A Family Affair: The Return — Mary Campisi

Magdalena, New York. Home of memories long buried, steamy nights, and one regrettable summer...

Grace Romano had been seventeen, impressionable, innocent to the power of attraction and desire.
Max Ruhland taught her about both. He loved Grace and thought they had a future together, until she crushed his heart and told him he wasn't part of her life plan.

Twenty-two years later, Grace Romano Clarke is a widow with two children and a pile of broken dreams. When her aunt dies, she must return to Magdalena, the town she'd rather forget, to honor the woman's last wishes: stay in her house for thirty days, and complete a list that, according to her aunt, will reveal a bit about life and maybe reveal something about herself, too. What Grace doesn't know but will find out soon enough is that Max Ruhland must stay in the house with her and help complete the list!

Max Ruhland isn't the same lovesick puppy from the wrong side of the tracks who had his heart broken all those years ago. He's a wealthy, successful businessman who owes his good fortune to Grace's aunt, the woman who never gave up on him. Max can have any woman he wants, but he's never forgotten Grace, or how she hurt him. Now he'll have to spend the next thirty days with her--in close quarters--to honor her aunt's last wishes, and he's not looking forward to it.

It's going to get very interesting as the town watches and wonders what's going on between those two. Of course, Pop Benito understands exactly what's happening in the house on Bayberry Street, even if Max and Grace don't. He's the one who helped Grace's aunt create the thirty-day list, which he insists will finally get this couple their happily-ever-after!

Are you wondering how Pete Finnegan and Elissa Cerdi's Christmas wedding plans are progressing? Well, they aren't progressing. Seems some people in town can't forgive Elissa for partnering with Gloria Blacksworth, and they're determined to shred her reputation. Plus, Elissa is suffering from a case of mistrust every time a woman talks to her fiancé, and that's driving Pete crazy. They better figure things out quick, or Elissa won't be walking down the aisle...

See you in Magdalena!

Truth in Lies Series:
Book One: A Family Affair
Book Two: A Family Affair: Spring
Book Three: A Family Affair: Summer
Book Four: A Family Affair: Fall
Book Five: A Family Affair: Christmas, a novella
Book Six: A Family Affair: Winter
Book Seven: A Family Affair: The Promise
Book Eight: A Family Affair: The Secret
Book Nine: A Family Affair: The Wish
Book Ten: A Family Affair: The Gift
Book Eleven: A Family Affair: The Weddings, a novella
Book Twelve: A Family Affair: The Cabin, a novella
Book Thirteen: A Family Affair: The Return
Book Fourteen: A Family Affair: The Choice
Book Fifteen: A Family Affair: The Proposal
also: A Family Affair Boxed Set (Books 1-3)
and Meals From Magdalena: A Family Affair Cookbook

Park Bench series:
Book One: A Family Affair Shorts: Destiny
Book Two: A Family Affair Shorts: Regret
Book Three: A Family Affair Shorts: Love
Book Four: A Family Affair Shorts: Heartbreak
Book Five: A Family Affair Shorts: Peace

That Second Chance series:
Book One: Pulling Home (prequel to A Family Affair: The Promise)
Book Two: The Way They Were (prequel to A Family Affair: The Secret)

Book Three: Simple Riches - (prequel to A Family Affair: Winter)

Book Four: Paradise Found - (prequel to A Family Affair: The Wish)

Book Five: Not Your Everyday Housewife - (prequel to A Family Affair: The Gift)

Book Six: The Butterfly Garden - (prequel to A Family Affair: The Return)