Second Gift Books

Savanna Thompson knows what it’s like when you blink and your life shatters. She’s been hiding her divorce from her best friend Cassie, but she knows she can’t any longer. Cassie’s husband, a firefighter, just died. Savanna rushes home, along with her one-year-old daughter to help, and now she’s staying with Cassie in a nursery meant for a baby that won’t ever exist. She will fix their relationship, but it’s complicated with Jason around. He’s the firefighter who saved Savanna’s life two and a half years ago. He just lost his best friend, and like Cassie, he blames himself for Mike’s death. When he convinced Mike to remain with the department, how could he know Mike would die fighting a house fire? Though hurting herself, something deep inside her won’t let her walk away. Jason needs her but she’s off limits on so many levels. She’s falling for this sexy firefighter but he confuses her to no end. Being stuck in the middle is enough stress, plus her own problems are festering behind her helping smile. Can Savanna find the balance between loving Jason, helping Cassie, and taking care of herself and her daughter? Or is she going to lose this bet and her best friend?

She’s looking for a safe romance…not a retired Navy SEAL turned Intelligence operative. Cassie escapes to Ocean View Stables on the Oregon Coast to cope with the three year anniversary of her husband’s death. She’s starting to dream about her future and romance again. A safe romance, that is, where people don’t die. She runs into Ethan Caldwell, the cute boy who teased her through grade school. He sure grew up – into a man who would catch anyone’s eyes. Now he’s a single dad to nine year old Isabel, who talks about her parents getting back together, as soon as her mom is out of rehab. “Isy” also talks about her dad’s work trips. Apparently Ethan has some kind of dangerous and secretive government job. This isn’t at all what Cassie is looking for! So why is she running full speed into another broken heart? Ethan knows Isy gets just one childhood and yet he messes up at every chance. Cassie however brings out the best in both Ethan and Isy, but trying a relationship (when he’s failed so miserably before) could hurt his daughter and the woman he’s falling for. Isy asks Cassie to take her to visit her mom in rehab. That’s a bit complicated, but it’ll get her away from Brandon, Cassie’s close friend who realizes his chance with Cassie is slipping away. Why does moving forward have to be so complicated? Whichever path she chooses, Cassie will hurt someone. Should she protect herself from more pain, or chase what her heart wants?