Avalon Books

Frustrated landscape painter Delaney Forbes finally quits her day job and is free to escape her stifling home town of Buttermilk Falls, Ontario. Nothing can stand in the way of her dream of a year spent painting in Paris—nothing except an inopportune fire that temporarily...

Megan Marsh was just passing through McCray County, Tennessee on her way to a career in Chicago, but after a run-in with an overzealous deputy involving a bee, a slap, a speeding ticket, and a heap of misunderstanding, she finds herself suddenly immersed in small...

After Ali deGroot’s fiancé lies and steals from her, she moves for a fresh beginning and starts up her own promotions business. While she nurses her wounds, her new neighbor charms her into going out for a date. Soon the two are together, but there...

Nicole Vitarelli’s local cable TV cooking show, A Taste of Romance, has become very popular and gained a nice following. She finds herself in a quandary, however, when her executive producer suggests she have the boyfriend she talks about so fondly appear on the show....

Disregarding police procedures, Officer Annie O'Malley runs into a burning building to save the life of an abandoned baby. After firefighter Tony Rousso narrowly manages to bring both Annie and the baby back to safety, he realizes the feisty redheaded officer is the same woman...

The idea of spending the winter working in a tropical paradise is too tantalizing for Melissa Catterly to resist. On an impulse, she accepts a job as a gourmet chef aboard a sixty-five foot sailing yacht bound for the Caribbean. When the boat sets sail...

Angela Lawrey's life revolves around her work as an air traffic controller at FAA's Denver Center, located at the base of the Rocky Mountains. When she successfully averts a near miss in Colorado air space, the news propels her above her peers but trouble is...

The end of a long-term relationship leaves interior designer Alex Moyer emotionally bruised. Determined to concentrate on her career, she is thrilled when her boss asks her to redesign a hotel in the Canary Islands. Matt Anderson, the hotel’s handsome owner, has emotional problems of...

Molly Baker, a first-rate reporter, and Carson Rhodes, an excellent photojournalist are two of the most talented students in their graduating class. So, who else would their professor pick but these two young, adventurous graduate students to go on a journalism excursion? But newly engaged...

College senior Leilani is blind-sided by the emotional impact of Jeff Sorenson’s arrival in Hawaii. Her physical attraction to him is evident from the moment he steps off the plane with his sister Betty, who has returned for a reunion of old school roommates.Jeff has...