Author Sherryl Woods has been a journalist and television editor as well as an author. She has also been the coordinator for a motivational program for the employees of the University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Medical Center.
She was born on July 23, 1944 in Arlington, Virginia. She graduated from Ohio State University with a degree in journalism. Her first book was published in 1982 under a pseudonym. She also used a pseudonym for her second book. In 1986, she left her job and became a full-time writer. She has written romances and mysteries.
For fun, she gardens, plays tennis and attends the theater. She divides her time between Colonial Beach, Virginia and Key Biscayne, Florida.
Linc Taylor, a famous attorney, was used to having women fall into his arms, but the sexy, mysterious lady at a posh fundraiser not only didn't fall...she stood upright and called him a macho, egotistical brat to his face. Despite her stinging reject...
Courtney Adams felt only the friendly warmth of Jamaica's breezes, saw only the island's lush beauty, heard only the gentle lilt of the people's voices...until the news came that her brother had disappeared. Suddenly the sultry evenin...
With her fortieth birthday looming, Jessica Warren vows to be both mature and physically fit. But her roguish new neighbor, Kevin Lawrence, stymies her on each count! Whether she's joylessly jogging or acting carefully cool, Kevin's playful goading.....
Mime Erin Matthews can't resist spoofing the passerby in the three-piece suit. But the joke's on her when he sweeps her into his arms, dubs her his princess--and gives her ten days to plan their wedding! Mark Townsend's lusty commands certainly be...
DON'T TOUCH THAT DIAL Barrie MacDonald gave everyone involved with the TV sitcom she produced consistently high ratings--except executive Michael Compton. Charmingly persuasive, Michael was clearly interested in Barrie, but he also wanted to resch...
When a tragic fall shattered his dreams, tennis champ Evan Thomas sought refuge in bitter isolation ... Now feisty schoolteacher Corey Reed is determined to draw him out with her heart-melting gaze, her cheery badgering, and a passel of roughneck kid...
LISTEN TO YOUR HEART... Victoria Marshall was an incurable romantic, with her antique shop and rustic farmhouse, love poems and yesterday's fashions. She was yearning for a Prince Charming to sweep her off her feet. The dashing Tate McAndrews fi...
Doug Maguire is a flirtatious cad, and his unexpected return after two years, seven months, and thirteen days throws Traci Maguire into a tailspin. No sweet-talkin' ex-husband with a seductive drawl is going to infringe on her hard-won self-sufficien...
THE FRIENDLY SKIES He was everywhere she turned: the candy counter, the cafeteria . . . even next to her on the airplane! At first, entertainment lawyer Lindsay Tabor thought the handsome stranger was trailing her. But it turned out he was no oth...
Hollywood director Ashley Ames hates having to compromise--and kids and commercials are two of her least favorite things. When she finds she's in charge of an ad featuring two-year-old carrottop Kevin Donovan, she almost walks off the set until the t...
IN THE NAME OF LOVE Once again Meg Blake had created a barrier between herself and the people who loved her most. First her grandfather and now Matt Flanagan, the private investigator who'd been sent to find her. Ordinarily detached and profess...
Tina Harrington's eccentric household displeased the denizens of moneyed, clannish Palm Beach--especially handsome, high-powered Drew Landry. Yet, against his will, Drew was drawn to Tina's collection of human strays--and most of all, he was drawn to...
Nothing surprises Katie Stewart more than her "Personals" ad getting an overwhelming response -- and her handsome boss, sexy Ross Chandler, objecting. Claiming concern for her safety, Ross insists on screening her prospects and spying on her dates. T...
Hospital psychologist Mallory Blake had heard rumors that ace surgeon Justin Whitmore utterly lacked compassion. But when he reached out to one of her young patients, Mallory glimpsed the warmth beneath his frosty exterior. Why would such a caring ma...
UP, UP AND AWAY... Audrey Nelson had heard the words "We knew we could count on you" too many times. She was known as a good sport, but to her that meant she was just a wimp! Canceling her vacation to cover a hot-air balloon festival was the absol...
Dana Brantley had moved to sleepy River Glen to escape her traumatic past and find the peace she craved. Then a charming ten-year-old interrupted her solitude--and on the boy's heels came his handsome, insistent father. Passionate Nick Verone jeopard...
Fearless engineer Cara Scott had set out to discover why her wayward site manager, Rod Craig, hadn't reported in for weeks. The next thing she knew, she was lost in a steaming Mexican jungle, on the run from danger and locked in sensual battle with h...
FIT TO KILL... The aerobics instructor was very pretty, very popular...and very dead. Reporter Amanda Roberts was at the gym when the body was discovered on the steam room floor. Amanda smells murder--and a hot story--but her sometimes boyfriend, ...
MOONSTRUCK Down on her luck, ex-Wall Street dynamo Gabrielle Clayton agreed to move into Paul Reed's ramshackle but affordable apartment on one condition: no funny stuff. Then Gabrielle discovered she and Paul shared a good deal more than the rent...
Todd Lewis's fatherly fury was explosive enough to make steel girders tremble. How dare some tight-tipped schoolmarm call his little boy disruptive! Prepared to do battle with the formidable Elizabeth Gentry, he was jolted when brainy, beautiful Liz ...
PAST IMPERFECT--PRESENT TENSE! The antiques have several things in common: they're priceless; they're southern...and they're gone with the wind. While reporter Amanda Roberts is doing an article on old Georgia homes, valuable heirlooms are disappear...
The credo at Ann Davies's house was always "room for one more." But that meant safe, simple kids and kittens, not full-grown men with muscles and mustaches! Tea and sympathy soothed feverish little brows, but brawny, bearded Hank Riley generated heat...
There's no place like home. At least, that's what San Francisco paralegal Karyn Chambers kept telling herself when her first vacation in years was ruined. Then she met dangerously handsome auto racer Brad Willis, who proved to her that happiness--and...
AS TIME GOES BY In the heat of a southern night, Catherine Devlin met Dillon Westin... and together they shared the joy of a single weekend. The sexy businessman charmed her, and in his arms she found a happiness she'd never known. But they lived ...
NO HITTER Cassie Miles was through with baseball players! Never mind that they looked oh-so-cute in those tight uniforms, her ex-husband had been one--and he'd left her to play the field! Now superstar pitcher J. K. Starr was hanging around, tryin...
MY DEAREST CAL... That's how the letter that caught Marilou Stockton's eye began. As a postal worker in the dead-letter office, she knew she shouldn't read more of this grandmother's heart-rending missive, yet one glance convinced her she had to s...
TILL MURDER DO US PART April is the cruelest month in hot, humid Atlanta. Especially for investigative reporter Amanda Roberts. She finally agrees to say "I do" to ex-New York cop Joe Donelli, and he doesn't. Show up for the wedding that is. But J...
After one strictly business visit to the uncivilized wilds of Wyoming, globetrotting financial wizard Joshua Ames swore he'd never go west again. Yet, here he was, back on a sprawling ranch deep in snowy cattle country, confronted with the one woman ...
MEET MOLLY DEWITT -- WORKING MOM, AMATEUR SLEUTH, AND MURDER SUSPECT... Molly DeWitt, one-time debutante, struggling single parent, had made an upscale move to escape Miami's violence. Finding a corpse in the cardroom of her elegant new Key Bisc...
MR. APRIL The Man: Frank Chambers, expert carpenter. The Challenge: To overcome insurmountable odds. To resist... The Woman: Jenny Michaels. But she wouldn't take "no" for an answer! When a tragic fire landed frank in the hospital, all he ...
MURDER ON THE SET Hotshot young film director Gregory Kinsey was last overheard arguing with his boozy, bawdy, over-the-hill star, Veronica Weston. Moments later he was dead -- in Veronica's trailer. Veronica was back in the headlines, but this ti...
MURDER...COMPOUNDED WITH INTEREST Amanda Roberts was ignoring the rules every woman knows. She agreed to meet a strange man at night, in a dark, creepy place--a cemetery, no less. If she hadn't been so depressed over her love life, she might not h...
IT TAKES A VERY SPECIAL MAN TO WIN THAT SPECIAL WOMAN! Overwhelmed by single fatherhood, widower David Winthrop feared he was failing his savvy, sad-eyed, ten-year-old son. Still, he never expected hotshot divorce attorney Kate Newton to descend u...
CHARITY BASH BY THE BAY The "Save the Environment" gala was a black-tie affair at the palatial Vizcaya estate, Miami's Versailles. Molly DeWitt and dashing detective Michael O'Hara were in the swim with the society sharks when Molly hooked the mos...
Zelda Lane...her very name made the local gossips raise their eyebrows. She'd scandalized an entire town and filled upright Taylor Matthews with enough young love to burst all bounds of propriety. But that was long ago. Now a pillar of the community,...
MURDER ON THE RUN Amanda Roberts figured jogging was hard enough...the last thing she needed was to obsess about possible dangers lurking in the shadows of Atlanta's parks. How was she to know that on the night she braved the jogging paths alone, ...
The first time Penny Hayden and Sam Roberts met as teenagers, she stormed off in an outraged huff. The second time, nine years later, she hauled off and kicked him in the shin ! It was then that penny's grandfather knew they were a match made in heav...
COUP AT MIDNIGHT Bronzed beauties gyrate to Latin music at a Miami hot spot, Sundays by the Bay. But dashing detective Michael O'Hara is blind to the gorgeous bodies as he anxiously scans the horizon for his favorite uncle's missing boat. The Nina...
Cynical and soul-weary foreign correspondent Richard Walton had traveled the world and found only pain and misery. He believed there was nothing--and no one--good left in the world. Then he met kind and generous Pastor Anna Louise Perkins. Could this...
DEATH TAKES A BRIDE Amanda Roberts knows what makes a woman tick. A gorgeous, gutsy senator's aide who joyfully puts down a deposit on a wedding gown does not commit suicide a few hours later by deliberately slamming her brand-new Jaguar into an o...
Beth Callahan knew that fairy tales didn't come true. Yet when she met Ken Hutchinson, Beth thought she must be living a fantasy. Ken was like her very own prince--handsome, sophisticated and utterly charming. Beth was one step away from true romance...
LOVED TO DEATH Investigative reporter Amanda Roberts knows that "family" is sacrosanct in Atlanta, and that their secrets are guarded behind closed mansion doors. So why would Hamilton Kenilworth, a scion of one of the city's oldest families, want...
Sexy adventurer Riley Walker had vowed to protect Abigail Dennison with every breath in his body. And whenever Abigail got herself into trouble, Riley was right there by her side. Now she was engaged in a perilous struggle that would determine the fa...
MURDER BY MOONSHINE Investigative reporter Amanda Roberts isn't a morning person--and lately she feels downright queasy in the A.M.--but a predawn summons from Miss Martha, the Grande Dame of Atlanta society, must be obeyed. It turns out to be a m...
When Luke Cassidy proposed to his once best friend, Katie Jones was relieved that she was finally going to trade bridesmaid taffeta for bridal silk. Unfortunately, Luke had business-not love-on his mind. He only wanted a mother for his five-year-old ...
UNEXPECTED BABY! Widowed Jessie Adams was about to give birth, and she needed help -- fast! Unfortunately, the closest ranch in the small Texas town belonged to her brother-in-law, Luke, who didn't know a thing about delivering babies. And though...
Jordan Adams proposed a marriage of convenience to single mom Kelly Flint because he thought it was time they settled down with a perfectly compatible, always-dependable FRIEND. After all, they'd both learned the hard way that love only leads to hear...
A year and a half ago Melissa Horton made a mistake that cost the lovely single mother her one true love--and her baby girl a father. Now Texas rancher Cody Adams was back, shocked to discover he was a parent--and determined to make Melissa his wife....
Widower Harlan Adams had plenty of experience with children - male children. So when a rebellious teenaged girl stole his truck and went for a joyride, Harlan was baffled. Then he confronted her intriguing, sassy mother and was totally thrown for a l...
Modern career woman Callie Smith has just lost everything: her job as a Wall Street broker, her husband, her self-esteem. Well, not quite everything--she still looks like a million, even if her bank account is at an all-time low. Then she does a walk...
WAGERED WOMAN When Sara Wilde's father sold the family ranch to rodeo rogue Jake Dawson, she was fit to be tied! Now Sara had to get Three-Stars back - whatever the cost. So she challenged Jake to a bucking bronco contest. If she lost, she agreed ...
THE ROGUE He was wild, sexy, too hot to handle--the guy all the girls in school whispered about ...and secretly longed for. Now, all grown up, this rogue was even more intriguing to Ashley Wilde. Did she dare to tame Dillon Ford and make him hers ...
THOSE WATKINS BOYS! THAT WILDE WOMAN! When handsome single dad Slade Watkins came to town, all Riverton wagered that a wedding was in the offing. The hapless widower hadn't a clue about taming his two rambunctious sons--until pretty Danielle Wilde...
MOTHER-BY-ACCIDENT Angela Adams refused to have anything to do with her unborn baby's reluctant father, much less marry him! True, her pregnancy was unexpected, but Clint Brady didn't have to act so dazed when she announced her impending motherho...
MOMMY-IN-WAITING Texan Dani Adams was through with single dads. Never again would she brush away their children's tears or bandage scraped knees. Instead, she'd care for the sick animals brought to her veterinary practice. She'd find fulfillment--...
A MAN WITH A PLAN Stubborn sexy rancher and, single father Chance Adams would do anything to get back his share of the family ranch--even if it meant seducing his uncle's ornery stepdaughter, schoolteacher, Jenny Runningbear Adams. Even if it mean...
When a southern scoundrel meets a hard-as-nails businesswoman, he finds that nothing's as much fun as... AMAZING GRACIE Gracie MacDougal has given up on romance. Three of her last four boyfriends proposed marriage--to other women. But through i...
The stick turned blue before her biological clock struck twelve --- and before she had a chance to tell her former flame that she'd unwittingly duped him into daddyhood!...
SHOTGUN BRIDE Half virginal innocence, half saucy temptress, willful little Lizzy Adams had long since stolen rancher Hank Robbins's heart. And then one night, passion overcame common sense and left them both with a little more than just wonderful...
A MAN OF HONOR Texas-born-and-bred lawman Justin Adams had always been a by-the-book kind of guy. Until one day the deputy caught a petty thief in the act of stealing a bottle of baby medicine. And when Justin looked into the imploring eyes of d...
A STORMY NIGHT. A HANDSOME STRANGER. A BABY ON HER DOORSTEP. Once Sharon Adams had her future all planned--only to see it snatched away in a heartbeat, leaving her dreams in the dust. And then she heard two thumps that fateful snowy night. The...
THIS CHILD IS MINE Rugged rancher Harlan Patrick Adams had had it with the gal he could never get out of his heart-childhood sweetheart Laurie Jensen. After all, she had admitted she loved him-and then left him, with no explanation. But then he sa...
CONGRATULATIONS, IT'S A GIRL! Slade Sutton might never have thought of himself as a father, but his young motherless daughter was proof to the contrary. So when Annie was suddenly dropped into his lap, Slade knew he needed help. And he'd take it f...
HAPPY NEW YEAR... BABY! When single, independent-minded mother-to-be Trish Delacourt went into labor on the side of a snowy road, she swallowed her pride and flagged down the nearest passing motorist. What she hoped for: a Good Samaritan. What she...
THE CHILDFINDER Private detective Dylan Delacourt had only to look into baby doctor Kelsey James's beautiful green eyes to know he'd move heaven and earth to find her kidnapped son. But having lost his own son to his ex-wife, Dylan had a particula...
SUSPECT... She was beautiful, intelligent...and possibly a corporate spy! Yet the more Jeb Delacourt "investigated" geologist Brianna O'Ryan, the more he felt her secret was not professional but personal...and the faster she made his pulse race. ...
Heather Reed thought she was making the right choice when she decided to raise her daughter, Angel, on her own. But three years later, Heather realizes she needs help. Her career as an actress is faltering and Angel's more than she can handle alone. ...
THE RELUCTANT DADDY Once upon a time, Michael Delacourt's tempting kisses had sent Grace Foster's heartbeat ricocheting. Now, here she was on an isolated Texas ranch with the only man she'd ever loved...the man she could never marry. So, when a ti...
REVENGE IS SWEET... The wealthy, powerful Delacourts had destroyed her family, and Maddie Kent wanted revenge. So she cozied up to Tyler Delacourt, the dynasty's youngest son. SEDUCTION IS SWEETER... But who knew the last Delacourt bachelor ...
LANGUAGE OF THE HEART Rescuing Allie Matthews from the rubble of her home should have been all in a day's work for Ricky Wilder. But her quiet intensity sparked his protective instincts, and unexpectedly, the sexy Latino invited Allie to stay with...
PREGNANT AND UNMARRIED, SHE LEFT TOWN... Now Cassie Collins had returned to reconnect with her oldest friends, the Calamity Janes, and put her troubles behind her. But trouble found her in the disconcertingly sexy form of Cole Davis -- father of h...
The picture-perfect town of Trinity Harbor, Virginia, is in an uproar when Robert "King" Spencer's sensible spinster daughter takes in a modern-day Huck Finn she found hotwiring her car. But Daisy, a spirited beauty with a tragic past, needs this orp...
FOE...OR FIANCE? Karen Hanson's oldest friends, the Calamity Janes, urged her to sell her struggling ranch and pursue her lifelong dreams of travel. But the only bidder for her land was brooding, enigmatic Grady Blackhawk -- her late husband's wor...
LOVELY LADY ON THE LAM! On the run from her troubles, Gina Petrillo sought out the support of her oldest friends, the Calamity Janes. Until trouble followed her home to Winding River, Wyoming. City-slicker lawyer Rafe O'Donnell was in hot pursuit ...
EMMA'S DILEMMA... What would Emma Rogers have done without her oldest friends, the Calamity Janes? As teenagers in Winding River Wyoming, they'd supported her ambitious dreams. A decade later, when Emma went home, struggling with single motherh...
WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? Horse wrangler Wade Owens treated Lauren Winters like a pretty little interloper who had sashayed onto his turf. Wade's attitude sparked Lauren's temper, but she'd never backed down from a challenge. Weary from h...
Waking up to discover an antique carousel horse and an armed guard in his front yard is not what Bobby Spencer needs on a quiet Sunday morning. Once again the Spencers are going to be the talk of Trinity Harbor, Virginia. And Bobby isn't feeling very...
FROM LONER TO LOVER... Abandoned by his parents and separated from his brothers, Ryan Devaney never let anyone get too close. Then spunky Maggie O'Brien marched into his Irish pub and declared war on the icy fortress around his heart. Ryan claimed...
BOSTON'S BRAVEST... Son of a shattered family, fireman Sean Devaney knew love never lasted -- so he refused to chance it. Then he encountered scrappy but vulnerable single mom Deanna Blackwell and her pint-sized son -- who had just lost everything...
What was a holiday without a handsome husband? To Aunt Mae, it wasn't very festive at all! So she sent the perfect man to her single niece, Savannah Holiday. But would wealthy bachelor Trace Franklin become a groom-to-be by Christmastime?...
Trinity Harbor's sheriff Tucker Spencer has seen some action...but finding an almost-naked woman asleep in his bed leaves him speechless. Especially because this same woman -- Mary Elizabeth Chandler -- broke Tucker's heart six years ago by marrying ...
THE SAILOR WAS EDGY, STUBBORN...AND THE LOVE OF HER LIFE. For years, Kelly Andrews had waited for her big brother's best friend to notice her. Now navy SEAL Michael Devaney was back in Boston -- as her bitter physical therapy patient...but still e...
CAN LOVE CONQUER ALL? Devastated by the discovery of a terrible family secret, Patrick Devaney put a No Trespassing sign on his battered heart and shut out the world. Then Alice Newberry, who had her own wounds to heal, burst into his life and coa...
"THIS TIME WE'RE AIMING FOR FOREVER...." When a runaway teen surfaced at Molly Creighton's tavern, Daniel Devaney's job as a child advocate forced him to investigate...and to confront his tumultuous past with Molly. Though a tragic loss had shatte...
Welcome to Flamingo Diner Where Friends and Family Come First Like television's Cheers, Flamingo Diner has always been a friendly place where everyone knows your name. Unfortunately, in the small town of Winter Cove, Florida, it is also the place ...
AFFAIRS OF THE HART... Straitlaced tycoon Richard Carlton suspects that his Aunt Destiny has more than business matters on her mind when she insists he meet klutzy PR executive Melanie Hart. Melanie might be brilliant -- and beautiful -- but R...
Destiny Carlton is finally ready for a little sweet revenge. For twenty years Destiny Carlton has put family and duty ahead of her own hopes and dreams. Now with the orphaned nephews she raised grown and married, it's time for the once free-spirit...
Love's in Bloom... When Melanie D'Angelo arrived at Rose Cottage, she was only looking to mend her shattered heart and restore the beautiful house her grandmother once called home. The last thing she wanted was to become involved with her landscap...
Every woman needs a backup plan... And no one knows that better than foreign correspondent Dinah Davis, who's spent years wriggling out of international hot spots. Now she's come home to South Carolina's Low Country to hook up with the dependable ...
Recipe for Disaster -- or Red-Hot Romance? Take one part Maggie D'Angelo, the striking and independent food critic who's had her fill of casual men.... Add one part gorgeous photographer on a mission for seduction. Rick Flannery's playboy rep...
Rose Cottage Romance -- It's the Law! Hotshot attorney Ashley D'Angelo had taken refuge at her grandmother's tranquil home after a terrible case made her reevaluate everything -- even her successful career. Still, no matter what her sisters thou...
Can First Love Strike Twice? Jo D'Angelo's sisters thought they had the perfect prescription for mending her shattered heart: a relaxing stay at Rose Cottage, their grandmother's idyllic home. But for Jo, Rose Cottage was a painful reminder of her...
OPPOSITES ATTRACT, BUT THEY DON'T LAST At least that's what improper Southern belle Maggie Forsythe thinks after being unceremoniously dumped two weeks before getting hitched to a man even her mother approves of. Maggie has never given two figs wh...
Oh, God! She's in love with her preacher. But it's not as if Amanda O'Leary set out to fall for the most gorgeous (and unattainable) man this side of South Carolina Low Country. It's just that he organized building a cozy home for her and her chil...
When Amy Riley's son disappears in the mall, Santa--who is actually police officer Nick DiCaprio--comes to the rescue. Whoever said the Big Red Guy wasn't sexy?...
There's nothing like a little serenity... Maddie Townsend might live in a town called Serenity, but there's been nothing calm or peaceful about her life since her marriage broke up. This stay-at-home mom has no job skills, an out-of-control sixtee...
The perfect recipe for new beginnings... Dana Sue might run the best little restaurant in Serenity, but when you're feeding a small town of neighbors, busybodies and best friends, things can get a bit hot in the kitchen. Never mind that she...
Life can be full of surprises... Helen Decatur spent a lifetime setting goals-getting through college and law school, opening her own practice, becoming financially secure and establishing herself as one of the most highly respected matrimonial at...
TWO FAMILIES...BOUND BY FRIENDSHIP...DEVASTATED BY SECRETS For ten years Emily Dobbs and Marcie Carter have been the closest of friends. They've raised their kids together, shared joy and heartache, exchanged neighborhood gossip over tea. But when...
The Sweet Magnolias are branching out... When Jeanette Brioche helped launch The Corner Spa in Serenity, South Carolina, she found a whole lot more than professional satisfaction. She discovered the deep and loyal friendships that had been missing...
Home is often where you least expect it Hannah Matthews is undeniably tough--a single mom, a top-tier PR exec, a breast cancer survivor. On the job and in her family she prides herself on being go-to Hannah, who can handle any crisis. But with her...
Let New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods sweep you away with thisacclaimed novella about uncovering long-hidden secrets.Drawn to an old trunk in the attic, Lara Calhoun is unable to resist finding out whattreasure her late, beloved mother ...
You might meet them at the coffee shop, the grocery store, or walking down the street. They're women across North America committed to reaching out and changing lives one good deed at a time. Five of these exceptional women have been selected as this...
It's been years since Abby O'Brien Winters set foot in Chesapeake Shores. The Maryland town her father built has too many sad memories and Abby too few spare moments, thanks to her demanding Wall Street career, the crumbling of her marriage and energ...
When her last two plays are dismal failures and her relationship with her temperamental mentor falls apart, writer Bree O'Brien abandons Chicago and the regional theater where she hoped to make a name for herself to return home. Opening Flowers on Ma...
Struggling in his role as a newly single father, former army medic Kevin O'Brien moves home to Chesapeake Shores. He wants a haven for himself and his toddler son, surrounded by the family he knows he can count on, and a future that's nothing like hi...
There's no place like home, especially if it's Serenity, South Carolina. For Annie Sullivan, though, the homecoming is bittersweet. She'd always envisioned a life there with her childhood best friend, Tyler Townsend. But Ty's betrayal has cost her th...
Her devastating marriage behind her, Raylene Hammond is truly thankful for her best friends, the Sweet Magnolias. They've taken her in, shielding her from the world. Then she meets sheriff's deputy Carter Rollins, and suddenly Raylene's haven no long...
Emotionally wounded single mom Sarah Price has come home to Serenity, South Carolina, for a fresh start. With support from her two best friends--the newest generation of the Sweet Magnolias--she can face any crisis. But sometimes a woman needs mor...
After years apart, Mick and Megan O'Brien are finally ready to make it official…again. Most of their grown children couldn't be happier about their rekindled love and impending marriage this holiday season. Only Connor is a holdout. Driven to becom...
Single mom Heather Donovan's dreams of home and family are tantalizingly within reach when she settles in Chesapeake Shores. The welcoming arms of the boisterous, loving O'Brien clan embrace her and her son. But accepting their support seems to furth...
Welcome to Chesapeake Shores, where New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods weaves a world with compelling characters and heartfelt emotion Jess O'Brien has overcome a lot -- the challenges of attention deficit disorder, the near bankruptcy ...
In the close-knit community of Chesapeake Shores, Maryland, Susie O'Brien and Mack Franklin's "not dating" claim befuddles everyone, especially since the two spend every spare minute together. Susie's thrilled when their friendship finally heats up. ...
Dating Matthew O'Brien - a playboy and a younger man - cost Laila Riley her career and her parents' respect. A high price, even for love - and when Laila decides it was just a fling, she breaks it off, despite Matthew's objections. But the O'Brien f...
Falling for "Maddening Moira" O'Malley was the unexpected highlight of Luke O'Brien's Dublin holiday. So when she pays a surprise visit to Chesapeake Shores, Luke is thrilled...at first. A fling with this wild Irish rose is one thing, but forever? Ma...
When Elliott Cruz first courted struggling single mom Karen Ames, it was a romance worthy of any Sweet Magnolia fantasy. The sexy personal trainer made it his mission to restore Karen's strength -- physical and emotional -- and to charm her children....
When bullying threatens to destroy a teen's life, painful memories resurface for dedicated high school teacher Laura Reed and pediatrician J. C. Fullerton. With the support of the Sweet Magnolias, they they bring the town together to ensure that a pr...
Single mom Lynn Morrow is determined to put food on the table for her son and daughter. Her soon-to-be-ex-husband has failed to meet his obligations time and again -- but it turns out that Ed is struggling with his own demons. Enter contractor Mit...
Three bestselling authors Three real-life heroines Each of us can effect change. In our own unique ways, we can all make the world a better place. We need only to take that first step, do that first good deed and the ripple effect will be lif...
In a trade-off she's lived to regret, Emily Castle left home years ago to become an interior designer. The youngest of three sisters, Emily desperately wanted to prove herself. Success, though, came at the cost of leaving behind the man she loved. ...
When life gets complicated, New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods proves family -- and love -- can make all the difference Facing a personal crisis, ambitious and driven Gabriella Castle retreats to the welcoming arms of her family. Ever...
Under summer skies, New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods evokes family, friendship and heartfelt emotion With her two younger sisters heading for the altar, will Samantha Castle exchange old dreams for new ones? Lately she'd rather be o...
#1 New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods takes you back to Chesapeake Shores for another heartwarming holiday season As the only child of a single mom, Jenny Collins wanted nothing more than to be part of a large, rambunctious family li...
New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods reveals that the most delightful surprises may await right in your own backyard! Falling for a handsome stranger on the very morning they meet is hardly what recently divorced Abby Miller planned fo...
#1 New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods draws readers back into the world of strong friendships and heartfelt emotions in Serenity, South Carolina Determined to build a new life for her family after her divorce, Adelia Hernandez has ...
When it comes to family and Christmas, #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods always looks to the O'Briens for a little holiday magic For the very driven medical student Caitlyn Winters, catching the bridal bouquet at a Christmas wedd...
#1 New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods tests the strength of the beloved O'Briens and proves that love and family can always triumph! When former pro football quarterback Aidan Mitchell comes to Chesapeake Shores to take a high school...
#1 New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods sweeps readers away with the story of a beloved member of the O'Brien family as she claims the life she's always dreamed of Spirited, spontaneous Carrie Winters has grown up under the watchful ey...
When Jaime Alvarez, Mick O'Brien's top executive, comes home to Chesapeake Shores while his broken leg heals, Mick puts his matchmaking skills to work to make sure that Jaime leaves town with the woman of his dreams. Not even the most stubbornly resi...
No one writes about friends, family and home better than Sherryl Woods. Told with warmth and humor, Lilac Lane is a brand-new story in her beloved Chesapeake Shores series, one readers all over the world have waited two years to read! At the heart...
Part memoir, part oral history, #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods gives us a rare and intimate look at Colonial Beach, Virginia. Rich in narrative history and local color, A SMALL TOWN LOVE STORY: COLONIAL BEACH, VIRGINIA is an ho...