Janice Lane Palko

Fired from her job, Anne Lyons moves to Pittsburgh to accept a position as a private duty nurse for an elderly spitfire recovering from heart surgery. When she meets the woman's handsome son, Gerry McMaster, an instant attraction is ignited. Though he may be the city's most eligible bachelor and owner of the most popular bar in Lawrenceville, Mac's Place, he reminds Anne too much of her callous ex-boyfriend.To escape the life that took his father's and that threatens his, Gerry has avoided love at all costs. Then he meets Anne, and suddenly he's fighting feelings he's run from for years.Peg McMaster has been praying to St. Anne, the patron saint of housewives, to find a suitable wife for her son before she dies, and she believes that Anne's arrival on the Feast of St. Anne is the answer to her prayers. With the aid of St. Anne and the rest of the characters who frequent the bar, Peg conspires to bring Anne and Gerry together in this charming, heartwarming tale that readers have described as spirited, sparkling, and sassy. St. Anne's Day will make your day too

Bliss Sherman comes to the cape determined to make a name for herself and her new firm by accomplishing an incredible engineering feat--moving the Cape Destiny Lighthouse inland before it's swallowed by the Atlantic Ocean. Bliss, who has struggled with dyslexia, discrimination, and betrayal by her ex-husband and former business partner, Jonathan, faces her greatest challenge when she falls in love with the handsome, mysterious descendant of the lighthouse keepers, Parker Swain, who vehemently opposes moving the lighthouse.When Bliss is viciously attacked, she begins to wonder if the curse that is rumored to be attached to the lighthouse may be true. Who is sabotaging the move? Who is trying to ruin her? Who wants to kill her? When all clues point to Parker, she dismisses her suspicions, deciding to trust him and her heart, but as the evidence mounts against Parker, she begins to doubt not only herself and her heart, but Parker. Can she trust her judgment? Can she trust Parker? Most importantly, when she is trapped inside the lighthouse with him during a hurricane, can she trust Parker with her life?

Most Highly Favored Daughter exposes the lives of the Hawthorne sisters--Cara and Sophia. Cara, the elder sister, has it all, that is, until she inexplicably awakens naked in a strange hotel room the morning after being honored with the Mother Teresa medal by the Diocese of Pittsburgh for her charitable work. When an envelope arrives containing despicable photos framing her with a heinous crime, her charmed life begins to crumble, jeopardizing her reputation, her marriage, and ultimately her life.Sophia, with whom Cara vies for the affection of their father, Laurence Hawthorne, the nominee for the Ambassadorship of the United Nations, also has it all, but her reckless lifestyle frequently makes her tabloid fodder. A scandal erupts when Sophia enters into an unseemly marriage on the same night that Cara is being honored.As Cara and handsome, brooding private investigator Jake Gold battle to prove her innocence, they unearth shocking revelations about the city she serves, the people she loves, and herself, proving that appearances can be deceiving and sometimes deadly.Set during Pittsburgh's first time as host of the Super Bowl, Most Highly Favored Daughter, with it's twisted plot of deception and death, leave readers breathless as secret after secret is exposed.

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The Author Zone Award for Romantic Suspense 2018Finalist 2018 Indie Book Awards for Inspirational Fiction.The truth shall set you free . . . Or kill you.Cara Cavanaugh is living the dream. And then it becomes a nightmare.Adored and loved by the public, she has it all-beauty, fame, wealth, and respect. Then she is framed with an unspeakable crime, and her charmed life unravels.As she battles to clear her name and reclaim her life, she and brooding, handsome private detective Jake Gold expose a ruthless crime network and a devastating secret from her past so explosive it endangers her life and the lives of everyone she loves.Can Cara clear her name and rebuild her life? Is the truth worth her life?Read Most Highly Favored Daughter now.

When an immovable object meets an unstoppable force . . . Bliss Sherman may die.Bliss arrives on the Outer Banks determined to make a name for herself and her new engineering firm by accomplishing an incredible feat-moving the beloved Cape Destiny Lighthouse inland before it's swallowed by the Atlantic Ocean.But when she comes up against an unstoppable force-those opposed to the move, including the handsome descendant of the lighthouse keepers, Parker-everything is on the line. Including her life.Cape Cursed storms in packing a surge of spine-tingling suspense that knocks you off your feet and a blistering romance that sweeps you up and carries you away.Read Cape Cursed now

When a saint is your matchmaker, it'd be a sin not to fall in love.Elderly Peg McMaster has been praying for a wife for her handsome, womanizing son, Gerry. When Anne Lyons arrives to take care of Peg on St. Anne's Day, the octogenarian believes that Anne is the answer to her prayers.Against her better judgment, Anne finds herself falling in love with Gerry. Can she get beyond her past? Can she trust him with her heart?Can a man like Gerry, who goes through lovers faster than a premenstrual woman goes through chocolates, ever commit?Read St. Anne's Day now