Kirjahaku

From award-winning author Millie Criswell comes a palate-pleasing contemporary rom-com about two people with nothing in common--except their undeniable attraction. "Hilarious . . . Romantic comedy has a new star and her name is Millie Criswell."--Janet Evanovich THE TROUBLE WITH MARY IS . . . She's unemployed. Her huge Italian family is driving her crazy. Her love life is nonexistent. In fact, she needs a life So Mary Russo decides to open a restaurant in Baltimore's Little Italy. And despite her mother's assurances that she will fail, the place is a big success--until the local paper delivers a scathing review of her pizza, pasta, and chocolate cannolis. Food critic Dan Gallagher hates Italian food--and his column shows it. Now Mary would like nothing more than to serve Dan on a steaming platter. Problem is, Mary is the most delectable woman Dan has ever met. And Dan is the most exasperating man Mary has ever encountered. The trouble with chemistry is, neither one can resist it.

Laurel Martin leaves her hometown in search of a husband, hoping to make her father's deathbed wish come true. She arrives in Denver, determined to sing at its fabulous opera house, but she is the only one who thinks she is qualified to do this.

Ex-Texas Ranger Rafe Bodine, thought he could leave his violent past behind him and settle down with his childhood sweetheart. But when she is murdered, that dream is shattered. Now Rafe is on a mission of revenge. He doesn't count on meeting Emmaline St. Joseph, however, a headstrong philanthropist who needs Rafe's help. When Rafe reluctantly agrees, they both discover how to survive in the wilderness and trust their lives to one another--discovering a desire that transforms their world.

Texas Ranger Ethan Bodine and horticulturist Wilhemina Granville are both after Rafe Bodine, a man with a considerable bounty on his head. Ethan is on Rafe's trail because he's his brother, and Wilhemina is in pursuit to get the bounty money to save her family home. But as Ethan and Wilhemina search for the fugitive, they find they have far more in common than they first thought--and that love can blossom in the most dangerous of circumstances.