couldn't come at a better time. Rafe Talbot rejected family tradition and chose medicine over politics. When he stumbles upon evidence of a hidden scandal, his only recourse is to work alongside-and stay one step ahead of-the vivacious scholar hired to chronicle his mother's career. Natalie's exuberance strikes sparks off Rafe's steely severity, luring them to ignore the secrets shadowing their pasts...until the glare of the present exposes intolerable truths. (Natalie 36, Rafe 42)

Two long-time friends...one impulsive seduction...zero percent chance their lives will ever be the same again.The peace Helen Mansfield struggled to achieve after the death of her husband is threatened when she discovers a lump in her breast. Determined to keep the alarming news to herself until the biopsy results are revealed, she sets out to wring every drop of delight from her days.Nathan Spieth stood by his wife while she fought and ultimately lost her battle with cancer. Since then, he's devoted his energy to rebuilding the career that he neglected during her final years, and all his hard work is about to pay off.¿As neighbours and friends, Helen and Nathan's lives have been woven together for more than twenty years. One impetuous, impassioned night might destroy everything they share-or prove to this fiercely independent woman and determinedly solitary man that love is always worth the risk.(Includes the first two chapters of Loving Between the Lines, Book Two in the Silverberry Seduction Seasoned Romance Series)

High school sweethearts, their marriage was shattered by tragedy. Thirty years later, a startling confession reignites long banked embers.On the outside, politician Aubrey Windt is assured and assertive. On the inside, she's a confused tangle of nerves and regrets. A lost election is the perfect opportunity to reset her life, and she's going to take it, no matter what anyone says. This time, she means it.Everything's fine with Phillip Church. Just fine. His second divorce was amicable, his twin sons are grown, and his landscape business runs itself. The fineness is driving him crazy. But reconnecting with his first love provokes an upheaval more potent than he's ever imagined.When Aubrey and Phillip learn a startling fact that will forever link their lives, they set out to find the brother Aubrey didn't know she had. To do so, they must forge a new path, unexpectedly abetted by a stray cat and the eclectic members of a unique book club.(This story mentions the loss of a child through Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and deals with the search for another child given up for adoption decades ago.I hope I have treated these subjects with the care and compassion they deserve.)