
Evelyn Cass's old friends whispered about her behind her back; they felt sorry for poor Evelyn -- alone at fifty-five, having to sell her house and go to work! So brave! Funny though, how all of a sudden she was looking ten years younger... -- ...
Empty Nest...Empty Heart... That seemed to be Libby's agenda for the rest of her life. She filled her days with work, kept her house sparkling and her garden blooming, and learned to do alone all the things she and Jim had done together. Yet at n...
Devastated by the loss of her husband and son, Ginny Logan worked longer and longer hours at her job in an ad agency, then rushed home to be a full-time parent to her three young granddaughters. Confident, capable, and more energetic than most women ...
Her inheritance of a family cottage in Florida means freedom for Margaret Avery, and, despite the protestations of her grown daughters, she leaves her husband of thirty-three years for a life of passion and adventure. It takes a lot of courage for...
Dorrie Greene was astonished! After thirty-five years of being "George Greene's lovely wife" she was now a whole new person. What a surprise to discover that she was a natural-born businesswoman -- and that running the family jewelry stor...
Putting together a new, independent life wasn't easy for Julia Delaine. Separating from her skirt-chasing husband Phillip took courage; his steamroller personality had been flattening her for decades. Coping with the reactions of her two grown da...
How could her life have turned itself around so quickly in this heartstopping, whirlwind way? The ink was barely dry on Carolyn Ames's divorce papers -- a divorce she certainly hadn't wanted, after nearly four decades of marriage. And now loo...
Married for 31 years and devoted mother of three, Laura all but forgot what it was like to put herself first. Now, recently widowed, her children far from the nest, she is astonished to discover that being alone does not necessarily mean being lonely...
Bud and Jessie met at a joint high school science fair when they were seventeen. Their eyes met over the beakers; instant love. But young love rarely lasts. They went their separate ways, married, moved away. But they never forgot each other. Now,...
Fifty-something, divorced for years, courted by more than one attractive man, and thoroughly enjoying her job with a large insurance company, Marian can't figure out why she suddenly feels restless...vaguely discontented...blah. So when her work...
Left totally alone by her daughter's tragic death, widowed Barbara Sinclair flies west to retrieve her orphaned granddaughter, Emily, from Emily's widowed paternal grandfather, Sam Douglass. Family tragedy leaves Barbara Sinclair alone wi...
For the past ten years Lucia Morgan hasn't had time for love or romance. Since her husband's death, she has been raising her two sons, working at a dead-end office job, and designing boutique clothes to make ends meet. Then one night, Mitch C...
Constantly taking care of everyone around her has earned Remy Dupre the affectionate nickname "Ma". Then, with Remy's husband gone and oil discovered on her Louisiana farm, her sons and their wives decide it's time to take care of her...
ALONE AGAIN! Now that she's single again, Maggie Carr has a chance to make her own choices --where she'll live, what she'll do, who her friends will be. Best of all, she can go back to the nursing career she enjoyed so much. It's e...
Kirstin Lowrey wasn't accustomed to widowhood yet, but she was all too familiar with being at the beck and call of her three grown children and their children. Now, though, she had finally summoned the courage to start over again--a new job, anew...
Recently widowed and retired from a long teaching career, Ruth Nichols felt totally free for the first time in her life. Free, and ready for adventure. So, instead of selling the Coachman motor home that had sat in her driveway since she lost her hus...
For twenty-eight years, Patricia Melbourne had been a perfect wife, helpmate and mother. Now, recently widowed from her wealthy, philandering husband, Pat was free to do exactly as she pleased. First, she'd sell the big house, give away the desig...
No wonder Beth Volmar loved the story of Pygmalion: it was happening to her! And the transformation was making this dignified, selfless widow feel quite giddy -- and girlish all over again. Catering first to her domineering husband, then to her ch...
Peggy Thompkins could hardly believe that she'd actually done it -- burned all her bridges and struck out in a whole new direction. She'd divorced her husband of 27 years, finished her college education, sold her house, and resigned her job a...
The moment she opened the door to the man who'd called about buying her collection of vintage 45 rpm records, Kathryn Stuart recognized her high school heartthrob from the class of '57. Luckily, Jamie didn't recognize her; the last thing ...
Though vaguely discontented for most of the thirty-plus years of her marriage, Ginger Power would never have been disloyal enough to leave... until she learned that good old Les had something going on the side--and was also robbing the family busines...
Devoted to her family and happy with her job at the Ottawa International Airport, Christine Monahan liked her life just the way it was until her husband Gerry announced he was leaving her for a younger woman. -- Could she ever manage to pick up the...
Carol and her two lifelong friends, Aimee and Suzanne -- all single now -- couldn't very well show up at their high school reunion dance without escorts, so Carol proposed a plan: they'd find dates...somewhere. Suzanne invited her plumber, an...
At home, a husband from hell pushed her around and never made love to her. At the office, her boss from hell made her do all the work and never gave her any credit. Her mother was right: she was mousey. Drab. A doormat. No wonder people could meet he...
Newly divorced, with two college-age children to support and a part-time job as a file clerk, Caroline Faulkner had her hands full before she enrolled in night school! Now, as a first-year law student, she's really overwhelmed -- especially when...
When Paula's husband divorces her to find himself, she is devastated. Adding to her hurt and anger, he joins a band and dates a sexy young singer. Forced to start over in the job market, Paula returns to college for a degree in Special Education....
Is it normal for a very proper, very married Boston matron to have fantasies about her high school sweetheart? Andrea Walsh figures that daydreams can't hurt her safe, predictable marriage. Doesn't every woman dream about her first love once in a whi...
Who can understand the love affair between a man and his car? For a long time after her husband died, Susan was afraid to go near his treasured Jaguar. Now, when she finally puts it in gear -- tricky stick shift and all -- she nearly totals it. -- ...
A passionate fling with a handsome architect at a Mexican resort was just what widowed Meg Patterson needed. But she never expected to continue seeing Martin Canella once they got back to the "real world." He lived in Chicago, she in San Fran...
Eerily clever about predicting the stock market, Wall Street analyst Elizabeth March was a career woman on her way to the top. But when her husband left her -- suddenly -- Elizabeth wasn't so quick to predict her own future. Needing time and spac...
Newly divorced Liss Thayer has taken back her maiden name and started a brand-new business. Small town life in the San Joaquin Valley suits her just fine -- until "progress" in the form of sleekly handsome Wyatt Harrow threatens to shut down...
Alone, widowed and broke, Eleanor Wright has had enough heartache to last two lifetimes. Now she's about to lose her successful antique store -- just because "silent partner" Benton Bradford has suddenly surfaced to claim his share of the...
Widowed Rachel Mooreland enjoys her job installing radio equipment in private planes at the Van Nuys, California airport. You'd never get her up in one of those things, though; like any sensible woman, Rachel prefers to keep both feet on the grou...
Trying to hold the family ranch together and put her two daughters through college has left Elizabeth Smith Sutton plumb worn out...and flat broke. The feisty rancher's widow is going to have to sell -- lock stock and barrel -- and move to town. ...
Do or die deadlines. Power lunches. Another rung on the corporate ladder. Despite a divorce and having a daughter to raise, Sara Nelson has enjoyed every minute of her twenty-five year career at Denver's most prestigious accounting firm. But now,...
Widowed real estate tycoon Elizabeth Roswell is happy living in the town of Willow Ridge, Georgia, and doing what she loves: hot-air ballooning and volunteer firefighting. She even has a secret garden behind her house -- complete with hot tub and lap...
With her children grown and gone, widowed Anne McClellan decided the time had come to get away from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. No more blind dates and bridge games. Onward and Eastward! In the charming town of Whitefield, New Hampshire, magic beg...
Alison Mills led a charmed life. Her handsome, successful husband adored her; their four grown children were thriving and Allie and her two best friends had just launched an exciting new business venture. Was it all too good to be true? Too perfect t...
As the widow of a distinguished senator, Leigh Wright has spent the past three years accepting awards, serving on boards, and providing stability for her children. Now it's her turn to do something for herself: leave the Washington, D.C. limeligh...
Divorced eight years ago after a long and stormy marriage, Penny and Mitch Revere decide to be "civilized" about selling the Coral Gables house they still jointly own. They even plan a "reunion" dinner there... just for old times'...
On her own now, and retired from a successful business career, Joanna Blake has a no-nonsense agenda planned for the rest of her life. She'll travel, enjoy gourmet meals, and savor the peace and solitude of her house and garden. Until Ben Wal...
Maggie Logan had finally fulfilled her life-long dream of becoming a veterinarian, and now had a thriving practice in Sea View, New Hampshire. Still, something was missing and she knew exactly what it was: love. -- But when the eviction notice arri...
Alone now and at a turning point in her life, Eve Travers found herself remembering happy girlhood summers spent at her family's camp, Reach for the Stars. Now, the abandoned South Carolina camp was hers. Maybe instead of selling, she could bring...
Accustomed to paying - and getting - her own way, wealthy widow Anne Benefield is shocked when an unyielding judge won't let her buy her way out of a sheaf of parking tickets...and sentences her to six months of community service. What's more...
What happens when a world-renowned widowed architect buys land in northern Connecticut, designs his own house, and receives a building bid from a feisty woman contractor? And what happens to that determined woman when she wins the bid, can't meet...
Suddenly widowed in the midst of a most unexpected pregnancy, Samantha Wells has more than her share of grieving and rejoicing to do... as well as managing a thriving new business raising Samoyeds and caring for her son and her aging, irrepressible a...
With her highly rated television show, Anne Wright is one of the most successful talk show hosts in Detroit. Until a long-legged, twenty-three-year-old weather girl snags her job and her husband. But starting over can be exhilarating as well as sc...
Landing a fabulous part in a TV mini-series was just the thing Faythe McBain needed to jump-start her career after twenty years. Not that she hadn't kept in practice: she deserved an Academy Award for acting the loving wife while her high-powered...
Ginny McDougall likes her New York apartment and her job as secretary, paralegal, and "mother hen" to young hotshot Manhattan lawyer Dennis Havilland. So when her boss's father comes to town to open a new law practice, she's pleased ...
When Ivy Darling's third husband decamps with a bimbo, moving in with her long-widowed friend Flo Hunnicutt seems like a perfect plan. Ivy and Flo have been helping each other out of jams since high school even though they're as different as ...
Julia Maxwell is just beginning to relax into widowhood and looking forward to her long-awaited trip to Greece. The last thing she needs is a strange man marching into her garden, pushing a wheelbarrow with a sundial in it! -- But when she learns t...
It's never too late to fall in love! -- Astrid Collier is ready for a fresh start. Newly divorced and forced out of Collier For Kids -- the company she and her husband ran together for 20 years -- Astrid wants to get away from Atlanta and its m...
Struggling to raise her twin son and daughter and to run her Colorado ranch singlehandedly, widowed Tessa Wagner feels like her life isn't hers anymore. If it weren't for the support of her old friend, Jed Bradburn, she doesn't know what ...
AN AGE OF INNOCENCE... Ten years ago, Kathryn was the sultry-voiced superstar of Blue Heron, a legendary Sixties rock group, and the wife of seductive, tawny-haired bass player Jordan Treveryan. But in the aftermath of a shocking murder, Kathryn t...
She runs the diner; he owns the newsstand. In Hollywood, Florida's quaint Grape Alley, Mandy Martin and Charlie Pinebender have worked side by side for years. There's a door between their stores; they visit back and forth, eat together, share...
No wonder Lucy Maud Marshall is having a whopper of a bad day. She just lost her long-awaited promotion and her job to a younger woman. Instead of coasting toward a cozy retirement, she's come to a dead stop. The Millard Illinois Library was more...
Recently widowed Rome Cicero is determined to manage the business her beloved husband left behind: a 60-foot yacht and a thriving marina on San Juan Island in the Puget Sound. And though she's loudly discouraged from taking charge by Sam, her long-ti...
Divorced, her children grown, Kate Duncan is delighted to be back home in Branson, Missouri, the sleepy little town in the Ozarks that has suddenly become the country music capital of the world. Footloose and free now, she loves her job as entertainm...
As a naive college co-ed, Rachel Tims realized too late that Daniel Gaines had married her to spite his wealthy family. Although she learned to dress impeccably, speak softly, and smile like a lady, she'd never been accepted as a true Georgia ...
Molly and Porter Drummond: the ideal engaged couple. Never was a man so suitable. So eminently acceptable. So...appropriate. Molly feels a lot of tenderness for Porter; she thinks it might even be love. But...no fireworks. Then two surprising and ...
ONE WOMAN -- Sometimes, a woman has to risk being daring and outrageous. For Esty Foster, that means getting out of her rut. Her job and her long-time relationship are going nowhere, her daughter has grown up... even her own mother has fallen in lo...
At 50, private eastern school teacher Gail Bricker hasn't found the love of her life, but she still has hopes, dreams and a sense of humor. Summer vacation on Montana's Northern Cheyenne Reservation. Suddenly Gail is at the beginning of the b...
TWO CHANCES... Chin up, Emily Thorn faces the pain and heartache of love lost and years wasted. At forty, all she has to show for twenty years of marriage is a Federal Express letter from her doctor husband that begins "Dear Emily"--and ends...