Title: Novels (Above and Beyond / Secret Splendor)
Description: A Secret Splendor - SHE WAS A MOTHER WITHOUT A CHILD.After the death of her son, Arden Gentry felt a terrible emptiness. But she had another son, a child her ex-husband had forced her to give up at birth,a child who could ease her pain.Better than anyone, Arden knew that the mystery of birth could be surrounded by half-truths, secrets, and unspeakable lies. Yet somehow there must be away to find the man who had fathered her baby, to find the love that had been too long denied her...
Above  and Beyond - Beautiful Kyla Stroud's Marine husband, Richard, is tragically killed in a terrorist attack while guarding the American embassy in Cairo, Egypt. She learns of his death while she is in the hospital recovering from the birth of their child, Aaron. Meanwhile, Richard's best friend, Trevor Rule, was severely injured in the same blast. Having been given Kyla's love letters to Richard, Trevor falls in love with her after reading the passionate words over and over during his recuperation. When he is released from the hospital, Trevor heads for Texas in search of Kyla, who only knows of him as Smooch, lady killer par excellence. Thus the stage is set for romance, misunderstanding, and heart break.
Subjects: Birthmothers, Mothers and sons, Death, Fiction, Adoption, Widows, Illegitimate children, Children, Fiction, romance, short stories, Fiction, romance, collections & anthologies