Books

Books by Trish Milburn

A Firefighter in the Family

Harlequin American, September 2008

Miranda “Randi” Cooke left her family and her hometown on the Gulf Coast of Florida behind when a mistake she made as a firefighter led to tragedy. Now her job with the state fire marshal’s office has brought her back to Horizon Beach. Not only will she have to hunt down an arsonist, but she’ll also face the estrangement from her family and have to decide if she wants to give her love for former firefighter Zac Parker a second chance.

Her Very Own Family

Harlequin American, May 2009

Audrey York arrives in tiny Willow Glen, Tennessee, with the aim of starting her life over. She’s leaving behind a fast-paced part of her life that ended in a scandal not of her making but which scarred her nonetheless. The perfect balm for her battered soul presents itself when she buys an old gristmill and undertakes the renovation necessary to turn it into a restaurant. What she doesn’t expect is to befriend an older neighbor who insists on helping her and then fighting the temptation his son presents when he joins the renovation too. While she enjoys her time with Brady Witt and his father, Nelson, she fears that her old life will catch up with her and shatter this new life like it did the old.

The Family Man

Harlequin American, March 2010 (sequel to A Firefighter in the Family)

Detective Sara Greene grew up an only child raised by a workaholic street cop in Memphis after her mother abandoned both her and her father. She desperately wanted a real family, and when circumstances didn’t grant her one she decided to create her own. Now a detective in the beach community of Horizon Beach, Florida, she still hasn’t found Mr. Perfect. But she has started to build her family by adopting two girls — a toddler and a teenager. Her latest case has her looking for a teenage boy who has run away from home, and while canvassing the community she meets laid-back Adam Canfield. She’s instantly attracted to him, but he’s the total opposite of her idea of Mr. Perfect. She needs someone who is responsible, dependable, and a good role model for her girls. Adam, with his job running a pier concession and his hobby of chilling in the Beach Bum beach bar, isn’t what she needs or wants. Then why can’t she stop thinking about him? But Adam isn’t just a lazy beach bum. He has reasons, good ones, for not wanting to be responsible for anyone but himself. He’s attracted to Sara too, but he doesn’t want anything beyond casual relationships. And he definitely doesn’t want to be responsible for kids. But the more he spends time with Sara, the more his determination to stay detached slips away.

Elly: Cowgirl Bride

Harlequin American, October 2010 (part of The Codys: The First Family of Rodeo continuity series)

Ellen “Elly” Cody has had the goal of making and winning the National Finals Rodeo in barrel racing for as long as she can remember. And this year, it’s finally within her grasp. All she has to do is stay focused and practice, practice, practice. But in the weeks leading up to the final competition that will determine if she makes the NFR, she didn’t expect to be dealing with the revelation of secrets that could tear her close-knit family apart. Or the return of Will Jackson to Markton, Wyoming — a Will Jackson who is no longer the geeky, allergy-ridden kid she remembers. Far from it.

Books by Tricia Mills

Heartbreak River

Razorbill, April 2009

Alexandra Landon once loved running the Grayton River through the Colorado canyons near her home and couldn’t imagine doing anything else with her life but continuing the family’s river rafting business. But that was before her father died in a rafting accident and she developed a full-fledged fear of drowning. It’s been nearly a year since her father’s death, and the arrival of another summer means Alex has to face the river, the question of whether she can ever recapture her love of rafting, and the return of co-worker and former boyfriend Sean Kenley. One way or the other, this summer is going to change Alex’s life forever.

Winter Longing

Razorbill, August 2010

Winter Craig finally gets up the nerve and tells her long-time friend Spencer that she likes him as more than a friend. The best part? Spencer likes her as more than a friend too. With the perfect boy to love and be loved by, she begins her senior year at her small Alaska school and indulges in the dream of becoming a costume designer for the movie industry. Life is perfect — until tragedy strikes. Winter’s perfect life turns upside down as she deals with an unbearable loss, doubts about her future, a best friend whose home life is getting worse by the day, and unexpected feelings for an unexpected boy.