Brenda Margriet

A silver-haired charmer with a shameful secret. A broken-hearted matchmaker with a guilty burden. And a bewildering disappearance that could wrench them apart.Regina Blynde knows Seth Updike is trouble the minute he strides into Blynde Dating Agency. That's trouble with a capital T-tantalizing, tasty, and tempting.Resolved never to risk loving someone only to lose them again, Ginnie keeps things strictly professional and matches him with a wealthy widow.Who promptly goes missing.Ginnie's search for the truth makes it impossible to avoid Seth. And when he sets out to woo her, she finds him too hard to resist.But as the evidence mounts up and mysterious circumstances multiply, Ginnie must face a shocking fact-she's falling in love with the prime suspect.(Ginne 54, Seth 51)

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)

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 Philip 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.)

An adventurous kitten, a curious dog, and a matchmaking eight-year-old guarantee this will be a holiday to remember. Luca Tannon's new neighbour is a sexy but surly single dad. Which is all for the best since she's focussed on reclaiming her life after a toxic long-term relationship. Caleb Frost won't let anything distract him from ensuring his son's first Christmas as the child of divorced parents is perfect. And that includes the irritatingly intriguing woman living next door. Everything is going as planned...until it's not. (Luca 32, Caleb 41)

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)

More than twenty years ago, Claudia Aronson escaped an abusive marriage. She built a secure, stable life, and is now only weeks away from realizing a long-held dream-opening her own art gallery. But her well-ordered world is threatened by the compelling, abrasive man essential to bringing her new venture into the spotlight.Artist Titus Wilcox is reclusive, nomadic, and passionate. His solitary, drifting habits have fed his creative soul, but played hell with his love life. Soon after he meets the statuesque, seemingly-serene Claudia, however, he feels a compulsion to paint a new reality-with her.When an antique painting reveals mysterious documents concealed behind its frame, Titus and Claudia unite in a hunt for lost riches-a pursuit that takes them into the remote hills surrounding the fabled gold rush town of Barkerville.To these two skeptics, true love is as phony as fool's gold. But this improbable search for buried treasure could lead to their hearts' hidden desires.

A mysterious diary ignites a shared quest...and an unexpected romance. Leeza Boychuk is battling to save a failing business, furious at her philandering ex-husband, and devastated her son has put an ocean between them. The heartbreaking diary she discovers in her grandfather's effects becomes more than a distraction from the disaster that is her life-it becomes a chance to right a decades-old wrong. Determined to return the journal to the soldier's family, she enlists the help of Gavin Fletcher, an enigmatic widower. His calm steadfastness is soothing to Leeza's tattered soul, until a soul-searing kiss kindles a longing she isn't ready to explore. But Leeza can't abandon her quest...even if it means confronting her feelings for this increasingly intriguing man.

After an embezzling boyfriend puts her under police suspicion-and deeply in debt-Camryn Bendixon joins her grandfather's failing construction company. Her goal is simple-work constantly to rebuild her career and her self-esteem. And if she must drag Bendixon and Sons back to profitability by her well-manicured fingernails, that's what she'll do.Will Danson knows life is fragile-a fact brought home when Laura, his only child, lost her sight. Determined to provide for her, he does his best to balance managing the Prince George division of the Kohlenburg Group with his young daughter's needs. But it can be a lonely road for a single dad.Soon Camryn and Will are competing for construction bids and career-making contracts. But it is Camryn's battered heart that Will truly wants to win.

A mountaintop mystery leads two conservationists to dangerous obsessions and violent passions.Natural resources student June Brandt climbs Longworth Mountain for some alone time. But when Conservation Officer Alex Weaver arrives to look into the death of a grizzly bear, June is caught up in the investigation-and fascinated by Alex.Alex is attracted by June's competence and coolness under fire-as well as her lithe body and honey-blonde hair. Although their mutual interest in protecting the natural wonders of the area brings them together, they soon realize they view love from very different angles. He offers passion and pleasure, but June wants more.When one of Alex's colleagues is murdered, June and Alex must work together to find the poacher before other lives are lost. And Alex must look deep inside to discover if he can give June what she deserves.

Abigail Garsson feels trapped in her safe, boring, conventional life. Desperate to escape, she signs up for an adventure vacation on the Portuguese island of San Miguel.Santos Carregado enjoys introducing tourists to his tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic. At first he barely notices the unassuming Abigail. He soon finds her meek exterior hides a vibrant woman who teases his senses and ignites his passion.Abigail is stunned to discover the handsome, confident Santos is attracted to her, but his fiery kisses and searing caresses convince her to accept a sensuous invitation.Will the realities of life shatter Abigail's holiday daydream? Or will the shifting sands of a short-term fling become the rock on which a life-long relationship is built?

Justice Cooper abandoned his professional hockey career to put family first. Now divorced with a young son, he has no time to indulge the chemistry sparking with a brainy and beautiful academic. Especially with a vicious stalker wreaking havoc on his campus.Professor Charlotte Girardet is focused on one thing-earning tenure at a prestigious university. She'll do anything to keep her career on track, which includes ignoring her unwanted attraction to the rough and rugged security guard who insists on protecting her.Struggling to balance her ambitions and a growing passion, Charlotte trusts Justice with her deepest secret, and discovers she's not the only one haunted by the past. But their uncertain future becomes even more precarious when the assailant strikes much too close to home.