Gwynne Forster Books in Order

Artist Naomi Logan challenges radio host Rufus Meade on air over his conservative views of working women. Meeting the outspoken man creates an unexpected attraction, forcing both to confront the gap between their convictions and their feelings.

Melissa Grant struggles to sustain her recruiting firm when businessman Adam Roundtree becomes a client and romantic possibility. Discovering their families’ generations-old feud, followed by sabotage that implicates Melissa, threatens both their careers and their relationship.

Novelist Jeanetta Rollins needs an unusual operation to prevent blindness, but the surgeon who could perform it has abandoned medicine. Joining Mason Fenwick’s guided world tour gives her a chance to persuade him, with unexpected romantic consequences.

Against the international backdrop of work at the United Nations, Della Murray struggles to leave childhood poverty and adversity behind. Her search for love requires confronting the fears that continue to shape her adult relationships.

Leaving stockbroking for a new life in Texas, Selena Sutton encounters the contrasting Cooper brothers. Her romance with gentle Magnus attracts the hostility of womanizing Prince, whose determination to get his way threatens their growing bond.

Fleeing a man who wants to kill her, graduate student Leslie Collins finds kitchen work with Jordan Saber. Their interracial romance faces social disapproval and the continuing effects of her past, testing her ability to accept his protection.

Pregnant and unmarried principal Amanda Ross needs a husband to protect her career. Music engineer Marcus Hickson needs money for his daughter’s surgery, leading to a marriage bargain that grows complicated when their business arrangement becomes personal.

Regretting her decision to surrender her newborn for adoption, Justine Montgomery becomes the child’s nanny without revealing her identity. Adoptive father Duncan Banks grows suspicious of her secrets even as an unexpected attraction develops between them.

This contemporary romance anthology brings together three stories by Gwynne Forster, Francine Craft, and Níqui Stanhope. Forster’s contribution follows attorneys whose romance abroad becomes complicated when they meet again on opposite sides of a courtroom battle.

Pregnant Patsy Washington ends her engagement after discovering her fiancé’s betrayal. Her controlling father pressures her former sweetheart Austin into marrying her, creating a reunion shadowed by blackmail and the question of whether he can reveal the truth.

Widow Kate Middleton and her son survive a robbery with help from police captain Luke Hickson. Both carry painful experiences and resist their immediate attraction, but renewed danger brings Kate back to the man whose presence offers safety.

Social-service director Veronica Overton meets attorney Schyler Henderson while defending her agency against legal accusations. Their attraction survives the case, but an unexpected connection between their families forces her to reconcile romantic hopes with longstanding hurt.

Widowed teacher Melinda Rodgers must establish a foundation and remarry to retain her inheritance. Executor Blake Hunter insists on enforcing the conditions, while their longstanding attraction raises the possibility of love within an arrangement she refuses to treat as business.

Divorced mother Alexis Stevenson takes a household-management job with wealthy Telford Harrington and his brothers. Transforming their bachelor mansion into a home becomes complicated by her attraction to Telford and the secrets that undermine their growing trust.

When newspaper owner Marge Hairston becomes ill, her youngest child Sharon steps into the family business. The decision provokes jealousy among her siblings even as a new career and romance give her opportunities to build confidence and independence.

After her father’s death, Regina Pearson leaves Hawaii to seek relatives in North Carolina. A hotel job brings her close to Justin Duval, whose discomfort with family ties clashes with her determination to understand her roots.

Social-welfare leader Coreen Holmes faces a Senate appearance that threatens to expose her hidden past. Decades after rape and a secret adoption, she must confront the experiences she concealed from the family and public life she has built.

Journalist Allison Wakefield sees an exposé of bestselling author Jacob Covington as her route out of tabloid work. Falling for him during a book tour forces her to weigh career recovery against exposing his secret intelligence-service past.

Caterer Velma Brighton compares herself unfavorably with her sister, even as Russ Harrington admires her exactly as she is. Her attempts to transform her appearance strain a developing relationship, making confidence and self-acceptance central to their future.

Engineer Drake Harrington wants to establish himself in the family business before settling down. News anchor Pamela Langford refuses to wait indefinitely, and a trip to Ghana tests whether his professional ambitions can accommodate their growing love.

Lacette Graham faces family upheaval, inheritance disputes, and her twin sister Kellie’s relentless rivalry. Her attraction to Douglas Rawlins offers hope, but Kellie’s hidden manipulations threaten the relationship and the stability Lacette is trying to create.

Jacqueline Ann Parkton holds a doctorate but adopts a different identity while serving drinks at an exclusive club. Businessman Warren Holcomb falls for Jackie Parks, bringing her double life into conflict with the possibility of an honest relationship.

After a bitter divorce, former tennis professional Lynne Thurston considers returning to competition. Businessman Sloan McNeil encourages her comeback and growing confidence, while her ex-husband’s attempts at reconciliation complicate her decision to trust a new love.

After her controlling mother dies, Jolene Tilman seeks independence at an oceanside boardinghouse. Burned-out executive Richard Peterson arrives there for his own fresh start, as both confront loneliness and the consequences of their choices about love.

An inheritance allows Susan Pettiford to return to North Carolina and launch an interior-design business. Her encounter with architect Lucas Hamilton deepens into affection, but unresolved family troubles and a secret she guards threaten their shared future.

Columnist Felicia Parker hires a date for a society event and encounters powerful CEO John Ashton Underwood. Their attraction challenges his expectations of a conventional partner and her uncertainty about balancing an active professional life with romance.

Architect Reid Maguire fights to restore his reputation after a damaging conflict with his ex-wife. His attraction to Judge Kendra Rutherford, who presides over his legal case, complicates their professional responsibilities and competing ambitions.

A frightening diagnosis prompts Petra Fields to seek forgiveness from people she has hurt. Admitting that her daughter’s supposedly dead father is alive begins a difficult reckoning with past deceptions, as she searches for peace and another chance at love.

An unexpected fortune changes Gina Harkness’s life and brings charming chauffeur Justin Whitehead into her household. Their attraction becomes complicated by his concealed identity as a reporter researching the newly rich, putting the authenticity of their romance in doubt.

Melanie Sparks hopes her clinic job will help fulfill her dream of nursing, but attraction to her boss complicates matters. Dr. Jack Ferguson’s wealthy family expects a socially suitable marriage, challenging his growing attachment to her.

New food columnist Leticia Langley transforms her appearance and begins pursuing possibilities beyond her hard-won education. A hostile colleague, Max Baldwin, questions her ambitions, then develops respect that creates a new challenge to her guarded independence.

After years spent raising her siblings, children’s advocate Tyra Cunningham agrees to their matchmaking with attorney Byron Wright. Attraction comes easily, but opposing positions on a contentious issue threaten the relationship between two people accustomed to fighting for others.

Dentist Kisha Moran treats television anchor Craig Jackson during an emergency, sparking a passionate connection. His guardedness and suspicion of celebrity-seeking women push her away, leaving him to prove his sincerity as Christmas approaches.

Cookbook author Allison Sawyer retreats to the mountains after a difficult divorce and meets neighbor Brock Lightner. Attraction competes with her fear that the private investigator works for her powerful ex, making trust essential to their possible future.

Professor Sheri Stephens begins a cruise romance unaware that her lover plans revenge for an old academic grievance. As Dalton’s scheme turns into genuine affection, both must confront deception and the resentment that brought them together.

Lawyer Judson Phillips searches for his birth family while pursuing diplomat Heather Tatum, whose parents’ unhappy marriage left her wary of commitment. Discovering ties to the Harringtons introduces new family possibilities that challenge her determination to remain independent.

Millionaire Leon Farrell dies leaving three adult children and a missing will. Their hunt for the document exposes childhood wounds and buried family secrets, forcing the siblings to reconsider their relationships while a potential fortune hangs in the balance.

Three romances explore commitment through unexpected circumstances: a store owner mistaken for a salesman, attorneys reunited as courtroom opponents, and a woman paired by her astrology-loving aunt. Each couple must decide whether the connection can lead to marriage.

Ambassador Scott Galloway wants a family but cannot forget Denise Miller, whom he dismissed after their first encounter. Reunited through the Harringtons, these equally accomplished, stubborn people must find room for compromise within their growing attraction.

Kendra Richards repeatedly sacrifices her money and opportunities to rescue her reckless mother. A new romance and the chance to improve her life force her to confront that pattern when another desperate request threatens everything she has gained.

United Nations worker Haley Feldon puts social progress ahead of romance, but media mogul Jon Ecklund pursues her determinedly. Pain from her past and an unexpected complication threaten their growing relationship, challenging his confidence that he can win her trust.

Four stories and a novella explore desire, damaged marriages, and the dangerous misuse of power. Lovers confront insecurity and manipulation, while a family begins to unravel after an arrogant father loses the job that supported his authority.

Attorney Darlene Cunningham travels to Memphis to locate a witness and encounters detective Mike Raines during his surveillance operation. Their attraction complicates an investigation neither can afford to jeopardize, drawing professional ambitions and personal desires into conflict.