Parker “Still here?” Dr. Sebastian Crawford, head of the neurology department and my boss, asks as he presses the Down button on the elevator panel. “I thought you’d have left by now.” “Just had to check on one more patient.” “Hopefully you’re done for the day,” he says, the elevator doors sliding open and we…
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Ava My flight lands at Sacramento Airport at eight and from there, I rent a car and drive for another hour to Auburn Springs, a small town in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The closest “big” city to Auburn Springs is probably Grass Valley, but even Grass Valley is small. Hard to believe I was so…
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Ava Telephone call. Important. I look up to see my secretary Stacy standing behind the glass conference door gesturing wildly. The moment she finally catches my eye, she brings her hand to her ear, mimicking a phone receiver. I shrug, perplexed. I get phone calls every day. What makes this call more important than what…
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Las Vegas, a year earlier I shouldn’t have answered the call. I should have let it go to voicemail and enjoy my time with my mother in Auburn Springs. But I did, and after listening to my panicked boss begging me to go to the Las Vegas conference in his place, here I am two…
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When last year’s one-night stand turns out to be Auburn Springs’ newest—and hottest—doctor, senior copywriter Ava must decide whether her big city ambitions are more important than being with family and a chance at something more… permanent.
Did we or didn’t we? That’s the million dollar question when I wake up next to Kodi Donovan the morning after a mutual friend’s wedding…
Environmental protection scientist Benny Turner has always managed to surprise his long-time love (and Valentine cynic) Sarah Drexel on Valentine’s Day. But when a toxic waste spill on tribal land requires him to travel out of state, for the first time since they’ve been together, they’ll have to spend Valentine’s Day apart. But Benny has…
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