Secrets & Denials is a special edition featuring two steamy, small town novellas, complete with a special bonus scene for each story. Red, White & Dress BluesFour years ago, when Lucas Barnes was celebrating his high school graduation before he headed off for boot camp, the two of them shared a night of passion.

But a lot has happened to Lacy Devereaux since the night she slept with her little brother’s best friend. When the strapping young Marine returns to Cedar Hollow, showing up one day at the coffee shop she now owns and runs, Lacy has to decide whether or not to let him back into her life.

And when, and how, to tell him the truth about all that transpired while he was gone. Can it all be water under the bridge? Or has too much happened for them to have a chance?Bandaids to BroomsticksSingle mother and school nurse Ruby Langley’s life is full.

Full of her job, full of parenting her six-year-old daughter, full of housework. Just, full.

Too full for whatever the young, new first-grade teacher thinks can happen between them. No matter how good-looking he is.

Julian Schultz was looking for small town life when he moved to Cedar Hollow, but he wasn’t expecting the way he felt drawn to the school’s quiet, serious nurse, Ruby. She seems intent on keeping their acquaintance purely professional, citing their age difference, the fact that they work together, their quintessentially different lifestyles.

And yet, thanks to life in a small town, their divergent lives seem to keep colliding. As do their lips.

How long can they fight the chemistry that obviously lies between them?. .