Best sex of his life, that is until Maggie disappears and so does his bundle of cash he so desperately needs. It's a long story, but she passes out and Connor wakes some hours later to find Maggie's hands and mouth all over him. A drugged up Maggie thinks he's the doctor and does what she's told. Conner leaves the card game drunk and in need of a woman and lands at the same parlor house Maggie's in, and he's sent to her room by mistake.

The guy: Connor Holiday has just won big at cards and has all the money he needs to buy title to the family ranch in Colorado from his father (who needs cash and is ready to sell it to Maggie's father for railroad right of way). One grounds me in reality and the other offers a break from it. I am currently the executive director of a child caring/mental health agency and find my work and my writing often compliment each other. I began working with adolescents and families, first as a childcare worker and later, after graduating from West Virginia University with a master's degree in counseling, as a therapist. Years of competitive swimming didn't help me anticipate seasickness. I graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a major in biology and a minor in chemistry and some notion that I would do marine research. They bought me an electric typewriter and crossed their fingers, but somehow PASSION'S BRIDE came out. My supportive, but vaguely concerned parents, sighed with relief when I announced I was going to write children's books. There was also a story about a runaway girl with the unlikely name of Strawberry and one about mistaken identities and an evil blind date.

In seventh grade I wrote a melodrama about two orphan sisters, one of whom was pregnant. I was in fourth grade, but it was a start. Please visit her website at To find characters to illustrate my first family saga, I cut out models from the Sears catalogue. Jo lives with her family in West Virginia. She feels lucky that seasickness made her change course. Once upon a time, Jo believed she was going to be a marine biologist. THE THORNE BROTHERS TRILOGY, in series order: THE DENNEHY SISTERS SERIES, in series order: 'Jo Goodman is a master at historical romance.' ~Fresh Fiction Connor and Maggie strike a bargain where the success of their marriage hinges on breaking their vows.

But when that lover turns out to be the bastard daughter of one of the city's richest men, he is forced to choose between what he wants and what he needs. When the New York heiress awakes in her fashionable 5th Avenue residence, she remembers nothing of her experience, save a haunting dream that fills her with longing.Ĭolorado Rancher Connor Holiday can't forget the passion filled night spent in the fancy New York bordello, or the exquisite lover who so willingly played the innocent. Injured and lost, Mary Margaret 'Maggie' Dennehy stumbles into a seedy New York City neighborhood.

With All My Heart by Jo Goodman