Maddie Evans crea narrativas que exploran la profunda conexión entre la calidez humana y el mundo natural. Su escritura a menudo se centra en la idea de que la compasión y la conexión genuina son los antídotos más potentes contra la adversidad y el aislamiento. La prosa de Evans invita a los lectores a considerar cómo la empatía y la amabilidad pueden iluminar incluso las circunstancias más frías, ofreciendo consuelo y fortaleza.
"Rose needs a date to her cheating ex's wedding. Declan wants revenge on the woman who tormented his sister in high school. By going together to the wedding, they can accomplish both. First, they'll have to convince people they're in love. Second, they'll have to convince one another they're not"-- Provided by publisher
Ashlyn may finally have her life under control. Abandoned by her own mother when she was a kid, Ashlyn found a home when the Castletons embraced her as their fourth child. Nowadays Ashlyn plays viola in the Castleton String Quartet. She’s got a family and rent money. What more could she ask for? After months of searching for his biological family, Michael has just seen his DNA results. Astonishingly, he has a full sister—violinist Lindsey Castleton. One frenzied drive later, Michael finds Lindsey performing with her string quartet, alongside the most beautiful woman he’s ever seen.The Castleton siblings insist the report is wrong because their parents weren’t even in the same country when Michael was born. Is this a scam? The deeper they dig into his story, though, the more Ashlyn wants him to be a Castleton. Michael seems stable, strong, and reliable. Not to mention his gorgeous eyes and dusky voice.As each answer reveals another question, Michael and Ashlyn are drawn together by the brokenness of their past. To achieve the potential of their future, Ashlyn will have to trust Michael enough to open her heart, but with trust comes the risk of betrayal.Heart of the Violist is the first novel of the Castleton String Quartet romances, a story about the families we’re born into and the families love can make for us.
Lindsey Castleton has had a lousy year. She's had to abandon the life she planned because her father is dying, taking over his music students and taking over as first violinist for his string quartet. All that would be difficult enough, but her second violinist fights her at every turn, whether it's criticizing her, playing over her, or even double-booking the quartet. It's beyond frustrating because he's an amazing male but such a selfish man.Jason Woodward returned to Maine from Hollywood only because his mentor was dying and needed someone to take over his quartet, so it's galling that his mentor's daughter is in that position. Well, also, he returned to Maine because of the social media detonation that destroyed his California career. He'll be heading back in three months, though, so he'd better start putting those pieces back together. It's just that it would be so much easier if Lindsey would get out of the way--and out of his thoughts.They have no choice but to work together for now, but as Jason's California life seeps into his Maine life, Lindsey sees just what he stepped away from in order to help her father. Meanwhile, Jason finds himself attracted to Lindsey's confidence and clarity. It's never going to work, though. He's going to leave, and good riddance. At least, that's what they keep telling themselves...and one another.
Always a rock for her mom, Hannah has just discovered her phone is loaded with spyware and a tracker-and her creepy stepdad is the one tracking her. Hannah's longtime crush Enrique never really noticed her until now, but seeing her distress, he'll do anything to protect her. As bombshell after bombshell detonates in Hannah's life, she starts to redefine her family, and maybe that makes room for Enrique to become a permanent part of it.
Five years after her husband's death, Ella has a new life, a new career, and a new town. Hartwell, Maine is the perfect place for her to rebuild, and she can see herself happily delivering babies now that she won't be having a family of her own.Adam got burned long ago by a woman he should have walked away from. Instead, he's spent the last twenty years as a single dad to the only woman he'll ever love: his daughter Piper, who seems to be going down the same road her momma went.Piper is seven months pregnant, and her fiancé is deployed overseas, so Ella knows this patient is going to require special attention. When Piper takes it into her head to set up her father and her midwife, can even a new baby bring together a woman who's experienced romance at its best, and a man who has only seen love at its worst?The Health Care Heroes series highlights different health care workers, each in their own sweet/clean romance! Every book stands alone so you can jump anywhere into the series and read them in any order you like.
Sometimes safety and sacrifice are exactly the same. After growing up homeless and hungry, Drake went into the military and from there into one of the most dangerous and highly-paid jobs with one goal: save a nest-egg so that for the rest of his life, he'd never be homeless again. He saves every penny he can (well, and he sends fifteen hundred a month home to his mother) and works as an underwater welder on an oil rig. He's single because there's no way to take someone else along for the ride, not in a life like he's living. When Drake's best friend gets engaged, everyone laughs that Drake is the last man standing--the only single guy left on their team. "That's not true," he says. "Sunita is single." Dead silence. Yep, he forgot that Sunita wasn't exactly "a guy." Also, she's not exactly single: she's a widow. Her husband, also an underwater welder, died in a diving accident. It's a forgivable mistake: Sunita has been "one of the guys" for three years, and she doesn't want to risk losing anyone again. Except now Drake's got his attention on her. And she's got hers on him. The trouble is, that dangerous job is still extremely dangerous. When disaster strikes, can Drake and Sunita find the safety they're looking for?