Kristin Hardy

This was a great read. It's a smooth book and chock full of the emotion we expect from SSE's. I had no problem rooting for Cady and Damon (except for when he wore a paisley shirt!), and I started to get a bit worried at the end that somehow they'd miss their HEA. No fears, Ms. Hardy pulled it off beautifully! I'm looking forward to the next books in this series!

Cady couldn’t believe it when she found out her folks had hired Damon Hurst to run their Inn’s restaurant.  Damon, once a famous celebrity chef, had flamed and burned out.  The two continue to butt heads, but are those sparks coming off them anger or something else.  I really enjoyed this book, KH kno

Keely had been engaged to Bradley Alexander.  Now he, along with a lot of money is missing.  Lex Alexander comes home to find out what has happened and Keely realizes that she had fallen in love with the WRONG Alexander!

Kristin Hardy, Always a Bridesmaid:  part of a series, and it took me a while to struggle through the information about subsidiary characters so I could understand the main couple.  A social worker who'd had a horrible childhood is the heroine, and the hero an editor who was indirectly

ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID by Kristin Hardy, SSE, June 07.

Shy and inexperienced, Jillian Logan had walled herself off from everything -- especially men.  But when she was paired with usher Gil Reynolds at a wedding, there was no mistaking the unexpected sparks that melted even Jillian's protective reserve.

bad relationship takes you to new ones after a big fall out with your ex. However what can one say when you find love on your much needed vacation Mexico no less 

I bought the book for its Christmas theme and didn't want to read it because of its suspense plot...

Keely finds her fiancé in bed with another woman just as she was about to return his ring. When she gets back to her apartment the FBI have trashed the place because her ex is embezzling, moneylaundering and worse and she's suspected of helping him.

Gabe is a workaholic trying to improve profits without sacrificing quality in the hotel he manages. When his employer dies and Hadley Stone turns up representing the family corporation and tells him the bottom line is of primary importance, he tries to show her that cost-cutting won't mean long-term profits.

Mini Challenge Book #22-Her Christmas Surprise

Keely Stafford is an account and her fiance, Bradley Alexander, was a top executive with Alexander Technologies, a company started by his grandfather. Keely decided to break the engagement and went by Bradley's apartment to pick up her stuff and get out before she told him. But when she got to his apartment it was not empty as she had expected it to be. Instead Bradley was there having a sexual encounter with another woman.