SHIRLEY HAILSTOCK SERIES:

Healing the Doctor's Heart

Healing the Doctor's Heart

Shirley Hailstock

Shirley Hailstock

He's a great doctor...Will she make him a better man?When pediatrician Lauren Peterson becomes a live-in companion to Jake Masters, a reclusive surgeon with an arm injury and attitude problem, she knows it'll be tough going. Jake is totally disillusioned with the medical profession, so Lauren can't tell him she's a doctor. The deception's easy...until she falls for the unexpectedly kind heart beneath Jake's unfriendly exterior. Can the truth give them both a fresh start?
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Love in San Francisco ; Unconditionally

Love in San Francisco ; Unconditionally

Shirley Hailstock

Shirley Hailstock

LOVE IN SAN FRANCISCOFor foundation director Ellie Hamilton, dancing with gorgeous Blake Thorn at a charity ball means gambling with heartache. She can't reveal the part she played in changing his life. Manager of the House of Thorn's San Francisco store, Blake avoids commitment since a tragic accident, but Ellie's an intriguing challenge. Their nights are filled with passionate discovery...but can love withstand the truth?UNCONDITIONALLYMeghan Gaines's unorthodox teaching style has nothing in common with by-the-book English professor Leo Wolfe. Yet electricity crackles between them. When their mutual desire finally erupts, it's even hotter than Meghan dreamed. Though pitted against each other at work, they're perfectly in sync in the bedroom. But the secret Leo's been keeping has the power to drive a rift between them for good...
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Love in New York ; Cherish My Heart

Love in New York ; Cherish My Heart

Shirley Hailstock

Shirley Hailstock

LOVE IN NEW YORKCompletely captivated by his new employee, André Thorn is about to break his "never mix business with pleasure" rule. But amateur photographer Susan Dewhurst is concealing her true identity. Although she's falling for the House of Thorn scion, she can't reveal the secret that could jeopardize far more than her job at the flagship New York store. Amid André's growing suspicions and an imminent media scandal, does love stand a chance?CHERISH MY HEARTZoologist Petra Gaines can't believe the gorgeous stranger who shared her bed is the investor she needs to continue her vital research. New York media mogul Chance Youngblood understands how important saving endangered animals is to Petra. Now Chance wants her to star in a television show—and turn their sizzling affair into a permanent partnership. But Petra is wary of the spotlight and wonders if their love is worth the risk.
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Brush Strokes

Brush Strokes

Shirley Hailstock

Shirley Hailstock

What would you call surviving a lightning strike? Michaela Manfred‑Smith did just that. But what happened next would be considered a gift by most. For Michaela, it felt like a curse. The owner of a world‑class art gallery could lose her reputation if her secret is discovered. Then famous artist, Zachary Cooper, calls her out of the blue and agrees to be the speaker and judge of her art show. In this romance, if Michaela trusts him with her secret will the magic disappear or will he reveal her gift?
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More Than Gold (Capitol Chronicles Book 3)

More Than Gold (Capitol Chronicles Book 3)

Shirley Hailstock

Shirley Hailstock

Morgan Kirkwood was only nineteen when her performance at the Seoul Olympics garnered her a gold medal, made her name a household word and her face that of America's sweetheart. Twelve years later a new political faction is vying for dominance in the small republic. At the same time, the United States is electing a new president. Morgan is the linchpin in both elections and the shocking secret she holds could affect the outcome of both governments.Jack Temple's been in the CIA long enough. He's planning to resign, but finding that Morgan Kirkwood is in trouble, he accepts one last assignment and rushes to her rescue. Jack traveled as a swim team coach to Seoul at the same time Morgan was a gymnastics competitor. While his real position was to back her up in the political operation she'd agreed to perform, he found himself falling for the young gymnast. Being in the CIA offers him no opportunity for entanglements and she was definitely a complication. Now that someone wanted more...
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One Christmas Night (Capitol Chronicles Book 6)

One Christmas Night (Capitol Chronicles Book 6)

Shirley Hailstock

Shirley Hailstock

Elizabeth Gregory's world fell apart one Christmas, and she never wants to see the man who caused it–her ex-fiance, James Hill. He might be boy-wonder to the investment world, but to her he's the man involved in her sister's death. Yet as the holiday season happily paints the streets in the nation's Capitol red and green, Elizabeth is standing on his doorstep. For her it's the worse time of the year. But James makes her a wager – one in which refusal is not an option.James found and lost of the love of his life, but providence brings her back to him during the holiday season. This time he'll never let her go–even if he has to convince her he's what she wants. Can they find magic on this one Christmas night?
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Nine Months with Thomas

Nine Months with Thomas

Shirley Hailstock

Shirley Hailstock

Social worker Meghan Howard lived to help others. But she's the one in need after being downsized out of her job. Now the only way Meghan can get her life back on track is to accept an out-of-this-world offer from wealthy, widowed businessman Thomas Worthington-Yates. They've decided: after Meghan fulfills her part of the agreement, she will go her own way. But workaholic Thomas is proving to be a caring, sensitive man underneath his hard-driving ways. And Meghan is finding it harder and harder to resist their growing attraction--or the sweet promise of a future, and a family, together....
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Under the Sheets (Capitol Chronicles Book 1)

Under the Sheets (Capitol Chronicles Book 1)

Shirley Hailstock

Shirley Hailstock

Robyn and Grant Richards' happily ever after was short lived. He is captured and held prisoner in Lebanon and her government-coerced testimony against a crime network whisked her into Witness Protection as Brooke Johnson. Five years later a critical accident involving Brooke's daughter forces her hand. She reveals Grant's location to the doctors. Never believing he'd deliver Kari's rare blood type in person, her powers of acting indifferent are sorely tested when she comes face-to-face with the only man she's ever loved.Grant could swear his dead wife stood in the hospital waiting room — until she turned around and only her hair reminded him of Robyn. Yet there was something about her and her precious daughter that had him flying in to see them more often than necessary. Despite Brooke telling him she didn't want a relationship, he refused to take no for an answer.Being with Grant endangered them all. The crime network may have gone underground, but they would never stop looking...
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Some Like Them Rich

Some Like Them Rich

Shirley Hailstock

Shirley Hailstock

Can She Listen To Her Heart. . .Disillusioned by love and dreading her thirtieth birthday, Amberlina Nash is determined to snag a rich man by spending the summer mingling with the country club set on Martha's Vineyard. But when Amber meets charismatic hotel manager Don Randall, she struggles to maintain her polished alter ego—and fights the possibility that what she wants and what she needs might be two different things. . .When Love Isn't Part Of The Plan?Serial playboy Sheldon St. Romaine has spent the past year running one of his father's hotels to prove he has a knack for the business. To guests, he is the modest and accommodating Don Randall, whom Amber finds irresistible. But she's certain he lacks the bank account she's really after. While both are harboring secrets, neither can deny the passion that ignites between them. . .
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The Right Wedding Gown

The Right Wedding Gown

Shirley Hailstock

Shirley Hailstock

Samara Scott doesn't believe in happily ever after. So when she finds a vintage wedding gown in a beautiful antique trunk, she vows never to put it on. Even if tantalizing visions of sexy attorney Justin Beckett in tux and tails are tempting her to rethink that trip down the aisle....Justin not only believes in marriage--he knows Samara's the right woman for him. And with passion sizzling between them, he just has to get the wedding-wary documentarian to say "I do." But walking her to the altar is no piece of cake. Unless he can convince Samara to trust in their love enough to take that leap of faith.
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Wrong Dress, Right Guy

Wrong Dress, Right Guy

Shirley Hailstock

Shirley Hailstock

When a mix-up leaves Cinnamon Scott with a gorgeous wedding dress instead of a ball gown, she can't resist trying it on. MacKenzie Grier appears at her door to retrieve his sister's missing gown, only to be floored by this angelic vision and his own deepest longings. Sparks fly, and soon some enterprising folks are conspiring to give Cinnamon the perfect wedding--all she needs is a groom. Mac had sworn off commitment. Then the Washington, D.C., journalist sees beautiful Cinnamon wearing white. Still, a man reluctant to believe in love is going to need a lot of sweet persuasion to get him to the altar. Luckily, Cinnamon's already got the dress....
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Love on Call

Love on Call

Shirley Hailstock

Shirley Hailstock

M.D. IN TRAINING...FOR LOVEIt wasn't a love bug Dr. Mallory Russell was looking to cure when she stepped into the Philadelphia General E.R. that day. But that's exactly what she was bitten by when the notoriously gifted-but-cold pediatric surgeon Bradley Clayton suddenly started to thaw. Seemed all it took was a life-and-death struggle with a drug-addicted patient for him to notice her....But both doctors had a closetful of secrets and hurts, and neither Mallory nor Brad wanted to reveal their closely guarded heart to the other. However, their paths crossed again and again. Both of them yearned for each other emotionally...and physically. This need was enough for now. But was it a strong enough basis for the future?
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Mirror Image (Capitol Chronicles Book 4)

Mirror Image (Capitol Chronicles Book 4)

Shirley Hailstock

Shirley Hailstock

Aurora Alexander found her doppelganger in the form of talk show hostess Marsha Chambers. Yet the two of them couldn't be further apart in personality. Aurora, a trained psychologist, supports her mother's nursing home expenses through celebrity impersonation. Following a less than stellar interview with Martha Chambers, Aurora is mistaken for Marsha by a kidnapper who attempts to abduct her. Fighting him off long enough for producer, Duncan West, to scare the man away, Aurora's life is plunged into danger for the famous face she wears.Duncan West would like nothing better than to have his connections to the East Coast severed. He wants to be in Hollywood making feature films, not adhering to the whims of a diva. But when her look alike appears and he convinces her to stand in for the absent hostess, her life is put in danger and all Duncan instincts to stay away from her are put to the test. Aurora is tied to the East by a suffering parent. And Duncan wants to seek his fortune in...
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