title: Finding Love the Hard Way
author: Vickery, Rebecca J.
description: Romance seems to come easy to some, but not to the heroines of these three stories from the author of "Looking Through the Mist" and "Surviving With Love". The Trouble with Fishing ~ Rob surprises Lena with a trip to help them get to know one another. But hiking and fishing for five days? Lena is a city girl and wants to go home. Rob soon realizes he made a mistake, but it's too late now. Walker, the fishing guide, hides his amusement at Lena's designer jeans, new boots, and Hollywood sunglasses when he first meets her. But there's something about the short, well-rounded brunette that keeps drawing his attention. He knows she's going to be trouble, he just can't imagine how much. Does Lena feel the sparks between them? She definitely thinks the guide is well built and when he renders first aid to her sore feet, she's impressed. But what about the man she came with? Christmas Tears ~ What's a widowed mother to do with two children to provide for and Christmas coming soon? Noelle Welborn is in dire straits when she loses her job, is cheated out of her pay, and has no relatives to which she can turn. Then they lose the roof over their heads. Sleeping in the car seems the only option left. Officer Nick Stewart stops when he spies a familiar looking car parked in a church parking lot late one night. Sure enough, she's the same pixie-faced woman he warned before. When he discovers she has kids asleep in the car, he insists she park in his yard or go to the police station with him. But what about the next night, and the next? Lady Constance Yankee Spy ~ The War Between the States costs Constance Teague Ashmore almost everyone she loves. Offered a chance to help end the bloody battle between fathers, brothers, husbands, and sons; Lady Constance becomes a spy for the North. Finally, her usefulness ends, but not before she meets and leaves a most unforgettable man. Two years later, she is summoned to duty once more. Her orders: 'Stop the man she can't get out of her mind, Nathaniel Weston, from assassinating the President. Use any means necessary.'